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  • Not On My Watch
    Richard Humenuck
    It’s the year 2000 and two suicide pilots in a bomb-laden boat just attacked the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole in the port of Yemen, killing 17 U.S. sailors and injuring 39 others. Gowan’s fictional account based on real events picks up right after the Al Qaeda bombing.The U.S. Navy scrambles to protect its warships in the port of Jebel Ali in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. N...
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    17,14 €

  • All Quiet on the Western Front
    Erich Maria Remarque
    Set in the throes of The Great War’s terrifying trenches, All Quiet on the Western Front casts the reader in the shoes of the Patriotic soldier Paul Bäumer. His naïve allusions of war’s nobility and sense of adventure are demolished in the face of indifferent industrial warfare. Though unfolding more than a century ago, Erich Maria Remarque crafts a timeless exploration of the ...
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    22,06 €

  • Walking Backward in My Father’s Footsteps
    William J Burghardt
    The story my father told me long ago goes like this.Sometime during his Army career, at a time and place unknown, probably 1943 or early 1944, he would routinely check a certain bulletin board for the names or numbers of those soldiers slated to go overseas. One day, he noticed his name had 'flopped' from the 'not going overseas' list to the 'going overseas' list. My father als...
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    12,22 €

  • Great Epochs in American History, Volume I - Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations
    Francis W. Halsey
    Schoolboys have been taught from their earliest years that Columbus discovered America. Few events in prehistoric times seem more probable now than that Columbus was not the first to discover it. The importance of his achievement over that of others lay in his own faith in his success, in his definiteness of purpose, and in the fact that he awakened in Europe an interest in the...
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    15,40 €

  • Dive Bomber Down
    Bryan J. Dickerson
    James A. Nist lived an extraordinary life in his 24 years. Raised on a New Jersey farm, he graduated high school at 16 and earned both a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University and a private pilot’s license. In 1942, he joined the Navy as an aviation cadet, earning his wings and an officer’s commission in the Naval Reserve. He became proficient in three of the Navy’s high-per...
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    58,67 €

  • Tarmacs and Trenches
    Robert G. Novotny
    'Millard Harmon is the most important airman people don’t know. A flyer through and through, it fell to him alone among senior pilots in World War II to command a large Army organization on the fighting front. He remains the shining light for air forces and airmen searching for a command perch of combined and joint operations, if only they’d look to Robert Novotny’s fast-paced,...
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    25,55 €

  • The Tidmarsh Family Tree
    Andrew Tidmarsh
    The Tidmarsh family tree is the story of a family, my family, across twelve generations, charting the historical legacy and records as closely as possible. The story celebrates the continuation of a family line that started from an Anglo-Saxon homestead in Berkshire and picks up from records dating back to the 16th Century in the Cotswolds. It follows our agricultural backgroun...
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    25,68 €

  • LIST of BRITISH OFFICERS TAKEN PRISONER in the VARIOUS THEATRES of WAR
    Compiled from records kept by Cox & Co
    Some 8,700 names are listed. Deaths in captivity are noted together with dates reported missing and dates of repatriation. The index lists every name in alphabetical order. First printed 1919 for private circulation, this rare volume (in its first printing) was compiled from records kept by Messrs Cox & Co.’s Enquiry Office, which opened in Sep 1914 in Craig’s Court, Charing Cr...
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    27,88 €

  • Inmates in Charge
    Walter Beamon
    Inmates in Charge: Top-Level Leadership, Lacking Vision, Corrupt, & Couldn’t Be Trusted is a compelling memoir of an African American chaplain’sjourney in the US Air Force Chaplaincy, exposing racism within leadership. The author highlights his career in 1975 as one of just 26 African Americanchaplains on active duty in the entire Air Force Chaplaincy. The leadership at the top...
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    22,82 €

  • The War We Almost Lost
    Arthur A. Edwards
    In the War We Almost Lost the author explains how badly we were prepared for war in 1941. He discusses the areas in which we could have done muchbetter and how the responsibility could have been shared by many politicians and military leaders.The author writes about mistakes and blunders as well as brilliant moves made during the war by both sides that allowed us to win, but al...
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    12,07 €

