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Luka Modric. El hijo de la guerra es una historia de superación y amor por el fútbol
Una historia de autoconfianza, talento, trabajo y humildad, narrada por los que más conocen al que ya es considerado el mejor futbolista croata de todos los tiempos, aunque su fama no ha cambiado ni un ápice su forma de ser. Tras estar a punto de perderlo todo, Luka Modric se convirtió en un ser modesto, hogareño, familiar y enamorado de su país, con el suficiente...
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Extrait : "Une histoire des « Origines du Christianisme » devrait embrasser toute la période obscure, et, si j'ose le dire, souterraine, qui s'étend depuis les premiers commencements de cette religion jusqu'au moment o son existence devient un fait public, notoire, évident aux yeux de tous."
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59063) Histoire de Napoléon Ier
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Extrait : "Le jour même o l'Église célèbre l'Assomption de la Mère de Dieu, dans cette contrée peuplée d'une race plus dure que ses rochers, plus sauvage que ses bruyères, et que les Romains n'avaient point osé appeler au honteux honneur de leur fournir des esclaves ; plusieurs mois après que la Corse, soustraite à la domination génoise, eut été cédée à la France..."
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59064) Pythagoras & Hippocrates Greece's Great Scientific Minds Biography 5th Grade Children's Biographi
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The purpose of this biography book is to equip your child with the knowledge that will lead to an appreciation of the contributions of Pythagoras and Hippocrates. Both Greek scholars are known today as Greece's great scientific minds. Understanding the biography of two famous people will lead to an in-depth learning of local cultures, traditions and eras. Grab a copy today.
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The manner of their meeting was unprecedented. During the lawless mayhem that followed the capture of Badajoz by Wellington, a 14 year old Spanish girl sought the protection of Captain Harry Smith. They fell in love and married shortly after. From then on their lives and careers were inextricably linked and Juana not only followed her able, brave and ambitious husband but built her own formidable reputation.
The book describes their lives together...
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In 1912, Norland children’s nurse Kate Fox was travelling by train heading to the British military station at Nowshera on the Afghan border to care for the premature baby born to the bases commanding officer. Two years later, Kate was escaping from Germany in the first days of the Great War, leaving behind her adored German royal charges and all her personal possessions. Due to their prestige as the crme-de-la-crme of Edwardian children’s nurses...
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The English Electric Lightning was the only single-seat supersonic interceptor fighter designed and manufactured in the UK. It saw service with the RAF in the sixties and seventies and gained a worthy reputation for its speed ( in excess of Mach 2 ) and phenomenal rate of climb. It was, however, a not entirely reliable aeroplane and over fifty were lost during its operational career. In this book, the author has gathered together 16 personal accounts...
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Découvre la vie de Marie-Antoinette en t'amusant!
Un livre bijou pour découvrir l'enfance de Marie-Antoinette, sa vie de dauphine et les divertissements d'une reine...
Marie-Antoinette est une petite princesse qui aime danser et jouer comme tous les autres enfants.
À treize ans, elle doit quitter sa famille, ses amis et son pays pour devenir la dauphine de France.
Une autre vie commence à Versailles, réglée à la baguette par l'assommante...
59069) Valentine Baker's Heroic Stand at Tashkessen 1877: A Tarnished British Soldier's Glorious Victory
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There are moments in the past of many a man's career that stand out clear and defined after the lapse of even many years: life pictures, the very memory of which brings back a glorious thrill of pride and pleasure. This is the feeling which vibrates through me still, when I recall that last and closing scene that crowned the hard-fought fight at Tashkessen.
History has best remembered Valentine Baker for his embarrassments. In 1875, he was accused...
59070) Escorting the Monarch
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Escorting the Monarch is as close to an official history of the Metropolitan Police's 'Special Escort Group' (SEG) as one could hope for.
You may have seen the team at work; as the combination of motorcycles and cars pass you by, they glide elegantly and seemingly effortlessly through busy traffic. Developing a dedicated and diligent team culture, they are masters of their trade. They hold a well-earned reputation for excellence amongst their peers;...
