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Soul  survivor Soul survivor Bruce Leininger This is the story of James Leininger, who-- a little more than two weeks after his second birthday-- began having blood-curdling nightmares that just would not stop. When James began screaming out re… OL12017948W
Erwin J.E. Rommel Erwin J.E. Rommel Earle Rice Describes the life and career of Erwin Rommel, field marshal under Hitler during World War II, who is particularly remembered for his role in the campaign in northern Africa. OL15080519W
Adolf Eichmann Adolf Eichmann Ruth Sachs Biographical account of Adolf Eichmann, known as the engineer of death for his involvement with Hitler's regime during World War II. Also documents his escape, capture and punishment. OL15853924W
Princes at war Princes at war Deborah Cadbury A very unusual biography of the four brothers of the royal family during the Abdication crisis of 1936 as well as the war years until the death of George VI. Traces the self confidence and loyalties … OL17112774W
Suicide squads Suicide squads Richard O'Neill Sixty years ago, both Allied and Axis soldiers went to war in suicidal or near-suicidal machines. The men's bravery cannot be overestimated, nor can the ingenuity and desperation that led to the deve… OL17315423W
Madame Fourcade's Secret War Madame Fourcade's Secret War Lynne Olson From Penguin/Random House: *The little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the bestselling author o… OL20161094W
Dispatches from the front Dispatches from the front Halton, David (News correspondent) A biography of Canadian foreign and war correspondent, Matthew Halton, written by his son, David Halton, drawn from archival research and interviews. OL20901837W
Lest we forget Lest we forget Joshua Levine,Max Arthur,Hugh Mcmanners This skillfully compiled anthology draws on the successful 'Forgotten Voices' series. 'Lest We Forget' brings together first-hand recollections from the Great War to the Second World War to illustrat… OL24195440W
Gentle Johnny Ramensky Gentle Johnny Ramensky Robert Jeffrey "Gentle Johnny Ramensky is the astonishing tale of a boy reared in the poverty of the Gorbals who became one of the world's most extraordinary safe blowers. He spent more than forty years in jail. A … OL24266836W
The Bedford Boys The Bedford Boys Alex Kershaw On June 6, 1944, nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia--population 3,000--died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day when their landing craft dropped them in shallow water off Omaha Beach. They were pa… OL2726858W
World War II love stories World War II love stories Gill Paul The Second World War played havoc with millions of lives, and all over the world lovers were pulled apart, often just as their stories together were beginning. World War II Love Stories tells the tal… OL28600484W
War in a Stringbag War in a Stringbag Charles Lamb Commander Charles Lamb fought an exceptional war flying the slow and obsolete Fairey Swordfish for the Fleet Air Arm. It was an antiquated machine, but it could outmanoeuvre almost any other aircraft… OL3670837W
Faith of my fathers Faith of my fathers Mark Salter John Mccain,John McCain,Mark Salter,John Mccain,John McCain John McCain is one of the most admired leaders in the United States government, but his deeply felt memoir of family and war is not a political one and ends before his election to Congress. With cand… OL97926W