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Whilst living in Liverpool, Britain's second most heavily bombed city during World War II, the author experienced at first-hand the terrible effects of the war on the civilian population and when studying at Cambridge he witnessed the American heavy bombers and their fighter escorts flying to attack targets in Germany and occupied Europe.
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Great Courses volume 8
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Wars and rumors of war abound in this next lecture on Mesopotamia. Survey the rise and fall of empires in the 1,000 years after the collapse of the Sumerians. See how laws and language barriers impacted the Babylonians, the Hittites, and the Assyrians, and how the changing environment inevitably had the last word.
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The critically acclaimed biography of Judy Garland that reads like a novel.
200 photos, many published for the first time, from private collections around the world.
"Extremely well documented, the biography by Bertrand Tessier hides nothing of the highs and lows of the American star." - Le Figaro
"The journalist Bertrand Tessier recounts with talent the extraordinary destiny of a woman killed by the star system and the abuses it engenders, as well...
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In the wake of the US invasion of Nicaragua in 1912, the country came under the rule of the Somoza family, which imposed a brutal and corrupt military dictatorship. A low-scale insurgency of students, supported by peasants and other anti-Somoza elements of the society developed already in the 1960s. By the 1970s, the country became embroiled in a brutal insurgency. Supported by Cuba, a coalition of students, farmers, businessmen, clergy and a small...
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Published in 1915, this novel tells the story of more than 5,000 German, Swiss, Belgian and French spies operating in Great Britain during World war I alongside the German Secret Police. This spying activity aims to transfer the secrets of Britain's armament, defences and newest inventions to its enemies.
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The Tudor dynasty died out because there was no heir of Elizabeth I's body to succeed her. Henry VIII, despite his six marriages, had produced no legitimate son who would live into old age. Three of the reigning Tudors (Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I) died without heirs apparent, the most tragic case being that of Mary Tudor, who went through two recorded cases of phantom pregnancy. If it were not for physical frailty and the lack of reproductive...
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A married vicar with a passion for a young single woman, a bitter publican, a Peeping Tom, a resentful church warden: our human frailties are still much as they always have been.
Over three hundred years ago, the Reverend Robert Foulkes arrived as the new incumbent at the wealthy parish of Stanton Lacy, Shropshire. Charismatic, 'exceedingly followed and admired', he set off a chain of events which led to his hanging at Tyburn in 1679.
What irrational...
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If I lost a bag, I got a bigger one. If I lost a friend, I got a realer one. Life is so unpredictable. I never thought in a million years I would get the opportunity to tell my story. I used to think wherever my King is, I'm waiting patiently, but he must be using a GPS to find me because that shit always takes you the long way. Now, my main focus and loyalty is to my kids and a better future.
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An account of the wealthy socialite who opposed the French emperor and found herself exiled from Paris-from the author of Marie Antoinette's Confidante.
Napoleon Bonaparte and Juliette Récamier were both highly influential and well-known in France, yet they were often at odds with each other. Their story played out on the European stage during a period of political upheaval and new political ideas. Napoleon gained power in the aftermath of the French...
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During David Woodland's nineteen years of service with the United Kingdom's Metropolitan Police, the 'thin blue line' came under intense pressure. In addition to the routine caseload of gang crime, murder, and armed robbery, Irish terrorist groups launched a vicious and prolonged campaign of violence.
Also, then-Police Commissioner Sir Robert Marks described the Criminal Intelligence Department as "the most routinely corrupt organization in London",...
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In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Husband Kimmel was relieved of command of the United States Pacific Fleet and forced into retirement. Eight official investigations were conducted to determine his accountability for the attack. These investigations produced mixed and often contradictory findings. Though he was never brought to court-martial, accusations of dereliction of duty damaged his reputation considerably. Ultimately,...
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Crown
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"The knockdown, drag-out, untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon's White House, and reset the rules for crooked presidents to come-with new reporting that expands on Rachel Maddow's Peabody Award-nominated podcast. Is it possible for a sitting vice president to direct a vast criminal enterprise within the halls of the White House? To have one of the most brazen corruption scandals in American history play out while nobody's paying attention?...
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In the aftermath of World War II, Prussia-a centuries-old state pivotal to Europe's development-ceased to exist. In their eagerness to erase all traces of the Third Reich from the earth, the Allies believed that Prussia, the very embodiment of German militarism, had to be abolished. But as Christopher Clark reveals in this pioneering history, Prussia's legacy is far more complex. What we find is a kingdom that existed nearly half a millennium ago...
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A history of the build-up and the ultimate clash during the Chilean coup of 11 September 1973, featuring over 100 color photos, profiles, and maps.
In 1970, Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens, a physician and leftist politician, was elected the President of Chile. Involved in political life for nearly 40 years, Allende adopted a policy of nationalization of industries and collectivization-measures that brought him on a collision course with the legislative...
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Uprising Shakes Iran Regime's Foundations details the November 2019 uprising in Iran which engulfed 200 cities in all 31 provinces of Iran; over 1,500 people were killed & over 12,000 arrested. It explains why these protests are different than the 1999, 2009, and 2018 protests as this one is about regime change where the youth and the poor are revolting.
The book chronicles the level of repression used by the regime as the IRGC was opening fire on...