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Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An instant hit in the UK, this is the true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War II, joined in flight missions, and survived everything from crash-landings to parachute bailouts--ultimately saving the life of his owner and dearest friend. In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey that would turn them into lifelong friends. One was an orphaned...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xviii, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the night of June 13th, 1944, a twelve-man SAS unit parachuted into occupied France. Their objective: hit German forces deep behind the lines, cutting the rail-tracks linking Central France to the northern coastline. In a country crawling with enemy troops, their mission was to prevent Hitler from rushing his Panzer divisions to the D-Day beaches and driving the Allied troops back into the sea. It was a Herculean task, but no risk was deemed too...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Agent Josephine, bestselling author Damien Lewis uncovers this little-known history of the famous singer's life. During the war years, as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers--a cover for her spying work--Baker participated in numerous clandestine activities and emerged as a formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served--the US, France, and Britain"--
Prior to World War II, Josephine Baker was a...
4) Smoky the brave: how a feisty Yorkshire terrier mascot became a comrade-in-arms during World War II
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In February 1944, as Japanese military advances threatened to overwhelm New Guinea, a tiny, four-pound Yorkshire Terrier was discovered hiding in the island's thick jungles. A total mystery as to her origins, she was adopted by US Army Air Force Corporal William "Bill" Wynne, an air-crewman in a photo reconnaissance squadron, becoming an irreplaceable lucky charm for the unit. When Smoky saved Wynne's life by barking a warning of an incoming kamikaze...
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
x, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain's wartime leader called for the lightning development of a completely new kind of warfare, recruiting a band of eccentric free-thinking warriors to become the first 'deniable' secret operatives to strike behind enemy lines, offering these volunteers nothing but the potential for glory and all-but-certain death....
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xvi, 398 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An impossible mission in wartime Italy: the next explosive bestseller from Damien Lewis. In the hard-fought winter of 1944 the Allied advanced northwards through Italy, but stalled on the fearsome mountainous defences of the Gothic Line. Two men were parachuted in, in an effort to break the deadlock. Their mission: to penetrate deep into enemy territory and lay waste to the Germans' impregnable headquarters. At the eleventh hour mission commanders...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
From her first humanitarian visit to Afghanistan in 1994, Suraya Sadeed has been personally delivering relief and hope to Afghan orphans and refugees, to women and girls in inhuman situations deemed too dangerous for other aid workers or for journalists. Her memoir of these missions is as unconventional as the woman who has lived it. Born the daughter of the governor of Kabul amid beautiful gardens and peace, Suraya fled to the United States with...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First American hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A decade ago, Special Forces warrior Jason Morgan parachuted into the Central American jungle on an anti-narcotics raid. Months later, he regained consciousness in a US military hospital, with no memory of how he'd gotten there-- and a prognosis that he would never walk again. After multiple surgeries and numerous setbacks, Morgan was a single father confined to a wheelchair and tortured by his pain. Light came in the form of Napal, the black Labrador...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 265 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Endeavour and his colleagues are entering a new decade and era of change. Opening on New Year's Eve 1969, normal order has been resumed and the team reunited at Castle Gate CID, with Chief Superintendent Bright back in charge. However, the events of the past year have left their mark. Old friendships will be challenged and new relationships will blossom. In the dawn of women's liberation, social progression and scientific growth, the 1970s begin...