  • Malta’s Savior
    John Henshaw
    Holding the small island of Malta, the British Empire’s strategic centerpiece in the Mediterranean Sea, was critical to the Allied cause in World War II--and taking it was essential for Axis victory. German forces laid siege to the island beginning in June 1940, and it soon became the most bombed place on Earth. By August 1942, with supplies running out, Malta was in dire need ...
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    80,88 €

  • APO JOE
    Donald Ray Duff
    Circa 1974, the year of mandatory integration, Bo Willims a High School football star at Grimsley High School, Greensboro, N.C., suffered a career-ending injury. He was later falsely accused of drug possession and raping his white girlfriend after their car caught fire in a local park. The judge gave him the option to enter the military or go to jail. Reluctantly, he joined ...
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    16,59 €

  • A Veritable Hell
    Gavin Scrimgeour
    During the Battle of Fromelles on one terrible night in July 1916, the 32nd Battalion from South Australia and Western Australia lost over 85% of its fighting strength.Using the words of those from the 32nd Battalion who survived, the course of the battle in their sector during that night is reconstructed, and the tragic experiences of brave men thrust into an impossible situat...
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    15,94 €

  • Ooh, What Are All These Pains!
    Dr Raafat Khalaf
    Romance in the middle of Napoleonic wars and conflicts in the Middle East. The title of this novel is taken from the book 'The Wonders of Antiquities in Biographies and News' by the great 18th-century historian al-Jabarti. Al-Jabarti wrote that during the Cairenes’ revolt against the French army, they shouted, 'Ya Salaam of these alaam', meaning 'Ooh, what are all these pains' ...
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    14,51 €

  • Exposing the Truth
    Wallace Fowler
    The eradication of racism, particularly anti-Black racism, is an imperative and ongoing struggle for a just and equitable society. This deeply ingrained social issue has plagued human history, leading to severe injustices and the systemic denial of basic human rights and dignity to people of color. Systemic racism perpetuates stereotypes, gross insensitivity, and neglect toward...
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    42,39 €

  • Into Hell
    Herb Moore
    Spring in coastal Normandy along the French beaches was a magical time unless it was 1944. There were no gleeful noises of vacationers along the Normandy beaches that spring. Hitler had invaded France several years earlier and the French people were then under the tyrannical influence of German troops, who had taken up residence in the nearby towns and villages around Normandy,...
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    21,99 €

  • NOTES ON THE GERMAN ARMY-WAR
    War Office The General Staff
    An early war 393-page ’Notes’ periodical manual from December 1940. It is a detailed review, for use in the field. The manual looks at every aspect of the 'Blitzkrieg' German Army (and, to some extent, the Air Force) and gives details as known at the time. It covers the fighting arms and the services behind them - tactics, organisation, weapons and equipment. It usefully also i...
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    71,80 €

  • THE PATTERN 1944 WEB EQUIPMENT
    War Office
    This Pattern had its origins in two requirements for lighter patterns of web equipment, one for temperate zones, the other tropical. The result appears to have been a convergence of these designs. In 1945, the course of the War changed, Germany collapsing more suddenly than was expected, leaving a war in the Far East. The newly designed pattern was then pressed into service for...
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    12,66 €

  • Clearing Vietnam
    Terry T. Brown
    Clearing Vietnam’: Anatomy of a U.S. Army Land Clearing Team, captures the sights, sounds, and unusual encounters of a young combat engineer who found himself operating a specialized bulldozer within the dense jungles of South Vietnam. It was a place where hard work, grueling conditions and enemy encounters forced this ninteen year old to grow up, while learning what it would u...
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    17,42 €

  • Transformings
    Rennie McQuilkin
    As its title suggests, Rennie McQuilkin’s newest poetry collection, Transformings, focuses on a variety of transformations that occur in both personal and public life. The poems depict the poet’s early and later years, in particular the tragic death of his wife, afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease, and his life in a retirement community. The worlds of nature and personal relatio...
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    14,40 €

