THE WAR BETWEEN THE TATES gently dissects the marriage between Brian Tate a 46-year-old professor of political science & his wife Erica. The Tates appear to have every advanatage: a stable loving relationship two attractive children good friends enough money. Then Brian begins an ill-advised affair with a female student & the seams in the marriage come alarmingly apart. Lurie miraculously seems to understand men as well as she understands women; she has an astonishing rapport with the fragmented world of the teenager; she constructs her American academic backdrops with the craftsmanlike skill; she evinces rare wisdom wit & compassion; & she writes like an angel Sunday Times ...

Emmanuel Jal was seven years old when he became a soldier & went into battle with the rebel army in Sudans bloody civil war. Believing he was being sent to school Emmanuel trekked his way to a refugee camp in Ethiopia where he became one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. After nearly five years of fighting Emmanuel was smuggled into Kenya by Emma Mc Cune a British aid worker & finally began to have a childhood & an education. When Emma died tragically Emmanuel struggled to find purpose in life but eventually
- through the power of prayer & music
- he succeeded. From child soldier to refugee to rap star War Child is one boys incredible story of survival & triumph.

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The opening years of the fifteenth century saw one of the most bitterly contested political & military convulsions in the history of the British Isles a conflict that is too-often overlooked by military historians. Henry IV who had overthrown & probably murdered his predecessor Richard II fought a protracted & bloody campaign against the most powerful nobles in the l&. This war is the subject of John Barratts gripping study. The Percy family the Kings of the North & their most famous leader Sir Henry Percy
- Hotspur whose fiery nature & military prowess were immortalized by Shakespeare
- stood out against Henrys rule. & the beleagured king also had to contend with a range of other unrelenting opponents among them Owain Glyn Dwr who led the Welsh revolt against English supremacy. In this graphic account of the first deeply troubled years of Henry IVs reign John Barratt concentrates on the warfare in particular on the setpiece pitched battles fought at Homildon Hill Pilleth & Shrewsbury. His story brings to life the embittered politics & the personal & family enmities that gave rise to armed conflict. & he describes in vivid detail the tactics & fighting methods of the day which were dominated by the devastating power of the English longbow.

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As a British infantry officer in the Royal Gurkha Rifles Emile Simpson completed three tours of Southern Afghanistan. Drawing on that experience & on a range of little-known case studies ranging from Nepal to Borneo War From The Ground Up offers a distinctive perspective on contemporary armed conflict: while most accounts of war look down at the battlefield from an academic perspective or across it as a personal narrative the author looks up from the battlefield to consider the concepts that put him there & how they played out on the ground. Simpson argues that in the Afghan conflict & in contemporary conflicts more generally liberal powers & their armed forces have blurred the line between military & political activity. More broadly they have challenged the distinction between war & peace. He contends that this loss of clarity is more a response to the conditions of combat in the early twenty-first century particularly that of globalisation than a deliberate choice. The issue is thus not whether the West should engage in such practices but how to manage gain advantage from & mitigate the risks of this evolution in warfare. War From The Ground Up draws heavily on personal anecdotes from the frontline related to historical context & strategic thought to offer a re-evaluation of the concept of war in modern conflict. ...

A special lavishly illustrated new edition of Michael Foremans classic story. Its 1914 when everything changes for a group of bys growing up & playing football in the Suffolk countryside. Far away in a place called Sarajevo an Archduke has been killed & a web of global events results in a call for all British men to do their duty for King & Country & join the army to fight the germans overseas. The boys sign up for what sounds like an adventure & a chance to see the world. After basic training the boys sail to France where they find themselves fighting on the front line. Living in the trenches in constant fear for their lives is nothing like they expected & only a bombed-out wasteland no-mans-land separates their trences from those of their German enemies. Then on Christmas Day something remarkable happens as the German & British armies stop fighting & meet in the middle of no-mans-l&. The enemies talk play football & become friends. But the war isnt over the two sides resume fighting & the group of Suffolk lads are ordered to charge across no-mans-l&... ...

The bedlam of battle had begun. All around me men cried & fell to the ground & horses reared & screamed in an agony of fear & pain. The shells whined & roared overhead & every explosion seemed like an earthquake to us. A stunning wartime classic. In the deadly chaos of the First World War one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by artillery with bullets knocking riders from his back Joey tells a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving in terrible times. One horse has the seen the best & the worst of humanity. The power of war & the beauty of peace. This is his story. From Michael Morpurgo former children's laureate come this thrilling & epic tale of one horse's journey through the trenches First World War. Now adapted by Steven Spielberg as a major motion picture & shown on stage in London's West End & also on Broadway. ...

War Horse is a 2011 British-American war drama film directed by Steven Spielberg & is intended for release in the United States on 25 December 2011 & in the United Kingdom on 13 January 2012. It is based on both War Horse a childrens novel set during World War I by British author Michael Morpurgo first published in the UK in 1982 & the 2007 National Theatre stage adaptation of the same name. Set in Devon at the outbreak of World War 1 Joey young Albert Narracotts beloved horse is sold to the cavalry & shipped to France. He serves in the British & German armies which takes him on an extraordinary odyssey serving on both sides before being alone in no mans l&. ...

At the outbreak of World War One Joey young Alberts beloved horse is sold to the cavalry & shipped to France. Hes soon caught up in enemy fire & fate takes him on an extraordinary odyssey serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no mans l&. A beautifully read audio that captures the power of the human spirit. READ BY DAN STEVENS. Beautifully performed by Dan Stevens War Horse has taken the world by storm. First published back in 1982 the book was adapted to the stage & was performed at the National Theatre back in 2007. Its well deserved success means that it has now gone into its third year at the New London Theatre & will be later debuting on Broadway in New York City. At the outbreak of World War One Joey young Alberts beloved horse is sold to the cavalry & shipped to France. Hes soon caught up in enemy fire & fate takes him on an extraordinary odyssey serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no mans l&. But Albert cannot forget Joey & still not old enough to enlist he embarks on a treacherous mission to the trenches to find him & bring him home. ...

This moving story based on the novel by National Curriculum recommended author Michael Morpurgo & adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford is an incredibly moving portrayal of the bond between a soldier & his horse in the deadly chaos of the First World War. Sold to the army in 1914 & separated from his beloved young master Albert farm horse Joey is thrust into the midst of the Western Front. Albert vows to follow Joey to war & to be reunited with his friend but will they find one another? ...

Besides being the only British territory occupied by the Germans in the World War II it is perhaps less generally known that the Channel Islands were fortified out of all proportion to the rest of Hitlers Atlantic Wall: a legacy that is explored in individual chapters on Alderney Guernsey Jersey & Sark. First-hand accounts of all seven Commando raids are brought together plus a summary of how the islands hotels were put to use by their German guests may intrigue present day visitors. There is a review of war museums which aims to give an insight into the variety of relics that enthusiasts have had the foresight to preserve. The war cemeteries are described & there is a list of every grave of both sides of the two World Wars. Annotated aerial photographs also form an important aspect of this work. ...