prisoners of war

Chronicles the experiences of several Union soldiers survived battles, prison camp, and the sinking of "Sultana," the overcrowded steamboat that exploded on the Mississippi River while carrying them home.

Seeking inspiration for a new font design in an antique store in small-town Stillwater, Minnesota, the author, a graphic designer, was drawn to beautiful handwriting in some old letters. They were in French and had been signed by a man named Marcel and posted from Berlin to France during World War II. Her curiosity aroused, she began to trace Marcel's life and to try and find out the answer to his fate. In the meantime she immortalized Marcel's handwriting as the acclaimed P22 Marcel Script font.

The end of six years of bloodshed ended on September 2, 1945, when official Japanese representatives signed a capitulation document aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

"The story of a group of Allied POWs in WWI who dared to escape from Germany's most notorious prison camp, Holzminden"--Provided by publisher.

Aileana Kameron is the Falconer, born to hunt and slay the faeries who prey on mankind--but now, in 1847, the great battle is past, Edinburgh lies in ruins, and Aileana is a prisoner of the Fae prince Lonnrach, whose sister murdered her mother, and somehow she must find a way to escape, before he can steal her memories.

"This . . . biography covers McCain's life, from growing up as the son of a four-star admiral to his own time at the Naval Academy, his service as a pilot, and his experience as a prisoner of war. It explores McCain's 30 years as a senator, as well as his two bids for the presidency"--OCLC.

"Gauri, princess of Bharata, has been captured by her kingdom's enemies and faces a future of exile and scorn, she has nothing left to lose. But Vikram, the notoriously cunning prince of a neighboring land, promises her freedom in exhange for her partnership on his team to win the Tournament of Wishes. It seems like a fool-proof plan until Gauri and Vikram arrive at the tournament and find that danger takes on new shapes, and new trials test their devotion, strength, and wits at every turn. And they soon discover that there is nothing more dangerous than what they most desire"--Adapted from dust jacket of trade version.

Alistair Urquhart, conscripted into the Gordon Highlanders in 1939 and sent from his home in Scotland to the British outpost of Singapore, tells of his experiences as a prisoner of war after being captured by the Japanese.

"Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America's last true frontier. At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt's fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night ... there is no one to save them but themselves."--Provided by publisher.