- Mountains and Lowlands is an engaging exploration of the history of ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and Iran from 6000 BC-AD 650Ancient Mesopotamia and Iran are usually treated separately or as part of a much broader 'Ancient Near East'. However, the developments that lie at the root of our own world - farming, cities, writing, organized religion, warfare - were forged in the tensions and relations between the inhabitants of lowland Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq) and the highlands of Iran. Mountains and Lowlands explores this relationship providing a detailed but accessible account covering...

Lieutenant Alastair Mitchell, RCNVR, had two loves - HMCS Dartmouth and Second Officer Linda Halley, WRCNS. He had to choose, but he couldn't. Then, on a cold, overcast November night off Bell Island, Newfoundland, the enemy made the choice for him. Whether called Sea Wolves or Raiders of the Deep, Nazi U-boats prowled the waters around Newfoundland...and some never left. Now Iron Coffins, they lie forgotten, rusting on the seabed along with their victims. The debris of war, they remain broken remnants of mankind's greatest conflict.