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The Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC) Caesar, Pompey, and the Early Campaigns of the Third Roman Civil War


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English | May 12, 2022 | ISBN: 152679358X | 248 pages | MOBI | 12 Mb
In 49 BC the Roman Republic collapsed once more into bloody civil war. At the heart of this war lay the two greatest living Roman commanders, and former allies, Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar, each having built their own factions within the Roman oligarchy and refusing to compromise. The subsequent civil war would be fought for control of the Republic with each man determined to restore peace and stability to Rome, under their leadership. Yet despite this clash it was eighteen months before the two men met in Battle at Dyrrhachium in Albania.

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The Battle for Room 314 My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York City High School


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English | 2016 | ISBN: 1455560618 | EPUB | pages: 256 | 0.4 mb
In this insightfully honest and moving memoir about the realities of teaching in an inner-city school, Ed Boland "smashes the dangerous myth of the hero-teacher [and] shows us how high the stakes are for our most vulnerable students" (Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black).

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Operation Postern The Battle to Recapture Lae from the Japanese, 1943


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English | January 3, 2024 | ISBN: 1922896144 | PDF | 13 Mb
Japanese troops seized and brutally occupied New Guinea’s capital, Lae, for 18 months – until 16 September 1943. That day Australian soldiers retook the town against fierce resistance. Defeated, and after suffering huge losses, 8000 Japanese soldiers fled across the formidable 4000-metre mountains behind the town ; 2000 died on the nightmare trek.

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Death, Detention and Disappearance A lawyer’s battle to hold power to account in 1980s Namibia


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English | 2019 | ISBN: 062408986X | EPUB | pages: 376 | 2.4 mb
In Namibia, the 1980s were a decade of human rights abuses by South African forces. Justice David Smuts’ gripping memoir details several dramatic cases where it was proven that torture was used to extract ‘confessions’ and that Koevoet killed citizens. He also takes a look at the assassination of his close friend, SWAPO activist Anton Lubowski.

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Battle of Britain The Movie The Men and Machines of one of the Greatest War Films Ever Made


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English | June 30, 2023 | ISBN: 1399014757 | 232 pages | MOBI | 43 Mb
Released in 1969, the film Battle of Britain went on to become one of the most iconic war movies ever produced. The film drew many respected British actors to accept roles as key figures of the battle, including Sir Laurence Olivier as Hugh Dowding and Trevor Howard as Keith Park. It also starred Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer and Robert Shaw as squadron leaders. As well as its large all-star international cast, the film was notable for its spectacular flying sequences which were on a far grander scale than anything that had been seen on film before.

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Battle Royal The Wars of the Roses 1440-1462


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English | January 10, 2017 | ISBN: 1681773066 | 400 pages | PDF | 24 Mb
The enthralling story of the dynastic wars fought between the houses of Lancaster and York, the first of a dynamic two-volume history of the Wars of the Roses.

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