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Greatest Hits: Flora by Gail Godwin
Flora by Gail Godwin We’re kicking off the new year with The Book-A-Day Blog’s most popular posts of 2013! It’s 1945 and ten year old Helen Anstruther lives in a dilapidated old house at the top of a...
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A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
You’ve probably never heard of this book, but in Australia it’s a classic, and everyone reads it in school. It has something for just about everyone. Part of the book is a war story, part is an...
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Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Code Name Verity starts in the torture room of a Nazi occupied French hotel during World War II. Beaten into submission by a cruel Nazi agent, a British agent known as Queenie writes down everything...
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City of Thieves by David Benioff
The Siege of Leningrad was one of the greatest atrocities of World War II. It is, in fact, one of the longest and most destructive sieges in world history. It lasted for 872 days and the casualties...
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Crabwalk by Gunter Grass
I happened to stumble onto Crabwalk when I was researching the sinking of the German ocean liner MV Wilhelm Gustloff, which was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine in January 1945 while evacuating...
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Operation Paperclip by Annie Jacobsen
For anyone who is a history buff, this is one of the best books telling the story of the closing days of WWII. Annie Jacobsen’s research is phenomenal. Her book tells the story of the end of the war…....
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The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure
Charles Belfoure’s The Paris Architect is set during the Nazi invasion of France. It illustrates how Parisians were affected and how they had to use all their willpower to just survive this era. They...
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Hotel On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Set in World War II Seattle, author Jamie Ford explores the United States’ internment of Japanese Americans through this well-written historical fiction novel. Henry is a Chinese boy assigned to an...
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
Ben Ross was an enthusiastic young teacher, always leading his high-school history students toward deeper understanding, rather than just memorizing battle dates and lists of kings. The older teachers...
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The Nazi Officer’s Wife by Edith Hahn Beer
I have been looking for a read alike to Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand for a while, and I finally found it in the compelling memoir, The Nazi Officer’s Wife by Edith H. Beer. Edith was a young woman,...
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Best New Books of 2014: Stephen B’s Picks
I’ve truly enjoyed my second career as a part-time librarian in the Wake County system. I’m in my 14th year, and that says a lot. My favorite genre is good solid mysteries, but this year a few...
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Best ‘New to Us” Books in 2014: Ruth F’s Picks
I am a children’s librarian in Holly Springs. Next year, I will celebrate my 40th birthday and will most likely be fitted for my first pair of bifocals. Here are five books, some written by my...
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Best ‘New to Us’ Books in 2014: Martha S’s Picks
I enjoy reading realistic fiction, with some humor thrown in from time to time, and and occasional work of nonfiction. These are my favorites books discovered this year, but published prior to 2014:...
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Best ‘New to Us’ Books in 2014: Radhika R’s Picks
Albert Einstein said that “Imagination is more important than intelligence!” Books fire that imagination for me! Books make me think, laugh, empathize and take me through a gamut of emotions. I...
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