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The Untold Stories of Britain's Bodyguards
Follow the firsthand recollections of men and women who guard the United Kingdom's most famous figures
A career of bravery and discretion revealed. As one of the most hazardous occupations in the world, bodyguarding means not only protecting clients, but also making decisions that can change the lives of others. Dr. Emma French and Jonathan Levi explore the past, present, and future of the armed protection...
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This book offers a faithful English translation of An-Nazarat ('The Reflections') by Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti, a distinguished essayist from the era of the Nahda, or the Modern Arabic Literary Renaissance in Egypt. Al-Manfaluti's magnum opus, first published in 1910, is a rich collection of short stories, essays, and a few adapted translations, originally featured in Egypt's al-Mu'ayyad newspaper.With a sharp, reflective eye, al-Manfaluti captures...
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Get enchanted with Pearl Harbor's history and its remarkable events. Are you struggling to make sense of what happened at that specific point in history? Do you want to learn all of the historical stories in an easier manner? Pick up this overview history book today to learn the inspiring history behind Pearl Harbor! This is the perfect book for history fans for all kids to enjoy. The 7th of December, 1941, is recounted as the most devastating naval...
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From the Ben Thompson, author of Badass: The Birth of a Legend, comes a collection of history's most awe-inspiring duels and showdowns, brutal crusades and epic brawls, and profiles of the fascinating people who fought in them.
From Caliphs to Green Berets, some of civilization's toughest warriors are profiled in Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch, including Cyrus the Great, St. Moses the Black, and The Rani of Jhansi, as well as in-depth analyses of how...
45) X Rubicon: Traverser la vie, le sexe, l'amour, & Les meurtres dans les guerres de procuration de
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"Le livre de Sean emmène le lecteur à travers deux ans et demi de tromperie et de mort, et plus de 40 ans d'enfermement des émotions et de la vérité. Sa compassion transparaît lorsqu'il décrit les séquelles du syndrome de stress post-traumatique. Ce récit est choquant et déstabilisant, mais on a le sentiment que la connaissance de la vérité nous invite à changer la réalité de notre histoire d'amour avec l'armée. Nous pouvons nous réveiller,...
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During her 110-year lifetime, Maude Allen Williams went from oil lamps to a microwave oven, from the horse and buggy to an automobile. She stepped onto an airplane for the first time at age 77.Maude was married at 19, four months pregnant, to Lee Williams. She once said her Puritan forefathers might not have approved. The cold winds of winter and the hot winds of summer blew under the ill-fitting doors of the family's sprawling, story-and-a-half,...
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Become submerged in a time and culture that is now obsolete. The Journey of Innocence is the true story of a young girl growing up in Lisbon, Portugal, who learns to obey her elders and not to question their decisions, and who dreams of one day coming to the USA. She also learns from her Aunt Heydee, who becomes her spiritual mentor and teacher, that she must make a life with what life has to offer. Book I of Veronica's Adventures candidly covers...
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The autobiography of a Scottish professor, army chaplain, World War II veteran, and prisoner of war.
From a croft in the Hebridean island of Harris to the grim confines of the Nazis' notorious prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III and the hallowed of Glasgow University; the life of Murdo Ewen Macdonald was one of extraordinary variety and richness. Macdonald was ordained as a Church of Scotland minister in 1939 and joined the military in 1940. After...
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The vast majority of books written about King James I of England and VI of Scotland have come from the pens of either non-Christians or prejudiced parties. This new book is penned by a King James Bible-believing preacher of over 20 years who loves and cherishes the King James Bible and uses it and preaches from it for the glory of God. James I deserves a fresh and honest look at his blessed life and Bible believers need this to silence and shame unfair...
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Stefan Zweig was born on November 28, 1881, in Vienna, and is one of the most important European authors of the first half of the 20th century. A Jew, he was persecuted by the Nazis and forced into exile. His final home was in Brazil, where he met a tragic end. A versatile writer, Zweig dedicated himself to almost all literary activities and, in addition to novellas, also became famous as a historian and biographer. His biography of Maria Antonieta...
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The Sounds and Smells of My Childhood Part II invite the reader to pause and remember the times of their own youth. Like the first book, it is a nostalgic journey, with fond memories, tremendous humor and laughter, and at times, tears. But the author always shares the beauty of the Sault, the lovely St. Mary's river, and the grandeur and power of Lake Superior as well as the pride and resilience of its people. Sault Sainte Marie has a unique historic...
52) The Ranch 2.0
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This book and its author grew up together. The 1960's in America transformed everyone who lived thru this amazing time in our nation's history. Civil rights laws were fought for and passed, women began to find a voice and break down barriers. Immigrant workers and Native Americans raised their voices. We became a smarter more aware nation.... for a while. The Vietnam war became a symbol of those times. The music helped define us and the illegal use...
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This book is a short, lovely memoir of the authors childhood, based on the song/poem written by David Mallett, I Knew This Place. A place that was unique, very historic, and very loving, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, was a hustling and bustling community in the 1950s. All predictions were it would become the next Chicago.
The Sounds and Smells of My Childhood is a nostalgic journey. It brings the reader back in time to that place of their own youth,...
55) Libyan Twilight
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Libyan Twilight is a short memoir that discusses the forgotten Jewish community of Libya. As a child growing up in Benghazi, Raphael Luzon experienced the pogrom that followed the 1967 Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The Libyan Jews were forced to abandon their homeland and seek refuge overseas as a result. The narrative jumps between the present and past, starting in 2012 where Raphael finds himself in a jail cell in post-revolution...
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Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the astonishing untold story of Charles Howard "Dick" Ellis, the Australian-born British intelligence officer and master spy accused by some espionage experts of being the traitor of the century.
The longest serving spy for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Ellis came to New York at the beginning of World War II as deputy to William...
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John Godfrey Parry Thomas -J.G Thomas -was by any standards an extraordinary man, in both life and in his tragic death. From a conventional upbringing as the son of the curate of Rhosddu in Wales in 1884, he became a prominent figure in the developing world of high-speed motorcar racing and design.
He became the chief engineer at Leyland Motors, a company whose main products were commercial vehicles. But J.G. Thomas was more interested in swifter...
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The world watched…...as a teacher flew into space. Do you remember where you were when Christa McAuliffe died? She was a wife, Mother and Teacher and the first civilian to fly into space but Christa's dream tragically ended on a cold January day with the needless explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Has anyone ever been held accountable? Told by her distant relative, award-winning author Tom McAuliffe, 'Throttle Up - Teacher Astronaut Christa...
59) No Greater Love
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In 1914 the world was plunged into the greatest slaughter of humanity in history. Of the 60,000,000 soldiers who answered the call of King, Kaiser, God and country, 14% or 6,000 per day, died!
These were not just big numbers; they were real people. This book tries to capture some of the people who were caught up in this tragedy, and tells their story, often in their own words.
Here is revealed the heroism and tragedy of all who went 'over the top'...
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In this poignant sequel to Headlong into Pennilessness, Sheffield-born Michael Glover, poet and art critic, re-visits the scenes of his childhood and teenage years in and around Fir Vale.He remembers the death of the Sunbeam Cinema, and how it disappeared in a pother of brick dust. He sees again the tramps from the tramps' ward, hurrying down Herries Road in pursuit of a warm sleeping spot in the Reference Room of Firth Park Library. He watches his...
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