The Allied assault on Normandy beaches was an almost flawless success but it was to take three months of bitter fighting before the German defence of Normandy finally collapsed & Paris was liberated. In this masterly & highly individual account of that struggle the reader is subjected to the gruelling ordeals confronted by the combatants
- each encounter related from the point of view of a different nationality. While transcending conventional military history it provides an intensely vivid picture of one of the Second World Wars most crucial campaigns.
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Six people arrive in a theatre during rehearsals for a play. But they are not ordinary people. They are the characters of a play that has not yet been written. Trapped inside a traumatic event from which they long to escape they desperately need a writer to complete their story & release them. Intrigued by their situation the director invites them to act out the key events of their lives.. . Pirandello's best-known play & one of the most extraordinary & mysterious plays of the 20th century Six Characters speaks directly to an age of uncertainty: where do we come from where are we going how do we become what we want to be? ...

The Six-Day War was an extraordinary human drama. It swept up a generation of Israelis & Arabs whose children still cannot live peacefully in the world the war created. Today Israel is the superpower of the region. It has nuclear weapons but has never been able to digest the land it swallowed in 1967. However big its army it will never be at peace or feel secure until the future of this land is settled. Thirty-six years after the end of the six days of fighting after thousands more deaths & the failure of years of negotiation to try to reach a political settlement Israelis & Palestinians are fighting once again on the streets in the West Bank & Gaza. It is still a low-level conflict but if another full-blown Middle East war breaks out its roots will lie in those six days in June 1967. Drawing on his experiences as the BBCs former Middle East correspondent & building on extensive original research & interviews with some of the key participants Jeremy Bowen uses his vast array of contacts to weave together a completely convincing & compelling account hour by hour of the 1967 war between Israel & Egypt Jordan & Syria. As insightful as the best modern history writing & as gripping as fiction this is a major debut by an author with superb media contacts. ...

Sid is a cat who is addicted to having six meals a day & glories in this lifestyle. Manipulative persuasive & a charmer he has wrapped everybody round his little paw
- each owner believes that Sid belongs to them only.. .until the day he is found out!
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Richard Feynman's Six Easy Pieces: The Fundamentals of Physics Explained" is an essential introduction to the world of physics by one of its greatest teachers & icons. Richard Feynman inspired people around the world with his scientific brilliance endless curiosity about the world & unorthodox outlook on life. Here he guides the reader through the very basics of physics including atoms energy force the relation of physics to other sciences the theory of gravitation & quantum behaviour. Presenting complex ideas in simplified understandable terms & using illustrations such as shooting bullets waves on a seashore & even Dennis the Menace's building blocks " Six Easy Pieces" gets to the heart of how the world works. " One of the very best introductions to physics for the uninitiated". (" Independent"). " If one book was all that could be passed on to the next generation of scientists it would undoubtedly have to be " Six Easy Pieces"". (John Gribbin). " With Feynman as a guide you can't help wondering why everyone is not turning to science". (" Guardian"). " The greatest physicist of the twentieth century". (" Sunday Times"). Richard P. Feynman (1918-88) was one of this century's most brilliant & original thinkers. He taught at Cornell & the California Institute of Technology & received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in quantum electrodynamics. Books by Feynman published by Penguin include "QED" & " The Character of Physical Law"." ...

Italo Calvino was due to deliver the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard in 1985-86 but they were left unfinished at his death. The surviving drafts explore of the concepts of lightness quickness multiplicity exactitude & visibility (Constancy was to be the sixth) in serious yet playful essays that reveal Calvinos debt to the comic strip & the folktale. With his customary imagination & grace he sought to define the virtues of the great literature of the past in order to shape the values of the future. This collection is a brilliant precis of the work of a great writer whose legacy will endure through the millennium he addressed. ...

From the bestselling author of One Minute to Midnight" this is the riveting story of the last six months of World War II when the hopeful Allied situation inspired by the Yalta Conference descended into the open conflict that would lead to the Cold War. When FDR Winston Churchill & Josef Stalin gathered outside the Crimean city of Yalta in February 1945 they had Hitlers armies on the run & victory was just a matter of time. Their mission was to forge the decisions that would shape the postwar world & above all to divide up Europe between Soviet & Western influence. These men had been fighting side by side for nearly four years but the cracks in their alliance were emerging; even before the Second World War ended another conflict was beginning. " Six Months" captures this turning point of the twentieth century re-creating the steady breakdown in relations between powers. While the Berlin airlift & the Iron Curtain would not arrive for three years by August 1945 the West & the Soviet Union were firmly on the path to a Cold War. Michael Dobbs brilliantly renders the personalities & geopolitics that drove this descent illuminating the aims & frustrations of the key leaders. This is a vivid story of power personalities & national interests competing at a crucial moment in history." ...

Helmand Province Afghanistan 2010: the British campaign is in its fifth summer & entering an arduous new phase. British soldiers must partner Afghan forces protect & win over a sceptical population as well as battle a tenacious enemy. Their weapons will be agricultural handouts & new roads rather than bombs & artillery. It is a controversial plan not least for the soldiers some only eighteen years old who patrol through fields laced with mines & endure sniper-fire in their makeshift checkpoints. Who are these young troops? Trained for war can they switch to this new reality? What cost will the campaign have on soldiers & civilians alike? Are the Afghan forces & government viable in the eyes of the local people? Is this even the right plan? To answer these questions Max Benitz spent months living & training with the soldiers in this world-renowned battalion & was allowed a unique look into their lives. His books provides an intimate & insightful picture of this controversial war: the war-weary locals who hedge their bets the frustrations of battling a skilled & seemingly invisible enemy & above all the resilience talent & humour of the soldiers. ...

Meet Bridget Hunt & her Six Pack Chick phenomenon. find out why everybodys talking about Mother Hen on facebook. Bridget shares her incredible story... As a professional dancer at the top of her game her dreams were dashed when life threatening illness knocked at her door. Using this bombshell to help herself & others Bridget has dedicated more than a decade to studying the power of nutrition to become a renowned expert in her field. The woman celebrities turn to when they need results fast for the red carpet or a last minute photo shoot. & with good reason... Understanding the power of harnessing the mind for weight loss body training & confidence for life Bridget enhances her powerful package with the latest NLP techniques. ensuring clients get 110% & feel energised balanced & inspired. Six Pack Chicks dont only lose the weight but they keep it off feel healthier & often go on to change other areas in their lives. ...

After their thrilling exploits in Matthew Reillys bestseller Seven Ancient Wonders" super-soldier Jack West & his loyal team of adventurers are back & now they face an all-but impossible challenge. For a mysterious ceremony in an unknown location has triggered a catastrophic countdown that will climax in the destruction of all life on Earth. But there is one last hope. If Jacks team can find & rebuild a legendary ancient device known only as the Machine they might be able to ward off this coming Armageddon. The only clues to its location however are held within the fabled Six Sacred Stones long lost in the fog of history. & so the hunt begins.. . From Stonehenge in England to the deserts of Egypt to the spectacular Three Gorges region of China " The Six Sacred Stones" will take you on a non-stop rollercoaster ride through ancient history modern military hardware & some of the fastest & most mind-blowing action you will ever read." ...