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The Incredible Story of Frank Luke Jr., Arizona's Medal of Honor Flying Ace of the First World War
Born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1897, Luke was an adventurous young man who was an avid hunter and outdoorsman. When America entered the First World War in 1917, Luke became a fighter pilot in the newly-formed U.S. Army Air Service and was soon serving with a combat squadron in France.
Seen as a "high-strung, excitable boy," scorned by his squadron mates and frequently at odds with his commanders, "Above and Beyond" tells the story of how Luke soon became one of the most revered fighter aces on the Western Front. Exhibiting great audacity and skill in combat, he quickly racked up an impr | |  | | Cape Hatteras
It is December of 1942. The captain of a German U-boat finds himself shipwrecked on the North Carolina coast.
During the Second World War, long-range German submarines, commonly referred to by their German name Unterseeboot, or U-boat, ranged the American coastline and placed a stranglehold on the flow of vital war supplies. The shipping lanes off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina were prime hunting ground for these feared sea hunters.As the war raged on, however, Allied destroyers using the newly invented sonar and radar began to hunt down and destroy the U-boats as they moved in to attack. There are six U-boats resting on the seabed near Cape Hatteras, known to mariners as "the Graveyard of the Atlantic | |  | | On Island Time
A troubled war veteran living on a faraway Caribbean island encounters a French scientist enjoying her holiday. Love and danger loom on the horizon.
Though haunted by memories of the Great War and the unexpected loss of his wife and child, Shelby McKeever has managed to carve out a peaceful existence on a faraway Caribbean island. Together with his best friend Chuck, he runs a small hotel and spends his days fishing and sailing in a sun-drenched tropical paradise. When Shelby encounters Jeannine, a beautiful French scientist on sabbatical in the islands, his tranquil life will be forever changed. And with danger looming on the horizon, Shelby must make some difficult decisions about the direction his life will take. | |  | | When Heaven Was Falling
Two young American pilots struggle to survive and compete for the love of an expatriate writer living and working in wartime Paris.
It is the Summer of 1918... The horrific First World War has been raging in Europe for nearly four years. The United States has joined the Allied cause and the pursuit pilots of America’s new Army Air Service find themselves pitted against a determined and battle-hardened enemy. The flamboyant flying ace Vincent Durand, veteran of the French Foreign Legion and the Lafayette Escadrille, is tasked with leading a new squadron of young Americans into combat. One of them is Marcus Keating, an idealistic and capable pilot fresh from the flying club of Princeton University. They will both cross paths |
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A Murder in a Different Light
by Brendan O'Brien
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 Ireland 1947. Seven weeks of relentless snow. Guard Eamon Foley is searching for a missing child.
At Toby Appleyard’s farm, he discovers the kitchen littered with dead cats. And the skeletal remains of a woman. Upstairs, Toby is dead in his bed. |
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Cemetery Island
by Mr. Ed
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 Sometimes, vacations just don't turn out the way you hoped they would. An idyllic wilderness house boating get-a-way soon turns into a hellish nightmare... |
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