Darack, Ed

Summary: A riveting account of how a battalion of Marines faced off against the most brutal of Al Qaeda at its most desperate and vicious moment--and how the Marines decisively crushed the terrorists.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7 DAR

Willink, Jocko

Summary: Jocko Willink and Leif Babin served together in SEAL Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit from the war in Iraq. Willink, the task unit commander, planned and executed the strategy for Task Unit Bruiser, which had huge impact in the 'Battle of Ramadi'. Babin, as commander of Charlie Platoon (one of two SEAL platoons in Task Unit Bruiser) led countless combat...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2015

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 303.3 WIL

Summary: Documentary in three parts. Offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional elections while enforcing Islamic law at the point of a gun; a family of Kurdish farmers welcomes the U.S. presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Typecast Releasing 2007

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2 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF IRA

Finkel, David

Summary: In the tradition of "Black Hawk Down," The Good Soldiers takes an unforgettable look at the heroes and the ruined soldiers fighting in the Iraq War.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sarah Crichton Books 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 FIN

Finkel, David

Summary: In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced "the surge" as the newest plan for winning the Iraq war. But the strategy's true story remained unknown to many Americans--until now.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2011

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 956.7044 FIN

Finkel, David

Summary: In the tradition of "Black Hawk Down," The Good Soldiers takes an unforgettable look at the heroes and the ruined soldiers fighting in the Iraq War.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 FIN

Soontornvat, Christina

Summary: "On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon's adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out. The boys are trapped! Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.52 SOO

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J796.52 SOO

Summary: In the wake of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre of Israeli athletes, five lethal experts are assembled by the Israeli intelligence agency to execute eleven known terrorists.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Platinum Disc 2004

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Sword 2003

Kamkars (Musical group)

Contents: Kani sepi -- Spring blossom -- Set me free -- Red rose -- Had a heart -- Don't cry -- Madly in love -- Come to me

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Kereshmeh Records 1999

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST KAM

Morel, Olivier

Summary: A gripping graphic novel illustrates the challenges of Iraq War veterans as well as their inspiring triumphs. After the shock of 9/11, for hundreds of thousands of young Americans there was Ar Ramadi, Baghdad, Abu Ghraib--the war in Iraq. Then came the trauma. From the torment of these vets to their reflections, this book demonstrates the seemingly impossible return of those who aspire to get...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: NBM, Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine Publishing inc. 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 MOR

Summary: Documentary providing an intimate portrait of Iraqis living under U.S. occupation. The principal focus is Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi medical doctor, father of six, and Sunni political candidate who is an outspoken critic of the occupation but passionate about the need to establish democracy in Iraq. As his waiting room is filled daily with patients suffering the physical and mental effects of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MY

Punch, Terrence M.

Summary: Erin's Sons not only sheds light on many of the Irish immigrants who resided in Atlantic Canada between 1761 and 1853 but also provides an invaluable tool for U.S. researchers, since many New England Irish families can trace their ancestry through Atlantic Canada.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 2008

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4 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3415 Punch VOL. I
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Call number: R GEN 929.3415 Punch VOL. IV

Coll, Steve

Summary: "From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-long relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein, and a deeply researched and news breaking investigation into how human error, cultural miscommunication, and hubris led to one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts of our time When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, its...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 COL

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 956.7044 COL

Summary: In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witness first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PER

Coker, Margaret

Summary: "From the former New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad comes the gripping and heroic story of an elite, top-secret team of unlikely spies who triumphed over ISIS"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 COK

Lowe, Lindsey

Summary: "The area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was home to ancient Mesopotamia—the “cradle of civilization.” It was the birthplace of a number of innovations in areas such as transportation, irrigation, and the construction of cities. Readers take a deep dive into the ways residents of ancient Mesopotamia used what we now call STEM concepts in their everyday life. This cross-curricular...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing LLC 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 609.35 LOW

Summary: Takes the viewer behind the walls of government, as CIA, Pentagon and foreign service experts speak out detailing the lies, misstatements and exaggerations that served as the reasons for fighting a "preemptive" war against Iraq that wasn't necessary. Includes interviews with more than 20 experts in opposition to the U.S. war in Iraq.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Disinformation Co. 2004

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNC

Summary: A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggles to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD THA

Woodward, Bill.

Summary: History of lumbermen and lumbering operations during the 1800s, and on Civilian Conservation Corps activities from 1933 to 1942, in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Woodward & Woodward Publishing 0000

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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI History Woodward

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.4 WOO

Wooten, Terry.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wordsmith Press 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 WOO
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 811.54 WOO

Abdul-Ahad, Ghaith

Summary: "An award-winning journalist's powerful portrait of his native Baghdad, the people of Iraq, and twenty years of war"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 ABD

Simons, Suzanne.

Summary: The name Blackwater, the world's largest private military contractor, became infamous early in the Iraq War, when four of its men were murdered by a mob in Fallujah and hung from a bridge. Since then, Blackwater has expanded dramatically; its men have been involved in scandals, including a shooting spree in Iraq that caused the Iraqi government to blacklist the company. As author Suzanne Simons...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2009

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 PRINCE, ERIK SIM

Summary: "In his epic and engaging documentary of life in Baghdad before and after the 2003 US invasion, Iraqi filmmaker Abbas Fahdel acquaints us with a moving portrait of his own family and friends as they struggle in the advent and the uncertain aftermath of war. Displaying courage, grace and even humor after decades of deprivation through conflict, international sanctions, and totalitarian...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HOM