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"The WWII invasion of Allied troops into German-occupied Europe, known as D-Day, was the largest military endeavor in history. By the time it occurred on June 6, 1944, Hitler and the Axis powers had a chokehold grip on the European continent, which the Allies called "Fortress Europe." Behind enemy lines, Nazi Germany was engaged in the mass extermination of the Jewish people and the oppression of civilians across Europe. The goal of D-Day was no less...
12) El principito
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The Spanish version of the classic story about an aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert where he encounters a little man from another planet who reveals to him the secret of what is important in life.
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Carrie was broken-hearted when Joshua, left town after a messy breakup. Two years have passed, and she's done waiting around for him. Finally moving on, she has her eyes on a new-comer to Pride, but just when things are starting to heat up, Josh strolls back into town. No longer a boy, but the man of all her fantasies. She knows she must play it cool or risk losing her heart again.
Josh left Pride to try and find himself, but after two years
...14) Military robots
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"Engaging images accompany information about military robots. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
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Even as war raged, Lincoln and Congress debated what would happen after it was won. In December 1863, Lincoln offered a simple, lenient reconstruction plan. Radical Republicans in Congress objected and offered their own blueprint. The debate was continuing even as an assassin cut short Lincoln's part in it.
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The names solemnly displayed in Memorial Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy serve as a constant reminder of why Annapolis is different from Harvard, or Stanford, or Duke. No midshipman recognizes this more viscerally than Donald Durago, who knows all too well that some will die--heroically, tragically, slowly, or quickly--in the service of their country.
Set at the U.S. Naval Academy in the 1990s, The Recipient's Son tells the story of a young man's struggle...
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A soldier fighting from the trenches in France in 1916 writes letters to his love.
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"Lawrence makes every word count, telling each story with elegance and emotional punch." - Patsy Hennessey
"Each story is masterfully constructed ... Humorous, touching, creepy, but most of all entertaining, this collection is superb." - Tracy Michelle Anderson
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If you're a fan of historical fiction, you might enjoy this wartime epistolary romance.
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Waiting to be deployed on a critical mission, elite Marine Raider Matthew Redd stops to help a stranger and wakes up hours later to learn his team was wiped out in an ambush. Unable to remember anything, Redd can't deny the possibility that he's somehow responsible for the information leak that led to the massacre. He's given a deal to avoid a charge of treason, but it means walking away from the Corps and the life he loved.As he faces his loss, Matty...
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"REALISTIC, GRITTY, AND FILLED WITH HOPE, HEROISM AND ACTION!"
Three years long years of tyranny and bloodshed have passed since the invasion of Europe. Now a new dawn rises?
A nuclear attack shatters the fragile peace between Beijing and Baghdad. In Europe, Caliphate forces are driven back across a war-torn Ireland and into the sea.
As the tide turns and hope rises, hard decisions are about to be made.
Britain's most senior judge, a ruthless...