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Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
299 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the Sphinx is blown up by terrorists who also launch attacks on an Iranian soccer team and a vessel in the Red Sea, Kyle Swanson and his Trident team uncover an extremist plot to provoke war between Egypt and Iran to upset the balance of international power.
Author
Series
A novel of World War 1 volume 5
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
With the war coming to a close, chaplain Joseph Reavley and his family learn that the identity of the sinister ideologue called the Peacemaker is about to be revealed by a German counterpart, but the family must first solve the mystery of a murdered nurse.
84) The nugget
Author
Language
English
Description
"Lieutenant Bobby Steele, USN, is a fresh-faced and eager naval aviator: a "Nugget," who needs to learn the ropes and complex procedures of taking off and returning safely to his aircraft carrier. A blurry night of drinking lands him in an unfamiliar bed aboard the USS Oklahoma; later that day, the Japanese destroy Pearl Harbor. After cheating death and losing his friend in this act of war, the formerly naive Steele vows to avenge the attack. Flying...
86) Blue Madonna
Author
Series
A Billy Boyle WWII mystery volume 11
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Billy Boyle, US Army detective and ex-Boston cop, faces his toughest investigation yet: infiltrating enemy lines in France as the Allies invade Normandy. It's late May 1944. Captain Billy Boyle is court-martialed on spurious charges of black market dealings. Stripped of his officer's rank, reduced to private, and sentenced to three months' hard labor, Boyle is given an opportunity: he can avoid his punishment if he goes behind enemy lines to rescue...
87) The night watch
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
450 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 563 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
At the height of WWII, five idealistic young Americans receive a mysterious letter from the OSS, asking them if they are willing to fight for their country. The men and women from very different backgrounds--a Texan athlete with German roots, an upper-crust son of a French mother and a wealthy businessman, a dirt-poor Midwestern fly fisherman, an orphaned fashion designer, and a ravishingly beautiful female fencer -- all answer the call of duty, but...
Author
Series
Hornblower volume 11
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1986, c1972
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
162 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
90) Lord Hornblower
Author
Series
Hornblower volume 5
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
322 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
As his naval battles with Napoleon conclude, Horatio Hornblower must rescue a man he knows to be a tyrant from the mutiny of his crew.
Author
Series
Hornblower volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1986, c1972
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
314 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
92) March
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 17
Physical Desc
280p. 25cm.
Language
English
93) Fort Pillow
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
329 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
94) Cavendon Hall
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cavendon Hall is home to two families, the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them, just as their ancestors did over the centuries. Charles Ingham, the sixth Earl of Mowbray, lives there with his wife Felicity and their six children: Guy, the heir, who is studying at Cambridge; their younger son Miles, attending Eton; and their four daughters Diedre, Daphne, DeLacy and Dulcie, affectionately called the Four Dees by the staff. Walter Swann,...
Author
Series
Wings of glory volume 2
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
439 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Landing in the army hospital after a plane crash, Major Jack Novak tries to win the heart of army nurse Lieutenant Ruth Doherty, but Jack soon realizes that he has his work cut out for him as he tries to break down her defenses.
Author
Series
Electra McDonnell novel volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The first in the Electra McDonnell series from Edgar-nominated author Ashley Weaver, set in England during World War II, A Peculiar Combination is a delightful mystery filled with spies, murder, romance, and the author's signature wit. Electra McDonnell has always known that the way she and her family earn their living is slightly outside of the law. Breaking into the homes of the rich and picking the locks on their safes may not be condoned by British...
97) Street boys
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
326p. 25cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Wings of glory volume 3
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
427 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Helen Carlisle, a young war widow covers her pain with the frenzy of volunteer work until the spark of her romance with Lt. Raymond Novak, a WWII pilot, propels them both into peril.
99) The winter guest
Author
Language
English
Description
"Life is a constant struggle for the eighteen-year-old Nowak twins as they raise their three younger siblings in rural Poland under the shadow of the Nazi occupation...Helena discovers an American paratrooper stranded outside their small mountain village...Risking the safety of herself and her family, she hides Sam--a Jew--but Helena's concern for the American grows into something much deeper...[as] Helena is forced to contend with the jealousy her...
100) The rest is silence
Author
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
325 p. : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When an unidentified corpse washes ashore at Slapton Sands on England's southern coast, US Army Captain Billy Boyle and his partner, Lieutenant Piotr 'Kaz' Kazimierz, are assigned to investigate. The Devonshire beach is the home to Operation Tiger, the top-secret rehearsal for the approaching D-Day invasion of Normandy, and the area is restricted; no one seems to know where the corpse could have come from. Luckily, Billy and Kaz have a comfortable...