Among her late parents' belongings, Steinman discovers a rusty ammo box holding almost five hundred letters written by her father during his service in World War II. It also contains a silk Japanese flag inscribed to Yoshio Shimizu....
World War (1939-1945)
- Author:Steinman, LouiseSummary:
- Author:Flynn, RobertSummary:
World War II pilot Greg Wallace is shot down over the Pacific. Luckily, he bails out and makes his way to land to await rescue. But with each day that passes, it grows less likely that a rescuer will ever come.
- Author:PILCHER, RosamundeSummary:
Set in London and Cornwall from WWII to the present day, this is the story of the Keeling family and of the passions and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations.
- Author:Newton, AndieSummary:
Sisters. Traitors. Spies. When a British RAF Whitley plane comes under fire over the French coast and is forced to drop their cargo, a spy messenger pigeon finds its way into unlikely hands... The occupation has taken much from the...
- Author:Kacer, KathySummary:
For ages 8+. The heroine, Gabi, recounts how as a young Jewish girl she lived on a family farm in Eastern Europe during the Second World War. She describes her community before the Nazi occupation and the events that unfolded afterwards...
- Author:McKay, SinclairSummary:
A remarkable look at the day-to-day lives of the codebreakers whose clandestine efforts helped win World War II.
- Author:Beevor, AntonySummary:
Using the most up-to-date scholarship and research, and writing with clarity and compassion, Beevor assembles the whole picture of the Second World War in a gripping narrative that extends from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific,...
- Author:Spring, DebbieSummary:
During World War II, Hendrik, the son of a fisherman, notices his Jewish friends being ostracized. When he realizes the danger that Hitler’s policies ultimately mean for his friends and their families, he hatches a plan to smuggle them...
- Author:COURTENAY, BryceSummary:
A novel of a small boy's triumph over cruelty and loneliness. Set in the turbulent 1940's in Southern Africa. An epic of survival in the best of dramatic traditions.
- Author:Furst, AlanSummary:
Captain Alexander de Milja understands that his life, as he knows it, is over. But even in this bleakest of circumstances, all need not be lost. At a decimated cavalry stable under the droning German bombers, Alexander is offered a...
- Author:Perrun, JodySummary:
When the Second World War broke out, Winnipeg was Canada’s fourth-largest city, home to strong class and ethnic divisions, and marked by a vibrant tradition of political protest. Citizens demonstrated their support for the war effort...
- Author:Calder, Marie DonaisSummary:
Johann doesn't know how to find the joy in life in Eddie's absence. His world is shrouded in sadness. There is only one place he can go to in order to find even a shred of comfort. But then the Polish return reigniting terror within him...
- Author:Calder, Marie DonaisSummary:
The Other Side Of Isolation is the fourteenth book in the Other Side series. Tempers are flaring at the Canadian barracks as time drags on overseas. The men are feeling isolated from their families and the world. They have very little...
- Author:Pam JenoffSummary:
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan's Tale One woman's determination to protect a child from the dangers of war will force her to face those lurking closer to home…
- Author:Bell, P. M. HSummary:
"PMH Bell's famous book is a comprehensive study of the period and debates surrounding the European origins of the Second World War. He approaches the subject from three different angles: describing the various explanations...
- Author:Boraks-Nemetz, LillianSummary:
Fiction. Young Adult. THE OLD BROWN SUITCASE, an award winning book that has sold extraordinarily well both around the globe, now appears in a new edition by Ronsdale Press. The novel narrates the absorbing story of a young girl who...
- Author:Kacer, KathySummary:
Based on real events and real characters! It is the middle of World War II, and Gabi and her mother have been lucky so far, eluding the grasp of Nazi soldiers who are sending Jewish people away to unknown fates. But she, her mother and...
- Author:Allbeury, TedSummary:
When Felinski, a British agent, is parachuted into Germany three months before the end of World War II, his brief is to reorganize a small group of Russian agents abandoned by Moscow. In the chaos of Germany's impending collapse a...
- Author:Eddy, Mark C.Summary:
Newfoundland. 1942. Hitler's U-boats ravage the Atlantic, sinking warships and merchant vessels alike. The world's fate hinges on the fight for this ocean, and Germany has launched a daring operation that promises to tip the...
- Author:Kuhlken, KenSummary:
The Loud Adios is set on the home front during World War II. Tom Hickey is in the army, an M.P. working the Tijuana-San Diego border, when a farm boy draftee about to ship overseas begs for help rescuing his sister from a gang of German...