A reckoning with the great drama that ensued after war came to an end in 1945. Regime change had come on a global scale, creating the greatest power vacuum in history. Out of the vicious power struggles emerged the modern world as we...
World War (1939-1945)
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Author:Buruma, IanSummary: -
Author:Wideman, John EdgarSummary:An award-winning writer traces the life of the father of iconic Civil Rights martyr Emmett Till-a man who was executed by the Army ten years before Emmett's murder. An evocative and personal exploration of individual and collective...
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Author:Dickson, Keith D.Summary:World War II was the most destructive event of the 20th century. It was total war covering the entire globe, and the nations that fought it employed every available resource, harnessing both technology and people to one purpose. If you...
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Author:Day, Francis Martin, Spence, Phyllis, Ladouceur, BarbaraSummary:In these Red Cross memoirs, thirty women tell their stories of volunteer work with the Canadian Red Cross Corps in overseas postings during World War Two and the Korean War. These dramatic narratives take us across oceans infested with...
- Author:Sledge, E. B.Summary:
A personal account of the vitality and bravery of the U.S. Marines at the battles of Peleliu and Okinawa.
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Author:Kositsky, LynneSummary:After her father disappears on Crystal Night, fifteen-year-old Freda, her mother and Freda's younger sister flee Germany for the -safe haven- of Shanghai. But the safe haven becomes anything but safe when Freda's mother abandons her...
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Author:Follett, Ken.Summary:This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the...
- Author:Austin, Lynn N.Summary:
While a motherless girl longs for her daddy and a young lady hopes for a second chance at love, this poignant tale explores the uncertainty that stalks the homefront as the "War to End All Wars" rages in Europe.
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Author:Norman, Howard A.Summary:Seventeen-year-old Wyatt Hillyer is suddenly orphaned when his parents, within hours of each other, jump off two different bridges--the result of their separate involvements with the same compelling neighbor, a Halifax switchboard...
- Author:Coyle, BrendanSummary:
In June 1942, Japanese troops occupied the Aleutian Islands of Attu and Kiska in Alaska, the first enemy occupation of US territory since the War of 1812. For the next year a bloody conflict raged that was nearly invisible to most North...
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Author:Graziani, E.Summary:Bruna is the youngest of seven children, living an idyllic life in a small Italian village in northern Tuscany. Though the Second World War has been raging in Europe for some time, the dangers haven’t seemed to reach her, and the...
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Author:Drabek, JanSummary:In 1939 the botanist Vladimir Krajina joined the Czech Resistance and quickly became one of its leaders. Incredible escapes from the Gestapo followed while some 20,000 radio messages were sent by his group to London, among them those...
- Author:Strausbaugh, JohnSummary:
While World War II launched and leveled nations, spurred economic growth, and saw the rise and fall of global fascism, New York City emerged as the new capital of the world. John Strausbaugh tells the story of New York City's war...
- Author:Spottiswoode, Amanda, March, MollySummary:
A rollicking wartime adventure on the BC coast. A lot has changed in the world since Sophie, Molly, Mark, Harriet, Leticia, and Posy’s last adventure in The Silver Lining. Now it’s 1940, and the Second World War is making life back home...
- Author:Rauch, GeorgSummary:
Young Georg Rauch helped his mother hide dozens of Jews from the Nazis, but then came the day he was shipped out to fight on the Eastern front as part of the German infantry--in spite of his own Jewish ancestry. This is the story of his...
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Author:Atkinson, William IllseySummary:The battle of Ten–Go comes to life in this reimagining of one man’s life as a naval officer
April 1945: the aftermath of the battle for Okinawa. Tommy stands on the deck of the USS Bataan, the Independence–class...
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Author:Carius, OttoSummary:World War II began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the most dreaded weapon of the twentieth century: the Panzer. No German tank better represents that thundering power than the infamous...
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Author:HARRY, LilianSummary:Among the 'little ships' setting off for Dunkirk are three very different vessels. There is a London fireboat manned by Olly Mears and his crew, a pleasure steamer from Devon commanded by Able-Seaman Robby Endacott, and a...
- Author:Keith, Agnes NewtonSummary:
An account of a family held captive by the Japanese Imperial Army in the second world war.
- Author:Keith, Anges NewtonSummary:
"Three Came Home" tells of the author's time in Japanese POW and civilian internee camps in North Borneo and Sarawak, and was made into a film of the same name in 1950. It describes Keith's life in North Borneo in the period immediately...
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