More Luck of a Lancaster

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Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473897688
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Book Synopsis More Luck of a Lancaster by : Gordon Thorburn

Download or read book More Luck of a Lancaster written by Gordon Thorburn and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-07-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 11 June 1943 (the date of Lancaster Mark III EE136 WS/R's first op) to her last with 9 Squadron (on 19 October 1944), eighty-six Lancasters were assigned to Number 9. Of these, fifty were lost to enemy action, another five crashed at home, three crashed in Russia on the first Tirpitz raid and four were transferred to other squadrons only to be lost by them, leaving just twenty-four still flying.As more came in, three of those twenty-four were transferred to a new squadron, the reforming No 189. These were EE136 (93 operations), PB146 (36 ops), and LM745 (four ops). All three saw the war out, unlike so many others. During 189 Squadron's operational period featuring EE136 (1 November 1944 to 3 February 1945) thirty-four Lancasters came on the strength of which nine were lost in that time. Over the operational lifetime of Lancaster EE136, forty-two different skippers took her on her grand total of 109 trips. Altogether, 315 men flew on ops in this machine, many of them more than once - the most 'capped' captain, F/O Roy Lake, twenty-two times - and of those men, 101 were killed in other aircraft.Those are the statistics. But this is the story of the men behind the numbers.

Bitter is the New Black

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101128402
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Bitter is the New Black by : Jen Lancaster

Download or read book Bitter is the New Black written by Jen Lancaster and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-03-07 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster takes you from sorority house to penthouse to poorhouse in her hilarious memoir of living the sweet life—until real life kicked her to the curb. She had the perfect man, the perfect job—hell, she had the perfect life—and there was no reason to think it wouldn't last. Or maybe there was, but Jen Lancaster was too busy being manicured, pedicured, highlighted, and generally adored to notice. This is the smart-mouthed, soul-searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for when times were good. Filled with caustic wit and unusual insight, it's a rollicking read as speedy and unpredictable as the trajectory of a burst balloon.

Luck of a Lancaster

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Publisher : Pen & Sword Books
ISBN 13 : 9781781590737
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (97 download)

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Book Synopsis Luck of a Lancaster by : Gordon Thorburn

Download or read book Luck of a Lancaster written by Gordon Thorburn and published by Pen & Sword Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No 9 Squadron of Bomber Command converted from the Wellington to the Lancaster in August 1942. W4964 was the seventieth Lanc to arrive on squadron, in mid April 1943. She flew her first op on the 20th, by which time No 9 had lost forty one of their Lancs to enemy action and another five had been transferred to other squadrons and lost by them. A further thirteen of the seventy would soon be lost by No 9. All of the remaining eleven would be damaged, repaired, transferred to other squadrons or training units, and lost to enemy action or crashes except for three which, in some kind of retirement, would last long enough to be scrapped after the war. Only one of the seventy achieved a century of ops or anything like it: W4964 WS-J. Across all squadrons and all the war, the average life of a Lancaster was 22.75 sorties, but rather less for the front-line squadrons going to Germany three and four times a week in 1943 and '44, which was when W4964 was flying her 107 sorties, all with No 9 Squadron and all from RAF Bardney. The first was Stettin (Szczecin in modern Poland), and thereafter she went wherever 9 Squadron went, to Berlin, the Ruhr, and most of the big ops of the time such as Peenemunde and Hamburg. She was given a special character as J-Johnny Walker, 'still going strong' and on September 15 1944, skippered by Flight Lieutenant James Douglas Melrose, her Tallboy special bomb was the only one to hit the battleship Tirpitz. During her career, well over two hundred airmen flew in J. None were killed while doing so, but ninety-six of them died in other aircraft. This is their story, and the story of one lucky Lancaster. AUTHOR: Gordon Thorburn is the author of the best-selling Men and Sheds. For Remember When he has authored Pocket Guide to Pubs and Their Histories, The Classic Allotment and The Classic Herb Garden. Other books have included Cassius, The True Story of a Courageous Police Dog, and No Need to Die about American volunteers in RAF Bomber Command in WW2. 100 images

Gothic Romanticism

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Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230109039
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Book Synopsis Gothic Romanticism by : T. Duggett

Download or read book Gothic Romanticism written by T. Duggett and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gothic Romanticism, winner of the 2010 MLA Prize for Independent Scholars, is a study of the relationship between British Romanticism and the Gothic Revival. Reading a wide range of canonical and raretexts, and spanning the Romantic discourses of architecture, politics, and literary form, the book recovers the collaborative project of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southeyfor a purified 'Gothic' poetry and a 'second Gothic' culture.

