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The lost girls of Paris / by Jenoff, Pam,author.;
"A ... story of friendship and courage centered around three women and a ring of female secret agents during World War II"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Lost and found possessions; Women spies;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mrs. Porter calling : a novel / by Pearce, A. J.(Amanda-Jane),author.;
"A novel featuring plucky aspiring journalist Emmy Lake as she navigates life, love, and friendship in London during World War II"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Friendship; Periodicals; Women journalists; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The time in between : a novel / by Dueñas, María,1964-author.; Hahn, Daniel.; Dueñas, María,1964-Tiempo entro costuras.English.;
Includes bibliographical references.The time in between follows the story of a seamstress who becomes the most sought -- after couturiere during the Spanish Civil War and World War II.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; World War, 1939-1945;
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Hiding Edith : a true story / by Kacer, Kathy,1954-;
Edith Schwalb, a young Jewish girl caught up in the Nazi invasions of World War II, is always hiding. Who can help her?
Subjects: Schwalb, Edith; Jewish children in the Holocaust; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
© c2006., Second Story Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Windsor diaries, 1940-45 : my childhood with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret / by Fitzalan Howard, Alathea,1923-2001,author.; Naylor-Leyland, Isabella,writer of foreword.; Noel, Celestria,editor.;
"The never-before-published diaries of Alathea Fitzalan Howard-who spent her teenaged years living out World War II in Windsor Great Park with her close friends Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth, the future queen of the United Kingdom-provide an extraordinary and intimate look at the British Royal Family. Like so many others in Great Britain, young Alathea Fitzalan Howard's life was turned upside down by the start of the Second World War. Sent to stay with her grandfather at the historic Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Alathea found the affection she so craved through her close friendship with the two princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and their parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, her neighbors at nearby Windsor Castle. Together, the girls enjoyed parties, cinema evenings, picnics, and more, all recorded in honest and captivating detail in Alathea's diary, which she kept as a constant source of comfort. Day by day, from ages sixteen to twenty-two, she recorded the intimate details of her life with the Royal Family and the anxieties of wartime Britain. Now, published for the first time, these unique diaries unveil a candid and vivid portrait of the British Royal Family and of Princess Elizabeth in particular, the warm, quiet young girl who was already on her journey to her ultimate destiny: the Crown"--
Subjects: Diaries.; Fitzalan Howard, Alathea, 1923-2001; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-; Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002; World War, 1939-1945; Nobility;
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The Ratline : the exalted life and mysterious death of a Nazi fugitive / by Sands, Philippe,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The life and mysterious death of Otto Wachter, former Governor of Nazi-occupied Poland, who died in the Vatican after World War II"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Wächter, Horst von, 1939-; Wächter, Otto, 1901-1949; Wächter, Otto, 1901-1949; Wächter, Otto, 1901-1949.; Fugitives from justice; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Nazis; War criminals; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Chilbury Ladies' Choir : a novel / by Ryan, Jennifer,author.;
Through letters and journals, The Chilbury Ladies' Choir unfolds the struggles, affairs, deceptions, and triumphs of a village choir during World War II.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Choirs (Music); Women's choirs; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Checkmate in Berlin : the Cold War showdown that shaped the modern world / by Milton, Giles,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The lively, immersive story of the race to seize Berlin in the aftermath of World War II that fired the starting gun for the Cold War"--
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Cold War.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The lady from Burma / by Montclair, Allison,author.;
"Murder once again stalks the proprietors of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau in the surprisingly dangerous landscape of post-World War II London."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Dating services; Murder; Suspects (Criminal investigation); Women-owned business enterprises;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Briar Rose / by Yolen, Jane.;
A retelling of the German folktale Briar Rose, also known as Sleeping Beauty, set amid forests patrolled by the German army during World War II.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Sleeping Beauty (Tale); Fairy tales; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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