War

Insurgent: Divergent, Book 2 (Unabridged)

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Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable — and even more powerful.

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HL710L
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11:23
Insurgent: Divergent, Book 2 (Unabridged)

Behemoth (Unabridged)

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The behemoth is the fiercest creature in the British navy. It can swallow enemy battleships with one bite. The Darwinists will need it, now that they are at war with the Clanker powers.

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810L
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09:28
Behemoth (Unabridged)

Goliath (Unabridged)

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The riveting conclusion to Scott Westerfeld's New York Times best-selling trilogy that's "sure to become a classic" (School Library Journal).

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790L
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10:35
Goliath (Unabridged)

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Unabridged)

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This is how wars are fought now by children, hopped up on drugs, and wielding AK-47s. In the more than 50 violent conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives.

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920L
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07:56
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Unabridged)

Mudbound (Unabridged)

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Hillary Jordan's mesmerizing debut novel won the Bellwether Prize for fiction. A powerful piece of Southern literature, Mudbound takes on prejudice in its myriad forms on a Mississippi Delta farm in 1946. City girl Laura McAllen attempts to raise her family despite questionable decisions made by her husband.

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09:17
Mudbound (Unabridged)

The Red Badge of Courage (Unabridged)

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This classic war novel is Stephen Crane's most famous work. It is considered by many critics to be the greatest war novel ever written. The setting is the civil war, and the hero (or anti-hero as it seems at first) is Henry Flemming, a young Northern boy who, swept up in the patriotic tide, joins the Union Army.

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The Red Badge of Courage (Unabridged)

All My Sons (Dramatized)

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World War II is over and a family, mourning a son missing in action, plants a memorial tree and tries to go on with their lives. A storm blows down the tree and a devastating family secret is uprooted, setting the characters on a terrifying journey towards truth.

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01:48
All My Sons (Dramatized)

Sunrise Over Fallujah (Unabridged)

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Acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers presents a compelling novel that looks at America's occupation of Iraq through the eyes of those who live it first hand. Charged with building up relations between the U.S. military and the Iraqi people, a team of soldiers strives to make real connections and bridge the divide between two very different cultures.

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780L
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07:28
Sunrise Over Fallujah (Unabridged)

The Things They Carried (Unabridged)

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This modern classic and New York Times best seller was a finalist for both the 1990 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award and has become a staple of American classrooms.

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880L
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07:03
The Things They Carried (Unabridged)

The Police Wars (2004)

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Two programs:
The Cold War

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High
Length: 
00:56
The Police Wars

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