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Aaronsohn's Maps: The Man Who Might Have Created Peace in the Modern Middle East
by Patricia GoldstoneAaron Aaronsohn was one of the most extraordinary figures in the early struggle to create a homeland for the Jewish people. Brought to Palestine at age five, as a young man Aaronsohn was a rugged adventurer who became convinced during years of solo explorations that water should govern the region's fate. He compiled both the area's first detailed water maps and a plan for Palestine's national borders that predicted and-in its insistence on partnership between Arabs and Jews-might have prevented the decades of conflict to come. In World War I, he ran a spy network with his sister, Sarah, that enabled the British to capture Jerusalem but also made him the rival of his colleague T.E. Lawrence. There is evidence that beautiful, rebellious Sarah, who died tragically in 1917, was the only woman the enigmatic Lawrence ever loved. Ultimately, Aaron Aaronsohn also paid for his devotion to the new nation with his life. A history that speaks directly to the present, Aaronsohn's Maps reveals for the first time Aaronsohn's key role in establishing Israel and the enduring importance of Aaronsohn's maps in Middle Eastern politics today.
The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages
by Nancy Marie BrownThe medieval Catholic Church, widely considered a source of intolerance and inquisitorial fervor, was not anti-science during the Dark Ages--in fact, the pope in the year 1000 was the leading mathematician and astronomer of his day. Called "The Scientist Pope,” Gerbert of Aurillac rose from peasant beginnings to lead the church. By turns a teacher, traitor, kingmaker, and visionary, Gerbert is the first Christian known to teach math using the nine Arabic numerals and zero. In The Abacus and the Cross, Nancy Marie Brown skillfully explores the new learning Gerbert brought to Europe. A fascinating narrative of one remarkable math teacher, The Abacus and the Cross will captivate readers of history, science, and religion alike.
La abadesa de Bingen
by María Elisa CortinaLa verdadera historia de la mujer que desafió a papas y emperadores en plena Edad Media. Nacida en una familia de fortuna y linaje, a los tres años de edad Hildegarda de Bingen comenzó a tener visiones acompañadas de dolores tan intensos que parecían llevarla a la muerte. A los catorce años fue encerrada, contra su voluntad, en una celda de barro adosada a las paredes de un monasterio de varones. Allí dedicaría su vida solo a la contemplación del Señor. Pero Dios le tenía preparada otra cosa. Sazonada con ingredientes fantásticos y usando como telón de fondo el mundo monástico y el convulsionado siglo XII, esta novela narra la historia de esa joven que desafiando a su mundo fue abadesa, profetisa y médico. Realizó milagros y exorcismo, se vistió con sedas y joyas, escribió de teología y medicina, compuso música, fundó dos monasterios, predicó en público, desafió al mundo masculino y enfrentó a papas y emperadores siendo una de las personalidades más fascinantes del siglo XII alemán. **Novela ganadora del Premio Caligrama 2018, en la categoría Talento.**
La abadesa de Bingen
by María Elisa CortinaLa verdadera historia de la mujer que desafió a papas y emperadores en plena Edad Media. Nacida en una familia de fortuna y linaje, a los tres años de edad Hildegarda de Bingen comenzó a tener visiones acompañadas de dolores tan intensos que parecían llevarla a la muerte. A los catorce años fue encerrada, contra su voluntad, en una celda de barro adosada a las paredes de un monasterio de varones. Allí dedicaría su vida solo a la contemplación del Señor. Pero Dios le tenía preparada otra cosa. Sazonada con ingredientes fantásticos y usando como telón de fondo el mundo monástico y el convulsionado siglo XII, esta novela narra la historia de esa joven que desafiando a su mundo fue abadesa, profetisa y médico. Realizó milagros y exorcismo, se vistió con sedas y joyas, escribió de teología y medicina, compuso música, fundó dos monasterios, predicó en público, desafió al mundo masculino y enfrentó a papas y emperadores siendo una de las personalidades más fascinantes del siglo XII alemán.**Novela ganadora del Premio Caligrama 2018, en la categoría Talento.**
Abahn Sabana David
