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Wales
(Hardcover)
Alison Jenkins
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Amazing and Extraordinary Facts: Wales takes you on an absorbing
journey around Wales to unearth the adventures, inventions,
legends, firsts and birthplaces that have shaped the unique history
of Wales. From the ancient mines of the Great Orme to the Severn
crossing, the tsunami of the 1600s to the Turlough Lake, from bog
snorkelling to Tom Jones' phone box, this intriguing compendium of
facts and stories will give you a captivating insight into the Land
of Song and the ideas and events that have shaped the individual
identity of this remarkable country. Brief, accessible and
entertaining pieces on a wide variety of subjects makes it the
perfect book to dip in to. The amazing and extraordinary facts
series presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and
stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to
inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure.
The Spitfire a " there have been many hundreds, maybe even
thousands, of books written about this beautiful R.J Mitchell
designed, elliptically winged areoplane. But there has yet to be a
book published, which has focused solely on the lesser-known
two-seat variant of graceful Spitfirea |Until now! In two-seater
spitfires, Greg Davis, John Sanderson and Peter Arnold trace the
history of this iconic aircraft a " from its initial design through
to those still taking to the skies today.
The Jewish community of Washington, D.C., located in the political
nexus of the United States, has often enjoyed attention from people
of every level of influence, including the president of the United
States. On May 3, 1925, Calvin Coolidge attended the cornerstone
laying ceremony of the Washington Jewish Community Center. Herbert
Hoover, as a former president, was vocal in his denunciation of
Nazi Germany's treatment of the Jews. His voice garnered the
support of many United States senators in 1943, including two from
Maryland and one from Virginia. Ronald Reagan sent his personal
regards to the Ohev Shalom Talmud Torah Congregation on their 100th
anniversary celebration on April 10, 1986.
In the summer of 1943, at the height of World War II, battles were
exploding all throughout the Pacific theater. In mid-November of
that year, the United States waged a bloody campaign on Betio
Island in the Tarawa Atoll, the most heavily fortified Japanese
territory in the entire Pacific. They were fighting to wrest
control of the island to stage the next big push toward Japan--and
one journalist was there to chronicle the horror.
Dive into war correspondent Robert Sherrod's battlefield account as
he goes ashore with the assault troops of the U.S. Marines 2nd
Marine Division in Tarawa. Follow the story of the U.S. Army 27th
Infantry Division as nearly 35,000 troops take on less than 5,000
Japanese defenders in one of the most savage engagements of the
war. By the end of the battle, only seventeen Japanese soldiers
were still alive.
This story, a must for any history buff, tells the ins and outs of
life alongside the U.S. Marines in this lesser-known battle of
World War II. The battle itself carried on for three days, but
Sherrod, a dedicated journalist, remained in Tarawa until the very
end, and through his writing, shares every detail.
‘The freezing loneliness made one wish for death,’ journalist Joyce Sikakane-Rankin said of solitary confinement. With seven other women, including Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, she was held for more than a year.
This is the story of these heroic women, their refusal to testify in the ‘Trial of Twenty-Two’ in 1969, their brutal detention and how they picked up their lives afterwards.
Thoroughly updated and revised for 2024, JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY is the history of the Middle East through the lens of the Holy City and the Holy Land, from King David to the wars and chaos of today.
The history of Jerusalem is the story of the world: Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths. The Holy City and Holy Land are the battlefields for today's multifaceted conflicts and, for believers, the setting for Judgement Day and the Apocalypse.
How did this small, remote town become the Holy City, the 'centre of the world' and now the key to peace in the Middle East? Why is the Holy Land so important not just to the region and its many new players, but to the wider world too? Drawing on new archives and a lifetime's study, Montefiore reveals this ever-changing city and turbulent region through the wars, love affairs and revelations of the kings, empresses, amirs, sultans, caliphs, presidents, autocrats, imperialists and warlords, poets, prophets, saints and rabbis, conquerors and whores who created, destroyed, chronicled, and believed in Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
A classic of modern literature, this is not only the epic story of 3,000 years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism, co-existence, power and myth, but also a freshly updated, carefully balanced history of the Middle East, from King David to the new players and powers of the twenty-first century, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict and the mayhem of today.
This is how today's Middle East was forged, how the Holy Land became sacred and how Jerusalem became Jerusalem - the only city that exists twice - in heaven and on earth.
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