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"In the tradition of Jennifer Robson and Hazel Gaynor, this unforgettable debut novel is a sweeping tale of forbidden love, profound loss, and the startling truth of the broken families left behind in the wake of World War I. 1921. Survivors of the Great War are desperately trying to piece together the fragments of their broken lives. While many have been reunited with their loved ones, Edie's husband Francis has not come home. Francis is presumed...
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In 1930 London a deathbed plea from his wife leads Sir Cecil Lawton to seek the aid of Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator. As Maisie soon learns, Agnes Lawton never accepted that her aviator son was killed in the Great War, a torment that led her not only to the edge of madness but to the doors of those who practice the dark arts and commune with the spirit world. In accepting the assignment, Maisie finds her spiritual strength tested, as...
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2013.
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" From a mesmerizing storyteller, the gripping search for a missing World War II crew, their bomber plane, and their legacy. On September 1, 1944, a massive American bomber carrying eleven men vanished over the tiny Pacific archipelago of Palau, leaving behind a trail of mysteries. For more than sixty years, the U.S. government, the children of the missing airmen, and a maverick team of scientists and scuba divers searched the archipelago for clues...
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Twenty years after her father's plane crash, Willy Jane Maitland is finally tracking his last moves. She recognizes the danger, but her search for the truth is the only thing that matters. Willy knows she can't proceed without the help of ex-army officer Guy Barnard, who knows the mysterious land well. But in a place where truth has many faces, she suspects even Guy has hidden motives. What she couldn't have prepared for are the shocking secrets and...
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Norendy tales volume 2
Publication Date
2024.
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At the Hotel Balzaar, Marta's mother rises before the sun, puts on her uniform, and instructs Marta to roam as she will but quietly, invisibly like a little mouse. While her mother cleans rooms, Marta slips down the back staircase to the grand lobby to chat with the bellman, study the painting of an angel's wing over the fireplace, and watch a cat chase a mouse around the face of the grandfather clock, all the while dreaming of the return of her soldier...
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2006
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xxiv, 357 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Through meticulous research and unprecedented interviews with Japanese and American combatants, award-winning author Wetterhahn provides a breathtaking account of the air war between flyers above the Bering Sea during World War II.
9) Tripwire
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Jack Reacher novels volume 3
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Jack Reacher is not pleased when Costello, a private detective, comes nosing around asking questions about him. Determined to keep out of trouble, Reacher conceals his identity. But when he finds Costello dead with his fingertips sliced off, he realizes it is time to move on - and move on fast. Yet two questions worry him: who was Costello's employer, the mysterious Mrs Jacobs? And why is she determined to find Reacher?
10) Spy runner
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2019.
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346 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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It's 1953 and the Cold War is on. Communism threatens all that the United States stands for, and America needs every patriot to do their part. So when a Russian boarder moves into the home of twelve-year-old Jake McCauley, he's on high alert. What does the mysterious Mr. Shubin do with all that photography equipment? And why did he choose to live so close to the Air Force base? Jake's mother says that Mr. Shubin knew Jake's dad, who went missing in...
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2014.
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511 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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"Washington Post correspondent Kathy Reilly taps her friend, former marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger to find information on a World War II female sniper. As they travel to Russia and the Carpathian Mountains, someone is determined to stop them at any cost"-- Provided by publisher.
12) La caja azul
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[2022]
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319 pages : map ; 23 cm
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"No sé cómo comenzar a contaros esta historia, la de la caja azul. Mi madre tenía una vida secreta que solo la conocían mi abuela y tía Teresa, nadie más en la familia. Durante años buscaron a mi abuelo Antonio, padre, marido y hermano, soldado del ejército Republicano desaparecido en combate en la Batalla del Ebro. Tan secreta fue esta búsqueda que solo un par de días antes de morir mi madre se atrevió a compartirlo conmigo, a...
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c1999
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1 videodisc (2 hr., 49 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Captain John Miller must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own answer and the strength to triumph over uncertain future with honor, decency and courage.
14) Gingersnap
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When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action in 1944, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn. Includes soup recipes.
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[2015]
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1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In 1919, an Australian farmer travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons. With insurmountable obstacles he must travel across the battle-scarred Turkish landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
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Josh Thurlow novels volume 2
Publication Date
p2005
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11 sound discs (72 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Captain Josh Thurlow teams up with PT Boat Commander to find an ambassador's son missing in the jungles of the Solomons.
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c2005
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2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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In 1920, country girl Mathilde is living in Brittany with her aunt and uncle when she learns that her fiancé Manech was one of five French soldiers condemned to a barbarous death by their own side. Court-martialed for intentionally wounding themselves, their punishment is to be thrown into no man's land, unarmed and with their hands tied behind their backs. But Manech may have survived. Hiring a dogged old bird of a private detective and a lawyer...
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