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Tell the truth, shame the devil

a novel
When suspended cop Bish Ortley finds out a bus his daughter was on was bombed he rushes into action, vowing to find out who nearly took his daughter's life. The primary suspect is a teenage girl form one of London's most notorious crime families. To find her, Bish has to earn the trust of the girl's friends and family, and in the process he uncovers shocking secrets about past crimes still unaccounted for.

The association of small bombs

2016
After witnessing his two friends killed by a "small" bomb that detonated in a Dehli marketplace, Mansoor Ahmed becomes involved with a charismatic young activist, whose allegiances and beliefs are more changeable than he could have imagined.

One of us

the story of a massacre in Norway--and its aftermath
On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb outside the Norwegian prime minister's office in central Oslo, killing eight people. He then proceeded to a youth camp on the wooded island of Ut?ya, where he killed sixty-nine more, most of them teenage members of the country's governing Labour Party. In One of Us, the journalist ?sne Seierstad tells the story of this terrible day and its reverberations. How did Breivik, a gifted child from an affluent neighborhood in Oslo, become Europe's most reviled terrorist? How did he accomplish an astonishing one-man murder spree? And how did a famously peaceful and prosperous country cope with the slaughter of so many of its young?.

One of us

the story of Anders Breivik and the massacre in Norway
On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb outside the Norwegian prime minister's office in central Oslo, killing eight people. He then proceeded to a youth camp on the wooded island of Ut?ya, where he killed sixty-nine more, most of them teenage members of the country's governing Labour Party. How did Breivik, a gifted child from an affluent neighborhood in Oslo, become Europe's most reviled terrorist? How did he accomplish an astonishing one-man murder spree? And how did a famously peaceful and prosperous country cope with the slaughter of so many of its young?.

4 little girls

1998
Documentary about the September 1963 racially-motivated bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, in which four girls, ages nine to fourteen, were killed. Includes archival footage, family photographs and home movies, and interviews with local and national figures of the time and surviving family members.

Bombs, mines, and IEDs

2016
Bombs, mines, and IEDs are important parts of modern warfare. Rreaders are introduced to the origins of these weapons and the advanced technology used to create them today.

Tick tock

2012
Michael Bennett is forced to cut his vacation short and enlists help from FBI Agent Emily Parker when a deadly mastermind threatens the city--and Bennett's family--but while they work together to detect the killer's pattern, Bennett's feelings toward Parker grow, while his relationship with Mary Catherine takes a surprise turn.

War in the Pacific (1941-1945)

2015
This book looks at life as war waged in the Pacific from the multiple perspectives of soldiers, generals, nurses, politicians and civilians. If is a balanced and chronological examination of all sides and a look at a time and a culture through its fights, its art, its citizens and those not on the front lines.

Home fronts

2015
This book looks at World War 2 from the home front and presents a balanced and chronological examination of what happened, and at the non-fighting home front. Telling stories from the perspective of soldiers, generals, nurses, politicians and civilians and as well as presenting the clash in a context that resonates even today, this story is an examination of a culture through its art, its citizens and those not on the front lines.

Behind the lines

2015
Presents a chronological examination of what happened as the war went on. It offers readers an accessible summary of the experiences for those who lived through it-a story told from the perspective of soldiers, generals, nurses, politicians and civilians and evidenced in the artworks, primary sources and memoirs of its players.

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