Stories of survival and resilence from the soldiers imprisoned after the failed Allied Airbourne operation in the Netherlands during WWII.For the British 1st Airborne Division Operation Market Garden in September 1944 was a disaster. The Division was eliminated as a fighting force with around half of its men captured.The Germans were faced with dealing with six,zero prisoners in a fortnight, many of them seriously wounded. Somehow the men were processed and...

50 Cool Ideas for Your Google ClassroomGoogle Classroom is a neat and effective tool that is making strides in the Education Sector. Google Classroom is a part of a larger suite, G Suite for Education. It essentially helps teachers save time, keep students organized, and improve communication with students. Interactions with students are changing everyday as society gets more technically savvy. Therefore, the way we learn must grow and change as well. This book provides tips and tr...

Three chilling cases. One determined detective.Step into the shadows with DS Abigail Evens in this gripping collection of murder mysteries that blur the line between stagecraft, superstition, and cold-blooded crime. The Shakespeare MurdersWhen a film production at Ravenwood Studios turns deadly, Evens must untangle rivalries, egos, and secrets hidden behind the glamour of the stage. What begins as an accident quickly spirals into a deadly performanc...

During the final days of the Second World War, for 900 Allied officers held by the Germans, freedom was still a world away. Marched east by their captors, away from the liberating American forces, March and April 1945 was a time of great trials, at the mercy of vengeful Nazis and Allied air raids. Amongst their number were men whose names would become famous post-war, such as actor Desmond Llewellyn, cabinet minister Frederick Corfield and Major Bruce Shand, father of the ...

The most momentous century of Hellenic history is covered in an accessible translation of the Bibliotheke for students, teachers, and general readers.Only one surviving source provides a continuous narrative of Greek history from Xerxes' invasion to the Wars of the Successors following the death of Alexander the Great—the Bibliotheke, or "Library," produced by Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus (ca. 90–30 BCE). Yet generations o...

The Hellenistic Age, the three extraordinary centuries from the death of Alexander in 323 B. C. to Octavian's final defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, has offered a rich and variegated field of exploration for historians, philosophers, economists, and literary critics. Yet few scholars have attempted the daunting task of seeing the period whole, of refracting its achievements and reception through the lens of a single critical mind. Alexander to Actium was con...

A gallery of spectacular photos celebrating the history of these popular locomotives of the late twentieth century.Peter J. Green first photographed Class 50 diesels in action in 1975, while they were still being transferred from the London Midland to the Western Region of British Rail. But it was in the early 1980s, when they were named and painted in Large Logo livery, that his interest in the class really took off. For Peter, they stood out from most other locomo...

The second volume in Simone de Beauvoir’s celebrated autobiography recalls her formative years in Paris when she began to emerge as a public figureFirst published in 1960, The Prime of Life offers an intimate, captivating picture of Simone de Beauvoir in her twenties, thirties and forties. Beginning as a recent graduate from the Sorbonne teaching high-school girls, we see de Beauvoir revel in the freedom her new financial independence brings. We see her an...

Three new mysteries. One sharp-eyed detective.Detective Inspector Abigail Evens returns with wit, grit, and relentless determination in this gripping second collection of mysteries. From poisoned champagne to Bollywood intrigue and the secrets of a suburban affair, Evens must untangle webs of deceit that stretch from wedding halls to film sets — and closer to home than she ever imagined.Till Death Do Us PartA lavish wedding ends in scandal, betrayal,...

This is a reissue, with a new introduction and an update to the bibliography, of the original edition, published in 1970 as The Year of Salamis in England and as Xerxes at Salamis *in the U.S.The long and bitter struggle between the great Persian Empire and the fledgling Greek states reached its high point with the extraordinary Greek victory at Salamis in 480 B.C. The astonishing sea battle banished forever the specter of Persian invasion and occupation. Peter Green brill...

For the British 1st Airborne Division Operation Market Garden in September 1944 was a disaster. The Division was eliminated as a fighting force with around a half of its men were captured.The Germans were faced with dealing with 6,000 prisoners in a fortnight; many of them seriously wounded. Somehow the men were processed and despatched to camps around Germany and German occupied eastern Europe. Here the men experienced the reality of the collapsing regime – little food and shrinki...

Peter J Green first photographed Class 50 diesels in action in 1975, while they were still being transferred from the London Midland to the Western Region of British Rail. But it was in the early 1980s, when they were named and painted in Large Logo livery, that his interest in the class really took off. For Peter, they stood out from most other locomotives that were painted in the rather drab Rail Blue livery. The sound of the locomotives, particularly when running at speed, was also very...