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The year 2025 marks the 75th anniversary of final demobilisation of the Womens Land Army in 1950. The employment of over 200,000 land girls on British farms, replacing male farm labourers who joined the armed forces, contributed to the nations ultimate successes in both the world wars. WLA was, though, regarded as the Cinderella service, receiving far less appreciation than other wartime organisations. Land girls received lower pay, were billeted away from home, had hard physical work to perform, suffered harsh winter weather, and often had inadequate clothing. Hampshires contributions were substantial; it might have been the first county to embrace the need for women farm workers, to have more members per head of population, Sparsholt College devoted almost its entire curriculum to training women and girls for employment on British farms, and both First World War ministers of Agriculture came from the county.

Waterford, the Gentle County, can boast a proud sporting tradition that is as long as it is unusual. Irelands oldest city has witnessed many trends, from blood sports like bull-baiting in Ballybricken to roller hockey at the Olympia Ballroom. But the towns and villages of County Waterford were not to be overshadowed, producing notable sports people such as basketballers and boxers.In I Love Me County, learn about everyone from camogie pioneers to World Champions, as this collection of stories records the lives, loves and losses of some of Waterfords forgotten sporting heroes, demonstrating the importance of sport and leisure in the history of the county.

If the past is another country – what happens when we revisit it, one day a year?Carlo Gébler has done just that. Here is the story of Ireland – from the tail end of the Troubles to the Good Friday a

In a decade of researching and writing about crime, Simon Farquhar has met many of those professionally or personally affected by it. They all carry with them stories which the rest of the world has forgotten, but which to them remain unforgettable.Now five of the most extraordinary stories are being told, in full, for the first time. Retracing these historic tragedies with a modern eye, talking to surviving witnesses and police officers, exploring Home Office files and even previously unseen evidence, each investigation reveals powerful truths about those who take away a human life and those bereaved by their actions, while shining a new light on how our society has changedor still needs to change.Time is also taken to explore the untold stories of what happens after sentence is passed, after the press packs up and leaves, once the rest of the world has moved on. What becomes of the survivors, and what becomes of the criminals? What traces of these crimes still remain today?Exhaustively researched and sensitively written, these remarkable accounts are both harrowing and heartbreaking, presenting us with humanity at its cruellest, at its most vulnerable, at its most compassionate and at its most courageous.

En el siglo vi d. C., Oriente Próximo estaba dividido en dos grandes imperios: el romano y el persa. Cien años después, el romano ya no existía y el persa había quedado fragmentado. Esta época en declive, caracterizada por las pugnas territoriales y religiosas, abrio camino al origen, forja y triunfo de un nuevo imperio global y, con el, una nueva religion universal: el islam.El reconocido escritor Tom Holland nos transporta a un mundo antiguo convulso y trepidante para descubrirnos una de las narraciones mas arrolladoras y trascendentales de la historia humana. Rastreando las fuentes mas primarias sobre su procedencia, responde a las incognitas sobre el nacimiento y los ideales que promueve el islam, y nos muestra como los arabes llegaron a forjar un dominio asombrosamente vasto en cuestion de decadas, creando una civilizacion imperial cuyos aspectos perduran hasta nuestros dias.

EL AMBICIOSO GOBERNANTE QUE MARCÓ UN NUEVO RUMBO PARA EL IMPERIO ROMANOLa ascensión al poder del emperador Adriano (76-138 d. C.) supuso el inicio de un cambio esencial para el Imperio romano. Con él, el territorio conquistado por Roma alcanzo su maxima extension, pero tambien bajo su reinado se redujeron notablemente las campañas belicas y se establecieron fronteras concretas para limitar la expansion militar. Adriano, emperador viajero, tambien realizo una extraordinaria reforma administrativa que estabilizo todos los niveles de gobierno y dejo una huella indeleble en el devenir historico de todo el imperio.La biografia de Anthony Birley, la mas completa y exhaustiva que se ha escrito hasta el momento, hace justicia a la figura de Adriano, no solo por su importante dimension politica e historica, sino tambien por lograr un retrato personal e intimo de un hombre odiado en el momento de su muerte y enormemente respetado con el paso del tiempo.

