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Getaway
ISBN: 9781552124277 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the spring of 1915, when the sinking of the Lusitania screamed across the headlines, 20 year old Frank Whiting dropped out of agricultural college. He left his Saskatchewan farm to the care of his father and younger brother and went - very reluctantly indeed - to the hell and horror of World War I. Serving with his university corps in the PPCLI, he survived the battles of Ypres, Sanctuary Wood, The Somme, Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele. He changed as the dreadful years dragged on, from a green kid, "innocent, trustful and believing everything my elders told me. After three years of war I was...
In the spring of 1915, when the sinking of the Lusitania screamed across the headlines, 20 year old Frank Whiting dropped out of agricultural college....
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75,15 |
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Steel My Soldiers' Hearts
ISBN: 9781552124390 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Steel My Soldiers' Hearts is the story, from D-Day to the armistice, of a Canadian tank man who fought the campaign in Northwest Europe at the sharp end - told from the fighting man's perspective. The armoured war involved the main battles for which WWII was famous: the Normandy landing; the battles to defend the beachhead; the fighting for Caen and Falaise; the pursuit across France and the Low Countries; the "Market Garden" exercise to capture the Rhine bridges at Arnhem; the Siegfried Line penetration and finally the Rhine crossing before the march deep into Germany. Stewart's personal war...
Steel My Soldiers' Hearts is the story, from D-Day to the armistice, of a Canadian tank man who fought the campaign in Northwest Europe at the sharp e...
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123,59 |
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Voices in the Wind
ISBN: 9781552124505 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rich in social history and geographical interest, Voices in the Wind contains a wide variety of short stories, poetry, memories and excerpts from emerging autobiographies. Since it is an anthology of work from 24 individual authors it contains a wonderful variation in themes and styles. There are a number of poignant non-fiction stories by World War II survivors, numerous light-hearted and humorous tales and two stories written by a woman who boarded with Emily Carr as a child.
Rich in social history and geographical interest, Voices in the Wind contains a wide variety of short stories, poetry, memories and excerpts from emer...
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88,63 |
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One for the Boneyard: Book Two of the Trilogy 'Depraved'
ISBN: 9781552126073 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story accompanies the author from basic training to parachute school, to occupation duty in Japan, then war in Korea, to military hospital, and finally, to prison.
The story accompanies the author from basic training to parachute school, to occupation duty in Japan, then war in Korea, to military hospital, and fi...
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107,90 |
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When Help Never Came
ISBN: 9781552127407 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One man's story about how growing up on the farm prepared him for Battan, Corregido, Cabanatuan, a Hell Ship, the POW camp at Hirohata, Japan, and the life-long effects of being expendable in the eyes of President Roosevelt.
One man's story about how growing up on the farm prepared him for Battan, Corregido, Cabanatuan, a Hell Ship, the POW camp at Hirohata, Japan, and the...
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67,44 |
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Reluctant Witness: Memoirs from the Last Year of the European Air War 1944-45
ISBN: 9781552128756 / Angielski / Miękka / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The late James Mahoney went overseas in the spring of 1944 as the leader of one of the four bomb squadrons in a B-24 bomb group (the original 492nd) which endured extraordinary losses for 89 days of operation before being disbanded. The enduring mystery of why such an exceptionally well qualified and prepared group suffered so singularly is one of many significant themes he addresses in his 52 vignettes. Mahoney was reassigned to a bomb group with much better luck (the 467th), and finished the war as their Deputy Commander.
As both a 'man among men' and a recognized natural leader, he... The late James Mahoney went overseas in the spring of 1944 as the leader of one of the four bomb squadrons in a B-24 bomb group (the original 492nd) w...
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148,37 |
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The Nuking of Happy Valley and Other Tales Told in the Mess
ISBN: 9781552129623 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout his 36-year career in the Canadian Army, the author saw some wonderful sights and met hundreds of interesting people, some of whom appear in this collection of anecdotes. From the first sergeant major at cadet camp to the witty and erudite professor at the staff college, they all enlightened and amused the impressive youngster who grew into an ancient and, at times, cynical old colonel. Along the way there were adventures galore at places with unusual names: Canoe River, the Imjin, Shilo, Kophinou and at others better known: England, Labrador, Ottawa and Washington. Those...
Throughout his 36-year career in the Canadian Army, the author saw some wonderful sights and met hundreds of interesting people, some of whom appear i...
