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Josephine Baker's last dance: a novel
By Sherry Jones. 2018
In the 1920s, an African American like Josephine Baker could find more freedom in France than in the United States.…
In Paris she could be an actress, singer, dancer, Civil Rights activist, member of the French Resistance during WWII, and a woman dedicated to erasing prejudice and creating a more equitable world. Adult. UnratedSee you at the bar (Harry Gilmour novel #05)
By David Black. 2019
Harry Gilmour is captain of the submarine HMS Scourge, patrolling the Mediterranean during world war two. With the shadow of…
his former commander Bonalleck and self-doubt chipping at his confidence, Harry fights his own internal battle to maintain effective command of his boat and crew. Adult. Some descriptions of sex. Violence and some strong languageDog soldiers: a novel
By Robert Stone. 1987
During the waning days of the Vietnam War, a small-time journalist thinks he'll find action and profit by getting involved…
in a big-time drug deal. A fightening, intense novel that captures the underground mood of America in the 1970'sEcos
By Danielle Steel. 2011
"In 1915 Beata Wittgenstein, eldest daughter of an affluent German Jewish family, runs off to Switzerland to marry Antoine de…
Vallerand, a young French Catholic officer. But her newfound happiness and the future of her children are threatened by war." -- Provided by NLSWhen the nightingale sings
By Suzanne Kelman. 2021
"1937, Europe and America. Based on a true story, this powerful novel about wartime courage and extraordinary friendship, tells how…
two women changed the fate of the Second World War and the course of history. When an impossibly shy young woman named Judy Morgan finishes her studies in Physics at Cambridge University, it is with dreams of changing the world for the better. Meanwhile, a beautiful, young Jewish woman decides to flee her beloved Austria, changing her name to Hedy Lamarr, and risking everything to get to America, as far away from the Nazi threat as possible. A powerful friendship is formed when the two women meet in pre-war London-with Judy's passion for science a perfect match for Hedy's brilliant talent for invention. So when the world is gripped by a war that nobody could have imagined in their worst nightmares, both Hedy and Judy know they must act now. As their lives repeatedly collide, in Cambridge, California, Pearl Harbor and beyond-throwing both their lives into danger and tragedy-Judy and Hedy both find themselves seeking ways to end the war. But neither of them will know that one of them is on a path of tragedy. A path that could change the outcome of the war, but also threaten their friendship forever..." -- Provided by publisherThe cabin book: or, National characteristics
By Charles Sealsfield. 1852
Originally published in German in 1841, this novel, in part about Texas life in the 1830's, became a best-seller. It…
paints Texans as they have ever since liked to see themselves: bigger than life, better than most other people, mavericks, uncompromising about their freedom and dignity, sometimes cheats and tricksters, and courageous if not downright foolhardy. Adult33 D.C: una novela (A.D #02)
By Ted Dekker. 2016
"Maviah, a slave in Arabia, meets the prophet Yeshua and takes his teachings to heart. She gathers a large following…
of fellow outcasts and travels around Arabia, spreading what she learned from Yeshua. When what she has built is threatened, she goes to find him." -- Provided by NLS30 D.C: una novela (A.D #01)
By Ted Dekker. 2015
"Maviah, daughter of a Bedouin sheik, is sent home from Egypt in disgrace when she becomes pregnant. After raiders kill…
her son and capture her father, she travels to seek an audience with King Herod. On her travels, she meets a man called Yeshua." -- Provided by NLSUne petite chance (Chapitre)
By Marjolijn Hof. 2008
"Le père de Lili est médecin pour une O.N.G et part très souvent dans des pays en guerre. Lili vit…
très mal ses absences et s'inquiète des dangers qu'il court. Pour conjurer le mauvais sort et calmer ses angoisses, elle décide de s'en remettre aux probabilités : elle aura moins de chances de perdre son père si elle connaît d'autres deuils autour d'elle. Donc, elle tente de faire mourir sa souris, puis son chien. Mais son père est déclaré disparu, et Lili se sent de plus en plus mal." -- 4e de couvUnspeakable things
By Kathleen Spivack. 2016
Life is a test of courage and silence, especially for refugees from Hitler's Europe. For Anna and her cousin, Herbert,…
New York gives opportunity, but not safety from the memories of the life they had before. Adult. UnratedWolf pass: a novel
By Steve Thayer. 2003
Wrongfully labeled a chief suspect after a shooting by a long-range sniper, deputy sheriff and former wartime army ranger P.A.…
Pennington realizes an old nemesis, a Nazi colonel, has returned. Adult. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Strong language. ViolenceEsmirna en llamas
By Homero Aridjis. 2013
"The narrative takes place in Smyrna, the birthplace of Nicias, a former Greek army captain, where he returns after a…
