From Aden To Bliss

Author : Winston Forde
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781456832186

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From Aden to Bliss by Winston Forde Pdf

"As a precursor, on 27 February 1963, he wrote to his then girlfriend these words that have proved her lasting, and favourite quote: [Dear Gloria neigh Patience, How time flies! “These days one needs to muster all the vigilance possible to keep abreast of the ever escaping minutes and days”. When I promised to write to you over the phone on Monday, I really meant to get down and do it that evening, but one thing led to another, and here am I now on Wednesday still trying to do it!] Later that year, they were to have a serious row that threw them apart for the next two years until he decided to renew contact by writing the enclosed amazing letter on 3rd December 1965. The rest is History!"

Author : Nick Van der Bijl
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783032914

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British Military Operations in Aden and Radfan by Nick Van der Bijl Pdf

The book examines the military history of Aden Colony from 1839 including the fractious turn of the century Border Commissions with Turkey and the defeat of British forces near Aden by the Turks in 1915. Great Britain successfully defended the base for the rest of The Great War and throughout the Second World War.rnrnThe period after 1945 was one of rising tension as Great Britain drew down its Imperial commitments from the Near and Middle East. Britain's intention to retain a military base in Aden was rejected by Egypt, who, having embarrassed Great Britain during the 1956 Suez Crisis, set about supporting Yemeni aspirations with subversion, in concert with the Soviet Union and China. This led to Aden coming under increasing pressure from Yemeni nationalism during the late 1950 and early 1960s. When an attempt was made to murder the British High Commissioner, a State Emergency was declared. Initially, while operations were confined to the mountainous Radfan region near the border, the internal security of Aden became increasingly fragile as nationalists escalated attacks on the Security Forces and Service dependants with grenade, shootings and bomb attacks in the narrow streets.rnrnWhen the British declared that they would leave in 1967, the British forces were caught up in interfactional fighting with 20 June 1967 proving a black day with twenty British soldiers murdered. This led to the famous occupation of Crater district by Lt Col 'Mad Mitch' Mitchell and his Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. By November that year, after conducting a masterly withdrawal in contact, the British left Aden for good.

Author : Suzanne Enoch
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250296382

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It's Getting Scot in Here by Suzanne Enoch Pdf

The first in a wickedly seductive new Scottish historical romance series from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Enoch! “It’s time to fall in love with Suzanne Enoch.” — Lisa Kleypas HAPPILY-EVER-AFTER London socialite Amelia-Rose Baxter is nobody’s fool. Her parents may want her to catch a title, but she will never change who she is for the promise of marriage. Her husband will be a man who can appreciate her sharp mind as well as her body. A sophisticated man who loves life in London. A man who considers her his equal—and won’t try to tame her wild heart... IN THE HIGHLANDS Rough, rugged Highlander Niall MacTaggert and his brothers know the rules: the eldest must marry or lose the ancestral estate, period. But Niall’s eldest brother just isn’t interested in the lady his mother selected. Is it because Amelia-Rose is just too. . . Free-spirited? Yes. Brazen? Aye. Surely Niall can find a way to soften up the whip-smart lass and make her the perfect match for his brother for the sake of the family. JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT HOTTER. Instead it’s Niall who tempts Amelia-Rose, despite her reservations about barbarian Highlanders. Niall finds the lass nigh irresistible as well, but he won’t make the mistake his father did in marrying an Englishwoman who doesn’t like the Highlands. Does he have what it takes to win her heart? There is only one way to find out...

Author : Roxani Eleni Margariti
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469606712

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Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade by Roxani Eleni Margariti Pdf

Positioned at the crossroads of the maritime routes linking the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, the Yemeni port of Aden grew to be one of the medieval world's greatest commercial hubs. Approaching Aden's history between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries through the prism of overseas trade and commercial culture, Roxani Eleni Margariti examines the ways in which physical space and urban institutions developed to serve and harness the commercial potential presented by the city's strategic location. Utilizing historical and archaeological methods, Margariti draws together a rich variety of sources far beyond the normative and relatively accessible legal rulings issued by Islamic courts of the time. She explores environmental, material, and textual data, including merchants' testimonies from the medieval documentary repository known as the Cairo Geniza. Her analysis brings the port city to life, detailing its fortifications, water supply, harbor, customs house, marketplaces, and ship-building facilities. She also provides a broader picture of the history of the city and the ways merchants and administrators regulated and fostered trade. Margariti ultimately demonstrates how port cities, as nodes of exchange, communication, and interconnectedness, are crucial in Indian Ocean and Middle Eastern history as well as Islamic and Jewish history.

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Africa
ISBN : WISC:89060189651

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Africa by United States. Department of State Pdf

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : United States
ISBN : UVA:X004399425

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Foreign Relations of the United States by United States. Department of State Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89065744476

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Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bibliographic series (Jāmi'at al-Kuwayt. Murāqabat al-Maktabāt)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B4936436

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Bibliographic Series by Bibliographic series (Jāmi'at al-Kuwayt. Murāqabat al-Maktabāt) Pdf

Author : Adonis
Publisher : Saqi
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780863567124

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Sufism and Surrealism by Adonis Pdf

At first glance Sufism and Surrealism appear to be as far removed from one another as is possible. Adonis, however, draws convincing parallels between the two, contesting that God, in the traditional sense does not exist in Surrealism or in Sufism, and that both are engaged in parallel quests for the nature of the Absolute, through 'holy madness' and the deregulation of the senses. This is a remarkable investigation into the common threads of thought that run through seemingly polarised philosophies from East and West, written by a man Edward Said referred to as 'the most eloquent spokesman and explorer of Arab modernity'.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Ireland
ISBN : UCAL:B3008243

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The Dublin University Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Boggs
Publisher : Stacey International Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124124046

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The Lost World of Socotra by Richard Boggs Pdf

Like a lesser Galapagos, these islands boast flora and fauna found nowhere else on Earth. Moreover, the Socotran people have their own language (which lacks a script) and distinctive culture, cuisine and architecture: neither Arabian nor African, yet strongly and distinctively Socotran. Richard Boggs spent many months in this remote and other-world

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : England
ISBN : UCD:31175012027903

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Blackwood's Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rhode Island. Supreme Court
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : UOM:35112102675628

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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island by Rhode Island. Supreme Court Pdf

Author : Edward COLLINSON (and FARRAR (M. A.))
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018629612

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Poems by Edward COLLINSON (and FARRAR (M. A.)) Pdf

Author : Rhode Island. Supreme Court
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : HARVARD:32044078667805

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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Rhode Island by Rhode Island. Supreme Court Pdf