A superb history from the mouths and pens of the men who fought on that first day of the battle for Normandy. 'This is a masterful work. I am so grateful for Howarth's dedication to capturing the experiences of those who were there that fateful, historic, world-changing day.' – Good Reads "That morning, the fleet had sailed. He could not possibly count the ships or even guess the numbers…Wallace stood on the head of the cliff, entranced and exalted by a pageant of splendour which nobody ha...

One of the most enthralling true adventure stories ever written, We Die Alone, set in Nazi-occupied Norway in 1943, is an epic tale of survival against staggering odds.It begins with an ambushed commando raid that leaves all but one of the expatriate resistance fighters dead or captured. Though wounded, Jan Baalsrud, the sole survivor, takes off on a courageous, incredible trek into the wilds of the Lyngen Alps, while the Nazis relentlessly pursue him. In ...

Nosotros morimos solos relata una de las historias de huida más emocionantes que surgieron de los desafíos y las miserias de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En marzo de 1943, un equipo de comandos noruegos expatriados navegó desde el norte de Reino Unido hacia la Noruega ártica ocupada por los nazis para organizar y suministrar la resistencia noruega. Pero fueron traicionados y los nazis les tendieron una emboscada. De todos los miembros del equipo, solo sobrevivió uno: Jan Baalsrud, que se vio...

The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company—from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch—to laying the groundwork for future British expansionThe East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its roots in Tudor England are often overlooked. The Tudor revolution in commerce led ambitious merchants to search for new forms of investment, not least in risky overseas enterprises—and for these “adventurers” the most prof...

"The Valley of Gold" is set in the region of Saskatchewan, Canada, and follows an adventurous narrative set against the backdrop of the Canadian wilderness. The story typically involves exploration and the search for valuable resources, such as gold, which is a common theme in adventure fiction of the time.The plot centers around characters who embark on a journey to find a legendary or hidden treasure in the Valley of Gold. Along the way, they face various challenges and obstacles, includ...

The Valley of Gold : A Tale of the Saskatchewan a novel fiction written byDavid Howarth

The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company—from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch—to laying the groundwork for future British expansionThe East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its roots in Tudor England are often overlooked. The Tudor revolution in commerce led ambitious merchants to search for new forms of investment, not least in risky overseas enterprises—and for these "adventurers" the most prof...

« Ce matin-là, la flotte avait pris la mer. Il ne lui était pas possible de compter les navires, ni même d’en estimer le nombre… Wallace se tenait au sommet de la falaise, fasciné et exalté par ce spectacle grandiose que personne n’avait jamais vu auparavant et que personne, à coup sûr, ne reverrait jamais. »Dans cet ouvrage magistral, David Howarth reconstitue le parcours détaillé d’une trentaine de témoins oculaires, soldats, marins, aviateurs ou civils, britanniques, américains,...

The problem of banks being 'too big to fail' was the defining regulatory issue of the global financial crisis. However, attempts to tackle the problem by separating retail banking from higher risk trading activities - known as structural reform - proved to be highly divisive and contributed to significant regulatory divergence. In this book, David Howarth and Scott James explain this variation by examining the politics of bank structural reform across six key jurisdictions: the United Stat...

The European Union's small, balanced budget is commonly considered to be one of the most important constraints on the Union's powers. However, the EU has always borrowed, and it is now borrowing on the scale of a large state to aid member states' economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and to support Ukraine. This book tells the story of how the EU became a sovereign-style borrower from Jean-Monnet's 'American Loan' in 1954 to the operation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility seve...

Satisfying Sex for Committed Couples is a compassionate, practical guide for partners who want to maintain a deeply connected, fulfilling sexual relationship over the long term. Drawing on decades of lived experience and grounded in Imago Relationship Therapy, this book explores how emotional safety, communication, curiosity, and intentional intimacy can keep sex vibrant across the years.Through real-life stories, reflective dialogues, and structured exercises, Sophie Slade and Dav...

New to Hart Publishing, this is the seventh edition of the classic casebook on tort, the first of its kind in the UK, and for many years now a bestselling and very popular text for students. This new edition retains all the features that have made it such a popular and respected text, with extensive commentary, questions and notes supplementing the selection of cases and statutes which form the core of the book. Taking a broadly contextual approach, the book addresses all the main topics i...