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2) Chicken soup for the Veteran's soul: stories to stir the pride and honor the courage of our veterans
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
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English
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In his memoir, Marlantes relates his combat experiences in Vietnam and discusses the daily contradictions warriors face in the grind of war, where each battle requires them to take life or spare life. He also underscores the need for returning veterans to be counseled properly.
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New Americana volume 1
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English
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Hesistant to expose his daughter to the man war turned him into, Jake O'Reilly agrees to work on the ranch where his daughter is living and feels his wounds begin to heal as his friendship with his late wife's cousin becomes something more.
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Wolf Hollow volume 1
Language
English
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Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
Homelessness More Books - Youth
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Homelessness More Books - Youth
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
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"Twelve-year-old Annabelle must learn to stand up for what's right in the face of a manipulative and violent new bully who targets people Annabelle cares about, including a homeless World War I veteran"--
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Beacons of hope volume 2
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English
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"In 1865, Caroline has tended the Windmill Point Lighthouse in Michigan since her father's death, but her home and livelihood are threatened when a wounded Civil War veteran arrives to take her place."--
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Kincaid brides volume 3
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English
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Seth Kincaid remembers almost everything-- except getting married."--Page 4 of cover
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Hope Harbor volume 4
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After inheriting a crumbling lighthouse, Dr. Ben Garrison is more than ready to get rid of it until he meets a determined Marci Weber who wants to save the landmark. Can she make him see her point of view? After inheriting a crumbling lighthouse, Army doctor Ben Garrison is more than ready to get rid of it. Then he meets Marci Weber, the determined editor of the Hope Harbor Herald, who wants to save the landmark. Can she make him see her point of...
11) Home
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English
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"The story of a Korean war veteran on a quest to save his younger sister"--
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
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"Did you know that the first Veterans Day parade took place in Birmingham, Alabama? Veterans Day is celebrated on November 11th every year. Explore these and other fascinating facts in 'Veterans Day', a Celebrate American Holidays book." - Back cover
"¿Sabías que el primer desfile del Día de los Veteranos se realizó en Birmingham, alabama? El Día de los Veteranos se celebra el 11 de noviembre de cada año. Explora estos y otros datos fascinantes...
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2016.
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English
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Veterans are a rich source of talent. Recruiters and HR professionals will learn how to build a successful hiring program targeting the veteran employee.
With roughly 200,000 men and women transitioning out of the military each year, veterans are a rich source of talent to tap. Through their military training, veterans learn the importance of strong leadership and connecting jobs to mission and values. In this course, veteran recruiting expert Lida...
16) Sentries
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Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
The common theme of nuclear disaster and human vulnerability interweaves the lives of four young people, an Ojibway Indian, an illegal Mexican migrant worker, a rock musician, and a sheep rancher's daughter with the lives of three veterans of past wars.
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Grantchester mysteries volume prequel
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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A prequel to the Grantchester series follows the life, loves, and losses of young Sidney Chambers in postwar London, where, as a traumatized veteran, he navigates devastating survivor guilt and a haphazard religious calling.
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English
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This depicts the men of Alpha Company. They battle the enemy (or maybe more the idea of the enemy), and occasionally each other. In their relationships we see their isolation and loneliness, their rage and fear. They miss their families, their girlfriends and buddies; they miss the lives they left back home. Yet they find sympathy and kindness for strangers (the old man who leads them unscathed through the mine field, the girl who grieves while she...
19) Country dark
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Tucker, a young veteran, returns from war to work for a bootlegger. He falls in love and starts a family, and while the Tuckers dont have much, they have the love of their home and each other. But when his family is threatened, Tucker is pushed into violence, which changes everything"--Amazon.com.
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Platypus Police Squad volume 1
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English
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Paired together after a veteran detective retires, platypus police squad members Rick Zengo, a hotshot rookie, and Corey O'Malley, a hard-nosed old-timer, struggle with their differences while tackling their first case involving a missing schoolteacher and a duffle bag filled with illegal fish.
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