The Lady Is a Spy: Virginia Hall, World War II Hero of the French Resistance (Scholastic Focus), Hardcover - Don Mitchell

DescriptionWhen Hitler invaded Poland, Virginia Hall was traveling in Europe. Which was dangerous enough, but as fighting erupted, instead of retur...

Learn about Virginia Hall, the "most dangerous of all Allied spies", in this exciting biography! In The Lady is a Spy, award-winning author Don Mit...

Reducere. Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson unearths the heroic stories of Jewish survivors from different countries so that we may never forget the past...

Reducere. April 2020 will mark the 80th Anniversary of the fall of France to Nazi Germany, and the establishment of the provisional government of the Vichy s...

The never-before-told tale of the German-American who infiltrated New York's Nazi underground in the days leading up to World War II: "Thrilling, w...

Singer. Actress. Beauty. Spy. The incredible story of Josephine Baker and her Band of Brothers who Risked All for Freedom's CausePublisher: Quercus...

Reducere. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An incredible story of under-appreciated heroism." - USA Today, Five Books to Read This Week "A compelling biography o...

Award-winning and critically acclaimed author Candace Fleming presents the edge-of-your-seat true story of the search for Tutankhamun's tomb, the W...

Reducere. In 1943 a young official from the German foreign ministry contacted Allen Dulles, an OSS officer in Switzerland who would later head the Central In...

Reducere. Infiltrate. Befriend. Sabotage.World War II is raging. Michael O'Shaunessey, originally from Ireland, now lives in Nazi Germany with his parents. L...

Reducere. From the acclaimed author of The Night Portrait comes a stunning historical novel about two women, separated by five hundred years, who each hide L...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Chosen as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the Seattle Times, the Washington Indepe...

Atomic Bomb Island tells the story of an elite, top-secret team of sailors, airmen, scientists, technicians, and engineers who came to Tinian in th...

Weaves an exceptional and thrilling hidden history of an ordinary girl who became one of the OSS's most daring spies in World War II before marryin...

Dive deep into the world of this everyday insect -- and the science behind its uncertain future.Bumble bees are as familiar to most of us as the fl...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Deborah HopkinsonThe WWII invasion known as D-Day was the largest military endeavor in history. By June 6, 1944, Hitler and...

Reducere. The first comprehensive narrative of racism in America's World War II military and the resistance to it. America's World War II military was a forc...

Reducere. Assassination by crossbow, refueling homemade planes in mid-air, mother and daughter seduction--Allied spy Tommy Sneum did it all during World War ...

Reducere. Description A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Excellent...This book is as riveting as any thriller, and as hard to put down." -- The New York Times Book...

Reducere. "One of Ten Best History Books of 2021." --Smithsonian Magazine For fans of The Boys in the Boat and The Storm on Our Shores, this impeccably resea...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Michel WentingIllustration(s): Black & white and colour photos.Number of pages: 64Collection: EliteP...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The remarkable and moving story of Jacques Lusseyran, a blind French resistance leader who was interned at Buchenwald.Publisher: Floris BooksAuthor...

These are exciting and often funny stories set on the Home Front during WWII, full of historical detail as you would expect from the author of }Hor...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this expanded edition, readers will encounter six new profiles of amazing women, as well as a new section on the Soviet Union. Noor I...

Acclaimed naval historian Don Keith tells one of the most inspiring sea stories of World War II: the Japanese attack on the American oiler USS Neos...

*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!* The New York Post calls The Last Fighter Pilot a "must-read" book. From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Glenn DyerA disgraced agent. A missing battle plan. Will he find redemption or damage the Allies beyond repair?London, 1942...

Reducere. From Kirsty Manning, author of The Song of the Jade Lily, comes a gripping World War II set historical novel about murder, secrets, and survival. A...

Reducere. Like a scene from Where Eagles Dare, a small team of American spies parachutes into Italy behind enemy lines. Their orders: link up with local part...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Ben MacintyreNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3Cover type: Paperback ...

DescriptionYour mission: Find Victor Dowd's missing sketchbook. And discover one of the most unusual stories of World War II. Meet the 603rd Camouf...

The dramatic, untold true story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory in World...

Reducere. DescriptionIn World War II France, she went by the name of Marie. Or Brigitte. Or any of a half dozen other names. Some saw her as a middle-aged ne...

Beginning in 1939, young Solly in London exchanges letters with his teenaged cousin, Bernie, in Poland. While Solly is evacuated and adjusts to lif...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th centu...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th centu...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the Lady Be Good's fateful mission *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further re...

Reducere. DescriptionKnown as Fritz to his German spy-handlers and Zig-Zag to the British secret service, Eddie Chapman was a man of many faces. While his ea...

Reducere. The story of the underground battle of the Italians against the Nazis and Fascisti, largely unknown outside Italy, was, unlike the French Resistanc...

Renowned scholar Istvan Deak brings us the comparative history of collaboration, retribution, and resistance during World War II.

Reducere. Chinese leaders once tried to suppress memories of their nation's brutal experience during World War II. Now they celebrate the "victory"--a key fo...

Reducere. Although Mitsi Kashino and her family are swept up in the wave of anti-Japanese sentiment following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mitsi never expects...

Reducere. Critically acclaimed author Lawrence Goldstone offers an affecting portrait of the road to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, which sig...