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"During World War II, Catherine Duquette and Maggie McCleod come from different worlds but are thrown together on a USO variety show touring North Africa. While they each have secret reasons for accepting the job, neither anticipates the danger and intrigue they'll encounter performing so close to the front lines"--
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English
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"A solid introduction and useful survey of slaving activity by the Muslims of North Africa over the course of several centuries." —Chronicles
Everybody knows about the transatlantic slave trade, which saw black Africans snatched from their homes, taken across the Atlantic Ocean and then sold into slavery. However, a century before Britain became involved in this terrible business, whole villages and towns in England, Ireland,...
Everybody knows about the transatlantic slave trade, which saw black Africans snatched from their homes, taken across the Atlantic Ocean and then sold into slavery. However, a century before Britain became involved in this terrible business, whole villages and towns in England, Ireland,...
3) Allied
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The story of intelligence officer Max Vatan, who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war.
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Golgotha volume Book 3
Language
English
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1720. Escaping the gallows, Anne Bonney, the infamous pirate queen, sets sail in search of a fabulous treasure said to be hiding in a lost city of bones somewhere in the heart of Africa. But what she finds is a destiny she never expected... 1870. Maude Stapleton, late of Golgotha, Nevada, is a respectable widow raising a daughter on her own. Few know that Maude belongs to an ancient order of assassins, the Daughters of Lilith, and is as well the great-great-great-great-granddaughter...
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World War II volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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When the draft board calls on the eve of World War II, Roman leaves behind a career in minor-league baseball to join the army, and finds himself driving a tank in the North African campaign.
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Golgotha volume Book 3
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English
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1720. Escaping the gallows, Anne Bonney, the infamous pirate queen, sets sail in search of a fabulous treasure said to be hiding in a lost city of bones somewhere in the heart of Africa. But what she finds is a destiny she never expected... 1870. Maude Stapleton, late of Golgotha, Nevada, is a respectable widow raising a daughter on her own. Few know that Maude belongs to an ancient order of assassins, the Daughters of Lilith, and is as well the great-great-great-great-granddaughter...
7) Think of me
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of We Must Be Brave comes a new sweeping historical novel about one couple's journey through war, love, and loss, and how the people we love never really leave us"--
8) War of shadows: codebreakers, spies, and the secret struggle to drive the Nazis from the Middle East
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xix, 474 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
This cinematic story of the race for information in the North African theater of World War II portrays the conflict not as an inevitable clash of heroes and villains but as a spiraling series of failures, accidents and desperate triumphs that decided the fate of the Middle East.
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"Fatima al-Fihri loved to learn. She wanted to know everything, like how birds flew, why the sky was blue, and how flowers grew. But more than anything, she wanted a school for all, where anyone could study and become whatever they wanted. This true-life portrait of an extraordinary Muslim woman shows the importance of never giving up on your dreams and how we all have the power to change the world for the better"--
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English
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"A narrative nonfiction story detailing the long distance that dust from the Sahel in Africa travels across the Atlantic Ocean to replenish life in the Amazon Rainforest. Told from the perspective of dust, A River of Dust takes readers on a journey through vibrantly illustrated landscapes, celebrating the power and wonder of Earth's ecosystems, and showing how these tiny particles are in fact key to the health of our planet"--
Author
Publisher
NAL Caliber
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
v, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the exploits and accomplishments of charismatic commander Colonel William Darby and his elite battalion of Army Rangers, from North Africa, to southern Italy, to Darby's tragic death eight days before V-E day and his posthumous honors.
13) Sand and fire
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A remarkable military thriller from one of the most widely acclaimed new suspense writers in years-Fans of Clancy and Coonts need to add Young to their must-read list (Booklist). North Africa. A jihadist leader has seized a supply of sarin gas and is wreaking havoc: a nightclub in Sicily, a packed street in Gibraltar. Acting on information, Marine gunnery sergeant A. E. Blount, at six-foot-eight a formidable warrior, the grandson of one of the first...
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