"Through scratchboard art and quotes from the subject's letters, this picture book biography follows the life of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, who served in the Union army disguised as a man. Back matter materials include an author's note, two glossaries, recommended reading, a timeline of events, and additional historical information"--

As the United States enters World War II, seventeen-year-old Eleanor wants to do something to help her Jewish relatives in Poland, so she puts her brilliant math skills to work for the US army to fine-tune a top-secret weapon that will help defeat the enemy.

June 1945. Even as the people of France celebrate the end of World War II, they are overwhelmed by the recovery work which lies ahead. Every bridge, road, and rail line, every church, school, and hospital has been destroyed. Disparate factions, from Communists to Resistance fighters to those who supported appeasement of the Nazis, must somehow unite and rebuild their devastated country. Asher lost his family during the war, and in revenge, he served...

In the midst of the Second World War, Second Lieutenant Bernard Stock finds himself thrust into a world of danger, duty, and unimaginable courage. As a member of the Royal Engineers, his initial assignment is to help construct an airfield in northern France. Little does he know that his journey is about to take a thrilling turn.With the German army closing in on the airfield, Lieutenant Stock receives a chilling order: destroy the very airfield he...

Lieutenant Gene Sinclair never imagined the war would be like this.The training is over, and Gene begins the Pacific island hopping that will mature and harden him, and all the other GIs. Attached to the 24th Infantry Division, Gene's anti-aircraft unit stays close to the front lines of the war. He soon meets all that World War II can throw at him: accidents, injury, typhoons, supply shortages, hallucination-filled malaria, and the death of his friends....

Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Stock, a Royal Engineer veteran, finds himself at the heart of an extraordinary mission-one so clandestine, it has the blessing of Winston Churchill himself. Commanding a vast workforce in Burma, Stock's responsibility is daunting: construct his twenty-second airfield behind enemy lines. But when he's called back to headquarters for an unexpected negotiation with a Japanese officer, the weight of empires hangs in the balance....

The end of 'organised' combat between the forces loyal to King Charles I and those loyal to Parliament. Charles, isolated in Oxford, is slowly losing all control as the New Model Army under Generals Fairfax and Cromwell deal the final hammer-blows to a disorganised and demoralised royal army. How all this affects (or is mostly disregarded by) the inhabitants of small Devon towns and villages, who have other things on their minds - how to ensure a...

Detrás de la primera y segunda guerra mundial, se esconde una lucha entre la luz y la oscuridad más allá de la comprensión humana, abarcando el universo y sus confines. Son pocos los humanos que conocen la verdad y son aquellos que seguirán al líder de la luz, convirtiéndose así en los guerreros que lucharán hasta el fin para proteger la vida, no sólo en la Tierra sino en todo el universo. Se develarán secretos de lo desconocido y del puñado...

A gripping historical adventure from the author of the Nicholas Everard naval thrillers. It is the summer of 1904 and Tsar Nicholas II is sending his Baltic fleet – a ragtag bunch of old crooks, untrained, potentially mutinous crews and hopelessly inefficient officers – halfway around the world to reinforce his few remaining ships in the Far East. Here the Japanese fleet under Admiral Togo has been scoring success after success against the Russians. Michael...

The first in the gripping historical Andy Holt Naval Thrillers series. Andy Holt is third mate on the cargo ship PollyAnna, carrying coal through Nazi-infested waters. Holt's vessel is bound for Montevideo, all the while wary of a particular German warship, the Graf Spee, which is picking off British vessels. But as the PollyAnna leaves Montevideo, the Graf Spee shows up in the same port holding British prisoners. It seems the crew of the PollyAnna...