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  • Proposed Airborne Assaults in the Liberation of Europe

    Cancelled Allied Plans from the Falaise Pocket to Operation Market Garden

    by James Daly ...
    “This book explains the proposals and plans for these airborne support operations… Daly seems to specialize in WWII airborne books…” -Historical Miniatures Gaming SocietyThe bitter fighting in the so-called Falaise-Argentan Pocket in August 1944, during which the Allies encircled and destroyed a substantial part of Hitler’s forces in northern France following the D-Day landings, marked the last ... Read more

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  • Proposed Airborne Assaults during Operation Overlord

    Cancelled Allied Plans in Normandy & Brittany

    by James Daly ...
    "This well-researched book provides an inside look at the complex planning required to mount an airborne operation. Airborne specialists should find it a useful read." -The Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation The airborne landings on D-Day played a major part in the success of the largest amphibious operation ever mounted. Yet just over three months later Operation Market Garden, the ... Read more

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  • Portsmouth's World War Two Heroes

    Stories of the Fallen Men and Women

    by James Daly ...
    Based on research into 2,549 servicemen and women from Portsmouth who were killed during World War 2, this book uncovers stories that have never been told before: a naval bomb disposal Petty Officer awarded the George Cross; a 16-year-old Para; a Battle of Britain hero; men killed in battleships, submarines, bombers and tanks throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. By using database ... Read more

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  • Portsmouth's World War One Heroes

    Stories of the Fallen Men and Women

    by James Daly ...
    Series Book 2 - World War Heroes
    Over 5,000 men from Portsmouth are believed to have been killed during the First World War – the greatest loss of life that the city has ever known. Not only were thousands of Portsmouth soldiers killed on the Western Front, but Portsmouth based ships were sunk throughout the war, causing massive loss of life. Thanks to a wealth of sources available and painstaking use of database software, it is ... Read more

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  • Sir Robert Filmer and English Political Thought

    by James Daly ...
    Series series Heritage
    Sir Robert Filmer (1588-1653) was a defender of 'the Natural Power of Kings against the Unnatural Liberty of the People.' His doctrine of omnicompetent sovereignty had little influence on the thought and political debates of his time, for none of his writings was published until the last few years of his life; but it came under scrutiny later in the century, particularly during the exclusion ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Leading Holistically

    How Schools, Districts, and States Improve Systemically

    Leading Holistically explores systems thinking in educational leadership—a comprehensive framework that enables leaders to improve their practice by taking a holistic perspective, instead of relying on a one-size-fits-all solution to discrete aspects of their organization. Aiming to expand the existing literature on systems thinking in educational leadership and policy, renowned educational ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • 2030

    A Day in the Life of Tomorrow's Kids

    Illustrated by John Manders ...
    Winner of the 2012 Grand Canyon Reader Award for a Non-fiction bookGlobal events and new technology change how we live from moment to moment. So, what will our world be like in twenty years? Come take a look as futurists Amy Zuckerman and James Daly examine what a kid?s daily life might be like in the year 2030. Inspired and informed by trends and scientifi c and technological research, 2030 is ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Researching and Enacting Change in Postsecondary Education

    Leveraging Instructors' Social Networks

    Series series Routledge Research in Education
    Calls to improve undergraduate STEM education have resulted in initiatives that seek to bolster student learning outcomes by promoting changes in teaching practices. Written by participants in a series of ground-breaking social network analysis (SNA) workshops, Researching and Enacting Change in Postsecondary Education argues that the academic department is a highly productive focus for the spread ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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    Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment (The true story behind the hit TV show SAS Rogue Heroes)

    by Hamish Ross ...
    'The best biography I've read recently' – Colin Bateman, Sunday Independent'An excellent examination of Mayne… Ross corrects many of the myths about him that have flourished over the years' - History of War magazine'This welcome reassessment, officially backed and well-researched, sets the record straight' – Soldier Magazine'Paddy' Mayne was one of the mo... ... Read more

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  • Descent into Hell

    The fall of Singapore - Pudu and Changi - the Thai Burma railway

    by Peter Brune ...
    The definitive story of the Australian campaign in Southeast Asia during World War II from one of Australia's leading military writers.'No man has the command of words needed for conveying.the courage and the cowardice; the loyalty and the treachery; the dedication and the dereliction; the strengths and the frailties; the kindness and the brutality; the integrity and depravity; the magnificence ... Read more

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  • Fromelles 1916

    by Paul Cobb ...
    At Fromelles in July 1916 two divisions – one British and one Australian – within a few weeks of arriving in France – went into action for the first time. Their task was to prevent the Germans from moving troops to the Somme where a major British offensive was in progress, but the attack on 19/20 July was a disaster with nearly 7,000 casualties in a few hours. This account explores this battle ... Read more

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  • VCs of the First World War: Somme 1916

    Series series VCs of the First World War
    The Battle of the Somme, which lasted from 1 July to 18 November 1916, is remembered as one of the most horrific and tragic battles of the First World War. On the first day alone nearly 19,000 British troops were killed – the greatest one-day loss in the history of the British Army. By November the death toll from the armies of Britain, France and Germany had risen to over a million. This book ... Read more

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