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Might and Valour

Author : John Cristobal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578504636
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Might and Valour written by John Cristobal and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perilous times abound for a great kingdom... Following a mysterious plague that has ravaged the land and the assassination of a sovereign political figure, the country of Atoranth now stands on the brink of collapse. Josiah Locke, noble servant to a legendary ruler finds himself at the center of this turmoil. An emboldened enemy now threatens to lay siege and capture the country's most ancient city, Edenfield. It is part of a larger effort to claim a foothold on the Continuum Column - an innovative, modular container which holds four levers known as the Earthen Shovels. If retrieved, they would herald a consequence that far surpasses what the entire realm has ever known. Learning of this while beyond his country's borders, Josiah's recourse of helping a loved one flee into exile is altered when he meets a resilient young boy that may hold the key to halting the advancing army. Pitted against enemies on every side, Josiah will have to overcome ageless creatures, seasoned warlords, treacherous landscapes and deadly intrigue if he, his people and his kingdom are to survive...

Stolen Valor

Author : Bernard Gary Burkett
Publisher : Summit Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9781565302846
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Stolen Valor written by Bernard Gary Burkett and published by Summit Publishing Group. This book was released on 1998 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military documents reveal decades of deceit about the Vietnam War and myths perpetuated by the mainstream media.

Road to Valour

Author : Aili McConnon
Publisher : Phoenix
ISBN 13 : 9780753828144
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Road to Valour written by Aili McConnon and published by Phoenix. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Italian SCHINDLER'S LIST, this is the inspirational story of Gino Bartali, who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian Resistance during the Second World War. ROAD TO VALOUR is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and still holds the record for the longest gap between victories. Yet it was his actions during the Second World War, when he secretly aided the Resistance, rather than his remarkable exploits on a bike, that truly cemented his place in the hearts and minds of the Italian people. Based on nearly ten years of research, and including fascinating new interviews, this is the only book written that fully explores the scope of Bartali's wartime work. A breathtaking account of one man's unsung heroism and his resilience in the face of adversity, this is an epic tale of courage, comeback and redemption, and the untold story of one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century.

It Made You Think of Home

Author : Bruce Cane
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550029207
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book It Made You Think of Home written by Bruce Cane and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We took our positions, five kneeling and five standing ... we got the order to fire. One blank and nine live rounds ... I did not have the blank." That is the voice of Deward Barnes, an unwilling but dutiful member of the firing squad that shot Harold Lodge, one of 25 Canadians executed during the First World War. In this diary we hear something that is otherwise gone forever: the authentic voice of the First World War soldier, Everyman in khaki. Fully annontated so that everyone today can understand the nuance of each entry, the Barnes diary takes us into the trenches and the firing lines of the Western Front like no other first-hand Canadian account of that terrible war can. Like any trained infantryman, Deward could tell the kick of a live round from a blank one, and that kick he bestows on us with each turn of the page.

The Empire on the Western Front

Author : Geoffrey Jackson
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774860170
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book The Empire on the Western Front written by Geoffrey Jackson and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Great Britain and its dominions declared war on Germany in August 1914, they were faced with the formidable challenge of transforming masses of untrained citizen-soldiers at home and abroad into competent, coordinated fighting divisions. The Empire on the Western Front focuses on the development of two units, Britain’s 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division and the Canadian 4th Division, to show how the British Expeditionary Force rose to this challenge. Examining their respective geneses and following them through to the end of the war, Geoffrey Jackson explores many aspects of the division-building process of these two units – from leadership and training to discipline and morale – and how (or whether) the process differed in Britain and Canada. The Empire on the Western Front examines army formation and operations at the divisional level and ultimately calls into question existing accounts that emphasize the differences between the imperial and dominion armies.

Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima

Author : James H Hallas
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0811765288
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima written by James H Hallas and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic Battle of Iwo Jima is recounted through the stories of twenty-eight American soldiers who showed uncommon valor during one of WWII’s most bitter conflicts. When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March of 1945, nineteen-thousand American Marines had been wounded and seven-thousand were dead, a casualty rate of nearly thirty-nine percent. Lasting over a month, Iwo was the Marines’ bloodiest battle of the Second World War and the only Pacific battle in which a U.S. landing force suffered more casualties than it inflicted. It was also the most highly decorated single engagement in Marine Corps history. This volume captures the bravery of those who fought in that epic battle through the stories of twenty-two Marines and five Navy personnel who received the Medal of Honor in recognition of their gallantry under fire.

