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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.
An Auschwitz escape thriller, following the life mission of one man - whose survival will have implications for hundreds of thousands of lives.
In April 1944 a teenager named Rudolf Vrba was planning a daring and unprecedented escape from Auschwitz. After hiding in a pile of timber planks for three days while 3,000 SS men and their bloodhounds searched for him, Vrba and his fellow escapee Fred Wetzler would eventually cross Nazi-occupied Poland on foot, as penniless fugitives. Their mission: to tell the world the truth of the Final Solution.
Vrba would produce from memory a breathtaking report of more than thirty pages revealing the true nature and scale of Auschwitz - a report that would find its way to Roosevelt, Churchill and the Pope, eventually saving over 200,000 Jewish lives.
A thrilling history with enormous historical implications, THE ESCAPE ARTIST is the extraordinary story of a complex man who would seek escape again and again: first from Auschwitz, then from his past, even from his own name. In telling his story, Jonathan Freedland - the journalist, broadcaster and acclaimed, multi-million copy selling author of the Sam Bourne novels - ensures that Rudolf Vrba's heroic mission will also escape oblivion.
This is the story of five towns located in New York's Hudson River
Valley that met their demise as quickly as they were established.
From the icehouses of Rockland Lake to the Ashokan Reservoir towns
to the brick quarries of Roseton, only traces of these once vibrant
settlements can now be found. Camp Shanks, one of World War II's
most significant military compounds, was erected in 1942 but was
quickly abandoned at the war's end. 'Last Stop USA,' as it was
known, played host to over one million soldiers and welcomed
patriotic visitors like Frank Sinatra and Shirley Temple. In this
collection of images, local authors Wesley and Barbara Gottlock
revive the spirits of these bygone communities and celebrate a lost
way of life.
The extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Sir Ernest
Shackleton's ship, was found in the most hostile sea on Earth in
2022 On 21 November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance,
finally succumbed to the crushing ice. Its crew watched in silence
as the stern rose twenty feet in the air and then, it was gone. The
miraculous escape and survival of all 28 men on board have entered
legend. And yet, the iconic ship that bore them to the brink of the
Antarctic was considered forever lost. A century later, an
audacious plan to locate the ship was hatched. The Ship Beneath the
Ice gives a blow-by-blow account of the two epic expeditions to
find the Endurance. As with Shackleton's own story, the voyages
were filled with intense drama and teamwork under pressure. In
March 2022, the Endurance was finally found to headlines all over
the world. Written by Mensun Bound, the Director of Exploration on
both expeditions, this captivating narrative includes countless
fascinating stories of Shackleton and his legendary ship. Complete
with a selection of Frank Hurley's photos from Shackleton's
original voyage in 1914-17, as well as from the expeditions in 2019
and 2022, The Ship Beneath the Ice is the perfect tribute to this
monumental discovery.
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Students of the Civil War know Franklin, Tennessee, for the major
battle that happened here, but there is a lot more to the story. In
fact, Main Street in Franklin is a glimpse into 250 years of
history. Within a few blocks surrounding the public square, some of
the city's original buildings now house the newest and most popular
shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues in Middle Tennessee.
Franklin has been a center for agriculture and manufacturing. It is
a place where families can enjoy small-town life on the interstate.
It is home to a college. It has always been the seat of Williamson
County. Franklin's small businesses have a habit of sticking around
for decades, often passing through generations of the same family.
Franklin is as quaint and picturesque as it is exciting and
progressive, because it continues to attract the kind of people who
have always made it that way.
A lively illustrated tour of London in the company of Vic Lee -
artist, storyteller and self-confessed 'ragamuffin from south-east
London'. Based on Vic Lee's series of prints of London, this book
covers a variety of different streets and areas across the city,
from Walthamstow Village in the north to Lordship Lane in East
Dulwich in the south, from Broadway market in the east to
Portobello Road in the west. Through over twenty different areas,
he brings to life the local life and architecture. Interwoven
around the places are stories and anecdotes that he has picked up
during his researches and conversations along the way, as well as
some that may or may not be true... Areas included in the book are:
Saint Pauls Cathedral Soho Battersea Mayfair Portobello Road
Southbank Centre The Tate Lambs Conduit Street Exmouth market
Clerkenwell and Shoreditch Broadway market Kingsland Road Columbia
Road Walthamstow Village Stoke Newington Islington Crouch end
Clapham Dulwich Village East Dulwich Brixton Peckham Maida Vale
Created in Vic Lee's inimitable, intricate illustration style this
book is a work of art for lovers of London life and its special
places
An evocative and lyrical history of Cyprus and the Mediterranean.
