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Facing the mountain : a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II / by Brown, Daniel James,1951-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism and courage: the special Japanese-American Army unit that overcame brutal odds in Europe; their families, incarcerated in camps back home; and a young man who refused to surrender his constitutional rights, even if it meant imprisonment. They came from across the continent and Hawaii. Their parents taught them to embrace both their Japanese heritage and the ways of their American homeland. They faced bigotry, yet they believed in their bright futures as American citizens. But within days of Pearl Harbor, the FBI was ransacking their houses and locking up their fathers. Within months many would themselves be living in internment camps. Facing the Mountain is an unforgettable chronicle of war-time America and the battlefields of Europe. Based on Daniel James Brown's extensive interviews with the families of the protagonists as well as deep archival research, it portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American families and their sons, who volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible. But this is more than a war story. Brown also tells the story of these soldiers' parents, immigrants who were forced to shutter the businesses, surrender their homes, and submit to life in concentration camps on U.S. soil. Woven throughout is the chronicle of a brave young man, one of a cadre of patriotic resisters who stood up against their government in defense of their own rights. Whether fighting on battlefields or in courtrooms, these were Americans under unprecedented strain, doing what Americans do best--striving, resisting, pushing back, rising up, standing on principle, laying down their lives, and enduring"--
Subjects: United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd.; Japanese American soldiers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The two lost mountains / by Reilly, Matthew,author.;
Against all the odds, Jack West Jr found the Three Secret Cities but at a heartbreaking cost. His beloved daughter Lily, it appeared, was slaughtered by Sphinx in a cruel ancient ritual. With his rivals far ahead of him, Jack must now get to one of the five iron mountains - two of which have never been found - and perform a mysterious feat known only as 'The Fall'. Although what is this object on the moon that is connected to it? Amid all this, Jack will discover that a new player has entered the race, a general so feared by the four legendary kingdoms they had him locked away in their deepest dungeon. Only now this general has escaped and he has a horrifying plan of his own.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); End of the world; Imaginary wars and battles; Quests (Expeditions);
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The call : discovering why you are here / by Mountain Dreamer, Oriah,1954-;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Spiritual life;
© c2003., HarperCollins,
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The high mountain court / by Mulford, A. K.,author.;
To save herself, her people, and help rid the world of the evil Northern Court King, nineteen-year-old Remy, the last red witch, joins Prince Hale of the Eastern Kingdom on a dangerous quest to find the lost relics needed to reclaim her kingdom.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Imaginary wars and battles; Kings and rulers; Magic; Princes; Quests (Expeditions); Witch hunting; Witches;
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From Bear Rock Mountain : the life and times of a Dene residential school survivor / by Mountain, Antoine,1949-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In this poetic, poignant memoir, Dene artist and social activist Antoine Mountain paints an unforgettable picture of his journey from residential school to art school-and his path to healing. In 1949, Antoine Mountain was born on the land near Radelie Koe, Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. At the tender age of seven, he was stolen away from his home and sent to a residential school-run by the Roman Catholic Church in collusion with the Government of Canada-three hundred kilometres away. Over the next twelve years, the three residential schools Mountain was forced to attend systematically worked to erase his language and culture, the very roots of his identity. While reconnecting to that which had been taken from him, he had a disturbing and painful revelation of the bitter depths of colonialism and its legacy of cultural genocide. Canada has its own holocaust, Mountain argues. As a celebrated artist and social activist today, Mountain shares this moving, personal story of healing and the reclamation of his Dene identity."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Mountain, Antoine, 1949-; Indigenous peoples; First Nations; First Nations; Denesuline; Denesuline;
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King of the mountain! / by Jin, Susie Lee.;
"All the fleas want to be king of the mountain and race to the top--until the mountain starts to move! They discover their mountain is a small part of a world that is bigger than the fleas ever imagined. Could it be some things are more important than being first?"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Readers (Publications); Mountains; Competition; Fleas;
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No friend but the mountains : writing from Manus Prison / by Boochani, Behrouz,author.; Tofighian, Omid,translator.;
"In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island, a refugee detention centre off the coast of Australia. He has been there ever since. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait through five years of incarceration and exile."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Boochani, Behrouz.; Refugees, Kurdish; Iranians; Illegal aliens; Journalists; Alien detention centers;
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Journey to the Dragon Mountain / by Hunter, Erin.;
"The three panda siblings travel across the Bamboo Kingdom to find each other and discover the truth"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Pandas; Siblings; Friendship;
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The escapist : cheating death on the world's highest mountains / by Filippi, Gabriel,author.; Popplewell, Brett,author.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Filippi, Gabriel.; Mountaineers; Mountaineering.; Mountaineering expeditions.; Mountaineering expeditions;
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Going to the mountain : life lessons from my grandfather, Nelson Mandela / by Mandela, Ndaba,author.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Mandela, Ndaba.; Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013; Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.; Presidents;
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