Slaughterhouse - Five or The children's crusade

Adapted for a magnificent George Roy Hill film three years later (perhaps the only film adaptation of a masterpiece which exceeds its source), Slaughterhouse-Five Catch-22, with which it stands as the two signal novels of their riotous and furious decade.

World War II: A beginner's guide

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9781780745107

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The sacrifice of Singapore: Churchill's biggest blunder

The fate of Singapore was sealed long before the Japanese attack in December 1941. The blame lay with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill who refused to listen to warnings from military advisors to reinforce defences in Singapore/Malaya, convinced the Japanese would never dare to attack a 'white power'. Obsessed with beating German General Erwin Rommel, he poured into the Middle East massi…

War

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9781405935012

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For freedom: The story of a French spy

Despite the horrors of World War II, a French teenager pursues her dream of becoming an opera singer, which takes her to places where she gains information about what the Nazis are doing--information that the French Resistance needs.

One thousand paper cranes: The story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue

Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of the Atomic Bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes, symbolizing her hope for peace, and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue in memory of Sadako and the many …

Blitzcat

She made her way down the cliff, and on to the beach. At the edge of the waves, she stopped, shaking her wet paws. She knew that somewhere ahead was her person, but far, far away. She miaowed plaintively; stood staring at the moving blur of uncrossable sea. She led the way to safety, out of the blazing hell of blitzed Coventry. People touched her for luck; feared her as an omen of disaster. Whe…

The fugitive

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9971-64-139-9

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Revolt in paradise

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Elephant run

Nick endures servitude, beatings, and more after his British father's plantation in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941, and when his father and others are taken prisoner and Nick is stranded with his friend Mya, they plan a daring escape on elephants, risking their lives to save Nick's father and Mya's brother from a Japanese prisoner of war camp.

Under the blood-red sun

Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan, and came to America to escape poverty.rnrnWorld War II seems far away from Tomi and his friends, who are too busy playing ball on their eighth-grade team, the Rats.rnrnBut then Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese, and the United States declares war on Japan. Japanese men are rounded up, and Tomi’s father and grandfa…

Going solo

The book continues the story Roald Dahl began in Boy, the first part of his memoir. As a young man working in East Africa for the Shell Company, he recounts his adventures living in the jungle and later flying a fighter plane in World War

Suite Francaise: A novel

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9781400096275

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Number the stars

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0-440-22753-4

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Weedflower

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978-0-689-86574-9

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Your eyes in stars

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9780060756840

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Catch-22

Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him

Catch-22

Presents the tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive. This novel is a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it.

Catch 22

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9780099529125

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540 p.

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Summer of my German soldier

When German prisoners of war are brought to her Arkansas town during World War II, twelve-year-old Patty, a Jewish girl, befriends one of them and must deal with the consequences of that friendship.

lily's crossing

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0-440-41453-9

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Everything is illuminated

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978-0-141-00825-7

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276 p.

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All the light we cannot see

From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there ar…

World War Two: A short history

After the Great War, the United States and the nations of Europe longed for a lasting peace. As far as they were concerned, they had just experienced "the war to end all wars." Over 15 million lay dead, and much of Europe had been reduced to rubble. The possibility of another such conflict was practically unthinkable. And yet within two decades of the signing of the Versailles Treaty, war broke…

World War II

This book documents the progression of the second world war, exploring the roles of various countries and highlighting the influential political figures that led the warring nations into battle. With striking images, this book details the crucial and costly battles fought, encapsulates wartime conditions and reveals how world war two came to its eventual conclusion.

Life on the home front

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0276421205

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160 p. ; photos

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Journeys into the past

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940.5314 HEA l

A homecoming for Kezzie

Kezzie, her sister Lucy, and their grandfather struggle to survive in Scotland during World War II.

Perawan remaja dalam cengkeraman militer

Indonesian comfort women during the Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.

Eye of the needle

A ruthless spy trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day falls in love and must make a choice between love and country.

Under the blood red sun

Tomikazu Nakaji's biggest concerns are baseball, homework, and a local bully, until life with his Japanese family in Hawaii changes drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.