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| Author | : Cheryl Campbell |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 2019-09-10 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 168463007X |
Decades of war started by a genocidal faction of aliens threatens the existence of any human or alien resisting their rule on Earth. Dani survives by scavenging enough supplies to live another day while avoiding the local military and human-hunting Wardens. But then she learns that she is part of the nearly immortal alien race of Echoes—not the human she’s always thought herself to be—and suddenly nothing in her life seems certain. Following her discovery of her alien roots, Dani risks her well-being to save a boy from becoming a slave—a move that only serves to make her already-tenuous existence on the fringes of society in Maine even more unstable, and which forces her to revisit events and people from past lives she can’t remember. Dani believes the only way to defeat the Wardens and end their dominance is to unite the Commonwealth’s military and civilians, and she becomes resolved to play her part in this battle. Her attempts to change the bleak future facing the humans and Echoes living on Earth suffering under the Wardens will lead her to clash with a tyrant determined to kill her and all humankind—a confrontation that even her near-immortal heritage may not be able to help her survive.
| Author | : Tania Blanchard |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 2021-09-29 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1760852090 |
Previously published as Echoes of War 'Blanchard at her breathtaking best. Rich in every sight, taste and smell.' Australian Women’s Weekly _________________ Set in Mussolini’s Italy amid great upheaval, this is the story of one woman’s determination to find her place in a world that men are threatening to tear apart. Another heart-rending novel inspired by a true story from Australia's bestselling author of The Girl from Munich. Calabria, Italy, 1936 In a remote farming village nestled in the mountains that descend into the sparkling Ionian Sea, young and spirited Giulia Tallariti longs for something more. While she loves her home and her lively family, she would much rather follow in her nonna’s footsteps and pursue her dream of becoming a healer. But as Mussolini’s focus shifts to the war in Europe, civil unrest looms. Whispers of war are at every corner and her beloved village, once safe from the fascist agenda of the North, is now in very real danger. Caught between her desire to forge her own path and her duty to her family, Giulia must draw on the passion in her heart and the strength of her conviction. Can she find a way to fulfill her dreams without sacrificing all she holds dear? _________________ ‘Richly imagined, heartbreaking and utterly captivating ... yet another outstanding piece of historical fiction from Blanchard, cementing her place at the top of this genre.’ Better Reading ‘This is emotional reading for anyone born of immigrant stock as it explores the pain of leaving your homeland and your family to find opportunity elsewhere … an entertaining tale of fiction that will make your heart melt and sing and shatter.’ Glam Adelaide ‘A powerful novel about powerful women … a powerful evocation of a time, a place and a cultural vision which provided a significant boost to Australia’s population and its development as a multi-cultural destination of choice for refugees – both voluntary and choiceless.’ Carpe Librum
| Author | : Bernard Lovell |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 1991-01-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1000065057 |
August 1939 was a time of great flux. The fear of impending war fueled by the aggression of Nazi Germany forced many changes. Young people pursuing academic research were plunged into an entirely different kind of research and development. For Bernard Lovell, the war meant involvement in one of the most vital research projects of the war-radar.
| Author | : Trish Marx |
| Publisher | : Kar-Ben Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 106 |
| Release | : 1994-01-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780822548980 |
Presents the stories of six people from different parts of the world whose childhoods were shaped by their experiences during World War II.
