David Downing
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcturus Publishing
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This book gives an overview of twenty-one key events that helped shape the War on Terror including Al-Qaeda's declaration of war, 9/11, the arrival of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, and the Bali, Madrid, and London bombings.
Author
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Discusses what resistance the Jews put up before to the Holocaust and persecution by the Nazi party, including hiding, uprisings, formal military and underground groups, and sabotage.
Author
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Discusses where the death and concentration camps were located in Nazi Germany, the methods used to kill those sent to the camps, and what happened to those who were forced to work in the camps.
Author
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Looks at the years between the time the Nazi party took power and the beginning of World War II, specifically regarding the persecution of Jews and their emigration from Germany at this time.
8) Capitalism
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Introduces the key characteristics and proponents of capitalism, tracing its development from its origins to the twenty-first century, and looking at how capitalism affects the lives of people who live under the system.
Author
Series
John Russell series volume 7
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles, 1953. It has been five years since British journalist John Russell struck a deal with a high-ranking Soviet official, relieving Russell of his duty as double-agent for Soviet and American intelligence. Now Russell lives a life of relative comfort in Los Angeles alongside his wife, Effi, a star on an American sitcom, and their adopted daughter, Rosa, a young artist on the cusp of adulthood. He has just begun work on a book investigating...
11) Democracy
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Tell the story of democracy: how it developed as a set of ideas from its origins to the present, how it has evolved in practice, and how it benefits or harms the people who live under it.
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"It is 1913, and those who follow the news closely can see the world is teetering on the brink of war. Jack McColl, a Scottish car salesman with an uncanny ear for languages, has always hoped to make a job for himself as a spy. As his sales calls take him from city to great city--Hong Kong to Shanghai to San Francisco to New York--he moonlights collecting intelligence for His Majesty's Navy, but British espionage is in its infancy and Jack has nothing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Spring 1915. As the Great War burns its way across Europe, Jack McColl, a spy for His Majesty's Navy, is stationed in India, charged with defending the Empire against Bengali terrorists and their German allies. In England, meanwhile, suffragette journalist Caitlin Hanley begins the business of rebuilding her life after the execution of her brother, an Irish republican sympathizer whose plot Jack McColl--Caitlin's ex-lover--had foiled. The war is changing...