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Fearless Jones Fearless Jones Walter Mosley Paris Minton is minding his own business--a small used bookstore of which he is the proud proprietor--when a beautiful woman named Elana Love walks in and asks a few questions. Within the next twenty… OL115533W
The Great Fatherland War The Great Fatherland War Ted Gottfried Discusses the Soviet Union's involvement in World War II, from their non-aggression pact with Germany to their subsequent invasion and eventual defeat, highlighting the hardships endured by the Sovie… OL15059720W
Through amateur eyes Through amateur eyes Frances Guerin " We have seen the films of professionals and propagandists celebrate Adolf Hitler, his SS henchmen, and the Nazi Party. But what of the documentary films and photographs of amateurs, soldiers, and o… OL16615590W
I believe in unicorns I believe in unicorns Michael Morpurgo,Wizard Theatre A man relates how he came to believe in unicorns as an eight-year-old boy while also remembering how he learned about the importance in life of books and storytelling, especially in the midst of war. OL17821456W
Fire and Fury Fire and Fury Randall Hansen During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities, killing more than half a million German citizens, and leaving 80,000 pil… OL18155856W
The looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad The looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad Milbry Polk "The Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad is a reconstruction in book form of one of the world's largest and most important museums, which will never be the same again. Focusing on the objects housed … OL18534232W
The Fall of Berlin, 1945 The Fall of Berlin, 1945 Antony Beevor The Red Army's invasion of Berlin in January 1945 was one of the most terrifying examples of fire and sword in history. Frenzied by terrible memories of Wehrmacht and SS brutality, the Russians wreak… OL1881603W
The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis David E. Fishman xv, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm OL19332996W
The monuments men The monuments men Robert M. Edsel "In a race against time, a group of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others--called the Monuments Men--risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destructio… OL19971954W
Erased from space and consciousness Erased from space and consciousness Noga Kadman "Hundreds of Palestinian villages were left empty across Israel when their residents became refugees after the 1948 war. Most of these villages were razed by the new State of Israel, their lands and … OL20005089W
The last British Dambuster The last British Dambuster George Johnson I was anxious to fight. Hitler was the bastard that had started all this and he needed sorting out. We were under threat. Everything we stood for - our country, our families and our way of life - was… OL20807140W
The dambuster's raid The dambuster's raid John Sweetman "Operation Chastise - the Dambusters Raid, as it became known - undertaken by 19 Lancasters of 617 Squadron on the night of 16 May 1943, was the most audacious bombing raid of the Second World War. F… OL20923717W
Bomber Bomber Len Deighton The classic novel of the Second World War that relates in devastating detail the 24-hour story of an allied bombing raid.Bomber is a novel war. There are no victors, no vanquished. There are simply t… OL2425038W
Deutsche Kriegsverbrechen in Italien Deutsche Kriegsverbrechen in Italien Gerhard Schreiber Etwa 2000 Italiener wurden zwischen September 1943 und Mai 1945 von Angehörigen der Wehrmacht, der SS und der Polizei getötet. Zu den Opfern gehörten kriegsgefangene Soldaten, Frauen, Kinder und Männ… OL2588402W
Gold warriors Gold warriors Sterling Seagrave great OL3522967W
The Rape of Europa The Rape of Europa Lynn H. Nicholas A discussion on the theft and collection of great European art in World War 2. OL3914147W
War without end War without end Michael Schwartz In this razor-sharp analysis, TomDispatch.com commentator Michael Schwartz demolishes the myths used to sell the U.S. public the idea of an endless "war on terror" centered in Iraq.He demonstrates ho… OL4623650W
The Basora Librarian The Basora Librarian Jeanette Winter Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--alo… OL474281W
Hitlers Volksstaat Hitlers Volksstaat Götz Aly In this groundbreaking book, distinguished historian Gotz Aly addresses one of modern history's greatest conundrums: How did Adolf Hitler win the allegiance of ordinary Germans for his program of mas… OL756173W
Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fracture… OL98459W
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