Fritz And Tommy

Author : Peter Doyle,Robin Schäfer,Al Murray
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750966627

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Fritz and Tommy by Peter Doyle,Robin Schäfer,Al Murray Pdf

Fritz and Tommy: Across the Barbed Wire takes a unique look at the experiences of the German soldier – in direct comparison with those of his British counterpart. While other books plot out the battles and examine the participation of the German divisions on the Westfront, there are no books that discuss the shared experience of both sides. Uniquely, Fritz and Tommy examines the commonality of frontline experience. Significantly the book is the result of a close collaboration between a British and a German military historian, both well-placed to draw comparisons and highlight differences. Drawing upon unique archives, Peter Doyle and Robin Schäfer examine the soldiers’ lives, and examine cultural and military nuances that have so far been left untouched. Mapping out the lives of the men in the trenches, ultimately it concludes that Fritz and Tommy were not that far apart, geographically, physically, or emotionally. The soldiers on both sides went to war with high ideals; they experienced horror and misery, but also comradeship/kameradschaft. And with increasing alienation from the people at home, they drew closer together, the Hun transformed into ‘good old Gerry’ by the war’s end.

Author : Emily Brewer
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445637952

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Tommy, Doughboy, Fritz by Emily Brewer Pdf

From Ammo to Zig-Zag, many of the words we use today were invented in World War 1. They provide a unique insight into the experience of the war, and the inventiveness and humour of ordinary soldiers.

Author : Emily Brewer
Publisher : Amberley Pub Plc
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1445637839

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Tommy, Doughboy, Fritz by Emily Brewer Pdf

"Brings to life the spirit and experiences of the common man caught up in the war. From 1914-18, a new kind of warfare gave rise to a wealth of new terms to describe it. For millions of men a terrifying and unfamiliar way of life was described in a shared slang that built their camaraderie and shared experience. A host of words in French, German, English, even Turkish and Hindi, were exchanged and mistranslated across No Man's Land. This array of words and phrases made up the everyday speech of soldiers on all sides, and many of the words they coined live on like a mark of the war's influence even today. he words they used brilliantly capture the nuances of the conflict and the ordinary soldier's sense of humor in the midst of it."--Publisher description.

Author : Oswaal Editorial Board
Publisher : Oswaal Books
Page : 937 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9789357281867

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Oswaal One For All Question Banks NCERT & CBSE Class 8 (Set of 4 Books) Maths, Science, Social Science, and English (For 2023 Exam) by Oswaal Editorial Board Pdf

Description of the Product: ♦ Crisp Revision with Concept-wise Revision Notes & Mind Maps ♦ 100% Exam Readiness with Previous Years’ Questions 2011-2022 ♦ Valuable Exam Insights with 3 Levels of Questions-Level1,2 & Achievers ♦ Concept Clarity with 500+ Concepts & 50+ Concepts Videos ♦ Extensive Practice with Level 1 & Level 2 Practice Papers

Author : David K. Lewis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192597601

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Philosophical Letters of David K. Lewis by David K. Lewis Pdf

David Kellogg Lewis (1941-2001) was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. He made significant contributions to almost every area of analytic philosophy including metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science, and set the agenda for various debates in these areas which carry on to this day. In several respects he remains a contemporary figure, yet enough time has now passed for historians of philosophy to begin to study his place in twentieth century thought. His philosophy was constructed and refined not just through his published writing, but also crucially through his life-long correspondence with fellow philosophers, including leading figures such as D.M. Armstrong, Saul Kripke, W.V. Quine, J.J.C. Smart, and Peter van Inwagen. His letters formed the undercurrent of his published work and became the medium through which he proposed many of his well-known theories and discussed a range of philosophical topics in depth. A selection of his vast correspondence over a 40-year period is presented here across two volumes. As metaphysics is arguably where Lewis made his greatest contribution, this forms the focus of Volume 1. Arranged under the broad areas of Causation, Modality, and Ontology, the letters offer an organic story of the origins, development, breadth, and depth of his metaphysics in its historical context, as well as a glimpse into the influence of his many interlocutors. This volume will be an indispensable resource for contemporary metaphysics and for those interested in the Lewisian perspective.

Author : Helen Beebee,A. R. J. Fisher
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 881 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780198855453

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Philosophical Letters of David K. Lewis by Helen Beebee,A. R. J. Fisher Pdf

The life-long correspondence of David K. Lewis, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, reveals the development, breadth, and depth of his philosophy in its historical context. The first of this two volume collection of letters focuses on his contributions to metaphysics, arguably where he made his greatest impact.

Author : Doug Scott,Scott Doug Scott
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440181542

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Life on Misery Bay by Doug Scott,Scott Doug Scott Pdf

Dan Parrish returns to Misery Bay, Michigan to attend his father's funeral. While there, he decides to stay and help solve a murder that took place the night of a beach party forty years ago when he was a teenager.