A menudo África ha sido descrita de forma simplista como una tierra uniforme de hambrunas y safaris, pobreza y luchas, despojada de todo matiz. En este libro audaz y perspicaz, Dipo Faloyin ofrece un correctivo muy necesario, tejiendo un vibrante tapiz de historias que dan vida a la rica diversidad, comunidades e historias de Africa.Comenzando con una descripcion envolvente de la animada y compleja vida urbana de Lagos, Faloyin desentierra verdades sorprendentes sobre la herencia colonial de muchos paises africanos y cuenta la historia de las luchas del continente con la democracia a traves de siete dictaduras. Con mordacidad, aborda el fenomeno del complejo del salvador blanco y saca a la luz los daños causados por las campañas beneficas de las ultimas decadas, revisando hitos culturales como la pelicula KONY 2012. Adentrandose en las rivalidades que dinamizan el continente, Faloyin participa en el acalorado debate sobre que pais de Africa Occidental elabora el mejor arroz jollof y describe la extraña e incongruente belleza de la Copa Africana de Naciones. Con la mirada puesta en las futuras promesas del continente, explora los movimientos culturales y politicos liderados por jovenes que estan definiendo y reimaginando Africa en sus propios terminos.Las historias que Faloyin comparte son por momentos alegres y enfurecedoras; orgullosas y optimistas de cara al futuro, incluso cuando se enfrentan inequivocamente a los obstaculos sistematicamente establecidos por las antiguas potencias coloniales. Rebosante de humor e ingenio, lleno de ideas politicas y, sobre todo, impregnado de un profundo amor por la region, Africa no es un pais lleva la historia del continente hacia la realidad, celebrando la energia y el tejido de sus diferentes culturas y comunidades de una forma que nunca antes se habia hecho.

The battle of Agincourt still rings down through the centuries as a quite incredible victory by the outnumbered, happy few of England, enfeebled by disease and exhaustion, against the might of French chivalry. For many commentators then and now, it was the English archers who won the day for Henry V. This history re-tells the story of the battle and Henry Vs Normandy campaign from the perspective of the reputed commander of the English archers, Sir Thomas Erpingham.Sir Thomas, an experienced warrior from Norfolk with military experience dating back 40 years, is known for his brief but pivotal appearances in Shakespeares Henry V, where he is correctly portrayed as an elderly, white-haired veteran. At 57 he was one of the oldest there and a close personal confidant of the King. But what was his background? How did he command his archers to such a place in history? And what role did the longbow and battlefield tactics play in the final analysis of victory?Copiously illustrated with reproductions of original muster rolls and other material, Agincourt 1415 steers the reader through the history of the most important battle of the Hundred Years War from an entirely fresh perspective.

A book for the modern woman, laced with unflinching, glorious honesty. Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews, co-founders of Shameless MediaA funny, real interrogation of Australias body image problem, and a call to arms to dismantle diet culture. Chantelle Otten, author and sexologistA feminist manifesto, a younger millennial gospel, with unparalleled candour and self awareness. I inhaled this book - its going to be big. Jessie StephensI have always known that to be hot is to be powerful. For most of my life, I just took it as the way things are, a fact not worth interrogating since its so obviously true.Up until her twenty-fifth birthday, the number one priority in Lucinda Prices life was to look good. She nipped, tucked, cut, plucked, shaved, tanned, crunched, squatted and starved. Then, she broke down.All I Ever Wanted Was To Be Hot is a funny, provocative retrospective on the last thirty years of Western beauty standards. From the Pussycat Dolls to Victorias Secret, The Girls of the Playboy Mansion to Lara Bingle, the media of the 2000s was littered with high profile examples of hotness as the highest form of social currency. Is it any wonder a girl growing up in that era might believe "good looks" were as integral to womanhood as having a pulse?With her offbeat humour and incisive cultural commentary, Lucinda tells the unfiltered story of a young woman overcoming an eating disorder, illuminating our enduring obsession with appearance by holding a mirror up to herself, and in turn, all of us.A hilarious, insightful deep dive into self image, desirability, pop-culture and power. A sparkling debut by one of Australias most beloved creators and comedians, Lucinda Price aka Froomes.Brilliant, funny and brutally honest, this is a must-read for anyone trying to navigate through this incredibly complex, image-obsessed age. Myf WarhurstIf Tina Fey and David Sedaris had a child, it would be a book this book. Ryan SheltonMy book of the year. Whip-smart. Hilarious. Honest ... Lucinda is a genius who captures and melds the deeply serious and deeply funny in a way few writers can. Hannah Ferguson

