Filter By Genres
Audiobooks. bibliography Biographies Biographies. biography Biography. Juvenile works Picture books.Filter By Genres
Audiobooks. bibliography Biographies Biographies. biography Biography. Juvenile works Picture books.Proser, Jim
Summary: "When General James Mattis took command of the First Division in 2000, he took for their motto a paraphrase of Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla: "No better friend, no worse enemy." In 2003, General James N. Mattis shared a "Message to All Hands," to his soldiers. He shared with them the importance of the mission, the goal to act with honor, and ended with the motto he brought to his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MATTIS, JAMES PROLacey, Jim
Summary: Any meeting of genius may create sparks, but when military geniuses meet, their confrontations play out upon a vast panorama of states or civilizations at war, wielding the full destructive power of a mighty nation's armies. Gods of War is the first single-volume, in-depth examination of the most celebrated military rivalries of all time, and of the rare, world-changing battles in which these...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.0092 LACRogers, Kim
Summary: "A biographical picture book about Clarence Tinker, a member of the Osage Nation, who endured abuse growing up at the hands of a boarding school and went on to serve in the United States Air Force in World War II"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TINBrady, Tim
Summary: General Omar Bradley said of him, "I have never known a braver man or a more devoted soldier." But for much of his life, Theodore Roosevelt's son Ted seemed born to live in his father's shadow. With the same wide smile, winning charm, and vigorous demeanor, Ted possessed limitless potential, with even the White House within his reach. In the First World War, Ted braved gunfire and gas attacks...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017