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No time to wave goodbye
By Ben Wicks. 1988
On 1st September 1939, in Britain, hundreds of thousands of children made their way to the railway station. In the…
homes of "borrowed parents", they listened as the Prime Minister declared war with Germany. This book serves as a record of the evacuated children whose lives were changed forever. 1988.No claim to mercy: Elizabeth Bain and Robert Baltovich, a suburban mystery
By Derek Finkle. 1998
When Elizabeth Bain disappeared in 1990, Robert Baltovich was convicted of murder despite there only being circumstantial evidence. He hired…
a private investigator to find out the truth, providing evidence for an appeal. Derek Finkle shows that the police failed to act on crucial pieces of information. 1998.Night (Recorded Books contemporary classics)
By Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel. 2006
Night offers a personal and unforgettable account of the appalling horrors of Hitler's reign of terror. Through the eyes of…
14-year-old Eliezer, we behold the tragic fate of the Jews from the little town of Sighet. Even as they are stuffed into cattle cars bound for Auschwitz, the townspeople refuse to believe rumours of anti-Semitic atrocities. Not until they are marched toward the blazing crematory at the camp's "reception centre" does the terrible truth sink in. 2006. Uniform title: Un di ṿelṭ hoṭ geshṿign.Never quit: from Alaskan wilderness rescues to Afghanistan : firefights as an elite special ops PJ
By Don Rearden, Jimmy Settle. 2017
The true story of how Jimmy Settle, an Alaskan shoe store clerk, became a Special Forces Operator and war hero.…
After being shot in the head during a dangerous high mountain operation in the rugged Watapur Valley in Afghanistan, Jimmy returns to battle with his teammates for a dangerous rescue operation, bullet fragments stitched over and still in his skull. 2017.My childhood under fire: a Sarajevo diary
By Nadja Halilbegovićh. 2006
Halilbegovich was just 12 years old on April 6, 1992, when she was told there would be no school that…
day - not because of a holiday, but because of a war. Her diary reveals the hurt, pain, and despair brought on by the fighting within her country and describes the bombings, deaths, and destruction. Grades 4-7. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.My father's wake: how the Irish teach us to live, love, and die
By Kevin Toolis. 2018
My discovery of America
By Farley Mowat. 1985
In 1985, when Mowat tried to enter the United States for a book promotion tour, he was barred by the…
McCarran Act, a 1952 law enacted during the McCarthy era. This book, told with outraged but good humour, describes Mowat's fight against the ban. 1985.My father, his daughter
By Yaël Dayan. 1985
Memoir by the daughter of the Israeli military hero, Moshe Dayan. She portrays him as a calculating military tactician, a…
Spartan nomad and an amateur archeologist digging in search of his own history. Some strong language. 1985.My experiences in the First World War
By John J Pershing. 1995
Then General of the Armies chronicles United States involvement in the "Great War", from Woodrow Wilson's 1917 appointment of Pershing…
to command the American Expeditionary Forces in France, through the armistice in 1918. Won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for history under the title "My Experiences in the World War". 1995. Uniform title: My experiences in the World WarMurder at McDonald's: the killers next door
By Phonse Jessome. 1994
Jessome investigates the brutal murders of three McDonald's employees in Sydney River, Nova Scotia on May 7, 1992. He gives…
a detailed account of the police investigation and subsequent trial, as well as the effect the murders had on the town. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. c1994.Murder beyond the grave (Murder is forever. #3.)
By James Patterson. 2018
True-crime thrillers as seen on Discovery's Murder Is Forever TV series. In 'Murder beyond the grave', wealthy Stephen Small is…
held for ransom, buried in a box, with just forty-eight hours of oxygen. In 'Murder in paradise', developers Jim and Bonnie Hood tour a rustic property they want to modernize, but the locals don't like rich outsiders changing their way of life. Soon everybody will discover just how to make a killing in real estate. Sequel to "Home sweet murder". 2018. Murder beyond the grave -- Murder in paradise.Murder, interrupted (Murder is forever. #1.)
