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Tag Archives: military

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The Enemy by Lee Child (BR00163)

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November 3 2019

Plot or Premise

Cover: The Enemy by Lee Child

Jack Reacher is still in the military and gets transferred out of Panama just before New Year’s Eve, 1989. The Berlin Wall is falling, Panama is heating up with Noriega, and Reacher is watching grass grow at his new post, until a General drops dead at a seedy motel.… Read the rest

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Equal to the Challenge by Department of National Defence (Canada) (BR00034)

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April 14 2007

Plot or Premise

Cover: Equal to the Challenge by Department of National Defence (Canada)

This book is an anthology of women’s experiences in Canada during World War II. The anthology is a collection of first-person narratives from 57 women who served in various branches of the armed forces, auxiliaries, private industry in Canada during World War II. Each of the narratives have similar chronologies and approach – what the women were doing before the war, how they joined the Armed Forces or supporting occupation, their experiences during the war (both personal and professional), their life-in-brief after the war, and, finally, a chance for them to pass some judgement on “what did it all mean” for them or for women in general.… Read the rest

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By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson DeMille (BR00014)

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February 18 2001

Plot or Premise

Cover: By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson Demille

Peace in the Middle East is almost assured and two concordes fly to New York with delegates for final negotiations. Terrorists try to derail the peace conference by planting bombs on board and taking the passengers hostage. After one plane is destroyed, killing all on board, the second plane is forced to land near Babylon.… Read the rest

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