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A comprehensive and vivid history of the North American Mustang, one of the most important aircraft of the last century.

American volunteers Don Gentile and John Godfrey flew together as leader and wingman respectively, with the USAAF 4th Fighter Group based at Debden near Cambridge. At the end of their missions with the 4th the two of them had accounted for over 58 enemy aircraft destroyed.

Comprehensive historic account of the last century of naval aviation development.

Based on historic events, and frighteningly relevant to today's headlines -- a taut thriller about one American diplomat's year of living dangerously in Tehran in the days leading up to the Iranian Revolution … In the style of Alan Furst, this suspenseful thriller -- based on real events -- places an idealistic American diplomat in a turbulent, US-hating Tehran in the days leading up to the Iranian Revolution. Backed by the CIA, and trailed by...

Edited by Lionel Gossman, this volume contains three programmatic essays by Michelet. The first two are available here for the first time in English translation. The third, the Preface to the 1869 edition of the Histoire de France, originally published in its first English translation by Edward K. Kaplan in his Michelet's Poetic Vision (1977), has been revised by the translator for this volume. Curated by leading scholars and translators this ...

Edited by Lionel Gossman, this volume contains three programmatic essays by Michelet. The first two are available here for the first time in English translation. The third, the Preface to the 1869 edition of the Histoire de France, originally published in its first English translation by Edward K. Kaplan in his Michelet's Poetic Vision (1977), has been revised by the translator for this volume. Curated by leading scholars and translators this ...

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I do not think that Malan could join a squadron without improving it, however good it was. Not by sword-waving, but by a strength of mind and integrity that are at once recognisable and effective...he was the best pilot of the War' - Air Commodore Al Deere, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C.

This book examines the reality behind the myths of the legendary RAF fighter aces during the Battle of Britain. Includes experiences of fighter pilots based on archival research, diaries, letters, published and unpublished memoirs and personal interviews with well known veterans.

Based on historic events, and frightenlingly relevant to today's headlines -- a taut, Year of Living Dangerously-style thriller set in Tehran in the days leading up to the Iranian Revolution.In the style of Alan Furst, this suspenseful thriller -- based on real events -- places an idealistic American diplomat in a turbulent, US-hating Tehran in the days leading up to the Iranian Revolution. Backed by the CIA, and trailed by a beautiful and eng...

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Excerpt from Blühende Gärten des Ostens: 78 Erzählungen, Gedichte und Schwaenke aus den Litteraturen des OrientsDer Kaufmann legte ihm Schleier vor und Gadryf wählte darunter einen, für den er zwanzig Goldstiickezahlte. Hierauf kehrte er in sein Haus zurück, wo alsbald die Alte erschien. Nach den gebräuchlichen Höflichkeiten übergab er ihr den Schleier, sie verlangte von ihm eine glühende Kohle, durchbrannte den Schleier an zwei Stellen, verba...

Excerpt from Blühende Gärten des Ostens: 78 Erzählungen, Gedichte und Schwaenke aus den Litteraturen des OrientsDer Kaufmann legte ihm Schleier vor und Gadryf wählte darunter einen, für den er zwanzig Goldstiickezahlte. Hierauf kehrte er in sein Haus zurück, wo alsbald die Alte erschien. Nach den gebräuchlichen Höflichkeiten übergab er ihr den Schleier, sie verlangte von ihm eine glühende Kohle, durchbrannte den Schleier an zwei Stellen, verba...

Excerpt from Graphik der Gegenwart: Max Liebermann, Hans Meid, Anders Zorn, Max Slevogt, Emil Orlik, Ernst Stern, Lesser Ury, Käthe Kollwitz, Heinrich ZilleLiebermann aber war damals und Später das Zeichnen durchaus nicht etwas von seiner Malerei Abgelöstes: er mußte zeichnen, wie er malen mußte.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reprod...

Excerpt from Graphik der Gegenwart: Max Liebermann, Hans Meid, Anders Zorn, Max Slevogt, Emil Orlik, Ernst Stern, Lesser Ury, Käthe Kollwitz, Heinrich ZilleLiebermann aber war damals und Später das Zeichnen durchaus nicht etwas von seiner Malerei Abgelöstes: er mußte zeichnen, wie er malen mußte.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reprod...

American volunteers Don Gentile and John Godfrey flew together as leader and wingman respectively, with the USAAF 4th Fighter Group based at Debden near Cambridge. At the end of their missions with the 4th the two of them had accounted for over 58 enemy aircraft destroyed. Major Gentile had scored 22 air and 6 ground kills before he was returned to the USA to help raise money for the war effort. Major Godfrey was credited with 18 air and 12 gr...