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The Mammoth Book of True War Stories: A New Selection of 60 Unforgettable Accounts of the Horror and Heroism of War Across the Ages

Manufacturer: Carroll & Graf
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ASIN: 0786715332

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War, as the general said, is hell. But sometimes it also brings out the best in people, as illustrated by this gripping new collection of war writing. From the siege of Troy to the present day, historian Jon E. Lewis offers a new selection of sixty unforgettable accounts—many firsthand—of the horror and heroism of war. These include analyses by celebrated historians, letters home by ordinary GIs, high-adrenaline memoirs by frontline combatants, and memorable reportage by master chroniclers: Ernest Hemingway on bombings in Madrid, Tim O’Brien on Vietnam, John Reed on the Mexican Revolution, and Winston Churchill on the Battle of Omdurman.

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Pulling the trigger.......2002-01-08

The mere concept of war has always befuddled me. The fact that you may be a teacher in a classroom talking about math and the next week deep in a blood bath knowing that every second may be your last is beyond comprehension for most of us. This book reminds you very harshly that these things did happen and who can tell it better than the people who have fought? You realize how funny it sounds to be upset about a broken car or money lost in stock market when you read about face to face combat. I recommend this book to everyone who cries out for war at every chance they get. The stories cover wars from Greek times to WWI, WWII, Vietnam and Spanish Civil War and most are written by authors and poets so they are really capturing. There is even an excerpt from the journal of a German pilot from WWI. That is not something you read every day.

The Mammoth Book of Soldiers at War (Mammoth)

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ASIN: 1841191817

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The Mammoth Book of War Correspondents (Mammoth Book of)

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Dispatches from the Front: A History of the American War Correspondent

ASIN: 1841191825

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War is hell. It is also suffering, courage, fear, nobility, depravity, honor, death. War in all its aspects, from the tragic to the horrific to the heroic, is vividly depicted in this riveting volume of dispatches by established authors like Stephen Crane, Rudyard Kipling, George Orwell, and Ernest Hemingway, who turned their literary hand to, respectively, the Spanish-American War, Boer War, Spanish Civil War, and D-Day 1944, as well as professional news correspondents like Ernie Pyle, Alan Moorehead, Peter Arnett, and John Hersey, who made something like art out of war reportage. Eyewitness accounts of other writers among the one hundred in this volume include William L. Shirer's on the surrender of the French in World War II, Edward R. Murrow's on the London Blitz, Alexander Werth's on the siege of Leningrad, and Martha Gellhorn's on the Battle of the Bulge. Found here, too, are David Halberstrom's Pulitzer Prize-winning piece on the coup against Diem, Seymour Hersh on the My Lai massacre, and John Pilger on the last day in Saigon. Not only did these men and women brave the dangers of war; they also combated often obstructive military officers and disingenuous politicians to get their story and to report the truth as they saw it. Beginning with William Howard Russell's reports from Crimea, which mark the birth of war reportage, and ending on the battle lines in Bosnia, here is war -- what it looks like, what it means, and how it has been fought for 150 years.

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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The Guggenheims: An America Epic
John H. Davis
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Creating E-Mail Newsletters - A Practical Guide for the Real Estate Community
Al Kernek
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Designed for agents and brokers in the residential real estate business, and those servicing the real estate industry, this is the ultimate guide for those contemplating an e-mail newsletter or a Website. Hundreds of hours of research and years of experience have gone into creating the information here for your benefit. The goal is to help you derive a personal roadmap for launching your own e-mail newsletter. The book is an immense resource of valuable information that will save you hundreds of dollars. Everything from free software to economical turnkey solutions is addressed. The book includes a step-by-step guide that demonstrates how to successfully implement e-mail newsletter campaigns that best fit your time, wallet, resources and expertise.

Those who dive into creating a newsletter without first understanding the scope of the project, or what options are available, often suffer a frustrating and expensive experience. You will learn how to avoid the pitfalls that can doom a newsletter to failure. You will also learn how to create and manage e-mail marketing campaigns that boost your earnings while requiring little ongoing effort or expense.

People who are in the real estate business are cost-conscious. While you want an effective marketing campaign that helps your sales, you don?t want it to spend a lot on it - in some cases, nothing at all - or have it consume too much of your precious time. That is why emphasis here is placed on identifying free or inexpensive solutions that both enhance your productivity and will help your newsletter be successful.

In here, you will find simple explanations of what can be complex subjects. Charts, tables and summaries reduce a plethora of data down to just the essential elements you need to understand. This approach lets you easily identify the solutions that best fit your needs.

