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A talking pickle with a television show meets a penguin in Antarctica and brings him back to New York City.
27 Articles is Lawrence of Arabia’s classic set of guidelines on military leadership in the Middle East. The 100th anniversary edition features a new introduction by foreign policy expert John Hulsman and a new afterword from CBS News President David Rhodes, addressing the articles’ lasting lessons. In 1916, T.E. Lawrence was deployed to the Arabian Peninsula to aid with the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire. It was the middle of World War I and the British command was throwing its weight behind the long-rebellious southern territories of the Ottoman Empire. Lawrence had extraordinary success fighting alongside the coalition of Arab revolutionaries, and his story has since become le...
Special Edition Paperback. The first book in the series; "The Amazing Adventures of Bradley Baker" sees our young protagonist find adventure in Sandmouth, during a summer holiday with his Aunt. The eleven year old meets a local boy and together they make an amazing discovery in the rock pools of Amley's Cove. Bradley is magically transported through the plughole to the world of Pathylon where he encounters weird creatures, ancient rituals and an evil curse. A strange species of bear-like scavengers have journeyed across the Red Ocean aboard their ice-ship from the Island of Freytor. The ship's commander is a ferocious Freytorpian General and he has cast the evil spell of revenge. The King of Pathylon has been dethroned and the evil curse continues to shroud the darkened world. Bradley is one of twelve allies enlisted by a good Samaritan, to help free the King and deliver Pathylon from its bounding torment . . .
The period 1603-1645 witnessed the publication of more than ninety books, manuals, and broadsheets dedicated to educating Englishmen in the military arts. Written with the intention of creating the a oecomplete soldiera, this didactic literature provided gentlemen with the requisite knowledge to engage in infantry, cavalry, and siege warfare. Drawing on military history and book history, this is the first detailed study of the impact of military books on military practice in Jacobean and Caroline England. Putting military books firmly in the hands of soldiers, this work examines the circles that purchased and debated new titles, the veterans who authored them, and their influence on military thought and training in the years leading up to the English Civil War.
The Rainbow by David Herbert Lawrence
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