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Author
Series
A clandestine operations novel volume 5
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Special agent James Cronley Jr. finds that fighting both ex-Nazis and the Soviet NKGB can lead to strange bedfellows, in the dramatic new Clandestine Operations novel about the birth of the CIA and the Cold War. A month ago, Cronley managed to capture two notorious Nazi war criminals, but not without leaving some dead bodies and outraged Austrian police in his wake. He's been lying low ever since, but that little vacation is about to end. Somebody--Odessa,...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
When her father dies under suspicious circumstances, Rachel Cutler finds everything she loves threatened by the rival quests of two art collectors who seek one of the world's greatest treasures, lost after the Second World War.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1984
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[48] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A grandfather tells a young boy about the giant wall that separates the Yooks and Zooks and why both sides have developed more powerful weapons.
Author
Series
(John Anthony).Ranger's apprentice volume 2
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2007, c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
262, 15 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Will is forced to overcome his fear of Wargals, the foot soldiers of rebel warlord Morgarath, as Araluen's army prepares to battle Morgarath's forces.
Author
Series
Century trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
This novel picks up right where the first book left off, as its five interrelated families, American, German, Russian, English, Welsh, enter a time of enormous social, political, and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the Third Reich, through the Spanish Civil War and the great dramas of World War II, up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs. Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life engulfed...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
viii, 342 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Facing radical changes in their roles and outlooks when the men in their lives join the Union forces, the women of Elm Creek Valley's quilting bee begin an agonizing period of waiting that is shaped by their husbands' military duties and their respective circumstances.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xiii, 362 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From international bestseller Mario Escobar comes a 20th-century historical novel of tragedy and resilience inspired by Spain's famed Children of Morelia and the true events that shaped their lives"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
305 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Despite their misgivings about "the Cause," Willie Burke and his best friends, three young men from New Iberia, Louisiana, enlist in the Confederate Army and head off to war, in a novel drawn from the author's own family history.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pledging her loyalty to the North at the risk of her life when her native Virginia secedes, Quaker-educated aristocrat Elizabeth Van Lew uses her innate skills for gathering military intelligence to help construct the Richmond underground and orchestrate escapes from the infamous Confederate Libby Prison.
Author
Series
The Fairmile volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Fairmile series continues as the fiercely independent Alinor and her family find themselves entangled in palace intrigue, political upheaval, and life-changing secrets in 17th-century England"--
"The "sweeping" (Parade) and "superb" (People) Fairmile series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory continues as the fiercely independent Alinor and her family find themselves entangled in palace intrigue, political upheaval, and...
17) Ruthless Vows
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Two weeks have passed since Iris Winnow returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, and the city of Oath continues to dwell in a state of disbelief and ignorance. When Iris and Attie are given another chance to report on Dacre's movements, they both take the opportunity and head westward once more despite the danger, knowing it's only a matter of time before the conflict reaches a city that's...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan War.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
294 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Ranger's apprentice Will battles Temujai warriors to rescue Evanlyn, Will's kingdom of Skandia joins forces with rival kingdom Araluen to defeat a common enemy.
Author
Series
(John Anthony)Ranger's apprentice volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Will, who is now a full-fledged Ranger, must rescue his friend Alyss from a rogue knight and uncover vital information needed to ward off a Scotti invasion.