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The author describes his father's service with the Royal Canadian Regiment and the First Special Service Force (the Black Devils or the Devils Brigade) during World War II. Particular emphasis is placed upon the beachhead established at Menton, France by the First Special Service Force where...

This gripping biography from historians John Osborne and Christine Bombaro captures the story of an unlikely political hero who helped destroy American slavery. John A.J. Creswell was a son of the slaveholding South, a native of Maryland who attended Dickinson College in Pennsylvania in the 1840s....

Hero of the Soviet Union Gourgen Karapetyan and Gromov Experimental Test Pilot Anatoly Grishchenko flew into Hell over Chernobyl to save the Motherland and the World. Anatoly developed a radiation-induced, life-threatening, blood disorder. As the Soviet Union opened to interaction with the West, Gougen...

Five months after being drafted into the United States Army, I found myself in the middle of South Vietnam and wondering if I was ever going to go home again. This book will give the reader a view of what the Vietnam War was like for me. It has over 50 true stories and events that show different obstacles the soldiers faced and bizarre ways they died while in Vietnam.

"George Gamow: The Whimsical Mind Behind the Big Bang" details the life and scientific contributions of an influential and colorful 20th century scientists that many laymen nowadays have never heard of. George Gamow (1904-1968), a fun-loving Russian-born American physicist, was a science...

This is the autobiography of John P. Hornung, a rocket scientist during the early years of NASA’s Apollo Mission to the moon. The writing describes four chapters in his life. Three of them were selected for their significance in U.S. history; early school integration in the deep south, a period...

Imam Bukhari is the most prominent name among the Islamic scholars of Hadith sciences. Born in Bukhara (now part of Uzbekistan), he travelled all over the Islamic world, learning from many notable scholars. His biggest contribution is his Hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari, which is regarded by Muslims...

以水墨奔馬著稱的中國畫家徐悲鴻 (一八九五-一九五三年) 開創了中西結合的繪畫, 培養了幾代中國美術家。《奔騰的駿馬》描述了他的家人和他的藝術事業如何經受了毛澤東變化莫測的政治風暴而倖存, 毛澤東不斷變化的政策決定了從一九四九年開始,...

Explore Frida Kahlo through the photo fantasy artwork of Lisa E. Jobe. Melding Kahlo's own paintings with black and white photographs and various other elements, Jobe creates a digital decoupage to experience the artist like never before. Containing quotes by Kahlo herself, this picture book is a sure bet for any Kahlo admirer.

Are you a true Ross boss? Well then, prove it! How much do you really know (and love!) about this super Disney Channel and R5 hottie? This essential Ross Lynch e-book written by noted celeb tribute author, M.A. Cassata is as informative as entertaining. In addition to much need to know facts and,...

Dedicated to Mrs. Cabanes for her kindness and hospitality. In a pithy, humorous memoir, the author recounts from her letters, the most vivid experiences of her student days as an assistant at a School in Albi, Southern France. 1969/70.

All human brains operate exactly the same, it has nothing to do whether you are male or female, child or adult, nor does culture or religion affect it. The brain operates as follows; ONE PLUS ONE EQAULS TWO, no other way. This is the normal way of thinking by any human being. The Truth will set you...

Ralph de Stafford, the first earl of Stafford, was one of the most powerful men in fourteenth century England. He was a veteran of the Hundred Years War, a respected military commander and an advisor to two Kings.What is less well known is that his early life was rather more colourful than might have...

Abu Haneefa was an Islamic scholar and an expert on Islamic law. His juristic pronouncements have held sway over the entire Muslim world for almost twelve centuries. His popularity to this day can be gauged by the fact that no other Muslim scholar has as many biographies written of him as Abu Haneefa....