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Men at war volume 6
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English
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Canidy, Fulmar, and their colleagues in the Office of Strategic Services work to convince Axis forces that the Allies are not planning an invasion of Sicily, an effort that is undermined by a traitor. David Niven, Peter Ustinov, and James Bond creator Ian Fleming are characters.
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"For fans of Radium Girls and history and WWII buffs, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line takes you inside the lives and experiences of 15 unknown women heroes from the Greatest Generation, the women who served, fought, struggled, and made things happen during WWII--in and out of uniform, for theirs is a legacy destined to embolden generations of women to come. The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line are the heroes of the Greatest Generation that you hardly...
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Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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It is summer 1943. Two of the Allies' most important plans are at grave risk--Operation Overlord's invasion of France and the Manhattan Project's race to build the atomic bomb. A furious President Roosevelt turns to OSS spy chief Wild Bill Donovan--and Donovan turns to Dick Canidy and his teams behind enemy lines. They've certainly got their work cut out for them. In the weeks to come, they must fight the Axis in many ways, to try to find and sabotage...
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Louise Pearlie mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Louise, chief file clerk at the OSS, heads off to talk to the recipient of a puzzling postcard referred to OSS by the US Censor, and her investigation becomes complicated as she realizes the recipient is involved in something illegal.
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"February, 1944 ... With the war entering its most dangerous phase, Louise Pearlie is thrilled to be reassigned to the London office of the OSS. But to reach her new post, she must undertake a perilous crossing of the Atlantic Ocean on the SS Amelia Earhart ... When the body of one of the passengers is found on dekck, it's clear that German bombs and raging storms aren't the only threats to Louise's safety. Can she expose a determined killer before...
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June, 1941. Determined that the United States will be prepared for war, Franklin D. Roosevelt and "Wild Bill" Donovan orchestrate the most complex espionage organization in history, the Office of Strategic Services. Young and daring, the OSS assemble under a thin camouflage of diplomacy and then disperse throughout the world to conduct their operations. And no operation is more critical than the one being conducted by hotshot pilot Richard Canidy...
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Louise Pearlie mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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In 1942 Washington, D.C., Louise Pearlie, chief file clerk at the OSS, befriends war refugee Alessa di Luca, who leads Louise down a deadly path lined with Nazi spies, Mafia bosses, and the Sicilian aristocracy.
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Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets trade in Asia during World War II, a journey that will delight both historical fiction fans and lovers of America's most beloved chef, revealing how the war made her into the icon we know now. Single, 6 foot 2, and thirty years old, Julia McWilliams took a job working for America's first espionage agency, years before cooking or Paris entered...
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2019.
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English
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At the height of WWII, five idealistic young Americans receive a mysterious letter from the OSS, asking them if they are willing to fight for their country. The men and women from very different backgrounds--a Texan athlete with German roots, an upper-crust son of a French mother and a wealthy businessman, a dirt-poor Midwestern fly fisherman, an orphaned fashion designer, and a ravishingly beautiful female fencer -- all answer the call of duty, but...
10) Depth charge
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Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Lieutenant Aaron Donovan of the Office of Strategic Services embarks on a dangerous mission to get aboard a damaged German submarine and obtain the newest codebooks for the German Enigma cipher machine--will the mission be successful or end in disaster?
11) The book spy
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"President Roosevelt sends an unlikely new taskforce on a unique mission: librarians and microfilm specialists, trained in espionage, are deployed to neutral cities throughout Europe to work with a special branch of the Office of Strategic Services. By acquiring and scouring Axis publications, these librarians can gather information about troop location, weaponry, and military plans. Maria Alves, a microfilm expert working at the New York Public Library,...
12) Louise's blunder
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Louise Pearlie mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
After investigating an analyst's death for the United States Office of Strategic Services, Louise Perlie joins a social group of women at the office, but her life soon takes a dangerous and sinister turn.
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Honor bound volume 6
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Facing daunting challenges in the form of political threats against the OSS and the early stirrings of the Cold War, Cletus Frade and his colleague conduct a secret operation to counter the growing ambitions of Joseph Stalin.
14) Empire and honor
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Honor bound volume 7
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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In the aftermath of the surrenders of Germany and Japan in October 1945, Cletus Frade and his colleagues in the OSS are given the life-threatening task of maintaining security during a covert U.S. deal with Germany for intelligence about the identities of Soviet spies in the American atomic bomb program.
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Honor bound volume 5
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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August 6, 1943: In his brief career in the Office of Strategic Services, twenty-four-year-old Cletus Frade has already been involved in a lot of unusual situations, but nothing like the one he's in now, standing with a German lieutenant colonel named Wilhelm Frogger in a Mississippi prisoner-of-war detention facility. Frade's job? To help Frogger escape so the OSS can use Frogger's knowledge and connections to kill Adolf Hitler.
16) The saboteurs
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Series
Men at war volume 5
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A new OSS adventure finds the agents of Wild Bill Donovan fighting the Battle of the Atlantic on two fronts, a situation that is compromised by a possible saboteur.
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Edward is the only witness to his father's suicide and is a member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion. These are the qualities that help him become recruited for a career in the newly founded Office of Strategic Services (CIA). While working there, his ideals gradually turn to suspicion influenced by the Cold War paranoia present within the office. Eventually, he becomes...
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Men at war volume 4
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
The fourth volume of W.E.B. Griffin's bestselling saga of the OSS during World War II, originally published under the pen name Alex Baldwin. The time is early 1943: In the Philippines, a ragtag American guerrilla army battles the Japanese, under a most unusual commander. In Budapest, an agent must keep two key prisoners from being interrogated by the Gestapo, his only choices being to rescue them -- or kill them. In Washington, an Army Air Corps captain...
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Free Press
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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"A mythic figure whose legacy is still intensely debated, 'Wild Bill' Donovan was director of the Office of Strategic Services (the country's first national intelligence agency) and the father of today's CIA. Donovan introduced the nation to the dark arts of covert warfare on a scale it had never seen before."--Cover p. [2].
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