The War Ends the World Raises the World Vol 1 (light novel) (War Ends the World Raises the World (Light Novel)) ...

The War Ends the World Raises the World Vol 1 (manga) (War Ends the World Raises the World (Manga)) ...

Are you ready for the truth about World War Two? The Second World War is the most cataclysmic & violent sequence of events in recent times But for the past seven decades our understanding of it has relied upon conventional wisdom propaganda & an interpretation skewed by the information available James Holland has spent over twelve years conducting new research interviewing survivors visiting battlefields & archives that have never before been so accessible & challenging too-long-held assumptions about the war that shaped our world In Germany Ascendant the first part of this ground-breaking new history James Holland introduces the war beginning with the lead-up to its outbreak in 1939 & taking us up to mid-1941 as the Nazis prepared to unleash Operation Barbarossa the invasion of Russia To tell the real story he weaves together the experiences of dozens of individuals from civilians & soldiers to sailors pilots leading military strategists industrialists & heads of state & uncovers the strategy tactics & events that informed not only the military aspects of the war but also the economic political & social aspects too The War in the West is a truly monumental history of the war on land in the air & at sea In it James Holland has created a captivating & epic narrative which redefines & enhances our understanding of one of the most significant conflicts in history ...

' Ranks as a towering work of historical research & writing'
- Nigel Jones BBC History Magazine In the second volume of his acclaimed
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play One of the finest historical adventure films ever made The War Lord dramatises with uncommon intelligence & integrity the brutality difficulties & injustices of the Middle Ages Charlton Heston (Ben Hur Touch of Evil The Ten Commandments) stars as Chrysagon an honoured knight who takes over a castle tower in the swampland of Normandy to strengthen his duke&s authority But his struggles to maintain power in the face of Pagan villagers barbarian attackers & his brother&s jealous counsel are shaken by his growing weariness with bloodshed in a cruel world Never before released for home viewing in the UK this collaboration between OSCAR-winning director Franklin J Schaffner & the legendary Charlton Heston three years before their iconic reunion on Planet of the Apes is a gripping saga of ferocious battles heartfelt emotion & powerful storytelling Actors Charlton Heston Richard Boone Rosemary Forsyth Maurice Evans Guy Stockwell Niall Mac Ginnis James Farentino Henry Wilcoxon Sammy Ross Woodrow Parfrey John Alderson Allen Jaffe Michael Conrad Dal Jenkins & Johnny Jensen Director Franklin J Schaffner Certificate PGYear 1965 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 56 minutes (approx)
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A spellbinding children's story from from War Horse author & former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo
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The dwarves have gone to battle & they have been victorious But outside the realm dark forces are working A secret army of Orcs made immortal by the hidden powers of the Black Water now marches towards Girdlegard set to unleash its fury upon the kingdom Sooner than they realise Tungdil & his comrades will need to summon all their courage to do battle against this bloodthirsty horde The Orcs are not the only threat An unspeakable new power is growing & threatens the very existence of the dwarves But both enemies have forgotten one very important truth a dwarf is never more dangerous than when total obliteration seems inevitable ...

The second of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of The Silmarillion Tolkien's epic tale of war In The War of the Jewels Christopher Tolkien takes up his account of the later history of The Silmarillion from the point where it was left in Morgoth's Ring The story now returns to Middle-earth & the ruinous conflict of the High Elves & the Men who were their allies with the power fothe Dark Lord With the publication in this book of all JRR Tolkien's later narrative writing concerned with the last centuries of the First Age the long history of The Silmarillion from its beginning in The Book of Lost Tales is completed; & the enigmatic state of the work at his death can be understood This book contains the full text of the Grey Annals the primary record of The War of the Jewels & a major story of Middle-earth now published for the first time the tale of the disaster that overtook the forest people of Brethil when Hurin the Steadfast came among them after his release from long years of captivity in Angband the fortress of Morgoth ...

' The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism & the West vividly told in an exciting & engrossing book' Sunday Express Only three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation war came again to Malaya The Chinese-backed guerrillas called it the War of the Running Dogs
- their contemptuous term for those in Malaya who remained loyal to the British The British Government referred to this bloody & costly struggle as the ' Malayan Emergency' Yet it was a war that lasted twelve years & cost thousands of lives By the time it was over Malaya had obtained its independence
- but on British not on Chinese or Communist terms Here is the war as it was Here are the planters & their wives on their remote rubber estates the policemen the generals & the soldiers the Malays Chinese & Indians of a polyglot country all fighting an astute ruthless & well organized enemy

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The War of the Spanish Succession fought between 1701 & 1714 to decide who should inherit the Spanish throne was a conflict on an unprecedented scale stretching across most of western Europe the high seas & the Americas Yet this major subject is not well known & is little understood That is why the publication of James Falkner's absorbing new study is so timely & important In a clear & perceptive narrative he describes & analyses the complex political manoeuvres & a series of military campaigns which also involved the threat posed by Ottoman Turks in the east & Sweden & Russia in the north Fighting took place not just in Europe but in the Americas & Canada & on the high seas All European powers large & small were involved
- France Spain Great Britain Holland Austria & Portugal were the major players The end result of eleven years of outright war was a French prince firmly established on the throne in Madrid & a division of the old Spanish empire More notably though French power previously so dominant was curbed for almost ninety years
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