This book surveys and examines the history of Britain's soldiers from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It focuses on the lifecycle of a soldier, including enlistment and experience, and on identity, representations and place in society. It covers the diverse military forces of the British crown - the regular army, home defence forces, part-time soldiers, auxiliaries, officers, non-commissioned officers and rank and file - across times of conflictand peace and their wider relationsh...

'An excellent summation of the life and times of Winston Churchill' Andrew Roberts'Caddick-Adams understands the two world wars, and his subject's role in them, superbly' Simon Heffer, New Statesman'A witty and enjoyable political biography of Winston Churchill ... Brilliantly done' The PastIn Winston Churchill, veteran historian Peter Caddick-Adams gives us an overview of Churchill's lif...

Stored in Whitehall's archives are everything from blood-chilling warnings of imminent nuclear attack to comical details of daily life in the corridors of power. Concerned notes from ministers on the subject of the Heir to the Throne's potential brainwashing by Welsh terrorists are shelved alongside worries about housemaids 'on the wobble' at Chequers.Detailed and surprising plans for royal funerals sit beside reports on suspected spies in the showbiz world and bawdy poetry about t...

In his short new biography of Winston Churchill, author Peter Caddick-Adams writes that the recipe for Winston Churchill's success during his wartime premiership of 1940-45 can be found in the First World War. He argues that Britain's survival under Churchill was precisely because the nation, and its leaders, had undergone a "dress rehearsal in 1914-18; conscription, rationing, convoys, air raids, mass production, womens' uniformed services, coalitions and war cabinets. It had all happened...

“Esilarante, straziante, necessario. Un libro che fa ridere fino quasi a soffocare” (The Times)Il romanzo che ha ispirato l’omonima serie tv in onda su Disney+“Il miglior medical drama degli ultimi anni, perché invece di rappresentare medici sovrumani e idealizzati, osserva in che modo un sistema corrotto costringa i veri medici a tentare imprese sovrumane” (TIME)Giornate di lavoro estenuanti, nott...

A young soldier’s life is thrown into disarray as war comes to his home. The vanguard of the Felid Empire bring leopard soldiers to conquer the newly united wolves of the Canid Nation. With the warring factions poised to tear each other apart, a far more dangerous evil is silently let loose upon the world. With the fate of his home, his friends, and his daughter in the balance, he will be torn between duty and family. As magic clashes with technology, old ideologies buried in favor of inno...

Sette personaggi in cerca di una serata all’insegna del piacere.Un Club privato che può far avverare tutti i loro desideri più reconditi.Tre storie cariche di sesso kinky e un pizzico di amore.GuardamiViziamiToccamiTre novelle erotiche in un solo volume.Benvenuti al Club Rouge!Dove i sogni, a volte, diventano realtà.ATTENZIONE: queste novelle e...

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories:"House" by TJ Cimfel"Big Dead Clown Things" by Adam Callaway"When the Wiliwili Blossoms, the Shark Bites" by Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada"Chop! Chop! Chop!" by Osahon Ize-Iyamu

Lightspeed is the critically acclaimed, online science fiction magazine edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams. Each month at lightspeedmagazine.com, top authors and brilliant new voices alike span the genre's full spectrum, from near-future sociological SF to star-spanning hard SF and everything in between.Lightspeed: Year One collects all of the fiction published during Lightspeed's first journey around the sun: Nebula Award finalists like ...