Plot: Heinz Adolf Oster has a great life in the 1930’s as a thirteen year old. He lives in a middle class family, has fun at school, and gets to eat vanilla flavored whipped cream(think of 1930’s ice cream) if he does something good. But that all changes when the Nazi party comes to powerContinue reading “The Stable Boy of Auschwitz”
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LIFEBOAT
Plot: 13 year old Kenneth Sparks is about to make a life changing journey across the Atlantic. The year is 1940 and the Nazis are bombing London, day and night. To keep their child safe, Ken’s parents enroll him in the CORB(Children’s Overseas Reception Board) program in which children leave UK and go to differentContinue reading “LIFEBOAT”
WEAPON A Visual History of Arms and Armor
People have used a lot of weapons since we learned how to make tools. From flint knives and stone axes, broadswords and claymores, Berettas and AK47s, this book covers them all! Each page in this encyclopedia is about weapons like combat knives, katanas and wazikashis, halberds(crosses between spears and axes), flintlocks and pre world warContinue reading “WEAPON A Visual History of Arms and Armor”
BATTLE -A Visual Journey Through 5,000 Years of Combat
This book by R.G. Grant is completely about warfare. From Egyptian Chariots to modern day helicopters, this book has it all. It has chapters like Warfare in the Ancient World like Greco-Persian Wars, Conquests of Alexander, the Punic Wars, etc., to the Era of the World Wars. The book has images of weapons like flintlocks,Continue reading “BATTLE -A Visual Journey Through 5,000 Years of Combat”
THE ESCAPE ARTISTS
Plot: This is a book by Neal Bascomb. It is a true story of one of the most daring prison breaks of all times. During WWI, POWs (Prisoners of War) were kept in prison camps. In Germany, one such camp was Holzminden, which was one of the most brutal and unforgiving camps for POWs inContinue reading “THE ESCAPE ARTISTS”
THE PERFECT HORSE
Plot: During WWII, Poland housed some of the most expensive and sought after horses in the world, Arabians and Lipizzaners. During the war, they were in danger of being killed by the advancing Russian Army and being stolen by the retreating Germans. A small group of Americans and Poles attempt to defend the horses andContinue reading “THE PERFECT HORSE”
MOSSAD: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
Every nation has some sort of covert intelligence agencies. For The US it is the CIA, for India it is RAW and for Israel it is Mossad. Mossad has been protecting Israel since 1949 and has been fulfilling many tasks such as killing terrorists, finding and rescuing kidnapped people, bringing Nazis to justice, and keepingContinue reading “MOSSAD: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service”
D-DAY The World War II Invasion That Changed History
This is a book by Sibert Honor winning author Deborah Hopkinson. It is about the largest and the greatest amphibious invasion in human history. The author talks about stories of troops on all five beaches: Sword, Gold, Juno, Utah, and the bloodiest, most hell-like of them all-Omaha. Each of these beaches were landing points forContinue reading “D-DAY The World War II Invasion That Changed History”
DIVE! World War II Stories of Sailors and Submarines in the Pacific
This book is written by Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson. Sibert Honor is presented to honor distinguished non-fiction books for children. The book, as the title suggests, is about submarines in the Pacific during World War II. In the chapters if this book you will meet the USS Seawolf, the USS Canopus, the USS Spearfish,Continue reading “DIVE! World War II Stories of Sailors and Submarines in the Pacific”
Smithsonian MILITARY HISTORY-The Definitive Visual Guide to the Objects of Warfare
If you want to know and learn about military history, this book is definitely for you. It has weapons from Caveman days all the way to the modern jet fighters, drones and nuclear warships of today. It features more than 1,750 pieces of military hardware, richly illustrated with images and captions that explain the imagesContinue reading “Smithsonian MILITARY HISTORY-The Definitive Visual Guide to the Objects of Warfare”
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