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2) The Hope
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A sweeping epic of Israel from its founding to the Six-Day War, from the #1 NewYork Times-bestselling author: “Full of excitement.”—Entertainment Weekly
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Winds of War and The Caine Mutiny, this saga spans from 1948 to 1967, the early decades of the state of Israel as it fights for its life, outmatched and surrounded by enemies—the first...
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Winds of War and The Caine Mutiny, this saga spans from 1948 to 1967, the early decades of the state of Israel as it fights for its life, outmatched and surrounded by enemies—the first...
3) The Glory
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New York Times Bestseller: A “sprawling, action-packed novel” of Israel by the author of The Hope (Philadelphia Inquirer).
This follow-up to The Hope plunges immediately into the violence and upheaval of the Six-Day War of 1967—and continues the stories of its multiple characters and of Israel’s dramatic struggle for survival across the years. The Glory takes readers through...
This follow-up to The Hope plunges immediately into the violence and upheaval of the Six-Day War of 1967—and continues the stories of its multiple characters and of Israel’s dramatic struggle for survival across the years. The Glory takes readers through...
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"Spring, 1939. The winds of war that will soon engulf the world are starting to stir. It's also a time of change for United States Navy Commander Victor 'Pug' Henry, who, accompanied by his wife Rhoda, arrives in Berlin to assume his new appointment as naval attaché to the U.S. Embassy. Pug is unaware that he and his family, scattered around the globe, from Poland to the Pacific, are about to experience the most harrowing and adventurous years of...
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"The storm breaks in Europe as the German-Soviet pact, one that Pug had warned American officials about, has come to pass, prompting U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt to request that Pug be his eyes and ears in Germany. Among the millions affected by Hitler's lightning-fast sweep into Poland are Pug's son, Byron, and the woman Byron loves, Natalie Jastrow, the niece of Jewish-American author Aaron Jastrow and fiancée of American diplomat Leslie Slote"--DVD...
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"Chaos erupts in Europe as Warsaw falls and a defiant Adolf Hitler declares, 'The only road to peace is through German victory.' Pug Henry, in his role as unofficial observer for President Roosevelt, travels to Rome to meet Mussolini. The objective is to arrange a peace conference between Il Duce and U.S. delegate Sumner Welles, but Pug is alarmed by the Italian dictator's thirst for power, which belies his conciliatory gestures"--DVD sleeve.
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"In Germany, a murderous scheme is underway as Hitler makes plans to invade Russia. As the war rages on, so do individual passions. Byron Henry, now a naval submarine officer, elopes with Natalie. Rhoda's relationship with A-bomb developer Fred 'Palmer' Kirby threatens her marriage to Pug, while Pug finds that he's increasingly drawn to Pamela, who openly adores him"--DVD sleeve.
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"Pug Henry embarks on a perilous mission when President Roosevelt places him in command of 16 naval destroyers 'unofficially' escorting a shipment to war-torn England. Meanwhile, Natalie Jastrow Henry, who is pregnant and trapped in Italy with her uncle, is horrified to uncover evidence of Hitler's 'Final Solution' and fears, like so many others, that this solution may include her and her family"--DVD sleeve.
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"Unbeknownst to America, a 'day of infamy' is approaching. In Russia, Pug Henry smoothes over a diplomatic-military problem with Josef Stalin, then heads for Hawaii and his new command: the battleship U.S.S. California. Other members of the Henry family are also on the move. Byron is at sea. His wife, Natalie, sets sail for Palestine with her uncle. And Pug's second son, Warren, flies a mission out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The date is December 7,...
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Hear the stories of men and women battling the elements, and sometimes each other, to stay alive, confronting savage storms, rogue waves, icebergs, sharks, starvation and their own fear and suffering. From Sebastian Junger's The Whale Hunter to Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny to Lawrence Beesley's The Loss of The S.S. Titanic, Rough Water is a unique collection of the finest writing on why men and women go to sea, and
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