by Marguerite Duras Kazim Ali"Duras's language and writing shine like crystals."--The New Yorker"A spectacular success. . . . Duras is at the height of her powers."--Edmund WhiteAvailable for the first time in English, Abahn Sabana David is a late-career masterpiece from one of France's greatest writers.Late one evening, David and Sabana--members of a communist group--arrive at a country house where they meet Abahn, the man they've been sent to guard and eventually kill for his perceived transgressions. A fourth man arrives (also named Abahn), and throughout the night these four characters discuss existential ideas of understanding, capitalism, violence, revolution, and dogs, while a gun lurks in the background the entire time.Suspenseful and thought-provoking, Duras's novel calls to mind the plays of Samuel Beckett in the way it explores human existence and suffering in the confusing contemporary world.Marguerite Duras wrote dozens of plays, film scripts, and novels, including The Ravishing of Lol Stein, The Sea Wall, and Hiroshima, Mon Amour. She's most well-known for The Lover, which received the Goncourt Prize in 1984 and was made into a film in 1992. This is her third book to be published by Open Letter. Kazim Ali is a poet, essayist, and novelist, and has published a translation of Water's Footfall by Sohrab Sepehri in addition to co-translating Duras's L'Amour. He teaches at Oberlin College and the University of Southern Maine.
The Abalone King of Monterey: Pop Ernest Doelter, Pioneering Japanese Fishermen And The Culinary Classic That Saved An Industry (American Palate)
by Tim ThomasIn 1908, "Pop" Ernest Doelter was crowned the Abalone King. In the kitchen of his Alvarado Street restaurant in Monterey, California, Pop transformed rubbery gastropods into an epicurean delight. Working with red abalone collected by Monterey's community of Japanese divers, Pop dipped the foot in egg wash, added a secret ingredient, rolled it in cracker crumbs and cooked it quickly in olive oil. Tourists and celebrities alike sat down at Pop's table to enjoy his famous recipe, and eventually, he shipped steaks on ice to hotels and restaurants throughout the state. Pull up a chair as historian Tim Thomas recounts the story of an innovative restaurateur and a group of pioneering fishermen who turned underappreciated mollusks into the talk of the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair.
The Abalone Ukulele: A Tale of Far Eastern Intrigue
by Roger CrosslandIn this historical adventure, cultures from China, Korea, Japan, and the United States collide in 1913 over three tons of Japanese gold ingots.Three ordinary men—a disgraced Korean tribute courier, a bookish naval officer, and a polyglot third-class quartermaster—must foil Japanese subversion and, with sub rosa assistance from Asiatic Station, highjack that gold to finance a Korean insurrection. Three ordinary women complicate, and complement, their efforts: an enigmatic changsan courtesan, a feisty Down East consular clerk, and a clever Chinese farm-girl.It is a tale that wends through the outskirts of Peking to the Yukon River; from the San Francisco waterfront to a naval landing party isolated on a Woosung battlefield; from ships of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet moored on Battleship Row to a junk on the Yangtze; and from the Korean gold mines of Unsan to a coaling quay in Shanghai. Soon a foreign intelligence service, a revolutionary army, and two Chinese triads converge on a nation’s ransom in gold . . .Praise for The Abalone Ukulele“A masterclass in historical fiction. With painstaking research and a gift for story spinning, Crossland brings to brilliant life a sprawling epic of greed, gold, and redemption. Crossland’s gift for converting historic details into character and narrative makes The Abalone Ukulele an immersive read.” —Joseph A. Williams, author of Seventeen Fathoms Deep and The Sunken Treasure“Crossland’s tale of shenanigans, greed, nobility, [and] slivers of grace propels across a geography spanning Shanghai, the Klondike gold fields, and San Francisco’s wharves. His characters are elemental, with a commedia dell'arte quality . . . . Clues to a mystery are sprinkled skillfully throughout, keeping the reader turning the page.” —Loretta Goldberg, author of the award-winning novel, The Reversible Mask“Maritime historical fiction in the tradition of Patrick O'Brian.” —Steve Robinson, author of No Guts, No Glory
Abandon: A Novel
by Blake CrouchA century-old mystery—and a desperate battle to survive—unfold in this standalone thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion. On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins, and not a single bone found. Now, journalist Abigail Foster and her historian father have set out to explore the long-abandoned town and learn what happened. With them are two backcountry guides—along with a psychic and a paranormal photographer who are there to investigate rumors that the town is haunted. But Abigail and her companions are about to learn that the town&’s ghosts are the least of their worries. Twenty miles from civilization, with a blizzard bearing down, they realize they are not alone. The ordeal that follows will test this small team past the breaking point as they battle the elements and human foes alike—and discover that the town&’s secrets still have the power to kill. Part journey into old-West history, part nail-biting survival thriller, Abandon is a bloody, darkly surprising tale as only Blake Crouch could deliver.
