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The Longest Day

Author : Cornelius Ryan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439126461
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Day written by Cornelius Ryan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unparalleled, classic work of history that recreates the battle that changed World War II—the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan’s unsurpassed account of D-Day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly recreates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany. This book, first published in 1959, is a must for anyone who loves history, as well as for anyone who wants to better understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the earth.

The Longest Day: Celebrating the Summer Solstice

Author : Wendy Pfeffer
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110164351X
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Day: Celebrating the Summer Solstice written by Wendy Pfeffer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-05-13 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fourth and final book in the series about seasons, Wendy Pfeffer turns her attention to summer, when butterflies emerge from silky cocoons and daylight hours stretch longer and longer. With lyrical prose and vibrant illustrations, The Longest Day takes us on a journey through the history and science behind the summer solstice, with a focus on summer celebrations from various cultures around the world. Teachers and students alike will treasure the varied and accessible knowledge, and activities in the back let everyone in on the festivities.

The Longest Day and Other Stories

Author : S. Govind Raj
Publisher : Vishv Books Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 8179877256
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Day and Other Stories written by S. Govind Raj and published by Vishv Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2013-01-27 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Siraj-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Bengal was neither coward nor afraid of wars. He routed the British army from Calcutta within four days. After that could he defend the State of Bengal in spite of his so many enemies because of his cruelty and profligacy? What caused his downfall? Was it profligacy or cruelty & who and how they conspired against him to take their revenge was a quite intrigue? It is an interesting historical story which one must read along with other interesting and inspiring stories.

The Longest Day of the Future

Author : Lucas Varela
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1606999516
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Day of the Future written by Lucas Varela and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a futuristic city, two mega-companies share power, while indulging in a thankless war to eliminate the other, by any means necessary. The crash of an extraterrestrial flying saucer will, perhaps, change that. This masterfully crafted, witty and irreverent graphic novel is Argentine cartoonist and graphic designer Lucas Varela's debut.

The Last Battle

Author : Cornelius Ryan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439127018
Total Pages : 749 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Last Battle written by Cornelius Ryan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 749 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic account of the final offensive against Hitler’s Third Reich. The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler’s Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe’s historic capitals and marked the final defeat of Nazi Germany. It was also one of the war’s bloodiest and most pivotal battles, whose outcome would shape international politics for decades to come. The Last Battle is Cornelius Ryan’s compelling account of this final battle, a story of brutal extremes, of stunning military triumph alongside the stark conditions that the civilians of Berlin experienced in the face of the Allied assault. As always, Ryan delves beneath the military and political forces that were dictating events to explore the more immediate imperatives of survival, where, as the author describes it, “to eat had become more important than to love, to burrow more dignified than to fight, to exist more militarily correct than to win.” The Last Battle is the story of ordinary people, both soldiers and civilians, caught up in the despair, frustration, and terror of defeat. It is history at its best, a masterful illumination of the effects of war on the lives of individuals, and one of the enduring works on World War II.

The Longest Day

Author : Matt Calman
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760873454
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Day written by Matt Calman and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do when you reach rock bottom? Matt Calman's most consistent tool for dealing with problems throughout his life was alcohol. But it got to the stage where he was no longer willing to put up with the dark side of his drinking. So he quit. But the problems that had been simmering away for most of his life merely came to a head. It led to a major depressive phase with panic attacks and thoughts of suicide. Finally Matt began the slow climb to rebuild himself. He was ready to find something. It just happened to be the Coast to Coast Multisport World Championships, the toughest endurance race in New Zealand. The Longest Day outlines Matt's path back from depression, his struggles to learn to run, cycle and kayak at an elite level and the culmination of all that training: his Coast to Coast race. Through his training he learns about process rather than outcome, and how true success and enjoyment is embedded in the journey not the destination. This is a riveting read for sports fans and a compelling account of courage and determination.

