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  A Thread of Grace

  by Mary Doria Russell

  Set in Italy during the dramatic finale of World War II - it is September 8, 1943, and fourteen-year-old Claudette Blum is learning Italian with a suitcase in her hand. She and her father are among the thousands of Jewish refugees scrambling over the Alps toward Italy, where they hope to be safe at last, now that the Italians have broken with Germany and made a separate peace with the Allies. The Blums will soon... (more)
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  Defiance

  The Bielski Partisans

  by Nechama Tec

  Nechama Tec tells the story of the largest armed rescue operation of Jews by Jews in World War II. Arguing that the success of the Bielski partisans, as the rescue organization came to be known, would have been unthinkable without the vision of one man, Tec offers penetrating insight into the group's commander, Tuvia Bielski. Tec brings to light the untold story of Bielski's struggle as a partisan who lost his... (more)
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  A Partisan's Daughter

  by Louis de Bernières

  Set in North London during the Winter of Discontent, A Partisan’s Daughter features the relationship between Chris, an unhappily married, middle-aged Englishman and Roza, a young Serbian woman who has recently moved to London. While driving through Archway in the course of his job as a medical rep, Chris is captivated by a young woman on a street corner. Clumsily, he engages her in conversation, and he secures... (more)
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  Hitler's New Disorder

  The Second World War in Yugoslavia

  by Stevan K. Pavlowitch

  In 1941, a few months before Hitler's invasion of the USSR, the Axis powers conquered the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Until the end of World War II, a series of interrelated struggles took place over this territory, an ideological and ethnic war waged by rival powers and armies and fought between insurgents, armed bands, and militias. These groups were influenced by many ideologies and sought either to return to an... (more)
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  Eight Hours From England

  by Anthony Quayle

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  I Will Come Back for You: A Family in Hiding During World War II

  by Marisabina Russo

  What was it like to grow up Jewish in Italy during World War II? Sit with a little girl as her grandmother tells the story of her childhood in Rome, of being separated from her father, and of going into hiding in the mountains. Based on the experiences of the author's own family, this deeply moving book set during the Holocaust deals with a difficult subject in a way that is accessible and appropriate for young... (more)
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  We Fought Back

  by Rosalie M. Ash

  You can t fight city hall, is a familiar comment heard when an unpopular proposal is made. The citizens of the communities of Cox s Landing and Lesage, West Virginia, proved that you CAN fight city hall and you can win. When the city manager of Huntington, West Virginia, proposed taking the homes of residents living several miles from Huntington to build a monolithic river port, the residents took on city hall.... (more)
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  Saving Zasha

  Finding Zasha

  by Randi G. Barrow

  Randi Barrow is back with another gripping heroic World War II story about a boy and his best friend, a German shepherd in this prequel to Saving Zasha: In 1941, the Germans began the long, bloody siege on Leningrad. During the chaos, twelve-year-old Ivan is sent to live with relatives when his mother's job is moved to the mountains. But it is a long and dangerous journey to get out of Leningrad. After settling... (more)
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  Last Citadel: A Novel of the Battle of Kursk

  by David L. Robbins

  One nation taking a desperate gamble of war. Another fighting for survival. Two armies locked in a bloody cataclysm that will decide history. . . David L. Robbins has won widespread acclaim for his powerful and splendidly researched novels of World War II. Now he casts his brilliant vision on one of the most terrifying--and most crucial--battles of the war: the Battle of Kursk, Hitler’s desperate gamble to... (more)
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  Don Camillo

  The Little World Of Don Camillo

  by Giovanni Guareschi

  Text: English, Italian (translation)
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  The Dark Room

  by Rachel Seiffert

  Rachel Seiffert’s absorbing, internationally acclaimed debut explores the modern German psyche through the experiences of three ordinary people. At the onset of World War II, a young photographer’s assistant is kept out of the war due to a physical disability, and instead spends his time capturing on film the changing temper of Berlin, the city he loves. Just weeks after Germany’s surrender, a teenage girl whose... (more)