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The Ypres Salient saw some of the bitterest fighting of the First World War. The once-fertile fields of Flanders were turned into a quagmire through which men fought for four years. In casualty clearing stations, on ambulance trains and barges, and at base hospitals near the French and Belgian coasts, nurses of many nations cared for these traumatized and damaged men.
Drawing on letters, diaries and personal accounts from archives all over the world,...
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Forming part of the Royal Artillery's historical series, Desert Fire is the Battery Commander of O Battery (The Rockett Troop), 2nd Field Regiment RA's gripping description of the Gulf War. His first-hand account brings to life the power and destructive force of modern massed artillery and is a fitting tribute to all members of the Royal Regiment who played such a vital role in the desert campaign. Shows detailed plans and maps of events first time...
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The letters home to his family by Gerald Goodlake, a young officer in the Coldstream Guards, make remarkable reading. They vividly describe the ill-preparedness of the British Army and the dire conditions experienced by all ranks in the Crimea. Goodlake's views on senior officers were frank to say the least! Most important, Goodlake's initiative and courage in organising and leading what were 'Special Forces' were rewarded by the award of one of the...
59074) The Military Life & Times of General Sir Miles Dempsey GBE KCB DSO MC: Monty's Army Commander
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Miles Dempsey, Commander of the British Second Army in the invasion of Europe 1944-45, is almost unknown to the general public. Yet his part in Britains contribution to that campaign was second only to Montgomerys in importance. Dempsey survived two and a half years of bitter fighting as an infantry officer on the Western Front before accompanying his beloved Royal Berkshire Regiment in the little-known North West Persia campaign of 1920-21. In six...
59075) Norfolk at War, 1939–45
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This year-on-year study of Norfolk at war is the first such for many years, which utilizes material that has not been published in book form before or, sometimes, at all. In both the First and Second World War, Norfolk was pivotal, albeit for different reasons. During the war of 1939-45 Norfolk was home to many bases of the USAAF, changing the area forever with bases remaining a fond feature of Norfolk life. Another unique and enduring legacy was...
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The Author wrote numerous letters home from the campaigns that he fought with Wellington in the Peninsular when he was commanding his Regiment. He was therefore in a senior position and privy to secrets of the war. He is often caustic regarding his superiors including The Iron Duke himself. He packs his letters with interesting descriptions of the life and his surroundings.
Once Waterloo was won and Napoleon defeated and captive, Bingham was selected...
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The recent discovery of a wooden chest, unopened for 100 years revealed a treasure trove of eloquent trench diaries, letters and poetry. The author was Hamish Mann, a young Black Watch subaltern killed in France in 1917 just five days after his 21st birthday.
Thanks to Mann’s outstanding literary gifts and prodigious output, this book re-lives his fateful journey from the declaration of war, his voluntary work at a military hospital, his training...
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Une jeune femme d'une vingtaine d'années mène une vie particulière une fois la nuit tombée...
Elle nous livre son parcours sexuel nocturne et coquin, et nous sommes à mille lieues de nous douter qu'un tel univers puisse exister.
Avide d'expériences osées et, surtout, de réaliser ses fantasmes, cette jeune universitaire nous décrit, sans rien occulter, tout ce qu'elle a expérimenté et les endroits qu'elle a fréquentés.
En sa compagnie,...
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This is the first biography of Boy Browning, whose name is inextricably linked with the creation and employment of Britains airborne forces in the Second World War. Commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, Browning served on the Western Front, earning a DSO during the Battle of Cambrai. As Adjutant at Sandhurst, he began the tradition of riding a horse up the steps at the end of the commissioning parade. Browning represented England and Great Britain...
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The memoirs of Admiral Karl Dnitz, Ten Years and Twenty Days, are a fascinating first-hand account of the Battle of the Atlantic as seen from the headquarters of the U-boat fleet. Now, for the first time noted naval historian Jak P. Mallmann Showell has combined Dnitz's memoirs in a parallel text with the British Admiralty's secret Monthly Anti-Submarine Reports to produce a unique view of the U-boat war as it was perceived at the time by both sides.The...
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