Leon Uris
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Master storyteller Leon Uris, internationally acclaimed author of such bestsellers as Exodus, Topaz, QB VII, Trinity, the Haj and Mitla Pass, continues the epic story of the Irish struggle for freedom in Redemption. A dramatic saga set against the backdrop of growing unrest in Ireland and a world on the brink of the First World War, Redemption weaves together a cast of unforgettable characters that form the heart and soul of three extraordinary Irish...
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A God in Ruins Spanning the decades from World War II to the 2008 presidential campaign, A God in Ruins is the riveting story of Quinn Patrick O'Connell, an honest, principled, and courageous man on the brink of becoming the second Irish Catholic President of the United States. But Quinn is a man with an explosive secret that can shatter his political ambitions, threaten his life, and tear the country apart a secret buried for over a half century...
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Fifty years after his first novel, Battle Cry, took the world by storm, Leon Uris returns to the topic that first inspired him to write books that captivate, educate, and thrill -- the Marine Corps. In the years following the Civil War, first-generation Irish-American Zachary O'Hara, son of a legendary Marine and a force of a man in his own right, finds himself playing a critical role in the very future of the Marines. If he can persuade the Secretary...
5) The haj
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14 unnumbered pages, 525 pages : maps ; 18 cm
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English
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The Middle East is the powerful setting for this sweeping tale of a land where revenge is sacred and hatred noble. Where an Arab ruler tries to save his people from destruction but cannot save them from themselves.
6) Battle cry
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694 pages ; 18 cm
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English
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Follows the fortunes of a U.S. Marine outfit from boot camp to Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and elsewhere in the Pacific during World War II.
7) Mila 18
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563 pages ; 18 cm
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English
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Recounts the resistance of the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto against the Nazis.
9) Topaz
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1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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American CIA agent learns of Cuban missiles and a NATO spy by the code name of TOPAZ from a defecting Russian.
10) Exodus
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626 pages : maps ; 22 cm
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English
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The story of the birth of the nation of Israel and its struggle for existence told through the eyes of an American nurse and an Israeli freedom fighter.
11) Exodus
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1 videodisc (approximately 208 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This film dramatizes part of the Israeli independence moment, dealing with various factions involved in the internecine struggle between the moderate Haganah and the radical terrorist Irgun Zvai Leumi. Interspersed throughout are segments showing the migration of European Jews to the new land, paying special attention to the ragged survivors of Nazi death camps on board the vessel Exodus, blockaded in a Cyprus harbor by British warships. The film...