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The story of one of the bloodiest battles in history, resulting in the raising of the American flag on Mt. Suribachi, is documented with a personal touch; the author himself was a member of that company. It is a searing and unique account of that battle, told from the perspective of both the gallant U.S. Marines who invaded the island and the brave Japanese soldiers who defended it.
| Автор | Richard Wheeler |
This book, the result of contributions from a wide range of sports writers, officials and historians, relates the fascinating history of over 100 sports played in Victoria since the 1830s. It also covers the important events, venues, clubs and leagues which characterise Victoria's sporting culture.<br /> <br />Published under the auspices of the Australian Society for Sports History.
| Автор | Группа авторов |
A young woman disappears. A husband is suspected of murder. Stirring times for all the neighborhood.Olivia Roade Burton has lived in obscurity in Steepwood since she brought disgrace on herself by jilting a man of high degree. Now she's grown restless and yearns for excitement. But will any man risk proposing to her? Scarred and disillusioned after his experiences in the Peninsular War, Captain Jack Denning believed he was too tainted to marry a decent girl. Caught in an innocent but...
| Автор | Anne Herries |
"Исторический роман французского писателя американского происхождения написан от лица протагониста – офицера СС Максимилиана Ауэ, одного из рядовых исполнителей нацистской программы «окончательного решения еврейского вопроса». Действие книги разворачивается на Восточном фронте (Украина, Северный Кавказ, Сталинград), в Польше, Германии, Венгрии и Франции. В 2006 году «Благоволительницы» получили Гонкуровскую премию и Гран-при Французской академии, книга стала европейским бестселлером,...
| Автор | Джонатан Литтелл |
Приближаясь к последней черте, можно сказать к финишу, отмеренной мне судьбой жизненной дистанции, я всё более и более мучительно переживал, что после моей смерти никто и никогда не узнает о той тайне, которую хранил все эти годы, не поведав о ней даже самым близким мне людям. Борясь с сомнениями, я всё-таки принял решение поделиться с вами уважаемые читатели сведениями и фактами, которыми владею и располагаю. События, описанные в этой книге, основаны на рассказах окружающих меня людей, на...
| Автор | Анатолий Лубичев |
A history of the Melbourne Jewish Holocaust Centre, one of the earliest permanent memorial museums which was set up in 1984 by survivors of the Holocaust. The book provides a history of the Centre's early days and examines its transformation from a collection of artefacts into an organisation that focuses on exhibitions, remembrance and education.<br />
| Автор | Steven Cooke |
Chippewa Customs, first published in 1929, remains an authoritative source for the tribal history, customs, legends, traditions, art, music, economy, and leisure activities of the Chippewa (Ojibway) Indians of the United States and Canada.<br /><br />Praise for Chippewa Customs<br /><br />"Densmore . . . has done a valuable piece of work for posterity by collecting this material."—Minnesota History
| Автор | Frances Densmore |
Книга посвящена одному из малоизвестных, но весьма важных для понимания истории России событию. Зажиточный купеческий город Стерлитамак летом 1918 года оказался на переломе гражданской войны, когда солдаты Чешского легиона и Народной армии Комуча столкнулись с мужеством и твёрдостью горожан, вставших на защиту своего права на свободу и самоуправление. Обезумевшие от безсильной злобы и страха каратели учинили гнусную расправу над сотнями жителей города и уезда, перед тем как позорно сбежать от...
| Автор | В. В. Ивлев |
Dark warrior, rebellious bride… Taken prisoner by the Norman invaders who destroyed her home and family, Lady Ashlynn finds her life in jeopardy – until her saviour comes in the form of a powerful Scottish warlord. Black Iain may be fierce, yet Ashlynn feels strangely safe in his arms…Iain McAlpin’s reputation is well deserved, and no one will capture his heart. Having loved and lost once before, Iain wants only to be free of the rebellious, enticing Ashlynn. But then a decree from the King...
| Автор | Joanna Fulford |
His tempting captive!Captain Pierre Dammartin is a man of honour, but his captive, Josephine Mallington, is the daughter of his sworn enemy…and his temptation. She is the one woman he should hate, yet her innocence brings hope to his battle-weary heart. Josephine senses that the hard-faced Captain both despises and desires her. Although she should fear him, her growing passion will not be ignored.But as the Peninsular War rages on, can the strength of their love conquer all that divides them?
| Автор | Margaret McPhee |
STOLEN FROM THE CALIPHThrown into a frightening and unfamiliar world after her capture by corsairs, Lady Harriet Sefton-Jones thinks help has arrived in the form of dashing Lord Kasim. But it’s out of the frying pan and into the fire…Kasim may once have been an English nobleman, but there is nothing noble about his intentions to purchase Harriet for his master the Caliph’s pleasure. Harriet must resign herself to a life of enslavement… But Kasim has a plan of his own: he wants her for himself!
| Автор | Anne Herries |
Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuriesShe had found her man… Miss Laura Middlebrook wanted the chance to experience all that life could offer. For that, she needed a husband – fast. Dangerous daredevil Sean Wilder had to help her! Laura’s marriage would take her from the seedy underworld of turn-of-the-century Paris to the...
