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Summary: Details the history of the U.S. Navy submarine Tang in the Pacific theater of World War II, the explosion that led to its sinking, the ordeal of its surviving crew members, and their capture by the Japanese followed by months of brutal captivity.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.545 Kershaw 2008Offley, Edward.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 359.938 OFFKurson, Robert.
Summary: Who knew that German submarine U-869, long thought to have been sunk off Gibraltar in 1945, was actually sunk by its own torpedo less than 60 miles from Brielle, New Jersey? No one--until 1991, when two death-cheating wreck-divers began exploring the boat's wrecked hull, 230 feet underwater.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.5451 KURDiamond, Jared M.
Summary: Draws on decades of field work in the Pacific islands and other world regions to illuminate the degree to which modern society reflects traditional cultures from earlier and ancient time periods.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.89 DIAHillenbrand, Laura
Summary: In this captivating new young adult edition, the story of a man's breathtaking odyssey and the courage, cunning, and fortitude he found to endure and overcome. This gripping narrative will introduce a new generation to one of history's most thrilling survival epics.--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 ZAMPERINI, LOUIS HILLogue, Mark.
Summary: Albert, Duke of York began to see speech therapist Lionel Logue in a desperate bid to cure his lifelong stammer. Little did the two men know that this unlikely friendship would ultimately save the House of Windsor from collapse. The amiable Logue gave the shy young Duke the skills and the confidence to stand and deliver before a crowd. And when his elder brother, Edward VIII, abdicated the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 941.084 LOGPatterson, James
Summary: The authors describe their investigation into the death of King Tut, recounting how they drew on forensic clues, historical information, and the writings of Howard Carter to conclude that Tut did not die of natural causes.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hatchette Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 932 PATDunbar, Erica Armstrong
Summary: An audio original collection of primary source documents written by 19th century Black women along with author Erica Armstrong Dunbar's own context, insights, and story-telling talent.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920.72 DUNWeir, Alison
Summary: A novel of the devout young woman who became the unwilling object of King Henry VIII's ardor-and the mother of his only son. In this third book in the epic Six Tudor Queens series, the acclaimed historian and bestselling author brings new insight to this dramatic story, showing how pure fear for her life determined Jane Seymour's actions. 25-year-old Jane Seymour wants nothing more than to...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018