Abandon
by Jillian HunterMorwenna Halliwell pleaded with all her heart, "If you sell Abandon to a stranger, Lord Pentargon, you are condemning the islanders to a fate as awful as the Highland Clearances." Anthony Hartstone, third Earl of Pentargon, was to sell the beautiful island of Abandon to the politically powerful Marquess of Camelbourne in exchange for political support. However, he found it hard to resist the persistent Morwenna, a beauty with magical powers that could suddenly bring rainbows and make flowers bloom over the island. As Anthony embarks on his mission, evil forces threaten to destroy his plans and he must confront the Herculean task of convincing his bride-to-be, Morwenna, of his undying love and desire to protect her and their beautiful land.
Abandon Ship!: The Post-War Memoirs of Captain Tony McCrum RN
by Tony McCrumCaptain Tony McCrums naval career started in 1932. He survived the sinking of HMS Skipjack at Dunkirk and went on to serve on minesweepers and at sea during the landings at Salerno. His wartime experiences were recently published as Sunk by Stukas.This book covers the second part of his naval career between 1945 and 1963. Having arrived back in Plymouth from Trincomlee as a lieutenant aboard the destroyer Tarter in November 1945, his first appointment was as senior instructor at the RN Signals School in Devonport. There then followed two appointments as Flag Lieutenant; first to Admiral Pridham-Wippell, CinC Plymouth Command and then Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, CinC Home Fleet, where he was also Deputy Fleet Communications Officer. He was based on the admirals flagship, the battleship HMS Duke of York which he joined in 1947. The fleet exercised in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and showed the flag in various ports in the USA, Caribbean Islands and the Baltic. In May 1948 he was promoted Lt. Commander. In 1950 he instructed at the main Naval Signals School at Leyedene House near Petersfield.Promoted Commander, now 32 years of age, he was surprised to be appointed to accompany King George VI on a state visit to Australia and New Zealand. This was to be aboard the liner SS Gothic as there was no Royal Yacht at that time. However after months of preparation the voyage was canceled because of the Kings terminal illness and the coronation of Britains new Queen.In November 1954 he took his first command, HMS Concord, a destroyer in the 8th Destroyer Squadron based in Hong Kong. During his eighteen month captaincy of this ship he saw action off the coast of Malaya and a lengthy visit to Australia to assist in the aftermath of a hurricane. After a spell ashore as Training Commander at HMS Ganges and after promotion to Captain in 1958, he was sent to Norway on the staff of the CinC Northern European Command. In November 1960 he was again given a seagoing command. He was to skipper HMS Meon and responsibility for the Amphibious Warfare Squadron in the Persian Gulf. The squadron composed of Meon, two tank-landing ships, four tank-landing craft and a Rhino (a pontoon-like vessel for the shallow-water landing of tanks). He was ordered to cover an area extending from the East African coast, the Red Sea and to the Persian Gulf. Having worked-up this mixed bunch of vessels and their crews, plus army personnel he was confronted with the defense of Kuwait when it was threatened by the Iraqi dictator General Kassem in 1961. He was charged with landing the twelve tanks in his squadron to defend Kuwaits main port of Shuwaikh. This was successfully carried out under difficult circumstances and the Iraqi invasion was defeated. After 42 years in the RN, Tony retired to be with his wife and young family.
