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21) Out of Time
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The life of a soldier in the Australian Army wasn't an easy one. Never knowing if he was coming home or not, it was easier for Lieutenant James Everett to just stay single. He didn't like the idea of leaving someone behind that didn't know if he was alive or dead. But then he met Riley... Riley had a rule. Do not date soldiers. Especially not soldiers that are friends with her best friend, Captain Matthew Mackenzie. Matt had talked about James before,...
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I'm away from home for the first time in my life. My twin is at my side, but it's time for us to grow into who we're supposed to be. Away from home.While learning how to do our jobs in the military and continue honing our skills, something tragic happens back home. During our time growing and learning how to become men, we leave for a matter of days when we're really needed back with our Nanny. We lose a major influence in our lives. Someone who means...
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These chapters aim to provide a comprehensive exploration of the military power of ancient India, with a focus on the use of war elephants and chariots, covering cultural diversity, the roles of these military assets, notable campaigns, and the enduring impact on Indian military traditions.
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This new book documents the German invasion of Norway, focusing on the events at sea. More than most other campaigns of WWII, Operation Weserbung has been shrouded in mystery, legend and flawed knowledge. Strategic, political and legal issues were at best unclear, while military issues were dominated by risk; the German success was the result of improvisation and the application of available forces far beyond the comprehension of British and Norwegian...
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Employing superb, clear draughtsmanship this book illustrates each and every detail of the rigging of typical period fore-and-aft vessels.
The rigging of period ship models is arguably the most complex task that any modeler has to accomplish; the intricacies can be daunting and visual references limited. The author's first book, Rigging Period Ship Models, was a triumph of clarity for those needing to decipher the complexities of square rig and has...
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A gripping fictionalized account of the landmark battle that turned the tide of history. On October 25, 1415, a trapped and vastly outnumbered force of exhausted and demoralized English archers and men-at-arms faced a colossal army of French knights on a desolate field in northern France. What took place that day became one of the greatest moments of the Hundred Years' War and English history. Based on chronicles of the times, Agincourt 1415: Field...
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This latest step-by-step volume from Phil Reed tackles what, for many, are regarded as the ultimate expression of the ship model maker's art, the Navy Board model. These beautiful early eighteenth-century works of art are well represented in the major maritime museums both here and in the States as well as in private collections and here the author deals with the construction of a miniature 1/192 scale model of the Royal George of 1715, in which all...
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Following the First Civil War the Roman Republic was able to rebuild itself and restore stability. Yet the problems which had plagued the previous seventy years of the Republic, of political reform being met with violence and bloodshed, had not been resolved and once again resumed. Men such as Catiline and Clodius took up the mantle of reform which saw Rome paralysed with domestic conflict and ultimately bloodshed and murder. In the search for stability,...
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One choice with lasting sequences.One life change that makes me open my eyes to who someone I love truly is.I love Matteo with everything in me. Until one decision made by him puts such a distance between us. I'm not sure our lives will ever be the same again. Not with the time we spend apart and the paths our lives are taking. Everything is changing and I don't know what I want anymore. Can I be the person he needs me to be or will my true colors...
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Tension and rivalry between France and Germany shaped the history of Western Europe in the century from 1860. Three times that hostility led to war and the invasion of France - in 1870, 1914 and 1940. The outcomes of the battles that followed reset the balance of power across the continent. Yet the German invasions tend to be viewed as separate events, in isolation, rather than as connected episodes in the confrontation between the two nations. Douglas...
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The ancient Egyptians presented themselves as superior to all other people in the world; on temple walls, the pharaoh is shown smiting foreign enemies people from Nubia, Libya and the Levant or crushing them beneath his chariot. Officially, foreigners represented disorder and chaos the opposite of Egypt’s perfect land of justice and order. But despite such imagery, from the beginning of their history, the Egyptians also enjoyed friendly relations...
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As he slips into a coma, Lieutenant Sanchez begins reminiscing about his life. He remembers the elementary school shooting, the day his father died, his best friend and comrade in arms- Mark. And of course, He remembers HER; Valerie. A young elementary school teacher Valerie Watson and Leo are desperately in love but one more tour might be just too many for her. The two must fight between absence and true love while he fights for his country overseas....
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Emily Beale, sixteen years old, faces her first major flight as a student pilot. The dramatic moment of the "first solo" isn't what defines a young pilot. It's the four-hour, solo, "cross-country" challenge that determines who they can become.As Emily flies around Washington's Olympic Mountains and along the Oregon Coast, she discovers that her future just might be on a clearer flight path than she thought possible. If she's ready for it.
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Getting shot down is just the beginning in this epic story of survival and resistance in a country crawling with Nazi soldiers during the Second World War.
They fought without glory-and without mercy.
France, Winter 1944: The long-awaited liberation is at hand.
The bombing missions had gone well, and the crew of the Lancaster bomber had begun to relax. Then the Messerschmitt came out of the darkness, its guns blazing.
Of the...
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In the closing months of World War II, with Budapest's fall on February 12, 1945 and the breakout attempt by the IX SS-Gebirgskorps having failed, the only thing the IV. SS-Panzerkorps could do was fall back to a more defensible line and fortify the key city of Stuhlweissenburg. Exhausted after three relief attempts in January 1945 and outnumbered by the ever-increasing power of Marshal Tolbukhin's Third Ukrainian Front, SS-Obergruppenführer Gille's...
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Cmde. P.R. Franklin, AVSM, VSM (retd.) narrates some true accounts of the Soviet Foxtrot submarines that were in Indian Navy service. The names of the eight Foxtrots have been anagrammed to arrive at the name "Vanshali", which is the central submarine character of these narratives. The book covers a spectrum of the activities of Foxtrots in the service including facets of training in the USSR, taking possession, bringing them to India, wartime and...
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I followed my best friend into the military. There is no other reason for me to have joined. Now, I'm with my best friend and have no one home to write to or share my thoughts about what my life now entails. Instead, I send letters to the one person who always had my back and loved me more than anything else in their world. It's not much, but it lets me vent and my words don't go anywhere other than on a piece of paper. Yes, I could vent to my best...
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Instead of following in my family's footsteps, I enlisted in the military. I've left my family in a bind I didn't know was going to happen. Now, I need to decide where my path in life is going to take me. Things I always suspected are coming to light in the worst ways possible. There are so many people depending on me for various reasons and I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. I don't know what to do or who to talk to about the things going...
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Captain Jim Hollister is back in Vietnam for another tour of duty with a Long Range Patrol company. There is a little bit of Jim Hollister in all of us. Captain Jim Hollister ended his first tour of duty in Vietnam laid up in a field hospital. His most serious wounds were deep inside. Back home in America, he often woke up in the middle of the night in the grip of terrifying nightmares. But nothing - not even his long-suffering fiancée, Susan - could...
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