| Автор | Lyn Stone |
The chapter on the First Minnesota's moment of supreme sacrifice at Gettysburg is the best thing of its kind that I have ever read. –James M. McPherson??This excerpted e-short would include a reworked introduction of the regiment, its call-up at Fort Snelling, the powerful chapter on the July 2-3, 1863 Battle at Gettysburg, and a revised prologue.
| Автор | Richard Moe |
This is an engaging, richly detailed biography of a family of Norwegian immigrant homesteaders in eastern North Dakota in the late 1800s. Educator and world traveler Aagot Raaen wrote this reminiscence late in her life. Like Giants in the Earth and Old Jules, Grass of the Earth deals frankly with a darker side of pioneer life on the prairie.
| Автор | Aagot Raaen |
A unique and rare perspective of Jewish life in the Russian Empire, with the main character being a wealthy entrepreneur engaged in agriculture Compelling and sympathetic characters Well written, with a good sense of humor; reads well Early 20th century history of Russia, revolution, and war through the eyes of contemporaries The author was a close friend of Mikhail Bulgakov, Russia’s literary giant
| Автор | Dmitry Stonov |
A mystery brings them together. Secrets keep them apart. Major William Maitland returns a hero from the war, only to find himself tasked with the strangest mission – hunting down the lost heir to his uncle’s fortune. He sets out for rural Warwickshire to uncover the twenty-year-old secret, but has no idea that meeting an old army friend will lead him to the key to the mystery. Or that his friend’s cousin, the beautiful Georgianne Venables, will prove to be his own personal Waterloo.For...
| Автор | Dorothy Elbury |
A SHOCK PROPOSAL Sophia Langley’s life is in turmoil. When she learns of her estranged fiancé’s death in a shipwreck, the last thing she expects is for his twin brother, Callum Chatterton, to make a shock proposal! Her inner romantic objects to a marriage of convenience – and brooding Cal makes it very clear that’s all it can be.Yet to save her family Sophia accepts with trepidation – and a highly inconvenient trembling of desire for her reluctant husband! Danger & Desire Shipwreck, Scandals...
| Автор | Louise Allen |
SHIPWRECKED – AND SCANDALOUS! Shipwrecked and washed up on an island, Averil Heydon is terrified – and being rescued by mysterious roguish naval captain Luc d’Aunay doesn’t calm her fears! Virginal Averil knows that falling for Luc is dangerous, but the pull of their sexual attraction is deliciously irresistible…After her first taste of wild desire in Luc’s arms, Averil must return to society and convention. Except Luc has a shockingly tempting proposition for her – to flout duty, and give in to...
| Автор | Louise Allen |
A plain hoyden, he had called herMiss Charlotte Cartwright has never forgotten Roland Temple’s contemptuous rejection of her hand in marriage. And she’s not about to forgive either – even if Roland, the new Earl of Amerleigh, is now older, wiser and ten times as handsome!Roland has returned home from the wars to find much has changed – including his spitfire of a neighbour. He’s soon determined to right the wrongs of the past – and this time the hoyden will be his bride!
| Автор | Mary Nichols |
COULD A HOTHOUSE FLOWER BLOOM UNDER BURNING TEXAS SKIES?Riley Holt didn’t think so. Susannah Phelps was fair, fragile…and wholly unsuited for frontier life. And being pregnant didn’t help matters. What she needed was a ticket back east – or at least someone to protect her. And damned if fate didn’t keep volunteering him for the job!Susannah was determined to show Riley that she could make a place for herself and her unborn child in the Wild West, away from scandal. Now, if only she could stop...
| Автор | Debra Cowan |
Meticulous scrutiny by an accomplished historian and writer of 120 years of relentless New York Times criticism of Zionism and Israel. Why “All the News That’s Fit to Print” has been transformed into news and opinion that fits New York Times discomfort with the idea, and eventual reality, of Jewish statehood in the ancient homeland of the Jewish people
| Автор | Jerold S. Auerbach |
Academic Studies Press is proud to present this translation of Professor Andrei Zorin’s seminal Kormya Dvuglavogo Orla. This collection of essays includes several that have never before appeared in English, including “The People’s War: The Time of Troubles in Russian Literature, 1806-1807” and “Holy Alliances: V. A. Zhukovskii’s Epistle ‘To Emperor Alexander’ and Christian Universalism.”
| Автор | Андрей Зорин |
This title presents a series of childhood memories which are nostalgic, amusing and full of warmth. There were four children in this farming family, three boys and their younger sister, who often courted unintentional disaster at the hands of her brothers. Join Andrew in his reminiscences of Sunday school, school reports, secret hideouts and an almost-serious farm accident.
| Автор | Andrew Arbuckle |
THE MYSTERIOUS MISS NOIR… With trembling hands Arabella dons the mask of Miss Noir for her first night at Mrs Silver’s House of Pleasures. Thinking of her young son, she prepares to smile prettily at the next gentleman who enters… Dominic Furneaux, Duke of Arlesford, is stunned to see that the woman who shattered his heart has fallen so low.He offers her a way out – by making her his mistress! The temptation to reacquaint herself with Dominic’s body is hard to resist, but Dominic needs only to...
| Автор | Margaret McPhee |