Prisoners of War (Dog Tags #3)

Prisoners of War (Dog Tags #3)
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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages : 145
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ISBN-10 : 9780545633444
ISBN-13 : 0545633443
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Prisoners of War (Dog Tags #3) by : C. Alexander London

Download or read book Prisoners of War (Dog Tags #3) written by C. Alexander London and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Man's best friend goes to war. Two enemy soldiers. One uneasy alliance.Miguel is a medic in the US Army. Stationed in a remote Belgian forest during World War II, he's expecting a quiet tour of duty. But the Nazis have other ideas. They launch a surprise attack . . . one that separates Miguel from his entire division.Alone and lost in enemy territory, Miguel discovers an abandoned dog, left behind by German forces. The dog could be just the ally Miguel needs to get out of the forest alive. There's a catch, though. The dog has been trained by the Nazis to see Miguel as the enemy. Can a young soldier teach an old dog new tricks?DOG TAGS is a series of stand-alone books, each exploring the bond between soldier and dog in times of war.

Divided We Fall

Divided We Fall
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1484426851
ISBN-13 : 9781484426852
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Divided We Fall by : C. Alexander London

Download or read book Divided We Fall written by C. Alexander London and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although he's too young to join the Confederate Army, Andrew is welcomed into the Home Guard, a group of men who track down deserters and runaways, where he and his hound Dash make a great team.

Strays (Dog Tags #2)

Strays (Dog Tags #2)
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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages : 160
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ISBN-10 : 9780545576437
ISBN-13 : 0545576431
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Strays (Dog Tags #2) by : C. Alexander London

Download or read book Strays (Dog Tags #2) written by C. Alexander London and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Man's best friend goes to war. Chuck and Ajax are partners, and they're good at their job. Chuck leads Ajax through the jungles of Vietnam, and Ajax sniffs out hidden, deadly traps before they can hurt US soldiers.The war is almost over now, and the Army is grateful for Chuck's service. They want to give him a medal. But their plans for Ajax are less noble.Suddenly, Chuck is forced to answer two impossible questions: Is his loyalty to Ajax or to the US Army? And just how far is he willing to go to protect his partner?DOG TAGS is a series of stand-alone books, each exploring the bond between soldier and dog in times of war.

Semper Fido (Dog Tags #1)

Semper Fido (Dog Tags #1)
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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages : 169
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ISBN-10 : 9780545539241
ISBN-13 : 0545539242
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Semper Fido (Dog Tags #1) by : C. Alexander London

Download or read book Semper Fido (Dog Tags #1) written by C. Alexander London and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Man's best friend goes to war. When Gus Dempsey joins the US Marine Corps, he knows without a doubt that he will make a great dog handler. He's always been good with dogs. In fact, he's often better with dogs than he is with people.But Loki is not the dog that Gus was expecting. Fun-loving and playful, Loki acts more like a pet than the well-trained, bomb-sniffing Marine that he's supposed to be.When Gus and Loki deploy to Afghanistan, though, they have no choice but to learn to work together. Because in war, getting along is a matter of life and death.DOG TAGS is a series of stand-alone books, each exploring the bond between soldier and dog in times of war.

Divided We Fall (Dog Tags #4)

Divided We Fall (Dog Tags #4)
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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages : 149
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ISBN-10 : 9780545633901
ISBN-13 : 0545633907
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Divided We Fall (Dog Tags #4) by : C. Alexander London

Download or read book Divided We Fall (Dog Tags #4) written by C. Alexander London and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Man's best friend goes to war. LOYALTY ABOVE ALL ELSE.Andrew believes in the importance of loyalty. He is loyal to his family. He is loyal to his hound dog, Dash. And he is loyal to his country, the Confederate States of America.Although he's too young to join the Confederate Army, Andrew is welcomed into the Home Guard, a group of men who track down deserters and runaways. He and Dash make a great team. But hunting people is very different from hunting raccoons. And soon Andrew's loyalty will be tested like never before.Dog Tags is a series of stand-alone books, each exploring the bond between soldier and dog in times of war.

Unbroken

Unbroken
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Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Total Pages : 530
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ISBN-10 : 9780812974492
ISBN-13 : 0812974492
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Unbroken by : Laura Hillenbrand

Download or read book Unbroken written by Laura Hillenbrand and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more. In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, against all odds, Zamperini survived, adrift on a foundering life raft. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will. Appearing in paperback for the first time—with twenty arresting new photos and an extensive Q&A with the author—Unbroken is an unforgettable testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit, brought vividly to life by Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand. Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography and the Indies Choice Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year award “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal “[A] one-in-a-billion story . . . designed to wrench from self-respecting critics all the blurby adjectives we normally try to avoid: It is amazing, unforgettable, gripping, harrowing, chilling, and inspiring.”—New York “Staggering . . . mesmerizing . . . Hillenbrand’s writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so incredible, you don’t dare take your eyes off the page.”—People “A meticulous, soaring and beautifully written account of an extraordinary life.”—The Washington Post “Ambitious and powerful . . . a startling narrative and an inspirational book.”—The New York Times Book Review “Magnificent . . . incredible . . . [Hillenbrand] has crafted another masterful blend of sports, history and overcoming terrific odds; this is biography taken to the nth degree, a chronicle of a remarkable life lived through extraordinary times.”—The Dallas Morning News “An astonishing testament to the superhuman power of tenacity.”—Entertainment Weekly “A tale of triumph and redemption . . . astonishingly detailed.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “[A] masterfully told true story . . . nothing less than a marvel.”—Washingtonian “[Hillenbrand tells this] story with cool elegance but at a thrilling sprinter’s pace.”—Time “Hillenbrand [is] one of our best writers of narrative history. You don’t have to be a sports fan or a war-history buff to devour this book—you just have to love great storytelling.”—Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Bataan Death March

Bataan Death March
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Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 1455600601
ISBN-13 : 9781455600601
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Bataan Death March by : Bollich, James

Download or read book Bataan Death March written by Bollich, James and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2003-10-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a brave American veteran comes an eyewitness account of a gruesome chapter in World War II history. Captured when America surrendered the PhilippinesBataan Peninsula, James Bollich experienced first-hand the march that cost more than 8,000 American and Filipino lives. Now, he shares the unforgettable experience of his three and a half years of Japanese imprisonment.This journal relates his personal experience, first focusing on the sixty-five-mile march that deprived prisoners of food, water, and rest. Prisoners received harsh punishments for any infraction, one of the most brutal of these being the policy of beheading them for taking a sip of water. Rather than force him to give up, these things made Bollich fight for life even more. Witnessing his comrades falling beside him and watching his own body waste away to ninety pounds, he never yielded his will to survive. After completing the march, he remained a prisoner of war, first at an old Philippine army base, then in another camp at Mukden, Manchuria. He relates his imprisonment in detail, from starvation and torture to digging their own comrades graves in the hot sun, without hats or water. Through it all, he remained courageous and hopeful that he would one day make it back home. His story reminds both past and present generations of the horror and brutality of the Pacific war, all the while providing an inspiring testament to the will ofthe human spirit.