18 books like Pearl Harbor
The thunder and the shouting
A Novel of War-Ravaged Poland.
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The Ship With No Name
The Dolittle Raid of April 1942 demonstrated to the world that the Japanese mainland, Tokyo itself, could be successfully attacked by a determined enemy, thus the cry went up for retaliation.
The obvious solution is the destruction of that portion of the U.S. Navy that survived Pearl Harbor.
But one man, flying ace and national hero Keiko Hatatsune, dreams of something even more dramatic,…
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Home as found
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The Machine Gunners
After an air raid, a group of English children find a German machine gun and hide it from adults who are looking for it.
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Blue Yonder
A family drama encompassing both world wars. Having earned a medal at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, Sergeant Mark Bayley, 4th Hussars, is posted back to England and volunteers for the Royal Flying Corps, becoming an ace with 23 'kills' to his credit, before being shot down over the German lines in March 1918. While in a prison hospital he falls in love with German nurse Karolina von Bitterman.…
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Das Ende einer Affäre
The story of an obsessive love affair between a married woman and a young up-and-coming writer. Almost as soon as he begins the affair the writer realizes it cannot last though he still cannot stop himself from becoming jealous of the woman’s husband and cannot bring himself to end it.
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St. George and St. Michael
It was the middle of autumn, and had rained all day. Through the lozenge-panes of the wide oriel window the world appeared in the slowly gathering dusk not a little dismal. The drops that clung trickling to the dim glass added rain and gloom to the landscape beyond, whither the eye passed, as if vaguely seeking that help in the distance, which the dripping hollyhocks and sodden sunflowers…
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Pan Michael An historical novel
The third and final book of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy takes a closer and more intimate look at one of the series’ protagonists: Pan Michael Volodyovski. The Polish Commonwealth has been through intense periods of war, and the peace that follows leaves one of its greatest heroes, Pan Michael, finally free to marry his beloved Panna Anusia. But in a twist of fate, she falls ill and dies, leaving…
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A Bitter Cut
A Bitter Cut
Lady Kiera Darby plans to spend the summer reconnecting with friends and family in anticipation of the betrothal of her beloved brother. But when a future in-law is implicated in a murder, the party takes a deadly turn. . . .July 1833. Lady Darby and her dashing husband, Sebastian Gage, are settling into their newly renovated home at Bevington Park in Warkwickshire with their young daughter. With…
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The Edge of War
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Galactic war
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The Show-And-Tell War
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While You Were Away, Daddy
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Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor
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Greek Tales
Greek Tales
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The smoke jumper
A woman must choose between two men, best friends, who both love her, in a story of love, loyalty, honor, and guilt set against the perilous backdrop of wilderness firefighting.
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The Kite Runner
The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their…
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Moonshifted
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