long period of combat. The sadness in the air is the product of the inevitable Greek defeat and the constant memories from before the war. However, even under the constant threat of the Turks, Nicias undertakes the search for love, embodied in the figure of Eurydice, the beloved young woman he abandoned when he enlisted in the army. It is this quest that restores harmony to the spirit and body of Nicias. The reader of Smyrna in Flames will discover that the brutal and bloodthirsty events typical of a wartime conflict are masterfully cushioned by Aridjis' poetic language." -- Translation provided by NLSThe capture (Griffin Task Force #03)
By Julie Coulter Bellon. 2017
The day Julian buys an engagement ring for Zaya, terrorist Nazer al-Raimi abducts her. It takes nearly six months to…
find her, but Zaya has suffered during captivity. Though she's grateful to Julian for breaking her out, she wants nothing to do with him. Before he can show her how much he still loves her, Nazer finds them and vows revenge. Can Julian keep Zaya safe and still stop Nazer once and for all? LDS fiction. AdultLe secret du verre bleu (Pleine lune #67. Conte)
By Tomiko Inui. 1996
- Youri ne va pas nous oublier ? Au Japon, peut avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la famille Moriyama abrite…
quatre petits hommes anglais dans sa bibliothèque, les Milky. Pour se nourrir, ils utilisent le lait que leur verse chaque jour la petite Youri dans un mystérieux verre bleu. Mais la guerre éclate ! Le lait est rationné et l'inquiétude gagne les Milky.A long way home
By Nancy Price Graff. 2001
Nosotros caminamos en sueños
By Patricio Pron. 2014
"A stupid war, an invisible enemy, confused governors, a battlefield, the Falkland Islands, and a narrator that unveils the truths…
and lies behind all this with freshness and irony. «Do not judge the war in terms of beauty. In fact, it is like people: it has to be beautiful inside, because it is too ugly on the outside». A bomb remains in mid air and resists falling. Exhausted and hungry soldiers look up and they wonder if all wars are like that. They do not know who the enemy is or where he is, but they keep walking in dreams, like sleepwalkers, fighting for a piece of land that does not belong to anyone, defending a country that floats on a subsoil of misery and corruption. There is nothing normal or predictable in |We Walk in Dreams|, the edited and extended version of the novel where Patricio Pron told «not what really happened or could have happened, but what happened indeed, although only in the childish imagination» of the author, who was six years old when the war between Argentina and Great Britain started. |We Walk in Dreams| talks about that confrontation, but the true theme of this comic novel is what happens when people kill on behalf of nationalism, what happens when common sense leaves room for cowardice and stupidity disguised as patriotism. Pron's view is a satire of all wars, a story simultaneously inhabited by the spirits of Samuel Beckett, César Aira, Martin Amis and Fogwill that only take the reader as prisoner." -- Provided by publisherWhere you come from
By Saša Stanišić. 2021
In August, 1992, a boy and his mother flee the war in Yugoslavia and arrive in Germany. Six months later,…
the boy's father joins them, bringing a brown suitcase, insomnia, and a scar on his thigh. Translated from the 2019 German edition. Strong language and some violence. 2021Bring out the dog: stories
By Will Mackin. 2018
The eleven stories in Will Mackin's mesmerizing debut collection draw from his many deployments with a special operations task force…
in Iraq and Afghanistan. They began as notes he jotted on the inside of his forearm in grease pencil and, later, as bullet points on the torn-off flap of an MRE kit. Whenever possible he incorporated those notes into his journals. Years later, he used those journals to write this book. He gives a realistic inside view on what it takes to fight the Taliban. UnratedCuando llora el cielo (Canción del mártir #02)
By Ted Dekker. 2010
"At the close of World War II, a shell-shocked soldier, Jan Jovic, was forced to inflict a game of life…
and death on a peaceful Bosnian community. In a few short hours, this young man was confronted by more love-and hate-than most experience in a lifetime. Years later, Jan has become a world-renowned writer with widespread influence in the United States, his past buried deep in his memory. Until, at the most inopportune time, the game Jan witnessed comes back to haunt him . . . and unwittingly leads him to a beautiful broken woman caught in an underworld of crime. Jan must now defeat an evil rarely seen. But there is a price. One that even this war-scarred soldier can't imagine." -- Amazon.comTiempos revueltos
By Vionette G Negretti. 2010
"This bestseller in Puerto Rico is the complete story of the only revolution against the United States, told from the…
perspective of Comandante Elio Torresola, who led the rebel forces to victory during El Grito de Jayuya. In 1950, Puerto Rican nationalists stunned the world when they succeeded in destroying the international image of the United States as the 'Champion of Democracy' by declaring the Republic of Puerto Rico and extending the reach of the rebellion into the heartland of the United States through a direct attack on President Truman. |Times of Upheaval| is the product of a three-year investigation by a journalist who delved into personal and official documents, including the FBI's so-called Secret Files on Puerto Rico, newspapers, books and theses at the University of Puerto Rico, and interviews with witnesses to the events, as well as with the revolutionaries and their families." -- Translation provided by NLS