A comienzos del siglo quinto de nuestra era, un acosado y exhausto Imperio romano abandonó Britania a su suerte, y la isla se precipitó en el caos y la ruina, asaltada por invasores venidos del otro lado del mar que se establecieron como nuevos amos. Bandas guerreras y emigrantes de raigambre germanica que acabarian fundiendose, con el devenir del tiempo, en los anglosajones. Este libro narra la turbulenta historia de este pueblo a lo largo de los seis siglos siguientes, desde su arribada a las playas britanas a su ocaso tras la batalla de Hastings, desde las incesantes pugnas de reyes dadores de anillos que competian por la gloria hasta la embestida de los vikingos, que casi los aniquilo. Explora como anglos y sajones abandonaron a sus viejos dioses por Cristo, como pasaron de cantar a los matadores de dragones en el Beowulf a fundar cientos de iglesias, y traza el renacimiento de las ciudades y el comercio, y los origenes del familiar paisaje ingles de condados y burgos. Una historia que Marc Morris, reputado medievalista, recorre de manera original, a partir de las vidas y trayectorias tanto de figuras conocidas monarcas como Offa, Alfredo el Grande o Eduardo el Confesor, como de personajes mas oscuros, pero no menos importantes reinas ambiciosas, santos revolucionarios, monjes intolerantes o nobles codiciosos. De esta manera, Anglosajonesproporciona un rico y plural relato de una epoca todavia envuelta en brumas, que consigue separar la historia de la leyenda, para contar como surgio una nueva sociedad, una nueva cultura y un pueblo. Para contar, en definitiva, el nacimiento de la primera Inglaterra, la tierra de los anglos.

The Thames Torso Killer should, by rights, take precedence over Jack the Ripper as the worlds first and most notorious unidentified serial killer. He started to kill in Easter 1887, over a year before the Ripper, and his last murder was in September 1889, almost ten months after the Rippers last victim, Mary Jane Kelly. The Torso killer murdered and dismembered at least four women, in addition to the unborn child of the only victim who was identified.The authors profile of the killer reveals a detailed description of his trade, location and movements. She searches against that profile to find a known criminal with a similar modus operandi as the killer. Waterman and lighterman James Crick was sentenced to fifteen years for a single conviction of rape, although charges of rape and attempted murder were brought against him by two women. Cricks method of accosting the women, and transferring them between his skiff and other vessels, explains how the killer secured temporary secure premises for his attacks and dismemberment.Owing to its overlap with the Jack the Ripper series of murders, this book revisits many of the locations and personalities from that case. It compares and contrasts the Ripper and Torso killer, and the associated police investigations, while paying tribute to river policeman Detective Inspector John Regan.

«Porque no estrangeiro tudo é estranho.»Um irresistível romance, que mergulha em memórias de família e na Roma dos anos cinquenta.Via San Marino, 12: no rés do chão de um pequeno prédio amarelo, um m

A revealing and controversial exposé of international white-collar crime.Alexander Lebedev continues his investigation of banksters (gangster-bankers) scams which he started in his autobiographical book, Hunt the Banker. Each chapter examines a different sophisticated fraudulent scheme whereby stolen billions are laundered in offshore tax havens and deposited in secret accounts with the major UK and US banks, invested in shares of blue-chip companies, and converted into mansions, yachts, private jets, works of art and luxury goods.The topics covered include the cheating of their customers by supposedly respectable financial institutions in Europe and America, their complicity in laundering illegal proceeds of corrupt officials from all over the world, the financial pyramid schemes of Bernie Madoff and other mega-fraudsters, and black holes in the charity universe.Lebedev investigates the phenomenon of the symbiosis of dirty money and the latest information technologies of the blockchain, which threatens the global financial system with a cryptocurrency apocalypse, and he describes the degradation of political elites inebriated by biased mainstream media and fake news stories.

Los asedios, de Numancia a Stalingrado, dejan siempre una cicatriz imborrable en la memoria colectiva de los pueblos. El que sufrió Bilbao durante la Segunda Guerra Carlista, el cuarto en lo que iba de siglo, no solo modifico su piel y su aspecto, sino que tambien confirmo su fama de ciudad indomable y su titulo de villa invicta.En febrero de 1874, las tropas carlistas pusieron bajo sitio la ciudad vasca en lo que termino por ser una pesadilla de dos meses interminables para los defensores que se quedaron dentro. Envalentonados por varias victorias en este frente, los seguidores Carlos de Borbon y Austria-Este vieron en la plaza vizcaina, clave por su pujanza economica, la via mas rapida para ganar credito internacional e impulsar su causa. Para ello no escatimaron en crueldad, bombardeando con saña la ciudad sin respetar lugares como iglesias u hospitales. El sufrimiento y heroismo de sus habitantes se tradujeron en una victoria clave para una Primera Republica moribunda que resistia a duras penas las acometidas conjuntas de sus muchos enemigos.El arqueologo Gorka Martin reconstruye con una abrumadora documentacion cada detalle de unos dias crueles y de un ambiente politico irrespirable en toda Europa. 150 años despues, Bilbao perdona pero no olvida el dolor causado por las bombas de uno de los asedios mas cruciales ocurridos en la historia de España.

