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In this fascinating account of the battle tanks that saw combat in the European Theater of World War II, Mary R. Habeck traces the strategies developed between the wars for the use of armored vehicles in battle. Only in Germany and the Soviet Union were truly original armor doctrines (generally known as "blitzkreig" and "deep battle") fully implemented. Storm of Steel relates how the German and Soviet armies formulated and chose to put into practice doctrines that were innovative for the time, yet in many respects identical to one another.As part of her extensive archival research in Russia, Germany, and Britain, Habeck had access to a large number of formerly secret and top-secret documents from several post-Soviet archives. This research informs her comparative approach as she looks at the roles of technology, shared influences, and assumptions about war in the formation of doctrine. She also explores relations between the Germans and the Soviets to determine whet...

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Marking the twentieth anniversary of his assassination in 1980, this volume explores the prophetic spirituality of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. Product details Format Paperback | 144 pages Dimensions 137.16 x 180 x 10.16mm | 181g Publication date 03 Dec 2005 ...

In 1918, the Italian-Americans of New York, the Yupik of Alaska and the Persians of Mashed had almost nothing in common except for a virus--one that triggered the worst pandemic of modern times and had a decisive effect on the history of the twentieth century. The Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. It infected a third of the people on Earth--from the poorest immigrants of New York City to the king of Spain, Franz Kafka, Mahatma Gandhi and Woodrow Wilson. But despite a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people, it exists in our memory as an afterthought to World War I. In this gripping narrative history, Laura Spinney traces the overlooked pandemic to reveal how the virus travelled across the globe, exposing mankind's vulnerability and putting our ingenuity to the test. As socially significant as both world wars, the Spanish flu dramatically disrupted--and often permanently altered--global politics, race relations and family structu...

"In The Elements of Spellcrafting, Jason Miller shares his knowledge, experience, and insights with us and he does it with grace, good humour, and practical common sense. This book will be of interest to anyone interested in the magical arts or wishing to become a better spellcaster."--Judika Illes, author of The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells There is no shortage of spells out there. Some books highlight thousands of spells, but do any of them actually work? And how well do they work? I don't mean just getting a result--I mean getting a result that matters, a result that will impact your life or the lives of those you work for. The Elements of Spellcrafting provides the most effective and efficient ways to get things done with magic. The Elements of Spellcrafting identifies and explains 21 keys to successful sorcery--a best practices of sorcery--in three sections: Principals and strategies for how best to apply magic before you begin.Methods and tactics that will en...

In this collection of twelve dark, unerring and surprising short stories, John Boyne explores the extremities of the human condition in all its brilliance and brutality. The secrets we keep and the ways in which they shape us, the impossibility of shared loss, the lengths we will go to in order to protect our families and the distance we will run to protect ourselves. Drawing on a host of enthralling characters - a farmer, a cuckold and a teenager exploring his sexuality; good parents, bad parents, writers and soldiers; a student, a rent boy and a hitman - Boyne examines the hopeful and the damaged without prejudice or judgement. This, his first collection of short stories, is some of John Boyne's finest writing to date. It includes 'Rest Day' which won the 2015 Writing.ie Short Story of the Year award in Ireland. Product details Format ...

In this extensively revised and updated edition, 168 alphabetically arranged articles provide comprehensive treatment of the main topics and writers in this area of aesthetics. * Written by prominent scholars covering a wide-range of key topics in aesthetics and the philosophy of art* Features revised and expanded entries from the first edition, as well as new chapters on recent developments in aesthetics and a larger number of essays on non-Western thought about art* Unique to this edition are six overview essays on the history of aesthetics in the West from antiquity to modern times Product details Format Hardback | 640 pages Dimensions ...

Only a proper perspective on death provides the true perspective on life. Living in the light of your death will help you to live wisely, freely and generously. It will give you a big heart and open hands, and enable you to relish all the small things of life in deeply profound ways. Death can teach you the meaning of mirth. The author encourages us to take the one thing in the future that is certain - our death - and work backwards from that point into all the details and decisions and heartaches of our lives, and to think about them from the perspective of the end. It is the destination which makes sense of the journey. If we know for sure where we are heading, then we can know for sure what we need to do before we get there. Learn to find true joy and satisfaction in God's good gifts, and, in realizing your own smallness, see just how great God is. 'The past two decades have witnesses quite a number of popular expositions of Ecclesiastes - ant this one is the best of them....

