Pickhart, Kalani
Summary: In 1913, a Russian ballet incited a riot in Paris at the new Théâtre de Champs-Elysées. "Only a Russian could do that," says Aleksandr Ivanovich. "Only a Russian could make the whole world go mad." A century later, in November 2013, thousands of Ukrainian citizens gathered at Independence Square in Kyiv to protest then-President Yanukovych's failure to sign a referendum with the European Union,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Dollar Radio 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PICSeiffert, Rachel
Summary: "From the award-winning author of the Booker Prize-short-listed The Dark Room, a startling portrait of the Nazis' arrival in Ukraine as they move to implement the final solution Otto Pohl, an engineer overseeing construction of a German road in Ukraine, awakens to the unexpected sight of SS men herding hundreds of Jews into an old brick factory. Inside the factory, Ephraim anxiously scans the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SEIPoyer, David
Summary: "The United States and their Allied forces struggle to survive world war with China in this compelling, realistic thriller, the next in the Dan Lenson series. World War III continues in Overthrow, the next novel in the acclaimed series featuring Admiral Dan Lenson as the Allies converge against China, North Korea, and Iran in an explosive series of events. Admiral Lenson leads Operation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POYCoonts, Stephen
Summary: When Japan invades Russia for its oil, the American government sends a squadron of aircraft to help defend Russia, leading to high-tech dog fights between American F-22s and Japanese Zero fighters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COOTurtledove, Harry
Summary: "Set in an alternate 1950s in which General MacArthur ignites a nuclear war that nearly destroys the planet. The third and final installment in the series that began with Bombs Away and continued with Fallout"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TURBrown, Dale
Summary: After he and his team refurbish America's aging weapon systems, Patrick McLanahan heads to Guam to oversee strategy, which causes the Chinese to take the offensive, launching a preemptive strike on a small American fleet that ignites a battle for the Pacific.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Willaim Morrow 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BROCampbell, Rick
Summary: "The U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling the Western Pacific Ocean is severely damaged by a surprise salvo of cruise missiles. While the Russian government officially apologizes, claiming it was the result of fire control accident during a training exercise,it was instead a calculated provocation. With the U.S. Pacific fleet already severely under strength, the Russian President decides that the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMAbrams, David.
Summary: At Foreward Operating Base Triumph, a combat-avoiding staff sergeant named Chance Gooding spends his time composing press releases that spin grim events into statements more palatable to the public.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Cat 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABRAckerman, Elliot
Summary: "From two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic, geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034 -- and the path from there to a nightmarish global conflagration. On March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt is on the bridge of her flagship, the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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Summary: Fourteen-year-old Bobby, living in a small Massachusetts town just after World War II, finds himself facing many new challenges as he tries to pull together his coachless basketball team, cope with new feelings for his old friend Joanie, and discover the identity of the mysterious stranger who seems to be threatening his teacher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleuth Philomel 2007
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBStuart, V. A.
Summary: The Crimean War rages on, and determined to break the stalemate, the British decide to send a spy into Odessa. And who better for this perilous mission than Captain Phillip Hazard, newly promoted to command of the steam-powered Huntress and fluent in Russian? Hazard bravely takes on the task, but saddled with a surly first lieutenant whose previous captain died mysteriously and with his crew...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STUStuart, V. A.
Summary: The Crimean War is at its peak as the winter of 1854 sets in, and Commander Phillip Hazard of the 31-gun, steam-screw frigate Trojan is sent to bring troop reinforcements from Constantinople to Eupatoria. On the way, he must handle an overbearing young nobleman with a taste for blood and the pitiless power of a raging storm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STUStuart, V. A.
Summary: Sailing beneath the ominous cloud of war between Turkey and Russia, the frigate Trojan is on her way to the Black Sea, carrying on board a mysterious passenger, a young woman whose identity must be concealed by orders of the Admiralty. Although First Lieutenant Phillip Hazard is captivated by the charming young woman, he has a far more pressing concern: the Trojan's captain is a sadistic despot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STUStuart, V. A.
Summary: As the Russian cavalry prepares to launch a full-scale attack to seize Balaclava, the British find themselves in desperate straits. Dangerously outnumbered, they are hoping for reinforcements, but in the meantime they must hold their ground, calling for heroism that will test the courage of even the bravest man. Dodging bursting shells and Russian Cossacks, Hazard proves that the bluejackets...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STUStuart, V. A.
Summary: Spring 1855, the height of the Crimean War, and the siege of the Russian city of Sebastopol continues. In a desperate attempt to cut the Russians' supply line at the Sea of Azoff, the Allies commit 15,000 troops, five batteries of artillery, and virtually every ship of their Black Sea fleets. Commander Phillip Hazard and HMS Huntress undertake the crucial mission of marking a new channel for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STUAdams, Scott
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Pub. 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ADAKilworth, Garry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KILSchultz, Katey.
Contents: While the rest of America's at the mall -- With the burqa -- Home on leave -- My son wanted a notebook -- Poo mission -- Refugee -- Into pure bronze -- Just the dog and me -- Amputee -- Permanent wave -- That Sunday morning feeling -- Getting perspective -- WIA -- MIA KIA -- The ghost of Sanchez -- Checkpoint -- First commander -- Pressin' the flesh -- Stars over Afghanistan -- Deuce out --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Apprentice House, Loyola University Maryland 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction SC Schultz 2013Klay, Phil.
Summary: "Phil Klay's Redeployment takes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to understand what happened there, and what happened to the soldiers who returned. Interwoven with themes of brutality and faith, guilt and fear, helplessness and survival, the characters in these stories struggle to make meaning out of chaos. In "Redeployment", a soldier who has had to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Penguin Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KLAWasdin, Howard E.
Summary: They are the Outcasts. Because people don't want to know what they do. Alex Brandenburg: SEAL Chief Petty Officer and Outcasts Team Leader. Disobeyed direct orders by refusing to let a deadly terrorist live to kill another day. Francisco "Pancho" Rodriguez and John Landry: SEAL Petty Officers First Class. Took the pursuit of justice into their own hands with explosive results. Catherine "Cat"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WASKeenan, Sheila
Summary: Three fictional stories, told in graphic novel format, about soldiers in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War who were aided by combat dogs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KEEPowers, Kevin.
Summary: In the midst of a bloody battle in the Iraq War, two soldiers, bound together since basic training, do everything to protect each other from both outside enemies and the internal struggles that come from constant danger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POWGallagher, Matt.
Summary: As the U.S. military prepares to leave Iraq, Lieutenant Jack Porter becomes obsessed with the story of a lost American soldier who had a romance with a local sheikh's daughter and tries to discover what happened to him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2016