Chronological Period/1940's
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We Are Wolves
$17.99 Read moreThis “hauntingly atmospheric” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), heart-stopping middle grade novel follows three of the Wolfskinder, German children left to fend for themselves in the final days of Wor… [more below]
- Author: Nannestad, Katrina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1665904224
- Language: English
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The Elephant of Belfast
$16.95 Read moreInspired by true events, this vivid and moving story of a young woman zookeeper and the elephant she’s compelled to protect through the German blitz of Belfast during WWll speaks to not only the trage… [more below]
- Author: Walsh, S. Kirk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 164009511X
- Language: English
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The Forger of Marseille
$17.95 Read moreSarah is a nineteen-year-old Jewish artist living in Paris at the outset of World War II. Her gift for forgery makes leads her to Marseille, where she joins a secret network dedicated to saving politi… [more below]
- Author: Myers, Linda Joy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1647422310
- Language: English
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The Girl from Guernica
$33.00 Read moreInspired by Picasso’s great masterpiece Guernica, New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards returns with a riveting story of intrigue, deception and bravery in the face of war…
On an April day
- Author: Robards, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 663
- Publish Date: August 02 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
$25.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – In this “beautifully written and superbly researched dual biography” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham “paints a powerful portr… [more below]
- Author: Meacham, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 12 2004
- ISBN10: 0812972821
- Language: English
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The Ghost Tattoo
$28.00 Read moreWINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR BEST HOLOCAUST MEMOIR
A powerful, profoundly moving Holocaust memoir from a rarely told perspective, this is the story of a family coming to terms with its- Author: Bernard, Tony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0806542586
- Language: English
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Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh
$21.95 Read moreAsian/Pacific American Award for Literature – Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA)
Nine-year-old Maria Singh learns to play softball just like her heroes in the All-American Girls’ Lea
- Author: Krishnaswami, Uma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1600602614
- Language: English
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All-American Ads of the 40s
$46.67 Add to cartAt the beginning of the decade, America was at war. Patriotism was an integral part of everyday life, with the sentiment mirrored in advertising. As America emerged victorious out of the darkness of W
- Author: Wilkerson III, W. R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: April 26 2023
- ISBN10: 3836588587
- Language: English
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The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II
$0.00 Read moreIan Buruma’s spellbinding account of three near-mythic figures–a Dutch fixer, a Manchu princess, and Himmler’s masseur–who may have been con artists and collaborators under Japanese and German rule,… [more below]
- Author: Buruma, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0593296648
- Language: English
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Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America’s First Black Paratroopers
$19.99 Read more“An exceptionally well-researched, lovingly crafted, and important tribute to unsung American heroes.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
World War II is raging, and thousands of American soldiers are- Series: Junior Library Guild Selection
- Author: Stone, Tanya Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0763665487
- Language: English
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A Thousand Places Left Behind: One Soldier’s Account of Jungle Warfare in WWII Burma
$28.00 Read moreBorn and raised in Mississippi, Peter K. Lutken, Jr. (1920-2014) joined the army in 1941 and was assigned to the Coast Artillery. Originally sent to India to guard airfields, he was reassigned to the … [more below]
- Author: Lutken, Peter K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1496845145
- Language: English
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To Besiege a City: Leningrad 1941-42
$40.00 Read moreA ground-breaking history of one of the greatest ever sieges. Masterfully brought to life by a leading expert using original Russian and German source material.
‘[An] excellent account.’ – Richard Ove- Author: Buttar, Prit
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1472856554
- Language: English
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The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers
$28.95 Add to cartIn January 1944 sixteen black enlisted men gathered at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois to begin a cram course that would turn them into the U.S. Navy’s first African-American office
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Stillwell, Paul L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 14, 2003
- ISBN10: 1591148405
- Language: English
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Land of Snow and Ashes
$15.95 Read moreThe haunting, gripping story of Lapland’s buried history of Nazi crimes during World War II, perfect for fans of Stolen by Ann-Hel駭 Laestadius
“A beautifully written novel and a thriller that will k- Author: Rautiainen, Petra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1782277374
- Language: English
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Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow
$14.99 Add to cartA Newbery and Sibert Honor Book! A riveting and often chilling story of Germany’s powerful Hitler Youth. A PB edition in an accessible new novel-sized reformat for Scholastic Focus!
In this Newbery Hon… [more below]
- Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1338309846
- Language: English
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MacArthur Reconsidered: General Douglas MacArthur as a Wartime Commander
$29.95 Read moreJames Ellman digs deep, connects the dots, and concludes that General Douglas MacArthur was decidedly not a military genius.
One of America’s most controversial generals, Douglas MacArthur’s rise throu
- Author: Ellman, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: July 01 2023
- ISBN10: 081177158X
- Language: English
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Shōkaku-Class Aircraft Carriers: In the Imperial Japanese Navy During World War II
$24.99 Read moreThe aircraft carriers of the Shōkaku class are generally regarded as being the most-successful carriers designed by the Imperial Japanese Navy. They became operational just prior to the Pearl Har… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Naval #27
- Author: Lengerer, Hans
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764366513
- Language: English
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Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World’s Largest Sea Battle
$30.00 Read moreA fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in history and probably the most decisive naval battle of the entire Pacific War, and one that saw the Imperial Ja
- Author: Stille, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1472851757
- Language: English
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The Flight Girls
$18.99 Add to cartA USA TODAY BESTSELLER
A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER
“I read well into the night, unable to stop. The book is unputdownable.”–Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“Heart-breaking, vali… [more below]
- Author: Salazar, Noelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 02 2019
- ISBN10: 0778369226
- Language: English
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I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children’s Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944
$22.00 Add to cartFifteen thousand children under the age of fifteen passed through the Terezin Concentration Camp. Fewer than 100 survived. In these poems and pictures drawn by the young inmates, we see the daily mise… [more below]
- Author: Volavkova, Hana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 106
- Publish Date: March 15 1994
- ISBN10: 0805210156
- Language: English
