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First to the front : the untold story of Dickey Chapelle, trailblazing female war correspondent / by Rinehart, Lorissa,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The first biography of pioneering photojournalist Dickey Chapelle, who from World War II through the early days of Vietnam got her story by any means necessary as one of the first female war correspondents. "I side with prisoners against guards, enlisted men against officers, weakness against power." From the beginning of World War II through the early days of Vietnam, groundbreaking female photojournalist and war correspondent Dickey Chapelle chased dangerous assignments her male colleagues wouldn't touch, pioneering a radical style of reporting that focused on the humanity of the oppressed. She documented conditions across Eastern Europe in the wake of the second world war. She marched down the Ho Chi Minh Trail with the South Vietnamese Army and across the Sierra Maestra Mountains with Castro. She was the first reporter accredited with the Algerian Revolutionary Army, and survived torture in a communist Hungarian prison. She dove out of planes, faked her own kidnapping, and endured the mockery of male associates, before ultimately dying on assignment in Vietnam with the Marines in 1965, the first American woman killed in combat. Chapelle overcame discrimination and abuse, both on the battlefield and at home, with much of her work ultimately buried from the public eye-until now. In First to the Front, Lorissa Rinehart uncovers the incredible life and unparalleled achievements of this true pioneer, and the mark she would make on history"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965.; Photojournalists; War correspondents; Women photographers;
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Stormy seas : stories of young boat refugees / by Leatherdale, Mary Beth.; Shakespeare, Eleanor.;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.Presents five true stories, from 1939 to today, about young people who lived through the harrowing experience of setting sail in search of asylum: Ruth and her family board the St. Louis to escape Nazism; Phu sets out alone from war-torn Vietnam; José tries to reach the United States from Cuba; Najeeba flees Afghanistan and the Taliban; and after losing his family, Mohamed abandons his village on the Ivory Coast in search of a new life.LSC
Subjects: Refugees; Refugee children; Refugees; Refugee children;
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The Women A Novel [electronic resource] : by Hannah, Kristin.aut; Whelan, Julia.nrt; Hannah, Kristin.nrt; cloudLibrary;
"Kristin Hannah’s potent storytelling skills are brilliantly served by narrator Julia Whelan, whose limber, low-pitched voice moves nimbly from person to person, capturing personality and mood, her empathy palpable." —The Washington Post From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided. Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path. As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets—and becomes one of—the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost. But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam. The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Contemporary Women; Family Life;
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Arriving today : from factory to front door--why everything has changed about how and what we buy / by Mims, Christopher,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A Wall Street Journal reporter travels the globe to tell the story behind the misleadingly simple phrase online shoppers increasingly take for granted: "arriving today." From factory laborers in Vietnam to longshoremen at the port of LA to truckers crawling our interstate highways to robots lurking in Amazon's "dark warehouses," here is an eye-opening investigation of the way online commerce is reshaping the globe, rewriting the rules of business, and redefining consumer expectations"--
Subjects: Amazon.com (Firm); Business logistics.; Delivery of goods,.; Electronic commerce.; Shipment of goods.;
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Hair. by Forman, Milos,film director.; D'Angelo, Beverly,actor.; Savage, John,actor.; Williams, Treat,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Beverly D'Angelo, John Savage, Treat WilliamsOriginally produced by MGM in 1979.John Savage as country boy Claude Hooper Bukowski, a Vietnam draftee who embarks on an adventure of a lifetime when he meets a group of counterculture hippies: Berger (Treat Williams), Jeannie (Annie Golden), Hud (Dorsey Wright) and Woof (Don Dacus). Introduced to a world of free love and hallucinogens, Claude’s eyes are also opened to the darker side of class, race and big city life when he becomes infatuated with a beautiful debutante, Sheila (Beverly D’Angelo).Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Drama.; Comedy.; Motion pictures.;
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Rescue Dawn. by Herzog, Werner,film director.; Bale, Christian,actor.; Davies, Jeremy,actor.; Zahn, Steve,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Christian Bale, Jeremy Davies, Steve ZahnOriginally produced by MGM in 2007.Inspired by a true story and written and directed by Werner Herzog, "Rescue Dawn" tells the story Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale), an American pilot shot down over Laos during the Vietnam war, captured by the Vietcong and subjected to a hellish prison camp. What followed was one of the most remarkable and harrowing experiences of the entire war, an uncanny tale of camaraderie and betrayal, courage in the face of despair, and triumph over tragedy. Steve Zahn and Jeremy Davies also star.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Action and adventure films.; Drama.; War films.; Motion pictures.;
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Alex Cross must die / by Patterson, James,author.;
Drop whatever you're doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport, DC Metro Police dispatch says. A jet just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto. Cross and Sampson race to the crash site. The plane didn't fail it was shot down by a stolen Vietnam War era machine gun. The list of experts who can operate the weapon is short. And time before another lethal strike runs even shorter. Especially for Detective Cross.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Cross, Alex (Fictitious character); African American detectives; Detectives; Murder; Serial murderers;
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Alex Cross must die [text (large print)] / by Patterson, James,author.;
Drop whatever you're doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport, DC Metro Police dispatch says. A jet just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto. Cross and Sampson race to the crash site. The plane didn't fail it was shot down by a stolen Vietnam War era machine gun. The list of experts who can operate the weapon is short. And time before another lethal strike runs even shorter. Especially for Detective Cross.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Cross, Alex (Fictitious character); African American detectives; Detectives; Murder; Serial murderers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Alex Cross must die [sound recording] / by Patterson, James,author.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by William Christopher Stephens, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Jim Meskimen, Inger Tudor, Zeno Robinson, Peter Giles, Wayne Carr.Drop whatever you're doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport, DC Metro Police dispatch says. A jet just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto. Cross and Sampson race to the crash site. The plane didn't fail it was shot down by a stolen Vietnam War era machine gun. The list of experts who can operate the weapon is short. And time before another lethal strike runs even shorter. Especially for Detective Cross.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Psychological fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Cross, Alex (Fictitious character); African American detectives; Detectives; Murder; Serial murderers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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American heroes / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Eversmann, Matt,author.; Malloy, Tim(Journalist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references."U.S. soldiers who served in overseas conflicts -- from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan -- share true stories of the actions that earned them some of America's most distinguished military medals, up to and including the Medal of Honor. They never acted alone, but always in the spirit of camaraderie, patriotism, and for the good of our beloved country. There has never been a better time for all of us to think about duty, sacrifice, and what it means to be an American hero"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Military biography.; Military decorations; Soldiers; War;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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