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19/09/2024
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Mobilizing Woman-Power

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Chapter: 17 | Listen: 1

Harriot Stanton Blatch, a suffragist in her own right, was the daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton who was one of the champions of women’s rights and a force in the suffragist movement. In this volume, Blatch focuses on the mobilization of women during World War I, both in Europe and American. These courageous women stepped into roles formerly the domain of men and provided the essential services crucial to the success of the outcome of the war. – Summary by Larry Wilson     [chương_files]  

13/09/2024
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Inventions Of The Great War

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Chapter: 17 | Listen: 2

“… this war was not one of mere destruction. It set men to thinking as they had never thought before. It intensified their inventive faculties, and as a result, the world is richer in many ways. Lessons of thrift and economy have been taught us. Manufacturers have learned the value of standardization. The business man has gained an appreciation of scientific research. The whole story is too big to be contained within the covers of a single book, but I have selected the more important and interesting inventions and have endeavored to describe them in simple language for the benefit of the reader who is not technically trained.” Bond was the sometime editor of Scientific American magazine. ( Book Preface, David Wales)     [chương_files]  

09/09/2024
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Aeroplane in War

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Chapter: 17 | Listen: 3

“Although it is still a crude machine—in view of the perfected apparatus which is the aim of thoughtful designers—the aeroplane has demonstrated, in a conclusive way, its value as an instrument of war.” – Summary by Authors     [chương_files]  

09/09/2024
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Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy

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Chapter: 48 | Listen: 2

A collection of true stories of the high seas, from the nineteenth century. Shipwrecks, mutiny, life and death decision-making — all far from home, while pitting themselves against the elements. The romance of the seafaring life is depicted in its brutal reality. – Summary by Lynne Thompson     [chương_files]  

02/09/2024
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Soldier Of The Legion; An Englishman’s Adventures Under The French Flag in Algeria And Tonquin

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An educated gentleman, Mr Manington has given an insight into the unusual experiences of an Englishman in the French Foreign Legion, such as no ordinary “mercenary” could have done. Most of the narrative deals with Tonquin, and the fighting there against the rebels in their forest fastnesses. Incidentally, in giving an account of his friendship for the native sergeant, Doy-Tho, the author has been able to impart to the pages of the book an Oriental atmosphere that we think will prove attractive to the reader. – Summary by Editors’ Note     [chương_files]  

31/08/2024
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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 3: Murat

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Chapter: 3 | Listen: 1

Amidst the political winds from Napoleon’s downfall, this tale turns our attention to the flight of a former French marshal and King of Naples, Joachim Murat. Murat, unhappy with the deal he made to obtain pardon from the Austrian Emperor, takes a life-ending resolution to retake his crown rather than live in peaceful obscurity. – Summary by jvanstan     [chương_files]  

30/08/2024
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Yorkshire Battles

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Chapter: 23 | Listen: 1

Edward Lamplough describes 22 battles that all occurred in Yorkshire over many time periods and political contexts. – Summary by lightcrystal     [chương_files]  

30/08/2024
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Tactical Studies on the Battles around Plevna

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Chapter: 16 | Listen: 2

Tactical Studies on the Battles around Plevna, or in German, Der Kampf um Plewna, examines with a critical eye the actions and engagements of the siege of Plevna (now Pleven in Bulgaria) during the Danube Campaign of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. In doing so it offers a rare glimpse into the military art as practiced by the Imperial Russian army, and an unfiltered evaluation of it to German Imperial sensibilities. For an index of places relevant to the text, along with their modern names, click this hyperlink. -Summary by Alister     [chương_files]  

30/08/2024
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Sailor’s Word-book, A – C

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Chapter: 29 | Listen: 1

An encyclopaedia (a digest, the author calls it) of nautical terms and other words relevant to navigation, the character of seamen, this book is full of surprising meanings for words in a nautical context. The original was published as one book, here divided into volumes. – Summary by Czandra     [chương_files]  

29/08/2024
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First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal

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In the early summer of 1942, intelligence reports of the construction of a Japanese airfield near Lunga Point on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands triggered a demand for offensive action in the South Pacific. Completion of the Guadalcanal airfield might signal the beginning of a renewed enemy advance to the south and an increased threat to the lifeline of American aid to New Zealand and Australia. On 23 July 1942, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) in Washington agreed that the line of communications in the South Pacific had to be secured. The Japanese advance had to be stopped. Thus, Operation Watchtower, the seizure of Guadalcanal came into being. – Summary by Henry I Shaw     [chương_files]