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B films Bombing, Aerial Germany History 20th century Doolittle, James Harold 1896-1993 Feature films Films for the hearing impaired Horror films Mad scientist films Science fiction films World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, BritishNobleman, Marc Tyler
Summary: "In this important and moving true story of reconciliation after war, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, a Japanese pilot bombs the continental U.S. during WWII--the only enemy ever to do so--and comes back 20 years later to apologize."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FUJSummary: An irresistible force draws the TARDIS to the barren surface of Frontios, where in the far future the last surviving humans cower amongst the ruins of their wrecked spacecraft. Under constant threat from lethal meteorite bombardments, few of the doomed colony members realize that the ground of Frontios itself opens up and devours the unwary. Not permitted to assist, the Doctor attempts to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Americas 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCAmbrose, Stephen E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2001
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 AMBCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5449 AMBMakos, Adam.
Summary: Relates the true story of two World War II airmen, one American and one German, who put aside the conflict and helped each other to safety in the wake of a damaged aircraft and describes their meeting again forty-seven years later.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Caliber 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 MAKCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 MAKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.544 MAKChilders, Thomas
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 CHINelson, Craig.
Summary: An account of the Doolittle Raid against Tokyo explores this seminal event in the early stages of World War II, discusses its ramifications in terms of the Allied war effort, and profiles the men who took part in the raid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 NELGladwell, Malcolm
Summary: "In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 GLACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 GLACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist War GladwellPreston, Diana
Summary: "In six weeks during April and May 1915, as World War I escalated, Germany forever altered the way war would be fought. On April 22, at Ypres, German canisters spewed poison gas at French and Canadian soldiers in their trenches; on May 7, the German submarine U-20, without warning, torpedoed the passenger liner Lusitania, killing 1,198 civilians; and on May 31, a German Zeppelin began the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4 PRESummary: A look at the devastating Allied air campaign against Nazi Germany, through rare film footage and interviews with historians, former bomber pilots, and survivors of the destruction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FIRKennedy, Paul M.
Summary: Analyzes previously unexplored strategic factors that contributed to the Allied victory in World War II, sharing assessments of ambitious goals successfully pursued by FDR, Churchill, and other attendees at the Casablanca Conference.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 KENO'Donnell, Joe
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanderbilt University Press 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.994 O'DOFreeman, Jim R.
Summary: As told by the three FBI agents who led the chase, this is the story of how the FBI broke its own rules, blasting away the layers of bureaucratic constraints that had plagued earlier efforts, to catch the notorious Unabomber and end his 16-year trail of terrorism.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: History Pub. Co. 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 FREHastings, Max
Summary: Tells the story of the infamous British military operation, the Dambusters raid. This aerial bombing attack, called Operation Chastise, was responsible for the overnight destruction of the Möhne and Eder dams in northwest Germany by Britain's Royal air Force 617 Squadron, an epic wartime maneveuver that has become military legend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HASSummary: Corridors of blood: Set in the primitive hospitals of 19th century London, this recounts the story of the unfortunate Dr. Bolton, an early pioneer in anesthesiology, showing his gradual addiction to drugs and his dealings with grave robbers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006