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In this third volume of Michael Logusz's epic study of the Wilderness War of 1777, a sizable British military force, augmented with German and loyalist soldiers, attacks the Northern Army's southern front in the fall of 1777 in hopes of assisting a much larger British Army that is threatened to the north of New York City in the wilderness region of Saratoga.

The breathtaking latest installment in Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's mega-best-selling Killing series transports listeners to the most important era in our nation's history, the Revolutionary War. Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain's King George III, Killing England chronicles the path to independence in gripping detail, taking the listener from the battlefields of America to the royal courts of Europe.

Sean O'Driscoll's Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber tells the astonishing story of Rose Dugdale, who went on to become a committed terrorist, participating in a major art heist and a bombing raid on a police and army barracks, who kept a pregnancy secret for nine months in prison and gave birth there and who ended up at the heart of the IRA's bomb-making operation during its deadly final spasms in the 1990s.

Llyfr o gyfres Amdani, i ddysgwyr Lefel Sylfaen yn cynnwys straeon byrion yn ymwneud â rhyw hanesyn o bentre penodol yng nghymoedd y Rhondda. Mae cymoedd y Rhondda Fach a’r Rhondda Fawr wedi bod yn rhan o fywyd Siôn Tomos Owen o’r dechrau. Mae’r straeon yma’n dangos sut mae pentrefi a phobl Cwm Rhondda wedi effeithio arno.

Assim que Winston Churchill assumiu como primeiro-ministro do Reino Unido, Hitler invadiu a Holanda e a Bélgica. A Polônia e a Tchecoslováquia já haviam sucumbido e a evacuação de Dunquerque ocorreria duas semanas depois. Pelos doze meses seguintes, Hitler travaria uma incessante campanha de bombardeios, matando 45 mil britânicos. Coube a Churchill manter a nação unida e convencer o presidente americano Franklin Roosevelt de que era um aliado valioso―e com disposição para lutar até o fim.

Audiobook "Henryk VIII bez mitów. Prawda o angielskim władcy" przedstawia historię króla, który do dziś uchodzi za postać niezwykle kontrowersyjną. Jaki rzeczywiście był monarcha, który sześciokrotnie zawierał związek małżeński, skazał na ścięcie dwie ze swoich żon i doprowadził do ustanowienia niezależnego od Rzymu Kościoła anglikańskiego? Publikacja poza odpowiedzią na wyżej postawione pytanie, przybliża m.in. kwestię rozwiązłości na dworze Henryka VIII, jego ulubione rozrywki czy poglądy na sprawy państwowe i religijne.

Learn more about Vikings' historic background, their misconceptions, and their gods. This audiobook is an extensive take a look at the Viking Age, and the deeds and lives of these ancient, in some cases strange individuals. The Vikings of Scandinavia were brave, adventurous, and frequently barbaric, but there can be no dispute that they were also a people with huge goals. Viking culture is still a topic of interest today, and this uses an insight into simply how withstanding their legacy is.