Abandon Ship!: The True World War II Story About the Sinking of the Laconia (True Survival Series #1)
by Michael J. Tougias Alison O'LearyA remarkable World War II account of a maritime attack off the West African coast, for fans of Steven Sheinkin and Deborah Heiligman. At the height of World War II, the RMS Laconia was torpedoed by a German submarine five hundred miles off the coast of western Africa. The attack triggered a series of unprecedented events involving allies and enemies from both sides, and left survivors adrift at sea in shark infested oceans, fighting to stay alive with little food or water. Suspenseful and informative, and featuring historic photographs, this incredible true account is a testament to the idea that compassion can rule over conflict—even during the cruelties of war. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection "This epic story races along, unspooling like a movie before our eyes—artfully, dramatically, revealing a little known part of WWII history. An intriguing book."―Doug Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of In Harm&’s Way "The authors do an excellent job of conveying the chaos and loss of this grisly historical incident without pushing young readers too deeply into the horror. Many of those who lived through the Laconia catastrophe endured weeks at sea, parched and sunburned and starving in conditions that literally drove men mad. Archival photos add immediacy to this sensational true-life story." ―Wall Street Journal "An amazing account of a World War II event that is almost entirely unknown…. This story chronicles the courage, compassion, and perseverance of the few survivors of the incident, showcasing war at its worst and humanity at its best…. School librarians will want to add this to their collection." ―Booklist
Abandonada a tus caricias (Bribón #Volumen 3)
by Loretta ChaseDos seres opuestos, la bella y la bestia, y una pasión impensable... El mayor empeño de la testaruda, independiente y soltera por convicción Jessica Trent es alejar a su débil hermano de la destructiva influencia de Sebastian Ballister, marqués de Dain. Pero nunca pensó que acabaría deseando al arrogante y amoral marqués. Y cuando la pasión recíproca los compromete públicamente de una manera escandalosa, a Jessica no le queda otra opción que pedirle, por vía legal, una satisfacción para rehabilitar su nombre ante la rígida sociedad inglesa. Maldiciéndola por tentarlo, por besarlo y, sobre todo, por obligarlo a salvar su reputación, Sebastian quiere colocar en su sitio y, a ser posible, en alguna situación comprometida a la furiosa muchacha. Y si para eso tiene que pasar por el altar, pues que así sea. Porque está seguro de que su corazón no sucumbirá ante los múltiples encantos de Jessica...
Abandonada a tus caricias (Bribón #Volumen 3)
by Loretta ChaseDos seres opuestos, la bella y la bestia, y una pasión impensable... El mayor empeño de la testaruda, independiente y soltera por convicción Jessica Trent es alejar a su débil hermano de la destructiva influencia de Sebastian Ballister, marqués de Dain. Pero nunca pensó que acabaría deseando al arrogante y amoral marqués. Y cuando la pasión recíproca los compromete públicamente de una manera escandalosa, a Jessica no le queda otra opción que pedirle, por vía legal, una satisfacción para rehabilitar su nombre ante la rígida sociedad inglesa. Maldiciéndola por tentarlo, por besarlo y, sobre todo, por obligarlo a salvar su reputación, Sebastian quiere colocar en su sitio y, a ser posible, en alguna situación comprometida a la furiosa muchacha. Y si para eso tiene que pasar por el altar, pues que así sea. Porque está seguro de que su corazón no sucumbirá ante los múltiples encantos de Jessica...
