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Author
Publisher
Zenith Press, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
During World War II, Los Angeles was the ultimate boom town. By the end of the war, the L.A. area had produced 17 percent of all of America's war needs. North American Aviation, Inc. (NAA), operating out of their main Inglewood, California, plant, which is south of and adjacent to the city, was a key player in that work. From 1938 to 1944, NAA built over 40,000 aircraft, more than any other company in the United States. The bulk of them were of three...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In the fall of 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered a small team of scientists on a clandestine transatlantic mission to deliver his country's most valuable military secret, a revolutionary radar component, not to the U.S. government, but to a mysterious Wall Street tycoon, Alfred Lee Loomis. Using his connections, his money, and his brilliant scientific mind, Loomis and his team of scientists developed radar technology that would...
Series
Publisher
Cranston Public Library
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Pulp Fiction: Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
Snakes on a plane: Nelville Flynn is escorting a witness on a plane that is bound for Los Angeles. The problem is that an assassin is bent on killing the witness. The assassin releases a crate containing about 450 deadly snakes onto the same...
Author
Publisher
Disney Press, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"When world-famous air racer Dusty Crophopper learns that he may never race again, he must shift gears and become a firefighter. After joining forces with a fearless air attack team, Dusty gathers all his strength and courage to save a national park from a massive wildfire." --
887) Construction sites
Author
Series
Publisher
EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Lift-the-flap pages help early readers learn what happens at a construction site."--
Publisher
Amber Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"From the obsolescent multi-turreted T-35 tank to the mighty Essex-class aircraft carrier and the V-2 rocket, the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II examines key weapons of every type. The volume includes more than 1500 weapons, from handguns to jet fighters. Each weapon system is illustrated with a detailed profile artwork or a photograph showing the weapon in action. Expertly-written text provides each weapon's service history,...
