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In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted... Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina's bravery and cunning will keep her...
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Brianna Hastings's life seemed dull until she was smitten by Greg, who leads an exciting, independent life-- the kind of life she longs for. For a college history assignment, Brianna has to interview her great-grandmother about life during World War II. During the interview, Daisy presses her with questions about Greg's character. What could her great-grandmother possibly know about love at first sight? The questions take both women back to Boise,...
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Dey Street Books
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2014.
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English
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"Champion. Survivor. Hero. Legend. Completed just two days before Louis Zamperini's death at age 97, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In shares a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and humor from one of America's most inspiring lives. Zamperini's story has touched millions through Laura Hillenbrand's biography Unbroken, soon to be a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. Now, in his own words, Louis Zamperini reveals, with warmth and great charm, the...
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"London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks's world crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable, called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie's beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured, with nothing left and nowhere to go. Evacuated to the English countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Awed as she is by...
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GoodKnight Books
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[2016]
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English
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In March 1941, Jimmy Stewart, America's boy next door and recent Academy Award winner, left fame and fortune behind and joined the United States Army Air Corps to fulfill his family mission and serve his country. He rose from private to colonel and participated in 20 often-brutal World War II combat missions over Germany and France. In mere months the war took away his boyish looks as he faced near-death experiences and the loss of men under his command....
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Crecy
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2007.
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English
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First published in 1946, Enemy coast ahead quickly became regarded as the classic Bomber Command book. Following Gibson's RAF career from flying the Hampden and Manchester at the beginning of WWII, the book concludes with the triumphant return home of the Lancasters from the famous 1943 Dambuster raid which Gibson himself led and for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. The fact that Gibson was so highly decorated and did not survive the war has...
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Lerner Publications
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[2019]
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English
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"During World War II, Louis Zamperini survived a plane crash, 46 days stranded on a life raft at sea, and two years in a prisoner-of-war camp. Discover how his strong will and positive attitude helped him survive against all odds."--Provided by publisher.
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St. Martin's Press
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2012.
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English
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In a sensational tale of combat and an unlikely friendship in the flak-filled skies above Germany, Frater chronicles the life of U.S. Captain Werner Goering, an exceptional American pilot who was also thought to be the nephew of Herman Goering, leading member of the Nazi party and Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe.
11) A higher call
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Berkley Books
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[2013]
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English
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This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies over wartime Germany on 21 December 1943 --the American--2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German--2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II.
12) For the moment
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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Explores the tender romance between a handsome Australian pilot and a farm girl, during World War II.
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2022.
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English
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"The incredible true story of John "Lucky" Luckadoo, who survived 25 missions as a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot in WWII. When Second Lieutenant John "Lucky" Luckadoo-a wide-eyed 21-year-old assigned to the Eighth Air Force's 100th Bomb Group-arrived in England, "Axis Sally," an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during World War II, welcomed his squadron by name. "This isn't your war," she told them. "You don't have...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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In an eyewitness account of the Battle of Midway by one of its key participants, an American dive-bomber pilot discusses how he sank two Japanese carriers and struck a third, playing a decisive individual role in determining the outcome of the battle.
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Landmark books volume 35
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English
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Dramatic story of a pilot who helped to carry out the mission of bombing Tokyo with details on preparations and the actual raid.
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