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General George Monck is famous for the key role he played in the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. His actions changed the course of British history, but his statesmanship in the dangerous time between the death of Cromwell and the bloodless return of Charles II distracts attention from his extraordinary career as a soldier and general, admiral, governor and administrator. During the confused, often bloody era of the English Civil Wars and the Protectorate he was one of the great survivors. Peter Reese, in this perceptive new study, follows Monck through his long, varied career, from his impoverished upbringing in the West Country and his military apprenticeship on the Continent, to his experience as a commander on both sides during the civil wars. He distinguished himself on the battlefields of Ireland and Scotland, and as a general-at-sea for both Cromwell and Charles II. His shrewdness and firmness of character, his skill as a leader, his high popularity with his troops and his occasional ruthlessness gained for him a formidable reputation. On Cromwell's death he was one of the few men in England with the power, personal authority and political skill to secure the restoration of Charles II and to bring to an end twenty years of conflict.
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General George Monck is famous for the key role he played in the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. His actions changed the course of British history, but his statesmanship in the dangerous time between the death of Cromwell and the bloodless return of Charles II distracts attention from his extraordinary career as a soldier and general, admiral, governor and administrator. During the confused, often bloody era of the English Civil Wars and the Protectorate he was one of the great survivors. Peter Reese, in this perceptive new study, follows Monck through his long, varied career, from his impoverished upbringing in the West Country and his military apprenticeship on the Continent, to his experience as a commander on both sides during the civil wars. He distinguished himself on the battlefields of Ireland and Scotland, and as a general-at-sea for both Cromwell and Charles II. His shrewdness and firmness of character, his skill as a leader, his high popularity with his troops and his occasional ruthlessness gained for him a formidable reputation. On Cromwell's death he was one of the few men in England with the power, personal authority and political skill to secure the restoration of Charles II and to bring to an end twenty years of conflict.
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‘Look At Me’ is ‘A Collection of Erotic Short Stories’ from Cupido all of which explore the sexual pleasure of voyeurism and exhibitionism; watching someone else or being watched. The collection includes: 'Sweet, Sweet Horny Dreams', 'Lust', 'Blind Passion', 'The Mountain Hike', 'A Lovely Day in the Sun', 'A Day on the Beach', 'Naked on the Beach', 'Bus Trip', 'Bus Trip with a Little Extra', 'Once in a Lifetime', 'Look at me!', 'Workout', 'A Thrilling Custom', 'The Final Round', 'Friends', 'The Hitchhikers', 'A Rainy Day', 'The Bathing Spot', 'Kayak Summer', 'Caraway Seed', 'Ikean Conquest', 'The Game', 'London Games', 'The Dryad', 'A Summer Hike In The Forest', 'Erotics In The Mountains', 'The 19th Hole', 'Exhib', 'Old Gods', 'Hole in one', 'A Walk In The Woods', 'Vigeland Park', 'The Mystical Smile', 'A Summer Dream: Peeping and Skinny-dipping', 'Preben’s prolapse', 'Refreshment', 'Summer Encounter', 'Carpe Diem', 'A Cabin Trip in the Easter Sunshine', 'Stranger Danger', 'Just a Quickie', 'Picking Cranberries', 'Best Friends', 'Betty and the Black Man', 'The Christmas Party' and 'The Christmas Party'.CUPIDO – the magazine for intimate, horny pleasure – has been publishing erotic fiction based on readers’ everyday fantasies and sexual experiences since 1984.EPUB3: Reflowable
Rainbow Chicks - Solve Problems - Put on Your Thinking Cap, E-bok
39 SEK
Believe in yourself and keep going no matter what! Join the Rainbow Chicks in learning about a free-spirited life. This book contains four stories: A Watering Can, A Flower Umbrella, Flying a Kite, and A Floral Dress. It aims to encourage children not to be afraid of difficulties, not to give up in the face of failure, not to be discouraged by setbacks, and to be able to find solutions to problems independently.Seven chicks are living on Cloud Island - it's paradise! Each of the chicks is a colour from the rainbow – say hello to Rainbow Chicks!The stories of Rainbow Chicks are centred around colourful childlike innocence and familiar topics. Through vibrant behaviour-guiding stories, the concepts of friendship, sharing and teamwork are communicated to the young reader. Rainbow Chicks can help facilitate children’s growth and open their eyes to the warmth and beauty of the world.Through heart-warming stories, you experience the growth process of the Rainbow Chicks, by focusing on six EQ themes: emotional intelligence, sense of responsibility, self-confidence, problem-solving ability, social skills and concentration. The stories guide children to embrace their emotions, care for, respect and tolerate others and take initiative to solve problems.EPUB3: Fixed format
