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One Hundred Days: Napoleon's Road to Waterloo by Alan Schom Napoleon was the hero of his age, a man who helped France become, briefly, a hugely impressive European power. In 1814, he was imprisoned on Elba, planning an escape and plotting his course of action once he had done so. From the time he landed back in France to his loss at Waterloo, one hundred days elapsed. Scholar Alan Schom, an expert in the history of the Napoleonic era, outlines the key personalities and events of those hundred days in 1815. Napoleon is a far cry from the heroic leader of the time before he was imprisoned in Elba, attempting to gather forces and convince his old friends to help him once again. Despite the difficulties he faced from his irresponsible brothers, and acting in opposition to the statesman Talleyrand, Napoleon was only a whisker away from a famous triumph, and only eventually defeated by the mobilised force of the Allies. First published 1993 by Michael Joseph https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015XYGXHQ/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B015XYGXHQ https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B015XYGXHQ/ |
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Alamein by Jon Latimer First published 2002 by John Murrey Jon Latimer gives us the experience of the men who fought – British, Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Germans, Italians and others besides. We feel their fear, elation or despair as they fight it out at close quarters amid a welter of confusion – heat, sand, smoke, noise, dust, flies and blood. Jonathan David Latimer (1964–2009) was an historian and writer based in Wales. His books include Operation Compass 1940 (Osprey, 2000), Tobruk 1941 (Osprey, 2001), Deception in War (John Murray, 2001), Alamein (John Murray, 2002), Burma: The Forgotten War (John Murray, 2004) and 1812: War with America (Harvard University Press, 2007) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CKD8FNI/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01CKD8FNI/ https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01CKD8FNI/ Dieppe 1942: The Jubilee Disaster by Ronald Atkin “Vivid with eye-witness accounts, probing sensibly and impartially into the claims, confusions and recriminations, this book is a model of its kind.” – The Observer First published 1980 by Macmillan https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EM2ZAUQ/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01EM2ZAUQ/ https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01EM2ZAUQ/ Last edited by Little.Egret; 10-20-2017 at 05:56 PM. |
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Joan of Arc by Edward Lucie-Smith Joan of Arc was one of the greatest figures of the Middle Ages - a woman who has fascinated historians ever since. From her sudden arrival on the pages of history, in the spring of 1429, to her humiliating execution at the stake in Rouen in 1431, Joan of Arc achieved astonishing feats that changed the face of the Kingdom of France. The standard biographies of Joan do not give her a human face: she is a witch, a whore, a saint or a warrior, bound up in myth and legend. Edward Lucie-Smith’s aim was 'to listen to all the witnesses - to Joan herself, to those who knew her, to the chroniclers who recorded her career, to those who preserved fragments of information about her in other documents, such as the royal accounts, and to try to construct from their testimonies a convincing portrait'. First published 1976 by Penguin Books https://www.amazon.com/Joan-Arc-Edwa...dp/B00I6ICM7M/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Joan-Arc-Ed...dp/B00I6ICM7M/ https://www.amazon.ca/Joan-Arc-Edwar...dp/B00I6ICM7M/ |
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10-24-2017, 09:32 AM | #591 |
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Dylan the Bard: A Life of Dylan Thomas by Andrew Sinclair Fifty years after his death, many consider Dylan Thomas to have been the greatest lyric poet of his age... In this biography Andrew Sinclair explains how Thomas attracted a new mass audience, and discusses the influences on his work that stemmed from the divisions and tensions of the poet’s Welsh heritage. Sinclair captures the tragic and exuberant story of Thomas’s personal life, his vision of Wales and the writing of his masterpiece, Under Milk Wood, the brawling and boozing in Fitzrovia during the 1930s and 40s, and the last American tour of the 50s, that ultimately ended with his death. First published in 1999 by Constable and Company Limited Andrew Sinclair is a novelist, historian, critic and filmmaker. He was a Founding Member of Churchill College, Cambridge, and has taught and travelled across the world. He made the film, now regarded as a classic, of Under Milk Wood . His recent film, Dylan on Dylan , of the life of the poet was? released on DVD with Under Milk Wood in 2003. https://www.amazon.com/Dylan-Bard-Li...dp/B01M0PP1QM/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dylan-Bard-...dp/B01M0PP1QM/ https://www.amazon.ca/Dylan-Bard-Lif...dp/B01M0PP1QM/ ======================================= Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood Special Edition, Collector's Edition, Special Collector's Edition DVD https://www.amazon.com/Dylan-Thomas-...dp/B0009WFFHM/ |
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Humble Book Bundle Cloud Computing presented by Packt contains assorted DIY tech learning books covering services including Microsoft Azure, Amazon's AWS, and also related stuff like Kubernetes and Docker and Open Stack. Plus there's a coupon offer for their Mapt subscription service offering access to their full library of books and video courses. |
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New Grand Tour by Godfrey Hodgson The great European cities that made our world… Godfrey Hodgson includes ten sketches of European cities, each of which has contributed something to the ferment, the still dangerous brew of European civilization. Each will have something, even if only a distinct and rich way of life of its own, to contribute in the future Each essay reflects upon what moves and intrigues the author about the history, literature, politics, past and future of the city and the flavour of its way of life. First published 1995 by Viking Godfrey Hodgson was a White House correspondent for a London newspaper with a desk in the Washington Post newsroom during the Kennedy and Johnson years. He has worked as a reporter for print and television throughout the United States and has written sixteen books https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Grand-T...dp/B0749MK4HJ/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Grand-T...dp/B0749MK4HJ/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Grand-T...dp/B0749MK4HJ/ |
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Marilyn Monroe: A Life From Beginning to End John D. Rockefeller: A Life From Beginning to End The Roaring Twenties: A History From Beginning to End See all https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search...Hourly+History https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=sear...Hourly+History https://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-...Hourly+History |
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Loki: The Origins and History of the Famous Norse Trickster God Ragnarok: The Origins and History of the Apocalypse in Norse Mythology Mary Magdalene: The Life and Legacy of the Woman Who Witnessed the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Casanova: The Adventurous Life and Legacy of the World’s Most Famous Womanizer Squanto: The Life and Legacy of the Patuxet Native Who Saved the Pilgrims of the Mayflower Mysterious Canada: A Collection of Hauntings, Mysteries, and Strange Creatures Across the Canadian Nation The Birth of the Royal Air Force in World War I: The History and Legacy of British Air Power during the Great War Free France: The History and Legacy of the Exiled Free French Government during World War II See all https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search...+river+editors https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=sear...+river+editors https://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-...+river+editors |
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Kidder's The Soul of a New Machine, $2.99
Tracy Kidder's Pulitzer Prize winning The Soul of a New Machine, written back in 1981 about the attempt by Data General to produce a better 32 bit minicomputer than its competitor Digital Equipment is on sale for $2.99 at all the usual suspects. Kidder had inside access to the development teams during that development. I read it when it came out, and as a developer for another computer company, also going through the pains of developing a next generation computer that was incompatible with the predecessors, I found it quite compelling. I haven't reread it (so I'm not sure whether the suck fairy got to it), and I'm debating whether to pick it up as an ebook. It was quite interesting view of both the developers and managers as they were going the the trials and tribulations of developing a new computer system. It's not particularly technical.
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10-30-2017, 01:49 PM | #598 |
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Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History by John Julius Norwich has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. I haven't read this title, but have read a couple of Norwich's other books, and enjoyed them.
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Sicily-Island...dp/B00RKO6N0U/ Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sicily-11 Spoiler:
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Seeing as two of my great grandparents were immigrants of the island, I look forward to discovering this.
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