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(0)Paul Dowswell
Author
Language
English
Description
"From firefighters battling with a blazing nuclear reactor to a helicopter rescue team on board a fast-sinking ship, this is an amazingly vivid collection of stories about men and women whose extraordinary courage has captured the imagination of millions." -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
The two world wars of 1914 -1918 and 1939 -1945 cast a malevolent shadow over the entire 20th Century. This book takes you through the story of both conflicts, from the soldiers' terrifying experiences of the trenches in the First War, to the huge battles and bombing of cities in the second. Stunningly illustrated with dramatic contemporary photographs, paintings, posters and maps, this is an accessible and thought-provoking introduction to the most...
Author
Series
Publisher
EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
122 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Is there really such a thing as a true ghost story? The strange tales in this book are all based on actual reports by people who believed they had been haunted by ghosts or poltergeists. You can make up your own mid after reading their stories..." -- Page [4] cover.
True stories? -- The vengeful Voodoo phantom -- The Cock Lane killing -- Writing on the wall -- The house of strange happenings -- Faces on the floor -- The most haunted house in England...
12) True spy stories
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Lexile measure
1000L
Physical Desc
139 pages : maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
141 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From shark attacks and blazing airships to exploding spacecraft and sinking submarines, these are real stories of people who have stared death in the face and lived to tell the tale. Find out what separates the living from the dead when catastrophe strikes." -- Page [4] cover.
17) The Vietnam War
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of conflict in Vietnam, traces the United States involvement from the early 1960s through 1975, and discusses the consequences of the war on both the United States and Vietnam.
19) Wolf children
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
It is July 1945, Hitler's Third Reich has fallen, and Berlin is in ruins. Living on the edge of survival in the cellar of an abandoned hospital, Otto and his ragtag gang of kids have banded together in the desperate, bombed-out city. The war may be over, but danger lurks in the shadows of the wreckage as Otto and his friends find themselves caught between invading armies, ruthless rival gangs and a strange Nazi war criminal who stalks them...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
140 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Locked doors, high prison walls and barbed wire are formidable enough obstacles, but many escaping prisoners also face savage dogs and armed guards who shoot to kill. From Alcatraz to Devil's Island, true escape stories tells the extraordinary tales of men who risked their lives for their freedom.
