Author: John Bede Cusack
Publisher: Wakefield Press
ISBN: 1743051069
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A classic Australian war novel, inspired by the author's experiences as an airgunner in the Second World War. This new, revised and annotated edition includes chapters never before published, a fascinating biography of John Bede Cusack by his daughter, Kerry McCouat, and an informative introduction by editor Robert Brokenmouth.
They Hosed Them Out
Author: John Bede Cusack
Publisher: Wakefield Press
ISBN: 1743051069
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A classic Australian war novel, inspired by the author's experiences as an airgunner in the Second World War. This new, revised and annotated edition includes chapters never before published, a fascinating biography of John Bede Cusack by his daughter, Kerry McCouat, and an informative introduction by editor Robert Brokenmouth.
Publisher: Wakefield Press
ISBN: 1743051069
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A classic Australian war novel, inspired by the author's experiences as an airgunner in the Second World War. This new, revised and annotated edition includes chapters never before published, a fascinating biography of John Bede Cusack by his daughter, Kerry McCouat, and an informative introduction by editor Robert Brokenmouth.
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134929986
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1315
Book Description
A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134929986
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1315
Book Description
A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.
Daylight Bombing Operations, 1939–1942
Author: Martin W. Bowman
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473861101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
There are no records of war more valuable than the first-hand accounts of the individuals who were actually there. The vivid honesty of the stories on display here brings into sharp focus the personal fears as well as the sheer exhilaration of flying sorties by day, often through heavy flak, sometimes at hedge-hopping or wave- skimming heights, as the squadrons of Blenheims, Mosquitoes, Mitchells and Venturas swept across the Continent towards their targets.From the outbreak of the Second World War to the eve of VE Day, the medium bomber crews of 2 Group RAF and 2nd Tactical Air Force flew vital operations over Europe. Here their story is told, month by perilous month, often in the words of the airmen themselves, their accounts supported by meticulous research. Their exploits include the first sorties of the war, the famous Operation Oyster to bomb the Philips works at Eindhoven and other low-level pinpoint attacks against key targets in occupied Europe and Scandinavia. While sharing in the triumph of their bombing successes, we are not spared details of the appalling sacrifices and the failed and aborted raids. These details are relayed in a series of poignant personal snapshots, highlighting the extraordinary valour of these ordinary men. Remarkable photographs include aerial views of targets under attack, as well as dramatic portraits of the aircraft involved. This book serves as a moving tribute to the efforts of the pilots involved in some of the most perilous daylight bombing operations of the Second World War.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473861101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
There are no records of war more valuable than the first-hand accounts of the individuals who were actually there. The vivid honesty of the stories on display here brings into sharp focus the personal fears as well as the sheer exhilaration of flying sorties by day, often through heavy flak, sometimes at hedge-hopping or wave- skimming heights, as the squadrons of Blenheims, Mosquitoes, Mitchells and Venturas swept across the Continent towards their targets.From the outbreak of the Second World War to the eve of VE Day, the medium bomber crews of 2 Group RAF and 2nd Tactical Air Force flew vital operations over Europe. Here their story is told, month by perilous month, often in the words of the airmen themselves, their accounts supported by meticulous research. Their exploits include the first sorties of the war, the famous Operation Oyster to bomb the Philips works at Eindhoven and other low-level pinpoint attacks against key targets in occupied Europe and Scandinavia. While sharing in the triumph of their bombing successes, we are not spared details of the appalling sacrifices and the failed and aborted raids. These details are relayed in a series of poignant personal snapshots, highlighting the extraordinary valour of these ordinary men. Remarkable photographs include aerial views of targets under attack, as well as dramatic portraits of the aircraft involved. This book serves as a moving tribute to the efforts of the pilots involved in some of the most perilous daylight bombing operations of the Second World War.