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* Create interesting, attractive e-mail newsletters. * Prepare newsletter content, and where to find free articles and other information sources. * Where to get free newsletter templates. * Find free resources that will help you design your newsletter. * Gather e-mail addresses and grow your prospect base. * Promote your persona so that your name and face become synonymous with the local real estate market. * Avoid legal and market pitfalls when creating and sending e-mail newsletters. * Minimize the cost of creating and managing newsletter campaigns by using your own PC, Microsoft Word and Outlook, and free Web downloads. * Become more effective by spending just a little money to get integrated commercial tools that magnify your productivity. * Easily create or link to a Website and why you should consider this. * Create inexpensive Websites with substantial benefits. * Employ easily-implemented tools that automatically manage and promote your e-mail newsletter. * Engage "worry free" outsource services that automatically send personalized newsletters to your clients. * Develop a strategy that works best for you, identify specific approaches and costs (if any) upfront.

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Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: an autobiography .......2007-09-15

Translated from the german by A. D. Coleridge - London - Richard Bentley & son, 1896. Hardcover, reprinted, anonymous edition (!).
The autobiography of a key player musician and composer in the 18th
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The autobiography of Karl von Dittersdorf

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Karl von Dittersdorf
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Autobiography of Karl Von Dittersdorf (Da Capo Press Music Reprint Series)

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Excellent portrait of 18th-century musician's life

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Karl Von Dittersdorf
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Excellent portrait of 18th-century musician's life.......1999-10-21

Dittersdorf lived and worked for several patrons in Central Europe, and knew many important men of his period. He is quite candid about his life, and not above amusing vanity. One of the central personalities in the musical transition from High Baroque to the Classical style, he reveals the relationship of a noble patron to a musician, and at times the chafing of a man of talent whose ability was taken for granted by his employers. This is a very easy book to read, and a charming account of his life, warts and all.

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF KARL VON DITTERSDORF, DICTATED TO HIS SON

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A former military governor of Arab areas under Israeli occupation chronicles the life and career of Hussaini (1893-1974), from his early days in Jerusalem, through his Palestinian nationalist work during the 1920s and 1930s, his eclipse after 1948, and his continuing influence on the Palestinian mov

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The only book on the subject.......2006-10-31

The 'Grand' Mufti Hajj Amin al Husayni was the scion of a rich Jerusalemite family that traced their line back hundreds of years. It is the only book on the man. He was a central figure in Palestinian nationalist politics in the 1920s and 1930s. He collaborated with local Christian Arabs and worked to frustrate Zionism. He finally led the Arabs into open revolt against the British between 1936-1939.

The Mufti held up in the dome of the rock, and the british refused to remove him, as Indira would also have toruble doing with the Golden Temple in India int he 1980s, he finally was expelled and fled first to Baghdad and then to Nazi Germany where he raised Bosnian and Albanian units for Hitler. In the end he returned to the middle east to lead the Palestinians during the 1948 war, was sidelined by King Abdullah of Jordan and went to Gaza, he eventually died in Lebanon.

He was the physical embodiment of Palestinian politics, a rich effendi who sold land to ZIonists while claiming to fight them, an ally of Hitler and religious figure charged with keeping the peace. This is one of the only books on the Mufti, it quickly covers all aspects of his life but does little deep analysis, due to its length.

Seth J. Frantzman

The Grand Mufti: Haj Amin al-Hussaini.......2001-04-13

With the publication of Elpeleg's excellent biography, Hajj Amin al-Husayni is now the subject of six biographies in the English alone, as well as several in other languages. Why so much attention to a seemingly minor and failed figure now repudiated by his own people? Because, as Elpeleg shows, Hajj Amin established many of the basics of Palestinian nationalism which endure to this day-from the adoption of the 1916 Sharifian banner of as the Palestinian flag to the inveterate anti-Semitic tone of Palestinian politics. Elpeleg credits him, "more than any other figure," with turning a local conflict into a major regional crisis. More: Hajj Amin determined the lines of Palestinian politics that endure decades after his influence eroded: "There is almost nothing in the PLO doctrine, or in the national charters of the Palestine National Council, which had not already been conceived and given expression by Haj Amin." Despite his profound importance, the man is neglected by his heirs today, embarrassed as they are by his overt extremism, his failure, and his smell of evil (he joined the Nazi cause and succeeded in preventing Jews from escaping the Nazi death machine). Still, along with Yasir Arafat, he remains one of the two outstanding figures of Palestinian nationalism; thanks to Elpeleg's meticulous, comprehensive, and fast-moving account, we have a real sense who this figure was and how it was that he did uniquely much to poison relations between Jews and Muslims in Palestine.

Middle East Quarterly, June 1994

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