Doctor to the Resistance: The Heroic True Story of an American Surgeon and His Family in Occupied Paris, Paperback - Hal Vaughan

Maine-born Dr. Sumner "Jack" Jackson joined the British Army as a volunteer physician during World War I. After the Battle of the Somme, he married...

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An inspiring story of doctors who changed the health care of an African nation Dr. Dilan Ellegala arrives in Tanzania, shocked to find the entire c...

This thrilling wartime adventure tells the true story of the downed American aviators who were rescued by French resistance fighters, taken to Nazi...

Four young men in a tiny lifeboat brave a dreadful storm to save dozens of lives in this illustrated chapter book adaptation (for readers 6-9) of t...

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The 15: 17 to Paris is an amazing true story of friendship and bravery, of near terrorist attack averted by three young men who found the heroic un...

DescriptionA warm-hearted tale of wartime survival against a backdrop of evacuation and bombs. In June 1940, 10-year-old Pam Hobbs and her sister I...

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Publisher: Jordan Schnitzer Family FoundationAuthor(s): Carolyn VaughanNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 249 x 313 x 27Cover ty...

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"In this book Marya recounts the exciting tale of their journey, while at the same time revealing many aspects of Tibet's religion and culture. The...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Salamishah TilletNumber of pages: 224Collection: Books About BooksPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 201 x 19Cover...

Of the thousands of people who escaped through the Pyrenees during World War II, at least one hundred owe their lives to a daring scheme that Belgi...

'The evening the men came I fled through the garden gate...'The Netherlands, World War IIWhen the Nazis invade the Netherlands in May 1940 it's cle...

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The unforgettable story of two unsung heroes of World War II: sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper who joined the Dutch Resistance, helped save doz...

Million-copy bestselling author Cathy Glass tells the story of Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a trau...

The unforgettable story of two unsung heroes of World War II: sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper who joined the Dutch Resistance, helped save doz...

Reducere. "Uncle Tom's Story of His Life" is a slave narrative written by Josiah Henson, who would later become famous for being the basis of the title chara...

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The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that's...

Reducere. DescriptionKURT BLORSTAD and his father, TRYGVE, are in Norway celebrating the elder's 70th birthday. As they visit landmarks from Trygve's childho...

The international bestselling and life-affirming story of female bravery, Jewish Nazi resistance and surviving the horrors of Auschwitz

DescriptionIn January 1940, navy nurse Dorothy Still eagerly anticipated her new assignment at a military hospital in the Philippines. Her first ye...

Reducere. The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that's...

Reducere. DescriptionLove Her to DeathJohn Glatt A MARRIAGE: DESTROYED They were a picture-perfect family--until a bitter divorce drove Darren Mack over the ...

'One of our very best writers on France.' Antony Beevor After publishing an acclaimed biography of Jean Moulin, leader of the French Resistance, Pa...

Reducere. With an epilogue on recent Russian spying, a ``page-turner of a memoir`` (Publishers Weekly) about an American civilian with a dream, who worked as...

With the help of surviving relatives and hundreds of previously unknown family photographs, Derek Niemann uncovers the true story of what his grand...

DescriptionLeft for Dead at Nijmegen recalls the larger-than-life experiences of an American paratrooper, Gene Metcalfe, who served in the 82nd Air...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Ezra F. VogelNumber of pages: 318Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 139 x 210 x 22Cover type: Pa...

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Reducere. The story of Truman Everts survival for 37 days in Yellowstone is an astonishing tale of one man's struggle against the wilderness.What started out...