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The Grafton girls The Grafton girls Annie Groves The new Liverpool-based World War Two saga from the author of Goodnight Sweetheart is a tale of four very different young women thrown together by war. A unique bond is formed as the hostilities take… OL10373W
Ramage and the renegades Ramage and the renegades Dudley Pope The Treaty of Amiens is signed and Nelson's navy languishes in port. Ramage is at home on half pay and suspects Napoleon will yet break the terms of the treaty. He is then given secret Admiralty orde… OL10507369W
Red Dawn Red Dawn Christopher Nicole A gripping tale of romance and adventure set in China in the twenties and thirties when the whole country was torn apart by civil strife. The final book in Christopher Nicole's China trilogy - follow… OL10530696W
Sole survivor Sole survivor Ruthanne Lum McCunn Poon Lim was a second steward on the Benlomond, and after it was torpedoed, he survived for 133 days on a wooden raft, finally being rescued at the mouth of the Amazon River. OL106749W
The valley of shadows The valley of shadows Francis Grierson Written more than a century ago, *The Valley of Shadows* is a passionate recounting of Grierson’s experiences as a boy growing up on the prairies of central Illinois in the few short years leading up… OL1096566W
Thunder point Thunder point Jack Higgins The day before Hitler commits suicide, he arranges for Nazi leader Martin Bormann to flee to South America in a German U-boat. Terrorist Sean Dillon is saved from a Yugoslavian firing squad --- if… OL11018012W
Elkhorn Tavern Elkhorn Tavern Jones, Douglas C. While Martin Hasford is away fighting with the Confederate army his wife, fifteen-year-old son and seventeen-yearold daughter must face many hardships. OL111371W
The ghost road The ghost road Pat Barker **From Amazon.com:** **The final book in the Regeneration Trilogy and winner of the 1995 Booker Prize.** *The Ghost Road* is the culminating masterpiece of Pat Barker's towering World War I fi… OL11221644W
Wilderness Wilderness Robert Penn Warren "More than a decade before the civil rights movement, newspaperman Ralph McGill broke the social code of silence that kept white southerners from publicly debating any change in the system of racial … OL11369338W
Jahrgang 1902 Jahrgang 1902 Ernst Glaeser „Der Krieg gehörte den Erwachsenen, wir liefen sehr einsam dazwischen herum.“ – Ernst wächst behütet in einer süddeutschen Kleinstadt des späten Kaiserreichs auf, und seine Welt scheint zunächst inta… OL1156346W
Tell England Tell England Ernest Raymond "Tell England: A Study in a Generation", first published in February 1922 in the UK, is a novel about the First World War and the young men sent to fight in it ([Wikipedia][1]). [1]: http://en… OL1340645W
The Amazing Interlude The Amazing Interlude Mary Roberts Rinehart Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was an American author of hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues and special articles. Some of her very successful books and plays, such as "The Bat" (1920) w… OL137391W
Battle cry Battle cry Leon Uris Battle Cry is the riveting Marine epic by the bestselling author of such classics as Trinity and Exodus.Originally published in 1953, Leon Uris's Battle Cry is the raw and exciting story of men at wa… OL14847874W
The Gentle Rebel (The House of Winslow #4) The Gentle Rebel (The House of Winslow #4) Gilbert Morris The story of Nathan Winslow in *The Gentle Rebel* brings the saga of the Winslow family into the American Revolution. At first opposed to the idea of revolution, Nathan eventually becomes a Patriot. … OL14854887W
Breakthroughs Breakthroughs Harry Turtledove Is it the war to end all wars--or war without end? What began as a conflict in Europe, when Germany unleashed a lightning assault on its enemies, soon spreads to North America, as a long-simmering ha… OL14923435W
Homeward bound Homeward bound Harry Turtledove The twentieth century was awash in war. World powers were pouring men and machines onto the killing fields of Europe. Then, in one dramatic stroke, a divided planet was changed forever. An alien race… OL14923470W
Executive intent Executive intent Dale Brown The deadliest strike will come from outer spaceWhen America develops the most powerful defense system in history, will it be used to protect the nation—or will it be used to force universal dominatio… OL14949644W
No less than victory No less than victory Jeff Shaara No Less Than Victory is the crowning achievement in master storyteller Jeff Shaara's soaring World War II trilogy, revealing the European war's unforgettable and harrowing final act.After the success… OL14963382W
Firefight Firefight Chris Ryan,Chris Ryan The latest thriller from the author of number one bestseller Strike BackFormer SAS Captain Will Jackson is a man with nothing to lose. A veteran of the most dangerous missions the Regiment could thro… OL14990377W
Exploits and adventures of Brigadier Gerard Exploits and adventures of Brigadier Gerard Arthur Conan Doyle "Having killed off Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle turned his attention to a very different hero. Brigadier Etienne Gerard is an officer in Napoleon's army - recklessly brave, engagingly open… OL1518174W
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