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War with Britain's former colony looms on the horizon, and Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho must lead a squadron against the powerful new ships of the United States navy. Supported by his loyal crew, Bolitho must use all his ingenuity to defeat one of America's great naval commanders, Nathan Beer.
43) The Only Victor
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February 1806: Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho carries the news of Trafalgar to southern Africa, where he is to aid British ground forces in any way he can to retake Cape Town from the Dutch. Impatient to be home, Bolitho decides yet again that the boldest measures are best, and proves to the army that brave men do not die in vain.
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Portsmouth, 1782. His Britannic Majesty's frigate, Phalarope, is ordered to assist the hard-pressed squadrons in the Caribbean. Aboard is her new commander-Richard Bolitho. To all appearances the Phalarope is everything a young captain could wish for, but beneath the surface she is a deeply unhappy ship-her wardroom torn by petty greed and ambition, her deckhands suspected of cowardice under fire and driven to near-mutiny by senseless ill-treatment....
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2007
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306 p. ; 25 cm.
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English
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In 1917, when an arrogant and incompetent British commander turns up dead, a reluctant Joseph Reavley searches for the truth about the crime and about the twelve men accused of the murder, journeying behind enemy lines to find the individual responsible.
48) The assault
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Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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288 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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In the year 2030, six teens who have been modified to look like the aliens who are battling for control of Earth go behind enemy lines and discover a shocking, secret alien project.
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Canelo
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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An ambitious plan, a looming fortress, and one ferocious battle that could turn the tides of World War II, from the author of Army of Shadows.
Famous for its ancient hilltop monastery, Monte Cassino achieved a new and grimmer renown in the Second World War when it became a German bastion against the Allied advance through Italy.
Even in February 1944, when the abbey buildings had been reduced...
Famous for its ancient hilltop monastery, Monte Cassino achieved a new and grimmer renown in the Second World War when it became a German bastion against the Allied advance through Italy.
Even in February 1944, when the abbey buildings had been reduced...
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Canelo
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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The fate of a continent rests on one devastating battle—and the daring of the special forces soldiers on its front lines.
The Eighth Army, gathering its strength in the Nile delta, was preparing for a major assault against the combined forces of Rommel’s Afrika Korps.
One of the places the Korps occupied was the little port of Qaba, two hundred miles to the west of Cairo. British Lieutenant-Colonel...
The Eighth Army, gathering its strength in the Nile delta, was preparing for a major assault against the combined forces of Rommel’s Afrika Korps.
One of the places the Korps occupied was the little port of Qaba, two hundred miles to the west of Cairo. British Lieutenant-Colonel...
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Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 31 cm
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English
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A retelling of the adventures of Luke Skywalker and the rebel forces as they try to defeat the imperial forces.
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Harlequin HQN
Pub. Date
2013
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377 p. ; 17 cm.
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English
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When Jane Pearson arrives at the beach house of reclusive journalist Griffin Lowell to help him write his memoir, she engages in a battle of wits with this obstinate man who needs her help more than he ever could have realized.
54) Black City
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
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374 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Ash, a sixteen-year-old twin-blood who sells his addictive venom, Haze, to support his dying mother, and Natalie, the daughter of a diplomat, discover their mysterious--and forbidden--connection in the Black City, where humans and Darklings struggle torebuild after a brutal war.
55) Amina's blanket
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Crabtree Pub
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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42 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
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After helping to knit and sew together the squares of a blanket to be sent to a country at war, Josie dreams of what life is like for the girl who will receive the blanket as a gift from Josie's class.
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Pub. Date
2014
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English
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The New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series turns her prodigious talents to this World War I standalone novel, a lyrical drama of love struggling to survive in a damaged, fractured world.
By July 1914, the ties between Kezia Marchant and Thea Brissenden, friends since girlhood, have become strained—by Thea's passionate embrace of women's suffrage, and by the imminent marriage of Kezia to Thea's brother, Tom, who
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2012
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English
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Diana Gabaldon, bestselling author of the acclaimed Outlander series, weaves an engrossing tale of war, history, and suspense in this original novella—now available as a standalone eBook—featuring returning hero Lord John Grey.
London, 1759. After a high society electric-eel party leads to a duel that ends badly, Lord John Grey feels the need to lie low for a while. Conveniently, before starting his new commission in His Majesty’s...
London, 1759. After a high society electric-eel party leads to a duel that ends badly, Lord John Grey feels the need to lie low for a while. Conveniently, before starting his new commission in His Majesty’s...
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Spring 1802, and the Peace Treaty of Amiens, signed only a few weeks earlier, is already showing signs of collapse. Britain and France wrangle over the return of colonial possessions won and lost during their long, bloody war and in the little 64-gun Achates, Vice-Admiral Richard Bolitho sails for America and the Caribbean.
60) Sword of Honour
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Sir Richard Bolitho returns from a wearing campaign in North American waters to take up a command in Malta. As England's long war with Napoleon reaches its end, will Richard Bolitho's longing for peace-both public and personal-be fulfilled?
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