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It finally happened... and the aliens were out for conquest. Amid a worldwide invasion, a secluded part of the world holds its own against the unwelcome intruders. Flight Lieutenant Nathan Harvey, a helicopter pilot from the Royal New Zealand Air Force is recruited into the CAVDEV, an experimental powered armor unit. He quickly finds himself leading the fight on the front lines against an overwhelming alien force. Can Harvey and his cla...

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The armies of British India were, as one of its members wrote, 'the most extraordinary phenomenon in the history of the world'. Multi-ethnic, composed of men of diverse ethnicities and faiths, under the flag of the East India Company - 'John Company' - they conquered or controlled much of the Indian sub-continent by 1850, victorious in all but one major war (the first disastrous intervention in Afghanistan).Four armies served and fought for Jo...

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Some 50, 000 British Territorials served in India during the Great War. Astonishingly, it has taken a century for a book on them to be written. The Territorials - citizen soldiers, members of a force formed before the war for home defense - never expected to serve abroad, but volunteered for 'Imperial Service' at Lord Kitchener's request.

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A groundbreaking military history of one of the largest rebellions against the British in the East India Company era.

The first book since 1915 about the part the Indians played in the Gallipoli campaign, telling their story in new and unexpected ways.

In Bad Characters military historian Peter Stanley surveys indiscipline in the Australian Imperial Force, on a spectrum ranging from bludging and dumb insolence, though malingering and shirking, to military offences going beyond the force s celebrated larrikinism. He tells of soldiers who committed offences ranging from the endemic going absent to desertion and a small number of serious civil crimes culminating in several murders. The AIF s di...

Some 50, 000 British Territorials served in India during the Great War. Astonishingly, it has taken a century for a book on them to be written. The Territorials ¿ citizen soldiers, members of a force formed before the war for home defence ¿ never expected to serve abroad, but volunteered for ¿Imperial Service¿ at Lord Kitchener¿s request. Instead of going to France, in 1914 they went to India, to release Regulars for the front. The Territorial...

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The contents: ¿ An introduction to the European Train Control System (ETCS) ¿ A description of how ETCS works and the levels at which it may be employed ¿ An exploration of the sub-systems, processes and interfaces ¿ The requirements for system testing, commissioning and certification ¿ Engineering - the technical, organisational and operational requirements ¿ The needs for maintenance, fault-finding and safety monitoring

Australia's official war correspondent during WWI, Charles Bean was also Australia's first official war historian and the driving force behind the creation of the Australian War Memorial. In Charles Bean, Australia's top military historians analyse the man, the myth and his long-reaching legacy.

This study traces the composition and culture of the British East India Company's Europeans in the 30 years preceding the Indian uprising of 1857, and the Europeans' protest against their subsequent incorporation into the British Army.

Celebrate 400 years of Shakespeare's legacy with award-winning author Diane Stanley's tribute to the world-famous playwright William Shakespeare.Nobody knows exactly when or why William Shakespeare left his boyhood home of Stratford-on-Avon for the great city of London, but it didn't take long for him to make a name for himself. His plays are now performed almost every day in just about every part of the world, even people who've never seen th...

In their lovingly researched, incisively written biography, illustrated with a lushness and attention to period detail of which Dickens would have approved, Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema illuminate his inspirations, his impact on nations of readers, and his gleaming genius that has only brightened with time. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 6 to 8. It's a fun w...

Drawing on the family papers of a soldier killed in combat, a leading historian illuminates the details of the battle of Mont St Quentin and the losses and lives of the survivors and their families in the aftermath of the Great War. On September 1, 1918, the dozen men of Nine Platoon, 21st Australian Infantry Battalion, rose from Elsa Trench and walked across a weedy beet field toward the German defenders of Mont St Quentin. Within hours, thre...

The contents: ¿ An introduction to the European Train Control System (ETCS) ¿ A description of how ETCS works and the levels at which it may be employed ¿ An exploration of the sub-systems, processes and interfaces ¿ The requirements for system testing, commissioning and certification ¿ Engineering - the technical, organisational and operational requirements ¿ The needs for maintenance, fault-finding and safety monitoring

When she became Queen of England, Elizabeth's counselors urged her to marry quickly and turn the responsibilities over to her husband. But in stalling, changing her mind, and playing one side against the other, Elizabeth outwitted them all and steered her country to the glorious era of peace and security known as the Elizabethan Age. Full-color illustrations.