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1) Sisu
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
During WWII, a solitary prospector crosses paths with Nazis in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover he is no ordinary miner. While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word "sisu," the legendary ex-commando will embody what it means: a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. And this one-man death squad will go to outrageous lengths to get his gold...
2) One life
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Tells the true story of Nicholas Winton, who organized the rescue of hundreds of predominantly Jewish children from the Nazis on the verge of World War II. Half a century later, he is haunted by the memory of those he could not save.
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Series
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 1944 Norfolk, England, U.S. Army Captain Billy Boyle investigates a crashed German bomber with the corpse of a British officer in the pilot seat, putting his ex-cop instincts to the test as he searches for a killer among the citizens of this idyllic English country village.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
This thrilling, meticulously researched account of the three men who were intimately involved with America’s decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan’s decision to surrender draws on their diaries to bring these critical events to life and contemplate the immense weight of their historic decision.
Author
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When the Japanese army invades Batavia in the Dutch East Indies in 1942, eleven-year-old Emmy is captured and confined in the Tjideng prisoner-of-war camp, where she must overcome a tragedy from her past to find her voice and truly be free.
8) December '41
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In Los Angeles, a German agent named Martin Browning is planning to kill FDR on the night he lights the National Christmas Tree. Who will stop him? Relentless FBI Agent Frank Carter? Kevin Cusack, a Hollywood script reader who also spies on the German Bund of Los Angeles, and becomes a suspect himself? Or Vivian Hopewell, the aspiring actress who signs on to play Martin Browning's wife and cannot help but fall in love with him? The clock is ticking....
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Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In 1940 Paris, Police Inspector Henri Lefort, ordered by the Gestapo to find a missing neurologist, discovers the wayward scientist’s experimental work is connected to children being taken from orphanages and vows to stop these atrocities, risking the wrath of the SS and the Gestapo.
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