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521) White tiger
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
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English
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When a man stumbles on a bloody crime scene, a pickup truck loaded with heroin, and two million dollars in irresistible cash, his decision to take the money sets off an unstoppable chain reaction of violence.
A man living in a small Texas town comes across a crime scene and finds two million dollars, and a killer is set on his trail to recover the money.
523) Maya Lin
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Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds--including Maya Lin! Maya Lin is known throughout the world as the creator of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. But many people objected to her gender, age, race, and more when she was chosen to design the memorial. Still, she persisted, and her design stands...
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Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Twenty years of America’s Global War on Terror produced little tangible success while exacting enormous harm. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States sustained tens of thousands of casualties, expended trillions of dollars, and inflicted massive suffering on the very populations that we sought to “liberate.” Now the inclination to forget it all and move on is palpable. But there is much to be learned from the immense debacle. And those who...
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The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Journalists began to call the Korean War 'the Forgotten War' even before it ended. Without a doubt, the most neglected story of this already-neglected war is that of African Americans who served just two years after Harry S. Truman ordered the desegregation of the military. Twice Forgotten draws on oral histories of Black Korean War veterans to recover the story of their contributions to the fight, the reality that the military desegregated in fits...
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Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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In the Depression summer of 1932, some 45,000 veterans of World War I descended on Washington to demand the bonus promised them eight years earlier for their wartime service. They lived in shantytowns, white and black together, protested and rallied for their cause. Roy Wilkins saw the model for racial integration here; J. Edgar Hoover built his reputation against the radicals. President Hoover, Army Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur, and others feared...
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Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Gripping war stories meet inspiring lessons in this straight-shooting and darkly funny account of what it takes to survive and thrive on battlefields and in daily lives, from distinguished United States service members and New York Times bestselling authors Robert O'Neill and Dakota Meyer"--
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Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
The author documents the chain of events that set the stage for the January 26, 2017 Fort Lauderdale Airport shooting: the failure of police and the FBI to stop this troubled Iraq War veteran, who had earlier approached them and said point-blank that he was hearing voices telling him to kill others; the incredible fact that his weapon was taken and then given back to him, the very gun that would kill five people and shut down a major airport for forty-eight...
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English
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Describes the experiences of three women soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq to reveal how their military service has affected their friendship, personal lives and families, detailing the realities of their work on bases and in war zones and how their choices and losses shaped their perspectives.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"An inspiring memoir of promises kept, overcoming obstacles, and what it means to sacrifice for others, written by a Special Warfare Operator with the Air Force. When Israel "DT" Del Toro, Jr.'s Humvee rolled over a roadside IED in Afghanistan, he had onethought as he lost consciousness: I have to keep the promise I made to my dad. DT was orphaned at the age of fourteen, and on the night before his father died, he repeated the promise his dad required:...
532) Every day is extra
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"John Kerry tells the story of his extraordinary life of public service, from decorated Vietnam veteran to five-term United States senator, 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, and Secretary of State for four years: a personal and candid memoir by a witness to some of the most important events of our recent history, including the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate accords."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"In Iraq, as a combat physician and officer, Jon Kerstetter balanced two impossibly conflicting imperatives - to heal and to kill. When he suffered an injury and then a stroke during his third tour, he wound up back home in Iowa, no longer able to be either a doctor or a soldier. In this gorgeous memoir that moves from his impoverished upbringing on an Oneida reservation, to his harrowing stints as a volunteer medic in Kosovo and Bosnia, through the...
534) Redemption
Publisher
Distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A damaged ex-special forces soldier trapped in the criminal underworld is transformed into an avenging angel when an unexpected opportunity allows him to assume another identity. Once believing he was beyond redemption, he now seeks out his own version of justice.
535) First blood
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
An ex-Green Beret is haunted by memories of Vietnam. He falls afoul of an over-zealous small-town sheriff and all hell is let loose as he goes on the run. I.
Author
Publisher
Sentinel
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"The powerful story of one Marine who found healing and renewed purpose after returning from combat, for himself and tens of thousands of fellow veterans. When Marine sniper Jake Wood came home in 2009 from grueling tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, his country asked yet more of him: to compartmentalize his traumatic memories, put his elite military training on a shelf, and adjust to living outside high-stakes situations. Jake feared he would join the...
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Publisher
The Penguin Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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"From journalist Robert Timberg, a memoir of the struggle to reclaim his life after being severely burned as a Marine lieutenant in Vietnam. In January 1967, Robert Timberg was a short-timer, counting down the days until his combat tour ended. He had thirteen days to go when his vehicle struck a Viet Cong land mine, resulting in third-degree burns of his face and much of his body. He survived, barely, then began the arduous battle back, determined...
538) The expendables
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The Expendables are a tight-knit team of skilled combat vets turned mercenaries. Hired by a powerful covert operator, the team jets off to a small South American country to overthrow a ruthless dictator. Once there, they find themselves caught in a deadly web of deceit and betrayal. Using every weapon at their disposal, they set out to save the innocent and punish the guilty in this blistering action-packed thriller.
539) Soldiers don't go mad: a story of brotherhood, poetry, and mental illness during the First World War
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"A brilliant and poignant history of the friendship between two great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, alongside a narrative investigation of the origins of PTSD and the literary response to World War I From the moment war broke out across Europe in 1914, the world entered a new, unparalleled era of modern warfare. Soldiers faced relentless machine gun shelling, incredible artillery power, flame throwers, and gas attacks. Within the...
540) Night Watch: a novel
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War—and a brilliant portrait of family endurance against all odds "A tour de force." —Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee,...
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