The Reich Intruders
Author: Martin W. Bowman
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783409657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
“One of Britain’s best-known aviation historians . . . provide[s] a moving and exciting account of the light bombers raids by No. 2 Group.”—Firetrench This is the story of 2 Group RAF during World War II. Much of it is told by the men who flew the Blenheim, Boston, Mitchell and Mosquito aircraft that carried out many daring daylight and night-time raids on vitally important targets in Nazi occupied Europe and Germany. These were not the famous thousand bomber raids that hit the wartime headlines, but low-level, fast-moving surprise raids flown by small formations of fleet-footed and skillfully piloted twin-engine light bombers. Their targets were usually difficult to locate and heavily defended because of their strategic importance to the Nazis. 2 Group also played a vital part in the invasion of Europe both before and after D-Day. Often they would fly at wave-top height across the English Channel or North Sea to avoid detection and then hedge-hop deep into enemy territory to deliver their precision attack. Enemy fighters and anti-aircraft fire were a constant risk. This is a remarkable story of skill and bravery by a little-known branch of the RAF. “The most known modern air war historian . . . has made his usual traditionally meticulous and well-researched work. Through combination of first-hand accounts and document sources he describes the exploits of British, Commonwealth and Allied twin-engine bomber crews who fought and won their own war in Europe’s sky bravely and regardless its cost.”—Mykhaylo Akimov “If you are interested in British aviation history, then this book would make a good addition to any collection.”—Armorama
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783409657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
“One of Britain’s best-known aviation historians . . . provide[s] a moving and exciting account of the light bombers raids by No. 2 Group.”—Firetrench This is the story of 2 Group RAF during World War II. Much of it is told by the men who flew the Blenheim, Boston, Mitchell and Mosquito aircraft that carried out many daring daylight and night-time raids on vitally important targets in Nazi occupied Europe and Germany. These were not the famous thousand bomber raids that hit the wartime headlines, but low-level, fast-moving surprise raids flown by small formations of fleet-footed and skillfully piloted twin-engine light bombers. Their targets were usually difficult to locate and heavily defended because of their strategic importance to the Nazis. 2 Group also played a vital part in the invasion of Europe both before and after D-Day. Often they would fly at wave-top height across the English Channel or North Sea to avoid detection and then hedge-hop deep into enemy territory to deliver their precision attack. Enemy fighters and anti-aircraft fire were a constant risk. This is a remarkable story of skill and bravery by a little-known branch of the RAF. “The most known modern air war historian . . . has made his usual traditionally meticulous and well-researched work. Through combination of first-hand accounts and document sources he describes the exploits of British, Commonwealth and Allied twin-engine bomber crews who fought and won their own war in Europe’s sky bravely and regardless its cost.”—Mykhaylo Akimov “If you are interested in British aviation history, then this book would make a good addition to any collection.”—Armorama
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, American and British, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0812885368
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0812885368
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
24 New Moons
Author: Tom Vandegrift
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741415038
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741415038
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Who Asked You?
Author: Terry McMillan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451417038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Trinetta drops off her two young boys with her mother, Betty Jean - and then pulls a disappearing act. BJ is a sassy, pull-no-punches, trademark McMillan matriarch, and she already has her hands full picking up the slack for her other kids, coaching her best friend Tammy through her own tribulations and dealing with two feuding sisters, all while holding down a job as a hotel maid. Who Asked You? raises questions about how we care for one another and how we set limits for those we love when the demands are too great.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451417038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Trinetta drops off her two young boys with her mother, Betty Jean - and then pulls a disappearing act. BJ is a sassy, pull-no-punches, trademark McMillan matriarch, and she already has her hands full picking up the slack for her other kids, coaching her best friend Tammy through her own tribulations and dealing with two feuding sisters, all while holding down a job as a hotel maid. Who Asked You? raises questions about how we care for one another and how we set limits for those we love when the demands are too great.
