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Book cover for "War in the ring".
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Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date:
2019
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1050L
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Other
Book cover for "The lord of the rings".
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Warner Bros
Pub. Date:
[2025]
Language:
English
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"Tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg--a mighty fortress that will later come to be known as Helm's Deep. Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, Héra, the daughter of Helm, must summon the...
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The third part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety. The War of the Ring takes up the story of The Lord of the Rings with the Battle of Helm's Deep and the drowning of Isengard by the Ents, continues with the journey of Frodo, Sam and Gollum to the Pass of Cirith Ungol, describes the war in...
Book cover for "Hat in the ring".
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Publisher:
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date:
[2003]
Language:
English
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Basic Books
Language:
English
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A comprehensive analysis of the war efforts of the primary Central Powers, Germany and Austria-Hungary.
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English
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The never-before-told tale of the German-American who spearheaded a covert mission to infiltrate New York's Nazi underground in the days leading up to World War II-the most successful counterespionage operation in US history. From the time Adolf Hitler came into power in 1933, German spies were active in New York. In 1937, a German national living in Queens stole the blueprints for the country's most precious secret, the Norden Bombsight, delivering...
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English
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Investigates the history and philosophy of the traditional form of Japanese sword fighting known as Kendo.
Book cover for "Last of the Cold War spies".
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Publisher:
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date:
2005
Language:
English
Book cover for "Let freedom ring".
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English
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The hard-hitting and provocative first book from the fastest-rising conservative voice in the country Sean Hannity is the hottest phenomenon in TV and talk radio today. His gutsy, take-no-prisoners interviews and commentary on the Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes has made him one of the network's most popular personalities. And his ascendance to the top of the talk radio world with ABC Radio's The Sean Hannity Show has won him a huge and devoted...
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Documents the co-author's survival story as a Jewish-Polish youth who faced death multiple times as an armament factory slave laborer and Auschwitz survivor, tracing her brief and beautiful marriage to a first husband who did not survive the war.
Book cover for "Anna Strong and the revolutionary war culper spy ring".
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Publisher:
Workman
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Book cover for "Dead doubles".
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Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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An account of one of the most notorious spy cases from the Cold War traces the 1961 international manhunt for five Soviet spies whose activities exposed the shadowy world of deep-cover KGB operatives.
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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J. R. R. Tolkien's "The War Of The Ring" is an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century, which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety. "The War of the Ring" takes up the story of "The Lord of the Rings" with the Battle of Helm's Deep and the drowning of Isengard by the Ents, continues with the journey of Frodo, Sam and Gollum to the Pass of Cirith Ungol, describes the war in Gondor,...
Book cover for "Mary Bowser and the Civil War spy ring".
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Workman Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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During the Civil War, African American Mary Bowser becomes a maid in the Richmond mansion of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis as part of a plan to pass along secrets to help the Union. Includes a replica of a Confederate decoder, plus other spycraft materials, in a sealed envelope to help the reader discover clues found in the text and illustrations.
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
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Judged only as a World War Two survivor's chronicle, Millie Werber's story would be remarkable enough. Born in central Poland in the town of Radom, she found herself trapped in the ghetto at the age of fourteen, a slave laborer in an armaments factory in the summer of 1942, transported to Auschwitz in the summer of 1944, before being marched to a second armaments factory. She faced death many times, indeed she was certain that she would not survive....
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Publisher:
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date:
[2025]
Language:
English
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As a tough but smart Italian American kid, Ernest Cuneo played Ivy League football at Columbia University and was in the old Brooklyn Dodgers NFL franchise before becoming a City Hall lawyer and "Brain Trust'' aide to President Roosevelt. He was on the payroll of national radio columnist Walter Winchell and mingled with the famous and powerful. But his status as a spy remained a secret, hiding in plain sight. During this time, Cuneo began a love affair...
Book cover for "the Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Visual Companion".
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HarperAudio
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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Lavishly illustrated with breathtaking full-color art and imagery from the all-new anime film 'The War of the Rohirrim,' this exclusive Visual Companion is the ultimate introduction to every character, creature, and location you will encounter in this epic adventure from the official 'Lord of the Rings saga.' Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, 'The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim' tells the fate...
Book cover for "From Boxing Ring to Battlefield".
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Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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World champion boxer Lew Jenkins fought his whole life. As a child, he fought extreme poverty during the Great Depression; in his twenties, he fought as a professional boxer and became a world champion; and at the pinnacle of his boxing career, Jenkins fought in World War II and the Korean War. From Boxing Ring to Battlefield: The Life of War Hero Lew Jenkins details for the first time this extraordinary story. Despite his talent for boxing, Jenkins...
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Publisher:
Stackpole Books
Pub. Date:
[2024]
Language:
English
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"Rings of Fire is the story of how Edwin Land, founder of Polaroid, and a unique cast of characters created the calcite-based optical ring sights that helped U.S. naval antiaircraft guns and army bazookas zero in on targets and claim victory in World War II. It is a story of American ingenuity, determination, and grit in the face of enemy attacks"--
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Publisher:
St Martins Pr
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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"Guy Burgess was the most important, complex, and fascinating of The Cambridge Spies--Maclean, Philby, Blunt--brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their country to the Soviet Union. An engaging and charming companion to many, an unappealing, utterly ruthless manipulator to others, Burgess rose through academia, the BBC, the Foreign Office, MI5 and MI6, gaining access to thousands of highly sensitive secret documents which he passed...