The deeply unpleasant Korean War began in 1950 with an unprovoked attack by North Korea. Hostilities went on for three long years followed by an uneasy armistice that continues to this day. United Kingdom casualties amounted to some 300 Officers & 4 000 Other Ranks many of them conscripts while a total of over 100 000 United Nations soldiers were killed & three times that number wounded.A Royal Engineer Field Squadron deployed to Korea in late 1950 & this was expanded to a Regiment the following year. Often involved in fierce fighting the Sappers suffered grievous casualties including 42 killed & several hundred wounded. Their gallantry was rewarded by numerous awards including a CBE an OBE & eight MBEs two DSOs thirteen MCs eight MMs & most notably a Distinguished Conduct Medal second only to the Victoria Cross. It was a vicious war whose intensity neverslackened; in the last two months alone the Communist artillery fired over 700 000 rounds against just under five million fired back by United Nations forces. The Royal Engineers among them the Author were indispensible at all levels from the forward areas where they were often involved in close-quarter fighting right back to the base in Japan. Their skills & roles varied from patrolling river crossing & road building to mine-clearing & -laying defence works bridging & postal services so vital for morale. Other tasks included blowing things up (always a favourite occupation) & clearing booby traps (less popular). In a war zone with one of the most inhospitable climates in the world merely keeping alive was a challenge. This book is not merely a gripping yet thoroughly readable account of the Sappers achievement but a tribute to the sacrifice of those who did not return. ...

Every weekend in basements & parking lots across the country young men with good white-collar jobs & absent fathers take off their shoes & shirts & fight each other barehanded for as long as they have to. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes & loosened teeth & the sense that they can handle anything. Fight Club is the invention of Tyler Durden projectionist waiter & dark anarchic genius. & it's only the beginning of his plans for revenge on a world where cancer support groups have the corner on human warmth. ...

Its not only food & inactivity that can make you fat in midlife
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Rome 61 BC Recruited as a gladiator young Marcus Cornelius Primus faces a new life of brutal training governed by strict rules as he learns the skills of an elite warrior. But Marcus cannot simply forget his past. His father lies murdered by soldiers & his mother has been kidnapped & forced into slavery. Marcus is determined to find his fathers old commander Pompeius the Great to seek justice for his family & set his mother free. Yet unbeknown to him Marcus is hiding a life-threatening secret. & if the Romans discover it there will be no escape.. . ...

Jonah Delacroix cant stand the real world
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This Self Defence book for women & children is a must for those who wish to walk the streets safely be able to identify dangerous situations & avoid them. You can learn how to stop these thugs from wrecking your family's stability happiness & more importantly lives. Fight For Your Life" has been specifically written for women & children who have no previous martial arts training & who would just like to remain safe on today's streets. This detailed step-by-step guide accompanied by 170 photographs covers all the situations we may find ourselves in & then shows you how to deal with them. Violent people walk past us every day many looking for their next victim; don t let it be you. There are chapters that deal specifically with child attacks school bullies sex attacks violent attacks safe travel abduction & importantly what should you do if you or your child are the intended victim. In short if you want to gain the knowledge & skills to help prevent you or one of your family from being another rape or violence statistic this guide has the lot. Don't take the chance
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Gutsy & funny
- Daily Telegraph". Catherine Fox is not your typical martial artist. Her initiation into the sacred rites of
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In this official account of Manchester Uniteds 2011-12 season the players bring you inside the dressing room to hear about every moment of their Premier League campaign. With in-depth contributions from the key members of the squad & the backroom staff this book is the definitive account of Uniteds season. ...

The mysterious world of elite combat units blown wide open... Find out how elite teams prepare for Close Quarter Battle. Discover how they launch assaults against pirate boats. Learn the secrets to directing air attack against a key intelligence target. Read how units manage to enter hostile territory undetected & carry out long-ranges reconnaissance mission deep behind enemy lines. In his new book former SAS hero Chris Ryan delves into the secretive world of elite warfare revealing the nuts & bolts of some of the toughest sharpest & most legendary fighting units in existence around the world today. Drawing on his experience as a soldier in the Regiment for a decade as well as his recent unique access to some of the worlds hardest & most sophisticated special police units for his TV show Elite World Cops Chris Ryan explores the secrets of the trade. From the HALO insertion technique to mounting ambushes & escape-&-evasion tips Chris Ryans Fight to Win is the ultimate guide to elite forces training & operations. ...

The Battle of Britain memoir of Hurricane pilot Barry Sutton DFC. At twenty-three years of age Barry Sutton had experienced more than the average person experiences in a lifetime. This book based on a diary he kept during the Battle of Britain covers September 1939 to September 1940 during which time based at North Weald one of Fighter Commands most important fighter stations he shot down three German fighters & was shot down twice himself. It is also the story of his family his wife whom he married in the midst of the epic air battle & who helped him survive the horrific injuries he sustained after bailing out of his burning Hurricane fighter plane. ...