A Rose Named Peace. How Francis Meilland Created a Flower of Hope for a World at War, Hardback - Barbara Carroll Roberts

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DescriptionFrom celebrated author and illustrator Ashley Bryan comes a deeply moving picture book memoir about serving in the segregated army durin...

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Publisher: University of North Texas PressAuthor(s): Jerrie Marcus SmithNumber of pages: 184Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 173 x 232 x 21Cover t...

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When her home is destroyed in the 1941 Luftwaffe bombing, Grace Ryan moves in with relatives. There she meets Barry Malone, a boy from Liverpool. B...

Reducere. TRAGEDY AND HOPE shows the years 1895-1950 as a period of transition from the world dominated by Europe in the nineteenth century to the world of t...

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What makes 2nd Lieutenant Phil Larimore's story special is what happened in World War II's closing days and the people-and horses-he interacted wit...

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Reducere. Fourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who hoped to become a concert pianist. But when Hitler's armies advanced on pre-war Vienna, Lisa'...

Wartime is not just about military success. Economists at War tells a different story - about a group of remarkable economists who used their skill...

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The definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the greatest science story of our time - a Best Science Book of the Year for the Guardian, Financial T...

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Reducere. Respected scholar William Bennett reacquaints America with its heritage in the second volume of America: The Last Best Hope (Volume II). This engag...

Reducere. Anger at her cheating husband spurs grieving war widow Rosemary Hopkins to spend an impromptu night with an overseas-bound soldier. Fearing her sma...

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