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Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane 1913-2011 Educational films Political culture United States History 20th century United States Foreign relations 1933-1945 United States Military policy World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history World War, 1939-1945 Europe Biography World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain World War, 1939-1945 History World War, 1939-1945 United StatesFilter By Series
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Summary: "In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time--an international campaign to save over a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs' rule, from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam. But the massive press coverage of this unprecedented rescue effort completely overlooked the feisty French archaeologist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DESOlson, Lynne
Summary: "When the Nazi Blitzkrieg subjugated Europe in World War II, London became the safe haven for the leaders of seven occupied countries--France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Norway, Czechoslovakia and Poland--who fled there to avoid imprisonment and set up governments in exile to commandeer their resistance efforts. The lone hold-out against Hitler's offensive, Britain became a beacon of hope to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.53 OLSOlson, Lynne
Summary: "The little-known story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II ... In 1941 a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour, became the leader of a vast intelligence organization--the only woman to serve as a chef de résistance during the war. Strong-willed,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FOURCADE, MARIE-MADELEINE OLSCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OLSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B FOURCADE FOUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: History Wom OlsonOlson, Lynne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5412 OLSOlson, Lynne.
Summary: The behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, Averell Harriman, and John Gilbert Winant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars OlsonOlson, Lynne.
Summary: Traces the crisis period leading up to America's entry into World War II, describing the nation's polarized interventionist and isolationist factions as represented by the government, in the press, and on the streets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.531 OLSSummary: "Look beyond epic battles and meet some of the ordinary people who made an extraordinary impact on World War II"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2020