The novel is set in the Druze area & is a declaration of love for tolerance & for the peaceful coexistence of the many religious groups that live in close proximity. Myths, communists, nationalists, murder, illicit love, superstition, erotic trees & women's breasts make up the tapestry of this strange novel. ...

For a thousand years the Sarmatian tribes had contacts with the major military powers of the ancient world. These armoured horsemen of the southern Russian steppes migrated into the Roman world. This text describes the history, armour, weapons & tactics of this people. ...

Scott Schuman just wanted to take photographs of people on the street who looked great. This book is an anthology of Scott's favourite shots from around the world. It

Includes:: photographs of well-known fashion figures as well as those shots of the anonymous passerby whose imagination & taste delight the viewer.

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Books Military History Books The Special Air Service – the SAS – are known to be the greatest elite fighting force in the world. This book focuses on the most famous operations undertaken by the SAS from its inception during the Second World War to the present day, describing in dramatic detail the unit’s most daring & memorable missions in trouble spots across the world. Revelatory & gripping, the author weaves together the extraordinary true stories of this brave fighting force, wherever they are in action. From missions on home shores to Iraq, Sierra Leone, the Falkland Islands, Europe, Libya, Malaya, Afghanistan & more, SAS Battle Ready brings together both the history of the unit & some of its most powerful moments. From hostage rescues to ambushes, from sabotage to jungle warfare & from pitched battles to reconnaissance, it hasn’t always gone according to plan but the courage & devotion to duty revealed within show just what it takes to be an SAS soldier.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781789295290 •†Author: Dominic Utton  •†Publisher:†  Michael O' Mara •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 304 •†Dimensions:† 12.9 x 2.15 x 19.8 cm ...

There were three patrols that fateful January 1991 morning: Bravo One Zero, Bravo Two Zero & Bravo Three Zero. It was the opening hours of the Gulf War & the SAS were flown deep behind enemy lines to hunt down Saddam's Scud missiles, the use of which threatened a Third World War. The men of Bravo One Zero stepped off the chopper, took one look at the flat desert devoid of any cover & decided no way were they deploying into all of that. But Andy Nc Nab's famed Bravo Two Zero patrol did deploy, with fatal results
- all bar one being captured or killed. & then there was Bravo Three Zero. These men were different. Thought differently. Acted differently. Treating as gospel the SAS's saying 'any fool can be uncomfortable', they deployed with vehicles, & while there was nowhere to hide they could make a dash for the border if desperate. Even as warnings came in that Mc Nab's patrol was on the run, Bravo Three Zero remained undetected
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The SAS Story Britain is home to an elite special operations group that are the best of the best; the legendary special air service. From raiding the North African airfields during World War Two, to combating terrorism in Iraq, these heroic soldiers don ...

Books History Books In SAS Great Escapes, bestselling author Damien Lewis tells the story of seven of the most dramatic & daring escapes executed during WWII by what is arguably the world's most famous military fighting force
- the SAS. With each story comes a nail-biting, rollercoaster ride – join individual escapees & experience events through their own words, taken from contemporaneous diaries, mission reports, debriefings & letters
- recapturing the most terrifying & exhilarating moments of their lives. These tales of almost unbelievable derring-do reveal the most desperate of times, when men were cornered by the enemy & were forced to fight their way out of certain death or capture. Around every corner, upon every decision & every movement lurked the possibility of discovery. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781787475304 • Author: Damien Lewis • Publisher: Quercus • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.6cm  

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SAS Great Escapes Two recounts the hitherto untold stories of six of the most dramatic & daring escapes executed by the world's most famous fighting force during WWII. From the very earliest SAS missions to the push into Nazi-occupied Europe, they cover some of the key figures in the Regiment, including its founder, David Stirling, plus other lesser-known heroes. With each story comes an edge-of-the-seat, rollercoaster ride in classic Damien Lewis fashion, as readers are plunged into the escapees' experiences
- sharing their most terrifying yet inspiring moments. These stunning accounts of survival beggar belief, revealing nerve-racking bluff & deception, knife-edge encounters with enemy hunter forces hellbent on wreaking vengeance & murder, but also incredible acts of mercy & kindness from those who risk all to help the escapees on their way. Each tale of breath-taking derring-do reveals how necessity really is the mother of all invention, as with every step & at every ju...
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Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But will the SAS survive the inferno of Operation Desert Storm?

August 1990, & Iraqi

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Roger Cole, one of the SAS soldiers who took part, & writer Richard Belfield have interviewed ever SAS survivor who fought in the battle from the beginning to the end. This is the first time every single one of them have revealed their experience. ...