Abandoned: Foundlings in Nineteenth-Century New York City
by Julie MillerTwo interesting items: The author's article in New York ArchivesA letter regarding foundlings in The Riverdale PressIn the nineteenth century, foundlings-children abandoned by their desperately poor, typically unmarried mothers, usually shortly after birth-were commonplace in European society. There were asylums in every major city to house abandoned babies, and writers made them the heroes of their fiction, most notably Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist. In American cities before the Civil War the situation was different, with foundlings relegated to the poorhouse instead of institutions designed specifically for their care. By the eve of the Civil War, New York City in particular had an epidemic of foundlings on its hands due to the rapid and often interlinked phenomena of urban development, population growth, immigration, and mass poverty. Only then did the city's leaders begin to worry about the welfare and future of its abandoned children.In Abandoned, Julie Miller offers a fascinating, frustrating, and often heartbreaking history of a once devastating, now forgotten social problem that wracked America's biggest metropolis, New York City. Filled with anecdotes and personal stories, Miller traces the shift in attitudes toward foundlings from ignorance, apathy, and sometimes pity for the children and their mothers to that of recognition of the problem as a sign of urban moral decline and in need of systematic intervention. Assistance came from public officials and religious reformers who constructed four institutions: the Nursery and Child's Hospital's foundling asylum, the New York Infant Asylum, the New York Foundling Asylum, and the public Infant Hospital, located on Randall's Island in the East River.Ultimately, the foundling asylums were unable to significantly improve children's lives, and by the early twentieth century, three out of the four foundling asylums had closed, as adoption took the place of abandonment and foster care took the place of institutions. Today the word foundling has been largely forgotten. Fortunately, Abandoned rescues its history from obscurity.
The Abandoned: A Gripping Crime Thriller
by Sharon ThompsonDo you love crime thrillers full of suspense? Then you'll love Sharon Thompson's #1 best-selling debut. Peggy Bowden has not had an easy life. As a teenager, her mother was committed to an asylum and then a local priest forced her into an abusive marriage. But when her husband dies in an accident Peggy sees an opportunity to start again and trains as a midwife. In 1950s Dublin it is not easy for a woman to make a living and Peggy sees a chance to start a business and soon a lucrative maternity home is up and running. But when Peggy realizes that the lack of birth control is an issue for women, she uses their plight as a way to make more money. Very soon Peggy is on the wrong side of the law. What makes a woman decide to walk down a dark path? Can Peggy ever get back on the straight and narrow? Or will she have to pay for her crimes? Set against the backdrop of Ireland in the 1950’s The Abandoned tells the story of one woman’s fight for survival and her journey into the underbelly of a dangerous criminal world. The Abandoned is a debut novel not to be missed, it will appeal to fans of authors like Cara Hunter, Joy Ellis and Helen Fields What everyone is saying about The Abandoned: "Great fast paced book, great strong characters" Wendy Haines "An engrossing story which is so hard to look back at and think that things like this really happened not that long ago. A superb debut." Susan Hampson - Books From Dusk Till Dawn "I loved how fast-paced and chilling every part of this novel was, as it certainly kept me on my toes from start to finish, keeping my level of intrigued peaked until the very last second." Kaisha Holloway - The Writing Garnet "Brilliant. High expectations are set for future books by Sharon Thompson an author to keep your eye on. A story you won’t forget quickly." Gemma Myers - Between The Pages Book Club "The pace throughout is steady with some of the faster-paced parts providing some darker more grittier moments." Rachel Broughton - Rae Reads "The perfect mix of Historical Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, and Crime. I'm excited to read more from Sharon Thompson." Dash Fan Book Reviews "The Abandoned is a fabulous historical thriller and though I disproved of Peggy’s actions, I thoroughly enjoyed her story." Susan Corcoran - Booksaremycwtches "Cannot praise this author highly enough. I will be recommending this to anyone who listens." Philomena Callan - Cheekypee Reads And Reviews "This is a superbly written book with a good heavy plot that keeps on giving and opening more." Sue Ward - Read Along With Sue "It’s gritty, dark, vivid and sometimes very very brutal (see the blurb for her job descriptions, throw in some violence and you’re halfway there), but always gripping, with dark laughs in there to keep your head above water." Bernadette Maycock - BRMaycock's Book Blog "A very good read that will appeal to readers of thrillers and crime fiction." Jill Burkinshaw - Books n All "The Abandoned is a raw and gritty read that I couldn’t put down. Gripped from the off, Peggy’s life is a captivating one that you won’t want to miss. A promising debut from a very promising author. " Sarah Hardy - By The Letter Book Reviews "Gripping, emotive, raw, and compelling are just some of the adjectives I could use to describe this stunning debut that will take your breath away." Linda Green - Books Of All Kinds
