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Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Based on survivor accounts, this gripping novel opens days after the attack on Pearl Harbor and details three years of sea battles that spanned between Hawaii and the shores of Okinawa with the crew of one of the most decorated ships of the Pacific War.Onboard the heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, Lieutenant Commander Justin Collier was 230 miles west of Pearl Harbor accompanying the USS Enterprise on a secret mission when Japan attacked the United...
583) The world at war
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
11 videodiscs (approximately 1,194 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. in case 20 x 14 x 8 cm
Language
English
Description
An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished perspective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants - from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines - and spine-tingling, first-hand accounts to an already...
585) Race to Hawaii: the 1927 Dole Air Derby and the thrilling first flights that opened the Pacific
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xiv, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Today, a trip to Hawaii is a simple six-hour flight from the West Coast, but almost a century ago, it was a nerve-wracking and twenty-six-hour journey across 2,400 miles of the open Pacific. Race to Hawaii chronicles the thrilling first flights during the Golden Age of Aviation, a time when new airplanes traveled farther and faster but were also unreliable, fragile, and hampered by primitive air navigation equipment. The US Navy tried first, sending...
586) With you all the way
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ada's life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheating on her after a humiliating attempt at losing her virginity, and she's had it up to here with her gorgeous older sister's unsolicited advice. But things really hit the fan during a family vacation in Hawaii, where Ada discovers her own mother is having an affair. Apparently, everyone is falling into bed with people they shouldn't. Everyone except Ada. But when Ada decides she's going to stop...
587) The Metropolitans
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Meeting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the day Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, four thirteen-year-olds help track down a missing book of Arthurian legends that may hold the key to preventing a second attack on American soil.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xxi, 224 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Riveting, rousing, and utterly real, Surpassing Certainty is a portrait of a young woman searching for her purpose and place in the world--without a road map to guide her. The journey begins a few months before her twentieth birthday. Janet Mock is adjusting to her days as a first-generation college student at the University of Hawaii and her nights as a dancer at a strip club. Finally content in her body, she vacillates between flaunting and concealing...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 47 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stories about various aspects of American life. Features unique places, people, and music, all selected to foster a feeling of nostalgia toward the parts of life often forgotten.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
192 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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