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Angels in the Trenches

Author : Leo Ruickbie
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472139585
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Angels in the Trenches written by Leo Ruickbie and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a miraculous escape from the German military juggernaut in the small Belgian town of Mons in 1914, the first major battle that the British Expeditionary Force would face in the First World War, the British really believed that they were on the side of the angels. Indeed, after 1916, the number of spiritualist societies in the United Kingdom almost doubled, from 158 to 309. As Arthur Conan Doyle explained, 'The deaths occurring in almost every family in the land brought a sudden and concentrated interest in the life after death. People not only asked the question, "If a man die, shall he live again?" but they eagerly sought to know if communication was possible with the dear ones they had lost.' From the Angel of Mons to the popular boom in spiritualism as the horrors of industrialised warfare reaped their terrible harvest, the paranormal - and its use in propaganda - was one of the key aspects of the First World War. Angels in the Trenches takes us from defining moments, such as the Angel of Mons on the Front Line, to spirit communication on the Home Front, often involving the great and the good of the period, such as aristocrat Dame Edith Lyttelton, founder of the War Refugees Committee, and the physicist Sir Oliver Lodge, Principal of Birmingham University. We see here people at every level of society struggling to come to terms with the ferocity and terror of the war, and their own losses: soldiers looking for miracles on the battlefield; parents searching for lost sons in the séance room. It is a human story of people forced to look beyond the apparent certainties of the everyday - and this book follows them on that journey.

Angels in the Trenches

Author : Leo Ruickbie
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472139585
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Angels in the Trenches

Author : James Kline McVey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (294 download)

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Download or read book Angels in the Trenches written by James Kline McVey and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fallen Angels

Author : Walter Dean Myers
Publisher : Zola Books
ISBN 13 : 1939126126
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Fallen Angels written by Walter Dean Myers and published by Zola Books. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers is a young adult novel about seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, a Harlem teenager who volunteers for the Army when unable to afford college and is sent to fight in the Vietnam War. Perry and his platoon—Peewee, Lobel, Johnson, and Brunner—come face-to-face with the Vietcong, the harsh realities of war, and some dark truths about themselves. A thoughtful young man with a gift for writing and love of basketball, Perry learns to navigate among fellow soldiers under tremendous stress and struggles with his own fear as he sees things he’ll never forget: the filling of body bags, the deaths of civilians and soldier friends, the effects of claymore mines, the fires of Napalm, and jungle diseases like Nam Rot. Available as an e-book for the first time on the 25th anniversary of its publication, Fallen Angels has been called one of the best Vietnam War books ever and one of the great coming-of-age Vietnam War stories. Filled with unforgettable characters, not least Peewee Gates of Chicago who copes with war by relying on wisecracks and dark humor, Fallen Angels “reaches deep into the minds of soldiers” and makes “readers feel they are there, deep in the heart of war.” Fallen Angels has won numerous awards and honors, including the Coretta Scott King Award, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Booklist Editors Choice, and a School Library Journal Best Book. Fallen Angels was #16 on the American Library Association’s list of the most frequently challenged books of 1990–2000 for its realistic depiction of war and those who fight in wars.

Battlefield Angels

Author : Scott McGaugh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849089094
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Battlefield Angels written by Scott McGaugh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author, journalist, and USS Midway Museum spokesman Scott McGaugh reveals the riveting stories of the men and women who save lives on the front lines in Battlefield Angels, the first book about battlefield medicine in the US military. Told from the point of view of the unsung heroes who slide into bomb craters and climb into blazing ships, this unique look at medicine in the trenches traces the history of the military medical corps and the contributions it has made to America's health, for example, how the military medical corps pioneered the ambulance concept, emergency medevac helicopters, hospital designs, and contagious disease prevention. McGough also details how the military medical corps has adopted medical science discoveries, field tested them in battle, adapted them, and proved their value.

Angels in the Gloom

Author : Anne Perry
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 034548598X
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Angels in the Gloom written by Anne Perry and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2005-08-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this latest entry in a bestselling series that evokes all the passion and heroism of history’s most heartbreaking conflict–the war that was meant to end all wars–Anne Perry adds new luster to her worldwide reputation. Angels in the Gloom is an intense saga of love, hate, obsession, and murder that features an honorable English family–brothers Joseph and Matthew Reavley and their sisters, Judith and Hannah. In March 1916, Joseph, a chaplain at the front, and Judith, an ambulance driver, are fighting not only the Germans but the bitter cold and the appalling casualties at Ypres. Scarcely less at risk, Matthew, an officer in England’s Secret Intelligence Service, fights the war covertly from London. Only Hannah, living with her children in the family home in tranquil Cambridgeshire, seems safe. Appearances, however, are deceiving. By the time Joseph returns home to Cambridgeshire, rumors of spies and traitors are rampant. And when the savagely brutalized body of a weapons scientist is discovered in a village byway, the fear that haunts the battlefields settles over the town–along with the shadow of the obsessed ideologue who murdered the Reavleys’ parents on the eve of the war. Once again, this icy, anonymous powerbroker, the Peacemaker, is plotting to kill. Perry’s kaleidoscopic new novel illuminates an entire world, from the hell of the trenches to the London nightclub where a beautiful Irish spy plies her trade; from the sequestered laboratory where a weapon that can end the war is being perfected to the matchless glory of the English countryside in spring. Steeped in history and radiant with truth, Angels in the Gloom is a masterpiece that warms the heart even as it chills the blood.

