Presents a historical recreation of D-Day, June 6, 1944, as American, British, and Canadian troops from fleet of 4,000 ships invade Western Europe from the coast of France and begin an assault on Hitler's Atlantic wall.
On the first day of their trip to Paris the Hardy Boys are woken up early in the morning by fireworks that are part of an elaborate cover for the heist of a priceless artifact. Frank and Joe are determined to find the culprit.
Twelve-year-old Nora has always dreamed of going to Paris with her grandmother, but when her grandmother dies it seems like Paris is gone with her--until Nora finds three airline tickets in a trunk, and sets out to persuade her mother to use them.
A memoir in which the author, a former crime reporter, describes his experiences as a resident of Shakespeare & Co., a venerable Paris bookstore and writer's haven where he sought refuge after fleeing Canada in a panic due to threats from a thug he named in a book.
