True stories: general

Ambrose Burnside, the Union general, was a major player on the Civil War stage from the first clash at Bull Run until the final summer of the war.

During his service in the Confederate army, Major General Lafayette McLaws (18211897) served under and alongside such famous officers as Robert E.

During his service in the Confederate army, Major General Lafayette McLaws (18211897) served under and alongside such famous officers as Robert E.

What's it like to be on a small boat with no power but oars, and over 1,500 miles from the nearest land?

Ayrshire policewoman Shirley McKie suffered the loss of her job, a trial for perjury, a breakdown in her health and had to undertake a nine-year campaign before she cleared her name and triumphed over a supposedly infallible science.

Max Benitz reports from the frontline of a highly controversial war in a perceptive and revealing account of several months spent in Afghanistan with this world-famous infantry battalion.

'A tour de force of luminous writing.

Although Spain was never a formal ally of the United States during the American Revolution, its entry into the war definitively tipped the balance against Britain.

Unique, transgressive and as funny as its subject, A Life Discarded has all the suspense of a murder mystery.

The bestselling "e;Not Without My Sister"e;, detailing the incredible story of three siblings battling to escape the infamous Children of God cult, is for the first time combined with "e;Born Into The Children of God"e;, the shocking but inspiring account of Natacha Tormey, who underwent similar horrors.

Ein ganz normaler Arbeitstag – bis plötzlich alles still wird.

This ebook edition of a classic, bestselling autobiography completes Claire Beeken's powerful story, taking the reader on an inspirational journey to the present day.

The Book of Forgiving, written together by the Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter Revd Mpho Tutu offers a deeply personal testament and guide to the process of forgiveness.

She has to be OK, I pleaded silently to myself.

An utterly gripping non-fiction adventure narrative, 'Lost in Shangri-La' is an untold true story of war, anthropology, survival, discovery, heroism, and a near-impossible rescue mission.

The true story of the life and mysterious murder of the most talked-about and glamorous member of Kenya' s notorious Happy Valley set.

A hilarious, heartfelt memoir about one woman's midlife obsession with Benedict Cumberbatch, and the liberating power of reclaiming our passions as we age, whatever they may be.

'An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry .

The dramatic story of Lady Hester Stanhope - a wilful beauty turned bohemian adventurer - who left England as a young woman, unashamedly enjoyed a string of lovers and established her own exotic fiefdom in the Lebanese mountains where she died in 1839.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'This book is beautiful .

The ultimate story of escape to riches, revenge and redemption by 'the Napoleon of storytellers'.

Abducted from Africa, sold in America.

A Times History Book of the Year 2022From Sunday Times bestselling historian Saul David, the dramatic tale of the first American troops to take the fight to the enemy in the Second World War, and also the last.

This deeply moving memoir tells the story of Hannah: a child who has been beaten and abused; a girl full of loneliness and rage; a student no one but learning disabilities teacher Mary MacCracken could reach.

The extraordinary story of the deserters of the Second World War.

This ebook edition does not include illustrations.

'One of the non-fiction books of the year.

The fire was visible from seventy miles away and the heat generated was so intense that a helicopter could only circle the rig at a perimeter of one mile.

Forensic Biotechnology: The Basics and Beyond provides a comprehensive exploration of biotechnology's transformative role in modern forensic science.

Deserve[s] a place on every Civil War bookshelf.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich BWL - Unternehmenskommunikation, Note: 1,3, Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Inwieweit treten Fehlinterpretationen und Missverständnisse durch Kommunikation in Unternehmen auf?

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Beziehungen und Familie, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit untersucht das Modell von Michael Bock zum Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Hell-und Dunkelfeld bezogen auf die Geschlechterprävalenz von häuslicher Gewalt.

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Schulpädagogik, Note: 1,7, Universität zu Köln, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit (Cyber-)Mobbing aufgrund von unterschiedlichen Sexualitäten und inwieweit die Schule hier präventiv und intervenierend tätig werden kann.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Interpersonale Kommunikation, Note: 1,3, Hochschule für angewandtes Management GmbH, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Konflikte innerhalb der Kommunikation sind vermutlich so alt, wie die Kommunikation selbst.

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Communications - Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing, Social Media, grade: 1,7, Dublin City University, language: English, abstract: This paper discusses some of the most pernicious and dangerous aspects of social media.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Recht und Kriminalität, Note: 1,3, Katholische Fachhochschule Mainz, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die folgende Hausarbeit befasst sich mit der Fragestellung, ob Opfer häuslicher Gewalt also die, die sie am eigenen Leib erfahren, aber auch die, die sie miterleben und beobachten, grundsätzlich auch zu Tätern werden.

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Heidelberg, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the meaning of context for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by utilizing and transferring the meaning of context in Grice's cooperative principle and Sperber and Wilsons Relevance Theory.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Medienpädagogik, Note: 1.

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Schulpädagogik, Note: 1,7, Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg (Erziehungswissenschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Digitale (Kommunikations-)Medien sind aus unserem Alltag nicht mehr wegzudenken.

Crime DOES pay.

Since the dawn of time, men and women alike have been killing.

The frontier towns of Idaho were populated by some of the toughest and most dangerous characters in the West.

The frontier towns of Idaho were populated by some of the toughest and most dangerous characters in the West.

In March 1999, just months after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson was assassinated when a bomb exploded under her car.

In the bestselling Deadlier Than The Male and Female of the Species, Wensley Clarkson revealed the terrifying truth of the horror that women can inflict upon their men.

Over the past few years, piracy has once again the scourge of the high seas.

A major search and recovery operation began when a young woman's remains were recovered in the River Aire in May 2010.

Heather Barnett's mutilated body was discovered by her son and daughter on their return home from school in Bournemouth one November afternoon.

When Jack Hale invested in the advertising agency that belonged to his daughter, Celia, it wasn t because he really had faith in her abilities.

What soldiers do on the battlefield or boxers do in the ring would be treated as criminal acts if carried out in an everyday setting.