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Featured: Resistance and Assistance

Enjoy a selection of books highlighting people that have gone above and beyond in war and tough times. Whether it be librarian spies, the women pilots that fought for their place in history, or other helpers, these books tell the stories of hope and resilience. November 2025

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  • Book, 2020Toronto, Ontario : HarperAvenue, [2020] — F CHA
  • eBook, 2005New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2005.
  • Book, 2022Toronto, Ontario : Graydon House, [2022] — F RIM
  • Code Girls

    the Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II

    Mundy, Liza, 1960-
    eBook, 2017New York : Hachette Books, 2017.
  • A Delayed Life

    the True Story of the Librarian of Auschwitz

    Kraus, Dita, 1929-
    Book, 2020New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2020. — 940.5318092 KRA
  • The Librarian Spy

    a Novel of World War II

    Martin, Madeline,
    Book, 2022Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2022] — F MAR
  • Syria's Secret Library

    Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege

    Thomson, Mike,
    Book, 2019New York, New York : Public Affairs, 2019. — 956.910423 THO
  • Book, 2021New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — F QUI
  • Operation Mincemeat

    How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured An Allied Victory

    Macintyre, Ben, 1963-
    eBook, 2010New York : Harmony Books, c2010.
  • Book, 2015New York, New York : St. Martin's Press, [2015] — F HAN