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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The Wilderling	Claire Lorrimer	Although born into the British aristocracy, the Honourable Sophia Lucienne Rochford was raised in obscurity first in a French convent and then in a Parisian brothel. Like a wilderling—a cultivated fl…	OL10540189W
Lord of the Nutcracker men	Iain Lawrence	Ten-year-old Johnny eagerly plays at war with the army of nutcracker soldiers his toymaker father whittles for him. He demolishes imaginary foes. But in 1914 Germany looms as the real enemy of Europe…	OL116319W
William Kentridge	Jane Taylor,Maria-Christina Villasenor,William Kentridge,Carolyn Christov Bakargiev,William Kentridge	"William Kentridge (b. 1955, Johannesburg) has always addressed the more challenging and intimate aspects of contemporary life and of South Africa, both during Apartheid and in the post-Apartheid per…	OL11636684W
Great Britain and the War of 1914-1918	Woodward, E. L. Sir	xxxix, 610 pages : 21 cm	OL1193600W
Gifts of War	Mackenzie Ford	During the Christmas Truce of 1914, Hal Montgomery, a British soldier, is given a photo by a German soldier, Wilhelm Wetzlar, and they make a pact. Hal promises to find his enemy's English girlfriend…	OL12049733W
Organization and insignia of the American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1923	Robert J. Dalessandro	This book is the most comprehensive and detailed treatment of the origins, designs, and symbolism for each organizational shoulder sleeve insignia of the American Army in World War I ever published. …	OL12512259W
Timothy Findley's The wars	Dennis Garnhum	The year is 1915. Europe is aflame with the war to end all wars. Robert Ross, a young Canadian, leaves his cloistered home in Toronto and enlists as an officer. Suddenly, his life explodes with the r…	OL13651276W
Sniping in France, 1914-18	Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard	Major Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard was an explorer and adventurer who revolutionized the training of British Army snipers during the First World War. In this richly-detailed book, he explains his …	OL1471563W
Justice Hall	Laurie R. King	Justice Hall (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #6) by Laurie R. King Hours after Holmes and Russell return from solving the murky riddle of The Moor, a bloodied but oddly familiar stranger poun…	OL14860209W
Valiant hearts	Linda Lee Chaikin	Valiant Hearts concludes the sweeping World War I saga begun in Arabian Winds and continued in Lions of the Desert. Having at last declared his love for Allison Wescott, a Christian missionary…	OL14862148W
The Red Door	Charles Todd	New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd brings back Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge in another riveting mystery set in post–World War I England Lancashire, England, June 1920. In a house …	OL14913132W
Whispers of Love	Rosie Harris	A compelling new saga set in Liverpool from the author of The Quality of Love.It is 1914 and Christabel Blakemore is happily preparing for her wedding when she receives the shattering news that her f…	OL14987882W
The Battle of Belleau Wood	Earle Rice	Describes the events before, during, and after the Battle of Belleau Wood in World War I.	OL15080505W
The World War I soldier at Château Thierry	William R. Sanford	Recreates the experiences of one World War I soldier as he fights in the battle of Château Thierry.	OL15129739W
Came a Cavalier	Frances Parkinson Keyes	Came a Cavalier is the story of Constance Galt, a beautiful girl who has great qualities of loyalty and loving-kindness, but whose outlook has been limited by a legacy of poverty and intolerance an…	OL15135226W
Last letters from the living dead man	Elsa Barker	Do not fear death; but stay on earth as long as you can. Not withstanding the companionship I have here, I sometimes regret my failure in holding on to the world. But regrets have less weight on this…	OL15265746W
Sun lover	Sondra Stanford	Vicki had left Alex once because he insisted on treating her as a possession, not a woman with a mind of her own. But she had never really stopped loving him. Thrown together again, their passions…	OL15393095W
And the soldiers sang	J. Patrick Lewis	A young Welsh soldier fights along the Western Front during World War I, experiencing the horrors of trench warfare before participating in the famed Christmas Truce of 1914.	OL15443998W
A Bond Never Broken (Book 3 Daughters of Amana)	Judith Miller	For many years, Ilsa Redlich has helped her parents run a hotel in South Amana, but as the United States enters the Great War, she can feel her world changing. The residents of the towns surrounding …	OL15521694W
World War I	Zachary Kent	"Examines World War I, including the causes of the war, the important leaders and battles, America's involvement in the war, the home front, and the Allied victory"--Provided by publisher.	OL15587132W