Download or read book Contest Carnage written by Stephen Cole and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teggs and his friends are going to be the youngest contestants in the Megasaur challenge! Robot-Boxing, Rock Tennis and Weight Lifting mean the Daring Dinos can show that they really are the best, strongest and bravest Astro-cadets. But the Megasaur challenge turns out to be mega-unlucky and lots of contestants keep getting 'accidentally' hurt. Will Teggs and his friends be hurt, too? Or will they discover who's behind all the problems at the contest before it's too late?
Download or read book The Long November written by Walt Gragg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Red Storm Rising and Red Metal, an American military force fights a desperate battle against an overwhelming enemy. What started as a military coup in Pakistan has ignited South Asia and threatens to spread to the world's largest democracy in India. American and British allies struggle to rescue Western civilians who have been cut off in Islamabad. What starts as a desperate race turns into a grim siege. But the fate of a few innocents pales in comparison to one inescapable fact: Pakistan is a nuclear power and some of those weapons are unaccounted for.
Download or read book The Black Heavens written by Brian R. Dirck and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2019-02-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From multiple personal tragedies to the terrible carnage of the Civil War, death might be alongside emancipation of the slaves and restoration of the Union as one of the great central truths of Abraham Lincoln’s life. Yet what little has been written specifically about Lincoln and death is insufficient, sentimentalized, or devoid of the rich historical literature about death and mourning during the nineteenth century. The Black Heavens: Abraham Lincoln and Death is the first in-depth account of how the sixteenth president responded to the riddles of mortality, undertook personal mourning, and coped with the extraordinary burden of sending hundreds of thousands of soldiers to be killed on battlefields. Going beyond the characterization of Lincoln as a melancholy, tragic figure, Brian R. Dirck investigates Lincoln’s frequent encounters with bereavement and sets his response to death and mourning within the social, cultural, and political context of his times. At a young age Lincoln saw the grim reality of lives cut short when he lost his mother and sister. Later, he was deeply affected by the deaths of two of his sons, three-year-old Eddy in 1850 and eleven-year-old Willie in 1862, as well as the combat deaths of close friends early in the war. Despite his own losses, Lincoln learned how to approach death in an emotionally detached manner, a survival skill he needed to cope with the reality of his presidency. Dirck shows how Lincoln gradually turned to his particular understanding of God’s will in his attempts to articulate the meaning of the atrocities of war to the American public, as showcased in his allusions to religious ideas in the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural. Lincoln formed a unique approach to death: both intellectual and emotional, typical and yet atypical of his times. In showing how Lincoln understood and responded to death, both privately and publicly, Dirck paints a compelling portrait of a commander in chief who buried two sons and gave the orders that sent an unprecedented number of Americans to their deaths.
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Download or read book The Glasgow Geography Containing a Physical Political and Statistical View of the Various Empires Kingdoms States c c in the Known World To which is Subjoined a Historical Appendix Comprising a Concise Narration of the Wars Consequent on the French Revolution Embellished with Engravings and a Complete Atlas written by Glasgow Geography and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Sword written by Nick Evangelista and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1995-05-23 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the gruff, sword-toting swashbucklers of the Middle Ages to modern adventure epics like The Princess Bride, the aura surrounding the sword is one that is both romantic and pragmatic. Thoughts of this weapon bring to mind images of the Knights of the Round Table, Zorro, the Three Musketeers—the things daydreams are made of. Historically, the fate of the empires revolved around the sword; nations rose and fell based on the power of their swordsmen. For centuries it was the weapon of choice in settling personal disputes. Today, the art of sword fighting has been incarnated as the dynamic, chess-like sport of fencing. It has also played an important part in the history of theatre and film, and it has been part of literature for as long as there have been books. In its varied guises, the sword has for centuries figured in the world's varied cultures, myths, and politics. Yet, there has never been a comprehensive volume on the subject of the sword until the publication of this encyclopedia. For the first time, in a single volume one can locate information on the history of sword types and styles around the world; techniques of combat sword use; techniques and styles of modern sport fencing; names and descriptions of various fencing implements and weapon types; swashbuckler films and the fencing masters who influenced the genre; significant individuals who have taught sword use; the sword at the Olympics; the literature in which the rapier, foil, or broadsword has figured; and much, much more. Essential reading for fencing and military history enthusiasts.
Download or read book The Writings of George Washington Part second comprising correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American Revolution written by George Washington and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volumed compilation of the writings of George Washington brings together important speeches, letters, and other official correspondence from the professional life of the Commander-in-Chief. Special attention is paid to documents relating to his military business and political career, but also with personal correspondence to add a more holistic examination into Washington. The editor provides his own summary of Washington's life in the first volume, before the autobiographical documents begin.
Download or read book The Writings of George Washington written by George Washington and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Writings of George Washington pt II Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution v 3 June 1775 July 1776 v 4 July 1776 July 1777 v 5 July 1777 July 1778 v 6 July 1778 March 1780 v 7 March 1780 April 1781 v 8 April 1781 December 1783 written by George Washington and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Carnage and Connectivity written by David Betz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines the disorienting impact on war of the burgeoning connectivity of ideas, people, and things. It argues that the Western perception of warfare has shifted from one of occasional and distant occurrences of well-defined conflicts to a stream of more connected and ill-defined wars and disasters.
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