Lancaster

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471180484
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Book Synopsis Lancaster by : John Nichol

Download or read book Lancaster written by John Nichol and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Spitfire, comes a passionate and profoundly moving tribute to the Lancaster bomber, its heroic crews and the men and women who kept her airborne during the country's greatest hour of need. 'The Avro Lancaster is an aviation icon; revered, romanticised, loved. Without her, and the bravery of those who flew her, the freedom we enjoy today would not exist.' Sir Arthur Harris, the controversial chief of Royal Air Force Bomber Command, described the Lancaster as his 'shining sword' and the 'greatest single factor in winning the war'. RAF bomber squadrons carried out offensive operations from the first day of the Second World War until the very last, more than five and a half years later. They flew nearly 300,000 sorties and dropped around a million tons of explosives, as well as life-saving supplies. Over 10,000 of their aircraft never returned. Of the 7,377 Lancasters built during the conflict, more than half were lost to enemy action or training accidents. The human cost was staggering. Of the 125,000 men who served in Bomber Command, over 55,000 were killed and another 8,400 were wounded. Some 10,000 survived being shot down, only to become prisoners of war. In simple, brutal terms, Harris's aircrew had only a 40 per cent chance of surviving the war unscathed. Former RAF Tornado Navigator, Gulf War veteran and bestselling author John Nichol now tells the inspiring and moving story of this legendary aircraft that took the fight deep into the heart of Nazi Germany.

If You Were Here

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101514477
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis If You Were Here by : Jen Lancaster

Download or read book If You Were Here written by Jen Lancaster and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watch a video The fiction debut of the New York Times bestselling author of My Fair Lazy. Told in the uproariously entertaining voice readers have come to expect from Jen Lancaster, If You Were Here follows Amish-zombie-teen- romance author Mia and her husband Mac (and their pets) through the alternately frustrating, exciting, terrifying-but always funny-process of buying and renovating their first home in the Chicago suburbs that John hughes's movies made famous. Along their harrowing renovation journey, Mia and Mac get caught up in various wars with the homeowners' association, meet some less-than-friendly neighbors, and are joined by a hilarious cast of supporting characters, including a celebutard ex- landlady. As they struggle to adapt to their new surroundings- with Mac taking on the renovations himself- Mia and Mac will discover if their marriage is strong enough to survive months of DIY renovations.

I Regret Nothing

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698166981
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Book Synopsis I Regret Nothing by : Jen Lancaster

Download or read book I Regret Nothing written by Jen Lancaster and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster has lived a life based on re-invention and self-improvement. From Bitter Is the New Black to The Tao of Martha, she’s managed to document her (and her generation’s) attempts to shape up, grow up, and have it all—sometimes with disastrous results… Sure Jen has made mistakes. She spent all her money from a high-paying job on shoes, clothes, and spa treatments. She then carried a Prada bag to the unemployment office. She wrote a whole memoir about dieting…but didn’t lose weight. She embarked on a quest for cultural enlightenment that only cemented her love for John Hughes movies and Kraft American Singles. She tried to embrace everything Martha Stewart, while living with a menagerie of rescue cats and dogs. (Glitter…everywhere.) Mistakes are one thing; regrets are another. After a girls’ weekend in Savannah makes her realize that she is—yikes!—middle-aged (binge watching is so the new binge drinking), Jen decides to make a bucket list and seize the day, even if that means having her tattoo removed at one hundred times the cost of putting it on. From attempting a juice cleanse to studying Italian, from learning to ride a bike to starting a new business, and from sampling pasta in Rome to training for a 5K, Jen is turning a mid-life crisis into a mid-life opportunity, sharing her sometimes bumpy—but always hilarious—attempts to better her life…again.

The Black Prince

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Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752473069
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Book Synopsis The Black Prince by : David Green

Download or read book The Black Prince written by David Green and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most charismatic and enigmatic personalities of the High Middle Ages, Edward the 'Black Prince' commanded an English division at the battle of Crecy at just 16 years old. But despite his battlefield exploits, romantic reputation, and popularity among the people, Edward has become notorious as a proponent of 'scorched earth' campaigns, or chevauchee. These expeditions amounted to little more than the licensed plunder of undefended towns and the murder of non-combatants. The premature death of Edward saw his infant son ascend to the throne and led, eventually, to the fraticidal chaos of the Wars of the Roses and the emergence of the Tudor dynasty. In this startling reappraisal of the prince's life, David Green assesses his actions in their historical context and examines what might have been had Edward the Black Prince become King Edward IV.

The Gilded Scarab

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Publisher : Dreamspinner Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781632167729
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (677 download)

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Book Synopsis The Gilded Scarab by : Anna Butler

Download or read book The Gilded Scarab written by Anna Butler and published by Dreamspinner Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-02-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ex-Aero Corp Captain Rafe Lancaster must evade kidnaping, murder, and dangerous politics while making the best coffee in London.

The God's Eye

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ISBN 13 : 9781657551749
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (517 download)

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Book Synopsis The God's Eye by : Anna Butler

Download or read book The God's Eye written by Anna Butler and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rafe Lancaster is reluctantly settling into his role as the First Heir of House Stravaigor. Trapped by his father's illness and his new responsibilities, Rafe can't go with lover Ned Winter to Aegypt for the 1902/03 archaeological digging season. Rafe's unease at being left behind intensifies when Ned's fascination with the strange Antikythera mechanism and its intriguing link to the Aegyptian god Thoth has Ned heading south to the remote, unexplored highlands of Abyssinia and the course of the Blue Nile.Searching for Thoth's deadly secrets, Ned is out of contact and far from help. When he doesn't return at Christmas as he promised, everything points to trouble. Rafe is left with a stark choice - abandon his dying father, or risk never seeing Ned again.