| Author | : suboor ali khan |
| Publisher | : Suboor Ali Khan |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 2024-04-10 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
Prepare to be swept into a fractured future, where humanity grapples for survival. Journey through time wars, battlefields of dreams, and clashing sentient cities. Witness the fight for identity amidst cloned shadows, the desperate struggle for food in a barren wasteland, and the rebellion of the "Untouchables" against a deadly virus. Echoes of war delves into a world where hope flickers amidst the ashes of war, showcasing humanity's unwavering spirit in the face of extraordinary challenges. This book is a symphony of conflict, exploring the ethical dilemmas of technology, the consequences of unchecked ambition, and the enduring hope for cooperation amidst despair. It delves into the human spirit's ability to fight for survival, for identity, and ultimately, for a better future in spite of the fractures in time and reality. Some of the short stories are summarized below: Rise of the Uniques: In a society riddled with a dark secret, genetically engineered "Uniques" rise up against their creators, sparking a fight for identity and freedom. The Skyreal: War for the Celestial Crown: A brutal power struggle erupts across the solar system as nations clash for control of vital resources. The Marked: A War for the Unstained: A deadly virus sweeps the planet, leaving a portion of the population genetically immune – the "Untouchables." Ostracized and hunted by the desperate and dying, they become the last hope for a cure. A War Across Time: Scientists unlock the secrets of controlled time travel, but a rogue nation seeks to rewrite history for their own gain. A group of brave chrononauts embark on a desperate mission to protect the past and ensure their own future. Dreamscape Incursion: War for the Subconscious: A breakthrough in neuroscience allows humans to enter and manipulate dreamscapes. Two rival factions clash, wielding dreams as battlegrounds, in a fight for control over the subconscious mind. A Clash of Steel and Synapses: Millennia in the future, colossal sentient cities with clashing ideologies engage in a physical and digital war, forcing a young engineer and a botanist to forge an unlikely alliance to avert catastrophe. Dust and Desolation: A Chronicle of the Empty Belly: Hunger gnaws at the bellies of millions in a world ravaged by climate change and economic collapse. When a desperate nation covets a meager harvest, a farmer and a disillusioned engineer must fight for survival and bridge the chasm of desperation to forge a fragile peace
| Author | : Robert Westall |
| Publisher | : Puffin HC |
| Total Pages | : 96 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : War stories, English |
| ISBN | : 9780140373448 |
Even when the fighting is over the effects of war echo and reverberate through many generations. This collection of short stories looks at the way war shapes and changes lives, in many different ways. There is the semi-autobiographical story of a young child's encounter with his terrifying, shell-shocked grandfather; a contemporary aircraft caught up in the horrors of the Dresden bombing and the suspected appearance of a Nazi war criminal in an ordinary northern town.
| Author | : Brian McAllister Linn |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 2009-07-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0674033523 |
From Lexington and Gettysburg to Normandy and Iraq, the wars of the United States have defined the nation. But after the guns fall silent, the army searches the lessons of past conflicts in order to prepare for the next clash of arms. In the echo of battle, the army develops the strategies, weapons, doctrine, and commanders that it hopes will guarantee a future victory. In the face of radically new ways of waging war, Brian Linn surveys the past assumptions--and errors--that underlie the army's many visions of warfare up to the present day. He explores the army's forgotten heritage of deterrence, its long experience with counter-guerrilla operations, and its successive efforts to transform itself. Distinguishing three martial traditions--each with its own concept of warfare, its own strategic views, and its own excuses for failure--he locates the visionaries who prepared the army for its battlefield triumphs and the reactionaries whose mistakes contributed to its defeats. Discussing commanders as diverse as Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton, and Colin Powell, and technologies from coastal artillery to the Abrams tank, he shows how leadership and weaponry have continually altered the army's approach to conflict. And he demonstrates the army's habit of preparing for wars that seldom occur, while ignoring those it must actually fight. Based on exhaustive research and interviews, The Echo of Battle provides an unprecedented reinterpretation of how the U.S. Army has waged war in the past and how it is meeting the new challenges of tomorrow.