Living and Nursing in America - The Way it Is and Was
Author: Dawn Griffis
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257758810
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Dawn was born England 1940, just after the start of WWII. Raised in a Northamptonshire village, she trained as a nurse, when training was done in hospitals. The work was hard, lasting 60 to 72 hours a week, taking classes in her spare time. She married Mike, an American, in 1962. In 1965 they moved to the States with two daughters. She continued her nursing career. She was shocked by the patient care, & the attitudes of medical staff, towards patients and nurses. The discourtesy to nurses, who had obviously received limited training, was unprofessional. This charts her experiences of the medical & social aspects of living in the USA. She and her family moved many times, living in 9 different states, working in a variety of medical facilities. Her experiences should shock & horrify you. She reveals a mountain of medical incompetence & misdemeanors. Sadly, much generated by greed. Different states had varying levels of care. Upon reaching VA Hospital, Vermont, the level was more like she was used to in England.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257758810
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Dawn was born England 1940, just after the start of WWII. Raised in a Northamptonshire village, she trained as a nurse, when training was done in hospitals. The work was hard, lasting 60 to 72 hours a week, taking classes in her spare time. She married Mike, an American, in 1962. In 1965 they moved to the States with two daughters. She continued her nursing career. She was shocked by the patient care, & the attitudes of medical staff, towards patients and nurses. The discourtesy to nurses, who had obviously received limited training, was unprofessional. This charts her experiences of the medical & social aspects of living in the USA. She and her family moved many times, living in 9 different states, working in a variety of medical facilities. Her experiences should shock & horrify you. She reveals a mountain of medical incompetence & misdemeanors. Sadly, much generated by greed. Different states had varying levels of care. Upon reaching VA Hospital, Vermont, the level was more like she was used to in England.
Murder on a Small Island
Author: Angus Vieira
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483470288
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The second rambunctious book in this series of erotic thrillers finds Kate Hickok back in Seattle where one of the candidates for Mayor is in favor of a law that would take most of the fun and money away from the strippers who work in her clubs. Kate calls on Angus, to catch him in a 'Honey Trap' that will bring his misogamist actions and hypocrisy into the light of day, but things go four kinds of sideways. Seattle Homicide detectives Bill Brownwen and Tina Lo are frustrated and disgusted by the grisly corpses someone is leaving around their city and Angus tries to give them some help without telling them too much about his extra-legal machinations or admitting he has been out smarted, out gunned and out manne. Gritty realism, dialogue and sex scenes along with real Puget Sound locations and complex three dimensional characters of both sexes make this book very hard to put down.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483470288
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The second rambunctious book in this series of erotic thrillers finds Kate Hickok back in Seattle where one of the candidates for Mayor is in favor of a law that would take most of the fun and money away from the strippers who work in her clubs. Kate calls on Angus, to catch him in a 'Honey Trap' that will bring his misogamist actions and hypocrisy into the light of day, but things go four kinds of sideways. Seattle Homicide detectives Bill Brownwen and Tina Lo are frustrated and disgusted by the grisly corpses someone is leaving around their city and Angus tries to give them some help without telling them too much about his extra-legal machinations or admitting he has been out smarted, out gunned and out manne. Gritty realism, dialogue and sex scenes along with real Puget Sound locations and complex three dimensional characters of both sexes make this book very hard to put down.
The World as I Know It
Author: Jennifer Berry
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1456767577
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
I have traveled to Banff, Hawaii, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and England. This book has helpful hints on what to do when traveling, where to go, what to bring and what to do before traveling. If youre thinking about traveling to any of these places, weather youre a student, youre retired, you want to teach English as a second language, or you want to read about different countries, then this is the right book for you!
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1456767577
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
I have traveled to Banff, Hawaii, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and England. This book has helpful hints on what to do when traveling, where to go, what to bring and what to do before traveling. If youre thinking about traveling to any of these places, weather youre a student, youre retired, you want to teach English as a second language, or you want to read about different countries, then this is the right book for you!