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A decade-long odyssey to recover the story of a forgotten generation and their Great War led Richard Rubin across the United States and France, through archives, private collections, and battlefields, literature, propaganda, and even music. But at the center of it all were the last of the last, the men and women he met: a new immigrant, drafted and sent to France, whose life was saved by a horse; a Connecticut Yankee who volunteered and fought in...
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"From a MacArthur Fellow and the author of The Good Soldiers, a profound look at life after war No journalist has reckoned with the psychology of war as intimately as David Finkel. In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel shadowed the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the infamous surge, a grueling fifteen-month tour that changed all of them forever. Now Finkel has followed many of...
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After surviving a fire in a cave and fighting in the Civil War, Seth Kincaid has returned to Colorado crazier than ever and while Seth remembers a lot of things, he doesn't remember getting married but Callie is determined to help him remember and try to rekindle their love before one of them goes over the edge.
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"Not so long ago, Reese Lockhart was commanding a company of Marines. Now his life is spiraling out of control. The Bar C ranch outside Jackson Hole, Wyoming may be his last chance to save himself... Shaylene Crawford, an Afghanistan veteran herself, knows all too well the demons of PTSD--thats why she's determined to turn her familys cattle ranch into a place where wounded warriors can work, find a home, and rebuild their souls. Her embittered father...
5) Just a kiss
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Summer Harbor novels volume 3
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"Riley Callahan's plans to reveal his secret feelings for his best friend are ruined when his life is drastically altered by an IED while serving as a marine in Afghanistan"--
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David, wounded in body and mind, has come home from his miltary service in Afghanistan to Cpae Light in time for Christmas. He discovers many things have chnaged. His father has remarried and there's a young stepsister in the house. Because of all this, he's having trouble getting into the Christmas spirit. Meanwhile, the fiercely independent Lillian Warwick responds to the need for help from her friend Dr. Ezra Elliot and begins to reevaluate the...
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Cincinnati novels volume 02
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Former Army Ranger Marcus O'Bannion and homicide cop Scarlett Bishop have met only briefly but when Scarlett receives a phone call in the middle of the night, she immediately recognises the hauntingly smooth voice asking her to meet him in one of Cincinnati's roughest areas. On arriving, Scarlett finds the body of a seventeen-year-old Asian girl and Marcus injured. A fierce champion of victims' rights, Marcus claims the young woman was working for...
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Former Army Ranger Jake Rivers is not your typical Kelton College student. He is not spoiled, coddled, or ultra-lib like his classmates who sneer at the “soldier boy.” Rivers is not “triggered” by “microaggressions.” He is not outraged by “male privilege” and “cis-gender bathrooms.” He does not need a “safe space.” Or coloring books. Jake needs an education. And when terror strikes, the school needs Jake . . . Without warning,...
9) Country dark
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In rural Kentucky in the years after the Korean War, Tucker, a young veteran and bootlegger, is pushed into a life-altering act of violence by threats against his family.
10) Sea Glass Island
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"With her two younger sisters heading for the altar, will Samantha Castle exchange old dreams for new ones? Lately she'd rather be on the North Carolina coast with family than in New York with agents and actors. Though she vows not to let her teenage crush on Ethan Cole influence her decision, it's hard to ignore her feelings for the local war hero. Ethan lost more than his leg in Afghanistan. He lost his belief in love. Even being surrounded by couples...
11) Waiting for Eden
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"Eden Malcom lies in a bed, unable to move or to speak, imprisoned in his own mind. His wife Mary spends every day on the sofa in his hospital room. His friend and fellow soldier--who didn't make it back home--narrates this novel on loyalty and betrayal, love and fear"--
12) Home
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Written by the author of "Beloved", this novel reveals an apparently defeated man finding his manhood - and, finally, his home.
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Men of valor volume 03
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"Former Army Ranger Finn McGregor retreats to the woods looking to decompress. Instead, he's plunged back into a high-stakes fight when he crosses paths with a beautiful neighbor being targeted by a mysterious foe with deadly intent"--
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Lowcountry summer novels volume 5
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As far as ten-year-old Miller McClellan is concerned, it's the worst Christmas ever. His father's shrimp boat is docked, his mother is working two jobs, and with finances strained, Miller is told they can't afford the dog he desperately wants. "Your brother's return from war is our family's gift," his parents tell him. But when Taylor returns with PTSD, family strains darken the holidays. Then Taylor's service dog arrives--a large black Labrador/Great...
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Blue sky cowboys volume 2
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After Griff is discharged from the army, he comes back to his family's ranch, where he finds Riley, who is renovating the ranch while his family is away, and romance sparks between them despite the scars of their pasts.
17) Time to hunt
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Bob Lee Swagger novels volume 3
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Bob Lee Swagger, a Vietnam veteran, must face his demons from the past when a sniper interrupts his idyllic life in Idaho with his family.
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Tallgrass novels volume 6
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2016.
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Widow Fia Thomas is tempted to give love a second chance as she is drawn to veteran Elliot Ross, but she is hiding something that threatens their future together and he is determined to figure out what it is.
19) Veterans Day
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"Veterans Day is a day to thank the men and women who keep our nation safe. The patriotic symbols and traditions of this holiday shine in this search-and-find low-level reader that reinforces key vocabulary for early learners"--
20) Burning bright
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2017
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Peter Ash sought peace and quiet among the towering redwoods in Northern California, but the trip isn't quite the balm he hoped for. The dense forest and close fog cause his claustrophobia to buzz and spark, then he stumbles upon a hungry grizzly. Peter doesn't favor his odds in a fight of man against bear, so he makes a strategic retreat up a nearly sapling. There, he finds something strange: a climbing rope, affixed to a distant branch above. It...
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