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(0)Mitch Weiss
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English
Description
An investigation into the Word of Faith Fellowship, a secretive evangelical cult whose charismatic female leader, Jane Whaley, is a master of manipulation. Starting in 1979 with a small group of followers, the group has expended to include thousands of congregants across three continents. Gives the story of a singular femlae cult leader, a terrifying portrait of life inside the cult, and the harrowing account of one family who escaped after two decades....
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The Battle of Iwo Jima, a major event in the Pacific Theater of World War II--and one of the bloodiest in United States history--began on February 19, 1945. But what happened two days earlier has largely been a footnote, until now ... On February 17, Landing Craft Infantry 449 was among a dozen gunboats helping to prepare the area for their invasion two days later. U.S. military leaders thought they had weakened Japanese forces in the area so they...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
It seemed like an impossible mission right from the start. A Special Forces team in Afghanistan planned to land in an enemy-held valley and scale a steep mountain to surprise and capture a terrorist leader. But before they found the target, the target found them. The elite soldiers fought for hours, huddled on a small rock ledge as rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine gun fire rained down on them. They tended to their wounded and kept fighting...
5) Countdown 1945: the extraordinary story of the atomic bomb and the 116 days that changed the world
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Language
English
Description
April 12, 1945: America is stunned by the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Vice President Harry Truman, who has been kept out of war planning, must assume command of a nation at war on multiple continents. Wallace tells the gripping true story of the turbulent days, weeks, and months leading up to August 6, 1945, when Truman gives the order to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. He takes readers inside the minds of the iconic and elusive figures...
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Series
Noodleheads volume 4
Language
English
Description
Using knowledge from a library book, brothers Mac and Mac build a fortress, but Meatball, armed with a book of his own, wants to take it from them.
Author
Series
Noodleheads volume 5
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Brothers Mac and Mac are SO lucky that everything goes well - even when their frenemy Meatball plays tricks on them"--
8) Countdown Bin Laden: the untold story of the 247-day hunt to bring the mastermind of 9/11 to justice
Author
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the final months of the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
Author
Series
Noodleheads volume 7
Language
English
Description
"Mac and Mac want to eat their favorite pie and their friends and mom give them tricks to make it easier but the boys' shenanigans make things harder than they need to be"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Noodleheads volume 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Brothers Mac and Mac star in this collection of bedtime tales inspired by folktales about fools from around the world.
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
At the outset of the Vietnam War, the Army created an experimental fighting unit that became known as "Tiger Force." The Tigers were to be made up of the cream of the crop-the very best and bravest soldiers the American military could offer. They would be given a long leash, allowed to operate in the field with less supervision. Their mission was to seek out enemy compounds and hiding places so that bombing runs could be accurately targeted. They...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
William Morgan, a tough-talking ex-paratrooper, stunned family and friends when in 1957 he left Ohio to join freedom fighters in the mountains of Cuba. He led one band of guerrillas, and Che Guevara another, and together they swept through the country, ultimately forcing corrupt dictator Fulgencio Batista from power. In just a year of fighting, the American revolutionary had altered the landscape of the Cold War. But Morgan believed they were fighting...
Author
Series
Noodleheads volume 6
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After hearing Uncle Ziti's unbelievable story about a snake and a frog, brothers Mac and Mac are captivated by the idea of doing something impossible so that perhaps one day people will tell tales about their amazing feats.
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