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Sharpe's battle: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, May 1811 (Richard Sharpe ; #12)
By Bernard Cornwell. 1995
British hopes of victory in the Peninsular war in Spain depend on an upcoming battle, but Sharpe is given a…
poorly equipped, untrained Irish battalion. Quartered in a crumbling fort, they are attacked by an elite French unit. Sharpe must take desperate action, or face the end of his career and reputation. Descriptions of violence. Sequel to "Sharpe's fury" (DC29596). Followed by "Sharpe's company" (DC18991). 1995. (Richard Sharpe ; 12)Shake down the stars
By Frances Donnelly. 1988
Beatrice, Lucy, and Virginia are from the same village, though from different backgrounds. Each wants love, marriage, children, and a…
vocation. Each finds them but not in the way she has anticipated, nor even with the man she expected. 1989, c1988.Shadows in paradise
By Erich Maria Remarque. 1972
Shadows on a sword: the second book of the Crusades (The Crusades ; #2)
By Karleen Bradford. 1996
Theo, a passionate young knight, can't wait to embark on the Holy Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. Along with his friend…
Amalric, a fellow knight, and Emma, a servant girl, he is ready to fight. But for all their conviction, none of these young people is prepared for the realities of war - for its brutality, the ways it will divide them, and the life and death choices it offers. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "There will be wolves" (DC14007), followed by "Lionheart's scribe" (DC19721). 1996. (The Crusades ; 2)Seven men of Gascony
By R. F Delderfield. 1973
A robust historical novel of the Napoleonic era. Follows the fortunes, friendships and loves of seven ordinary soldiers in the…
Emperor's army from the victories on the battlefields of Europe to the retreat from Moscow and the ultimate defeat of Waterloo. [1975, c1973].Scorpion east
By Jerrold Morgulas. 1981
World War II thriller that involves an army of Russian turncoats whom the Nazis want to use against Stalin. When…
a disillusioned Russian war hero agrees to lead the renegade army, the Russians enlist his former wife in their attempt to thwart the Nazi scheme. Some strong language. 1981.Scorpion strike
By John J Nance. 1994
Persian Gulf, 1991. Pilots Will Westerman and Doug Harris are sent on a dangerous mission to seize a deadly virus…
that Iraqi defector Dr. Shakir Abbas reveals is hidden in a laboratory. They end up crash landing in the desert while Dr. Abbas sneaks into Bagdad to retrieve additional vials. Descriptions of violence. 1994.Semper Fi (The Corps ; #1)
By W. E. B Griffin. 1986
From Parris Island to Pearl Harbor, the leathernecks come to life as heroes and lovers, fighters and dreamers, united in…
spirit and devoted to the Marine Corps code of honour. Focuses on a smart, tough, independent PFC named Ken McCoy, whose cool head under fire combined with his skulduggery and knack for learning foreign languages helps him gain a commission. Explicit strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. Followed by "Call to arms". 1986. (The Corps ; 1)Searching for Shona
By Margaret Jean Anderson. 1978
During World War II, children were evacuated from Edinburgh. A shy, wealthy girl on her way to Canada trades identities…
with an orphaned playmate bound for the Scottish countryside. Grades 5-8. 1978.Schindler's ark
By Thomas Keneally. 1982
In 1939, Oskar Schindler, a young, wealthy, enterprising German interested in drinking and women is a less-than-exemplary Catholic. In this…
"nonfiction novel," Keneally tells the story of his transformation into a man who, at great personal risk, saves hundreds of Jews from death during World War II. 1982 Man Booker Prize. Includes violence and strong language. 1982.Season in purgatory
By Thomas Keneally. 1976
David Palham, a young surgeon, is sent to the Adriatic island of Mus, where Tito's partisans maintain a precarious hold.…
There, among the turmoil of wounded men evacuated from the ferocious fighting on the Yugoslav mainland, he finds love and solace. 1976.Sarah Bishop
By Scott O'Dell. 1996
Left alone after the deaths of her father and brother who take opposite sides in the War for Independence, and…
fleeing from the British who seek to arrest her, Sarah Bishop struggles to shape a new life for herself in the wilderness. Junior and Senior High. 1996.San Andreas
By Alistair Maclean. 1984
According to the Geneva Convention, red crosses on a ship guarantee immunity from enemy attack. The "San Andreas" is a…
hospital ship but her crew do not trust the lights that beam out at night or the red crosses on her sides to keep her safe. Above all, they do not trust the enemy U-boats - and somebody on board is set on sabotage. 1984.Run for your life (An On time's wing book)
By Wilma E Alexander. 1998
October 1918. Painfully shy ten-year-old Emily has much to worry about: the local bully, her loony Aunt Carrie, and the…
fate of her beloved soldier-father. When the local munitions plant explodes, her mother is ill with the Spanish influenza, and it is up to Emily and her cousin to rescue their family and neighbours. Finalist for the 2000 Silver Birch Award. Grades 4-7. 1998. (An On time's wing book)Sagebrush and spurs: classic western short stories
By Eric Tripp. 1992
The stories in this collection come from the high noon of western writing, where the American civil war, and subsequent…
frontier wars provided a mixture of legend and fact as monuments to national courage. There are contributions from the earliest protagonists of the "formula" western, with stories from Jack Schaefer, Stephen Crane, Owen Wister, O. Henry and others, the emphasis is on finely drawn characters and believable plots. 1992.Saigon
By Anthony Grey. 1982
Four generation saga set in Vietnam and the Far East, concerning an American, Joseph Sherman, and his obsession with the…
fighting, women and mysteries of Vietnam. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. c1982.Run, boy, run: a novel
By Uri Orlev, Hillel Halkin. 2003
Eight-year-old Srulik escapes from Warsaw's Jewish ghetto and survives the rest of the war in Nazi-occupied Poland by pretending to…
be a Christian. After the war, having lost an arm, he reaffirms his original faith. Some violence. Grades 5-8. 2003. Uniform title: Ruts, yeled, ruts.Ross's Gap (Love Spell Ser.)
By G. Clifton Wisler. 1999
When Carter Ross left Texas to fight in the Civil War, he left his half brother, Johnny, in charge of…
his young family. Johnny was half Comanche, but Carter had always loved his little brother and his Comanche relatives. When the war was over, Carter came home, ready to put fighting behind him. He hadn't expected to find himself in the middle of another battle just as bloody and even more ruthless. 1999.Rowan the strange
By Julie Hearn. 2009
As the Second World War begins, Rowan is diagnosed as schizophrenic and sent away to a hospital where the latest…
treatments are available. But the treatments are experimental still - and nobody predicts the effect they will have on Rowan. For junior high readers. 2009.Rogue forces (Patrick McLanahan)
By Dale Brown. 2009
Newly inaugurated President Joseph Gardner pledged to start pulling U. S. forces out of Iraq on his first day of…
office. Meanwhile, former President Kevin Martindale and retired Air Force Lieutenant-General Patrick McLanahan have left government behind for the lucrative world of military contracting. Their private firm, Scion Aviation International, has been hired by the Pentagon to take over aerial patrols in northern Iraq. Yet when Iraq quickly re-emerges as a hot zone, can the president rein Scion in? Violence and strong language. 2009.