A Quality of Magic, E-bok
139 SEK
Juliet’s uncle has invited Julie to go to Africa. She knows that nothing would please his uncle more than an engagement between her and her cousin Colin. She is not entirely opposed to the notion, at least not until something else attracts her interest: namely, the most alluring bachelor imaginable! The gripping love story dating back to the 20th century was written by Rose Burghley, a pseudonym of the beloved romance author Ida Pollock.A must-read for fans of literary romance and surprising twists of fate.Rose Burghley is a pseudonym of Ida Pollock (1908 – 2013), a highly successful British writer of over 125 romance novels translated into numerous languages and published across the world. Ida Pollock has sold millions of copies over her 90-year career. Pollock began writing when she was 10 years old. Ida has travelled widely, living in several different countries. She continues to be popular amongst both her devoted fan base and new readers alike. Pollock has been referred to as the 'world's oldest novelist' who was still active at 105 and continued writing until her death. On the occasion of her 105th birthday, Pollock was appointed honorary vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association, having been one of its founding members.Ida Pollock wrote in a wide variety of pseudonyms: Joan M. Allen, Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and Marguerite Bell.
The General's Game Book, E-bok
9999 SEK
Dare Wilson's sporting career dates back to 1920s when, as a small boy, he started fishing in Northumberland on River Derwent. Since then as he has pursued successful careers in the Army and Conservation, he has fished and shot all over the world; turkey hunting and snake catching in Georgia, pheasants in Korea, sand grouse and quail in Palestine, geese in Ireland, ducks in Manitoba. A natural story teller, General Wilson's sporting career almost ended while wildfowling in The Wash in early 1939 – he, his Cambridge University friends and their dogs were saved by a miracle. An uninterrupted line of black Labradors have shared Dare's experiences. The current one, is the 12th. For good measure the General tells of his thrilling winter sports (skiing and cresta) and parachuting experiences. His team of SAS free-fallers broke the World Record in 1962 – tragically one member died. Dare may have lived life on the edge but the risks he has taken have always been carefully calculated. Had they not been he would not still be an active fisherman and shot in his 90's. This is a treasure trove of sporting stories.
Tempest Pilot, E-bok
9999 SEK
Jimmy Sheddan was one of the many New Zealanders who joined the RNZAF, then left his native land to come to England to fight the enemies of Great Britain and her Empire during World War Two. Through his recollections we can share some of the trials and wartime tribulations they faced. Yet we can read too of the enormous amount of fun these men had despite the dangers and sacrifices of war. It is this quality which endears his book to us as well as the achievements of the airmen with whom he served.During the war, Jim Sheddan rose from the rank of sergeant pilot to squadron leader with 486 Squadron, a considerable achievement. After starting with Spitfires, then going onto the Typhoon, Jim became an expert exponent of the Hawker Tempest, winning the DFC. In many ways his is a very special account as, amongst other things, he survived 19 hours in a dinghy off the French coast, a crash landing in a Tempest after a battle with a V1 flying bomb, and the advance across northern Europe in the final weeks of the war.Few Tempest pilots have told their story – but Jim has, and in an honest, self-effacing way that will astound and enthrall. With a foreword by AVM J E ‘Johnnie’ Johnson, CB, CBE, DSO and 2 bars, DFC and bar; and an appreciation by Group Captain Johnny Iremonger DFC
Typhoon Pilot, E-bok
9999 SEK
This is not only the story of one man's war, but of an aircraft - the Typhoon, or "Tiffy" as it was affectionately known - which the author describes as a "low-bred carthorse whose pedigree had received a sharp infusion of hot-headed sprinter's blood". He recounts his time as a young commander of a rumbustious New Zealand Air Force squadron, and later as the RAF's youngest Group Captain at the age of 25. His story includes conflict in the air over Normandy, Belgium, Holland and Germany, where the Typhoons fought their last actions and where Desmond Scott earned major decorations from Belgium, France and Holland.
