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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Quarterly Review of Military Literature
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Legends
Author: Steve Singleton
Publisher: At Heart Ltd
ISBN: 1845471822
Category : Soccer players
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Contains profiles and pictures of Blackpool FC's players, from the 1940s to the 1990s.
Publisher: At Heart Ltd
ISBN: 1845471822
Category : Soccer players
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Contains profiles and pictures of Blackpool FC's players, from the 1940s to the 1990s.
Review of Current Military Literature
Author:
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Military Review
Author:
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1396
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1396
Book Description
Beyond the Legend
Author: Derek Hunt
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752497340
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Beyond the Legend is the authorised biography of William (Bill) Speakman,who was awarded one of only four Victoria Crosses for action in the Korean War. It covers his sometimes controversial life, from his childhood in Altrincham, Cheshire, to his later life in South Africa – about which little has been known previously. Authors Derek Hunt and John Mulholland also explore the myth of the ‘beer bottle VC’ (in which Speakman was said to have fended off the Chinese Communist Army by throwing empty beer bottles at them after they ran out of grenades), bringing to light what really happened on United Hill in November 1951. Speakman held the attacking Chinese army at bay for over four hours and led a final charge that allowed his company to withdraw from the hill. After Korea, he saw active service in Malaya, Borneo and Aden before retiring from the army, with the rank of sergeant, in 1968. Bill Speakman is one of only two surviving VC holders of the British Army and a true British hero.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752497340
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Beyond the Legend is the authorised biography of William (Bill) Speakman,who was awarded one of only four Victoria Crosses for action in the Korean War. It covers his sometimes controversial life, from his childhood in Altrincham, Cheshire, to his later life in South Africa – about which little has been known previously. Authors Derek Hunt and John Mulholland also explore the myth of the ‘beer bottle VC’ (in which Speakman was said to have fended off the Chinese Communist Army by throwing empty beer bottles at them after they ran out of grenades), bringing to light what really happened on United Hill in November 1951. Speakman held the attacking Chinese army at bay for over four hours and led a final charge that allowed his company to withdraw from the hill. After Korea, he saw active service in Malaya, Borneo and Aden before retiring from the army, with the rank of sergeant, in 1968. Bill Speakman is one of only two surviving VC holders of the British Army and a true British hero.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting the Annual Report on the State of the Finances
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
Book Description
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
Book Description
Stars of the Sky, Legends All
Author: Ann Lewis Cooper, Sharon Rajnus
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610607520
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610607520
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Myths and Legends from Korea
Author: James H. Grayson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136602895
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
This book contains 175 tales drawn equally from the ancient and modern periods of Korea, plus 16 further tales provided for comparative purposes. Nothing else on this scale or depth is available in any western language. Three broad classes of material are included: foundation myths of ancient states and clans, ancient folktales and legends, modern folktales. Each narrative contains information on its source and provenance, and on its folklore type, similarities to folklore types from China, Japan and elsewhere.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136602895
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
This book contains 175 tales drawn equally from the ancient and modern periods of Korea, plus 16 further tales provided for comparative purposes. Nothing else on this scale or depth is available in any western language. Three broad classes of material are included: foundation myths of ancient states and clans, ancient folktales and legends, modern folktales. Each narrative contains information on its source and provenance, and on its folklore type, similarities to folklore types from China, Japan and elsewhere.
A History of Homosexuality in Europe Vol. II
Author: Florence Tamagne
Publisher: Algora Publishing
ISBN: 0875862799
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Just crawling out from under the Victorian blanket, Europe was devastated by a gruesome war that consumed the flower of its youth. Tamagne dissects the strands of euphoria, rebellion, exploration, nostalgia and yearning, and the bonds forged at school and on the battlefront, in a scholarly treatise charting the early days of the homosexual and lesbian scene. The period between the two world wars was crucial in the history of homosexuality in Europe. It was then that homosexuality first came out into the light of day. Berlin became the capital of the new culture, and the center of a political movement seeking rights and protections for what we now call gays and lesbians. In England, the confruntation was brisk to undermine the structures and strictures of Victorianism; whereas in France (which was more tolerant, over all), homosexuality remained more subtle and nonmilitant. Tamagne's 2-volume work outlines the long and arduous journey from the shadows toward acceptability as the homosexual and lesbian community sets out to find a new legitimacy at various levels of society. She weaves together cultural references from literature, songs and theater, news stories and private correspondence, police reports and government documents to give a rounded picture of the evolving scene.
Publisher: Algora Publishing
ISBN: 0875862799
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Just crawling out from under the Victorian blanket, Europe was devastated by a gruesome war that consumed the flower of its youth. Tamagne dissects the strands of euphoria, rebellion, exploration, nostalgia and yearning, and the bonds forged at school and on the battlefront, in a scholarly treatise charting the early days of the homosexual and lesbian scene. The period between the two world wars was crucial in the history of homosexuality in Europe. It was then that homosexuality first came out into the light of day. Berlin became the capital of the new culture, and the center of a political movement seeking rights and protections for what we now call gays and lesbians. In England, the confruntation was brisk to undermine the structures and strictures of Victorianism; whereas in France (which was more tolerant, over all), homosexuality remained more subtle and nonmilitant. Tamagne's 2-volume work outlines the long and arduous journey from the shadows toward acceptability as the homosexual and lesbian community sets out to find a new legitimacy at various levels of society. She weaves together cultural references from literature, songs and theater, news stories and private correspondence, police reports and government documents to give a rounded picture of the evolving scene.
A Cultural History of the American Novel, 1890-1940
Author: David L. Minter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521467490
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This book interweaves a wide selection of the novels of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries with a series of cultural events ranging from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show to the "Southern Renaissance" of the 1930s.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521467490
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This book interweaves a wide selection of the novels of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries with a series of cultural events ranging from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show to the "Southern Renaissance" of the 1930s.