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The white hot story of a WWII freighter, loaded with high explosive fuel, its heroic crew and navy gunners drawn face to face with the most dangerous battle areas of the Pacific. A young Japanese Naval Air cadet trains for a mission that will bring him to in direct conflict with the star-crossed SS Corydon Snow.
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A golden boy grows to manhood throughout the height and downfall of Nazi Germany. How will his fierce loyalty to The Thousand-Year Reich be tempered by his odyssey through these formative years?Erich Jäger has it all. From the time he began school in 1933 Berlin he was tall, athletic, and popular, a natural leader. Erich rises through the youth programs of the Nazi government; the Jungvolk and, later, the Hitlerjugend.Events come to a head in 1943...
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Welcome to the latest book in my series on global hunger. This edition features articles I wrote in 2009-2012, but with a historical twist. The stories take you back in time showcasing the history of fighting hunger. A chance to see how the past can influence the present. You can see the words and actions of leaders and also citizens who fought hunger during our history.Other articles talk about priorities, like how costly nuclear weapons are connected...
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Soon after World War II, countless sightings of one of Hitler's missing henchmen were reported in western England. What was this man, a genius at weaving plots and counterplots, doing on British soil?On May 2, 1945, as the Allies stormed into Berlin, one of Hitler's powerful henchmen made a daring escape out of the Chancellery bunker. After his escape, some believed that a Red Army tank had killed him, but his body was not found. A world-wide manhunt...
5) Medallion
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In April 1940 Nazi Germany makes a surprise attack on the major ports and airfields of Norway for control of the North Sea and the precious ore deposits of northern Sweden.The attack is a stunning success, except for the Capitol city. The defense of Oslo stalls the Germans for 24 hours--enough time for the Royal Family, members of the cabinet, and the entire treasury to escape, ultimately to England.Subsequently, Nazi aggression overruns most of Europe,...
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A family divided. A war-torn continent. An impossible journey.In the thick of World War II, Nora Brouwer is the Resistance's most valuable asset. But when her cover is blown in a botched execution, her life is in grave danger. She must leave Amsterdam immediately and embark on a perilous journey across war-torn Europe, fighting to stay out of the Nazis' clutches.Meanwhile, Floris Brouwer-the city's top Jew hunter and Nora's husband, is hell-bent on...
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The storm of war thunders to a finale.Nora Brouwer, a radar operator, watches as Allied bombers crest the horizon. A cryptic call tempts her-safety or a daring mission?Her brother-in-law Christiaan Brouwer, ensnared in an SS prison, faces a dire choice: betray his secrets or forfeit his life. What will honor demand?Floris Brouwer, once a Waffen-SS titan, now languishes at Mauthausen concentration camp. A chance to regain past glory beckons, but at...
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This is a Summary of Kate Andersen Brower's New York Times Bestseller: First Women The Grace and Power of Americas' Modern First LadiesFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White House, The Residence, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama.One of the most underestimated-and challenging-positions...
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General George S. Patton and Field Marshal Erwin Rommel never met on the battlefields of World War II. If they did, it certainly would have been a struggle of life and death, a terrifying duel. Their similar tactics, undisputable courage, bravery, cool head, offensive spirits which turn to wild attacks of same degree, complete knowledge of all aspects of modern war and of its techniques earned them very important positions in world war literature....
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Rome, 40 ADAurora, a virginal young noblewoman, goes to Emperor Caligula's new brothel on the Palatine Hill in order to be 'ruined' so she doesn't have to go through with the awful arranged marriage her father is trying to force her into. She's certain she can find a kind man willing to rescue her from her dire fate by playing along with her pretense.Quintus is sick of of his lonely life. His secrets prevent him from ever winning his heart's desire:...
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Contessa and Ettore Saforo awake to a normal day in war-stricken, occupied Italy. By the end of the day, however, their house is in ruins and they must seek shelter and protection wherever they can. But the turbulent politics of 1944 refuses to let them be.
As Tito and his Yugoslav Army threaten their German-held town of Fiume, Ettore finds himself running for his life, knowing that neither side is forgiving of those who have assisted the enemy. His...
12) SS-Hitlerjugend
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'Whoever has the youth has the future. My teaching will be hard. Weakness will be knocked out of them. A violently active, dominating, brutal youth – that is what I am after.' – Adolf Hitler The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitler's armies in World War II. SS-Hitlerjugend is an in-depth examination of the unit formed in 1943 from veterans of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division and members of the Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth)...
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SS: Hell on the Western Front describes in vivid detail the exploits of the Waffen-SS in Western Europe from 1940 to 1945. The book begins with the formation of the Waffen-SS and its growth and development into a combat arm. The successes of 1940 are examined, as the SS troopers swept all opposition before them, as is the darker side of the organization, with the first atrocities committed against Allied prisoners. SS: Hell on the Western Front features...
14) A Different War
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Major Jamie Collins is sent to Letterman Army Hospital, The Presidio of San Francisco. When he arrives, the other patients on their orthopedic ward are psychologically isolated, depressed, and apathetic. Jamie's condition isn't much better. He makes it his mission to inspire his fellow patients to encourage and support one another, not just for the benefit of the men, but to please their head nurse, whom Jamie finds irresistible. Under his leadership,...
15) Tao Te Ching
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In a compellingly simple rhetorical style the book addresses how to live a simple, peaceful and harmonious life, how to rid oneself of desires and free society of institutions that promote greed. This dual-language edition of Tao Te Ching presents the original Chinese characters with a new translation on the facing page. With a new introduction that discusses the questioned authorship of the text and editorial notes, all 81 brief chapters are included,...
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This is a Summary of Mitchell Zuckoff's 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi; the harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of Benghazi.13 HOURS presents, for the first time ever, the true account of the events of September 11, 2012, when terrorists attacked the US State Department Special Mission Compound and a nearby CIA station called the Annex in Benghazi, Libya. A team...
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After receiving an ancient ruby clasp from her long dead grandmother, Hannah Wilson decides to visit Masada, supposedly the place where this gift was given to one of her ancestors. Travelling with her is Max Vallier, her best friend, who was already going to Herod's fortress in the desert, as part of an archaeological excavation team.Once there, Hannah is disturbed by strange visions. Visions, which seem to revolve around the AD66 attack by Zealot...
18) Death Do Us Part
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MOUNT OLYMPUS MEETS THE PARANORMALHades and Persephone share a love that is known by millions over thousands of years. But even the greatest of love affairs can hit rocky ground. Zeus forces them apart, banishing Hades into the deepest, darkest parts of Tartarus and into the hands of Hades's father, Cronus. If that isn't enough, the king of the Greek gods tears Persephone away from her mother, Demeter, promising to find her a more suitable husband.The...
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Many years ago in Yedo, in the district of Fukagawa, there lived a rich timber merchant. He and his wife dwelt together in perfect accord, but though their business prospered and their wealth increased as the years went by, they were a disappointed couple, for by the time they had reached middle age they were still unblessed with children. This was a great grief to them, for the one desire of their lives was to have a child.
The merchant at last determined...
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Set in modern times, The Last of the Greatest Generation is a mystery wrapped up in a WWII international plot, created in two timelines with parallel love stories and an alcoholic reporter with a nose for a good story.
Nations collide as the last living second world war veteran races against time to share the harrowing secrets he's held for half a century. When fate steps in to disrupt his plans, the story takes on a fast-paced, masterful turn as...
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