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bibliography Biographies. biography history History. Juvenile works. MP3 (Audio coding standard)Gregorio, Katharine
Summary: "Illuminating a thrilling untold chapter of the Cold War, The Double Life of Katharine Clark shares the forgotten story of a remarkable woman who pioneered a career in a male-dominated profession. In 1955, Katharine Clark became the first female American wire reporter behind the Iron Curtain, forging a career as a journalist, befriending a leading Communist, and risking her life to smuggle away...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLARK, KATHARINE GREO'Keefe, Emily
Contents: Fast facts -- A visit to Bosnia -- The Archduke and the Emporer -- The Black Hand -- The assassination -- The First World War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.3 OKEJudah, Tim
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.6 JUDBunjevac, Nina.
Summary: Standing alongside Marjane Satrapi s Persepolis and Joe Sacco s Palestine, Nina Bunjevac s Fatherland is a searing work of graphic nonfiction that tells the history of the Balkans in the twentieth century through the experiences of the author and her family. In 1975, fearing her husband s growing fanaticism, Bunjevac s mother flees her marriage and adopted country of Canada, taking Nina then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Livright Publishing Corporation 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.7 BUNWest, Rebecca
Summary: Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West's classic examination of the history, people, and politics of Yugoslavia illuminates a region that is still a focus of international concern. A magnificent blend of travel journal, cultural commentary, and historical insight, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon probes the troubled history of the Balkans and the uneasy relationships among its ethnic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2007
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Summary: In 1944 the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped and sheltered for months by villagers behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of Operation Halyard, a story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery, is now being told for the first time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2007
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 940.54 FREFreeman, Gregory A.
Summary: In 1944 the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped and sheltered for months by villagers behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of Operation Halyard, a story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery, is now being told for the first time.--From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nal Caliber 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5421 FRECohen, Roger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.7024 COHDrakulić, Slavenka
Summary: "Slavenka Drakulic confronts one of recent history's most difficult and important subjects in her new book, They Would Never Hurt a Fly. An examination of the war criminals being prosecuted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, the book shows Drakulic at her most incisive as she seeks to understand the people behind the horrific crimes committed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.703 DRASabic-El-Rayess, Amra
Summary: In Bihac, Bosnia, in 1992, sixteen-year-old Amra and her family face starvation and the threat of brutal ethnic violence as Serbs and Bosnians clash, while a stray cat, Maci, provides solace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SABCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA B SABIC-EL-RAYESS SABParenti, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.703 PARSeierstad, Asne
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.7103 SEIButcher, Tim
Summary: "On a summer morning in Sarajevo almost a hundred years ago, a teenager took a pistol out of his pocket and fired not just the opening rounds of the First World War but the starting gun for modern history. By killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Gavrilo Princip, started a cycle of events that would leave 15 million dead from fighting between 1914 and 1918...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.311 BUTBryson, Bill.
Summary: Bill Bryon backpacks across Europe, retracing the same steps he took 30 years earlier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1992
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 914 BRYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.04 BRYHolbrooke, Richard C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.703 HOLO'Grady, Scott.
Summary: True story of how O'Grady managed to live through a missile impact at 27,000 feet, the techniques he used to survive in a barren and hostile landscape, and the real story behind the daring daylight resuce mission carried out by the U.S. Marines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.7024 OGRRieff, David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.742 RIEHarris, Paul
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 1996