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1) Essex dogs
Author
Series
The Essex dogs trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
455 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel set during the Hundred Years' War. July 1346. Ten men land on the beaches of Normandy. They call themselves the Essex Dogs: an unruly platoon of archers and men-at-arms led by a battle-scarred captain whose best days are behind him. The fight for the throne of the largest kingdom in Western Europe has begun. Heading ever deeper into enemy territory...
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Language
English
Description
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000...
Author
Series
Revolution trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Crown
Language
English
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Chronicles the pivotal middle years of the American Revolution, tracing the Continental Army’s fight for survival, George Washington’s struggles for resources, Benjamin Franklin’s diplomacy in Paris, and British attempts to suppress the rebellion in the face of mounting costs. Illustrations. Maps.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Language
English
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Traces the sophisticated D-Day operation through which extraordinary spies deceived the Nazis about the location of the Allied attack, profiling the successful Double Cross System and the remarkable individuals who used the program to save thousands of lives.
7) Shiloh 1862
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
446 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this gripping telling of the first "great and terrible" battle of the Civil War, Groom describes the dramatic events of April 6 and 7, 1862, when a bold surprise attack on Ulysses S. Grant's encamped troops and the bloody battle that ensued would alter the timbre of the war.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First United States edition.
Language
English
Description
"AN ENDLESS WAR. A BLOOD-SOAKED BATTLEFIELD. A BAND OF BROTHERS. The epic sequel to Essex Dogs, continuing the New York Times bestselling historian's trilogy of novels following the fortunes of ten ordinary soldiers during the Hundred Years' War. 1347. Bruised and bloodied by an epic battle at Cr�ecy, six soldiers known as the Essex Dogs pick through the wreckage of the fighting-and their own lives. Now a new siege is beginning, and the Dogs are...
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
lvi, 712 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive history of World War II analyzes the factors that affected the war's outcome and presents stories of many little-known individuals whose experiences displayed the epitome of courage and self-sacrifice.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew diaries volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
167 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nancy goes undercover at the exclusive Green Club when George's cousin, a candidate for city council, is targeted by a mysterious saboteur who threatens the plans to build a new sports complex.
Author
Series
Liberation trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
The final volume of the trilogy chronicling the Allied victory in Western Europe brings to life the brutal struggles in Normandy and at the Battle of the Bulge to the freeing of Paris, as experienced by participants from every level of the military.
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Series
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
6 CDs (7 hr.)
Language
English
Description
Deemed "irreplaceable" by Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson assumed his nickname during the Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. It is said that The Army of Northern Virginia never fully recovered from the loss of Stonewall's leadership when he was accidentally shot by one of his own men and died in 1863. Davis highlights Stonewall Jackson's a general who emphasized the importance of reliable information and early preparedness (he so believed in information...
15) Bull Run
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys, and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.
Author
Series
Revolution trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other masterly books about World War II, has long been admired for his unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative history. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he tells the story of the first twenty months of the bloody struggle to shake free of King George's shackles. From the battles...
Author
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
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"In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she's willing to risk for the life of a stranger, from the New York Times bestselling author of such acclaimed historical fiction as Hour of the Witch and The Sandcastle Girls. Virginia, 1864--Libby Steadman's husband has been away for so long that she can barely conjure...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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The New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Watergate turns his attention to D-Day, one of history's greatest and most unbelievable miliary and human triumphs, exploring the full impact of this world-changing event and offering a fitting tribute to the people of the Greatest Generation.
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