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The moth and the mountain : a true story of love, war and Everest / by Caesar, Ed,author.;
From New Yorker writer Ed Caesar, 'The Moth and the Mountain' is a sweeping true story about one man's attempt to salve the wounds of war and save his own soul through an audacious adventure: flying his biplane five thousand miles across the world and attempting to become the first person to summit Mt. Everest.
Subjects: Biographies.; Wilson, Maurice, 1898-1934.; Mountaineers; Air pilots; Mountaineering;
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Torn apart : the internment diary of Mary Kobayashi / by Aihoshi, Susan M.;
The diary of twelve-year-old Mary Kobayashi, a Japanese Canadian girl living in British Columbia, describing her experiences during World War II, including her family's relocation to an internment camp.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Diary fiction.; Japanese Canadians; World War, 1939-1945; Japanese Canadians;
© c2012., Scholastic Canada,
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Camp Z : the secret life of Rudolf Hess / by McGinty, Stephen.; Stafford, David.;
Subjects: Hess, Rudolf, 1894-1987.; Nazis; War criminals; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2011., HarperCollins,
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Our American friend : a novel / by Pitoniak, Anna,author.;
"Our American Friend is a propulsive Cold War era spy thriller crossed with a fictional biography of a First Lady. Spanning from the 1970s to the present day, traveling from Moscow and Paris to Washington and New York, Anna Pitoniak's novel is a gripping page-turner about power and complicity and how sometimes, the fate of the world is in the hands of the people you'd never expect"--
Subjects: Political ficition.; Spy ficition.; Thrillers (Fiction); Cold War; Presidents' spouses; Spies;
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The brothers of Auschwitz / by Adler, Malka,1946-author.; Canin, Noel,translator.; translation of:Adler, Malka,1946-Its'o u-Bernard.English.;
"Dov and Yitzhak live in a small village in the mountains of Hungary, isolated both from the world and from the horrors of the war. But one day in 1944, everything changes. The Nazis storm the homes of the Jewish villagers and inform them they have one hour before the train will take them to Auschwitz. Six decades later, from the safety of their living rooms at home in Israel, the brothers finally break their silence to a friend who will never let their stories be forgotten."--Cover flap.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Brothers; Jewish families;
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Lord of the flies [sound recording] / by Golding, William,1911-1993.;
Read by the author.Following a world war, a group of school boys survives a plane crash on a deserted island and creates a hellish environment leading to savagery and murder. Two leaders--one civilized, one depraved--epitomize the forces that war eternally in the human spirit.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Allegories.; Children's audiobooks.; Good and evil; Leadership; Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.;
© p2002., Listening Library,
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The big break : the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told / by Dando-Collins, Stephen.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Oflag 64 (Concentration camp); United States. Army; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Prisoner-of-war escapes; Prisoners of war; Americans; Soldiers;
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The tower of swallows / by Sapkowski, Andrzej,author.; translation of:Sapkowski, Andrzej.Wieża Jaskółki.English.; French, David(Translator);
The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life. But the net around her is closing. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies determined to rescue her. Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down. Her crimes have made her famous. There is only one place left to run. The tower of the swallow is waiting ...
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Outlaws; Heiresses;
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1917 : Lenin, Wilson, and the birth of the new world disorder / by Herman, Arthur,1956-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924; Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924; Nineteen seventeen, A.D.; World War, 1914-1918;
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Unbroken [videorecording] : path to redemption / by Baer, Matthew,film producer.; Cronk, Harold,film director.; Elliott, Mike(Mike R.),film producer.; Friedenberg, Richard,screenwriter.; Graham, Will,actor.; Hixon, Ken,screenwriter.; Hunt, Samuel,actor.; Patterson, Merritt,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Hillenbrand, Laura.Unbroken.; Matt Baer Films (Firm),production company.; Pure Flix Entertainment,production company.; Universal 1440 Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Director of photography, Zoran Popovic ; editor, Amy P. McGrath ; music, Brandon Roberts.Samuel Hunt, Merritt Patterson, Will Graham.When the war ended, his battle began. Based on Laura Hillenbrand's bestselling book, this begins where Unbroken ends, sharing the next amazing chapter of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini's powerful true story of forgiveness, redemption, and amazing grace.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic content and related disturbing images.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Sports films.; War films.; Zamperini, Louis, 1917-2014; United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 307th; Long-distance runners; Olympic athletes; Prisoners of war; Redemption; Veterans; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
For private home use only.
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