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161) Countdown 1945: the extraordinary story of the atomic bomb and the 116 days that changed the world
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Series
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
A "behind-the-scenes account of the 116 days leading up to the Americans attack on Hiroshima"--Dust jacket flap.
April 12, 1945: America is stunned by the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Vice President Harry Truman, who has been kept out of war planning, must assume command of a nation at war on multiple continents. Wallace tells the gripping true story of the turbulent days, weeks, and months leading up to August 6, 1945, when Truman gives...
162) Grass
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"Grass is a powerful anti-war graphic novel, offering up firsthand the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War - a disputed chapter in 20th century Asian history. Beginning in Lee's childhood, Grass shows the leadup to World War II from a child's vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering...
Author
Publisher
St Martins Pr
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An emotionally charged tale told in the collective voices of the wives of the team who created the atom bomb traces their struggles to adapt and raise children in a rugged military town where everything their husbands are doing is an intense secret.
165) Courtney's war
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Series
Publisher
Zaffre, an imprint of Bonnier Zaffre Ltd
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Torn apart by war, Saffron Courtney and Gerhard von Meerbach are thousands of miles apart, both struggling for their lives. Gerhard, despite his objections to the Nazi regime, is fighting for the Fatherland, hoping to one day have the opportunity to rid Germany of Hitler and his cronies. But as his unit is thrown into the hellish attrition of the Battle of Stalingrad, he knows his chances of survival are dwindling by the day. Saffron, recruited by...
Publisher
[Binge Box]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Death proof: A stuntman takes to the roads, stalking victims from his car.
Inglourious basterds: During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers led by Lt. Aldo Raine, known as "The Basterds," are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.
Once upon a time in... Hollywood: In 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, TV star Rick Dalton and his longtime stunt double...
167) Eli's promise
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Language
English
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Description
"A 'fixer' in a Polish town during World War II, his betrayal of a Jewish family, and a search for justice 25 years later. Eli's Promise spans three eras--Nazi-occupied Poland, the American Zone of post-war Germany, and Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War. 1939: Eli Rosen lives with his wife Esther and their young son in the Polish town of Lublin, where his family owns a construction company. As a consequence of the Nazi occupation, Eli's company...
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Language
English
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Description
Less than a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army formed its first air force designated to operate overseas, the Eighth. Within four months, they had set up base in England. Three months later, they were bombing German targets in occupied Europe. The Eighth was the first bomber command on either side to commit to strategic daylight bombing. It was a major change in tactics-and the men of the Eighth paid the price in both lives and...
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Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An action-packed graphic novel about Virginia Hall, known as one of the most courageous spies of World War II. In the early 1940s, during World War II, Germany's Nazi regime expanded into neighboring European countries, committing horrific crimes against Jewish people and other groups. Enter: Virginia Hall. Born on a small Maryland farm, this brilliant woman's worldly ambitions led her to a clerical position at the U.S. embassy in Warsaw, Poland....
170) We are wolves
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of World War II, the Wolf family flees, but Liesl, Otto, and their baby sister Mia are separated from their mother and they are forced to do dangerous things in order to survive.--
171) Resistance
Author
Series
Resistance trilogy volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Paul and Marie's bucolic French town is almost untouched by the ravages of WWII. When the Jewish parents of their friend Henri disappear, and Henri goes into hiding, Paul and Marie realize they must take a stand.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Polish
Description
Jan and Antonina Zabinski, the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo in Poland, saved nearly 300 Jews during the Second World War. This is a poignant documentary that is an extraordinary true story about the humanitarian spirit, as exemplified by two people who, with enormous personal risk to themselves, faced the most challenging circumstances with bravery and decency. In 1965, Jan and Antonina Zabinski were recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations....
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Language
English
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Description
"New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how a courageous reporter uncovered one of greatest and deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century-the true effects of the atom bomb-potentially saving millions of lives"--
Just days after the United States decimated Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear bombs, the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. But the US government and military had begun a secret propaganda and information suppression...
174) What only we know
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A door slammed and the unmistakable sound of boots came crashing up the hall. Liese held her little daughter's hand so tightly, the tiny fingers had turned purple. The SS officer's hand was at Liese's throat before she saw him move. 'I can kill you easily, then I can kill your daughter.' He relaxed his grip a little. 'Or perhaps I could kill her first?' England, forty years later. When Karen Cartwright is unexpectedly called home to nurse her ailing...
175) My nest of silence
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel/prose hybrid which tells the story of a young Japanese American man who leaves his family in the Manzanar internment camp to fight in the European theater during World War II, and of his ten-year-old sister who, frustrated over her brother risking his life for the government that imprisoned them, decides to stop talking until he returns.
176) Tinieblas
Author
Series
La aventura mas impresionante de Capitan Riley volume Book 2
Publisher
Brilliance: Audible Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
Apenas recuperados del enfrentamiento con los nazis, el capitan Alex Riley y su tripulacion son requeridos para llevar a cabo su primera mision bajo las ordenes de la Oficina de Inteligencia Naval. Se veran abocados a una mision suicida, de la que no todos regresaran.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
Marguerite Duras must navigate the Resistance and the Gestapo to uncover the whereabouts of her imprisoned husband, Robert Antelme. After he's deported to Dachau in the midst of Nazi-occupied France, she becomes friendly with French collaborator Rabier to gain information at considerable risk to her underground cell. But as the months wear on, she must begin the process of confronting the unimaginable.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Multiple
Description
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon: Set in 19th-century China, two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocratic woman prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face-to-face with their worst enemy, and the enduring power of love
The sea inside: Based on a true story,...
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