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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY General BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Presidents & Heads of State HISTORY General HISTORY Military General HISTORY Military United States HISTORY Military World War II HISTORY United States 20th Century HISTORY United States General POLITICAL SCIENCE General POLITICAL SCIENCE History & TheoryCavallaro, Gina.
Summary: Authors Gina Cavallaro and Matt Larsen present heart-pounding real-life tales from the military's most experienced snipers--their hits and their misses, the anguish of loss, and the anxiety of the first kill--braving deadly situations to hit their targets dead-on.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 956.7044 CAVHamilton, Nigel.
Summary: A close-up, in-the-room look at how FDR took masterful command and control of the Second World War, from wresting key decisions away from Churchill and his own generals, to launching the first successful trial landing in North Africa, and beginning to turn the tide away from the Axis.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Navai, Ramita.
Summary: This is Real Tehran: A City that is hidden from view and rarely written about, where survival depends on an intricate network of lies and subterfuge. It is a place where mullahs visit prostitutes, drug kingpins run crystal meth kitchens, surgeons restore girls' virginity and homemade porn is uploaded to the Internet and sold in the bazaars. Plotted around the city's great central thoroughfare,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 955 NAVStandage, Tom.
Summary: Standage chronicles the increasingly sophisticated ways people shared information with each other, spontaneously and organically, down the centuries. With the rise of newspapers in the nineteenth century, then radio and television, 'mass media' consolidated control of information in the hands of a few moguls. However, the Internet has brought information sharing full circle, and the spreading...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Harrison, Carlos.
Summary: Tells the unforgettable story of patriotism about twenty-two Mexican American families who lived on one street in a small Illinois railroad town that sent fifty-seven of their children to fight in World War II and Korea--more than any other place that size in the country. Eight of those children died. Based on interviews with relatives, friends, and soldiers it is the compelling account of a...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.868 HARBonnett, Alastair
Summary: A tour of the world's hidden geographies; from disappearing islands to forbidden deserts and a stunning testament to how mysterious the world remains today.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 910 BONDarman, Jonathan.
Summary: Jonathan Darman tells the story of two giants of American politics, Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan, and how these two men changed American politics forever.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014