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| 2014. | Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) | 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | English | Available Central - Adult Biography has 2 B CHURCHI W Central - Recently Returned B CHURCHI W |
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| 2014 | OverDrive | Penguin Publishing Group | English | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection |
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The mayor of London and former Spectator editor challenges popular misconceptions to assess Churchill's enduring influence on the world, discussing the many contradictions of his life and his considerable political and military achievements.
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| 2011. | First American edition. | W.W. Norton | xii, 624 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm | English | Available Westover - Adult Biography B CHURCHI FAMILY |
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Lovell presents the epic story of one of England's greatest families, focusing on the towering figure of Winston Churchill.
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940.54 OLSON 2017
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| 2010. | Random House trade paperback edition. | Random House Trade Paperbacks | xix, 471 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm | English | Available 3 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Cherrydale - Adult Nonfiction 940.54 OLSON 2017 |
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| 2010 | OverDrive | Random House Publishing Group | English | Checked Out 2 copies, 4 people are on the wait list. |
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Outlines the development of America's pivotal wartime alliance with England while focusing on the roles played by Averell Harriman, Edward R. Murrow, and John Gilbert Winant.
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B CHURCHI C
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| [2015] | Viking | 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm | English | Available 2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Cherrydale - Adult Biography B CHURCHI C |
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| [2015] | Unabridged. | Recorded Books | 14 audio discs (17 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available Cherrydale - Adult Audiobooks CD B CHURCHI C |
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| 2015 | OverDrive | Penguin Publishing Group | English | Available Online 2 copies, 4 people are on the wait list. Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
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A portrait of Winston Churchill's extraordinary wife and her lesser-known role in World War II discusses her relationship with political mentor Eleanor Roosevelt, her role in safeguarding Churchill's health throughout key historical events and her controversial family priorities.
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| ©2015. | First U.S. edition. | Bloomsbury Press | 356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm | English | Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 940.5421 TAYLO |
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Examines the German Luftwaffe's air raid on Coventry, England, on November 14, 1940, and its impact and precedent as a new kind of air warfare.
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| c2011 | 1st ed. | Crown | xiv, 448 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. | English | Available 20 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. Central - Adult Nonfiction has 9 943.086 LARSO Cherrydale - Adult Nonfiction 943.086 LARSO Glencarlyn - Adult Nonfiction 943.086 LARSO |
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| [2011] | Unabridged. | Random House Audio | 11 audio discs (approximately 780 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available Central - Adult Audiobooks CD 943.086 LARSO Shirlington - Adult Audiobooks CD 943.086 LARSO |
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| 2011 | OverDrive | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Checked Out 3 copies, 8 people are on the wait list. |
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The bestselling author of "Devil in the White City" turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.
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| 1987. | Abridged edition (The Second World War). | Houghton Mifflin | xviii, 1,065 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | English | Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 940.5342 CHURC |
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As Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945, Winston Churchill was not only the greatest leader of World War II but also the free world's most eloquent voice of defiance in the face of Nazi tyranny. Churchill's epic accounts of those times, remarkable for their grand sweep and incisive firsthand observations, are distilled to a single essential volume in Memoirs of the Second World War. This vital and illuminating work retains the drama,...
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940.5421 LARSO
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [2020] | First edition. | Crown | xii, 585 pages : map ; 25 cm | English | Available 56 copies, 235 people are on the wait list. Central - Adult New Nonfiction has 2 940.5421 LARSO |
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| 2020 | OverDrive | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Checked Out 35 copies, 170 people are on the wait list. |
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"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000...
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940.5421 LARSO
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [2020] | First edition. | Crown | xii, 585 pages : map ; 25 cm | English | Available 56 copies, 235 people are on the wait list. Central - Adult New Nonfiction has 2 940.5421 LARSO |
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| 2020 | OverDrive | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Checked Out 35 copies, 170 people are on the wait list. |
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"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000...
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| 2008. | First edition. | Harper | xvi, 845 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm | English | Available Central - Adult Biography B CHURCHI W |
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| [2009] | Blackstone Audio | 24 audio discs (30 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available Central - Adult Audiobooks CD B CHURCHI W Westover - Adult Audiobooks CD B CHURCHI W |
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A biography of Winston Churchill's astonishing military career from his youth through World War II.
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| 1999. | Houghton Mifflin | xxv, 702 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm | English | Available Westover - Adult Biography B CHURCHI FAMILY |
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