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Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In part one of this BBC production, "Martial Races," Military Historian David Olusoga challenges our perceptions of the First World War with the stories of the millions of Indian, African, and Asian troops and ancillaries who fought and died along side white European troops on the Western front and elsewhere.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In this classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series, the hands of the clock are stopped at "fifteen forty-five hours" (which is military language for 3:45 p.m.), and viewers will learn the truth of the statement, "The sun never sets on the American soldier." Over the wide stretches of the world, somewhere at some time, day and night, men and women of the United States Army are performing their duties to this country. This...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
This classic episode from the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series focuses on the fundamental building block of the Army: the individual soldier. "From everywhere across the nation, I come to become part of the Army that defends America. I must learn to handle the awesome striking power of 20th-century weapons, from rifle to rockets. I must learn to function at 30 degrees below zero or in steaming jungle heat and to travel by foot, or truck,...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture series documents the story of "the backbone of the Army," the story of the senior soldier. Featuring footage provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, this documentary introduces viewers to scenes that depict the careful selection and thorough training of these non-commissioned officers and the role of "middle management" they filled.
7) Dear John
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Formats
Description
John, a high school dropout, enlists in the Army not knowing what else to do with his life. While in the Army he meets Savannah, they fall in love and she awaits his return from the Army. After 9/11 John feels it's his duty to re-enlist. During their long separation Savannah falls in love and marries someone else.
Author
Series
Westcott novels volume 6
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
First appearances deceive in the newest charming and heartwarming Regency romance in the Westcott series from beloved New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh. Abigail Westcott's dreams for her future were lost when her father died and she discovered her parents were not legally married. But now, six years later, she enjoys the independence a life without expectation provides a wealthy single woman. Indeed, she's grown confident enough to scold...
12) Hero dad
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A child demonstrates that while Dad differs from a traditional superhero, as an American soldier he is a superhero of a different kind.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series explores the dual role the average U.S. Army soldier plays in Korea. As a soldier, he is constantly alert to the threat of aggression from the Communists in the north. As a representative of democracy, he is a bulwark against the internal conditions that could rob a friendly people of their strength and determination. This video from the National Archives and Records Administration...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of Gates of Fire comes an historical epic about the early years of the Roman Empire. A Man at Arms is a Western set in Jerusalem and the Sinai desert in the first century AD, a few years after the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. The villains are the Romans. They're in pursuit of a courier bearing an incendiary letter from Paul the Apostle. For agents of Rome, this letter represents an existential threat that will propagate...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The new blockbuster original fantasy work from Nebula, Hugo and Clarke award nominated author Yoon Ha Lee! "An arresting tale of loyalty, identity, and the power of art...Lee's masterful storytelling is sure to wow." - Publishers Weekly, starred review Gyen Jebi isn't a fighter or a subversive. They just want to paint. One day they're jobless and desperate; the next, Jebi finds themself recruited by the Ministry of Armor to paint the mystical sigils...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills and routinely killed their male children to purify their ranks. For centuries people believed in their existence and attempted to trace their origins. Artists and poets celebrated their battles...
17) Come back to me
Author
Series
Come back to me volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Come back to me. That was the very last thing I said to him. Always. The very last thing he said to me. Home on leave in sunny California, Marine and local lothario Kit Ryan finds himself dangerously drawn to his best friend's sister, Jessa - the one girl he can't have. But Kit's not about to let a few obstacles stand in his way and soon Jessa's falling for his irresistible charms. What starts out as a summer romance of secret hook-ups and magical...
19) Once a soldier
Author
Series
Rogues redeemed volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
As heir to a title and great wealth, Will Masterson should have stayed home and tended his responsibilities. Instead he went to war. Now, after perilous years fighting the French, he intends his current mission to be his last. But all his plans are forgotten when he arrives in the small mountain stronghold of San Gabriel and meets her. Knowing herself to be too tall, strong, and unconventional to appeal to a man, Athena Markham has always gloried...
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