A book about The Gospel of St Thomas, E-bok
49 SEK
The Gospel of St Thomas, discovered 1945 in Nag Hammadi, consists of 114 saying of Jesus - Logia, several of which have been parallell in the Bible with the synoptic Gospels, St Matthew, St Mark and St Luke. The Gospel of St Thomas is younger (100 years after Jesus Christ) than the other Gospels. The Gospel of St Thomas and the Bible give us important guidance about how we can live our lives on the Right Way.But the Gospel of St Thomas show us more about our inner life and mind/psyche and how we shall find our Truth in our life about Jesus and the meaning/be guided in a good sense in our life.
Spitfire Pilot, E-bok
9999 SEK
Spitfire Pilot was written in 1940 in the heat of battle when the RAF stood alone against the might of Hitler's Third Reich. It is a tremendous personal account of one of the fiercest and most idealised air conflicts - the Battle of Britain - seen through the eyes of a pilot of the famous 609 Squadron, which shot down over 100 planes in that epic contest.Often hopelessly outnumbered, in their state of the art Spitfires, Crook and his colleagues committed acts of unimaginable bravery against the Messerschmidts and Junkers. Many did not make it and the author describes the absence they leave in the squadron with great poignancy.Spitfire Pilot is justly regarded as one of the classics of WWII and this new paperback edition, 66 years on, includes an introduction by the historian Richard Overy.
Organizing history : studies in honour of Jan Glete, E-bok
169 SEK
Den mänskliga historien är till stor del en historia om organisering. Så länge det funnits skriftliga källor kan man se hur människor samarbetat för att kunna utnyttja små resurser på effektivast möjliga sätt. Hierarkiska organisationer har haft en slående betydelse genom tiderna, från kyrka och stat till företag och fackförbund. Men det finns fler former av organisation: marknadsrelationer som formas av balansen mellan tillgång och efterfrågan, eller mer jämställda nätverksrelationer som grundar sig på förtroende och vänskap. Organizing History är en hyllning till den nu bortgångne professor Jan Glete, och fokuserar den dynamiska samverkan mellan organisationer, normsystem och institutionell förändring. Författarnas texter spänner över ett tidsperspektiv från de första högkulturerna till idag, och gör nedslag i europeisk, japansk och sydamerikansk historia. De belyser samtidigt behovet av att organisera historisk kunskap genom kritisk tillämpning av teorier. De spännande artiklarna visar att organisationsperspektivet kan vara fruktbart i vitt skilda sammanhang – i studier av medeltida järnhantering likväl som analyser av modern marknadsföringsstrategi.
Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot, E-bok
9999 SEK
Within weeks of war being declared, Wolfgang Fischer had volunteered to join the Luftwaffe and spent nearly five of the succeeding six years of hostilities in uniform. During this time he was given a succession of postings varying from a long-range recce unit; as a decoder in a met office in occupied France; to a bomber squadron; and as a flying instructor, before joining a squadron of the famous Richthofen Geschwader in Italy, from where he was shot down in his FW 190 by Mustangs en route to Normandy.By now a Lieutenant, he survived to fly offensive rocket attacks over Gold Beach on D-Day, only to be shot down again on D + 1, and captured and sent first to a hospital in the UK, then into captivity in the USA. He was finally repatriated in April 1946. His description of all these events is entertaining and well-written, ranging from comic to tragic. It is unique in flavor, giving a valuable insight into the undeniably typical lot of those serving in the air arm of the Third Reich. Expertly translated and edited by John Weal, this is a worthy accompaniment to Norbert Hannig’s Luftwaffe Fighter Ace published by Grub Street in 2004.
