The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler`s gripping bestseller reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs: cocaine, heroin, morphine &, most of all, methamphetamines, or crystal meth, used by everyone from factory workers to housewives, & crucial to troops` resilience
- even partly explaining German victory in 1940. The promiscuous use of drugs at the very highest levels also impaired & confused decision-making, with Hitler & his entourage taking refuge in potentially lethal cocktails of stimulants administered by the physician Dr Morell as the war turned against Germany. While drugs cannot on their own explain the events of the Second World War or its outcome, Ohler shows, they change our understanding of it. Blitzed forms a crucial missing piece of the story.
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The sensational German bestseller on the overwhelming role of drug-taking in the Third Reich, from Hitler to housewives. ` Bursting with interesting facts` Vice ` Extremely interesting.. .a serious piece of scholarship, very well researched` Ian Kershaw The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler`s gripping bestseller reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs: cocaine, heroin, morphine &, most of all, methamphetamines, or crystal meth, used by everyone from factory workers to housewives, & crucial to troops` resilience
- even partly explaining German victory in 1940. The promiscuous use of drugs at the very highest levels also impaired & confused decision-making, with Hitler & his entourage taking refuge in potentially lethal cocktails of stimulants administered by the physician Dr Morell as the war turned against Germany. While drugs cannot on their own explain the events of the Second World War or its outcome, Ohler shows, they change our understanding of it. Blitzed forms a crucial missing piece of the story.
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The German campaign in France during the summer of 1940 was pivotal to Hitler`s ambitions & fundamentally affected the course of the Second World War. Having squabbled about fighting methods right up to the start of the campaign, the German forces provided the Fuhrer with a swift, efficient & decisive military victory over the Allied forces. In achieving in just six weeks what their fathers had failed to accomplish during the four years of the First World War, Germany altered the balance of power in Europe at a stroke. Yet, as Lloyd Clark shows in this enthralling new book, it was far from a foregone conclusion. Blitzkrieg tells the story of the campaign, while highlighting the key technologies, decisions & events that led to German success, & details the mistakes, good fortune & chronic weaknesses in their planning process & approach to war fighting. There are also compelling portraits of the officers who played key roles, including Heinz Guderian, Ewin Rommel, Kurt Student, Charles de Gaulle & Bernard Montgomery. Clark argues that far from being undefeatable, the France 1940 campaign revealed Germany & its armed forces to be highly vulnerable
- a fact dismissed by Hitler as he began to plan for his invasion of the Soviet Union
- & offers a gripping reassessment of the myths that have built up around one of the Second World War`s greatest military victories.

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In late 1911, the final year of the Edwardian age, a British naval captain & a Norwegian conqueror of the North-West Passage embarked on the most gruelling race ever run. Their aim was not only to lead the first expedition to the South Pole, but also to live to tell the tale. Six months later, Robert Falcon Scott & four of his party were dead, while Roald Amundsens victory had been wired around the world. A century on, the debate still rages. Was Scott unfortunate or incompetent? Was Amundsen a genius or lucky? In a unique television experiment, two teams led by the Norwegian explorer Rune Gjeldnes & the television anthropologist Bruce Parry, star of the BBC2 series Tribe, set out to recreate the famous race. Wearing the same type of clothing as their predecessors, surviving on the same diet, using the same equipment & travelling over the same distance, they seek to answer some of the burning questions. Blizzard is a dramatic chronicle of both the original epic, & its reconstruction. Jasper Reess narrative skilfully intertwines past & present as he brings to life an extraordinary cast of characters. They may be separated from their predecessors by nearly a hundred years, but the modern race teams soon discover that, in polar travel, nothing changes. Among the hardships they face are uncontrollable dogs, inedible food, invisible crevasses, unimaginable cold, all in an unending prairie of snow. Incorporating the gripping diaries of Parry & Gjeldnes, Blizzard paints an astonishing picture of comradeship in the face of physical danger & psychological torment in the most life-threatening habitat on earth. ...

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“ The Really Tiny Book Light” red clips discreetly onto the pages of your book so you can indulge your late-night reading habits without disturbing others or straining your eyes. This LED book light even sports a handy neck hinge that means that you can rotate the arm of your reading light a full 90 degrees, allowing you to direct the light beam towards the edge of the page & comfortably read text left in shadow by many other inferior reading lights. *WINNER
- GIFT OF THE YEAR 2008* The “ Really Tiny Book Light” requires 3 AG3 batteries (included).
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“ The Really Tiny Book Light” red clips discreetly onto the pages of your book so you can indulge your late-night reading habits without disturbing others or straining your eyes. This LED book light even sports a handy neck hinge that means that you can rotate the arm of your reading light a full 90 degrees, allowing you to direct the light beam towards the edge of the page & comfortably read text left in shadow by many other inferior reading lights. *WINNER
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“ The Really Tiny Book Light” red clips discreetly onto the pages of your book so you can indulge your late-night reading habits without disturbing others or straining your eyes. This LED book light even sports a handy neck hinge that means that you can rotate the arm of your reading light a full 90 degrees, allowing you to direct the light beam towards the edge of the page & comfortably read text left in shadow by many other inferior reading lights. *WINNER
- GIFT OF THE YEAR 2008* The “ Really Tiny Book Light” requires 3 AG3 batteries (included).
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“ The Really Tiny Book Light” red clips discreetly onto the pages of your book so you can indulge your late-night reading habits without disturbing others or straining your eyes. This LED book light even sports a handy neck hinge that means that you can rotate the arm of your reading light a full 90 degrees, allowing you to direct the light beam towards the edge of the page & comfortably read text left in shadow by many other inferior reading lights. *WINNER
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Indexed street map of Bloemfontein & suburbs, with an inset enlargement of the town centre & a road map of the Free State on the reverse. The city coverage extends from Bainsvlai in the north-west to Grasland in the east & JB Mafora district in the south. Detail

Includes:: one-way streets, traffic lights, service stations, railways & car parks. District names are indicated & colour coding distinguishes land use e.g. industrial, built-up, retail district, parks. A further range of symbols depict places of interest, landmarks, museums, tourist information offices, shopping centres, various community services, churches, hospitals, sports facilities etc. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1’ intervals. An inset at 1:15, 000 shows the central area with greater clarity. The map is indexed for streets. On the reverse is a road map of Free State at 1:800, 000. Road detail

Includes:: secondary roads & toll routes, distinguishes untarred roads & shows intermediate distances on many routes. Other detail

Includes:: provincial boundaries, airports, historic sites, battlefields, reserves & other places of interest. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 30’ intervals. Indexed for place names.





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