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The True Story of the Great Escape

Stalag Luft III, March 1944

by Jonathan F. Vance, Simon Pearson ...

The real history behind the classic war movie and the men who plotted the daring escape from a Nazi POW camp.Between dusk and dawn on the night of March 24th–25th 1944, a small army of Allied soldiers crawled through tunnels in Germany in a covert operation the likes of which the Third Reich had never seen. The prison break from Stalag Luft III in eastern Germany was the largest of its kind in the ... Read more

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The real history behind the classic war movie and the men who plotted the daring escape from a Nazi POW camp.Between dusk and dawn on the night of March 24th–25th 1944, a small army of Allied soldiers crawled through tunnels in Germany in a covert operation the likes of which the Third Reich had never seen. The prison break from Stalag Luft III in eastern Germany was the largest of its kind in the
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8 Shifts Great Young Leaders Make

by Jonathan Pearson ...

There are 8 key attitude and action shifts that every great leader makes.From entitlement to honor. From passive to passionate. From unreliable to consistent. Are you willing to make these shifts (and more) and be ready when the “next up” call comes?The Millennial generation is poised to do something. We can either learn, grow, ask for help, and lead honorably into the future, or we can passively ... Read more

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There are 8 key attitude and action shifts that every great leader makes.From entitlement to honor. From passive to passionate. From unreliable to consistent. Are you willing to make these shifts (and more) and be ready when the “next up” call comes?The Millennial generation is poised to do something. We can either learn, grow, ask for help, and lead honorably into the future, or we can passively
... Read more
Generalized Perturbations in Modified Gravity and Dark Energy

by Jonathan Pearson ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
When predictions of Einstein's theory of General Relativity are compared against observations of our Universe, a huge inconsistency is found. The most popular fix for this inconsistency is to "invent" around 94% of the content of the universe: dark matter and dark energy. The dark energy is some exotic substance responsible for the apparent observed acceleration of the Universe. Another fix is to ... Read more

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When predictions of Einstein's theory of General Relativity are compared against observations of our Universe, a huge inconsistency is found. The most popular fix for this inconsistency is to "invent" around 94% of the content of the universe: dark matter and dark energy. The dark energy is some exotic substance responsible for the apparent observed acceleration of the Universe. Another fix is to
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The True Story of the Great Escape

Stalag Luft III, March 1944

by Jonathan F. Vance ...

Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

Unabridged

15 hours 48 min

The real history behind the classic war movie and the men who plotted the daring escape from a Nazi POW camp.Between dusk and dawn on the night of March 24th-25th 1944, a small army of Allied soldiers crawled through tunnels in Germany in a covert operation the likes of which the Third Reich had never seen. The prison break from Stalag Luft III in eastern Germany was the largest of its kind in the ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

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The real history behind the classic war movie and the men who plotted the daring escape from a Nazi POW camp.Between dusk and dawn on the night of March 24th-25th 1944, a small army of Allied soldiers crawled through tunnels in Germany in a covert operation the likes of which the Third Reich had never seen. The prison break from Stalag Luft III in eastern Germany was the largest of its kind in the
... Read more

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Whose Health Is It, Anyway?

by Sally Davies, Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard ...

Covid-19 has shown how vulnerable society, our economy, and day-to-day lives are to illness, but despite this we have not yet valued the pivotal role of good health. Our healthcare system is now an illness service with little resilience, importing illness rather than exporting health into communities, not leveraging the digital technology innovations harnessed in other industries. Whose Health Is ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Covid-19 has shown how vulnerable society, our economy, and day-to-day lives are to illness, but despite this we have not yet valued the pivotal role of good health. Our healthcare system is now an illness service with little resilience, importing illness rather than exporting health into communities, not leveraging the digital technology innovations harnessed in other industries. Whose Health Is
... Read more
National Theatre Connections 2013

The Guffin; Mobile Phone Show; What Are They Like?; We Lost Elijah; I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here; Tomorrow I'll Be Happy; Soundclash; Don't Feed the Animals; Ailie and the Alien; Forty-Five Minutes

by Lenny Henry, Mr Howard Brenton, Mr Jim Cartwright, Ms Stacey Gregg, Ms Jemma Kennedy, Ms Anya Reiss, Ms Lucinda Coxon, Miss Morna Pearson, Mr Jonathan Harvey, Mr Ryan Craig ...

Series series Plays for Young People
Drawing together the work of ten leading playwrights – a mixture of established and current writers – National Theatre Connections 2013 offers young performers between the ages of thirteen and nineteen everywhere an engaging selection of plays to perform, read or study.Each play is specifically commissioned by the National Theatre's literary department and reflects the past year's programming at ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

Drawing together the work of ten leading playwrights – a mixture of established and current writers – National Theatre Connections 2013 offers young performers between the ages of thirteen and nineteen everywhere an engaging selection of plays to perform, read or study.Each play is specifically commissioned by the National Theatre's literary department and reflects the past year's programming at
... Read more

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Sympathy for the Devil

by Kent Anderson ...

Narrated by Chris Ciulla ...

Series series Mulholland Classic
Unabridged

12 hours 23 min

Kent Anderson's stunning debut novel is a modern classic, a harrowing, authentic picture of one American soldier's experience of the Vietnam War--"unlike anything else in war literature" (Los Angeles Review of Books).Hanson joins the Green Berets fresh out of college. Carrying a volume of Yeats's poems in his uniform pocket, he has no idea of what he's about to face in Vietnam--from the enemy, ... Read more

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Kent Anderson's stunning debut novel is a modern classic, a harrowing, authentic picture of one American soldier's experience of the Vietnam War--"unlike anything else in war literature" (Los Angeles Review of Books).Hanson joins the Green Berets fresh out of college. Carrying a volume of Yeats's poems in his uniform pocket, he has no idea of what he's about to face in Vietnam--from the enemy,
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Culloden

The History and Archaeology of the Last Clan Battle

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

6 hours

In battle at Culloden Moor on April 16, 1746, the Jacobite cause was dealt a mortal blow. The power of the Highland clans was broken. And the image of sword-wielding Highlanders charging into a hail of lead delivered by the red-coated battalions of the Hanoverian army has passed into legend. The battle was decisive—it was a turning point in British history. And yet our perception of this critical ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

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In battle at Culloden Moor on April 16, 1746, the Jacobite cause was dealt a mortal blow. The power of the Highland clans was broken. And the image of sword-wielding Highlanders charging into a hail of lead delivered by the red-coated battalions of the Hanoverian army has passed into legend. The battle was decisive—it was a turning point in British history. And yet our perception of this critical
... Read more

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Culloden

The History and Archaeology of the Last Clan Battle

by Tony Pollard ...

A team of historians and archaeologists re-examine what happened at the Battle of Culloden between the Scottish Jacobites and Great Britain.In battle at Culloden Moor on April 16, 1746, the Jacobite cause was dealt a mortal blow. The power of the Highland clans was broken. And the image of sword-wielding Highlanders charging into a hail of lead delivered by the red-coated battalions of the ... Read more

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A team of historians and archaeologists re-examine what happened at the Battle of Culloden between the Scottish Jacobites and Great Britain.In battle at Culloden Moor on April 16, 1746, the Jacobite cause was dealt a mortal blow. The power of the Highland clans was broken. And the image of sword-wielding Highlanders charging into a hail of lead delivered by the red-coated battalions of the
... Read more

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No Man's Land

by Reginald Hill ...

A "particularly compelling" novel of brotherhood and brutality among a band of World War I deserters ( Publishers Weekly).A small group of soldiers, led by an Australian named Viney, has fled the trenches of the Western front. Now they scavenge to survive in the desolate area known as no man's land.One of them, Josh, is shaken by the brutality he has witnessed. Another, Lothar, was a German ... Read more

$2.99 CAD

A "particularly compelling" novel of brotherhood and brutality among a band of World War I deserters ( Publishers Weekly).A small group of soldiers, led by an Australian named Viney, has fled the trenches of the Western front. Now they scavenge to survive in the desolate area known as no man's land.One of them, Josh, is shaken by the brutality he has witnessed. Another, Lothar, was a German
... Read more
Sympathy for the Devil

by Kent Anderson ...

A modern combat classic, portraying a harrowing, authentic picture of one American soldier's wartime experience. "The best Vietnam War novel I've read." —John Sayles, The New York TimesHanson joins the Green Berets fresh out of college. Carrying a volume of Yeats's poems in his uniform pocket, he has no idea of what he's about to face in Vietnam—from the enemy, from his fellow soldiers, or within ... Read more

$17.59 CAD

Also available as: Audiobook

A modern combat classic, portraying a harrowing, authentic picture of one American soldier's wartime experience. "The best Vietnam War novel I've read." —John Sayles, The New York TimesHanson joins the Green Berets fresh out of college. Carrying a volume of Yeats's poems in his uniform pocket, he has no idea of what he's about to face in Vietnam—from the enemy, from his fellow soldiers, or within
... Read more

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The Roots of Appeasement

by Martin Gilbert ...

An in-depth look at the misguided foreign policy of appeasement towards Hitler and the Third Reich during World War II—from a world renowned historian.World War II and its attendant horrors arguably began in the British policy of appeasement of the Nazi rise to power between the First and Second World Wars.In this compelling work, Martin Gilbert walks the reader through several decades of behavior ... Read more

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An in-depth look at the misguided foreign policy of appeasement towards Hitler and the Third Reich during World War II—from a world renowned historian.World War II and its attendant horrors arguably began in the British policy of appeasement of the Nazi rise to power between the First and Second World Wars.In this compelling work, Martin Gilbert walks the reader through several decades of behavior
... Read more

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