The Price of Valor (Global Search and Rescue Book #3)

Author : Susan May Warren
Publisher : Revell
ISBN 13 : 1493426621
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book The Price of Valor (Global Search and Rescue Book #3) written by Susan May Warren and published by Revell. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Navy SEAL Hamilton Jones thought that the love of his life was dead. But when a girl claiming to be his daughter shows up with a dire message from his wife, Ham knows he will stop at nothing to find her and bring her home. Kidnapped by rebels while serving as an interpreter in Ukraine, Signe Kincaid has spent the past decade secreting out valuable information about Russian assets in the US to her CIA handler. Fearing for her daughter after being discovered as an operative, Signe sends her to Ham for safekeeping. She's ready to give her life for her country, and she can hardly expect Ham to rescue her after breaking his heart over and over. When Ham discovers the reason Signe has kept her distance, he must choose between love for his wife and love for the nation he has vowed to protect. Will he save the many? Or the few? USA Today bestselling author Susan May Warren takes you on a global search and rescue mission where the stakes are higher than ever in this final installment of her popular series.

The Torch We Throw: The Dundurn WWI Historical Library

Author : Brereton Greenhous
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459730305
Total Pages : 1125 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book The Torch We Throw: The Dundurn WWI Historical Library written by Brereton Greenhous and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 1125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The giant conflagration of the First World War created the world we live in today, and its history is replete with stirring battles, mind-boggling strategies, and geopolitical manoeuvring. However, the real story was lived in the trenches of Europe and the lonely households of those left behind. The stories of this period are full of tragedy, anger, and loss but also inspirational courage. This special five-book bundle presents some of these stories, from brave Canadian contributions to the battlefields at Ypres and Amiens, to the specific untold story of Canada’s unheralded 58th Division, to an analysis of the myth and legend of air ace Billy Bishop, to the voice of one single soldier, Deward Barnes, told through his diary. These books provide new and enlightening perspectives on the war. Amiens Hell in Flanders Fields It Made you Think of Home The Making of Billy Bishop Second to None

Memory, History, Nation

Author : Susannah Radstone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351505920
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Memory, History, Nation written by Susannah Radstone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade, a focus on memory in the human sciences has encouraged new approaches to the study of the past. As the humanities and social sciences have put into question their own claims to objectivity, authority, and universality, memory has appeared to offer a way of engaging with knowledge of the past as inevitably partial, subjective, and local. At the same time, memory and memorial practices have become sites of contestation, and the politics of memory are increasingly prominent. This inter-disciplinary volume demonstrates, from a range of perspectives, the complex cultural work and struggles over meaning that lie at the heart of what we call memory.The chapters in this volume offer a complex awareness of the workings of memory, and the ways in which different or changing histories may be explained. They explore the relation between individual and social memory, between real and imaginary, event and fantasy, history and myth. Contradictory accounts, or memories in direct contradiction to the historical record are not always the sign of a repressive authority attempting to cover something up. The tension between memory as a safeguard against attempts to silence dissenting voices, and memory's own implication in that silencing, runs throughout the book. Topics covered range from the Basque country to Cambodia, from Hungary to South Africa, from the Finnish Civil War to the cult Jim Jarmusch movie Dead Man, from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to Australia. Part I, ""Transforming Memory"" is concerned primarily with the social and personal transmission of memory across time and generations. Part II, ""Remembering Suffering: Trauma and History,"" brings the after-effects of catastrophe to the fore. Part III, ""Patterning the National Past,"" the relation between nation and memory is the central issue. Part IV, ""And Then Silence,"" reflects on the complex and multiple meaning of silence and oblivion, wherein amnesia is often used as a figure for the denial of shamefu

Lady of Valor

Author : Tina St. John
Publisher : Ivy Books
ISBN 13 : 9780449004241
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Lady of Valor written by Tina St. John and published by Ivy Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A widowed noblewoman determined to make her own way in the world initially chafs under the iron rule of the warrior sent by the king to protect her, but then finds herself yeilding to his powerful touch. Original.