Gothic Romanticism

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Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030968324
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Book Synopsis Gothic Romanticism by : Tom Duggett

Download or read book Gothic Romanticism written by Tom Duggett and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-03 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gothic Romanticism: Wordsworth, Architecture, Politics, Form offers a revisionist account of both Wordsworth and the politics of antiquarianism in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. As a historically-driven study that develops a significant critique and revision of genre- and theory-based approaches to the Gothic, it covers many key works by Wordsworth and his fellow “Lake Poets” Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey. The second edition incorporates new materials that develop the argument in new directions opened up by changes in the field over the last decade. The book also provides a sustained reflection upon Romantic conservatism, including the political thought and lasting influence of Edmund Burke. New material places the book in wider and longer context of the political and historical forms seen developing in Wordsworth, and proposes Gothic Romanticism as the alternative line of cultural development to Victorian Medievalism.

Jinxie’S Wish

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 149189797X
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)

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Book Synopsis Jinxie’S Wish by : Geoff Dickinson

Download or read book Jinxie’S Wish written by Geoff Dickinson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian Davidson should have been a writer or at least his friend Jinxie thinks so. He is instead, trying to launch his own magazine with his friend Tom. His archrival Mike Tyler is trying his very best, through fair means or foul, to destroy Christians magazine publishing ambitions. The feud between Christian and Mike impacts on so many peoples lives, creating moments of joy, tragedy and humour. Will Christian succeed? Or will Mike Tyler manage to destroy Christians dreams? Will Jinxie get his wish - that Christian will one day write something worthwhile? Or will Christian and Mike only succeed in destroying each other?

A World for the Taking

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Publisher : Fireship Press
ISBN 13 : 1934757438
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (347 download)

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Book Synopsis A World for the Taking by : E. Keble Chatterton

Download or read book A World for the Taking written by E. Keble Chatterton and published by Fireship Press. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a time when one of the most powerful rulers in the world wasn't a government-it was a corporation. It's official name was "The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies." Some simply called it "John Company," others "Company Bahadur." But most people knew it as the Honourable East India Company. It was the first major shareholder-owned business enterprise. At its height it ruled more than a fifth of the world's population, and generated a revenue greater than the rest of Britain combined-including the government. To hold all this together it had it's own private army and navy consisting of over a quarter million men. But at it's heart, it was still a "company of merchants" and it was her merchant ships that made everything else possible. This is E. Keble Chatterton's authoritative account of those ships and the men who helped forge the history of two continents.

The Lord of Stariel

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ISBN 13 : 9780473451240
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book The Lord of Stariel written by A. J. Lancaster and published by . This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in a gaslamp fantasy romance series.

The Old East Indiamen

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Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Old East Indiamen written by E. Keble Chatterton and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, the author has attempted to present a remarkable era of the world's progress through a detailed history of the old East Indiamen. It was the name given to the ships that used to carry the trade between India and Europe. The author writes of a period in which the sailing ship revolutionized British trade and laid the foundations of and almost finished that imposing structure that the Indian Empire represented during the 1820s. It was a time full of romance, adventures, expeditions, and the thrilling pursuit of wealth. Any sailing ship working under any East India trading companies of the central European trading powers of the 17th to the 19th centuries was called East Indiaman. E. Keble Chatterton wrote this history brilliantly, providing every detail on the subject accurately. It is an insightful work on the 17th to 19th-century trade in Europe.

Backburn

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Publisher : Andrew Vaillencourt
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Backburn written by Andrew Vaillencourt and published by Andrew Vaillencourt. This book was released on 2023-07-24 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still hounded at every turn, Roland and his team limp home to find Dockside in turmoil. Clandestine corporate operations have weakened the treaties between Dockside’s gangs just in time for a disaster at the docks to shut down Earth’s mightiest marketplace. On the verge of economic catastrophe, Gateways Inc. lands an army of corporate troops to seize control. Criminals and corpos make for a tense pairing, and it’s only a matter of time before something breaks and the shooting starts. Not content to wait for that to happen, OmniCorp springs for a little extra muscle. The only surviving full-prosthesis cyborg in the galaxy shows up to have a go at New Boston’s most famous fixer, and a fair fight is not how this shooter likes to operate. It’s a full-metal slugfest as all the players collide on the streets of New Boston for one final bloody showdown. But what is all the fuss really over? Lucia has her doubts about the corporate line, and even her father seems to be hiding important information from her. As their losses mount and total destruction inches ever closer, the fixers will have to uncover the real reason all these MegaCorps are brawling it out in their backyard. The fires of corporate warfare are raging across New Boston, and only Roland Tankowicz and his group of misfits can stop it before all of Dockside burns to the ground. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire, and New Boston’s least favorite army-surplus cyborg has brought his matches… Time to light a BACKBURN.

Lancaster’s Choice

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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752443278
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Lancaster’s Choice written by Miller Mrs. Alex. McVeigh and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Lancaster’s Choice by Miller Mrs. Alex. McVeigh