Beyond The Beach

Author : Stephen Bourque
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612518749

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Beyond the Beach by Stephen Bourque Pdf

An important rethinking of the Normandy war narrative Beyond the Beach examines the Allied air war against France in 1944. During this period, General Dwight David Eisenhower, as Supreme Allied Commander, took control of all American, British, and Canadian air units and employed them for tactical and operational purposes over France rather than as a strategic force to attack targets deep in Germany. Using bombers as his long-range artillery, he directed the destruction of bridges, rail centers, ports, military installations, and even French towns with the intent of preventing German reinforcements from interfering with Operation Neptune, the Allied landings on the Normandy beaches. Ultimately, this air offensive resulted in the death of over 60,000 French civilians and an immense amount of damage to towns, churches, buildings, and works of art. This intense bombing operation, conducted against a friendly occupied state, resulted in a swath of physical and human destruction across northwest France that is rarely discussed as part of the D-Day landings. This book explores the relationship between ground and air operations and its effects on the French population. It examines the three broad groups that the air operations involved, the doctrine and equipment used by Allied air force leaders to implement Eisenhower’s plans, and each of the eight major operations, called lines of effort, that coordinated the employment of the thousands of fighters, medium bombers, and heavy bombers that prowled the French skies that spring and summer of 1944. Each of these sections discusses the operation's purpose, conduct, and effects upon both the military and the civilian targets. Finally, the book explores the short and long-term effects of these operations and argues that this ignored narrative should be part of any history of the D-Day landings.

Author : Karen Dubinsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Havana (Cuba)
ISBN : 1771132698

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Cuba Beyond the Beach by Karen Dubinsky Pdf

Havana is Cuba's soul: a mix of Third World, First World, and Other World. After over a decade of visits as a teacher, researcher, and friend, Karen Dubinsky looks past political slogans and tourist postcards to the streets, neighbourhoods, and personalities of a complicated and contradictory city. Her affectionate, humorous vignettes illustrate how Havana's residents--old Communist ladies, their sceptical offspring, musicians, underground vendors, entrepreneurial landlords, and poverty-stricken professors--go about their daily lives. As Cuba undergoes dramatic change, there is much to appreciate, and learn from, in the unlikely world Cubans have collectively built for themselves. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to the Queen's University Student Overseas Travel Fund--The Sonia Enjamio Fund, which funds Cuban/Canadian student exchange.

Author : Michele Campbell
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250202543

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A Stranger on the Beach by Michele Campbell Pdf

Parade's "10 Books Written by Women We Can't Wait to Read in 2019" | She Reads' "Most Anticipated Thillers of Summer 2019" | Pure Wow's "The Best Beach Reads of Summer 2019" | CrimeReads' "The Most Anticipated Crime Books of Summer" From bestselling author Michele Campbell comes A Stranger on the Beach, an edge-of-your seat story of passion and intrigue that will keep you guessing until the very end. Caroline Stark’s beach house was supposed to be her crowning achievement: a lavish, expensive space to showcase what she thought was her perfect family. But after a very public fight with her husband, she realizes things may not be as perfect as they seem: her husband is lying to her, the money is disappearing, and there’s a stranger on the beach outside her house. As Caroline’s marriage and her carefully constructed lifestyle begin to collapse around her, she turns to Aidan, the stranger, for comfort...and revenge. After a brief and desperate fling that means nothing to Caroline and everything to him, Aidan’s infatuation with Caroline, her family, and her house becomes more and more destructive. But who is manipulating whom in this deadly game of obsession and control? Who will take the blame when someone ends up dead...and what is Caroline hiding?

Author : Eric Enno Tamm
Publisher : Raincoast Books
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1551927330

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Beyond the Outer Shores by Eric Enno Tamm Pdf

Author : J. Allan Dunn
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Beyond the Rim by J. Allan Dunn Pdf

Joseph Allan Elphinstone Dunn (21 January 1872 – 25 March 1941), best known as J. Allan Dunn, was one of the high-producing writers of the American pulp magazines. He published well over a thousand stories, novels, and serials from 1914–41. He first made a name for himself in Adventure. At the request of Adventure editor Arthur Sullivant Hoffman, Dunn wrote Barehanded Castaways, a novel about people trapped on a desert island which was intended to avoid the usual cliches of such stories. Barehanded Castaways was serialised in 1921 and was well received by Adventure's readers. Well over half of his output appeared in Street & Smith pulps, including People's, Complete Story Magazine, and Wild West Weekly. Dunn wrote over a thousand stories. He wrote approximately 470 stories for Wild West Weekly alone. His main genres were adventure and western; although he did write a number of detective stories, most of them appearing in Detective Fiction Weekly and Dime Detective. Dunn wrote The Treasure of Atlantis, a science fiction story about survivals from Atlantis living in the Brazilian jungle.

