A James Bond Novel It's 1969, and, having just celebrated his forty-fifth birthday, James Bond—British special agent 007—is summoned to headquarters to receive an unusual assignment. Zanzarim, a troubled West African nation, is being ravaged by a bitter civil war, and M directs Bond to quash the rebels threatening the established regime. Bond's arrival in Africa marks the start of a feverish mission to discover the forces behind this brutal war—and he soon realizes the situation is far from straightforward. Piece by piece, Bond uncovers the real cause of the violence in Zanzarim, revealing a twisting conspiracy that extends further than he ever imagined. Moving from rebel battlefields in West Africa to the closed doors of intelligence offices in London and Washington, this novel is at once a gripping thriller, a tensely plotted story full of memorable characters and breathtaking twists,
Udgivelsesår: -1 As ever greater battles are fought between the Black Road and the True Bloods, so each side in the conflict becomes ever more riven by internal dissent and disunity. Amidst the mounting chaos, Aeglyss the na'kyrim gradually masters the remarkable powers that have been unleashed upon him by his crucifixion. Twisting everything and everyone around him to serve his own mad desires, he begins to exert a dangerous, insidious influence over the course of events both near and far. Orisian, lord of the ruined Lannis Blood, faces not only the consequences of that malign influence, but also the machinations of his supposed allies and the stirring of the long-dormant Anain, the most potent race the world has ever known. Titel: Bloodheir Genre: Fantasy Sammendrag: It is a world of ice and blood... a godless world. The land has fallen from its former state. The war between the clans
I original uåbnet emballage Udgave: Original Edition Genre: Religiøs Forlag: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Sammendrag: A masterpiece of scriptural literature, Bhagavad-gītā is a sacred "song" in the form of a battlefield dialogue between the Lord Krsna and Arjuna, his friend and disciple. Krsna, acting as Arjuna's adviser, instructs him in the science of self-realization, teaching him how to live as a devotee of the Lord and to thus reach the eternal spiritual world while continuing to perform his earthly duties. This edition is fully indexed and cross-referenced and is illustrated with forty-four magnificent full-color paintings. Type: Hardcover
On April 12, 1861, the first shots were fired in a conflict that would become the bloodiest war to have ever occurred on American soil. It would continue to rage across the states for a further four years. In this Pulitzer Prize winning history of that period, James Ford Rhodes fully explains its causes, events, and effects. From the moment of secession by the southern states through to Lee's surrender, Rhodes encompasses the full narrative of the conflict in this single-volume history. Rhodes provides vivid portraits of the main leaders of the war as well as their actions, both on the battlefield and in the political discussions taking place in Washington and Richmond. Rich in scholarship and written in engrossing style, History of the Civil War, 1861-1865 is essential reading for anyone with an interest in nineteenth century American history. Type: Paperback
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Regio Esercito: the Italian Royal Army in Mussolini's Wars, 1935-1943.A history of the Italian Army's wars in Ethiopia, Spain, Greece, Yugoslavia, Russia, North Africa, and Sicily. The campaigns are examined in a book that draws on Italian, Russian, German, and Yugoslav sources, among others. Includes translated Russian passages. Mr. Cloutier brings attention to Italian battlefield successes. He examines a few strategic situations of World War 2, and holds that Italian forces at times were a key asset, whose misuse by the Axis cost them important victories. Black and white; 198 pages, 77 maps, 66 photos, 19 drawings, appendix, and photo annex. 237 footnotes. Available as affordable download from www.lulu.com Titel: Regio Esercito: the Italian Royal Army in Mussolini's Wars, 1935-1943 Forfatter: patrick cloutier Forlag: Lulu.com Udgivelsesår: 2010 Sider: 198 Sprog: Engelsk
Summary: "Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and less familiar battles such as the bloodbath at Daido, where a US Marine battalion was almost wiped out, together with extraordinary recollections of Ho Chi Minh’s warriors. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed 2 million people. Many writers treat the war as a US tragedy, yet Hastings sees it as overwhelmingly that of the Vietnamese people,
Theatre of War Cecil Beaton's reputation is linked to his legacy as a great stylist-fashion photographer, portraitist of a gilded pre-war generation, the ultimate royal photographer, diarist, transatlantic traveller, set and costume designer, and an intimate with the cast of the swinging sixties from Mick Jagger and Jean Shrimpton to the court of Andy Warhol in New York. One would expect his arena to be backstage, on the film set or in the studio, if not in some palatial drawing room, but during the years of the second world war, from 1939 to 1945, Beaton was at work for the Ministry of Information documenting the bombing of London, the battlefields of North Africa, the Burma campaign and other war zones across the globe. This publication is drawn from some seven thousand of his prints and negatives from this period that are housted at the Imperial War Museums in London. On the Home Fron