The Dead and Those about to Die

Author : John C. McManus
Publisher : Dutton Caliber
ISBN 13 : 1524745502
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book The Dead and Those about to Die written by John C. McManus and published by Dutton Caliber. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a detailed, harrowing account of the D-Day assault on Omaha Beach from the perspective of the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division as well as from the Gap Assault Team engineers who dealt with mines and other dangerous obstacles.

The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

Author : Christopher Edge
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0593173104
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Night of Charlie Noon written by Christopher Edge and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This heart-pounding mystery-adventure follows three kids who get lost in the woods at night and experience something they cannot quite explain. Secrets, spies, or maybe even a monster . . . what lies in the heart of the woods? Charlie Noon and Dizzy Heron are determined to find out. When their nemesis, Johnny Baines, plays a prank on them and night falls without warning, all three end up lost in the woods, trapped in a nightmare. Unforeseen dangers and impossible puzzles lurk in the shadows. Like it or not, Charlie and Dizzy must work with Johnny if they are to find a way out. But time can be tricky. . . . What if the night never ends?

The Shortest Day

Author : Susan Cooper
Publisher : Candlewick
ISBN 13 : 0763686980
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book The Shortest Day written by Susan Cooper and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this seasonal treasure, Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper’s beloved poem heralds the winter solstice, illuminated by Caldecott Honoree Carson Ellis’s strikingly resonant illustrations. So the shortest day came, and the year died . . . As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for the long night ahead. They built fires and lit candles. They played music, bringing their own light to the darkness, while wondering if the sun would ever rise again. Written for a theatrical production that has become a ritual in itself, Susan Cooper’s poem "The Shortest Day" captures the magic behind the returning of the light, the yearning for traditions that connect us with generations that have gone before — and the hope for peace that we carry into the future. Richly illustrated by Carson Ellis with a universality that spans the centuries, this beautiful book evokes the joy and community found in the ongoing mystery of life when we celebrate light, thankfulness, and festivity at a time of rebirth. Welcome Yule!

A Bridge Too Far

Author : Cornelius Ryan
Publisher : Hodder Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780340933985
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book A Bridge Too Far written by Cornelius Ryan and published by Hodder Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War historian Cornelius Ryan chronicles in detailed, readable prose the battle of Arnhem, one of the most important -- and bloodiest -- campaigns in World War II.

7 Leadership Lessons of D-Day

Author : John Antal
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1612005306
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book 7 Leadership Lessons of D-Day written by John Antal and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-08-19 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Drawing universal truths from urgent battlefield crises, the author provides a terrific guide and training tool for leaders at all levels” (Ralph Peters, New York Times–bestselling author). The odds were against the Allies on June 6, 1944. The task ahead of the paratroopers who jumped over Normandy and the soldiers who waded ashore onto the beaches, all under fire, was colossal. In such circumstances, good leadership can be the deciding factor of victory or defeat. This book is about the extraordinary leadership of seven men who led American soldiers on D-Day and the days that followed. Some of them, like Eisenhower, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and Lt. Dick Winters, are well known, while others are barely a footnote in the history books. This book is not a full history of D-Day, nor does it cover the heroic leadership shown by men in the armies of the Allies or members of the French Resistance, who also participated in the Normandy assault and battles for the lodgment areas. It is, however, a primer on how you can lead today, no matter what your occupation or role in life, by learning from the leadership of these seven figures. A critical task for every leader is to understand what leadership is. Socrates once said that you cannot understand something unless you can first define it in your own words. This book provides the reader with the means to define leadership by telling seven dramatic, immersive, and memorable stories that the reader will never forget. “Nobody tells a story better than John Antal and nobody knows better how to root out the lessons of history.” —James Jay Carafano, author of Wiki at War

