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Dr. Peter Brown is an intern at Manhattan's worst hospital, with a talent for medicine, a shift from hell, and a past he'd prefer to keep hidden. Whether it's a blocked circumflex artery or a plan to land a massive malpractice suit, he knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men. Pietro "Bearclaw" Brnwna is a hitman for the mob, with a genius for violence, a well-earned fear of sharks, and an overly close... (more)

A Very Rude Awakening: The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour

A Very Rude Awakening: The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour

by Peter Grose

Als der Krieg ausbrach. ErzählungenHeinrich Böll

Als der Krieg ausbrach. Erzählungen

by Heinrich Böll

Kaddisch für ein nicht geborenes Kind. Großdruck.

Kaddisch für ein nicht geborenes Kind. Großdruck.

by Imre Kertesz

Daughter of Deceit: A Family Tree Mystery (Family Tree)

Daughter of Deceit: A Family Tree Mystery (Family Tree)

by Patricia Houck Sprinkle

Katharine Murray's elegant Atlanta home has been viciously vandalized! She's prepared to devote all her time to getting it back in tip-top shape—until she meets Bara Weidenauer. Once a picture-perfect socialite, Bara has fallen on some hard times. Her husband, Foley, has hightailed it out of their marriage, and she's convinced he'll try to take her for every penny she's got. While scouring her house for anything... (more)

The Footsteps of Anne FrankErnst Schnabel

The Footsteps of Anne Frank

by Ernst Schnabel

God a Logs On Living and Dying

by Sam Oliver

When I wrote these daily moments with God, I felt myself paying more attention to whatever it was that I was focusing on that day. For me, the insights took me to a place where judgments cease and the desire to understand became more prevalent. Such a view of living makes a person begin to seek first to understand, instead of, act on what a person understands to be life s point of view in any given moment. Life is... (more)

The Kaiser's Last Kiss

by Alan Judd

Stunning historical novel from master story-teller Alan Judd, set in Occupied Holland in 1941. It is 1940 and the exiled Kaiser is living in Holland, at his palace Huis Doorn.The old German king spends his days chopping logs and musing on what might have been. When the Nazis invade Holland, the Kaiser's Dutch staff are replaced by SS guards, led by young, eager Untersturmfuhrer Krebbs, and an unlikely... (more)

Hold My Hand

by Serena Mackesy

It was the answer to their prayers: a cash-in-hand residential job in the country, in a place where no one would know them. To Bridget Sweeny and her daughter it meant a fresh start, with new names and hope for the future. But Rospetroc House, the manor house Bridget has agreed to caretake, has its own secrets: a history of high staff turnover and a reputation in the village, and it's not long before she begins to... (more)

THE MIND OF ADOLF HITLER the Secret Wartime ReportWALTER C. LANGER

THE MIND OF ADOLF HITLER the Secret Wartime Report

by WALTER C. LANGER

Hindenburg, 1937

by Cameron Dokey

"Anna, promise me..." Her grandfather never finished his last wish as he died clutching their tickets for a trans-Atlantic voyage of the Hindenburg. But Anna Becker is certain he would want her to take the tickets and leave Germany before her ruthless brother could marry her off to advance his own Nazi career. Quickly Anna prepares to leave, a young woman alone, grateful for the handsome stranger who provides... (more)

The House of Wittgenstein: A Family at War

The House of Wittgenstein: A Family at War

by Alexander Waugh

From Alexander Waugh, the author of the acclaimed memoir Fathers and Sons , comes a grand saga of a brilliant and tragic Viennese family. The Wittgenstein family was one of the richest, most talented, and most eccentric in European history. Karl Wittgenstein, who ran away from home as a wayward and rebellious youth, returned to his native Vienna to make a fortune in the iron and steel industries. He bought... (more)

900 Days: The Siege of LeningradHarrison Salisbury

900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad

by Harrison Salisbury

The Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm: A Thousand Days in London, 1938-1940

The Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm: A Thousand Days in London, 1938-1940

by Will Swift

In The Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm , Will Swift presents a fresh, empathetic interpretation of the ambassadorship of Joseph Kennedy and explores the intricate, often shifting relationships among Kennedy, Chamberlain, Churchill, and, of course, Roosevelt. Arriving in London in early 1938, the Irish-Catholic Kennedys were welcomed by politicians, aristocrats, and intellectuals, all eager to court... (more)

The Zion Covenant Series 1-6

by Bodie Thoene

Zion Covenant Series 1-6 Softcover Bethany House Publications

Miracle at Midway, the brilliant sequel to At Dawn We SleptGordon W. with D. Goldstein and K Dillon Prange

Miracle at Midway, the brilliant sequel to At Dawn We Slept

by Gordon W. with D. Goldstein and K Dillon Prange

Left to die - The tragedy of the USS Juneau

Left to die - The tragedy of the USS Juneau

by Dan Kurzman

Recounts the tragic story of the USS Juneau and the unneccessary sacrifice of its one hundred forty survivors, including the five Sullivan brothers, to military indecision. Reprint. NYT.

World War II Desert Tactics (Elite)

by Paddy Griffith

In 1940-43 North Africa saw the first major desert campaign by modern mechanized armies. The British, Italians, German Afrika Korps and US Army all addressed and learned from the special problems - human, logistical, mechanical and tactical - of the desert environment, most significantly a terrain empty of resources and offering little chance of concealment. Paddy Griffith traces the fast-learning development of... (more)

The Second World War - Their Finest HourWinston S Churchill

The Second World War - Their Finest Hour

by Winston S Churchill

A chronicle and discussion of great military and political events from personal experience, from 1919-1944.

I'm Still Scared: A 26 Fairmount Avenue Book (26 Fairmont Avenue)

I'm Still Scared: A 26 Fairmount Avenue Book (26 Fairmont Avenue)

by Tomie dePaola

First-grader tomie depaola experiences uncertainty in the weeks following the attack on pearl Harbor, December 7, 19 1. what are the grown-ups talking quietly about at home and even at school? why does his class have to go to the spooky furnace room for an air raid drill? why does the family hang thick black curtains over the windows? tomie’s mother is there to comfort and explain the confusion, and tomie... (more)

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