Angels of Mercy

Author : Lyn Andrews
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 0755376315
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (553 download)

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Download or read book Angels of Mercy written by Lyn Andrews and published by Headline. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Great War looms, two sisters' lives are about to change forever... In Angels of Mercy, Lyn Andrews writes a dramatic, moving saga of two sisters who set off to become nurses in the Great War, far from their loving Liverpudlian homes. Perfect for fans of Anne Baker, Nadine Dorries and Kate Thompson. Blue-eyed, blond-haired, full of smiles and sweetness, even as babies twins Kate and Evvie Greenway captured the hearts of Liverpool's Scotland Road slumlands. But now they are almost adults the two girls find that being pleasant, popular and blessed with a loving family isn't quite enough. For they've both fallen for men who will break their youthful hearts... But these sorrows are nothing compared to the tragedies that await them and so many others when the Great War breaks out. Determined to do their part, Kate and Evvie sign up for nursing training and are despatched to the Front, a terrible world far from the life-affirming energy of their homes. Can anything, hope, love or the bond that has always united the sisters, survive all that lies in store for them? What readers are saying about Angels of Mercy: '[This] book tugs at every single one of your emotions, and you won't be able to put it down' 'Lots of twists and turns for the people in this book. It made me laugh and it also made me cry... It really does make you think, but it's a page turner, and that's what Lyn Andrews does best!' 'Lyn Andrews ranks as one of the best saga writers in my book. Having just finished Angels of Mercy, I found this novel poignant, engrossing and unputdownable'

The Angel of Dien Bien Phu

Author : Genevieve de Heaulme
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612513867
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book The Angel of Dien Bien Phu written by Genevieve de Heaulme and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2010-10-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geneviève de Galard was a flight nurse for the French Air Force who received the name of the "Angel of Dien Bien Phu" during the French war in Indochina. She volunteered for French Indochina and arrived there in May 1953, in the middle of the war between French forces and the Vietminh. Galard was stationed in Hanoi and flew on casualty evacuation flights from Pleiku. After January 1954 she was on the flights that evacuated casualties from the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Her first patients were mainly soldiers who suffered from diseases but after mid-March most of them were battle casualties. Sometimes Red Cross planes had to land in the midst of Vietminh artillery barrages. On March 27, 1954, when a Red Cross C-47 with Galard aboard tried to land at night on the short runway of Dien Bien Phu, the landing overshot and the plane's left engine was seriously damaged. The mechanics could not repair the plane in the field, so the plane was stranded. At daylight Vietminh artillery destroyed the C-47 and damaged the runway beyond repair. Galard went to a field hospital under command of doctor Paul Grauwin and volunteered her services as a nurse. Although the men of the medical staff were initially apprehensive —she was the only woman in the base —they eventually made accommodations for her. They also arranged a semblance of uniform; camouflage overalls, trousers, basketball shoes, and a t-shirt. Galard did her best in very unsanitary conditions, comforting those about to die and trying to keep up morale in the face of the mounting casualties. Many of the men later complimented her efforts. On the 29th of April 1954 Genevièvee de Galard was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Légion d ́Honneur and the Croix de Guerre. It was presented to her by the commander of Dien Bien Phu, General de Castries. The following day, during the celebration of the French Foreign Legion's annual "Camerone", de Galard was made an honorary "Legionnaire de 1ère classe" alongside Lieutenant Colonel Marcel Bigeard, the commander of the 6th Colonial Parachute Battalion. French troops at Dien Bien Phu finally capitulated on May 7. However, the Vietminh allowed Galard and the medical staff continue to care for their wounded. Galard still refused any kind of cooperation. When some of the Vietminh begun to hoard medical supplies for their own use, she hid some of them under her stretcher bed. On May 24, Gènevieve de Galard was evacuated to French-held Hanoi, partially against her will. The American press gave her the name “Angel of Dien Bien Phu.” She was given a tickertape parade up Broadway, a standing ovation in Congress. On 29 July 1954 President Eisenhower awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden. She currently lives in Paris with her husband.

Angel Sister

Author : Ann H. Gabhart
Publisher : Revell
ISBN 13 : 0800733819
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Angel Sister written by Ann H. Gabhart and published by Revell. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As her father slowly slips into alcoholism while his business suffers, her mother tries to come to grips with their situation and her sisters seem to remain blissfully oblivious to it, middle child Kate Merritt must shoulder the emotional load, in a story of hope and love in the face of desperate circumstances during the Great Depression. Original.

Angels of Mercy

Author : Betsy Kuhn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0689820445
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Angels of Mercy written by Betsy Kuhn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-10 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the experiences of World War II Army nurses, who brought medical skills, courage, and cheer to hospitals throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific.

