That Year Of Our War

Author : Steph Swainston
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575105058

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The most exciting, original and important new fantasy novel to be published since China Miéville's PERDIDO STREET STATION. A breathtakingly skilful debut. A superb work of literary fantasy. In a truly original imagined world of breathtaking, sometimes surreal beauty, fifty utterly alien but disarmingly human immortals lead mankind in a centuries-long war. Jant is the Messenger, one of the Circle, a cadre of fifty immortals who serve the Emperor. He is the only immortal - indeed the only man alive - who can fly. The Emperor must protect mankind from the hordes of giant Insects who have plagued the land for centuries, eating everything and everyone in their path. But he must also contend with the rivalries and petty squabblings of his chosen immortals. These will will soon spill over into civil war. Steph Swainston has written an astonishingly original literary fantasy. She writes beautifully. Her novel places her in a tradition of writing typified by Mervyn Peake, M. John Harrison and China Miéville. This is a breathtaking debut novel of the finest quality.

Author : Susan Meissner
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780451492173

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The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner Pdf

From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and As Bright as Heaven comes a novel about a German American teenager whose life changes forever when her immigrant family is sent to an internment camp during World War II. In 1943, Elise Sontag is a typical American teenager from Iowa—aware of the war but distanced from its reach. Then her father, a legal U.S. resident for nearly two decades, is suddenly arrested on suspicion of being a Nazi sympathizer. The family is sent to an internment camp in Texas, where, behind the armed guards and barbed wire, Elise feels stripped of everything beloved and familiar, including her own identity. The only thing that makes the camp bearable is meeting fellow internee Mariko Inoue, a Japanese-American teen from Los Angeles, whose friendship empowers Elise to believe the life she knew before the war will again be hers. Together in the desert wilderness, Elise and Mariko hold tight the dream of being young American women with a future beyond the fences. But when the Sontag family is exchanged for American prisoners behind enemy lines in Germany, Elise will face head-on the person the war desires to make of her. In that devastating crucible she must discover if she has the will to rise above prejudice and hatred and re-claim her own destiny, or disappear into the image others have cast upon her. The Last Year of the War tells a little-known story of World War II with great resonance for our own times and challenges the very notion of who we are when who we’ve always been is called into question.

Author : Gloria Goldreich
Publisher : Little Brown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316319430

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That Year of Our War by Gloria Goldreich Pdf

For most of the world, the sixth of June, 1944, was D-day, but for 15-year-old Sharon Grossberg of Brooklyn it was "Death Day," the date her mother died of leukemia. The novel chronicles the last year of World War II as lived by people like Sharon, worried by the fate of her father who is serving overseas and by news of the Jewish holocaust.

Author : Richard Maverick
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1098332024

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Our War by Richard Maverick Pdf

This is a modern day civil war novel with NO political blame. After years of questioning the reality of what has been happening in this nation, I have come to the conclusion that when war happens it will be because of WE THE PEOPLE. There is so much division being pushed today by our political leaders and Hollywood elites that the country is starting to break. Make no mistake about it, the divide they are pushing CAN BE avoided if WE THE PEOPLE would stop for even a moment to realize how brainwashed they are hoping we will become. This story is based on a twenty year long nightmare that I have had. The book is told in the first person, think of it in the terms of a dairy of a man on the ground when it all goes wrong.

Author : Gillian Chan
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781443119764

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I Am Canada: A Call to Battle by Gillian Chan Pdf

The War of 1812 comes to life through the eyes of a young Canadian boy. It's 1812. War has begun, and thirteen-year-old Alexander (Sandy) MacKay is jealous when his older brother Angus goes off with their father to fight the Americans attacking the Niagara region. Too young to know the darker side of battle, he resents being left to shoulder the work on his family's farm. Itching to get in on the action, he sneaks away from home and heads to Lundy's Lane to join up with the local militia. But battle is imminent, and now there's not much his father can do except try to shield him from the worst of the fighting. Sandy's idealized notions of what battle will be like are shattered when the man standing before him is killed by a musket ball and Sandy's own brother is severely wounded. At the battle of Lundy's Lane, the united Canadian/British forces turn the tide against the American troops, but Sandy comes to know how chilling war can be. Just in time for the bicentennial of the War of 1812, A Call to Battle is a sobering look at the realities of war. Author Gillian Chan skillfully depicts the transformation of an impetuous young boy, full of boyish enthusiasm, into a more realistic young man who emerges on the other side of war.

