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41) Scott Co, MS
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The history of Scott County, Missippi, as well as the schools, libraries. Biographies of the local residents.
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Since 1920, the Royal Corps of Signals has provided the British Army's central nervous system, enabling orders to be delivered and information to be exchanged, principally at the higher levels of command. It has been crucial in supporting the vast majority of military land-based operations after the First World War. Its importance is growing because conducting successful operations is becoming increasingly reliant upon being able to operate in a congested...
43) Price of Glory
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The Price of Glory is an autobiography of my twenty-three-plus years in the Army Air Corps and the Air Force. I have tried to show the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of military life as an enlisted man and as an officer.
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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(From the Foreword) The Vermillion County Historical Society was organized in 1958, with the purpose-"to seek to collect and preserve articles and facts of historical interest and facts connected with the development of our county, and the State and the Territory of Indiana."
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This is volume five of eight volumes. In this book the importance of the United States rises, as it starts off with events in America happening at that time. The Austro-Italian campaign continues. An insightful coverage of the air war is given. Also the Balkans are a main battle ground. The war moves to Mesopotamia and Jutland. Lord Kitchener dies.
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Eighty-two American flyers were imprisoned in Koncentration Lager Buchenwald. Hitler had set their execution date. But at the end of World War II, an American congressional committee toured Buchenwald and denied any Americans had been imprisoned there. Those records have been sealed for seventy-five years. This book tells about the life, beliefs, and emotions of one of those American pilots and his French Resistance rescuers who were betrayed by a...
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This third volume from eight covers the year 1914 in the Far East and Africa, and 1915 in all phases of the Great War. The Italian/Austrian battles are very well described in detail. The descriptions of the battle of Gallipoli are very interesting since the Gallipoli campaign that lasted from 25 April 1915 - 9 January 1916 is often considered to mark the birth of national consciousness in Australia and New Zealand and the date of the landing, 25 April,...
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Saving Private Weinmann picks up where the authors previous book, Reckoning in Normandy ends. It chronicles the relationship between the author and an embittered Normandy veteran, scarred by the brutality of war. The two men develop a symbiotic relationship, in which the author gets a personalized view of the fighting in Europe, and the elderly veteran gains new hope in salvation he never thought possible. The climax comes in an unforgettable description...
51) Lawrence Co, AR
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A history of the community and people of Lawrence County, Arkansas.
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The Sons of the Republic of Texas tells the story of the Republic of Texas beginning with its birth on April 21, 1836. Includes a brief history of the Sons of the Republic of Texas from 1893 to the present. The text is complemented by over 100 pages of family and ancestral biographies of members of the Sons of the Republic of Texas past and present. Indexed
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Since delivering his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama has been hailed as the clear saviour of not only the Democratic party, but of the integrity of American politics.
Despite the fact that he burst onto the national scene seemingly overnight, his name recognition has grown by leaps and bounds ever since. And in November 2008, he was elected the next President of the United States.
Barack Obama in His Own...
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This is volume six of eight volumes. In this book the Western front at the Somme and Verdun plays a major part. The collapse of Romania is covered in detail, so is the entry of The United States into the War. The war at sea continues and is very well described. The part about the Russian Revolution is a most fascinating chapter.
55) While We're Here
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Anyone who has lived in China has stories to tell. For foreigners and Chinese alike, this is a land that transforms itself every day, with something to write about on every corner. Collected in this anthology are 33 contributions, a mix of narrative non-fiction, fiction and poetry, from the writers' colony the Anthill (theanthill.org). Together, they offer glimpses into this quicksilver country-by turns funny, touching and bizarre. Whether we stay...
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La imagen de España en Inglaterra ha sido estudiada históricamente desde muy diferentes prismas pero no así desde un punto de vista bibliográfico. Conocer la presencia del libro español en Londres desde los siglos XVI al XIX supone un enfoque novedoso y una aportación a la «imagen» de España en Europa. Con tal objeto, se estudian por primera vez los catálogos de librerías, subastas, fondos de bibliotecas particulares e instituciones que...
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A fascinating agricultural resource, Kentucky's Historic Farms: 200 Years of Kentucky Agriculture showcases some of the most grand historic farmlands in the country, with roots as far back as two centuries. Written by Thomas Dionysius Clark, this collector's edition includes photographs, bibliographical references, and an index.
58) Ten Fighter Boys
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The extraordinary stories of ten fighter pilots, told in their very own words during the Second World War.
First published by Collins in 1942, this utterly compelling collection of first-hand accounts of ten fighter pilots' experiences at the helm of the Spitfires of 66 Squadron paints one of the most realistic depictions of the battle for the skies over wartime Europe.
Offering incredible personal insights into the wartime experience - both in...
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(From the intro) Eight B-26 Marauder bombardment groups flew and fought from British soil from the late 1943 through October 1944. They then moved on to France with the advancing Allies, and a few of these became part of the army of occupation in Germany at the end of the war. The B-26 Marauder Historical Society is composed of the men who built, maintained and flew this controversial aircraft. They were called "The Marauder Men" who it is said "succeeded...
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This is volume eight of eight and it concerns itself mainly with the victory of the Allied Forces, the Armistice, and the Peace Conference at Paris. A lesser known, but important part covers Canada's war organisations and vast war industries plus the Canadian battles overseas.
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