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Neuve Chapelle a lost battlefield is now opened up for the explorer to learn more about the actions that took place there.
In Early 1915, the British decided to take the offensive for the first time in the war against German positions in Northern France. The initial objective was a bulge, about one mile across, in their lines at Neuve.
Events which took place here early in 1915 are described in detail and show why this almost forgotten battle set...
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Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic A Dance to the Music of Time offers a matchless panorama of twentieth-century London. Now, for the first time in decades, readers in the United States can read the books of Dance as they were originally published-as twelve individual novels-but with a twenty-first-century twist: they're available only as e-books.
World War II has finally broken out, and The Valley of Bones (1964) finds Nick Jenkins learning...
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An urgent and essential assessment of the global contest between the US and China, and how looking to history will help us to navigate it, from former Director of Chatham House
"An illuminating book for the interested citizen as well as for those making policy" - Hillary Rodham Clinton
We have entered a new Cold War. The contest between America and China is global and unbridgeable, and it encompasses all major instruments of statecraft - economic,...
45) The Darkest Hour
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It is the night before D-Day. A private stands on sentry duty. Moonlight breaks through the clouds that are swirling way above his head. The weather is changeable.Out of the dark an unknown officer appears and begins a strange conversation.
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Called the "Thermopylae of Canada," the Second Battle of Ypres in April, 1915 - in Belgium – was the coming-of-age for Canada's fledgling army when a small force of the Canadian Expeditionary Force withstood two weeks of vicious onslaughts by a powerful and yet-unbeaten German army. To compound this David vs. Goliath story was the German use of poisonous gas, the first in modern warfare. This determined defence by the small Canadian force and their...
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"…Sublimely ties together the drama of high school football, gender politics, and the impact of war on a small town in Texas." – Sports Illustrated
A 2019 One of the Best Books So Far--Newsweek.com
A cross between Friday Night Lights and The Atomic City Girls, When The Men Were Gone is a debut historical novel based on the true story of Tylene Wilson, a woman in 1940's Texas who, in spite of extreme opposition, became a female football...
48) The Corydon Snow
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The white hot story of a WWII freighter, loaded with high explosive fuel, its heroic crew and navy gunners drawn face to face with the most dangerous battle areas of the Pacific. A young Japanese Naval Air cadet trains for a mission that will bring him to in direct conflict with the star-crossed SS Corydon Snow.
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Growing up as the governess's daughter in the shadow of the Harding family's eccentric charm, Mary Fox can never hope to share their unshakable social confidence. Beautiful Godfrey, outrageous Nettie, and the twins, Jonathan and William, are born into a world of privilege where money, status, pleasure and love seem their birthright. Although aware of the disparity between them, Mary clings to the illusion of family that sharing a life with them brings--for...
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When in August, 1944, the Allies broke out of Normandy, the world's attention became fixed on the dramatic British and American armoured thrusts into the Rhine. The war in Europe seemed all but over. Far to the left, along the flank of the Allied Expeditionary Force, almost unnoticed, a battle was beginning on whose outcome hung not only victory but the possibility of disaster Under-strength, neglected by Montgomery and denied by Eisenhower the supposed...
51) Resistance as Idea and Action: The Epic Struggle Against Oppression and Tyranny Throughout History
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"Resistance As Idea And Action: The Epic Struggle Against Oppression and Tyranny Throughout History" is a profound exploration of the relentless human spirit in the face of oppression and occupation. This meticulously researched book delves into the myriad forms of resistance throughout history, from individual acts of defiance to large-scale revolts. A serious and thought-provoking tone illuminates the bravery and determination of those who have...
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"The Failed Experiment: Why Democracy is Failing in Africa" offers a provocative and insightful examination of the complex challenges facing democratic systems across the African continent. This book delves into the intricate tapestry of historical, cultural, and global influences that have shaped Africa's political landscape. It thoughtfully explores how colonial legacies, ethnic diversities, external interventions, and economic struggles have interplayed...
53) Acceptance
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It is January 1940. Tall, broad-shouldered, and handsome, Charlie Stoker is loved by everyone. Seen by all as the man who has it all, he is tortured by the belief that he lives a lie, a double life. His religious upbringing and inborn sense of righteousness demand that he resolve his problem, but WWII intervenes. Charlie, Bobby, Harry Bateson, Billy Walters, and even mild Percy Spence vanish to serve their country.
While Charlie completes his army...
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An in depth and scholarly report on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an essential actor on behalf of modern-day Kurds
The Kurds, who number some 28 million people in the Middle East, have no country they can call their own. Long ignored by the West, Kurds are now highly visible actors on the world's political stage. More than half live in Turkey, where the Kurdish struggle has gained new strength and attention since the U.S. overthrow of Saddam...
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Soon after World War II, countless sightings of one of Hitler's missing henchmen were reported in western England. What was this man, a genius at weaving plots and counterplots, doing on British soil?On May 2, 1945, as the Allies stormed into Berlin, one of Hitler's powerful henchmen made a daring escape out of the Chancellery bunker. After his escape, some believed that a Red Army tank had killed him, but his body was not found. A world-wide manhunt...
56) Medallion
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In April 1940 Nazi Germany makes a surprise attack on the major ports and airfields of Norway for control of the North Sea and the precious ore deposits of northern Sweden.The attack is a stunning success, except for the Capitol city. The defense of Oslo stalls the Germans for 24 hours--enough time for the Royal Family, members of the cabinet, and the entire treasury to escape, ultimately to England.Subsequently, Nazi aggression overruns most of Europe,...
57) Out of the Dark
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A golden boy grows to manhood throughout the height and downfall of Nazi Germany. How will his fierce loyalty to The Thousand-Year Reich be tempered by his odyssey through these formative years?Erich Jäger has it all. From the time he began school in 1933 Berlin he was tall, athletic, and popular, a natural leader. Erich rises through the youth programs of the Nazi government; the Jungvolk and, later, the Hitlerjugend.Events come to a head in 1943...
58) Voyage of Hope
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Ariel Benowitz suffers through the worst night in the young man's life. Terrible men stroll the streets, leaving carnage and death behind. Will no one come to his rescue?Felix Schneider inherited a promise from his father. It was made to Ariel's father. Will Felix's outstretched hand offer more than hope?
59) The Secret War
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Orginally a TV tie-in expanded from the BBC televison series, the book covers the behind-the-scenes aspects of the fight by the 'back room' scientists and technicians of WW2, including the battles against the Luftwaffe navigational beams, the V-1 and V-2 flying bombs, the development of radar, the battle against the u-boats, countering the magnetic mine, and the breaking of the codes produced by the Enigma machines.
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Geordie Stubbs has roamed the world getting into scrapes. He's seen the trenches of World War I, the union wars of America's industrial heartland and the rise of Nazism in Germany, and journeyed through revolutionary French Indochina and Singapore to wash up among the migrant labourers who built Australia's post-war boom.
Now in Hobart Gaol accused of a shocking murder, he takes Dr Hetherington, the psychiatrist tasked with assessing his sanity,...
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