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67,44 |
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Flight Into Yesterday
ISBN: 9781552129890 / Angielski / Miękka / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War Two were issued log books in which to record their experiences, during training, combat, and sometimes their experiences, during training, combat, and sometimes their personal thoughts. In the words of Right Reverend REF Berry, a World War Two mid-upper gunner with the RCAF flying Lancaster bombers out of Lincolnshire, England:
"These are men whose wartime contributions are of heroic proportions. Their log entries tell of real life experience of young Canadian men and their allies." (Flight Into Yesterday, 1999, ii) Many of these... Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War Two were issued log books in which to record their experiences, during training, combat, and some...
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144,51 |
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Medicine and Duty: The World War I Memoir of Captain Harold W. McGill, Medical Officer, 31st Battalion C.E.F.
ISBN: 9781552381939 / Angielski / Miękka / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of the individual always grips us - it is why biography remains so popular. But in Medicine and Duty we receive a double serving: the story of Medical Officer Captain Harold W. McGill coupled with the story of the many men who served in the 31st Battalion and what they together managed to achieve against such long odds.- - Patrick Brennan, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary
Medicine and Duty is the World War I memoir of Harold McGill, a medical officer in the 31st (Alberta) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. McGill attempted to have his... The story of the individual always grips us - it is why biography remains so popular. But in Medicine and Duty we receive a double serving: the story ...
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161,63 |
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Lucky Alex the Career of Group Captain A.M. Jardine Afc, CD, Seaman and Airman
ISBN: 9781553690542 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Lucky Alex' is the biography of Group Captain Alex Jardine who was born in Vancouver, lived in Victoria and went to sea at 15, to give his mother fewer mouths to feed. His career included 5 years on Canadian and British merchant ships, 10 years in the RAF - during which he flew Catalinas against Japan out of Singapore and spent years as a POW in Java, and 20 years in the RCAF. His flying went from Tiger Moths to jets. His singular personality makes the story a good one, right to the bitter end, when he loathed being an air attache on the cocktail circuit in Prague.
Alex Jardine was... 'Lucky Alex' is the biography of Group Captain Alex Jardine who was born in Vancouver, lived in Victoria and went to sea at 15, to give his mother few...
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117,54 |
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Take the Wings of the Morning
ISBN: 9781553692423 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A young western North Carolina hillbilly preacher follows a heart-felt conviction that he must become a fighter pilot in World War I. To fight and kill is against his every, deeply held belief, but no amount of prayerful questioning produces any other answer.
He goes through Army Air Service training and on to France, convinced his God has a reason. He finds that reason in the war-torn skies over France. His best friend is a millionaire politician from Boston. This is a man who has convinced himself into flight training and the cockpit of a French made pursuit aircraft over the Western... A young western North Carolina hillbilly preacher follows a heart-felt conviction that he must become a fighter pilot in World War I. To fight and kil...
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92,48 |
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Blood and Candles: The Story of a World War II Infantryman
ISBN: 9781553692973 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the author's words, taken from the preface:
"I went on active duty on the first day of July 1943, and was discharged in March 1946. Between those dates I experienced the frightening, the pathetic, the moving, the ridiculous, the funny and the unbelievable, all to a degree I would not have thought possible. Just short of my twenty-second birthday I entered the Army a bookish, somewhat introverted person. For what happened then, read on." A remarkable story of courage, resourcefulness, tragedy and humor, Blood and Candles is unlike any other account of World War II that has ever... In the author's words, taken from the preface:
"I went on active duty on the first day of July 1943, and was discharged in March 1946. Between tho... |
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79,00 |
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Mountain Troops and Medics: A Complete World War II Combat History of the U.S. Tenth Mountain Division - A Battle Surgeon's True Stories
ISBN: 9781553696001 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mountain Troops And Medics is a complete World War II Combat History of the U.S. Tenth Mountain Division written by Albert H. Meinke, Jr., M.D., who served as one of its front line infantry battalion surgeons during all of the division's combat in 1944-45.It unfolds as a series of interesting, true personal stories, presented in chronological order, which makes the history easy to read and to digest.
The Tenth Mountain Division was a very special Army division made up of carefully selected skiers, mountaineers, and experienced outdoorsmen.Known as the "SKI TROOPS," these men trained long... Mountain Troops And Medics is a complete World War II Combat History of the U.S. Tenth Mountain Division written by Albert H. Meinke, Jr., M.D., who s...
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100,19 |
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James Walker Fannin: Hesitant Martyr in the Texas Revolution
ISBN: 9781556227783 / Angielski / Miękka / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. James Walker Fannin. Illegitimate son. Southern gentleman. Failed businessman. Devoted family man. Illegal slave trader. Courageous martyr. Tarnished hero of the revolution. But what is the rest of the story? Author Gary Brown brings to life a thorough and insightful analysis of this controversial and sometimes misunderstood historical figure, whom most remember as the commander who lost twice as many men as were killed at the Alamo and San Jacinto combined. Now the story can be completely examined with the help of all Fannin's known correspondence during the campaign at Goliad. Read and...