By James Patterson. 2018
Two true crime stories in one book. In Murder, Interrupted, rich, cheating financier Frank Howard wants his wife dead, and…
he is willing to pay Billie Earl Johnson whatever it takes. When his bullet misses the mark, Billie Earl and Frank will turn on each other in a fight for their lives. In Mother of All Murders, television reports praise Dee Dee Blancharde as a single mother who tirelessly cares for her wheelchair-bound, chronically ill daughter. But when the teenaged Gypsy Rose realizes she isn't actually sick and Dee Dee has lied all these years, Gypsy Rose exacts her revenge. Followed by "Home sweet murder". 2018. Murder, interrupted -- Mother of all murders.Murder in the family
By Burl Barer. 2017
Mrs. Harris: the death of the Scarsdale diet doctor
By Diana Trilling. 1981
Documentation and analysis of the trial of Jean Harris for the murder of her lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower. Trilling's original…
impression of Harris as the "wronged" woman cast aside for a young rival changes as she comes to see her as a victim of a new upper-middle-class phenomenon: equating social status with power. Some strong language. 1981.Mort ou vif: les chasses à l'homme les plus extraordinaires
By Pierre Bellemare, Jean-François Nahmias. 2007
Recounts how three of America's most successful counterfeiters - Owen Sullivan, David Lewis, and Samuel Upham - each cunningly manipulated…
the political and economic realities of his day, driven by a desire for fortune and fame. The speculative ethos that pervades Wall Street today, Tarnoff suggests, has its origins in the craft of counterfeiters who first took advantage of a turbulent American economy. Descriptions of violence. 2011.Money on the run: Canada and how the world's dirty profits are laundered
By Mario Possamai. 1992
Journalist Mario Possami gives an inside look at the ways in which money is laundered in Canada. Based on interviews…
with hundreds of middle men, banking officials, and police in more than ten countries, Possamai provides a history of modern money laundering, and many examples -- including the Duvaliers of Haiti, the Marcos of the Philipines, and the Ceaucescus of Romania. Without an internal audit system, Canada provides safe lodging for tainted money. Possamai also looks at tax havens in the Caribbean and Europe, as well as the newest haven to emerge, Eastern Europe. c1992.Mission, black list #1: the inside story of the search for Saddam Hussein--as told by the soldier who masterminded his capture
By Davin Seay, Eric Maddox. 2008
In 2003, Oklahoma native Maddox was a newly trained U.S. Army interrogation specialist. Assigned to Tikrit, Iraq, he was involved…
in the search and capture of Saddam Hussein and others on the military's Black List. Through the interrogation of a prisoner Maddox was instrumental in bringing in, he was able to discover Hussein's hiding place on his last day in Iraq. Strong language. 2008.Kim Philby, l'espion qui trahissait ses amis
By Ben Macintyre, Christophe Billon. 2014
" Dans les années quarante, Nicholas Elliott, Kim Philby et James Angleton sont les étoiles montantes du MI6, le service…
de renseignement britannique. Ce sont aussi des amis indéfectibles. Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Philby et Elliott resteront les gars en or du MI6, tandis qu'Angleton ne tardera pas à devenir le jeune chef du bureau de contre-espionnage de la CIA. Pendant plusieurs décennies, ils vont partager tous leurs secrets. Mais Philby garde pour lui une information capitale : il travaille en sous-main pour Moscou, et transmet les confidences de ses amis à ses maîtres espions soviétiques. L'Espion qui trahissait ses amis est une histoire de loyauté et de félonie sur fond de guerre froide. C'est le récit d'une bataille idéologique entre amis tout à fait exquis et parfaitement impitoyables, menée dans les restaurants chics de Londres, de Washington et de Beyrouth. À l'aide de documents personnels inédits et d'archives récemment déclassifiées, Ben Macintyre retrace ici brillamment le parcours de Kim Philby, le transfuge le plus scandaleux du XXe siècle. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal.MI6: the history of the Secret Intelligence Service, 1909-1949
By Keith Jeffery. 2010
This book is an examination of the role and significance of intelligence in the modern world. Essential reading for anyone…
interested in the history of espionage, the two world wars, modern British government and the conduct of international relations in the first half of the twentieth century. 2010.