Of the thousands of commanders who served in history's armies, why is it that only a few are remembered as great leaders of men in battle? What combination of personal and circumstantial influences conspire to produce great commanders? What makes a great leader great? Richard A Gabriel analyses the biographies of ten great generals who lived between 1481 BC and AD 632 in an attempt to identify the characteristics of intellect, psychology, personality, and experience that allowed them to tread th...
Kapusta or Cabbage - A Mother and Daughter Historical and Culinary Journey
by Jennie Ts Choban and April Qureshi
Connaissances Necessaires A Un Bibliophile. Tome 10 (Generalites)
by Rouveyre-E
Memoir of a university instructor's journey to China, and her loving relationship set in modern day China with a handsome male student. Their affair ignores boundries of age, and culture amid the backdrop of traditional Chinese society.
Rupert Brooke in the First World War (Clemson University Press)
by Alisa Miller
Arrested by Nazis in 1944 after her political beliefs were reported, Rinser was imprisoned until the end of the war. She shared her captivity with a variety of women including Jehovah's Witnesses, abortionists, women who had had affairs with foreigners, thieves and other politically suspect prisoners. Her journal covers two months of her imprisonment, observing both herself and her companions, as they cope, or fail to cope, in their various ways, with prison.
The First World War Diaries of Emma Duffin, Belfast Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse
Precis Des Evenemens Militaires Ou Essais Historiques Sur Les Campagnes de 1799 a 1814, Volume 15...
by Mathieu Dumas
Now, more than ever, political journalists are central figures in the titanic struggles of modern history, not only telling us about events but also interpreting them and shaping our views. This engrossing book explores the relationship between journalism and politics in the twentieth century and tells the stories of the journalists-both good and bad-who have played major roles. Fred Inglis tracks the flamboyant biographies of giants of the genre, from the early newspapermen during the Russian...
A Trip to the Beach (Nova Audio Books)
by Melinda Blanchard and Robert Blanchard
Set on a beautiful Caribbean island, this is a story filled with calamities and comedy, culinary disasters and triumphs and indelible portraits of the people who live and work there. The story begins when Bob and Melinda Blanchard sell their successful Vermont food business and decide, perhaps impulsively, to get away from it all. Why not open a beach bar and grill on Anguilla, their favourite Caribbean island? One thing leads to another and the little grill turns into an enchanting restaurant t...