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"When Loesz was only six, his life changed completely. World War II broke out in 1939, sweeping the young boy into the whirlwind of the Holocaust. For six long torturous years, Leosz sees and goes through everything: myriads of overcrowded transports headed for concentration camps, life on the streets of occupied Poland as an abandoned child, hiding from cruel Nazis, forced labor under conditions of starvation and the constant threat of death. Only...
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"Both intimate and historical, Miss Fortune's Last Mission is as much about the brave men who fought and died as it is about the survivors who honor their sacrifices. The authors' search to understand the reverberations of the crash of a B-24 Liberator during World War II reveals the lasting effect of loss and the healing power of sharing our stories"--Provided by publisher.
"When you were growing up, did you ever wonder why your father was the way...
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"Food played a central role in the Third Reich, to satisfy the daily needs of the people, to prepare Germany for war, to decrease the country's dependence on food imports and as the foundation of a racial ideology that justified the murder of millions of Jews, prisoners of war and Slavs. This book is the first to address the topic of food during the Nazi Reich in a comprehensive way. It illustrates the importance of food in Nazi ideology, its use...
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When war broke out in 1914, fearless pioneers took to the skies above France in flimsy biplanes. Aerial combat was perceived as glorious and chivalric, but the reality was very different: new Royal Flying corps subalterns in 1917 had a life expectancy of 11 days. The term 'ace' caught on, and daredevil aviators like the Red Baron and Billy Bishop became household names, just as the heroic pilots who defended the skies over England in 1940 are still...
10526) I survived: collection
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The thrilling first four books in the bestselling I SURVIVED series! Includes I SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC, 1912, I SURVIVED THE SHARK ATTACKS OF 1916, I SURVIVED HURRICAN KATRINA, 2005, and I SURVIVED THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR, 1944.
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"PRZETRWAŁY NAJWIĘKSZE LUDOBÓJSTWO W DZIEJACH ŚWIATA „Powiedziałaś mi, że chcesz żyć” - usłyszała Zofia od swojej mamy. Razem zbiegły z obozu na Majdanku. Krystyna razem z rodzicami uciekała kanałami z płonącego warszawskiego getta. Zajęcie terytorium Polski przez nazistów oznacza dla tutejszych Żydów koniec spokojnego życia. Zaczynają się pierwsze szykany - pobicia, kradzieże, nakaz noszenia tzw. gwiazdy Dawida. Dochodzi...
10529) Operation VFW memories
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Author's interviews with veterans from the St. Charles VFW and American Legion for an Eagle Project for the Boy Scouts.
10530) War collection
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The eagle and the hawk : World War I drama about rival pilots with opposing codes of honor and a reluctant hero struggling to deal with the horrors of war.
The last outpost : World War I drama about a British prisoner of war who is rescued from a firing squad by his mysterious cellmate John Stevenson.
Wake Island : Based on the true story of a handful of U.S. Marines holding out against an overwhelming Japanese air, land and sea assault.
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"Nine-year-old Nanea may be the youngest in her family, but she still wants to "dip her paddle in" and be useful. She knows she's grown-up enough to help in her grandparents' market. But before she can prove that she's ready for more responsibility, the unthinkable happens: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, the naval base where her father works, and America is at war! With friends and family missing, and rumors of more attacks to come, Nanea worries will...
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This book, developed from an award-winning research project, examines the experience of African-American GIs in Germany since 1945 and the unique insights they provide into the civil rights struggle at home and abroad. Because of the American military occupation after World War II, America's unresolved civil rights agenda was exposed to world-wide scrutiny as never before. America's ambitious efforts to democratize German society after the defeat...
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"There has been a great deal of writing the past several decades about Native American Code Talkers of World War Two. The published works have been about Navajos and the tremendous contribution they made in the Pacific campaigns of the war. What is often overlooked is the role played in both World Wars by men of other tribes. There were Cherokee, Choctaw, Comanche, Creek and other tribal representatives with their languages involved as well.
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Things we do for love: A successful businesswoman confronts her failing marriage while reaching out to a troubled teenage girl in need. Afterwards--a conversation with Kristin Hannah and some fascinating adoption stories.
3 weeks with my brother: In January 2003, Nicholas Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a 3-week trip around the world. The trip marks a milestone in their lives, for at 37 and 38 respectively, they were now the only surviving...
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La verdadera historia de la lista de Kersten, un relato desconocido de terror, fanatismo, generosidad y heroísmo. Hasta las figuras más temibles de la historia tienen sus debilidades, y la de Heinrich Himmler fue sin duda su medico, cuyas manos milagrosas eran las únicas capaces de aliviar sus insoportables calambres abdominales. Felix Kersten, nacido en Estonia y formado por un maestro tibetano en Finlandia, era uno de los fisioterapeutas más...
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From the seasoned infantryman of the 1700s to the hi-tech warriors of today, this book makes an intriguing journey through 300 years of military service. Authoritative text and stunning visual content explore every aspect of the soldier's life in both war and peace, charting how he has lived, marched, fought, died, and survived, across the centuries, often in places far from home.
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