Showing posts with label World War II. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World War II. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 17, 2024

The Navajo Code Talkers

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Paul, Doris A.  The Navajo Code Talkers . Pittsburgh: Dorrance 19739 . Print. First Sentences: Every syllable of my message came through. So...
Tuesday, October 11, 2022

We Die Alone

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  Howarth, David. We Die Alone . Guilford, CT: Lyons Press 1955 . Print. First Sentences: Even at the end of March, on th...
Monday, December 16, 2019

The Volunteer

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Fairweather, Jack.  The Volunteer: One Man', An Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz . New York: HarperCollins ...
Thursday, October 17, 2019

The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted

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Hillman, Robert.  The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted . New York: Putnam 2018 . Print First Sentences: She didn't stay l...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Every Man a Hero

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Lambert, Ray.  Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War . New York: HarperCollins 2019 . Prin...
Monday, November 21, 2016

The Secret Life of Codebreakers

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McKay, Sinclair.  The Secret Lives of Codebreakers: The Men and Women Who Cracked the Enigma Code at Bletchley Park . New York: Plume. 2012...
Monday, November 14, 2016

The Winter Fortress

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Bascomb, Neal.  The Winter Fortress . New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2016. Print. First Sentences: In a staggered line, t...
Monday, April 4, 2016

The Japanese Lover

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Allende, Isabel. The Japanese Lover . New York: Atria. 2015. Print. First Sentences: When Irina Brazili began working at Lark H...