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The secret history of Audrey James : a novel / [Book Club Set] / by Marshall, Heather(Heather J.),author.;
Northern England, 2010 After a tragic accident upends her life, Kate Mercer leaves London to work at an old guest house near the Scottish border, where she hopes to find a fresh start and heal from her loss. When she arrives, she begins to unravel the truth about her past, but discovers the mysterious elderly proprietor is harbouring her own secrets ... Berlin, 1938 Audrey James is weeks away from graduating from a prestigious music school in Berlin, where she's been living with her best friend, Ilse Kaplan. As she prepares to finish her piano studies, Audrey dreads the thought of returning to her father in England and leaving Ilse behind. Families like the Kaplans are being targeted, and the stakes grow higher by the day. Restrictions tighten, the borders close to Jews, and rumours swirl about people being apprehended in the street and shipped off to work camps. When Ilse's parents and brother suddenly disappear, two high-ranking Nazi party members confiscate the Kaplans' upscale home, believing it to be empty. In a desperate attempt to keep Ilse safe, Audrey becomes housekeeper for the officers while Ilse is forced into hiding in the attic--a prisoner in her own home. As war in Europe threatens, it isn't long before a shocking turn of events pushes Audrey to become embroiled in cell of the anti-Hitler movement: clusters of resisters working to bring down the Nazis from within Germany itself. But resistance comes with risk, and before the war is over, Audrey must decide what matters most: saving herself, her friend, or sacrificing everything for the greater good.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Anti-Nazi movement; Female friendship; Jewish families; Jewish women; Music students; Secrecy; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 12
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Last twilight in Paris / by Jenoff, Pam,author.;
"London, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is marked with the name of a department store in Paris, and she is certain she has seen the necklace before, when she worked with the Red Cross in Nazi-occupied Europe--and that it holds the key to the mysterious death of her friend Franny during the war. Following the trail of clues to Paris, Louise seeks help from her former boss Ian, with whom she shares a romantic history. The necklace leads them to discover the dark history of Lévitan--a once-glamorous department store that served as a Nazi prison, and Helaine, a woman who was imprisoned there, torn apart from her husband when the Germans invaded France. Louise races to find the connection between the necklace, the department store and Franny's death. But nothing is as it seems, and there are forces determined to keep the truth buried forever. Inspired by the true story of Lévitan, Last Twilight in Paris is both a gripping mystery and an unforgettable story about sacrifice, resistance and the power of love to transcend in even the darkest hours"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Department stores; Jews; Nazi concentration camps; Necklaces; Women; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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The complete encyclopedia of world motorcycles / by Cet, Mirco de.;
Subjects: Motorcycles; Motorcycles;
© 2001., Courage Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Need to know : World War II and the rise of American intelligence / by Reynolds, Nicholas E.,author.;
"The entire vast, modern American intelligence system-the amalgam of three-letter spy services of many stripes-can be traced back to the dire straits the world faced at the dawn of World War II. Prior to 1940, the United States had no organization to recruit spies and steal secrets or launch covert campaigns against enemies overseas and just a few codebreakers, isolated in windowless vaults. It was only through Winston Churchill's determination to mobilize the US in the fight against Hitler that the first American spy service was born, built from scratch against the background of the Second World War. In Need to Know, Nicholas Reynolds explores the birth, infancy, and adolescence of modern American intelligence. In this first-ever look across the entirety of the war effort, Reynolds combines little-known history and gripping spy stories to analyze the origins of American codebreakers and spies as well as their contributions to Allied victory, revealing how they laid the foundation for the Cold War-and beyond." --publisher's website.
Subjects: United States. Office of Strategic Services.; Espionage; Intelligence service; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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World War I / by Connolly, Sean,1956-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 53) and index.Discusses World War I and presents primary source material.
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918;
© c2003., Heinemann Library,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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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,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The remains of Company D : a story of the Great War / by Nelson, James Carl.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Nelson, John, 1892-1993.; United States. Army; United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 28th.; Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918.; Cantigny, Battle of, Cantigny, France, 1918.; Soldiers; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
© 2009., St. Martin's Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A place to belong / by Kadohata, Cynthia.; Kuo, Julia.;
Twelve-year-old Hanako and her family, reeling from their confinement in an internment camp, renounce their American citizenship to move to Hiroshima, a city devastated by the atomic bomb dropped by Americans.Ages 10-14.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Japanese Americans; Emigration and immigration; Families; Belonging (Social psychology); Identity (Psychology); World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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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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Hitler's girl : the British aristocracy and the Third Reich on the eve of WWII / by Young, Lauren E.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.This alternative history of 1930s Britain examines how fascist sympathizers in the aristocracy nearly helped authoritarianism take hold in Great Britain as it did in Italy and Germany, through secret organizations like the Right Club.
Subjects: Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Mitford, Unity, 1914-1948.; Aristocracy (Social class); Aristocracy (Social class); Fascism; National socialism; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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