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1. The monuments men: Allied heros, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history

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Author:
Edsel, Robert M.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
940.53 EDSEL
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
940.53 EDSEL
Holly Springs Community - Adult Non-Fiction
940.53 EDSEL
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.

2. The perfect horse: the daring U.S. mission to rescue the priceless stallions kidnapped by the Nazis

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Author:
Letts, Elizabeth
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3.6 stars
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Duraleigh Road - Adult Non-Fiction
940.54 LETTS
North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction has 4
940.54 LETTS
Southeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
940.54 LETTS

3. The women in the castle

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Author:
Shattuck, Jessica
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Description:
Three women, haunted by the past and the secrets they hold. Set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, a powerful and propulsive story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined--an affecting, shocking, and ultimately redemptive novel from the author of the New York Times Notable Book The Hazards of Good Breeding. Amid the ashes of Nazi Germany's defeat, Marianne...