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  The Black Prince and King Jean...

  Peter Hoskins

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  This study of Medieval military leadership offers a critical comparison of two great rivals of the Hundred Year War. 
   
  Known to history as The Black Prince, Edward of Woodstock led the English army to victory at the Battle of Poitiers against the French King Jean II. With an illuminating analysis of these fourteenth century commanders, historian Peter Hoskins examines the importance of leadership, strategic vision, and tactical skill in medieval warfare. Paying close attention to their strengths and weaknesses as soldiers, both on campaign and on the battlefield, Hoskins also considers their contrasting characters and backgrounds as well as the military traditions of their time. 
   
  The Black Prince was one of the most admired generals of his generation: a charismatic leader, decisive commander, and shrewd tactician and strategist. In contrast King Jean was impulsive, driven more by pride than by strategic priorities. When he was put to the ultimate test at Poitiers, Jean lost control of his army. Meanwhile, the Black Prince took the initiative personally to secure victory against the odds. 
   
  Peter Hoskins analyses the leadership qualities of the prince and the king according to the principles of war enunciated by Sun Tzu and Vegetius as well as the modern principles of war of the United Kingdom armed forces. He gives readers a fascinating insight into the nature of command and the conduct of war in the Middle Ages.

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  Redneck Riviera

  Dennis Covington

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  Acclaimed Southern author Dennis Covington was a National Book Award finalist. Redneck Riviera is the true story of Covington's bizarre encounters with a lawless band of gun-toting swamp-dwellers in Central Florida who've illegally claimed the two-and-a-half acres of land he inherited from his father.

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  10 Masterpieces you have to read...

  Jane Austen, Charles Dickens,...

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  This Audiobook contains the following works :1. Little women BY  Louisa May Alcott  Start at Chapters 12. Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen  Start at Chapters 483. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Start at Chapters 1094. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Start at Chapters 1525. The Odyssey by Homer  Start at Chapters 1866. A Tales of Two Cities Start at Chapters 2107. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Start at Chapters 2558. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle  Start at Chapters 2689. The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton Start at Chapters 28810. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum Start at Chapters 300

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  The Roswell Legacy - The Untold...

  Jesse Marcel, Linda Marcel

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  A behind-the-scenes memoir recounting one officer’s firsthand experience of America’s most famous UFO incident.   Does extraterrestrial life exist? Have alien beings actually visited Earth and left clear traces of their visits? One man has the answer...and his son can now break the silence.  The Roswell Legacy is the story of Major Jesse Marcel, the intelligence officer for the 509th Bomber Group—famous for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan—and the first military officer to reach the scene of one of the most famous and enduring UFO events in the recorded history of mankind. This book documents the recovery of debris from the crash of an extraterrestrial craft and how the Marcel family became forever linked to the event. It details what the debris looked like, how it greatly differed from that of the “weather balloon” that was supposedly recovered, and the physical characteristics that prove it could have come only from a technology that was not available in the 1940s—or, perhaps, even now.

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  Stoned Alone - The Stones Solo

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  When the Stones were first rolling they created sparks, but even on their own there was a hell of a lot of lot of smoke. In this in-depth examination of the turbulent, exciting lives of Mick, Brian, Keith, Bill, and Charlie we gain entrance into their secret world of private highs and very public lows. With archival interviews.

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  The Practical Einstein -...

  József Illy

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  This unique biography of the famous theoretical physicist explores his work in the practical worlds of technology, engineering and experimental physics. 
   
  Albert Einstein is known as the whacky genius behind the theory of relativity, but that’s just one facet of his contribution to modern science and human knowledge. As József Illy demonstrates in this book, Einstein had an eminently practical side as well. 
   
  As a youth, Einstein was an inveterate tinkerer in the electrical supply factory owned by his father and uncle. His first paid job was as a patent examiner. He consulted on industrial patent cases and worked on technological innovations, most notably the gyrocompass. Later in life, Einstein contributed to many inventions, including refrigerators, microphones, and instruments for aviation. His published papers often provided ways to test his theories, and he also wrote explanations for common natural phenomena, such as the meandering of rivers. 
   
  In these and other hands-on examples culled from the Einstein Papers, Illy demonstrates how Einstein enjoyed leaving the abstract world of theories to wrestle with the problems of everyday life. 
   
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