Last Battle
The classic account of the final offensive against Hitler's Third Reich. The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler's Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe's historic capitals and marked the final defeat of Nazi Germany. It was also one of the war's bloodiest and most pivotal battles, whose outcome would shape international politics for decades to come. The Last Battle is Cornelius Ryan's compelling account of this final battle, a story of brutal extremes, of stunning military triumph alongside the stark conditions that the civilians of Berlin experienced in the face of the Allied assault. As always, Ryan delves beneath the military and political forces that were dictating events to explore the more immediate imperatives of survival, where, as the author describes it, 'to eat had become more important than to love, to burrow more dignified than to fight, to exist more militarily correct than to
En bro för mycket
En bro för mycket handlar om de allierades förtvivlade kamp om bron vid Arnhem i Holland i september 1944. De allierade skulle bakom de tyska linjerna i en gigantisk operation luftlandsätta 35 000 man. Hur planen misslyckas berättas om i denna spännande och mycket väldokumenterade bok.Cornelius Ryan var krigsreporter åt flera Londontidningar och tillhörde en av de skickligaste i sin generation. Efter kriget lade han många års arbete på att skaffa grundmaterial dill denna och sina två andra böcker, bland annat Den längsta dagen som kom som ljudbok hos Adelphi Audio under våren 2008.Boken läses av Claes Elfsberg som under många år hanterat nyheter i TV och som här lånar sin röst åt historien.
Longest Day
Cornelius Ryan tells the story of the hours that preceded and followed H-Hour of D-Day ? June 6, 1944, when as dawn approached, as paratroopers fought in the hedgerows of Normandy, the greatest armada the world had ever known assembled off the bea...
Bridge Too Far
Arnhem 1944: the airborne strike for the bridges over the Rhine. The true story of the greatest battle of World War II and the basis of the 1977 film of the same name, directed by Richard Attenborough. The Battle of Arnhem, one of the most dramati...
Longest Day
This is the story of D-Day, told through the voices of over 1,000 survivors. 6 June, 1944. 156,000 troops from 12 different countries, 11,000 aircraft, 7,000 naval vessels, 24 hours. D-Day - the beginning of the Allied invasion of Hitler's formida...
Last Battle
The Battle for Berlin was the final struggle of World War II in the European theatre, the last offensive against Hitler's Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe's historic capitals and brought an end to the Nazi regime. It lasted more than tw...
Cornelius Ryan: The Longest Day (D-Day June 6, 1944), a Bridge Too Far (Loa #318)
For the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a deluxe collector's edition gathering two gripping masterpieces of military history. Library of America presents two of the best books ever written about World War II in a deluxe collector's edition featuring 88 pages of photographs, full-color endpaper maps, rare archival material revealing how the books were written, and a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Rick Atkinson (The Liberation Trilogy). The Longest Day tells the story of the Allies' greatest success, the Normandy invasions of June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord; A Bridge Too Far recounts perhaps their greatest failure, the catastrophic airborne invasion of Holland in September 1944, known as Operation Market Garden. Together, they reveal not only the twisting fortunes of war and the grand sweep and scale of the largest amphibious and airborne invasions ever mounted, but also the very real human experience of combat, the small but momentous individual acts
Imaginary Institution of Society
This is one of the most original and important works of contemporary European thought. First published in France in 1975, it is the major theoretical work of one of the foremost thinkers in Europe. Castoriadis offers a brilliant and far-reaching a...
Archaeology Is a Brand!
What impact is there on the field to recognize that archaeology is a regular feature in daily life and popular culture? Based upon the study of England, Germany, Sweden and the USA, Cornelius Holtorf examines the commonalities and peculiarities of...
Agrippa'S Occult Philosophy
Agrippa's Occult Philosophy
Democracy and Relativism
In this vibrant debate with intellectuals influenced by Marcel Mauss, including Alain Caillé and Chantal Mouffe, the incisive Greek-French activist and philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis addresses the challenge of critical thinking in an internatio...
Variational Principles of Mechanics
Philosophic, less formalistic approach to perennially important field of analytical mechanics. Model of clear, scholarly exposition at graduate level with coverage of basic concepts, calculus of variations, principle of virtual work, equations of ...
