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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Drawing on deep archival research, Wawro charts the decline of the Empire before the war and reconstructs the great battles in the east and the Balkans in thrilling and tragic detail. A Mad Catastrophe is a riveting account of a neglected face of World War I, revealing how a once-mighty empire collapsed in the trenches of Serbia and the Eastern Front, changing the course of European history.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Attempts to solve the 100-year-old mystery about the fate of Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors who disappeared on the eve of World War I just as his new internal combustion engine was on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1208
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Ripped from the headlines of the turbulent era between the Great War and the Great Depression, this dynamic, nostalgia-tinged crime drama balances tommy-gun action with epic historical sweep. Legends James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart star as army buddies whose fortunes rise and fall as their fates intersect, first in a foxhole on the front lines of World War I, then in Manhattan's Prohibition-era underworld. Directed by Hollywood master Raoul Walsh...
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Fictional account of the life of the young Serbian terrorist, Gavrilo Princep, who touched off World War I in 1914 by assassinating the Archduke Franz Ferdinand"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Haunted by memories of the Great War, failed academic Frank Nichols and his wife have arrived in the sleepy Georgia town of Whitbrow, where Frank hopes to write a history of his family's old estate--the Savoyard Plantation--and the horrors that occurred there. At first their new life seems to be everything they wanted. But under the facade of summer socials and small-town charm, there is an unspoken dread that the townsfolk have lived with for generations....
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A true-life tale of espionage and terror on American soil during World War I follows New York Police Inspector Tom Tunney's search for a team of German saboteurs who were planning a series of "accidents" using explosives and biological weapons.
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In Cosham, England, in 1917, Darling, a mischievous collie, must leave the children who love her when she is chosen for training as a mercy dog, seeking out injured soldiers on the battlefield and leading medics to them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This historical fantasy epic set in a matriarchal World War I-era America of science and magic follows the efforts of an aspiring male pilot in a female-driven branch of philosophical science who embarks on a relationship with a radical activist.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Great War may be over, but for many, there are still obstacles on the home front. Reconciling with her estranged husband makes Verity sympathetic to her friend Ada's marital difficulties. And when Ada's Marquess husband is discovered shot through the heart with Ada's revolver, it's up to Verity to prove Ada's innocence. But Verity is called upon for another favor: investigating the death of a girl who censored soldiers letters during the war.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Tells the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work decoding thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring in WWII. Together with her husband, the legendary cryptologist William Friedman, Elizebeth helped develop the codebreaking methods that led to the creation of the powerful new science of cryptology...
Author
Publisher
Krystal Bailey
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Yorkshire, 1914. Mary Lennox thought her world didn't need to extend past her aunt's secret garden after finding a home with her cousin, Colin, and her uncle at Misselthwaite nearly six years ago. But when war breaks out in Europe, Mary realizes that she can't control anything outside the garden walls when her childhood best friend, Dickon Sowerby, announces he's leaving to fight, taking away both his steady companionship and Mary's dream of something...
95) One man's flag
Author
Series
Jack McColl novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
British spy Jack McColl defends the 1915 Empire in India against Bengali terrorists while his ex-girlfriend, a suffragette journalist investigates the death of her IRA-sympathizer brother.
96) Dear Miss Kopp
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
While Constance pursues suspected German spies and Fleurette performs for the troops as America enters World War I, Army Signal Corps pigeon-project manager Norma investigates a theft of medical supplies to clear a field hospital nurse's name.
98) The king's man
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Set during WWI, The King's Man tells the exhilirating origin story of Kingsman, the world's very first independent intelligence agency. As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gathers to plot a war to wipe out millions across the globe, one man must race against time to stop them.
100) Emeralds & ashes
Author
Series
At Somerton volume 3
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the final installment of the At Somerton series, the war to end all wars will take an unbearable toll on the household and leave each member forever changed. The onset of war touches every member of the Somerton household as Lord Averley, then Sebastian Templeton, both enlist, and Rose Averley is trapped in Egypt while on her honeymoon with Duke of Huntly.
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