Abandoned: The Story of the Greely Arctic Expedition, 1881-1884
by A. L. ToddAlden L. Todd’s Abandoned has been called “A model account of perhaps the most ill-fated and certainly the most grimly fascinating episode in the annals of Arctic exploration....” Working extensively with primary sources—official correspondence, diaries, letters, notes by the expedition’s participants and those left at home and in the nation’s capital—Alden Todd presents an evenhanded, elegantly written account of the greatest tragedy in the history of American arctic exploration: the Greely expedition of 1881-1884.Launched as part of the United States’ participation in the first International Polar Year, the expedition sent twenty-five volunteers to what is now Ellesmere Island in the Canadian High Arctic, off the northwest coast of Greenland, commanded by Adolphus Washington Greely, a thirty-seven-year-old lieutenant in the U.S. Army’s Signal Corps.The ship sent to resupply them in the summer of 1882 was forced to turn back before reaching the station, and the men were left to endure short rations and unbroken isolation at their icy base. When the second relief ship, sent in 1883, was crushed in the ice, Greely led his men south, following a prearranged plan. The crew spent a third and increasingly more wretched winter camped at Cape Sabine. Supplies ran out, the hunting failed, and men began to die of starvation.Abandoned is a gripping account of men battling for survival as they are pitted against the elements and each other. It is also the most complete and authentic account of the controversial Greely Expedition ever published, an exemplar of the best in chronicles of polar exploration.
Abandoned Asylums of Connecticut (Images of Modern America)
by L. F. Blanchard Tammy RebelloThis collection of photographs, history, and firsthand accounts gives readers a glimpse at the roots of mental health. These vignettes are born of the personal stories of those who worked at these facilities, those who were institutionalized, and their families. The authors took the time to listen to their stories and endeavored to understand their past and recognize how these events continue to influence the mental health industry today. Pictured throughout are the physical relics of the places--the now largely abandoned asylums of Connecticut--where these stories unfurled.
Abandoned Asylums of Massachusetts (Images of Modern America)
by L. F. Blanchard Tammy RebelloThis collection of photographs, history, and firsthand accounts gives readers a glimpse at the roots of mental health. These vignettes are born of the personal stories of those who worked at these facilities, those who were institutionalized, and their families. The authors took the time to listen to their stories and endeavored to understand their pasts and recognize how these events continue to influence the mental health industry today. Pictured throughout are the physical relics of the places--the now largely abandoned asylums--where these stories unfurled.
Abandoned Children of the Italian Renaissance: Orphan Care in Florence and Bologna (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science #123)
by Nicholas TerpstraIn the early development of the modern Italian state, individual orphanages were a reflection of the intertwining of politics and charity.Nearly half of the children who lived in the cities of the late Italian Renaissance were under fifteen years of age. Grinding poverty, unstable families, and the death of a parent could make caring for these young children a burden. Many were abandoned, others orphaned. At a time when political rulers fashioned themselves as the "fathers" of society, these cast-off children presented a very immediate challenge and opportunity.In Bologna and Florence, government and private institutions pioneered orphanages to care for the growing number of homeless children. Nicholas Terpstra discusses the founding and management of these institutions, the procedures for placing children into them, the children's daily routine and education, and finally their departure from these homes. He explores the role of the city-state and considers why Bologna and Florence took different paths in operating the orphanages. Terpstra finds that Bologna's orphanages were better run, looked after the children more effectively, and were more successful in returning their wards to society as productive members of the city's economy. Florence's orphanages were larger and harsher, and made little attempt to reintegrate children into society.Based on extensive archival research and individual stories, Abandoned Children of the Italian Renaissance demonstrates how gender and class shaped individual orphanages in each city's network and how politics, charity, and economics intertwined in the development of the early modern state.