| Author | : Michael C.C. Adams |
| Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
| Total Pages | : 374 |
| Release | : 2021-10-21 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0813185300 |
Americans are often accused of not appreciating history, but this charge belies the real popular interest in the past. Historical reenactments draw thousands of spectators; popular histories fill the bestseller lists; PBS, A&E and The History Channel air a dizzying array of documentaries and historical dramas; and Hollywood war movies become blockbusters. Though historians worry that these popular representations sacrifice authenticity for broad appeal, Michael C.C. Adams argues that living history—even if it is an incomplete depiction of the past—plays a vital role in stimulating the historical imagination. In Echoes of War, he examines how one of the most popular fields of history is portrayed, embraced, and shaped by mainstream culture. Adams argues that symbols of war are of intrinsic military significance and help people to articulate ideas and values. We still return to the knight as a symbol of noble striving; the bowman appeals as a rebel against unjust privilege. Though Custer may not have been the Army's most accomplished fighter, he achieved the status of cultural icon. The public memory of the redcoated British regular soldier shaped American attitudes toward governments and gun laws. The 1863 attack on Fort Wagner by the black Fifty-fourth Massachusetts regiment was lost to public view until racial equality became important in the late twentieth century. Echoes of War is a unique look at how a thousand years of military history are remembered in popular culture, through images ranging from the medieval knight to the horror of U.S. involvement in the My Lai massacre.
| Author | : Chas Lotter |
| Publisher | : 30 Degrees South Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
" ... only the poets of the First World War have captured so compellingly the many moods of the young soldiers" --Prof Marcia Leveson (President English Academy of Southern Africa) The soldier poet of southern Africa matches his haunting poetry with authentic photos, paintings and sketches to tell the story of the Rhodesian bush war. Echoes of an African War follows the story of the teenaged army recruit who exchanged his home and his family for the world of barrack life. It sketches the years, until 1973, when a low-intensity war allowed a young man to explore the African bush. The story then bursts into the late 1970s when the conflict escalated into a vicious civil war. It covers the war's end, in 1980, and the subsequent readjustment to civilian life before finishing, in 1999, when, as a mature man, he looks back and remembers events that are now history. Most important of all, this work imparts to his children what it looked like to have been been a soldier in Rhodesia's war. Chas Lotter has perfected the magic art of combining pathos and eeriness. His observations are canny and surgically precise as he gradually unfolds his story. Chas Lotter, the soldier poet of the Rhodesian war, had an unusual apprenticeship in the craft of poetry. Life began for him in Germiston, South Africa in 1949. His family moved to Rhodesia in 1953 and it was there that he grew up on farms in the Bindura and Gatooma (Kadoma) areas. He moved to Salisbury (Harare) in 1974 where he met his wife, Avril. As a field medic, Sergeant Lotter served for nine years with frontline units of the Rhodesian Army. It was these years of action, emotion and savage experience that fuelled the poet's fire in him. He started writing poetry "on the backs of cigarette boxes" in an attempt to deal with the realities of the war. From such humble beginnings emerged a series of vivid pictures of an African nation at war. Lotter's work was first published in Peter Badcock's volume, Shadows of War. Subsequently, he collaborated with Badcock on another successful work, Faces of War. In 1984, he published his highly acclaimed Rhodesian Soldier that blends photographs and verse to form a wide-ranging monograph of the Rhodesian war. His work has earned him membership of the English Academy of Southern Africa and his poetry has been published around the world. He lives in Pretoria, South Africa.
| Author | : Daniel Gibbs |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 428 |
| Release | : 2018-05-06 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781980561415 |
A republic under attack. A reluctant soldier. An all-out fight for the galaxy's soul. David Cohen prays he'll live to see the other side of his first deployment. His people thought they had left war behind when they fled Earth centuries ago. Time, though, has not dulled the hatred and intolerance of their erstwhile oppressors. To defend his homeland's freedom, David abandons his dream of becoming a rabbi for the battlefield... and discovers a side of himself he is not sure he can live with. David's focus is clear when the bullets are flying. In the long hours after, he must reckon with the toll that blood and blame bring upon his mind. Can he square the tenets of his faith against his responsibility to crew and country? Nothing has prepared him to make decisions that could cause ruin or an end to generations of conflict... except for trust in God, himself, and those who serve under him. If David Cohen survives it all, who will he be?Echoes of the Past: Fight the Good Fight is the first book in a military sci-fi trilogy that takes an unflinching look at sacrifice, duty, and the scars left on the minds of those who serve. The trials and tactics of a starship commander are only part of the story... because every soldier faces battles within.
