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- The delightful life of a suicide pilot / by Cotterill, Colin,author.;
- "Laos, 1981: When an unofficial mailman drops off a strange bilingual diary, Dr. Siri is intrigued. Half is in Lao, but the other half is in Japanese, which no one Siri knows can read; it appears to have been written during the Second World War. Most mysterious of all, it comes with a note stapled to it: Dr. Siri, we need your help most urgently. But who is "we," and why have they left no return address? To the chagrin of his wife and friends, who have to hear him read the diary out loud, Siri embarks on an investigation by examining the text. Though the journal was apparently written by a kamikaze pilot, it is surprisingly dull. Twenty pages in, no one has even died, and the pilot never mentions any combat at all. Despite these shortcomings, Siri begins to obsess over the diary's abrupt ending ... and the riddle of why it ended up in his hands. Did the kamikaze pilot ever manage to get off the ground? To find out, he and Madame Daeng will have to hitch a ride to Thailand and uncover some of the darkest secrets of the Second World War"--
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Paiboun, Siri, Doctor (Fictitious character); Coroners; Diaries; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
- The beekeeper : rescuing the stolen women of Iraq / by Mīkhāʼīl, Dunyā,1965-author,translator.; Weiss, Max,1977-translator.; translation of:Mīkhāʼīl, Dunyā,1965-Fi Suq Al-sabaya by Almutawassit.English.;
- "Since 2014, Daesh (ISIS) has been brutalizing the Yazidi people of northern Iraq: sowing destruction, killing those who won't convert to Islam, and enslaving young girls and women. The Beekeeper, by the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail, tells the harrowing stories of several women who managed to escape the clutches of Daesh. Mikhail extensively interviews these women--who've lost their families and loved ones, who've been repeatedly sold, raped, psychologically tortured, and forced to manufacture chemical weapons--and as their tales unfold, an unlikely hero emerges: a beekeeper, who uses his knowledge of the local terrain, along with a wide network of transporters, helpers, and former cigarette smugglers, to bring these women, one by one, through the war-torn landscapes of Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, back into safety. In the face of inhuman suffering, this powerful work of nonfiction offers a counterpoint to Daesh's genocidal extremism: hope, as ordinary people risk their lives to save those of others"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; IS (Organization); Women; Yezidis;
- Justified. [videorecording] / by Davies, Jeremy,1969-; Goggins, Walton,1971-; Olyphant, Timothy.; Bluebush Productions.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm); Sony Pictures Television.;
- Disc 1. Hole in the wall -- Where's Waldo? -- Truth and consequences -- This bird has flown -- Kin.Disc 2. Foot chase -- Money trap -- Outlaw -- The hatchet tour.Disc 3. Get Drew -- Decoy -- Peace of mind -- Ghosts.Timothy Olyphant, Jeremy Davies, Walton Goggins.In the nonstop, gunslinging third season of the highly acclaimed hit series, Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens must wield his brand of renegade justice against modern crime like never before. Surrounded by dirty politicians, drug cartels, murder frames, hidden fortunes and multiple criminal forces warring for control, Givens finds himself in everyone's cross hairs.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
- Subjects: Crime; Criminal behavior; Television programs.; United States marshals;
- © c2013., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
- Justified. [videorecording] / by Davies, Jeremy,1969-; Goggins, Walton,1971-; Olyphant, Timothy.; Bluebush Productions.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm); Sony Pictures Television.;
- Disc 1. The gunfighter -- Cut ties -- Harlan roulette -- The devil you know -- Thick as mud.Disc 2. When the guns come out -- The man behind the curtain -- Watching the detectives -- Loose ends.Disc 3. Guy walks into a bar -- Measures -- Coalition -- Slaugterhouse.Timothy Olyphant, Jeremy Davies, Walton Goggins.In the nonstop, gunslinging third season of the highly acclaimed hit series, Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens must wield his brand of renegade justice against modern crime like never before. Surrounded by dirty politicians, drug cartels, murder frames, hidden fortunes and multiple criminal forces warring for control, Givens finds himself in everyone's cross hairs.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
- Subjects: Crime; Criminal behavior; Television programs.; United States marshals;
- © c2012., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
- Return of the Jedi - Star Wars Episode 6 [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Fisher, Carrie; Ford, Harrison; Hamill, Mark; Jones, James Earl; Williams, Billy Dee; Mcdiarmid, Ian;
- Director, George Lucas.Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams, Ian Mcdiarmid.As the Empire prepares to crush the Rebel Alliance with a more powerful Death Star, Luke Skywalker rescues Han Solo from the clutches of crime lord Jabba the Hutt. On the forest moon of Endor, the Rebels plot to destroy the Empire's new weapon with help from a tribe of Ewoks. Luke confronts his father Darth Vader in a final climactic duel on the Death Star. In his final moments, Vader is faced with a momentous choice with the life of his son and the freedom of the galaxy hanging in the balance.CHVRS rating: PG.Blu-ray.
