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  • Scimitar into Stanley

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    by Roger Field ...
    A British staff officer and armored vehicle commander vividly recounts his experience on the frontlines of the Falklands War.In May 1982, Captain Roger Field of the Blues and Royals, attached to HQ Fifth Infantry Brigade, sailed on the Queen Elizabeth 2 as part of the second wave to liberate the Falkland Islands. His journey took him to Fitzroy in time to witness the Argentineans bomb the landing ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Scimitar into Stanley

    One Soldier's Falklands War

    by Roger Field ...
    Narrated by Kerry Hutchinson ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 29 min

    In May 1982, Captain Roger Field, The Blues and Royals, attached to HQ 5th Infantry Brigade, sailed on the Queen Elizabeth 2 as part of the second wave to liberate the Falkland Islands. Surprised by what he saw at Brigade HQ, he started writing a diary.His journey took him to Fitzroy as the Argentinean aircraft struck the landing ships Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram. A chance meeting led him to ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Audiobook

    Restaurant Success by the Numbers, Second Edition

    A Money-Guy's Guide to Opening the Next New Hot Spot

    by Roger Fields ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 46 min

    A One-Stop Start-Up Guide from an Accountant-Turned-RestaurateurNinety percent of all restaurants fail, and those that succeed happened upon that mysterious X factor, right? Wrong! A man of many hats—money-guy, restaurant owner, and restaurant consultant—Roger Fields shows how a restaurant can survive its first year and keep diners coming back for years. Featuring real-life start-up stories ... Read more

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  • Sports Journalism and Identity

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    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
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  • Virtual You

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  • E. P. Thompson and English radicalism

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    The Dance of Life

    The New Science of How a Single Cell Becomes a Human Being

    Unabridged

    8 hours 5 min

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    $24.99 USD

  • The Science of Harry Potter

    How Magic Really Works

    Behind the magic of Harry Potter—a witty and illuminating look at the scientific principles, theories, and assumptions of the boy wizard's world, newly come to life again in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the upcoming film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldCan Fluffy the three-headed dog be explained by advances in molecular biology? Could the discovery of cosmic "gravity-shielding ... Read more

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  • Can Reindeer Fly?

    The Science of Christmas

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