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Español
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"A blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorize...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espaanol
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Español
Description
Cuando el adolescente Michael Berg cae enfermo volviendo a casa del colegio, es ayudado por Hanna, una mujer que lo dobla en edad. Con el tiempo, ella se convertira en su amante, cautivandolo con su pasion, pero confundiendolo con sus silencios. Pero un dia, Hanna desaparece sin dejar rastro. Siete anos despues, Michael, ahora estudiante de derecho, vuelve a ver a Hanna cuando esta es llevada a juicio por un horrible crimen del que se niega a defenderse....
3) Victory
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
50,000 fans are on hand for a match in occupied Paris between German all-stars and a pick-up team of Allied POWs. In an attempt to demonstrate the Aryan superiority, the Germans unwittingly set up a means of prisoner escape.
Author
Publisher
Lumen
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 19
Language
Español
Description
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
8) Red tails
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Italy, 1944. As the war takes its toll on Allied forces in Europe, a squadron of black pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen are finally given the chance to prove themselves in the sky, even as they battle discrimination on the ground. Featuring jaw-dropping aerial action and thrilling special effects, Red Tails is a breathtaking tribute to the unsung heroes who rose above extraordinary challenges and ultimately soared into history.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Pictures
Pub. Date
1944.
Language
English
Description
Twenty-four hours out of San Francisco, submarine captain Cassidy unseals his top-secret orders and reads two fateful words: Destination Tokyo. Set during the second World War, depicts the story of a submarine and its crew as they sail to Tokyo, Japan to sink Japanese warships.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"Un corazón puro puede iluminar aun la noche más oscura.Y en el más terrible de los momentos de la historia. Jocelyn es la guardiana de la Biblioteca de Saint-Malo, una mujer huérfana que se aferra a la literatura y a su marido Antoine. Pero ambos corren peligro: la llegada de las tropas alemanas a la ciudad, en especial aquella del comandante Adolf Bauman, empeñado en robar algunos de los incunables que tan celosamente guarda la bibliotecaria,...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Traza el efecto domin̤ de la guerra y la inmigraci̤n en dos nįos: Samuel, de cinco ąos, cuya madre lo mete en un tren Kindertransport desde la Austria ocupada por los nazis a Inglaterra en 1938, y Anita, de siete ąos, que aborda otro tren ocho ďcadas m̀s tarde a los EE.UU., donde se separa de su madre.
Traces the ripple effects of war and immigration on two children--five-year-old Samuel, whose mother puts him on a Kindertransport train...
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
At a time when most of Europe is in the throes of war, British intelligence commando Geoffrey Carter lands in Nazi-occupied France to spot and mark a Nazi munitions factory for a Royal Air Force bombing raid. He enlists the help of an old French farmer and his stubborn, yet enchanting daughter, Odette. But Odette has doubts about Carter due to her bitter feelings toward the British, whom she believes were responsible for the fall of France. And fate...
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
August 1944. Follows four black soldiers of the all-black 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped near the small Tuscan village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II. One of the men will risk his life to save an Italian boy who lives in the city where the Waffen-SS have massacred most of the citizens of the town in retaliation for Italian partisan activity. A sculpted head from the Ponte Santa Trinita...
Author
Publisher
AmazonCrossing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Bajo el yugo de la Alemania nazi, ¿es posible una confianza ciega? Desde que Hitler ascendió al poder, en el hogar de los Gerber ya no se oyen las risas de antaño. La Selva Negra se encuentra azotada por profundos ventisqueros de nieve y Franka Gerber se ha convertido en una disidente solitaria y desesperanzada. El fervor y la brutalidad patriótica le han arrebatado a su padre y a su hermano y con ellos se ha ido también la razón de vivir....
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
"A los veintidós años, sospechando que tenían el tiempo contado, Ichimei y Alma se atragantaron de amor para consumirlo entero, pero mientras más intentaban agotarlo, más imprudente era el deseo, y quien diga que todo fuego se apaga solo tarde o temprano, se equivoca: hay pasiones que son incendios hasta que las ahoga el destino de un zarpazo y aun así quedan brasas calientes listas para arder apenas se les da oxígeno."--P. [4] of cover....
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