Firme, Tom
Summary: "Learn about the history of World War II (1938-1945) on the European and North African fronts in this volume of History Summarized. Each volume in this series concisely surveys a major historical event or interrelated series of events or a major cultural, economic, political, or social movement." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 FIRHoffmann, Jilanne
Summary: "A narrative nonfiction story detailing the long distance that dust from the Sahel in Africa travels across the Atlantic Ocean to replenish life in the Amazon Rainforest. Told from the perspective of dust, A River of Dust takes readers on a journey through vibrantly illustrated landscapes, celebrating the power and wonder of Earth's ecosystems, and showing how these tiny particles are in fact...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Kilmeade, Brian
Summary: This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.47 KILColeman, Miriam
Summary: "Southwest Asia and North Africa are known as the Middle East, but also as the cradle of civilization. The geography of the region gave rise to the first civilizations, and people have impacted the land for thousands of years. From the pyramids of Egypt to the Arabian Desert, readers will love learning about the varied landscapes and cityscapes of this exciting region. Full-color photographs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 956 COLLassieur, Allison
Summary: "Most people think of World War II battles raging in Europe and the Pacific. One lesser known, but very important, front was along the coasts of Northern Africa. Control of that area allowed supply ships to get much needed food, weapons, and supplies to forces into Europe. You have joined the Allied Forces in fighting for this land. YOU CHOOSE what to do amidst the action. See if you have what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: You Choose, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LASKemper, Steve.
Contents: Preparations -- Invitation to Africa -- At the edge of the desert -- First steps -- Stalled in Murzuk -- The palace of demons -- To Aïr -- Plundered -- Days and nights in Tintellust -- Desert port -- Separate ways -- "The celebrated emporium of Negroland" -- An ending -- The kingdom of Bornu -- A mystery solved -- "The horde of the Welad Sliman" -- Razzia -- Captive in Bagirmi -- Letters from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916.70423 KEMSummary: Rommel was a brilliant military tactician. Unfortunately, Adolph Hitler thought that he too was a military genius and demands more of Rommel than he's able to provide. Rommel incurs Hitler's wrath by retreating in North Africa, but since Rommel is a war hero he is virtually "untouchable". Rommel joins in a plot to assassinate the Fuhrer. The attempt fails, and Rommel's complicity is discovered....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DESEnglebert, Victor.
Summary: Wind, Sand, & Silence is an extraordinary photographic document by world traveler/photographer Victor Englebert. Over a period of twenty-six years - from 1965 to 1991 - Englebert lived and traveled with the nomads of Africa. While accompanying them on their journeys across the vast African terrain, or simply living with them in their camps, Englebert captured stunning images of their daily...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1992
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 305.9 ENGGorenberg, Gershom
Summary: "As World War II rages in North Africa, General Irwin Rommel marches his troops swiftly through Egypt, aiming to overrun he entire Middle East. An uncanny sense of his enemies' weaknesses and positions informs each move. The Nazis, somehow, have a source for the Allies' greatest secrets. Yet Rommel is not the only one with stolen knowledge. allies cryptographers are breaking the extraordinarily...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 GORSummary: An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished prespective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants - from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2004
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WORSummary: The policy of "extraordinary rendition" began under the Clinton administration and accelerated after September 11, 2001. The policy allows for the handing over of suspected terrorists to countries that use torture as an interrogation tool. Anwar El-Ibrahimi is an Egyptian-born man who disappears on a flight from Africa to Washington, DC. He is sent to a North African country where torture is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Rendition 2008Smith, Wilbur A.
Summary: A warlock, wise in the lore of the ancient gods and adept in magic, leaves the desert to return to the world of men, only to find himself drawn into a battle for the throne of Egypt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMIAtkinson, Rick.
Summary: In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943. Illustrations. 18 maps. In the first volume of his monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in WW II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the riveting story...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars AtkinsonKilmeade, Brian
Summary: This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.4 KILCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.4 KILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US KilmeadeSummary: Contains twelve selections of North African dance music, including performances by Jomed, Faudel, Hamid Baroudi, ChebMami, and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putumayo World Music 2005
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN PUTLaw, Richard D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: R.J. Bender Pub. 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5423 ROMMEL, ERWIN LAWFoulds, Adam
Summary: "A new novel, set in North Africa and Sicily at the end of World War II, by the author Julian Barnes called one of the best British writers to emerge in the last decade"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FOUScott, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5961 SCOSummary: World War II - experiences of newsreel cameraman North Africa
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944
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Sabatini, Rafael
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wildside Press 1924
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SABFielding, Helen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FIEFraser, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5423 FRASummary: Geographically, Muslim countries cover approximately 50 percent of Africa. This program travels around the continent to inquire into Islamic history and the Muslim way of life, making stops in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zanzibar, South Africa, Senegal, Algeria, Sudan, and many other destinations. The experiences of two particular groups-those sent by Muhammad himself to Ethiopia, during the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Fielding, Helen
Summary: Twenty-something Rosie Richardson leaves her hotshot boyfriend the glitzy life of London's celebrity scene for a job running a refugee camp in the African Jungle. After a struggle, Rosie learns that the only way to bring in the food is to call on the celebrity clout of the people she left behind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2001