James Walker Fannin. Illegitimate son. Southern gentleman. Failed businessman. Devoted family man. Illegal slave trader. Courageous martyr. Tarnished ...
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97,13 |
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Widows by the Thousands: The Civil War Correspondence of Theophilus and Harriet Perry, 1862-1864
ISBN: 9781557286215 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of letters written between Theophilus and Harriet Perry during the Civil War provides an intimate, firsthand account of the effect of the war on one young couple. Theophilus Perry was an officer with the 28th Texas Cavalry, a unit that campaigned in Arkansas and Louisiana as part of the division known as "Walker's Greyhounds". Letters from Theophilus Perry describe his service in a highly literate style that is unusual for Confederate accounts. He documents a number of important events, including his experiences as a detached officer in Arkansas in the winter of 1862-1863, the...
This collection of letters written between Theophilus and Harriet Perry during the Civil War provides an intimate, firsthand account of the effect of ...
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166,52 |
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I Acted from Principle: The Civil War Diary of Dr. William M. McPheeters, Confederate Surgeon in the Trans-Mississippi
ISBN: 9781557287953 / Angielski / Miękka / 423 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the start of the Civil War, Dr. William McPheeters was a distinguished physician in St. Louis, conducting unprecedented public-health research, forging new medical standards, and organizing the state's first professional associations. But Missouri was a volatile border state. Under martial law, Union authorities kept close watch on known Confederate sympathizers. McPheeters was followed, arrested, threatened, and finally, in 1862, given an ultimatum: sign an oath of allegiance to the Union or go to federal prison. McPheeters acted from principle instead, fleeing by night to Confederate...
At the start of the Civil War, Dr. William McPheeters was a distinguished physician in St. Louis, conducting unprecedented public-health research, for...
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97,90 |
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Confederate Guerrilla: The Civil War Memoir of Joseph M. Bailey
ISBN: 9781557288387 / Angielski / Twarda / 157 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joseph M. Bailey s memoir, Confederate Guerrilla, provides a unique perspective on the fighting that took place behind Union lines in Federal-occupied northwest Arkansas during and after the Civil War. This storynow published for the first timewill appeal to modern readers interested in the grassroots history of the Trans-Mississippi war. Bailey participated in the Battle of Pea Ridge and the siege of Port Hudson, eventually escaping to northwest Arkansas where he fought as a guerrilla against Federal troops and civilian unionists. After Federal forces gained control of the area, Bailey...
Joseph M. Bailey s memoir, Confederate Guerrilla, provides a unique perspective on the fighting that took place behind Union lines in Federal-occupied...
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166,52 |
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Admiral Arleigh (31-Knot) Burke
ISBN: 9781557500182 / Angielski / Miękka / 203 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by two World War II veterans who later became well-known war correspondents, this biography records the inspiring life of one of America's great naval heroes. Popularly referred to as -31-Knot- Burke, Admiral Arleigh Burke fought savage battles at sea and won every decoration a grateful nation could bestow, yet his service to his country was not in combat alone. This book is at once a stirring testament to Burke's World War II record as a combat leader and to his talents as a diplomat at the armistice table in Korea and as a politician in Washington. It details his legendary victories...
Written by two World War II veterans who later became well-known war correspondents, this biography records the inspiring life of one of America's gre...
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82,44 |
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LeJeune: A Marine's Life, 1867-1942
ISBN: 9781557500632 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This well-documented and hard-hitting biography of the thirteenth commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps succeeds in converting John A. Lejeune from a near mythical figure in corps history to a flesh and blood officer who helped build the service from a small appendage of the U.S. Navy to an important arm of naval warfare.
Commandant from 1920 to 1929, when he retired from military service to become president of Virginia Military Institute, Major General Lejeune is regarded by many as the man most responsible for the establishment of the modern Marine Corps. In capturing the life and times... This well-documented and hard-hitting biography of the thirteenth commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps succeeds in converting John A. Lejeune from a ne...
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87,59 |
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Lady in the Navy: A Personal Reminiscence
ISBN: 9781557503992 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When legislation was passed in 1948 giving women permanent status in the regular and reserve Navy, it was largely due to the efforts of Joy Bright Hancock, the author of this revealing memoir. Her prominent role was acknowledged at the time by the secretary of the navy who credited her ideals, energy, and enthusiasm as the moving force behind the historic integration of women into the U.S. Navy, including the 1942 establishment of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). This personal account of those formative years has long been considered the best study available....
When legislation was passed in 1948 giving women permanent status in the regular and reserve Navy, it was largely due to the efforts of Joy Bright Han...
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128,84 |
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