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Author
Series
Pike Logan thriller volume 10
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Description
The Taskforce has stopped countless terrorist threats across the globe, operating outside of U.S. law to prevent the death of innocents. But now, along the fault lines of the old Iron Curtain, the danger is far greater than a single attack. With Russia expanding its influence from Syria to the Baltic States, the Taskforce is placed on stand-down because of the actions of one rogue operator. Meanwhile, Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill travel to Poland,...
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
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Description
"The previously untold story of a little-known WWII Allied division whose mission was to track down European art and treasures that had been looted by the Nazis at Hitler's command"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Milan, 1492: When a sixteen-year old beauty becomes the mistress of the Duke of Milan, she must fight for her place in the palace, and against those who want her out. Soon, she finds herself sitting before Leonardo da Vinci, who wants to ensure his own place in the ducal palace by painting his most ambitious portrait to date. Munich, World War II: After a modest conservator unwittingly places a priceless Italian Renaissance portrait into the hands...
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
This book tells the previously untold story of a little-known WWII Allied division whose mission was to track down European art and treasures that had been looted by the Nazis at Hitler's command. These men had a mandate from President Roosevelt and the support of General Eisenhower, but were not provided with vehicles gasoline, typewriters, or authority. Each man gathered scraps and hints to construct his own treasure map using records recovered...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect...