At the outset of 1918 Germany faced certain defeat as a result of Allied technical innovation in tanks and aircraft, and the American entry into the war. Victory could only be gained by the immediate application of overwhelming force in new tactical form; the "fire-waltz" artillery barrage and the storm-trooper infantry attack.1918 examines both the Germans' tactics and the Allies' preferred solution to fighting this war, the combination of artillery, tanks, infantry, and ...

Nadie dijo que fuera un santoEste es el reportaje que he querido escribir toda mi vida. Su protagonista: Malcolm Saint.Pero, a pesar de su apellido, el empresario más rico y codiciado de Chicago no tiene nada de santo.Malcolm esconde secretos muy oscuros y estoy decidida a desenmascararlo para salvar mi puesto de trabajo.Pero nunca creí que sería él quien revelaría mi verdadero yo…"Esta será tu nueva adicción. Una historia de amor tórri...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This book will guide you through every step of the declut ter journey to become truly organized. Start living a happier life by embarking on a positive journey to minimalism.See how much a difference it can do for your body and mind when you start to remove the clutter and chaos and focus on the necessities and what really matters in life. We are living in a very uncomfortable world. The time has come to create...

The early battles of the First World War were open, mobile affairs whose tactics had long been familiar to professional soldiers. By early 1915, however, a new type of military engagement had emerged - trench warfare.The combination of trench warfare with newly industrialized weaponry abruptly changed the logistics and psychology of warfare. The trenches of the Western Front became static theatres of war where soldiers were forced to slug it out in miserable conditions. The result ...

»Beeindruckend und scharfsinnig: Die umfassendste Geschichte der verhängnisvollen Epoche des Dritten Reiches, die jemals geschrieben wurde« Ian KershawIm abschließenden Band seines gefeierten Monumentalwerks zum Dritten Reich widmet sich Richard J. Evans der Zeit des Zweiten Weltkriegs und damit dem Aufstieg und Fall der deutschen Militärmacht: von den schnellen Siegen zu Beginn des Krieges bis zur bedingungslosen Kapitulation im Frühjahr 1945, von der totalen Mobi...

With the warmth, charm, and wry sense of humor that won readers' hearts in Evans Above, Rhys Bowen offers a delightful installment to an already cherished mystery series: Evan Help Us.Evan Evans is settling into his role as Constable of Llanfair, a small town nestled in the mountains of North Wales. Here, he has been a mediator of the minor disputes of the locals, between competing ministers, country merchants, and seemingly every Welch eccentric ...

A National Bestseller, The Sprout Book is the book on the power of sprouts as an ultra-food for health, weight loss, and optimum nutrition.Written by Doug Evans, a pioneer in the plant-based health movement for over 20 years, and with a foreword by Joel Fuhrman, M.D., The Sprout Book empowers readers to embark on a plant-based way of eating that’s low-cost and accessible. The book shows us how easy it is to boost the nutrition of any snac...

How do we know whether a particular drug, therapy or operation really works, and how well? How reliable is the evidence? Are clinical trials truly unbiased? And is current research focused on the real needs of patients? Such timely and pressing questions are raised and addressed in this probing enquiry into modern clinical research, with far-reaching implications for daily medical practice and patient care.Aimed at both patients and professionals, Testing Treatments builds a lively and tho...

In an engaging and anecdotal social history, Siân Evans's Maiden Voyages explores how women's lives were transformed by the Golden Age of ocean liner travel between Europe and North America.During the early twentieth century, transatlantic travel was the province of the great ocean liners. It was an extraordinary undertaking made by many women, whose lives were changed forever by their journeys between the Old World and the New. Some traveled for leisure, s...

Racer Tate, el hijo de Remington Tate y Brooke Dumas, es adicto a la adrenalina que corre por sus venas cuando conduce. Es sexy y misterioso, y cuando Lanie se cruza en su camino, una cazatalentos profesional e hija del jefe de la escudería, saltan las chispas. Pero la relación entre ellos no es fácil: porque cuando el deseo lo supera todo, los secretos y los miedos corren el riesgo de interponerse entre los dos.Racer está convencido de que va a romperle el corazón y Lanie ...

«Ahora las reglas las pongo yo», le dijo Kit Walker, el jefe nuevo. Pero la que mandaba era Alexandra. ¿Quién pensaba Kit que era? El heredero acababa de llegar y ya quería mandar, pero si Alexandra lo sorprendía comportándose mal, su padre lo desheredaría. Parecía fácil, ¿no? No cuando la química entre ambos era irresistible. Ironías del destino, tenían que desarrollar una aplicación de citas juntos. ¿Podría ser él la pareja perfecta? ¿O tal vez el escándalo perfecto?

The Somme is a name with particular resonance for the people of Britain, for here, in 1916, the flower of her youth was cut down. Terrible though that day was, it takes its place in a wider story: the long, painful process of learning how to fight a new kind of war. From the war movement of 1914, when the French fought on the fields of the Somme, the conflict evolved to massive frontal assaults by the British and Allied troops in 1916. Here the first tank was first used in...