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82) A lonely death
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
It's 1920. Three men are dead, all garroted, all war veterans. When a piece of evidence, kept from the public, suggests a much stronger link between the victims and the unknown, it's up to World War I battered survivor, Scotland Yard Detective Ian Rutledge to find the killer.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
91 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixth graders Anika Veerkar, Benicio "Benny" Flores, and Libby Abrams are known for their endless questions. On their trip to the grocery store they meet a senior cashier named Darrell and the questions begin: Why does someone who could be retired choose to still work? This simple question leads the friends all around their community as they explore the facts and personal stories of veterans.
84) City of schemes
Author
Series
(Victoria E.).Counterfeit lady novel volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Language
English
Description
"Elizabeth Miles is preparing for her wedding to Gideon Bates, when a menacing shadow from her past threatens to destroy the life she has built for herself in this all-new Counterfeit Lady Novel from USA Today bestselling author Victoria Thompson. The Great War is over, and Elizabeth and Gideon are busily planning their wedding and welcoming home old friends now discharged from the army. One of them, Captain Logan Carstens, the son and heir of a wealthy...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Following the success of his New York Times bestseller, Until Tuesday, Iraq War veteran Luis Carlos Montalvan takes to the road with his beloved Golden Retriever service dog, Tuesday, advocating for America's wounded warriors and for each other. Luis's first book sparked a national conversation about service dogs and PTSD. In this spectacular new memoir, he and Tuesday bring their healing mission to the next level, showing how these beautifully trained...
Author
Publisher
Fox News Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 268 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), 23 cm
Language
English
Description
From Fox & Friends Weekend cohost Pete Hegseth comes a collection of stories from fifteen of America's greatest heroes--highly decorated Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, marines, Purple Heart recipients, combat pilots, a Medal of Honor recipient, and more--based on Fox Nation's show of the same name.
87) Noel Street
Author
Series
The Noel collection volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The year is 1975. Elle Sheen--a single mother who is supporting herself and her six-year-old, African-American son, Dylan, as a waitress at the Noel Street Diner--isn't sure what to make of William Smith when his appearance creates a stir in the small town of Mistletoe, Utah. As their lives unexpectedly entwine, Elle learns that William, a recently returned Vietnam POW, is not only fighting demons from his past, but may also have the answer to her...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Harper pbk. [ed.].
Physical Desc
305 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1919, and the 'War to End All Wars' has been won. But there is no peace for Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, recently returned from the battlefields of France shell-shocked and tormented by the ever-present voice of the young Scot he had executed for refusing an order. Escaping into his work to save his sanity, Rutledge investigates the murder of a popular colonel in Warwickshire and his alleged killer, a decorated war hero and close friend...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 248 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1967, John (Chick) Donohue was a 26-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran working as a merchant seaman when he was challenged one night in a New York City bar. The men gathered at this hearth had lost family and friends in the ongoing war in Vietnam. Now, they were seeing protesters turn on the troops. One neighborhood patriot proposed an idea many might deem preposterous: One of them should sneak into Vietnam, track down their buddies in combat,...
92) Wolves of Eden
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A saga of loyalty and survival in the vast, severe American West. Irish immigrant brothers Michael and Thomas O'Driscoll have returned from the brutal front lines of the Civil War. Unable to adapt to life as farm laborers, they reenlist in the army and are thrown into ferocious combat with Red Cloud's coalition of Indian tribes in the heart of Montana's Powder River Valley. Thomas finds love amidst the daily carnage--which leads to a moment of violence...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Growing up in a rural Pennsylvania town in the aftermath of two world wars, Annabelle confronts a violent new bully and must defend a traumatized World War I veteran who is wrongly implicated in the bully's disappearance.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A mayor's inspirational story of a Midwest city that has become nothing less than a blueprint for the future of American renewal. Once described by the Washington Post as "the most interesting mayor you've never heard of," Pete Buttigieg, the thirty-six-year-old Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has improbably emerged as one of the nation's most visionary politicians. First elected in 2011, Buttigieg left a successful business career to move...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Mr. Church decides to reunite the Expendables, and one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
Author
Series
War at home volume 6
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
392 pages : genealogical table ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"1919: The war is over, but peace is yet to come. As men are demobbed, women must give up positions that gave them freedom. Edward is given an important job at the Peace Conference in Paris, but it means more lonely months away from Beattie and his hoped-for reconciliation. Fred's unit is sent to the Rhine, and Cook feels a guilty relief that her uprooting has been postponed. Laura's friend Ransley volunteers for a further six months, and rather than...
97) Silent creed
Author
Series
A Ryder Creed novel volume 2
Language
English
Description
Racing to North Carolina with his best search-and-rescue dog in the aftermath of a devastating mudslide, Ryder Creed is rescued from a second slide only to uncover evidence of a possible serial killer.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The former Army intelligence officer and politician discusses his decade-long battle with depression and PTSD from his service in Afghanistan and how his family supported him through the challenging treatments that helped him to heal.
100) The edge
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA agent who knew America's dirtiest secrets--can Travis Devine uncover the truth before his time runs out? When CIA operative Jenny Sikwell is murdered in rural Maine, government officials have immediate concerns over national security. Her laptop and phone were full of state secrets that, in the wrong hands, endanger the lives of countless...