Fighter Command’s Air War 1941, E-bok
9999 SEK
Following the Battle of Britain, the RAF started taking the air war to the Germans. A small number of bombers, escorted by large numbers of fighters tried to force the Luftwaffe into battle. Much air combat ensued with RAF light bombers escorted by scores of fighters, but it was not until Germany invaded Russia in June 1941 that operations were stepped up in an effort to take pressure of Stalin’s Russian Front. Two major German fighter groups, JG26 and JG2, were, however, more than able to contain the RAF’s operations, generally only intercepting when conditions were in their favour. As the author describes, over-claiming combat victories by pilots of both sides is amazing, and several of the top aces had inflated scores. Fighter Command, however, lost massively even though they believed they were inflicting equal, if not better, losses on the Luftwaffe. This battle of attrition was virtually a reverse of the 1940 Battles over England, and pilots who had to bale out over France, were lost completely. The book covers the 100+ Circus operations and their accompanying fighter Sweeps in detail, whilst also mentioning lesser operations where the RAF were concerned. The tactics employed by both sides are examined and show how each fighter force quickly adapted to changing conditions tempered by experiences gained in air combat.EPUB3: Reflowable
I Was Hitler's Pilot, E-bok
9999 SEK
A decorated First World War pilot, Hans Baur was one of the leading commercial aviators of the 1920s before being pitched into the thick of it as personal pilot to a certain ‘Herr Hitler’. Hitler, who loathed flying, felt safe with Baur and would allow no one else to pilot him. As a result, an intimate relationship developed between the two men and it is this, which gives these memoirs special significance. Hitler relaxed in Baur’s company and talked freely of his plans and of his real opinions about his friends and allies. Baur was also present during some of the most salient moments of the Third Reich; the Röhm Putsch, the advent of Eva Braun, Ribbentrop’s journey to Moscow, the Bürgerbräukeller attempt on Hitler’s life; and when war came, he flew Hitler from front to front. He remained in Hitler's service right up to the final days in the Führerbunker. In a powerful account of Hitler’s last hours, Baur describes his final discussions with Hitler before his suicide; and his last meeting with Magda Goebbels in the tortuous moments before she killed her three children. Remarkably, throughout it all Baur’s loyalty to the Führer never wavered. His memoirs capture these events in all their fascinating and disturbing detail.
Gods and Garments, E-bok
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Textiles comprise a vast and wide category of material culture and constitute a crucial part of the ancient economy. Yet, studies of classical antiquity still often leave out this important category of material culture, partly due to the textiles themselves being only rarely preserved in the archaeological record. This neglect is also prevalent in scholarship on ancient Greek religion and ritual, although it is one of the most vibrant and rapidly developing branches of classical scholarship. The aim of the present enquiry is, therefore, to introduce textiles into the study of ancient Greek religion and thereby illuminate the roles textiles played in the performance of Greek ritual and their wider consequences. Among the questions posed are how and where we can detect the use of textiles in the sanctuaries, and how they were used in rituals including their impact on the performance of these rituals and the people involved. Chapters centre on three themes: first, the dedication of textiles and clothing accessories in Greek sanctuaries is investigated through a thorough examination of the temple inventories. Second, the use of textiles to dress ancient cult images is explored. The examination of Hellenistic and Roman copies of ancient cult images from Asia Minor as well as depictions of cult images in vase-painting in collocation with written sources illustrates the existence of this particular ritual custom in ancient Greece. Third, the existence of dress codes in the Greek sanctuaries is addressed through an investigation of the existence of particular attire for ritual personnel as well as visitors to the sanctuaries with the help of iconography and written sources. By merging the study of Greek religion and the study of textiles, the current study illustrates how textiles are, indeed, central materialisations of Greek cult, by reason of their capacity to accentuate and epitomize aspects of identity, spirituality, position in the religious system, by their forms as links between the maker, user, wearer, but also as key material agents in the performance of rituals and communication with the divine.