Ninety-two-year-old Virginia Merrill tells her troubled but triumphant true story of growing up in early-twentieth-century Los Angeles in this absorbing memoir, I Believe in Guardian Angels. Virginia was born in 1915 and spent her childhood moving from place to place-one-room houses, boarding homes, and tiny apartments-with her mother and older brother. Her mother's teaching jobs took them from public to private schools, and Virginia soon learned the emotional danger and vulnerability in forming close relationships. The lack of intimate friends and a permanent home only contributed to Virginia's fragile stability. Despite her challenges, Virginia learned to excel at school and found a joyful release in writing short stories and poetry. She also discovered her guardian angels in the people around her. From the doctor who saved her life during the flu epidemic when she was only two years old to her third grade teacher, who devoted herself to helping Virginia learn her fractions,...

For centuries, we have come across striking and consistent stick and tree structures in the forest, especially in areas with a long history of Sasquatch encounters. Yet until now, no field guide has existed to catalog and present these remarkable formations for quick and easy reference. Sasquatch is a higher primate (like us) with a large brain, capable hands, and plenty of time to use them. As our evolutionary next of kin, this species, too, naturally manipulates its environment in distinctive and impressive ways. But instead of building cities, universities, machines, or writing books, symphonies, or computer code, they simply express their creative intelligence otherwise. Using this valuable resource-graced with Zoe Christiansen's pen-and-ink illustrations-you'll be equipped to recognize characteristic themes and variations with a trained eye. It's your key to a higher level of insight into the mind and personality of these fellow humans. ...

These fifteen stories bring the California Gold Rush to life with their boisterous assemblage of rough-clad miners, pistol-packing preachers, iron-willed women, and philosophical gamblers. Theirs was an unpredictable world, filled with gold strikes and freak tragedies, when the wisdom of the gambler sometimes counted for more than that of the preacher. A master storyteller, Harte weaves tales that seem to come directly from the campfire, where the spinning of yarns and swapping of lies were the highest form of entertainment. Product details Format Paperback | 192 pages Dimensions 139 ...

Ein Auftrag, der ihn das Leben kosten kann Als der 14-jährige Zak seine Eltern unter ungeklärten Umständen verliert, weiß er noch nicht, wie sehr das sein Leben verändern wird. Ein seltsamer Mann taucht plötzlich auf und bietet dem Jungen eine neue Existenz an: Aus Zak wird AGENT 21. Er weiß nicht, was mit Nr. 1-20 passiert ist, doch am Ende seiner Mission soll er erfahren, was es mit dem Tod seiner Eltern auf sich hat. Zaks erster hochriskanter Auftrag führt ihn nach Mexico. Er soll sich mit dem Sohn des skrupellosen Drogenbosses Martinez anfreunden - um so an Informationen über eines der mächtigsten Kokainkartelle weltweit zu kommen. Alles läuft wie geplant, bis Martinez' Häscher Calaca Verdacht schöpft ... "Agent 21" ist eine actiongeladene, packende Agenten-Thriller-Reihe mit exotischen Settings und hochbrisanten Einsätzen. Chris Ryan fesselt seine Leser mit technischer Detailgenauigkeit und irrwitziger Action. Alle Bände der »Agent 21«-Reihe: Agent 21 - Im Zeichen d...

Die meisten Trompeter blasen etwas zu viel nach unten, was dazu verleitet dass der Druckpunkt auf der Unterlippe liegt. Das Ergebnis: Ein dicker, glanzloser Ton ohne Höhe und Geschmeidigkeit. Diese technischen Übungen helfen dabei, den Druckpunkt auf die Oberlippe verlagern. So bekommt man mit der Zeit eine viel bessere Höhe, einen schöneren Ton und generell einen besseren Ansatz. Dies hilft auch dabei, die Lunge beim Blasen freier zu halten. Das Lungenvolumen und die Kraft werden sich besser entwickeln. Nicht zuletzt hilft es, Haltungsschäden zu vermeiden, z. B. Bandscheiben-Schäden oder eine verkümmerte Lunge. Alles Wichtige zur Trompetentechnik, ein "Check-up" für fortgeschrittene Spieler und professionelle Trompeter. Schwierigkeitsgrad: 3-4 Product details Format Paperback ...