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Author
Series
American empire ; 1
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
After the Great War had ended, Americans find themselves trying to rebuild their lives, and their country, but threats from Canada and Africa may tear their dreams apart.
Author
Language
English
Description
This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II. It picks up right where the first book left off, and continues up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs. Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The future of Spain is at stake. Germany and Italy have ensured that Republican forces are starved of weapons and a Franco victory now looks likely. Cristian Ferrar, a Spanish lawyer living in Paris, is a well-connected man. When Ferrar is approached by anti-Franco forces, he readily agrees asked to help smuggle arms into his homeland. Working with de Lyon - an enigmatic man of Slavic descent - Ferrar goes on a quest which will take him from libertine...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"History may be written by the victors, Wolfgang Schivelbusch argues in his new book, but the losers often have the final word. Focusing on three seminal cases of defeat - the South after the Civil War, France in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War, and Germany following World War I - Schivelbusch reveals the complex psychological and cultural responses of vanquished nations to the experience of military defeat." "Drawing on reaction from every level...
5) Little women
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Set in New England during the Civil War, it chronicles the lives and loves of Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth, four sisters who must rely on each other for strength in the face of tragedies both large and small, after their father leaves for battle.
Publisher
Pritzker Military Museum & Library
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Collected here for the first time are key works by this century's leading military historians, all recipients of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. The Pritzker Literature Award honors writers whose work adds to the public's understanding of military history and the role played by the military in civil society. In the tradition of historians dating back to ancient times, these authors...
Author
Publisher
R.R. Bowker
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
This superb selection guide helps you provide the best in recreational & curriculum-based reading material for your patrons in grades 7-12. Combining the popular Best Books for Junior High Readers & Best Books for Senior High Readers into one updated new resource, Best Books for Young Adult Readers features more than 6,500 titles sure to stimulate teen readers & link literature with learning. Each entry provides: Recommendations from leading journals....
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons/Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Provides critical information on the most populous country and most dynamic trade market in the world: the people, politics, economics, religion, philosophy, traditions, art, and literature of this ancient and enduring civilization are explored from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day.
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Covers today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, and important documents. Includes topics such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and more.
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