Home > History
History
Time and the Soul by Jacob Needleman
azw3 |eng | 2003-05-02 | Author:Jacob Needleman [Needleman, Jacob]

CHAPTER 6 WHAT TO DO? What to do? It is that question that sends Eliot back in time to accompany himself as an adolescent at the threshold of manhood. In ...
( Category: Job Hunting & Careers March 2,2020 )
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate: Covert Action and Internal Operations by Owen L. Sirrs
azw3, mobi |eng | 2018-04-10 | Author:Owen L. Sirrs [Sirrs, Owen L.]

Notes 1 H. Abbas, Pakistan’s Drift into Extremism, Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2005, 365n20. 2 Ibid. 3 A. Jamal, Shadow War: The Untold Story of Jihad in Kashmir, Hoboken, NJ: ...
( Category: True Crime March 2,2020 )
HMS Li Wo: The Most Decorated Small Ship in the Navy by A. V. Sellwood
azw3 |eng | 2015-06-15 | Author:A. V. Sellwood [Sellwood, A. V.]

CHAPTER SIX The Death of Thomas Wilkinson Derbridge and Stanton, dazed by the blast of the salvoes which hurled up volcanoes of foam around the sinking ship, were staggering towards ...
( Category: Engineering March 2,2020 )
In Battle & Captivity: A British Officer's Memoirs of the Trenches and a German Prison Camp by Gilbert Nobbs
azw3 |eng | 2014-09-10 | Author:Gilbert Nobbs [Nobbs, Gilbert]

CHAPTER XIX THE JAWS OF DEATH LONELINESS, DARKNESS, AND SILENCE A LAST EFFORT I PREPARE FOR DEATH I DID NOT know at the time, of course, what had become of ...
( Category: Historical March 2,2020 )
American Heritage History of Flight by Gordon Arthur
epub |eng | 2015-05-12 | Author:Gordon, Arthur

Seeking Work Aviation, the romantic military branch of the war, found itself regarded as a useless curiosity in peacetime. Barnstormers drew crowds at county fairs in America, and stunt fliers ...
( Category: Military March 2,2020 )
Grandad's War: A Coldstream Guards Frontline Experiences During WWII by A C Reynolds
epub |eng | 2016-03-16 | Author:A C Reynolds [Reynolds, A C]

While we were there, it was obviously deserted and every morning our Artillery Spotters would go up into the steeple, each morning there was an SP Gun (self-propelled), would open ...
( Category: Military March 2,2020 )
History of the Eighty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. by Amos M. Judson
epub |eng | 2015-02-21 | Author:Amos M. Judson [Judson, Amos M.]

CHAPTER XXI. The Campaign of 1861 Return of Spring. Gen. Grant in command. The army again in motion. Crossing the Rapidan. Battle of the Wilderness. The Battle of Laurel. I ...
( Category: Military Regiment History March 2,2020 )
Miracle in Lake Placid by John Gilbert
epub |eng | 2019-03-01 | Author:John Gilbert

CHAPTER 11 Time for a Comeback JIM CRAIG HAD NOT BEEN at his sharpest throughout the Blue Pool games, but he was sharp when he had to be in the ...
( Category: Hockey March 2,2020 )
The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang by Andrew Lang
epub |eng | 2014-12-18 | Author:Andrew Lang

THE ROBE OF FEATHERS Mio Strand is in the Province of Suruga. Its sand is yellow and fine, strewn with rose shells at the ebb tide. Its pine trees are ...
( Category: Anthologies March 2,2020 )
The Battle for Omaha Beach, D-Day, June 6, 1944 (The Official History by the U.S. Army, Modern 2014 Annotated Edition, Illustrated in Color & Hi-Res Maps): The Official History by the U.S. Army by United States Army
epub |eng | 2014-07-04 | Author:United States Army [Army, United States]

The Rangers at Pointe du Hoe While the main assault was proceeding on Omaha beaches, three companies (D, E, and F) of the 2d Ranger Battalion were engaged in an ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People March 2,2020 )
Deception in War by Latimer Jon
epub, azw3 |eng | 2016-04-06 | Author:Latimer, Jon

THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE The introduction of air power and submarines radically transformed naval warfare. The submarine was eventually defeated by the convoy system among other things, but ...
( Category: Military Technology March 2,2020 )
Commando Tactics: The Second World War by Stephen Bull
epub |eng | 2011-06-12 | Author:Stephen Bull

In advancing along streets, Commandos were taught to move in single file along both sides, leaving an interval of about 3 yards between individuals, who were to be vigilant in ...
( Category: Europe March 2,2020 )
Billy Bishop VC Lone Wolf Hunter by Peter Kilduff
epub |eng | 2014-03-01 | Author:Peter Kilduff

During the 2 June attack, Billy Bishop may have encountered a sleek Albatros C.VII two-seater and mistaken it for an Albatros D.II scout. (Arthur Rahn album via National Museum of ...
( Category: Historical March 2,2020 )
Spitfires, Thunderbolts, and Warm Beer: An American Fighter Pilot Over Europe (The Warriors) by Philip D. Caine
epub |eng | 2011-02-12 | Author:Philip D. Caine [Caine, Philip D.]

All of these issues took time to resolve, hut by early Septem- her all was in readiness and transfers began. For Lee, as for most of the other members of ...
( Category: World War II March 2,2020 )
Afghan Warrior: U.S. Navy SEAL's Stories of Valor in Afghanistan: SEAL Team Six by Steve Stone
epub |eng | 2016-01-07 | Author:Steve Stone [Stone, Steve]

CHAPTER NINE – AFGHAN WAR Afghanistan War and Islamic Fundamentalism In the late 1970s the Afghan government faced increasing opposition to its social policies. By 1979 guerrilla opposition forces, popularly ...
( Category: Military March 2,2020 )

First Prev [2921] [2922] [2923] [2924] 2925 [2926] [2927] [2928] [2929] [2930] [2931] Next Last