101 Stumbles In The March Of History
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101 Stumbles In The March Of History
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Author : Bill Fawcett
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2016-09-06
101 Stumbles In The March Of History written by Bill Fawcett and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-06 with History categories.
An all-new compendium of 101 historic screw-ups from the author of 100 Mistakes that Changed History. DID I DO THAT??? When asked to name a successor, Alexander the Great declared that his empire should go “to the strongest”. . . but would rival factions have descended into war if he’d been a little more specific? What if the Vienna Academy of Art took a chance on a hopeful young student named Adolf Hitler? If Pope Clement VII granted King Henry VIII an annulment, England would likely still be Catholic today—and so would America. Bill Fawcett, author of 100 Mistakes That Changed History, offers a compendium of 101 all-new mammoth mistakes—from the ill-fated rule of Emperor Darius III to the equally ill-fated search for WMDs in Iraq—that will, unfortunately, never be forgotten by history.
100 Mistakes That Changed History
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Author : Bill Fawcett
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2010-10-05
100 Mistakes That Changed History written by Bill Fawcett and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-05 with History categories.
Collected in one volume, here are backfires and blunders that collapsed empires, crashed economies, and altered the course of the world. From the Maginot Line to the Cuban Missile Crisis, history is filled with bad moves and not-so-bright ideas that snowballed into disasters and unintended consequences. This engrossing book looks at one hundred such tipping points. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. The Caliphs of Baghdad spend themselves into bankruptcy. The Aztecs greet the Conquistadors with open arms. Mexico invites the Americans to Texas-and the Americans never leave. And the rest is history...
Men At War
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Author : Bill Fawcett
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2009-12-01
Men At War written by Bill Fawcett and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-01 with History categories.
Epic battles?as seen through the eyes of the men who fought them. From Gettysburg to D-Day, history?s most momentous battles have been recounted to the world on a grand scale. This book, for the first time ever, looks at man?s most epic battles from the point of view of the soldiers on the front lines; providing new insight into the great wars of history. Stories told by the Roman Legionaire, the British Doughboy, and the American Doggie, delve into these battles and battlefronts: Roman Legion Third Crusade under Richard Lionheart Waterloo, French under Napoleon American Civil War: Gettysburg WWI: Americans at Ardennes WWII: Japanese Island Defense WWII: D-Day, Americans at Normandy Marines at Chosin.
100 Mistakes That Changed History
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Author : Bill Fawcett
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2010-10-05
100 Mistakes That Changed History written by Bill Fawcett and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-05 with History categories.
Collected in one volume, here are backfires and blunders that collapsed empires, crashed economies, and altered the course of the world. From the Maginot Line to the Cuban Missile Crisis, history is filled with bad moves and not-so-bright ideas that snowballed into disasters and unintended consequences. This engrossing book looks at one hundred such tipping points. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. The Caliphs of Baghdad spend themselves into bankruptcy. The Aztecs greet the Conquistadors with open arms. Mexico invites the Americans to Texas-and the Americans never leave. And the rest is history...
Oval Office Oddities
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Author : Bill Fawcett
language : en
Publisher: Wordfire Press
Release Date : 2020-06-10
Oval Office Oddities written by Bill Fawcett and has been published by Wordfire Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-10 with History categories.
Every four years Americans go to the polls to elect a leader, someone serious, distinguished, respectable, with perfect sobriety and moral standing who will serve as a paragon for the rest of us. But presidents and their families are people too-with quirks and character flaws like everyone else . . . and they have plenty of skeletons rattling around in their closets. Oval Office Oddities is a grand compendium of fascinating, sometimes embarrassing presidential facts, gaffes, and oddball behaviors-available in plenty of time for Election Day! Mary Todd Lincoln had an endearing little clothing fetish . . . and once purchased 300 pairs of gloves in a single month! No Commander in Chief bothered to visit neglected California until Rutherford B. Hayes did in 1880. Crazy Jack: Many prominent leaders were absolutely convinced that John Adams was stark raving bonkers! Oval Office Oddities is jam-packed with amusing anecdotes and offbeat information presented in a way that makes our nation's history accessible, relevant, and entertaining.
Doomed To Repeat
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Author : Bill Fawcett
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2013-03-12
Doomed To Repeat written by Bill Fawcett and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-12 with History categories.
“Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.” And so we have. Time and again, mankind has faced down problems, but have often failed to take the hard-earned knowledge into the next battle. Doomed to Repeat is a collection of essays, edited by Bill Fawcett, that illuminates some of the problems we've faced repeatedly throughout history, including Islamic jihad, terrorism, military insurgencies, inflation and the devaluation of currency, financial disasters, ecological collapses, radical political minorities like the Nazis and Bolsheviks, and pandemics and epidemics like the Black Death. With more than 35 chapters of the Groundhog Days of world history, both infamous and obscure, Doomed to Repeat: The Lessons of History We've Failed to Learn is chock-full of trivia, history, and fascinating looks at the world’s repeated mistakes.
Cats In Space And Other Places
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Author : BIll Fawcett
language : en
Publisher: Baen Books
Release Date : 2016-11-01
Cats In Space And Other Places written by BIll Fawcett and has been published by Baen Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-01 with Fiction categories.
Space. The Feline Frontier. It has been said (by Mark Twain) that “If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.” In this volume we explore the many and manifest reasons why humans should voluntarily accord first place in space to their feline brethren. From Robert A. Heinlein’s “Ordeal in Space” in which the merest kitten confers the gift of courage on his human, to Cordwainer Smith’s “Ballad of Lost C’mell,” which answers the very question of what would be the outcome of the melding of human and cat, we offer here sixteen reasons why cats are Number One in our book. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Trust Me I Know What I M Doing
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Author : Bill Fawcett
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-12-04
Trust Me I Know What I M Doing written by Bill Fawcett and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-04 with History categories.
Hindsight hurts. * The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, having the American colonies pay for their own defense—which instead starts a revolution. * In 1929, President Herbert Hoover decides to let the economy fix itself…and the Great Depression gets greater. * Nixon tapes everything he says in the Oval Office, believing it will all be of great historical value. He turns out to be right when those same tapes cost him his presidency. * Charles the First cuts a deal with the Irish to fight Parliament that instead loses him public support—and later his head. Along with 100 Mistakes that Changed the World, Trust Me, I Know What I'm Doing proves once again that when global leaders drop the ball, the whole world shakes. With a hundred more bombshell blunders—from Pickett’s Charge to the Lewinski scandal—this compendium takes a fascinating look at some of history’s greatest turns for the worse.
This Is How You Lose The Time War
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Author : Amal El-Mohtar
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2019-07-16
This Is How You Lose The Time War written by Amal El-Mohtar and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-16 with Fiction categories.
* HUGO AWARD WINNER: BEST NOVELLA * NEBULA AND LOCUS AWARDS WINNER: BEST NOVELLA * “[An] exquisitely crafted tale...Part epistolary romance, part mind-blowing science fiction adventure, this dazzling story unfolds bit by bit, revealing layers of meaning as it plays with cause and effect, wildly imaginative technologies, and increasingly intricate wordplay...This short novel warrants multiple readings to fully unlock its complexities.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) From award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone comes an enthralling, romantic novel spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future. Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There’s still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win. That’s how war works, right? Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, This Is How You Lose the Time War is an epic love story spanning time and space.
History Gazetteer And Directory Of The County Of Devon
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Author : William White
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
History Gazetteer And Directory Of The County Of Devon written by William White and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Devon (England) categories.