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1) Against War
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Dutch thinker and theologian Desiderius Erasmus played a key role in the development of humanism during the Renaissance and early modern periods. In Against War, Erasmus mounts a stunningly lucid and detailed argument against armed combat on humanistic grounds. It's a must-read for anyone who has strong feelings about the moral and ethical dimensions of militaristic undertakings. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and...
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Often appearing at the top of the New York Times best-seller list, author Nora Roberts, aka J.D. Robb, stimulates the senses with her irresistible combinations of romance and suspense. Experience a gamut of emotions as secret pasts, vicious murders, and the steamy details of a tempestuous romance are revealed in this action-packed audiobook.
Three young women have been brutally murdered, and Lieutenant Eve Dallas has been assigned to investigate....
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The River Twice, by the Giller-nominated author of the bestselling The Island Walkers, is a gripping new World War I novel set in the Southern Ontario factory town familiar to his many readers, where residents are reeling as the wounded return and the list of local young men who have been killed continues to grow. Wounded in body and spirit, Ted Whitfield returns home from the trenches to his wife, Miriam, who finds him deeply altered and virtually...
5) Under Fire
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Under Fire (1916) is a novel by Henri Barbusse. Written from notes taken while Barbusse was serving in the First World War, the novel was quickly, recognized as, a powerful tale of perseverance and comradery in the face of unspeakable suffering. Intended to promote the cause of pacifism, Under Fire is deeply critical of the rich and powerful men whose inability to live peacefully, leads time-and-again to the sacrifice of countless human lives. "Each...
6) Greenmantle
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The second installment in the electrifying adventures of Richard Hannay, Britain's greatest secret agent Major Richard Hannay, hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps, is recovering from wounds sustained in the bloody Battle of Loos when his old friend Sir Walter Bullivant summons him to the Foreign Office. Hoping for a promotion, Hannay is asked instead to investigate rumors that a "star rising in the West" is about to bring the entirety of the Muslim world...
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I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared. At Chelsea I found myself a unit of the 2nd London Irish Battalion, afterwards I was drilled into shape at the White City and training was concluded at St. Albans, where I was drafted into the 1st Battalion. In my spare time I wrote several articles dealing with the life...
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A story of heroism and glory that rivals any work of fiction, this instructive treatise on a Middle Eastern conflict was written by one of history's greatest figures. In The River War, Winston Churchill recounts a critical but often overlooked episode from the days when the British Empire was at the height of its power: the operations directed by Lord Kitchener of Khartoum on the Upper Nile from 1896 to 1899, which led to England's reconquest of the...
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A fascinating book by a British soldier who tells of the efforts in WWI in the Middle East. This was a time when much of the battling was with bayonet and face to face. There are a lot of interesting facts of the brutality of that war. Toward the end he mentions that 60,000 people died of starvation in 'Beyrout' during the War out of a population of 80,000. (Excerpt from Goodreads)
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This book is not a history, a military treatise, an essay, or a scrap of autobiography. It has no more accuracy or literary merit than letters usually possess. So I hope you will not judge it too harshly. My only object is to try and show as truthfully as I can the part played in this monstrous war by a dispatch rider during the months from August 1914 to February 1915. If that object is gained I am content.
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No one more accurately forecast the War than has Charles Sarolea, who may be forgiven a justifiable pride in the accuracy and excellence of his prognosis, in 1906 and 1912, of the conditions that led to the present contest. In German problems and personalities, Mr. Sarolea has made another and most important contribution to our understanding of the forces that are at work in the world, in part for its destruction and in part for its protection.
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Originally published in 1938, this fascinating book was 'intended for the ordinary citizen, the sort of man or woman who is going to be killed if Britain is raided again from the air'. Contents Include : The Technique of Mass Murder The History of Air Bombing Keeping Bombers Away The Government's Precautionary Measures Further Government Schemes Protection Against High Explosive Bombs Evacuation An A.R.P. Scheme Giving Complete Protection The Political...
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By spring 1919 Ukraine, the 'breadbasket of Europe,' has been reduced to a hellscape by the Great War in Europe and the Russian Civil War. Yet there is a new threat: a dangerous and charismatic Red Army commander who, according to reports, is planning to overthrow the new Bolshevik regime in Moscow. Just as Napoleon Bonaparte had done in France more than a hundred years before, this fanatical leader-the Red Napoleon-will start endless bloody wars...
16) A History of the 17th Aero Squadron - Nil Actum Reputans Si Quid Superesset Agendum, December, 19
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This early work details the history of the 17th Aero Squadron during the First World War. It includes information on their training and their combat operations, and is a fascinating read for anyone interested in military aviation or the Great War in general. This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute...
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Although seventy-eight years have passed since the Battle of the Somme was fought, interest in this, the bloodiest battle of the First World War, has never waned. Ray Westlake has collated all the information so painstakingly gathered, to produce a comprehensive compendium of the exact movements of every battalion involved in the battle. This book is invaluable not only to researchers but to all those visiting the battlefield and anxious to trace...
18) Metamorphoses
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"Returning to a rejuvenated South Australian infantry battalion, after having been severely injured at Gallipoli, newly promoted Sergeant Major William Berenger finds himself in the sleepy village of Albert on the Somme on the eve of a massive Australian assault at Pozières. Having married Juliana, whom Berenger had first met 15 years earlier as a Boer prisoner in the South African war, Berenger is called again to the colours, despite the impending...
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When war was declared in 1914, the people of South Dorset were taken by surprise. Initially, there was excitement as the garrison town of Dorchester sprang to life, and Britain's Grand Fleet steamed from Portland Harbour to its war stations in the North Sea. But when the fervour subsided, what was it like for ordinary people? This book describes how they settled down with purpose to a life at war.
Traders made the most of new markets, and women...
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An Amish Singing story from bestselling author Amy Clipston.
Elaine Lantz and her parents have just moved to town from New Wilmington. After leaving behind some painful events and a group of deceitful friends, Elaine worries she'll never be able to trust again. But the young people of Bird-in-Hand don't give up, and Calvin King takes it upon himself to make Elaine feel welcome. Perhaps friendship and love await Elaine in her new hometown.
An Amish...
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