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World War II
Stories that take place during the world war II.
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Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze
by Peter Harmsen (Goodreads Author)
by Peter Harmsen (Goodreads Author)
Release
date: May 07, 2013
Read how World War II started in Asia - not at Pearl Harbor, but four years earlier in the city of Shanghai. The battle poised a vast Chinese army aga…more
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May 07
- May 21, 2013
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City of Women
by David R. Gillham
by David R. Gillham
Release
date: May 07, 2013
ONE OFKIRKUS REVIEWS'BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
It is 1943—the height of the Second World War. With the men away at the front, Berlin has become a city of…more View Details »
It is 1943—the height of the Second World War. With the men away at the front, Berlin has become a city of…more View Details »
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May 01
- May 22, 2013
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Pere Marie-Benoit and Jewish Rescue: How a French Priest Together with Jewish Friends Saved Thousands During the Holocaust
by Susan Zuccotti
by Susan Zuccotti
Release
date: Jun 10, 2013
Susan Zuccotti narrates the life and work of Père Marie-Benoît, a courageous French Capuchin priest who risked everything to hide Jews in France and I…more
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May 15
- May 22, 2013
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Jamie Ford
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I remember what an oddity my own parents were. My dad was Chinese and my mom was Betty Crocker white—an unusual pairing in the '60s. Growing up, the only two Asian men that I knew of with Caucasian wives were Bruce Lee and my dad.
“I..." He struggled to answer. "When everything was quiet, I went up to the corridor and the curtain in the livingroom was open just a crack... I could see outside. I watched, only for a few seconds." He had not seen the outside world for twenty-two months.
There was no anger or reproach.
It was Papa who spoke.
How did it look?"
Max lifted his head, with great sorrow and great astonishment. "There were stars," he said. "They burned by eyes.
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― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
“In seven days God had created the Earth. In a single day mankind had turned it upside down.
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― Kristina McMorris, Bridge of Scarlet Leaves
― Kristina McMorris, Bridge of Scarlet Leaves
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September 1, 1939, the unimaginable happened. WAR! Ge…more
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