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English
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It́s always been easier for Cara Hargraves to bury herself in the past than confront the present, which is why working with a gruff but brilliant antiques dealer is perfect. While clearing out an estate, she pries open an old tin that holds the relics of a lost relationship: among the treasures, a World War II-era diary and a photograph of a young woman in uniform. Eager to find the author of the hauntingly beautiful, unfinished diary, Cara...
2) The postcard
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Luminous and gripping to the very last page, it is an enthralling investigation into family secrets, a poignant tale of mothers and daughters, and a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life. January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front, a photo of the Opéra Garnier in Paris. On the back, the names of Anne Berest's maternal great-grandparents,...
Author
Publisher
Plaza Janés, 2022
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
Londres, 1943. Las bombas caen sobre la ciudad y el rey y la reina deciden enviar a su hija menor a vivir en el campo con una familia de confianza. Tercera en la línea de sucesión al trono, Charlotte, de diecisiete años, acepta a regañadientes usar un nombre falso a su llegada a Yorkshire. Pronto, la joven princesa empieza a disfrutar de su nueva libertad y de su pasión por los caballos, y comienza a sentirse atraída por el hijo de sus protectores....
Author
Series
Letras de bolsillo) volume 80
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
Español
Description
Bruno tiene nueve años y desconoce el significado del Holocausto. Todo lo que sabe es que su padre, recién nombrado comandante de un campo de concentración, ha ascendido en su trabajo, y que ha pasado de vivir en una confortable casa de Berlín a una zona aislada. Todo cambia cuando conoce a Shmuel, un niño judío que vive una extraña existencia paralela al otro lado de la alambrada.
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place...
Publisher
Vantage Media International
Language
English
Description
Christmas 1944, the Germans make one final push against the attacking allied armies in the west. Lt. Robert Cappa and his platoon of second infantry division soldiers have been ordered to hold a vital road junction against the German aggressors. Cappa and his men must find their faith and strength to stand against their enemy in the epic fight known as The Battle of The Bulge.
Author
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Español
Description
"Edie Burchill y su madre nunca han estado lo que se dice unidas. Pero un domingo por la tarde llega a su casa una carta, perdida hace tiempo, con el remite de Milderhurst Castle, en Kent (inglaterra), y Edie empieza a pensar que la frialdad de su madre oculta un antiguo secreto." --P. [4] of cover.
9) The Pacific
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
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Description
The experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
10) The Master
Language
English
Description
In post-World War II America, a naval veteran arrives home unsettled and uncertain of his future, until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
Language
English
Description
The true story of Moe Berg, professional baseball player, Ivy League graduate, attorney, and a top-secret spy who helped the US win the race against Germany to build the atomic bomb.
"Paul Rudd plays Berg with the droll, boyish charm he's brought to dozens of other roles, but he adds a protective coating."--New York Times
"...a decorous, dutiful dogtrot that tells Berg's story with excellent production values..."--Boston Globe
"Shot in burnished...
13) Little boy
Language
English
Description
Little Pepper Busbee enjoys an idyllic life in an American small town, but his world is shattered when his beloved father is sent off to fight in World War II. But a chance encounter with a stage magician awakens his dormant abilities and clues him into the power of faith. Now his devotion to his father will extend past time and space and into the realm of miracles.
14) Burial
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In the last days of WWII, a band of Allied soldiers trafficking Hitler's remains out of Germany are ambushed by Nazi Wehrwolf fighters. One female spy is determined to lead the surviving soldiers in a last stand to ensure the cargo doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
15) 1941
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
This zany comedy spectacular from Steven Spielberg is set in Los Angeles just days after the attack on Pearl Harbor when the fear of a Japanese invasion threw the city into a state of pandemonium.
16) The frozen front
Publisher
ITN Sales, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Set in January 1945, follows a French regiment of paratroopers who fight with an American unit to take the town of Jebsheim and liberate Alsace.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Death takes the form of a human and, after asking a man to act as his earthly guide, falls in love with the man's daughter; an Italian officer on a Greek island falls in love with a woman who is already engaged to a Greek soldier.