The Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney: 1862-65
ISBN: 9780774805544 / Angielski / Twarda / 323 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Bronisław Wilhelm Pieracki (1895-1934). Biografia
ISBN: 9788377291931 / Polski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. siążka Marcina Gawryszczaka Bronisław Wilhelm Pieracki (1895?1934). Biografia polityczna przedstawia sylwetkę oraz losy człowieka niezwykle zasłużonego dla Polski ? członka POW, legionisty, uczestnika walk listopadowych 1918 roku o Lwów, żołnierza Wojska Polskiego, posła w czasie istnienia niepodległego państwa.
Autor daje Czytelnikowi niepowtarzalną szansę prześledzenia losów odważnego i utalentowanego człowieka, który mając zaledwie 36 lat został ministrem spraw wewnętrznych i pełnił tę funkcję w latach 1931?1934. Opisuje polityczną drogę Pierackiego, m.in.... siążka Marcina Gawryszczaka Bronisław Wilhelm Pieracki (1895?1934). Biografia polityczna przedstawia sylwetkę oraz losy człowieka niezwykle zasł...
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The Civil War Soldiers of Branford, Connecticut: Including North Branford and Northford
ISBN: 9780692248911 / Angielski / Twarda / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS OF BRANFORD AND NORTH BRANFORD ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE THROUGH PERSONAL ACCOUNTS, LETTERS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS. In this book, Branford, Connecticut's Town Historian Jane Bouley has compiled the military service records and biographical histories of nearly 450 soldiers, using pension records, original letters, diaries, regimental histories, cemetery records, family genealogies, newspapers, and other resources. This is the first comprehensive history of Civil War soldiers from Branford, North Branford, and the village of Northford. Inside, you will learn about Branford...
CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS OF BRANFORD AND NORTH BRANFORD ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE THROUGH PERSONAL ACCOUNTS, LETTERS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS. In this book...
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My Dear Molly: The Civil War Letters of Captain James Love
ISBN: 9781883982829 / Angielski / Twarda / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Missouri History Museum archives are bursting with collections that provide firsthand accounts of both historic and everyday moments, but when archivist M. E. Kodner came across the James Love letters, she knew she had discovered something extraordinary. "My Dear Molly "consists of the 166 letters that St. Louisan James Love wrote to his fiancee, Eliza Mary Molly Wilson, during his Civil War service. The letters discuss the war, including activities in Missouri, battles, Love s life as a soldier, and his time in a Confederate prison, in addition to detailing the love story of James and...
The Missouri History Museum archives are bursting with collections that provide firsthand accounts of both historic and everyday moments, but when arc...
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Order in Chaos: The Memoirs of General of Panzer Troops Hermann Balck
ISBN: 9780813161266 / Angielski / Twarda / 578 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. German general Hermann Balck (1897--1982) was considered to be one of World War II's greatest battlefield commanders. His brilliantly fought battles were masterpieces of tactical agility, mobile counterattack, and the technique of Auftragstaktik, or "mission command." However, because he declined to participate in the U.S. Army's military history debriefing program, today he is known only to serious students of the war. Drawing heavily on his meticulously kept wartime journals, Balck discusses his childhood and his career through the First and Second World Wars. His memoir details... German general Hermann Balck (1897--1982) was considered to be one of World War II's greatest battlefield commanders. His brilliantly fought battle... |
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Inside Marine One
ISBN: 9781250068439 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Col. Ray "Frenchy" L'Heureux always dreamed of bring a pilot. Growing up, he built airplane models and dreamed about soaring over the earth. When he was twelve, his mom treated him to a flying lesson at the local airfield. Taken on a short flight by an instructor and allowed to operate the controls for part of the flight, he was hooked forever. It wasn't until he was running low on college funds and saw a recruiter at his college that he joined the Marines and began the journey towards his dream from Parris Island to Bravo Company and, then, officer training school. One day at an airfield...
