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B is for Battle Cry: A Civil War Alphabet takes readers on a journey into one of the most important chapters of our nation's past. The Civil War was one of the bloodiest, most divisive events to take place in America's history, and most certainly ever on American soil. For four years our young country's sense of self and citizenry was shaken to the core as North and South battled each other. B is for Battle Cry brings to life historic battles (Antietam...
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English
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"In a forgotten chapter of history, 1.5 million Polish civilians-arbitrarily arrested by Stalin as enemies of the people following the Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939-were deported to slave labor camps throughout the most inhospitable forests and steppes of the Soviet Union. The Ice Road is the gripping story of young Stefan Waydenfeld and his family, deported by cattle car in 1940 to the frozen wastes of the Russian arctic north."--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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"Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, America entered World War II, and a new theater of battle opened up in the Pacific. But US troops, along with thousands of Filipino soldiers who fought alongside them, were overtaken in the Philippines by a fiercely determined Japanese navy, and many Americans and Filipino fighters were killed or captured.These American and Filipino prisoners of war were forced to endure the most horrific conditions on the deadly...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Describes the bond that developed between an RAF technician and a fiercely loyal purebred pointer named Judy, a pair who met in an internment camp during World War II where they became a symbol of hope to the other prisoners.
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Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxiv, 358 pages) : illustrations, map
Language
English
Description
"The stunning memoir of a girl coming of age in Hitler's Germany, her subsequent imprisonment in the Russian Gulag, and her posthumously discovered love letters to a mysterious soldier on the front-written during the final siege of Berlin."--Jacket.
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English
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"1945. Marta Nederman has barely survived the brutality of a Nazi concentration camp, where she was imprisoned for her work with the Polish resistance. Lucky to have escaped with her life, she meets Paul, an American soldier, who gives her hope of a happier future. The two make a promise to meet in London, but Paul is in a deadly plane crash and never arrives. Finding herself pregnant and alone in a strange city, Marta finds comfort with a kind British...
70) Black Adam
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods-and imprisoned just as quickly-Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
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English
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"Fresne Prison, 1940: A former maid at a luxury villa on the Riviera, Margot Bisset finds herself in a prison cell with writer and French Resistance fighter Joséphine Murant. Together, they are transferred to a work camp in Germany for four years, where the secrets they share will bind them for generations to come... Paris, around about now: Evie Black lives in Paris with her teenage son, Hugo, above her botanical bookshop, La Maison Rustique. Life...
72) Paradise road
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery.
74) 48 hrs
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nolte is a rough-edged cop after two vicious cop-killers. He can't do it without the help of smooth and dapper Murphy, who is serving time for a half-million dollar robbery. Both pursue their separate goals--Nolte wants the villains and Murphy wants his money and some much-needed female companionship.
75) Pandora hearts
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Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
volumes (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or will Alice provide him with some...
76) Lockdown
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Avery had it all: his beautiful girlfriend Krista, a young son and a full scholarship ahead of him. In the blink of an eye, it was all gone. What started as a night out with his buddies ended with the shooting of a cop and Avery behind bars. He's innocent, but that doesn't matter in a place that has its own set of rules. As Krista works to prove his innocence, Avery struggles to survive the hardships of prison life.
77) The package
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Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen and full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Sgt. Johnny Gallagher is assigned the task of delivering a military prisoner to the U.S. for court martial, little does he know that they will be assaulted, and his prisoner will disappear. Gallagher soon finds a trail of clues leading to an international conspiracy-- one that will change the course of mankind.
78) The mustang
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Roman Coleman, a convict in a rural Nevada prison who struggles to escape his past, rediscovers his own humanity in a social rehabilitation program. There he must gentle an especially unbreakable mustang named Marcus. During the program, Roman is helped by a no-nonsense veteran trainer and an outgoing fellow inmate and trick rider. His journey with Marcus inspires a heartfelt connection and challenges him to be a better person." --container
79) Colditz
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 184 mins.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This films tells a remarkable story of the prisoners in the German POW camp called Colditz.
80) Johnny Handsome
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears he is going straight, but he is planning revenge against the man who killed his father-figure and sent him to prison.
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