Abandoned in Hell
by Marvin Wolf William Albracht Joseph L. GallowayIn October 1969, William Albracht, the youngest Green Beret captain in Vietnam, took command of a remote hilltop outpost called Fire Base Kate, held by only 27 American soldiers and 150 Montagnard militiamen. He found their defenses woefully unprepared. At dawn the next morning, three North Vietnamese Army regiments--some 6,000 men--crossed the Cambodian border and attacked. Outnumbered three dozen to one, Albracht's men held off repeated ground assaults by communist forces with fierce hand-to-hand fighting, air support and a dangerously close B-52 strike. For days, the NVA blanketed Kate in a rain of rockets, mortars, artillery, machineguns, and small arms, blocking efforts to resupply, reinforce, or evacuate the outpost. Albracht continually exposed himself to enemy fire to direct air strikes, to guide re-supply helicopters, to distribute ammunition and water to his men, to retrieve the dead and to rescue the wounded, often shielding men with his own body. Wounded by rocket shrapnel, he refused medical attention or evacuation. Exhausted from days without sleep, he continued to rally his men to beat off each new enemy attack. After five days, Kate's defenders were out of ammo and water. Aerial resupply was suicidal, and reinforcements were denied by military commanders who had written off Kate. Albracht refused to surrender or die in place. Refusing to allow his men to surrender, Albracht led his troops, including many wounded, off the hill and on a daring night march through enemy lines. Abandoned in Hell is an astonishing memoir of leadership, sacrifice, and brutal violence, a riveting journey into Vietnam's heart of darkness, and a compelling reminder of the transformational power of individual heroism. Not since Lone Survivor and We Were Soldiers Once, And Young has there been such a gripping and authentic account of battlefield courage.INCLUDES PHOTOS
Abandoned Princess After Seven Nights: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Qi YeYueGuangThe moment she passed through, she was eaten dry and wiped clean. This was like having several lifetimes of bad luck for her! Ah, that prince, didn't he send her into the cold palace? What are you doing here every day?
Abandoned Princess After Seven Nights: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Qi YeYueGuangThe moment she passed through, she was eaten dry and wiped clean. This was like having several lifetimes of bad luck for her! Ah, that prince, didn't he send her into the cold palace? What are you doing here every day?
Abandoned Princess' Farm Space: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Mei WuZiTongLu Xueyan had reincarnated into someone else's body. Moreover, the original owner was feeling a bit sad.It was fine if she was an Imperial Concubine, but she still had a ball!It was one thing for her husband to go missing, but her big brother actually lost!It was fine that her mother had died, but her stepmother was still as vicious as a snake!It was one thing to be a side concubine, but he had been beaten down by the main concubine to such a pathetic state!Although there were still a few loyal people around, they didn't have anything to eat. Was he going to starve to death?
Abandoned Princess' Farm Space: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Mei WuZiTongLu Xueyan had reincarnated into someone else's body. Moreover, the original owner was feeling a bit sad.It was fine if she was an Imperial Concubine, but she still had a ball!It was one thing for her husband to go missing, but her big brother actually lost!It was fine that her mother had died, but her stepmother was still as vicious as a snake!It was one thing to be a side concubine, but he had been beaten down by the main concubine to such a pathetic state!Although there were still a few loyal people around, they didn't have anything to eat. Was he going to starve to death?
Abandoned Princess' Farm Space: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Mei WuZiTongLu Xueyan had reincarnated into someone else's body. Moreover, the original owner was feeling a bit sad.It was fine if she was an Imperial Concubine, but she still had a ball!It was one thing for her husband to go missing, but her big brother actually lost!It was fine that her mother had died, but her stepmother was still as vicious as a snake!It was one thing to be a side concubine, but he had been beaten down by the main concubine to such a pathetic state!Although there were still a few loyal people around, they didn't have anything to eat. Was he going to starve to death?