Col. Ray "Frenchy" L'Heureux always dreamed of bring a pilot. Growing up, he built airplane models and dreamed about soaring over the earth. When he w...
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Piano Man: Life of John Ogdon
ISBN: 9781849831772 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first full biography of John Ogdon; a tortured genius and arguably the greatest British pianist of all time. From the beginning of his professional career as a soloist John Ogdon was hailed as a musician of rare understanding and phenomenal technical gifts. Able to play and memorize just about any score at sight, tales of his impossible exploits at the keyboard are legion. Yet Ogdon was a man of extremes and it was this very extremity, while the source of much of his gift, that also led to appalling suffering. Here was a man whose feelings were inexpressibly deep and often tormenting, and...
The first full biography of John Ogdon; a tortured genius and arguably the greatest British pianist of all time. From the beginning of his professiona...
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Yellowstone Denied: The Life of Gustavus Cheyney Doane
ISBN: 9780806139319 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Frontier soldier and explorer extraordinaire, Gustavus Cheyney Doane was no stranger to historical events. Between 1863 and 1892, he fought in the Civil War, participated in every major Indian battle in Montana Territory, and led the first scientific reconnaissance into the Yellowstone country--his report on that expedition even contributed to the establishment of Yellowstone National Park. Doane was always close to being at the right place at the right time to secure lasting fame, yet that fame always eluded him, even after his death. Kim Allen Scott rescues Doane from obscurity to tell... Frontier soldier and explorer extraordinaire, Gustavus Cheyney Doane was no stranger to historical events. Between 1863 and 1892, he fought in the ... |
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The Second-Greatest Baseball Game Ever Played: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781491747780 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in the seventh game of the 1955 World Series in the greatest baseball game ever played. The second-greatest baseball game ever played took place Saturday, June 29, 1957. No Yankees, Giants, Dodgers, Cardinals, or Red Sox were there. The game played out in author Drew Bridges's hometown of Hildebran in western North Carolina. Two teams of boys, ten to fifteen years old, faced off on the high school baseball diamond, no uniforms and no organized league. Bridges played second base, his brother played third, and their dad coached the team.... The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in the seventh game of the 1955 World Series in the greatest baseball game ever played. The sec... |
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The Second-Greatest Baseball Game Ever Played: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781491747797 / Angielski / Twarda / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in the seventh game of the 1955 World Series in the greatest baseball game ever played. The second-greatest baseball game ever played took place Saturday, June 29, 1957. No Yankees, Giants, Dodgers, Cardinals, or Red Sox were there. The game played out in author Drew Bridges's hometown of Hildebran in western North Carolina. Two teams of boys, ten to fifteen years old, faced off on the high school baseball diamond, no uniforms and no organized league. Bridges played second base, his brother played third, and their dad coached the team.... The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in the seventh game of the 1955 World Series in the greatest baseball game ever played. The sec... |
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Diary of Samuel Pepys: March 1667-1668
ISBN: 9781503076204 / Angielski / Miękka / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable p...
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The Life of Major General Zachary Taylor
ISBN: 9781502857248 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a contemporary biography of Zachary Taylor, one of the American heroes of the Mexican-American War and future president.
This is a contemporary biography of Zachary Taylor, one of the American heroes of the Mexican-American War and future president.
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John McCain: A Biography
ISBN: 9781440835988 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A rebel and risk-taker from childhood, John McCain--son and grandson of admirals--nevertheless chose to follow the traditional path marked out for him in the military. Nearly six years in a North Vietnamese prison tested his resolve and proved his extraordinary resilience and will to survive. Coming to Congress, McCain found that making his way in politics demanded a different set of survival skills, and he grew accustomed to the corridors of power while striving to keep his independence. This lively biography traces McCain's unlikely ascent to the verge of attaining the nation's highest... A rebel and risk-taker from childhood, John McCain--son and grandson of admirals--nevertheless chose to follow the traditional path marked out for ... |
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Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign: The Italian Front, 1915-1918
ISBN: 9781473845725 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From May 1915 to October 1917 the armies of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian empire were locked into a series of twelve battles along the River Isonzo, a sixty-mile front from the Alps to the Adriatic. The campaign was fought in the most appalling terrain for combat, with horrendous casualties on both sides, often exceeding those of the more famous battles of the Great War. Yet this massive struggle is too often neglected in histories of the war which focus on the fighting on the Western and Eastern Fronts. John Macdonald, in this accessible and highly illustrated account, aims to set the...
