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- Battle of Britain : Canadian airmen in their finest hour / by Barris, Ted,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The gripping and heroic story of fighter pilots defending the skies over Britain from unprecedented Nazi attack. For 113 terrifying days in 1940, Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe, threw everything it had at Great Britain in hopes of early victory in World War II. The task of defending southern England from airborne attack fell to pilots in the Royal Air Force, supplemented in their darkest hour by more than 100 flyers from Canada. These Canadians, some from famous families, some straight off the farm, served in forty-seven different Battle of Britain squadrons. Now, for the first time, bestselling military historian Ted Barris tells the riveting story of their crucial role in this do-or-die-battle: how they accounted for 130 German aircraft destroyed, another thirty probably destroyed and more than seventy damaged, with twenty pilots dying in action and twelve awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses. The Battle of Britain, And Canada's Gallant Airmen is a must for enthusiasts of military and aviation history."--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Great Britain. Royal Air Force.; Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.; Fighter pilots; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Fast girls : a novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic team / by Hooper, Elise,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In 'Fast Girls', Elise Hooper explores the gripping, real life history of the female athletes of the first integrated womens Olympic team, and their journey to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany. From the author of 'The Other Alcott'.
- Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Fraser, Louise Stokes, 1913-1978; Robinson, Betty, 1911-1999; Stephens, Helen, 1918-1994; Runners (Sports); Women Olympic athletes; Women runners;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny [videorecording] / by Butterworth, John-Henry,1976-screenwriter.; Butterworth, Jez,screenwriter.; Mangold, James,screenwriter,film director.; Banderas, Antonio,actor.; Ford, Harrison,1942-actor.; Kretschmann, Thomas,1962-actor.; Rhys-Davies, John,actor.; Waller-Bridge, Phoebe,1985-actor.; Wilson, Shaunette Renee,actor.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Shaunette Renee Wilson, Thomas Kretschmann.Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
- Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Jones, Indiana (Fictitious character); Archaeologists; Adventure and adventurers; Time travel; Antiquities;
- For private home use only.
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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- Daughters of victory : a novel / by Saab, Gabriella,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Decades after defying her aristocratic family to join the Russian revolution, Svetlana Petrova opens her home to her eighteen-year-old granddaughter, Mila, who falls under the spell of the resistance when their remote village is overrun by Nazi invaders.
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Granddaughters; Grandmothers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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- Double cross [sound recording] / by Macintyre, Ben,1963-; Lee, John.;
Read by John Lee.Traces the sophisticated D-Day operation through which extraordinary spies deceived the Nazis about the location of the Allied attack, profiling the successful Double Cross System and the remarkable individuals who used the program to save thousands of lives.
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Deception (Military science); Espionage; Spies; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
- © p2012., Random House Audio,
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- Daughters of victory [text (large print)] : a novel / by Saab, Gabriella,author.;
Decades after defying her aristocratic family to join the Russian revolution, Svetlana Petrova opens her home to her eighteen-year-old granddaughter, Mila, who falls under the spell of the resistance when their remote village is overrun by Nazi invaders.
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Large type books.; Novels.; Granddaughters; Grandmothers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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- The light of days : the untold story of women resistance fighters in Hitler's ghettos / by Batalion, Judith,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."One of the most important untold stories of World War I.I. The light of days is a soaring landmark history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who helped weaponize Poland's Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis. Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland--some still in their teens--became the nerves of a wide-ranging resistance network that fought the Nazis"--Jacket flap.
- Subjects: Personal narratives.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews;
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- Occupied City. by McQueen, Steve,film director.; Hyams, Melanie,actor.; Films We Like (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Melanie HyamsOriginally produced by Films We Like in 2023.The past collides with the present in this excavation of the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam: a journey from World War II to recent years of pandemic and protest and a provocative, life-affirming reflection on memory, time and what's to come.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; History, Military.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; History.;
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- The winter fortress : the epic mission to sabotage Hitler's atomic bomb / by Bascomb, Neal,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-365) and index.Documents the Allied raid against occupied Norway's Vermork hydroelectric plant, the world's only supplier of the heavy water needed by the Nazis to build an atomic bomb, citing the teamwork of spies and commandos that foiled Hitler's nuclear ambitions.
- Subjects: Atomic bomb; Sabotage; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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- The watchmaker's daughter : the true story of World War II heroine Corrie ten Boom / by Loftis, Larry,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The Watchmaker's Daughter is one of the greatest stories of World War II that readers haven't heard: the remarkable and inspiring life story of Corrie ten Boom--a groundbreaking, female Dutch watchmaker, whose family unselfishly transformed their house into a hiding place straight out of a spy novel to shelter Jews and refugees from the Nazis during Gestapo raids. Even though the Nazis knew what the ten Booms were up to, they were never able to find those sheltered within the house when they raided it. Corrie stopped at nothing to face down the evils of her time and overcame unbelievable obstacles and odds. She persevered despite the loss of most of her family and relied on her faith to survive the horrors of a notorious concentration camp. But even more remarkable than her heroism and survival was Corrie's attitude when she was released. Miraculously, she was able to eschew bitterness and embrace forgiveness as she ministered to people in need around the globe. Corrie's ability to forgive is just one of the myriad lessons that her life story holds for readers today. Reminiscent of Schindler's List and featuring a journey of faith and forgiveness not unlike Unbroken, The Watchmaker's Daughter is destined to become a classic work of World War II nonfiction."--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Ten Boom, Corrie.; Ravensbrück (Concentration camp); Christian biography; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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