descending from the clouds a memoir of combat in the 505

Descending from the Clouds: A Memoir of Combat in the 505

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wurst, Spencer F. / Wurst, Gayle, PUBLISHER: Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, Wurst, a rifleman, spent the most of World War II in the European Theater of Operations as a squad leader or platoon sergeant in Company F, 505. He made three of the four regimental combat jumps, dropping into Italy, Normandy, and Holland. Highlights include his baptism of fire in Italy during the Battle of Arnone; the jump on D-Day and the liberation of Ste. Mere Eglise (for which he was awarded a Purple Heart); a grueling month of combat in the hedgerows of Normandy (a second Purple Heart); the ferocious battle with the SS for the highway bridge at Nijmegen, Holland (Silver Star); and survival in the Ardennes, where he found himself as point man on his twentieth birthday, in a long, bitter march toward the shoulder of the Bulge. Wurst's narrative, set against a carefully researched historical background, offers a unique view of the heat of battle as experienced by a noncommissioned officer in the 82nd Airborne Division. His story is the story of the coming of age of the American military: fewer than twenty men per company who started with the 505 in the Frying Pan returned home.

Head in the Clouds: Jack & Abby Dream of the Circus

We're off to the circus; there’s so much to see! With your head in the clouds and a new way to dream. This is a different kind of story where you play a part. You color the characters; you animate your art! Jack & Abby will share their imaginations with you. They celebrate your personality and creativity too!

The Incomparable Rex: A Memoir of Rex Harrison in the s

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Garland, Patrick, PUBLISHER: Fromm International, To audiences, Rex Harrison was synonymous with the devilishly charming Professor Henry Higgins from My Fair Lady, but backstage he was called Tyrannosaurus Rex. He was legendary for his urbane style, his mordant wit, his numerous wives, and his truly appalling temper. Noted English director Patrick Garland knew Harrison for a decade and a half and directed him in the Broadway revival of My Fair Lady. From these years of personal and professional friendship with Harrison, Garland pens an anecdote-packed biography of one of the truly great and charismatic figures of the cinema and stage, who was at his best when at his worst.

Parting The Clouds: A Fighters Guide To The Physics of Kicking...

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From the Ends of the Earth: The Jews in the 20th Century

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From the Ends of the Earth: The Jews in the 20th Century by Gilbert, Sir Martin Hardback

£ From the Ends of the Earth: The Jews in the 20th Century by Gilbert, Sir Martin Hardback Second hand book. In good condition. As new. Refer photos. Postage included to UK only. Payment within 48 hours before item is released. No returns. No combined shipping. Kindly message us if you're not pleased with your purchase before you leave any feedback. Much appreciated. Thank you! Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

The Spiritual Combat. to Which Is Added the Peace of the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Scupoli, Lorenzo, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryTPreface: "the first sketch of it was from the pen of D. John de Castanisa,.. but.. the finishing hand, with very great additions, was put to it by D. Laurence Scupoli"; Juan de Castaiza was probably the Spanish translator of Scupoli's work.London: printed by J.P. Coghlan, . vi,312p.; 12

Memoir of the Sunday Brunch

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pandl, Julia, PUBLISHER: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, For Julia Pandl, the rite of passage into young-adulthood included mandatory service at her family's restaurant, where she watched as her father--who was also the chef--ruled with the strictness of a drill sergeant.At age twelve, Julie was initiated into the rite of the Sunday brunch, a weekly madhouse at her father's Milwaukee-based restaurant, where she and her eight older siblings before her did service in a situation of controlled chaos, learning the ropes of the family business and, more important, learning life lessons that would shape them for all the years to come. In her wry memoir, she looks back on those formative years, a time not just of growing up but, ultimately, of becoming a source of strength and support as the world her father knew began to change into a tougher, less welcoming place.Part coming-of-age story a la "The Tender Bar," part win- dow into the mysteries of the restaurant business a la "Kitchen Confidential," Julie Pandl provides tender wisdom about the bonds between fathers and daughters and about the simple pleasures that lie in the daily ritual of breaking bread. This honest and exuberant memoir marks the debut of a writer who discovers that humor exists in even the smallest details of our lives and that the biggest moments we ever experience can happen behind the pancake station at the Sunday brunch.

The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of

An inspiring true story about losing your place,finding your purpose,and building a community one book at a time. Wendy Welch and her husband had always dreamed of owning a bookstore,so when they left their high-octane jobs for a simpler life in an Appalachian coal town,they seized an unexpected opportunity to pursue their dream. The only problems? A declining U.S. economy,a small town with no industry,and the advent of the e-book. They also had no idea how to run a bookstore. Against

The Fall of Napoleon; An Historical Memoir

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: John Mitchell, PUBLISHER: General Books LLC, NA

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and

A James Beard Award-winning writer captures life under the Red socialist banner in this wildly inventive,tragicomic memoir of feasts,famines,and three generations Born in ,in an era of bread shortages,Anya grew up in a communal Moscow apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen. She sang odes to Lenin,black-marketeered Juicy Fruit gum at school,watched her father brew moonshine,and,like most Soviet citizens,longed for a taste of the mythical West. It wa

The Middle Ages Activity Book: From the Fall of Rome to the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bauer, Susan Wise / Bryan, Suzanne / Buffington, Sara, PUBLISHER: Peace Hill Press, This comprehensive activity book and curriculum guide contains all you need to make history come alive for your child Don't just read about history--experience it Color a picture of a Viking warrior, make an edible oasis, create a Moorish ruler's turban and Aztec jewelry and more. Designed to turn the accompanying book "The Story of the World: Volume 2: The Middle Ages, Revised Edition" into a complete history program, this Activity Book provides you with comprehension questions and answers, sample narrations, maps and geography activities, coloring pages, lists of additional readings in history and literature, and plenty of simple, hands-on activities&151;all designed for grades 1-4.

