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Archer, Jeffrey Balogh, Mary Evers, Stuart Francis, Dick. Hoyt, Elizabeth Parker, HarryEvers, Stuart
Summary: "A multigenerational story about two families living in the shadow of nuclear apocalypse. The year is 1959. Two young soldiers, Drummond and Carter, one working-class, the other privileged, form an intense and unlikely friendship at "Doomtown", a training center that simulates the aftermath of an atomic strike. Years later, the men watch the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis unfold in horror....
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EVEFrancis, Dick.
Summary: Returning to his estranged mother's house for the first time since he joined the army at seventeen, Captain Tom Forsyth discovers that she is being blackmailed and sets out to discover and defeat this hidden enemy using his finely honed military skills. But can he save his mother's reputation and career as "the first lady of British racing", or will he find himself caught in the cross fire?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Francis 2010Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M FRAFrancis, Dick.
Summary: Returning to his estranged mother's house for the first time since he joined the army at seventeen, Captain Tom Forsyth discovers that she is being blackmailed and sets out to discover and defeat this hidden enemy using his finely honed military skills. But can he save his mother's reputation and career as "the first lady of British racing", or will he find himself caught in the cross fire?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FRAParker, Harry
Summary: "A stunning first novel--of patriotism, heroism, and profound humanism--that will immediately take its place on the shelf of classics about what it truly means to be at war. Captain Tom Barnes, leading British troops in the war zone. Two boys growing up there sharing a prized bicycle and flying kites before finding themselves estranged once foreign soldiers appear in their countryside. The man...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PARFrancis, Dick.
Summary: Returning to his estranged mother's house for the first time since he joined the army at seventeen, Captain Tom Forsyth discovers that she is being blackmailed and sets out to discover and defeat this hidden enemy using his finely honed military skills. But can he save his mother's reputation and career as "the first lady of British racing", or will he find himself caught in the cross fire?.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRABalogh, Mary
Summary: Abigail Westcott's dreams for her future were lost when her father died and she discovered her parents were not legally married. But now, six years later, she enjoys the independence a life without expectation provides a wealthy single woman. Indeed, she's grown confident enough to scold the careless servant chopping wood outside without his shirt on in the proximity of ladies. But the man is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BALArcher, Jeffrey
Summary: This real-life mountaineering mystery recounts the story of Britain's George Mallory and his attempt to scale Mt. Everest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARCCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ARCHoyt, Elizabeth
Summary: One of the most sophisticated and elegant members of London's elite society, Lady Emeline Gordon is stunned when she falls for Samuel Hartley, an uncouth American raised in the uncivilized wilderness, who has come to London to seek revenge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009