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Dam busters : the true story of the inventors and airmen who led the devastating raid to smash the German dams in 1943 / by Holland, James,1970-;

Includes bibliographical references, filmography, Internet addresses and index.LSC

Subjects: Wallis, Barnes, 1887-1979.; Gibson, Guy.; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 617; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 617; Operation Chastise, 1943.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Dams;

© c2012., Atlantic Monthly Press,

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Let us descend [sound recording] : a novel / by Ward, Jesmyn,author,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;

Read by the author.In the years before the Civil War, Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, struggles through the miles-long march, seeks comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother, opening herself to a world beyond this world.

Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Enslaved women; Mothers and daughters; African American women; Racially mixed people; Slavery;

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What killed Jane Creba : rap, race, and the invention of a gang war / by Arvast, Anita.;

Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.A look at the shooting death of fifteen-year-old Jane Creba on Boxing Day 2005 in downtown Toronto and its aftermath, including the sensationalism and prejudice that clouded the story from the outset and the questions that should be asked to find out the whole truth about it.LSC

Subjects: Creba, Jane, 1990-2005; Victims of violent crimes; Violent crimes; Gangs;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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A hero of France : a novel / by Furst, Alan,author.;

"Alan Furst goes to war: Occupied Paris for the first time since Red Gold (1999 pub), Furst has set this novel during the war itself, instead of on the eve of the war. Members of the French Resistance network young and old, aristocrats and schoolteachers, defiant heroes and ordinary people all engaged in clandestine actions in the cause of freedom. From the secret hotels and Nazi-infested nightclubs of Paris to the villages of Rouen and Orleans. An action-packed story of romance, intrigue, spies, bravery, and air battles"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Spy fiction.; War fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); World War, 1939-1945;

Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1

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Emancipation road [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Batty, Coby.; Mill Creek Entertainment.;

Disc 1. The shadows of slavery -- The emancipation proclamation -- Separate but equal.Disc 2. Regardless of the color of one's skin -- The double victory -- The Civil Rights era -- Heroes of hope.Narrator, Coby Batty.The story of African Slavery in America started with the first permanent English Colony in the 17th century, and ended with the Civil War. But those two hundred and fifty years of struggle were just the beginning.E.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital surround.

Subjects: African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; Documentary television programs.; Slavery;

© c2015., Mill Creek Entertainment,

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Smokescreen / by Johansen, Iris,author.;

A journalist shows up on Eve Duncan's doorstep with a plea for help. Jill Cassidy has just come from a small African village with a heart wrenching story: half the villagers-- many of them children-- have been killed in a horrific attack by guerilla soldiers, the bodies burned beyond recognition. Now, the families desperately need Eve's help to get closure and begin to heal. But when Eve arrives in the remote jungle, she begins to suspect that Jill's plea may have been a cover story for a deeper, more sinister plot. Isolated and unsure who she can trust, Eve finds herself stranded in an unstable country where violence threatens to break out again at any moment and with only her own instincts to rely on if she hopes to get home to her family alive ...

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Duncan, Eve (Fictitious character); Facial reconstruction (Anthropology); Journalists; Civil war; War crimes; Conspiracies; Political corruption;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4

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The singing forest / by McCormack, J. A.(Judith A.),author.;

In attempting to bring a suspected war criminal to justice, a Toronto lawyer wrestles with power, accountability, and her Jewish identity. Lyrical and wrenching by turns, 'The Singing Forest' is a profound investigation of memory, truth, and the stories that tell us who we are. Judith McCormack lives in Toronto, ON.

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Deportation; Justice; Mass burials; War criminals;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Wartorn 1861-2010 [videorecording] / by Alpert, Jon.; Gandolfini, James.; Kent, Ellen Goosenberg.; Nevins, Sheila.; O'Neill, Matthew.; Attaboy Films.; HBO Documentary Films.; HBO Entertainment (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);

Editor, Geof Bartz, Adrew Morreale and Jay Sterrenberg.Beginning with the first documented cases from the Civil War, the film examines occurrences of PTSD through two World Wars and Vietnam, as well as more recent cases involving soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The stories are told through soldiers' revealing letters and journals; photographs and combat footage; first-person interviews with veterans of WWII, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom; and interviews with family members of soldiers with PTSD.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0.

Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Post-traumatic stress disorder.; Veterans; Veterans' families; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; War neuroses.;

© c2011., Home Box Office : Warner Home Video,

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Mission to Paris : a novel / by Furst, Alan.;

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy stories.; Suspense fiction.; Americans; Motion picture producers and directors; World War, 1939-1945;

© c2012., Random House,

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Warfare [videorecording] / by Bennett, Finn,1999-actor.; Centineo, Noah,1996-actor.; Connor, Kit,2004-actor.; Garland, Alex,1970-film director,screenwriter.; Jarvis, Cosmo,1989-actor.; MacDonald, Andrew,1980-film producer.; Melton, Charles,1991-actor.; Mendoza, Ray,film director,screenwriter.; Poulter, Will,actor.; Quinn, Joseph,actor.; Reich, Allon,film producer.; Rice, Peter,film producer.; Woon-A-Tai, D'Pharaoh McKay,2001-actor.; A24 (Firm),film distributor.;

Charles Melton, Will Poulter, Joseph Quinn, Noah Centineo, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett.Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland (Civil War, 28 Days Later), Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, overwatching the movement of US forces through insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R; for intense war violence and bloody/grisly images, and language throughout.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (2.10:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby Atmos.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; War films.; Feature films.; United States. Navy. SEALs; Special forces (Military science); Soldiers; Iraq War, 2003-2011; War; Male friendship;

For private home use only.

Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1

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