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(0)John F Wukovits
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English
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This biography provides readers with a look at the life of Oscar-winning actor George Clooney. Chapters include coverage of his childhood, his experiences breaking into acting, and his more recent activities with acting, directing, and producing. Clooney's interest in ending genocide brought the issue to the forefront of news for a long time, using his fame as a platform for civil change.
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English
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In Soldiers of a Different Cloth, New York Times bestselling author and military historian John Wukovits tells the inspiring story of thirty-five chaplains and missionaries who, while garnering little acclaim, performed extraordinary feats of courage and persistence during World War II. Ranging in age from twenty-two to fifty-three, these University of Notre Dame priests and nuns were counselor, friend, parent, and older sibling to the young soldiers...
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English
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On October 25, 1944, the Samuel B. Roberts, along with the other twelve vessels comprising its unit, stood between Japan's largest battleship force ever sent to sea and MacArthur's transports inside Leyte Gulf. Faced with the surprise appearance of more than twenty Japanese battleships, cruisers, and destroyers the Samuel B. Roberts turned immediately to action with six other ships. The ship churned straight at the enemy in a near-suicidal attempt...
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Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"From an expert in the Pacific theater of World War II comes the tragic story of the pilots who fought the last fight of the war during the first hour of peace. When Billy Hobbs and his fellow Hellcat aviators from Air Group 88 lifted off from the venerable Navy carrier USS Yorktown early on the morning of August 15, 1945, they had no idea they were about to carry out the final air mission of World War II. Two hours later, Yorktown received word from...
11) Anne Frank
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Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
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Discusses the life of Anne Frank, focusing on the years she and her family spent in hiding and the impact of her story upon the world.
13) Jesse James
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Series
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Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life of Jesse James, from his beginnings as a teenage guerilla soldier for the Confederates, through his career as a robber with the James-Younger gang, to his murder at the hands of a former gang member.
14) Hell from the heavens: the epic story of the USS Laffey and World War II's greatest kamikaze attack
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Da Capo Press/Perseus Book Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
17) Life as a POW
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Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Describes what it was like to be an American prisoner of war held by the Germans or Japanese during World War II, discussing the physical conditions, emotional turmoil, and difficult transition to freedom after harsh imprisonment.
18) Ellen Ochoa
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Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
20) Stephen King
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Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life, career, and influence of the popular horror writer Stephen King.