Figures of the Thinkable
In this posthumous collection of writings, Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997) pursues his incisive analysis of modern society, the philosophical basis of our ability to change it, and the points of intersection between his many approaches to this t...
The Complete Works of Tacitus
The Complete Works of Tacitus
How Western Soldiers Fight
In contemporary missions, soldiers often face unconventional opponents rather than enemy armies. How do Western soldiers deal with war criminals, rioters, or insurgents? What explains differences in behavior across military organizations in multin...
Europe and Iran
The EU's approach to Iran has emerged as one of the few successes of European foreign policy. Still, its role in international negotiations from 2003, as much as its broader approach to Iran, are generally poorly appreciated by policy-makers in Eu...
Reading for Preaching
Reading for Preaching
Postscript on Insignificance
This title is a collection of interviews in which Cornelius Castoriadis discusses his key works and ideas. Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997) was a philosopher, social critic, political activist, practicing psychoanalyst and professional economist....
Fearless Cross-Platform Development with Delphi
Learn to rapidly build and deploy cross-platform applications from a single codebase with practical, real-world solutions using the mature Delphi 10.4 programming environment Key Features Implement Delphi's modern features to build professional-gr...
World in Fragments
This collection presents a broad and compelling overview of the most recent work in philosophy, politics, and psychoanalysis by a world-renowned figure in contemporary thought.
We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be
'That's the problem with you, Minor' a student huffed. 'You want to make everything about reading or math. It's not always about that. At school, you guys do everything except listen to me. Y'all want to use your essays and vocabulary words to save my future, but none of y'all know anything about saving my now.' In We Got This Cornelius Minor describes how this conversation moved him toward realizing that listening to children is one of the most powerful things a teacher can do. By listening carefully, Cornelius discovered something that kids find themselves having to communicate far too often. That 'my lessons were not, at all, linked to that student's reality.' While challenging the teacher as hero trope, We Got This shows how authentically listening to kids is the closest thing to a superpower that we have. What we hear can spark action that allows us to make powerful moves toward equity by broadening access to learning for all children. A lone teacher can't eliminate inequity, but
The Ultimate Guide To The Constellations And Planets
This is a highly practical guide to identifying the constellations and the stars that comprise them. Geoffrey Cornelius, astronomy expert and teacher, brings star-watching vividly to life by conveying the rich symbolic significance that the heavens assumed in many cultures, from the Babylonians to the ancient Greeks. Master star navigation by building your knowledge rather than relying on technology. "Signpost charts" make finding stars easy. Assuming no prior knowledge of astronomy, the book concentrates on features that can be made out with the naked eye or binoculars. All 88 Major and Minor Constellations, and the planets, included. Along with beautiful 4-colour illustrations of each, and the myths and legends behind hundreds of individual stars, lose yourself in the magic of the night sky. Plan your year around the unmissable celestial moments with the "full-sky maps" that show which constellations are viewable and where, every month. Whether you're a budding astronomer looking to deepen your understanding, or an astrologer hoping to learn more about the ancient myths that were formed in the sky, you'll find everything you need in this comprehensive introduction.
Discourse on Fourier Series
To quote a review by W. Ledermann in the Physics Bulletin, 'By skilfully blending the points of view of pure and applied mathematics, of physics, and of numerical methods, Professor Lanczos has succeeded in writing a book on Fourier series which i...
Linear Differential Operators
2012 Reprint of 1961 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Don't let the title fool you! If you are interested in numerical analysis, applied mathematics, or the solution procedures for...
Figures of the Thinkable
In this posthumous collection of writings, Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997) pursues his incisive analysis of modern society, the philosophical basis of our ability to change it, and the points of intersection between his many approaches to this t...
Det Kejserliga Rom - Annaler I-vi, Xi-xvi
Tacitus, Romarrikets främste historiker, skildrade i sitt mästerverk Annales republikens undergång i kejserlig terror och dekadens, från Augustus död till Neros självmord. Hans svartsyn har färgat vår bild av kejsarna men var naturlig för en republikan som värnade "de sällsynta ögonblick av lycka då man får tänka och säga vad man vill". För Montaigne var detta en bok "som inte ska läsas utan studeras" och där, enligt Gibbon, "varenda mening svämmar över av skarpa iakttagelser och livfulla bilder".