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Camps de prisonniers de guerre Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Escaped prisoners Escapes Fiction Large type books Livres dont vous êtes le héros Plot-your-own stories Prisoners of war World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, Japanese Zamperini, Louis 1917-2014 Évasions Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesseBurke, James Lee
Summary: Police detective Dave Robicheaux faces off with the most diabolical villain he has ever faced in the twentieth installment of the Dave Robicheaux series. Sadistic serial killer Asa Surette avoids the death penalty for murders he committed while capital punishment was banned. But when Robicheaux's daughter Alafair writes a series of articles implicating Surrette in other murders which could get...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BURDahl, Roald.
Summary: Presents five of the author's most popular novels.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Children's Audio 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: CDA FICTION DAHLu, Marie
Summary: "Talin is a Striker, a member of an elite fighting force that stands as the last defense for the only free nation in the world: Mara. A refugee, Talin knows firsthand the horrors of the Federation, a world-dominating war machine responsible for destroying nation after nation with its terrifying army of mutant beasts known only as Ghosts. But when a mysterious prisoner is brought from the front...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Puck 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH LUFox, Margalit
Summary: "Imprisoned in a remote Turkish prison camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around camp,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 FOXCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 FOXBrookes, Maggie
Summary: "Inspired by a true story, a daring deception plunges a courageous and desperate young woman deep into the horrors of a Nazi POW camp to be with the man she loves. Czechoslovakia, 1944 In the dead of night a farm girl and a British soldier creep through abandoned villages. Izabela and prisoner-of-war Bill have secretly married, and are on the run, searching for Izabela's brother and father, who...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC BROYomtov, Nelson
Summary: "Story of men who tunneled to escape a German prisoner-of-war camp. Learn about the planners, task leaders, and key players of the escape from Stalag Luft III"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 YOMSummary: When U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler escapes death after being shot down over one of the most intense front lines in the Vietnam War, his troubles were just beginning. He is taken captive by the Vietnamese Army and is forced to endure a harrowing stint in a Vietnamese prison camp. Dengler and a small band of his fellow captives stage a death-defying escape. Based on a true story.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [distributor] 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RESCapri, Diane
Summary: The last time Jack Reacher passed through South Dakota, almost everyone close to him was savagely murdered. Some say Reacher killed them. Maybe he did. But one survived. A ruthless gangster. Imprisoned at the Bolton Federal Correctional Facility. A daring prison break. Police and witnesses ruthlessly murdered as he barrels across frosty South Dakota. Now, FBI Special Agent Kim Otto lands in the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: AugustBooks 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAPContents: Alan Lomax speaking to Charles Kuralt, 1991 interview -- from Southern journey: I'm going home ; Girl I left behind ; Titanic ; Sherburne -- from Prison songs: Early in the mornin' -- from The Caribbean collection: Roll, roll, roll and go ; Luce-O, Luce Mauvais ; Sambo Caesar ; War ; Religious Bhajan -- from The English, Scottish and Irish recordings: Tha mulad, tha mulad ; As I roved out ;...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK LOMSepetys, Ruta
Summary: "Madrid, 1957. Under the oppressive dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the promise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth. Photography introduces him to...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC SEPBright, J. E.
Summary: Three crooks have escaped from Prison Island. Can the cops catch them before they get to shore? Find out in this funny, action-packed adventure!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2016
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Summary: "The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2022
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: FIC TOW (BOOK CLUB KIT 8 paperbacks)Doeden, Matt
Summary: An interactive World War II adventure where the reader determines their fate during a daring escape from a prisoner-of-war camp.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DOEBraun, Eric
Summary: An interactive World War I adventure where the reader determines their fate during a daring escape from a prisoner-of-war camp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024
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Summary: An interactive Civil War adventure where the reader determines their fate during a daring escape from a Confederate prison.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GUNJarzab, Anna.
Summary: After the death of his ex-girlfriend Carly, northern California high school student Neily joins forces with Carly's cousin Audrey to try to solve her murder.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JARCarmichael, Clay.
Summary: Stubborn, self-reliant, eleven-year-old Zoe, recently orphaned, moves to the country to live with her prickly half-uncle, a famous doctor and sculptor, and together they learn about trust and the strength of family.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD Fiction Carmichael 2010Groot, Tracy
Summary: Three young Confederates and an entire town come face-to-face with Andersonville Prison's atrocities and learn the cost of compassion, when withheld and when given.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Pub 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GROLeonard, Peter
Summary: After an altercation with his superiors in Harlan County, Kentucky, Deputy US Marshal, Raylan Givens is offered two choices. He can either retire or finish his career on the fugitive task force in the crime-ridden precincts of Detroit. Acting on a tip, Raylan and his new partner, deputy marshal Bobby Torres arrest Jose Rindo, a destructive and violent criminal. Rindo is also being pursued by...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LEOPlantinga, Adam
Summary: "Kurt Argento, an ex-Detroit street cop who can't let injustice go-and who has the fighting skills to back up his idealism. If he sees a young girl being dragged into an alley, he's going to rescue her and cause some damage. When he does just that in a small corrupt Missouri town, he's brutally beaten and thrown into a maximum-security prison. Julie Wakefield, a grad student who happens to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: GCP, Grand Central Publishing 2024
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Summary: "In the midst of World War II, an English musician, Norah Chambers, places her eight-year-old daughter, Sally, on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific. Norah remains to care for her husband and elderly parents, knowing she may never see her child again. Sister Nesta James, a Welsh-Australian nurse, has enlisted to tend...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC MORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction MorrisPatterson, James
Summary: Following clues left by their missing father, twelve-year-old twins Bickford and Rebecca Kidd sail from the Caribbean to New York City with their siblings to finish the dangerous quest of their world-famous treasure-hunting parents.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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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
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.545 Kershaw 2008Hillenbrand, Laura
Summary: In this captivating and lavishly illustrated young adult edition of her award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian s courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory. This adaptation of Unbroken introduces a new generation to one of history s most thrilling survival epics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ember 2017