Think of a place where can you stand at the intersection of
Christian and Arab cultures, at the crossroads of the British,
Ottoman, Byzantine, Roman and Egyptian empires; a place marked by
the struggle between fascism and communism and where the capital
city is divided in half as a result of bloody internal conflict;
where the ancient olive trees of Homer's time exist alongside the
undersea cables which provide the world's internet. In Cypria,
named after a lost Cypriot epic which was the prequel to The
Odyssey, British Cypriot writer Alex Christofi writes a deeply
personal, lyrical and historical portrait and history of the island
of Cyprus, from ancient times to the present day. This sprawling,
evocative and poetic book begins with the legend of the cyclops -
now thought to have come from the skeletons of elephants fossilized
in the stone - and the tales and storytelling at the heart of the
Mediterranean culture. Christofi travels to salt lakes, mosques and
the eerie towns deserted at the start of the 1974 war. He retells
the particularly bloody history of Cyprus during the twentieth
century and consider his own identity as traveler and returner, as
Odysseus was. Written in the same sensitive, witty and beautifully
rendered prose as his last book Dostoevsky in Love, with a
novelist's flair and eye for detail, Cypria combines the political,
cultural and geographical history of Cyprus with reflections on
time, place and belonging.
Featuring a renowned author team and the best recent scholarship,
World in the Making: A Global History explores both the global and
local dimensions of world history. Abundant full-color maps and
images, along with other special pedagogical features that
highlight the lives and voices of the world's peoples, make this
synthesis accessible and memorable for students-all at an
affordable low price.
Welcome to the Church of St Mary Magdalene Our church and this book
tell of the lives of ordinary people throughout the centuries,
living, working and worshipping together. Its history reflects the
unique significance of Stilton as both an agricultural settlement
on the edge of the Fens and a staging point on the Great North
Road. Through here have passed travellers of all descriptions, from
Roman legions to Civil War armies and Napoleonic prisoners of war.
So for a small church in a small parish, St Marya s retains
memories of a surprising number of interesting people, the times in
which they lived and their a footprints in the sand of timea that
they left behind. Come and explore for yourself. Talk to some of
todaya s parishioners and discover why St Mary Magdalene continues
to be a thriving and dynamic church at the heart of village life.
When Dr Wu Jieping was selected by Chinese Premier Zhou En lai as
his personal physician, he had little choice in the matter though
it transformed his life, not always in a positive way. Olivia
Cox-Fill got to know Dr Wu Jieping following the death of Zhou En
Lai and while Mao's wife was still in prison. He had attended
several of China's leaders, including Premier Zhou En Lai, Chairman
Mao, Liu Shao Chi and Madame Mao. Over a period of three years,
Olivia Cox-Fill interviewed Dr Wu and gathered vivid and unique
recollections of his contacts with the Chinese leadership. But Wu
specified that none of these memories should be published until
after his death, which occurred in 2011, since its frank
revelations would lead to state repercussions. The memoir reveals
the appalling conditions in China as experienced by one of its most
famous doctors, who carried out research into TB and kidney cancer
while attending to the health of the country's leaders. It also
shows what it took to survive in Communist China at a time when
most leading intellectuals were expelled to the countryside,
imprisoned or beaten to death.
Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale
Classics is a new series of essential works. From the musings of
intellectuals such as Thomas Paine in Common Sense to the striking
personal narrative of Harriet Jacobs in Incidents in the Life of a
Slave Girl, this new series is a comprehensive collection of our
intellectual history through the words of the exceptional few.
Originally published as a political pamphlet in 1848, amidst the
revolutions in Europe, The Communist Manifesto documents Karl Marx
and Friedrich Engels's theories on society and politics. It does so
by defining the state of the class system in contemporary Europe in
which a larger, lower class is controlled and oppressed by a
tyrannical, oppressive upper class. The Manifesto argues that, at
some point in history, the lower class will inevitably realize
their potential and exploitation and subsequently revolt. Once this
occurs, Marx and Engels argue, there will be an uprising among
proletariats that shifts political and economic power, ultimately
resulting in the dismantling of class systems and capitalism.
Additionally, in the Manifesto, Marx and Engels also predict the
future state of the global economy and discuss their viewpoints on
private property, while also addressing many other topics pertinent
to today's world. Although written nearly 170 years ago, The
Communist Manifesto is still widely read and cited. Amid the
current turmoil between social classes and the societies of the
world, its revolutionary prose and ideas can still yield ripe food
for thought.