A chilling anthology of over 20 stories of cursed and haunted books; featuring malevolent second-hand books, cursed novelizations, unsettling journals and the end of the world.From award-winning authors including Eric LaRocca, Charlie Higson, Kim Newman and A. G. Slatter. Perfect for fans of When Things Get Dark.You find it hidden in the dark corner of the bookstore; tucked away in a box in the attic, desperate to be read; lurking on your bookshelf, never seen before. Crack the spine, feel the ancient pages. Read it aloud, if you dare.This anthology brings together horrors best and brightest to delve into the pages of cursed books, Eldtritch tomes and haunted bookstores.Featuring stories from:Adam CesareEric LaRoccaAlma KatsuZin RocklynAlyssa ColeNadia BulkinDanny RobinsIsy SuttieCharlie HigsonAngeline MorrisonA. G. SlatterPriya SharmaA. K. BenedictGuy AdamsLucie McKnight HardyRamsey CampbellAlison MooreLaura MauroReggie OliverAnna TaborskaKim Newman

This is the first comprehensive study into the problem of the break-up of RMS Titanics hull, something only recognised as having happened from 1985 when the wreck was positively identified, more than 73 years since the loss of the vessel. Expert author Eugene Nesmayanov presents a generalised analysis of the currently available data, using both historical data (eyewitness accounts of passengers and crew members from lifeboats as well as from the surface of the water) and underwater archaeology data (photos and video filming of parts of the ships hull along with mapped debris fields), as well as data obtained using computer simulations. The book includes a critical analysis of the most significant theories and models of the break-up, those put forward by experts and amateurs from 1985 to the present day, and known about from the movies, documentaries, papers and publications, and finishing with the authors own conclusions.

Im letzten Jahrzehnt erschienen zahlreiche Beitrage, die den transnationalen Charakter des Faschismus untersuchten, wenige jedoch gingen auf die Verstrickungen und Einflusse zwischen dem Dritten Reich und den rechtsradikalen Bewegungen der deutschen Minderheiten in Sudosteuropa ein. Der vorliegen- de Band mochte diese Lucke schlieen, indem erUntersuchungen uber die NS-Bewegungen unter den Deutschen in Rumanien, Ungarn, Jugoslawien und der Tschechoslowakei sowie deren Beziehungen zu Deutschland veroffentlicht. Die Kapitel behandeln Aspekte wie das Anwachsen der NS-Bewegung unter den jungen "Volksdeutschen", das Kulturleben, die Veranderungen in der deutschsprachigen Presse oder die Ressourcen-Mobilisierung zur Unterstutzung des von Hitler gefuhrten Krieges. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit wird dem Transfer von Praktiken in Politik, Ideologie und Propaganda geschenkt.

Long before he became President of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams was a civil rights activist who took part in sit-ins, marches and protests in Northern Ireland. Along with hundreds of other men, Adams was interned on the Maidstone prison ship and in Long Kesh prison without charge or trial during the 1970s for his political activities. Women were interned also, in Armagh Womens Prison. Cage Eleven is his own account sometimes passionate, often humorous of life in Long Kesh. Written while Adams was a prisoner, the pieces were smuggled out for publication.This updated edition includes a new introduction and sketches drawn in Cage Eleven by another prisoner at the time, Danny Devenny.Offers a unique insight into the experience of internment an unrivalled representation of the resilience and humour that were as much a part of the life of the political prisoner as the adherence to a set of political ideals. Irish Herald

Um dos influenciadores e empresários mais importantes do Brasil relata a sua trajetória pessoal e política num livro polémico e impactante, que revisita eventos cruciais da história recente do Brasil e nos convida a uma reflexo transformadora.Ainda no final dos anos 2000, Felipe Neto tornou-se um fenomeno da internet. Os seus videos, marcados por um tom agressivo, mas bem-humorado, eram motivados pelo odio e criticavam indiscriminadamente bandas adolescentes, a saga Crepusculo, a corrupço, partidos politicos no poder. A formula correu bem, e ele tornou-se o primeiro YouTuber brasileiro a conquistar 1 milho de seguidores.No entanto, com a crescente aproximaço da extrema-direita ao poder e o recrudescimento de discursos de odio contra minorias, Felipe começou a questionar as suas convicçes. Onde se encaixava ele no espectro politico, ja que conceitos como "esquerda" e "direita" pareciam no o descrever inteiramente?Em Como enfrentar o odio, Felipe Neto retrata o seu processo de tomada de consciencia politica - semelhante ao de tantos milhes de pessoas - e o papel do odio na sua vida, primeiro como força motriz da sua carreira e, mais tarde, como elemento de que ele proprio se tornou vitima.Com uma perspetiva unica sobre as redes sociais e o seu papel na manipulaço dos utilizadores, e entrelaçando a sua historia com os principais acontecimentos politicos dos ultimos anos, o autor instiga-nos a resistir ativamente ao obscurantismo, ao retrocesso e a intolerancia.