Author : Stan Crader
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Christian fiction
ISBN : 9781604948790

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The Longest Year by Stan Crader Pdf

"Like all of his friends, Tommy Thompson dreams of obtaining the ultimate ticket to freedom: a driver's license. Unlike all of his friends, Tommy has just turned fifteen. He'll have to watch everybody else pass their tests before he's old enough to take his. But life goes on for the band of boys despite Tommy's consuming obsession. His best friend, Booger, takes up the guitar. His buddy, Everett, dates a girl from a rival school and discovers that her classmates aren't altogether happy about it. Longtime romantic interest, Melody, tests her newly minted driving skills on the railroad tracks. And Tommy receives an unexpected gift -- one that just might make the longest year of his life go by a little quicker. The third in Stan Crader's Colby series, The Longest Year will bring a smile to your face as you remember the trials and tribulations of your own youth."--Amazon.com.

Author : Paul E. Salsini
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595604104

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The Cielo by Paul E. Salsini Pdf

"Salsini spins a tale of both cruelty and courage and affirms, yet again, the ability of humans to endure."-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Salsini's beautiful novel of Italy during World War II, peopled with a wide range of characters, deepens our knowledge of both Tuscan hill towns and the terrible effects of war on civilians."-Martha Bergland, author of A Farm Under a Lake "The Cielo is an unforgettable read. You won't be able to put it down, through tears and smiles, until you reach the very end."-Bookreview.com Ordered by the Germans to evacuate, a group of Italian villagers flees to a farmhouse in the beautiful hills of Tuscany. As the war rages around them, the refugees confront betrayal by one villager, fearlessly house an escaped prisoner, and survive a raid by the Nazis. A young girl finds love, two boys become heroes, and secrets are revealed before an unthinkable event changes their lives forever. Inspired by experiences of Salsini's relatives, The Cielo: A Novel of Wartime Tuscany is a gripping story of courage, endurance, and the power of the human spirit.

Author : John Katzenbach
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345455840

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Hart's War by John Katzenbach Pdf

Second Lieutenant Tommy Hart, a navigator whose B-25 was shot out of the sky in 1942, is burdened with guilt as the only surviving member of his crew. Now he is just another POW at the fiercely guarded Stalag Luft 13 in Bavaria. Then routine comes to a halt with the arrival of a new prisoner: First Lieutenant Lincoln Scott, an African American Tuskegee airman who instantly becomes the target of contempt from his fellow soldiers. When a prisoner is brutally murdered, and all the blood-soaked evidence points to Scott, Hart is tapped to defend the soldier. In a trial rife with racial tension and raw conflict, where the lines between ally and enemy blur, there are those with their own secret motives, and a burning passion for a rush to judgment, no matter what the cost.

Author : Jakub Kazecki
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-25
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781443839495

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Laughter in the Trenches by Jakub Kazecki Pdf

Laughter in the Trenches: Humour and Front Experience in German First World War Narratives explores the appearances and functions of humour and laughter in selected novels and short stories, based on autobiographical experiences, written by authors during the war and in the Weimar Era (1919–1933). This study focuses on popular and lesser-known works of German literature that played an important role in the socio-political life of the Weimar Republic: Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger (1920), Advance from Mons 1914 by Walter Bloem (1916), The Case of Sergeant Grischa by Arnold Zweig (1927), and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1929). The author shows that these works often share surprisingly similar narrative strategies in describing humorous experiences and soldier laughter to justify direct violence and oppressive power structures, regardless of the works’ ideological assignment and their popular and critical reception. This book also examines the parodic imitations of All Quiet on the Western Front, the German text All Quiet on the Trojan Front by Emil Marius Requark (1930) and the American film So Quiet on the Canine Front by Zion Myers and Jules White (1931) as significant polemical contributions that use humoristic strategies to stress or undermine elements of the original text.

Author : Fritz Leiber
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0312877129

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The Big Time by Fritz Leiber Pdf

Have you ever worried about your memory, because it doesn't seem to recall exactly the same past from one day to the next? Have you ever thought that the whole universe might be a crazy, mixed-up dream? If you have, then you've had hints of the Change War. It's been going on for a billion years and it will last another billion or so. Up and down the timeline, the two sides--"Spiders" and "Snakes"--battle endlessly to change the future and the past. Our lives, our memories, are their battleground. And in the midst of the war is the Place, outside space and time, where Greta Forzane and the other Entertainers provide solace and r-&-r for tired time warriors. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Fritz Thompson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781493154326

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The Life and Times of Fritz Thompson by Fritz Thompson Pdf

The Life and Times of Fritz Thompson Growing up on a ranch in rural New Mexico, situated in the seam between the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the New Mexico High Plains, a native son chronicles the legacy of his forefathers and his hometown in this lighthearted love letter to the rural era of the 1940s and ’50s.

Author : Dale Pierce
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781312988064

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The History of Arizona Wrestling by Dale Pierce Pdf

Author : Matthew McCain
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781796057911

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The Hunting by Matthew McCain Pdf

Ever since they were kids, Tyler Benton and Sam Rainey were warned never to go in the woods of Hunting, Pennsylvania. But, when fate and a string of bad luck forces them into the forbidden forest, they find something. Something they were never supposed to see. Something so horrific, it changes their lives forever. After barely making it out alive, they vow to never speak of what they saw to anyone. But, 20 years later when that secret becomes threatened, the two boys—now men—must unite and join forces with a new younger generation to fight against a secret so sinister and menacing, it will shake the foundation of the entire town and everyone in it. On this fateful night, secrets will be revealed, violence will ensue and blood will flow as a new face of American horror arrives.