The History of the Victoria Cross

Author : Philip Aveling Wilkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The History of the Victoria Cross written by Philip Aveling Wilkins and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Immortal Valor

Author : Robert Child
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472852869
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Immortal Valor written by Robert Child and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable story of the seven African American soldiers ultimately awarded the World War II Medal of Honor, and the 50-year campaign to deny them their recognition. In 1945, when Congress began reviewing the record of the most conspicuous acts of courage by American soldiers during World War II, they recommended awarding the Medal of Honor to 432 recipients. Despite the fact that more than one million African-Americans served, not a single black soldier received the Medal of Honor. The omission remained on the record for over four decades. But recent historical investigations have brought to light some of the extraordinary acts of valor performed by black soldiers during the war. Men like Vernon Baker, who single-handedly eliminated three enemy machineguns, an observation post, and a German dugout. Or Sergeant Reuben Rivers, who spearhead his tank unit's advance against fierce German resistance for three days despite being grievously wounded. Meanwhile Lieutenant Charles Thomas led his platoon to capture a strategically vital village on the Siegfried Line in 1944 despite losing half his men and suffering a number of wounds himself. Ultimately, in 1993 a US Army commission determined that seven men, including Baker, Rivers and Thomas, had been denied the Army's highest award simply due to racial discrimination. In 1997, more than 50 years after the war, President Clinton finally awarded the Medal of Honor to these seven heroes, sadly all but one of them posthumously. These are their stories.

Army and Nation

Author : Steven Wilkinson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674728807
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Army and Nation written by Steven Wilkinson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven I. Wilkinson explores how India has succeeded in keeping the military out of politics, when so many other countries have failed. He uncovers the command and control strategies, the careful ethnic balancing, and the political, foreign policy, and strategic decisions that have made the army safe for Indian democracy.

Brave Battalion

Author : Mark Zuehlke
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470738979
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Brave Battalion written by Mark Zuehlke and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-03-17 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Excerpt From Brave Battalion. The company was completely bunched in front of the wire. Some men threw bombs toward the German trench while others tried to beat down the wooden stakes supporting the wire with their rifle buts and then trample it into the mud. The German grenades generally fell short as they were throwing uphill, but their rifle fire was "deadly accurate." Casualties mounted. Unless something were to be done quickly, Mackie realized that No. 4 Company would be wiped out. Suddenly Richardson turned to the sergeant. "Will I gie them wund?" he asked calmly. "Aye mon, gie 'em wind, " Mackie barked back. Coolly, the young smooth-faced solder marched back and forth in front of the wire, playing the pipes while a storm of fire swirled past him on either side. "The effect was instantaneous," reads his Victoria Cross commendation. "Inspired by his splendid example, the company rushed the wire with such fury and determination that the obstacle was overcome and the positions captured."

Symbol of Courage

Author : Max Arthur
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780330491334
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (913 download)

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Download or read book Symbol of Courage written by Max Arthur and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Victoria Cross can only be awarded for most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy. It has been awarded only 1,354 times since the Crimean War, the majority going to British and Commonwealth troops. Symbol of Courage vividly brings the story of the medal to life, giving a narrative history from the Crimean War to the recent war in Afghanistan. It includes many first-hand accounts of individual acts of bravery and describes what happened to the VC holders, some of whom found it was harder wearing the medal than winning it. It also gives a complete listing of every VC holder with details of the action in which they won the medal. Written by acclaimed military historian Max Arthur, this is a fascinating and comprehensive study that will appeal to everyone who is interested in military history.The Victoria Cross is Britains most famous medalit has a great emotional appeal and this book is full of stories of remarkable courage. Max Arthurs last book, Forgotten Voices of the Great War, sold over 84,000 copies in paperback for Ebury. The first book for many years to give a complete history of the medal. There are many Commonwealth holders so there should be a market outside the UK.

Acadiensis

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Acadiensis written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Legacy of Ash

Author : Matthew Ward
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316457892
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Legacy of Ash written by Matthew Ward and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legacy of Ash is an unmissable fantasy debut--an epic tale of intrigue and revolution, soldiers and assassins, ancient magic and the eternal clash of empires. A shadow has fallen over the Tressian Republic. Ruling families -- once protectors of justice and democracy -- now plot against one another with sharp words and sharper knives. Blinded by ambition, they remain heedless of the threat posed by the invading armies of the Hadari Empire. Yet as Tressia falls, heroes rise. Viktor Akadra is the Republic's champion. A warrior without equal, he hides a secret that would see him burned as a heretic. Josiri Trelan is Viktor's sworn enemy. A political prisoner, he dreams of reigniting his mother's failed rebellion. And yet Calenne Trelan, Josiri's sister, seeks only to break free of their tarnished legacy; to escape the expectation and prejudice that haunts the family name. As war spreads across the Republic, these three must set aside their differences in order to save their home. Yet decades of bad blood are not easily set aside. And victory -- if it comes at all -- will demand a darker price than any of them could have imagined.