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Publisher
Koehlerbooks
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Inspired by true events, this book follows a haunting, sometimes uplifting but ultimately tragic journey into war through the eyes of an Air Force officer searching for meaning as his path intersects with a mother's desperate quest to find hope after her son is killed serving with the US Marines of Afghanistan.
Pub. Date
2015
Description
A 7-Part History of the United States in Vietnam In 1965, the United States officially became involved in the conflict in Southeast Asia where decades of turmoil had been building since the beginning of World War II. The fall of French Indochina and the spread of Communism, catapulted the country into one of its longest and deadliest wars. The history of U.S. involvement is told in this 7 part documentary series featuring personal stories from veterans...
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Pub. Date
2023
Description
You knew what you signed up for. These words are often directed at military spouses, yet the true depth of what it will mean to be married to a service member is seldom fully grasped. In Milspouse Matters: Sharing Strength Through Our Stories, readers are immersed in the captivating world of military spouse life, unearthing the challenges and triumphs faced by those who leave behind the familiar to embrace a life of constant change.
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Series
Publisher
Amicus Learning
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Meet Gracen! She likes karate and ice skating. Her dad is in the military. Gracen is real and so are her experiences with moving often and having her dad away from home. Learn about her life in this illustrated narrative nonfiction picture book for elementary students"--
7) Traitor
Author
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Description
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce of MOMENTO, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL) heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn (Academy-Award®-nominee Don Cheadle of HOTEL RWANDA, CRASH). A mysterious figure with a web of connections to terrorist organizations, Horn has a knack for emerging on the scene just as a major operation goes down....
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Combining authoritative, exciting text and bold images, The World War I Book explores the historical background of the war, its causes, all of the key events across the major theatres of conflict, and its aftermath. Using the original, graphic-led approach of the series, entries profile more than 90 of the key events during and surrounding the conflict - from the growing tensions between Europe's major powers to the assassination of Archduke Franz...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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Description
"Helsinki, 1947. Finland teeters between the Soviet Union and the West. Everyone is being watched. A wrong look or a wrong word could end in catastrophe. Natalya Bobrova, from Russia, and Louise Koski, from the United States, are young wives of their country's military attachés. When they meet at an embassy party, their husbands, Arnie and Mikhail, both world-class skiers, drunkenly challenge each other to a friendly-but secret-cross-country wilderness...
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Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Tensions are at a breaking point. The Western markets that once relied on Russian gas have turned to Israel for their energy needs. Furious, Russia surreptitiously moves to protect their interests by using their newfound ally, Iran, and Iran's proxy militias. As Israel's elite fighting forces and the Mossad go undercover, they detect the Kremlin is planning a major attack against Israel. Hunting for clues, Mossad agents Nir Tavor and Nicole le Roux...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"This book offers the first full account of Harriet Tubman's Civil War service and the Combahee River Raid. It details how Tubman commanded a ring of spies, scouts, and pilots and participated in military expeditions behind Confederate lines. It also recounts the story of enslaved families living in bondage and fighting for their freedom, using their own distinct and individual voices. The book uses more than 175 US Civil War pension files of the...
15) Full measures
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Series
Publisher
Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2023, 2014
Description
"After twenty years as an army brat and Ember Howard knew, too. The soldiers at the door meant her dad was never coming home. What she didn't know was how she would find the strength to singlehandedly care for her crumbling family when her mom falls apart. Then Josh Walker enters her life. Hockey star, her new next-door neighbor, and not to mention the most delicious hands that insist on saving her over and over again. He has a way of erasing the...
16) Eastbound
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Publisher
Archipelago Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"In this swirling, gripping tale, a young Russian conscript and a French woman come together in a crowded compartment of the Trans-Siberian railroad, each of them fleeing to the east for their own reasons"--
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Series
Tom Clancy's Op-center volume 18
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
After an intelligence failure at Op-Center results in a major terrorist attack, director Chase Williams radically transforms the agency into a ground-breaking new mobile strike force. It's a beautiful day in Manhattan as excited tourists board the floating Air and Space Museum on the USS Intrepid-until a horrible explosion rips across the flight deck, showering the body parts of innocent people everywhere. The perpetrator is none other than Captain...
Author
Publisher
ALBIN MICHEL
Pub. Date
1988
Description
Bogen er en gave fra forfatteren. Bagest findes i forbindelse med bibliografi en optegnelse af personer/institutioner, der har bidraget til bogens tilblivelse. Desuden en fortegnelse over omtalte personer i bogen og endelig indholdsfortegnelse.--Google books.
19) Dead man's hand
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"To finally end the war between their nations, a rogue Ukrainian band of partisans known as the Wolves teams up with members of Russia's military intelligence to assassinate Vladimir Putin.
But Putin is aware of the traitors in his midst and assigns the loyal commander of the Russian national guard to root them out. It's a mission Victor Petrov is expected to undertake after he prevents Sweden from joining NATO -- by assassinating a deputy minister...
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Publisher
Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
A definitive and sweeping account of the life and times of the world's greatest conqueror--Genghis Khan--and the rise of the Mongol empire in the 13th century
Combining fast-paced accounts of battles with rich cultural background and the latest scholarship, Frank McLynn brings vividly to life the strange world of the Mongols and Genghis Khan's rise from boyhood outcast to world conqueror. McLynn provides the most accurate and absorbing account yet...
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