Showing results for "The Golden Thirteen" in All Categories

The inspiring story of the 13 courageous Black men who integrated the U.S. Navy during World War II—leading desegregation efforts across America and anticipating the civil rights movement. Featuring previously unpublished material from the U.S. Navy, this little-known history of forgotten...

In January 1944, 16 Black enlisted men gathered at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois to begin a cram course that would turn them into the US Navy's first African American officers on active duty. Years later, these pioneers came to be known as the Golden Thirteen, but at the outset they were treated more as pariahs than pioneers. This book collects their stories.

Ruskin Bond is eighty-nine years old: long past sixty, the age at which one becomes a senior citizen; also the age around which it is said one should think of retiring from active life. As the years go by, his contentment with living the life he has chosen--keeping to himself, with his family...

From the macabre mind of a Bram Stoker Award-nominated author, this heart-pounding novel of horror and psychological suspense takes a ghost hunting reality TV crew into a world they could never have imagined. Fade to Black is the newest hit ghost hunting reality TV show. Led by husband and wife...

Prepare to be Tested. The story that kicked off Richelle Mead’s international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series is NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE. Read it Before it Hits Theaters February 14th, 2014! The thrilling second installment in Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy spinoff series--and a #1...

A precious artifact has been stolen from the library at Trinity College in Dublin. Holmes and Watson take on the challenge to solve the case and retrieve the historical artifact. Success is of the utmost importance. Otherwise it could spell disaster for the political stability of the British Empire.

National bestselling author Phil Stamper crafts the perfect summer friendship story, starring four queer boys with big hearts and even bigger dreams. It’s the summer before senior year. Gabriel, Reese, Sal, and Heath are best friends, bonded in their small, rural town by their queerness, their...

Jacob Reckless continues to travel the portal in his father's abandoned study. His name has continued to be famous on the other side of the mirror, as a finder of enchanted items and buried secrets. His family and friends, from his brother, Will to the shape-shifting vixen, Fox, are on a...

Aus der Bibliothek des Trinity Colleges in Dublin wird ein wertvolles Artefakt gestohlen. Holmes und Watson machen sich auf den Weg nach Irland, um den Fall aufzuklären und den Gegenstand wiederzubeschaffen. Ein Erfolg ist unbedingt notwendig, andernfalls drohen erhebliche politische Konsequenzen, die den Zusammenhalt des Vereinigten Königreiches gefährden könnten.

Aus der Bibliothek des Trinity Colleges in Dublin wird ein wertvolles Artefakt gestohlen. Holmes und Watson machen sich auf den Weg nach Irland, um den Fall aufzuklären und den Gegenstand wiederzubeschaffen. Ein Erfolg ist unbedingt notwendig, andernfalls drohen erhebliche politische Konsequenzen, die den Zusammenhalt des Vereinigten Königreiches gefährden könnten.

A precious artifact has been stolen from the library at Trinity College in Dublin. Holmes and Watson take on the challenge to solve the case and retrieve the historical artifact. Success is of the utmost importance. Otherwise it could spell disaster for the political stability of the British Empire.

Aus der Bibliothek des Trinity Colleges in Dublin wird ein wertvolles Artefakt gestohlen. Holmes und Watson machen sich auf den Weg nach Irland, um den Fall aufzuklären und den Gegenstand wiederzubeschaffen. Ein Erfolg ist unbedingt notwendig, andernfalls drohen erhebliche politische Konsequenzen, die den Zusammenhalt des Vereinigten Königreiches gefährden könnten.