Author : Melcher Media
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1595910034

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The Beach Book by Melcher Media Pdf

In these and seven other stories, The Beach Book gathers a seminal selection of fiction set on beaches around this big glue globe. Internationally acclaimed authors and emerging voices have all written eloquently about the sea's siren song. This book is completely waterproof. Put it right in your beach tote along with your sunscreen and beach ball!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Beach erosion
ISBN : UOM:39015024411095

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Bulletin of the Beach Erosion Board by Anonim Pdf

Author : Salma Jayyusi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857710871

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Beyond the Dunes by Salma Jayyusi Pdf

Saudi Arabia has changed beyond all recognition in the past few decades, and the country's writers have been pre-eminent in grappling with the dilemmas, the cultural jarring and the identity problems thrown up by such an accelerated pace of change. "Beyond The Dunes" opens up for the first time the diversity and richness of contemporary Saudi Arabian literature to an English-speaking audience in this uniquely accessible book. Mansour al Hazimi, Salma Khadra Jayyusi and Ezzat Khattab have put together a varied selection of poetry, short stories, novel extracts, personal accounts, drama and essays which provide a fascinating insight into the challenges and tensions of a culture that is striving to balance globalisation and modernity with highly cherished traditional values. The social dislocation experienced by Saudi Arabians finds vivid formal expression in the dramas included in this volume, which may surprise many Western readers with their bold experimentalism and surrealist elements. Novelist Ahmad al Siba'I, a more traditional writer, offers a reflective, humanistic response to the world, whilst poets such as Ghassan al-Khunaizi, Ahmad al Mulla and Huda al Daghfaq reflect both the rich stylistic heritage of Saudi literature and the new techniques and outlook of modern Arabic poetry. Even when they are harking back to the vanished world of pre-modern Saudi Arabia, many of these writers reflect generational dialogues and an awareness of contemporary resonances. "Beyond the Dunes" places women's voices firmly in the centre of the Saudi literary canon for the first time, reflecting the increasing pre-eminence of writers such as Raja' 'Alem, Qumasha al-Ulayyan, Noura al-Ghamidi and Fawziyya Abu Khalid. This ground-breaking book provides an indispensable introduction to the thoughts, forms and expressions of one of the most complex and fascinating of world literatures at a moment of pivotal transformation.

Author : Ngozi Omolaiye
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-26
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781481798174

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Beyond the Distant Clouds by Ngozi Omolaiye Pdf

Shirley was the ideal wife every mans dream, her husbands heartbeat and lifeline. Her beauty was combined with brains; she loved people; and her humility disarmed everyone, but she began jetting off on frequent holiday sprees, causing instability in her home. Donald couldnt handle it, what with challenges in the office. His office had several blocks of oil both onshore and offshore, which they had been drilling for months with no streak of hope in sight. Tife once had a perfect kin-type relationship with Donald he was like a brother to her; he had been her late brothers best friend. Then one day it all changed, and her world turned upside down. Their relationship was marred, and then a tragic occurrence further threatened to destroy their affinity. Beyond the Distant Clouds is her first novel the first book in her series, In Your Sokoto. In Your Sokoto is a series of books about relationships with the same theme but different stories and characters. At the end of each book, you will discover that answers that seemed so far away lie within your heart or just within reach, and things you thought were really complex are not half as complicated as they seemed.

Author : Nevil Shute
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479451210

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On the Beach by Nevil Shute Pdf

"On the Beach" is a 1957 post-apocalyptic novel written by British-Australian author Nevil Shute after he emigrated to Australia. The novel details the experiences of a mixed group of people in Melbourne as they await the arrival of deadly radiation spreading towards them from the northern hemisphere following a nuclear war a year previously. As the radiation approaches each person deals with their impending death in different ways.

Author : Abel Polese,Alessandra Russo,Francesco Strazzari
Publisher : Springer
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030050399

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Governance Beyond the Law by Abel Polese,Alessandra Russo,Francesco Strazzari Pdf

This volume explores the continuous line from informal and unrecorded practices all the way up to illegal and criminal practices, performed and reproduced by both individuals and organisations. The authors classify them as alternative, subversive forms of governance performed by marginal (and often invisible) peripheral actors. The volume studies how the informal and the extra-legal unfold transnationally and, in particular, how and why they have been/are being progressively criminalized and integrated into the construction of global and local dangerhoods; how the above-mentioned phenomena are embedded into a post-liberal security order; and whether they shape new states of exception and generate moral panic whose ultimate function is regulatory, disciplinary and one of crafting practices of political ordering.

Author : Lucie Jerch
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781643003566

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Beyond the Wheat Field by Lucie Jerch Pdf

Beyond the Wheat Field is a story about a woman who returns to room 6, her mother's bedroom, at the nursing home two years after her mother's death, seeking healing. Her past comes unraveled as memory after memory pour out into the room, hard things that began in the wheat field down the street from her home she grew up in. It led her down a path of addiction, broken relationships, and abuse. She had tucked them all safely in the dark places of her mind, never wanting to face them ever again. But through the deep prayers of her mother and a God that never let up, she finds healing and freedom.

Author : Alex Garland
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141941448

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The Beach by Alex Garland Pdf

A 20th anniversary edition of this million copy bestseller, with a new introduction by John Niven: a classic story of paradise found - and lost. Richard lands in East Asia in search of an earthly utopia. In Thailand, he is given a map promising an unknown island, a secluded beach - and a new way of life. What Richard finds when he gets there is breathtaking: more extraordinary, more frightening than his wildest dreams. But how long can paradise survive here on Earth? And what lengths will Richard go to in order to save it?

Author : Joseph Balkoski
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811741453

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Beyond the Beachhead by Joseph Balkoski Pdf

Expanded edition with a new chapter on the final battles of the Normandy campaign.

Author : Alexander Beiner
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781848761384

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Beyond the Basin by Alexander Beiner Pdf

Beyond the Basin achieves what has rarely been attempted before – to reconcile the ineffable ego-dissolving experience of psychedelic drugs with written language, all the while maintaining the pace and structure of a more traditional novel.