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(0)Peter Finn
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drawing on newly declassified government files, this is the dramatic story of how a forbidden book in the Soviet Union became a secret CIA weapon in the ideological battle between East and West.
In May 1956, an Italian publishing scout took a train to a village just outside Moscow to visit Russia’s greatest living poet, Boris Pasternak. He left carrying the original manuscript of Pasternak’s first and only novel,
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
A Washington Post Best Book of the Year
The dramatic story of a South Carolina heiress who joined the OSS and became the first American woman in uniform taken prisoner on the Western front—until her escape from Nazi Germany.
Gertrude “Gertie” Legendre was a big-game hunter from a wealthy industrial family who lived a charmed life in Jazz Age America. Her adventurous spirit made...
The dramatic story of a South Carolina heiress who joined the OSS and became the first American woman in uniform taken prisoner on the Western front—until her escape from Nazi Germany.
Gertrude “Gertie” Legendre was a big-game hunter from a wealthy industrial family who lived a charmed life in Jazz Age America. Her adventurous spirit made...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ghost hunters-and those who just like to read ghost tales-will love the historical accounts, personal experiences, photographs, folklore, and creepy stories in this high-interest volume. Sidebars, graphic organizers, and fact boxes add further interesting facts before the reader is asked to decide what they believe.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This entertaining yet volume presents information about aliens and UFOs through personal and historical accounts, as well as possible scientific explanations for supposed encounters. Thought-provoking sidebars and fact boxes and vivid images will keep even the most reluctant readers interested.