Battle

Author : John Toland
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803299680
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Battle written by John Toland and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-06 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The perspective of 15 years, painstaking research, thousands of interviews, extensive analysis and evaluation, and the creative talent of John Toland [paint] the epic struggle on an immense canvas. . . . Toland writes with the authority of a man who was there. . . . He tastes the bitterness of defeat of those who surrendered and writes as if he had the benefit of the eyes and ears of soldiers and generals on the other side of the line. . . . If you could read only one book to understand generals and GIs and what their different wars were like this is the book."--Chicago Sunday Tribune "The author has devoted years to studying memoirs, interviewing veterans and consulting military documents, both German and American. He also has revisited the old battlefields in Belgium and Luxembourg. . . . Toland has told the whole story with dramatic realism. . . . It is a story of panic, terror and of high-hearted courage."--New York Times Book Review "For the first time in the growing literature of World War II, the inspiring story of the stubborn, lonely, dogged battle of the Americans locked in this tragic salient is told. . . . gripping . . . You cannot put it down once you start it."--San Francisco Chronicle

The Normandy Battlefields

Author : Leo Marriott
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1612003389
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Normandy Battlefields written by Leo Marriott and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the battlefields of D-Day in this beautiful book combining historical images, full-color aerial photography, and informative text. The D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied Normandy was the most dramatic turning point of World War II. With a combination of historic and contemporary photography, along with maps and other illustrations, The Normandy Battlefields takes readers “on-site” to the sacred battlegrounds. The armada that attacked from Britain left behind many signs of their passage. The Normandy Battlefields details what can be seen on the ground today using a mixture of media to provide a complete overview of the campaign. Maps old and new highlight what has survived and what hasn’t; then-and-now photography allows fascinating comparisons with the images taken at the time, and computer artwork provides graphic details of things that can’t be seen today. The book describes the area from Cherbourg to Le Havre by way of the key D-Day locations, providing a handbook for the visitor and an overview for the armchair traveler. It covers the forces from both sides and the memorials to those young men who fought so many years ago.

Virgin and Other Stories

Author : April Ayers Lawson
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0865478708
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Virgin and Other Stories written by April Ayers Lawson and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A confident and mesmerizing fiction debut, from the winner of the Plimpton Prize Set in the South, at the crossroads of a world that is both secular and devoutly Christian, April Ayers Lawson's stories evoke the inner lives of young women and men navigating sexual, emotional, and spiritual awakenings. In "The Negative Effects of Homeschooling," Conner, sixteen, accompanies his grieving mother to the funeral of her best friend, Charlene, a woman who was once a man. In "The Way You Must Play Always," Gretchen, who looks young even for thirteen, heads into her weekly piano lesson in nervous anticipation of her next illicit meeting with her teacher's brother, Wesley. Thin and sickly, wasting from a brain tumor, Wesley spends his days watching pornography and smoking pot, and yet Gretchen can only interpret his advances as the first budding of love. And in the title story, Jake grapples with the growing chasm between him and his wife, Sheila, who was still a virgin when they wed. At a cocktail party thrown by a wealthy donor to his hospital, he ponders the intertwining imperatives of marriage--sex and love, violation and trust, spirituality and desire--even as he finds himself succumbing to the temptations of his host. Self-assured and sensual, Virgin and Other Stories is the first work of a young writer of unusual mastery.

The Longest Night

Author : Marion Dane Bauer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780823420544
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Longest Night written by Marion Dane Bauer and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All through the forest animals long for dawn's warmth on the longest night of the year. It will take a tiny and gentle creature to summon a new day. Full color.

Japan's Longest Day

Author : Bungei Shunjū Senshi Kenkyūkai
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Japan's Longest Day written by Bungei Shunjū Senshi Kenkyūkai and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orginally published in Japanese as Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi, 1965 ...

Woman Hollering Creek

Author : Sandra Cisneros
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0804150885
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Woman Hollering Creek written by Sandra Cisneros and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories by Sandra Cisneros, the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street and the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. The lovingly drawn characters of these stories give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border with tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom.