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"An absolutely invaluable firsthand account of LGBTQ+ history." –KIRKUS REVIEWS — STARRED REVIEW“Readers don’t just discover a memoirist, the memoirist discovers himself. And any life worth examining is worth a second look. Rich Merritt is honest, hilarious, and even less interested in...

1918 ist der Krieg zu Ende, aber die Welt findet keinen Frieden. Alle Gewissheiten sind ins Wanken geraten, und so geht der Kampf weiter: zwischen Linken und Rechten, Konservativen und Modernisten, Arbeitern und Unternehmern. Nach seinem Bestseller »Der taumelnde Kontinent« über Europas Jahre vor dem 1. Weltkrieg führt Philipp Blom die Geschichte nun weiter bis ins Jahr 1938 und erweitert den Horizont bis in die USA.

This book tells the story of how I learned my life had value. It begins in Placerville, California, with a restless kid who lost his mother young and never felt fully settled at home. At fifteen, the Navy gave me a path before I had the maturity to understand what I was stepping into. What followed was a twenty-one-year career shaped by engine rooms, war zones, dive lockers, salvage ships, deep-water operations, and the hard discipline of becoming a Master Diver.

This book is a selected collection of the memories I have gathered throughout my life. Every moment helped me grow, learn, and become the person I am today. Each experience taught me something important. Sometimes I wonder if everything happened because of fate or because of the choices we make that affect our future. We may never know the real answer. What I do know is that every memory matters and becomes a part of who we are.

Soldier, spy, scout, saboteur, and French Resistance leader in the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe--the untold story of Marine legend Pete Ortiz. Major Pierre “Pete” Ortiz was a Manhattan-born and Paris-educated polymath fluent in five languages. An adventuresome French Foreign Legion veteran...

As the dust settled on the U.S. military's initial victory in Iraq, the Army found itself mired in a difficult campaign to defeat a growing insurgency and rebuild the war-torn country. Untrained for counterinsurgency and without enough troops to secure the population, the Army responded by creating several new brigades specifically to meet these requirements. It Was What It Was invites listeners into the life of a freshly commissioned lieutenant in one of these units.

Acompanhe a implacável estratégia militar e a tensão política que forjaram o maior líder da antiguidade clássica. Perfeita para transformar seu trajeto diário em uma sessão de aprendizado profundo, esta biografia imersiva e vibrante afasta o mito para revelar a realidade crua do comando...

Questa biografia storica svela le tattiche militari e i dilemmi di potere che forgiarono e consumarono il mondo antico. Perfetto per chi cerca un profondo arricchimento culturale durante i propri spostamenti, questo racconto epico disseziona il peso della corona e le scelte implacabili che...

Descifra la estrategia militar y el implacable costo del poder detrás del mayor imperio de la historia antigua. Ideal para transformar tus trayectos diarios en una inmersión épica, este relato reflexivo y tenso revela cómo una sola voluntad reescribió el mapa político del mundo. Atrévete...

March 6th, 1957 was a night like no other. Across the newly minted nation of Ghana, celebrations erupted as the Gold Coast shook off the shackles of British rule to become the first independent black African nation, led by Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. The air was electric with joy, the kind of joy that comes only once in a lifetime. I was still a young Achimota student—just shy of 17—at the time. The Overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah: It would etch itself into the annals of Ghana’s history.

Als bekennender Gegner des Nationalsozialismus wurde Eugen Kogon im September 1939 in das Konzentrationslager Buchenwald deportiert, wo er bis 1945 inhaftiert blieb. Nach seiner Rettung war er als Chronist für die US-Army tätig und arbeitete parallel an einem Manuskript, das er mehrmals vernichten wollte, so furchtbar war sein Inhalt. 1946 veröffentlichte er das Buch »Der SS-Staat« dann doch – eine umfassende Darstellung der KZ-Gräuel und die erste historische Analyse des NS-Terrorsystems.

In this second of two impressive volumes, Prussian solider and officer Karl Knoblauch describes his military career during the final stages of the Second World War. This volume picks up where the first book left off, with Knoblauch's experiences as an officer in the 1st Fallschirm-Panzer...

From Combat to Cannabis: The THC VET Story is Christopher Jason Mudd’s inspiring memoir of military service, survival, family, entrepreneurship, and purpose. From serving in Desert Shield and Desert Storm to rebuilding his life through barbering, public service, and business, Christopher shares the challenges that followed him home including trauma, toxic exposure, caregiving, and his wife’s cancer diagnosis. As he searches for healing and balance, cannabis becomes part of his journey toward renewed purpose.

The military strategy was clear: stand up as the local forces stood down. But in the most dangerous city in Iraq, there was no one left to stand. In May 2006, the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division ("Ready First") arrived in Ramadi. A city heavily controlled by Al Qaeda in Iraq, who had already declared it the capital of their brutal caliphate. The conventional method of conducting quick patrols from distant bases was failing, creating a dangerous vacuum that the enemy filled the moment American tracks withdrew.

From the rural town of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, to the halls of the federal government, Larry Turner refused to remain invisible. Turner shares the remarkable story of a shy kid from a working-class background who rose through the ranks of the US Army, federal government, and ultimately becoming the second Black Inspector General of the US Department of Labor and one of the nation's top watchdogs against fraud, waste, and corruption. During a pandemic when unemployment insurance fraud was rampant, he made a difference.

Living with Agent Orange: Life and Times of a Marine Vietnam Veteran is the true story of George Newkirk, a man shaped by family, service, hardship, and survival. George grew up in a small coal-mining town in Utah, where he learned early lessons about loyalty, hard work, and never giving up. Those lessons stayed with him when he became a United States Marine and was sent to Vietnam, where he faced the fear, heat, chaos, and uncertainty of war. But coming home did not mean the battle was over. Years later, the effects of Agent Orange began to change his life in painful and unexpected ways.

Bob Stark had no plans after high school. With his brother locked away in the only maximum-security prison in Alaska, his mom working overtime at the local grocery store, and his bad habits getting worse, he saw no hope for the future. Until the Army recruiter came to school offering an escape. Bob envisioned romantic adventures in Italy, life-saving missions in Africa, and friendships built on tough times—he wanted to be an honorable, dependable, and brave man—all of the things he was not. He signed the papers, and five days after graduation was sent out.

When the Germans invaded Norway in 1940, teenager Odd Bjerke bid his family farewell and confidently made his way to Sweden alone, on skis, with the intention of traveling to Britain to fight for his country. His wartime odyssey began when he joined the Norwegian Free Army in Scotland in 1940...

1931 trat Albert Speer der NSDAP bei und avancierte zu einem der engsten Vertrauten Hitlers, 1942 wurde er Rüstungsminister und organisierte den »totalen Krieg« und die Vernichtungsmaschinerie. Dennoch behauptete er nach dem Kriegsende, kein Nazi gewesen zu sein – eine Legende, die der renommierte Zeithistoriker Magnus Brechtken eindrucksvoll dekonstruiert.

Written in 1985, In the shadow of Anzio Annie is a series of episodes that collectively form a story that took place at a villa south of Rome during the Spring of 1944, when a family home was occupied by a German army unit. The soldiers were in command of two enormous railway guns that were kept hidden in a tunnel beneath the house by day, and brought out at night to be fired at Anzio some thirty-eight kilometres away in order the keep the Allied forces pinned down on the beachhead.