Join us on a journey. as we explore two huntingdonshire traditions
- one set in Yaxley's fen, the other St Peter's Church Yaxley.
These stories take us back to the time before the fen was fully
drained and farmed, when there wa sno road through to Holme
Village, and the Yaxley Lode flowed down into the ancient Trundle
Mere ans beyond to Whittlesea Mere, the largest lowland freshwater
lake in England. All proceeds from the sale of this booklet will be
donated to Sue Ryder Hospice at Thorpe Hall, Peterborough, to
support their incredible care for those in need.
1 Recce: Agter vyandelike linies neem die leser tot in die Recces se “binnekamer”. In hul eie woorde vertel Recce-operateurs van die lewensgevaarlike operasies wat hulle onder groot geheimhouding in die laat 1970’s in Angola, Rhodesië en Mosambiek uitgevoer het. Dié wat daar was vertel van die spanning, afwagting, vrees, adrenalien, moegheid, dors en hartseer wat hulle beleef het, maar ook van die humoristiese momente en die hegte vriendskapsbande wat hulle gesmee het.
The dragon circles and swoops ... a tiger running alone in the night ...
Mimi Kwa ignored the letter for days. When she finally opened it, the
news was so shocking her hair turned grey. Why would a father sue his
own daughter?
The collision was over the estate of Mimi's beloved Aunt Theresa, but
its seed had been sown long ago. In an attempt to understand how it had
come to this, Mimi unspools her rich family history in House of Kwa.
One of a wealthy silk merchant's 32 children, Mimi's father, Francis,
was just a little boy when the Kwa family became caught up in the
brutal and devastating Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World
War II. Years later, he was sent to study in Australia by his now
independent and successful older sister Theresa. There he met and
married Mimi's mother, a nineteen-year-old with an undiagnosed, chronic
mental illness. Soon after, 'tiger' Mimi arrived, and her struggle with
the past - and the dragon - began ...
Riveting, colourful and often darkly humorous, House of Kwa is an epic
family drama spanning four generations, and an unforgettable story
about how one woman finds the courage to stand up for her freedom and
independence, squaring off against the ghosts of the past and finally
putting them to rest. Throughout, her inspiration is Francis's late
older sister, the jet-setting, free-spirited Aunt Theresa, whose
extraordinary life is a beacon of hope in the darkness.
When the Beatles launched into fame in 1963, they inspired a
generation to pick up an instrument and start a band. Rock and roll
took the world by storm, but one small town in particular seemed to
pump out prominent musicians and popular bands at factory pace.
Many American college towns have their own story to tell when it
comes to their rock and roll roots, but Gainesville's story is
unique: dozens of resident musicians launched into national
prominence, eight inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and
a steady stream of major acts rolling through on a regular basis.
Marty Jourard-himself a member of the chart-topping Motels-looks at
Gainesville through the mid-1960s and 1970s, delving into
individual stories of the musicians, businesses, and promoters that
helped foster innovative, professional music in a small north
Florida town. From Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to Stephen
Stills and the Eagles' Don Felder and Bernie Leadon, Gainesville
cultivated some of the most celebrated musicians and songwriters of
the time. Music Everywhere brings to light a key chapter in the
history of American rock and roll-a time when music was a way of
life and bands popped up by the dozen, some falling by the wayside,
but others indelibly changing the face of rock and roll. Here is
the story of the people, the town, and a culture that nurtured a
wellspring of talent.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Yaroslav Trofimov has
spent months on end at the heart of the conflict, very often on its
front lines. In this authoritative account, he traces the war’s
decisive moments―from the battle for Kyiv to more recently the
gruelling and bloody arm wrestle involving the Wagner group over
Bakhmut―to show how Ukraine and its allies have turned the tide against
Russia in a modern-day battle of David and Goliath.
Putin had intended to conquer Ukraine with a vicious blitzkrieg, in a
few short weeks. But in the face of this existential threat, the
Ukrainian people fought back, turning what looked like certain defeat
into a great moral victory, even as the territorial battle continues to
seesaw to this day. This is the story of their epic bravery in the face
of almost unthinkable aggression.
For Trofimov, this war is deeply personal. He grew up in Kyiv and his
family has lived there for generations. He tells the story of how
everyday Ukrainian citizens―doctors, computer programmers,
businesspeople, and schoolteachers―risked their lives and lost loved
ones.
At once heart-breaking and inspiring, and combining vivid reportage
with expert military analysis and rare insight into the thinking of
Ukrainian leadership, Our Enemies Will Vanish tells the riveting story
Ukraine’s fight for survival and refusal to surrender as it has never
been told before.
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