  • River Warfare in Vietnam
    Robin L. Rielly
    America’s entrance into the wars in Vietnam came as a result of several factors. Among them was the necessity of bolstering French influence in the area in the face of mounting communist expansion. This expansion was intensified by the outbreak of the Korean War, making it necessary for the United States to revamp its Southeast Asian policy. During the French era, control of Vi...
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    74,21 €

  • An Unexpected Coddiwomple
    Loretto M Thompson
    An Unexpected Coddiwomple takes you on a journey through a captivating collection of World War II (WWII) letters abundant with humor, intrigue, and romance across the U.S., to the U.K., and back again. Join S/Sgt. Frank G. Thompson and his daughter Loretto on parallel 'missions.' Frank’s mission is to survive the war as a B-17 radio operator gunner and get on with his life; Lor...
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    39,42 €

  • NOTES ON ENEMY ARMY IDENTIFICATIONS
    The General Staff
    This period handbook was published to give British military personnel a better understanding of the principal characteristics of both the Italian army and the Black Shirt Militia under active service conditions, it is dated October 1941. It begins with a description of distinctive branches, or specialities, the most characteristic of which was the arm of the Royal Carabinieri, ...
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    28,05 €

  • TRENCH WARFARE
    The General Staff
    This important period manual was published in early 1915 when hope of a quick ending to the war disappeared, and trench warfare had begun to dominate the Western Front. The manual strives to instil an offensive spirit and gives practical examples on: Close quarter, local, methods of successful warfare, and German attacks. The salient points to gather were preparation and co-ope...
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    12,41 €

  • The Vietnam War
    Ivan Beggs
    They asked their company commander, 'Why are we here?' They did not understand nor wanted to be in the Vietnam War.Looking back fifty-three years, he explains the background and the causes of the War. How and why the US became mired down in turbulent times of student unrest, political assassinations, anti-war protests led by Jane Fonda, Martin Luther King and other notables, a...
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    21,31 €

  • Gardens in the Midst of War
    Karen Kaiser
    In the spring of 1973, a young American couple, Karen and Steve, heads to Saigon, Republic of [South] Vietnam where Steve will begin work on a contract awarded to his employer by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). They could not have known that they would soon be witnesses to history.Naïve and unprepared for what confronts them, the couple’s resilie...
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    17,00 €

  • Fort Amity
    Arthur Quiller-Couch
    'Fort Amity' is an ancient fiction adventure story book written by Arthur Quiller-Couch. The plot revolves round Lieutenant George North, an upcoming British officer who’ve to cope with the dangers of struggle and love inside the hard barren region of the border. Quiller-Couch’s great storytelling vividly depicts the brutal reality of lifestyles in a remote outpost, wherein bra...
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    14,50 €

  • The Dancer’s Promise
    Olivia Horrox
    ’Oh my gosh! What a beautifully written story!... I totally loved it... I literally could not stop reading... This is a must if you like historical fiction!!’ Reader review 5 starsWhen their father loses the family fortune, and their mother locks herself away, sisters Grace and Clementine are left to raise themselves in a grand London house that is slowly falling apart around t...
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    12,83 €

  • With the Turks in Palestine
    Arthur Aaronsohn
    With the Turks in Palestine is a classic World War One memoir and provides a good background to what eventually became the Middle East conflict in Palestine.This venerable historical biography contains the following exerpt: While Belgium is bleeding and hoping, while Poland suffers and dreams of liberation, while Serbia is waiting for redemption, there is a little country the ...
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    12,52 €

  • Germania
    Anthony Gordon Pilla
    in this 'what if' fictional tale of Hitler’s world, we see in his neurotic mind the conflict of Evil versus Good. In his sleep, he takes us on a journey in which his twisted fantasy will reveal thoughts of World War II events such as the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Lebenstraum, Oktoberfest Blitzkrieg, Operation Barbarossa, Lindbergh-Hitler Connection, the Jewish Exodus Plan, the Paci...
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    13,69 €


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