From May 1915 to October 1917 the armies of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian empire were locked into a series of twelve battles along the River Isonzo, ...
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A Sailor's Story
ISBN: 9780486798127 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "No one, from Stephen Ambrose to Steven Spielberg, can tell a better story than A Sailor's Story." ― Max Brooks, author of World War Z "No one, from Stephen Ambrose to Steven Spielberg, can tell a better story than A Sailor's Story." ― Max Brooks, author of World Wa... |
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KorvettenkapitaN Kentrat: Du Croiseur Emden a L'U-196
ISBN: 9782840483830 / Francuski / Twarda / 30-04-2024 / 350 str. Książka dostępna od: 30-04-2024 French TextWe offer you an exceptional book chronicling the career of Kapitanleutnant Kentrat. This book presents the outstanding career of this great sailor through his personal papers, letters, his uniform pieces, a rich iconography whose 130 photos on the U-196 (at sea). The never seen before "
French TextWe offer you an exceptional book chronicling the career of Kapitanleutnant Kentrat. This book presents the outstanding career of this great...
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George Barnett, Marine Corps Commandant: A Memoir, 1877-1923
ISBN: 9780786497072 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George Barnett was the man behind the United States Marine Corps' transformation from an antiquated afterthought to a modern force with an international reputation. After a long apprenticeship as a junior officer, Barnett emerged as a pioneer of amphibious warfare. Leading the experimental Advanced Base Force Brigade at Culebra in 1914, he secured the Corps' survival by establishing its new, amphibious mission. Appointed Commandant the same year, Barnett organized the Corps for service in Europe, agitated for its expansion and overcame opposition from the Army and Navy. Without him, the...
George Barnett was the man behind the United States Marine Corps' transformation from an antiquated afterthought to a modern force with an internation...
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Churchill - A Pictorial History of His Life and Times
ISBN: 9781782811497 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Winston Churchill, voted the greatest Briton of all time, died 50 years ago on January 24th 1965. Born on November 30th 1874, he entered Parliament in 1900 and dom-inated political life for over half a century until his retirement in 1955. His leadership of the British people in the Second World War (when he was Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945) was in inspiration to them and the free world and remains a period of defining historical importance. His career would have been a significant one even had he not become Prime Minister in 1940 (as he also won the Nobel Prize for Literature) and he...
Sir Winston Churchill, voted the greatest Briton of all time, died 50 years ago on January 24th 1965. Born on November 30th 1874, he entered Parliamen...
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Smoke for Breakfast: A Vietnam Combat Pilot's Story
ISBN: 9781634900928 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Retired airline Captain and author, Brian H. Settles, gives readers of aviation sagas a true page-turner memoir in SMOKE FOR BREAKFAST: A Vietnam Combat Pilot's Story. Readers will feel, smell and taste the nonstop adventure as if they are riding on the shoulders of this Nebraska orphan who became a fighter pilot to prove he was good enough. Steamy tales of failures at faithfulness and the machismo of pilot ego drip from these pages...
Retired airline Captain and author, Brian H. Settles, gives readers of aviation sagas a true page-turner memoir in SMOKE FOR BREAKFAST: A Vietnam Comb...
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The Bridge at Andau: The Compelling True Story of a Brave, Embattled People
ISBN: 9780812986747 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of future until, at four o clock in the morning on a Sunday in November, the citizens of Budapest awoke to the shattering sound of Russian tanks ravaging their streets. The revolution was over. But freedom beckoned in the form of a small footbridge at Andau, on the Austrian border.... The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforge... |
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