Take The Shilling

Author : Raymund Eich
Publisher : CV-2 Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Take the Shilling by Raymund Eich Pdf

"Military science fiction [concentrating] on the psychology and politics of societies in conflict." ---Analog, on The Confederated Worlds series The Confederated Worlds implanted in his brain the skills to make him a soldier. He had to learn for himself how to survive interstellar war. Tomas Neumann seeks escape from his backwater planet and overbearing mother, and a mentor to replace his long-dead father. "Taking the shilling"---enlisting in the Confederated Worlds military---promises both. But despite the soldier's skills implanted in his brain, combat against fellow humans, especially ones who should have welcomed him as a liberator, threaten to destroy him, in body and in spirit. Grieving for lost comrades, demoralized by harrowing combat, can Tomas learn what he needs to survive? Because soon, with the fates of thousands of his fellow soldiers in the balance, he will face his war's ultimate challenge.

Author : Edward J Coss
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806185453

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All for the King's Shilling by Edward J Coss Pdf

The British troops who fought so successfully under the Duke of Wellington during his Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon have long been branded by the duke’s own words—“scum of the earth”—and assumed to have been society’s ne’er-do-wells or criminals who enlisted to escape justice. Now Edward J. Coss shows to the contrary that most of these redcoats were respectable laborers and tradesmen and that it was mainly their working-class status that prompted the duke’s derision. Driven into the army by unemployment in the wake of Britain’s industrial revolution, they confronted wartime hardship with ethical values and became formidable soldiers in the bargain These men depended on the king’s shilling for survival, yet pay was erratic and provisions were scant. Fed worse even than sixteenth-century Spanish galley slaves, they often marched for days without adequate food; and if during the campaign they did steal from Portuguese and Spanish civilians, the theft was attributable not to any criminal leanings but to hunger and the paltry rations provided by the army. Coss draws on a comprehensive database on British soldiers as well as first-person accounts of Peninsular War participants to offer a better understanding of their backgrounds and daily lives. He describes how these neglected and abused soldiers came to rely increasingly on the emotional and physical support of comrades and developed their own moral and behavioral code. Their cohesiveness, Coss argues, was a major factor in their legendary triumphs over Napoleon’s battle-hardened troops. The first work to closely examine the social composition of Wellington’s rank and file through the lens of military psychology, All for the King’s Shilling transcends the Napoleonic battlefield to help explain the motivation and behavior of all soldiers under the stress of combat.

Author : Tony Cliff
Publisher : First Second
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781626726901

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Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling by Tony Cliff Pdf

Globetrotting troublemaker Delilah Dirk and her loyal friend Selim are just minding their own business, peacefully raiding castles and traipsing across enemy lines, when they attract the unwanted attention of the English Army. Before they know it, Delilah and Selim have gotten themselves accused of espionage against the British crown! Delilah will do whatever it takes to clear her good name, be it sneaking, skirmishing, or even sword fighting... But can she bring herself to wear a pretty dress and have a nice cup of tea with her mother? Delilah Dirk may be defeated at last. By tulle...in Tony Cliff's Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling.

Author : John William Colenso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Arithmetic
ISBN : NLS:V000560189

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A Shilling Arithmetic Designed for the Use of Elementary Schools by John William Colenso Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Women
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030026286999

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Arthur's Lady's Home Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Norman W. Schur
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781626364677

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British English from A to Zed by Norman W. Schur Pdf

Whether you are traveling to Great Britain or just want to understand British popular culture, this unique dictionary will answer your questions. British English from A to Zed contains more than 5,500 British terms and their American equivalents, each with a short explanation of the term’s history and an example of its use. The appendixes provide valuable supplemental material with differences between British and American pronunciation, grammar, and spelling as well as terms grouped in specific areas such as currency, weight, and numbers. This dictionary will help you unravel the meanings of: • Berk (idiot) • Bevvied up (drunk) • Crisps (potato chips) • Erk (rookie) • To judder (to shake) • Noughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe) • And more! George Bernard Shaw famously said that the British and Americans were “two peoples separated by a common language.” This book bridges that gap.

Author : Joseph Hughes (F.R.G.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600048516

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A practical course of arithmetic for young students. 6 standards. [Followed by] The answers by Joseph Hughes (F.R.G.S.) Pdf

Author : Josephine Tey
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:SMP2200000103499

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A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey Pdf

The body of a woman, Christine Clay (née Christina Gotobed) is discovered at the edge of the surf on a beach in Kent... A Shilling for Candles is a 1936 mystery novel by Josephine Tey (Elizabeth MacKintosh) about the investigation of the drowning of a film actress, known as Christine Clay. It is the second of Tey's five mysteries starring Inspector Alan Grant. The plot draws extensively on Tey's experience in working with actors in her play Richard of Bordeaux.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555101188

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Reports from Commissioners by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Household Cyclopaedia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000597498

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The Household Cyclopaedia. A Shilling's Worth of Practical Receipts ... in the Arts and Sciences ... Domestic Economy, and Family Medicine by Household Cyclopaedia Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 870 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : CORNELL:31924069264087

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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Hamblin Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Arithmetic
ISBN : OXFORD:590919665

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A Treatise on Arithmetic by James Hamblin Smith Pdf

Author : James Hamblin Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000673547

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A Treatise on Arithmetic. Pt. I. Pure Arithmetic. [With Answers.] by James Hamblin Smith Pdf

Author : John Richard Blakiston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Teaching
ISBN : UOM:39015062755452

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The Teacher by John Richard Blakiston Pdf

Author : Henry Mayhew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600021019

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London labour and the London poor by Henry Mayhew Pdf