Exodus from the Alamo: The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tucker, Phillip Thomas, PUBLISHER: Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, A startling new analysis of one of America's most glorious battles... Contrary to movie and legend, we now know that the defenders of the Alamo in the war for Texan independence-including Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and William B. Travis-did not die under brilliant sunlight, defending their positions against hordes of Mexican infantry. Instead the Mexicans launched a predawn attack, surmounting the walls in darkness, forcing a wild melee inside the fort before many of its defenders had even awoken. In this book, Dr. Tucker, after deep research into recently discovered Mexican accounts and the forensic evidence, informs us that the traditional myth of the Alamo is even more off-base: most of the Alamo's defenders died in breakouts from the fort, cut down by Santa Anna's cavalry that had been pre-positioned to intercept the escapees. To be clear, a number of the Alamo's defenders hung on inside the fort, fighting back every way they could. Captain Dickinson, with cannon atop the chapel (in which his wife hid), fired repeatedly into the Mexican throng of enemy cavalry until he was finally cut down. The controversy on Crockett still remains, though the recently authenticated diary of the Mexican de la Pena offers evidence that he surrendered. The most startling aspect of this book is that most of the Texans, in two gallantly led groups, broke out of the fort after the enemy had broken in, and the primary fights took place on the plain outside. Still fighting desperately, the Texans' retreat was halted by cavalry, and afterward Mexican lancers plied their trade with bloodcurdling charges into the midst of the remaining resisters. Notoriously, Santa Anna burned the bodies of the Texans who had dared stand against him. As this book proves in thorough detail, the funeral pyres were well outside the fort-that is, where the two separate groups of escapers fell on the plain, rather than in the Alamo itself.

The Sign of the Dove: MaryRose's Messages from the Other

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Occhino, Maryrose, PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group, In this illuminating book, psychic MaryRose Occhino offers insights into deciphering psychic signs. As she explains, everyone is given messages; all one needs to do is recognize them, understand synchronicity and coincidence-and surrender to it. She also stresses the importance of dreams, revealing what one can learn from them, and the best ways to make them come true-whether it's choosing the right life partner or the right job, or finding one's true purpose in life. Just read the signs. In this illuminating, inspiring, and powerful book, MaryRose Occhino explains how.

Chicle: The Chewing Gum of the Americas, from the Ancient

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mathews, Jennifer P. / Schultz, Gillian P., PUBLISHER: University of Arizona Press, Although Juicy FruitA(R) gum was introduced to North Americans in , Native Americans in Mesoamerica were chewing gum thousands of years earlier. And although in the last decade abiographiesa have been devoted to salt, spices, chocolate, coffee, and other staples of modern life, until now there has never been a full history of chewing gum. Chicle is a history in four acts, all of them focused on the sticky white substance that seeps from the sapodilla tree when its bark is cut. First, Jennifer Mathews recounts the story of chicle and its earliest-known adherents, the Maya and Aztecs. Second, with the assistance of botanist Gillian Schultz, Mathews examines the sapodilla tree itself, an extraordinarily hardy plant that is native only to Mesoamerica and the Caribbean. Third, Mathews presents the fascinating story of the chicle and chewing gum industry over the last hundred plus years, a tale (like so many twentieth-century tales) of greed, growth, and collapse. In closing, Mathews considers the plight of the chicleros, the aextractorsa who often work by themselves tapping trees deep in the forests, and how they have emerged as icons of local pop cultureaportrayed as fearless, hard-drinking brawlers, people to be respected as well as feared. Before DentyneA(R) and ChicletsA(R), before bubble gum comic strips and the DoublemintA(R) twins, there was gum, oozing from jungle trees like melting candle wax under the slash of a machete. Chicle tells us everything that happened next. It is a spellbinding story.

The pioneers of the new world - the field from above +

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The Year of the Snake: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Chin, Oliver Clyde / Chin, Oliver / Wood, Jennifer, PUBLISHER: Immedium, is the Year of the Snake The eighth book in the Tales of the Chinese Zodiac series. Suzie the snake befriends the girl Lily and the other eleven animals. Can Suzie show them how valuable a snake's qualities can be? Empowering themes of self-discovery and cultural exchange, plus colorfully animated illustrations, have proven popular with early elementary readers and teachers.

HISTORY - The Definitive Visual Guide- - From the Dawn of Civilization to the Present Day

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United Cutlery Staff of Gandalf the White. Movie prop replica from Lord of the Rings. Mint in box.

Movie prop replica from the Lord of the Rings films. Made by United Cutlery. UCWTNB Excellent condition in box with Certificate of Authenticity and mount. Never displayed or taken out of cellophane wrapping. Discontinued and rare. Pictures are of the actual item. This is from a collection of 20 different Lord of the Rings prop replicas I also wish to sell. All are in great condition. Some are effectively 'new' and never displayed. Others have been displayed previously with care and were re-boxed again for storage. One item has been signed and worn by the actor who played the character in the film. Details available on request. I also have a large collection of Sideshow Weta Lord of the Rings polystone statues which I would eventually like to sell also. I would consider selling all the items as a 'job-lot' for the right price. If you would like any information, please message me. Thanks for your interest. Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

The 60s from the archives of the Daily Mail

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Book: "Leaves from the journal of our life in the highlands"

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Anish Kapoor's "In the shadow of the tree and the knot of the earth"

This book has been on a bookshelf and the cover shows that, but the images and interleaved materials all in perfect condition. An important work by Kapoor - it would be a perfect Christmas present or a reference work for a practising artist. Ad ID:

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