The Angels of Mons

Author : Arthur Machen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Angels of Mons written by Arthur Machen and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Exorcising Angels

Author : Tim Lebbon
Publisher : Crossroad Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exorcising Angels written by Tim Lebbon and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the London Blitz, a veteran from World War One goes in search of the author Arthur Machen. He has some questions to ask him… “What did I really see in the trenches?” “Were those angels?” “Who am I?” The answers, when they come, challenge everything he has ever believed to be true. When Arthur Machen's "The Bowmen" was published in 1915, many English readers believed his tale of heavenly archers defeating the advancing German troops of WWI to be true. Here, Tim Lebbon & Simon Clark pay homage to Machen with their novella Exorcising Angels, set against the backdrop of The Blitz of WWII, when (in the words of the Bishop of London) all of Great Britain needed to pray a "plea to the Heavenly Father for divine protection against these Swastikad angels of Death."

The Killer Angels

Author : Michael Shaara
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857906143
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book The Killer Angels written by Michael Shaara and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2013-06-15 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the third summer of the war, June 1863, and Robert Lee's Confederate Army slips across the Potomac to draw out the Union Army. Lee's army is 70,000 strong and has won nearly every battle it has fought. The Union Army is 80,000 strong and accustomed to defeat and retreat. Thus begins the Battle of Gettysburg, the four most bloody and courageous days of America's history. Two armies fight for two goals - one for freedom, the other for a way of life. This is a classic, Pulitzer Prize-Winning, historical novel set during the Battle of Gettysburg.

Lest We Forget

Author : Stephen Liddell
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500490119
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Lest We Forget written by Stephen Liddell and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First World War was a catastrophe that engulfed not just the continent, but the rest of the world as well. It cost millions of lives, and changed the course of the century. 'Lest We Forget' provides an accessible overview of that titanic struggle, which was the foundation for the modern world and modern Britain, covering both life in the trenches and also life on the Home Front. It draws out the key events and themes that occurred throughout the conflict. The book provides both narrative and argument and will appeal to military historians and also students and soldiers interested in the Great War. It is split into 28 easy to read sections, including the following: The Road to War The Race to the Sea Life in the Trenches War Literature and Poetry The Battle of the Somme The War at Sea The Home Front Women and the War War in the Air Gallipoli The War around the World The Russian Revolution Armistice Stephen Liddell is a writer and historian and when not writing runs Ye Olde England Tours. He writes regularly for various publications as well as his own website www.stephenliddell.co.uk. His other works include 'Planes, Trains and Sinking Boats', 'How to Get Rich Using Airbnb', as well as the historical fiction trilogy 'The Promise', 'The Messenger' and 'Forever and Until'.

Angels of Mercy

Author : Eileen Crofton
Publisher : Birlinn Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781843410638
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Angels of Mercy written by Eileen Crofton and published by Birlinn Limited. This book was released on 2013 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on their diaries and letters, this is the little-known story of the gritty and free-spirited women who, in 1914, put aside their fight for the vote to set up a hospital in an abandoned French abbey to treat the appalling injuries sustained on the Western Front. The Scottish Women's Hospitals unit offered their services to France and opened a hospital in the ancient Abbey of Royaumont, near Paris. Uniquely, the hospital was staffed entirely by women—from the doctors, surgeons, nurses, bacteriologists, and radiographers to the orderlies and ambulance drivers. The hospital operated from 1915 to 1919 and became famous for its nursing care, cleanliness, and efficiency, recognized by the French authorities as a key wartime hospital.

Angels in the Early Modern World

Author : Peter Marshall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521843324
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Angels in the Early Modern World written by Peter Marshall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the role of belief in the existence of angels in the early modern world.

Con Thien

Author : James P. Coan
Publisher : Fire Ant Books
ISBN 13 : 9780817354459
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (544 download)

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Download or read book Con Thien written by James P. Coan and published by Fire Ant Books. This book was released on 2007-03-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir/history of a much-beleaguered Marine outpost of the DMZ. Throughout much of 1967, a remote United States Marine firebase only two miles from the demilitarized zone (DMZ) captured the attention of the world’s media. That artillery-scarred outpost was the linchpin of the so-called McNamara Line intended to deter incursions into South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese Army. As such, the fighting along this territory was particularly intense and bloody, and the body count rose daily. Con Thien combines James P. Coan’s personal experiences with information taken from archives, interviews with battle participants, and official documents to construct a powerful story of the daily life and combat on the red clay bulls-eye known as "The Hill of Angels." As a tank platoon leader in Alpha Company, 3d Tank Battalion, 3d Marine Division, Coan was stationed at Con Thien for eight months during his 1967-68 service in Vietnam and witnessed much of the carnage. Con Thien was heavily bombarded by enemy artillery with impunity because it was located in politically sensitive territory and the U.S. government would not permit direct armed response from Marine tanks. Coan, like many other soldiers, began to feel as though the government was as much the enemy as the NVA, yet he continued to fight for his country with all that he had. In his riveting memoir, Coan depicts the hardships of life in the DMZ and the ineffectiveness of much of the U.S. military effort in Vietnam.