Author : Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101637807

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The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Pdf

* Newbery Honor Book * #1 New York Times Bestseller * Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award * Wall Street Journal Best Children's Books of the Year * New York Public Library's 100 Books for Reading and Sharing An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War II, from the acclaimed author of Fighting Words, and for fans of Fish in a Tree and Number the Stars. Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn’t waste a minute—she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure for Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan—and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother? This masterful work of historical fiction is equal parts adventure and a moving tale of family and identity—a classic in the making. "Achingly lovely...Nuanced and emotionally acute."—The Wall Street Journal "Unforgettable...unflinching."—Common Sense Media ★ “Brisk and honest...Cause for celebration.” —Kirkus, starred review ★ "Poignant."—Publishers Weekly, starred review ★ "Powerful."—The Horn Book, starred review "Affecting."—Booklist "Emotionally satisfying...[A] page-turner."—BCCB “Exquisitely written...Heart-lifting.” —SLJ "Astounding...This book is remarkable."—Karen Cushman, author The Midwife's Apprentice "Beautifully told."—Patricia MacLachlan, author of Sarah, Plain and Tall "I read this novel in two big gulps."—Gary D. Schmidt, author of Okay for Now "I love Ada's bold heart...Her story's riveting."—Sheila Turnage, author of Three Times Lucky

Author : Daniel P. Bolger
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780306903243

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Our Year of War by Daniel P. Bolger Pdf

Two brothers -- Chuck and Tom Hagel -- who went to war in Vietnam, fought in the same unit, and saved each other's life. They disagreed about the war, but they fought it together. 1968. America was divided. Flag-draped caskets came home by the thousands. Riots ravaged our cities. Assassins shot our political leaders. Black fought white, young fought old, fathers fought sons. And it was the year that two brothers from Nebraska went to war. In Vietnam, Chuck and Tom Hagel served side by side in the same rifle platoon. Together they fought in the Mekong Delta, battled snipers in Saigon, chased the enemy through the jungle, and each saved the other's life under fire. But when their one-year tour was over, these two brothers came home side-by-side but no longer in step -- one supporting the war, the other hating it. Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and his brother Tom epitomized the best, and withstood the worst, of the most tumultuous, shocking, and consequential year in the last half-century. Following the brothers' paths from the prairie heartland through a war on the far side of the world and back to a divided America, Our Year of War tells the story of two brothers at war -- a gritty, poignant, and resonant story of a family and a nation divided yet still united.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BCUL:VD2383722

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First Year of the War by Anonim Pdf

Author : Molly Green
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008238988

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An Orphan’s War by Molly Green Pdf

⭐ Don’t miss the new uplifting historical saga series from Molly Green, set at famous Bletchley Park: Summer Secrets at Bletchley Park – available to pre-order now! ⭐ War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool’s Dr Barnardo’s Home cannot give up hope. A gripping saga about love and loss on the Home Front.

Author : Edward Alfred Pollard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Confederate States of America
ISBN : UGA:32108001267643

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Southern History of the War: The second year of the war by Edward Alfred Pollard Pdf

Author : Edward Alfred Pollard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10253961

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The first year of the war by Edward Alfred Pollard Pdf

Author : Edward Albert POLLARD
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : History
ISBN : BL:A0021817435

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The First Year of the War by Edward Albert POLLARD Pdf

Author : Edward Alfred Pollard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : United States
ISBN : UVA:X004144050

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The First Year of the War in America by Edward Alfred Pollard Pdf

Author : Edward Alfred Pollard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Confederate States of America
ISBN : UGA:32108001267635

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Southern History of the War: The first year of the war by Edward Alfred Pollard Pdf

Author : Edward Alfred Pollard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Cofederate States of America
ISBN : UIUC:30112047577454

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The Last Year of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard Pdf