Set in an Armenian mountain village immediately after the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the early 1990s, these thirty-one linked short stories trace the interconnected lives of villagers tending to their everyday tasks, engaging in quotidian squabbles, and celebrating small joys against a breathtaking landscape.
Diaries and letters from service personnel who were held captive throughout the Second World War survive in quite large numbers, but rarely are they so detailed as those of John Blomfield Dixon, whose home was in the Hertfordshire town of Ware.
Kunstwerke, die verschwinden, erzählen die dramatischsten Geschichten – von den Wirren der Kriege, den Schrecken von Naturkatastrophen bis hin zu spektakulären Raubzügen und stillen Verlusten.
Das Lehrbuch stellt anschaulich das erforderliche Wissen des Ordnungswidrigkeitenrechts dar, das sich längst in die meisten Rechtsgebiete ausgedehnt und im Schnittpunkt aus Straf- und Verwaltungsrecht eine hohe praktische Bedeutung erlangt hat.
Die Frage nach den Grenzen der Gewalt in bewaffneten Konflikten hat durch die militärischen Einsätze der letzten Jahrzehnte, aber auch durch die Verfügbarkeit neuer Militärtechnologien große Aktualität bekommen.
On 7th March 2004, former SAS soldier and mercenary Simon Mann prepared to take off from Harare International Airport with an aeroplane full of heavy weaponry and guns for hire.
Full of David Wragg's unique blend of humour, heart, and high stakes, The Company of the Wolf is the epic next instalment in the Tales of the Plains trilogy.
An indispensable set of interviews on foreign and domestic issues with the bestselling author of Hegemony or Survival, "e;America's most useful citizen.
"e;Relentless in its narrative fortitude, the memoir Night Train to Odesa is filled with detailed reportage from the front lines of Russia's war against Ukraine.
Veteran Activism and the Global War on Terror is the first study of the literature of dissent that has emerged from the veterans of the global War on Terror.
'An extraordinary story of grace, forgiveness and moral courage' Patrick Radden KeefeA 2024 HIGHLIGHT IN THE OBSERVER, GUARDIAN AND IRISH TIMESSHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDSAN IMMEDIATE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child.
During World War I, thousands of young African men conscripted to fight for France and Britain were captured and held as prisoners of war in Germany, where their stories and songs were recorded and archived by German linguists.