- Subjects: Sci-Fi.; Academy Award Winners.; Sci-Fi.;
- © 2007., Fox Home Entertainment,
- Satellite boy : the international manhunt for a master thief that launched the modern communication age / by Amelinckx, Andrew K.,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references."Spanning the hemisphere from the underworld haunts of Montreal to Havana and Miami in the early days of the Cold War, Satellite Boy reveals the unlikely connection between an audacious bank heist and the other Space Race that gave birth to the modern communication age"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; True crime stories.; Lemay, Georges, 1925-2006.; Artificial satellites.; Bank robberies; Bank robberies; Electronics in criminal investigation.;
- The excitements : a novel / by Wray, C. J.,author.;
- Arriving in Paris to receive the Légion d'honneur for their part in the liberation of France, the 90-something Williamson sisters, Britain's most treasured World War II veterans, use this opportunity to settle scores, avenge lost friends and pull off one last, daring heist before their illustrious careers are over.
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Older women; Organized crime; Secrecy; Sisters; Veterans;
- Soldiers : great stories of war and peace / by Hastings, Max,compiler,editor,writer of introduction.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.A collection of the most extraordinary stories of war, courage, tragedy, strategy and survival. Soldiers is a collection of the very best stories about soldiers, brought together by historian Max Hastings. In his almost sixty years of military study and his work in the midst of modern conflicts as a foreign correspondent, these are the stories that left a mark. In these pages you will find heroes and cowards; triumphs, tragedies and comedies. It illustrates, mostly through people's own words, what it's been like to fight in wars, to live and die as a warrior, from Greek and Roman times through to today's Iraq and Afghanistan. The characters include the Black Prince and Cromwell, Wellington at Waterloo, Siegfried Sassoon at the Somme, George Orwell in the Spanish Civil War and Evelyn Waugh as a commando. But there are also Americans, Frenchmen, Israelis, Russians, not to mention the women warriors of Dahomey, Queen Boudicca and the women who serve today in the US Marines. There are more than 300 stories in all, and an astounding variety of soldiers' experiences through the ages. Many have been responsible for wonderful achievements but a few, also, for dreadful crimes. Some relate horrors, while others tell terrific jokes. In modern writing, we hear from the titans of historical writing with Ben Macintyre and Anthony Beevor. This is a book that might make you feel as grateful that whatever the troubles of our own times, we are spared the mud and blood and anguish, if also the moments of glory, that the soldiers in these pages bring so vividly to life.
- Subjects: Armed Forces; Battles; Civil war; Military history.; Soldiers; War; Women soldiers;
- Gangster squad [sound recording] : covert cops, the mob and the battle for Los Angeles / by Lieberman, Paul,1949-;
- Read by Ari Fliakos.The true story of the secretive police unit that waged an anything-goes war to drive Mickey Cohen and other hoodlums from Los Angeles after WWII.
- Subjects: Cohen, Mickey, 1914-1976.; Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept.; Audiobooks.; Gangsters; Organized crime;
- © p2012., Macmillan Audio,
- Ministry of truth : democracy, reality, and the Republicans' war on the recent past / by Benen, Steve,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."For as long as historical records have existed, people in positions of authority have tried to rewrite history to suit their purposes. The pattern has become tragically familiar: dictatorial powers use their editing pens to create myths, spread propaganda, justify decisions, erase opponents, and even dispose of crimes. Today, as Republican politics becomes increasingly radicalized, it's not surprising to see the party read from a similarly despotic script. Indeed, the party is taking dangerous, aggressive steps to rewrite history -- and not just from generations past. Unable to put a positive spin on Trump-era scandals and fiascos, GOP voices and their allies have grown determined to rewrite the stories of the last few years, treating the recent past as an enemy to be overpowered, crushed, and conquered. The consequences for our future, in turn, are deadly. Extraordinarily timely and undeniably important, Steve Benen's new book tells the staggering chronicle of the Republican party's unsettling attempts at historical revisionism. It reveals not only how dependent they have grown on the tactic, but also how dangerous the consequences are if we allow the party to continue. The stakes, Benen argues, couldn't be higher: the future of democracy hinges on both our accurate understanding of events and the end of alternative narratives that challenge reality"--
- Subjects: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Communication in politics; Deception; Social media;
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