Résultats pour "Hero" dans Militaire

L’épopée héroïque et invraisemblable d’une bande de soldats anglais face à l’Allemagne nazie : le SAS, Special Air Service. Été 1941. Au plus fort de la guerre dans le désert occidental, David Stirling, un jeune officier, a une idée folle, un nouveau plan d’attaque : surprendre l’ennemi là où il s’y attend le moins, derrière ses propres lignes. Malgré l’opposition du haut commandement britannique, il parvient à recruter des personnages éclectiques ― d’un international de rugby à un cultivateur de tomates ― qui, tous, veulent de l’action et s’affranchir des règles.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES, STARRING CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN AND DOMINIC WEST In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, has a vision for a...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Emmy Award–winning ABC News anchor Martha Raddatz shares inspiring profiles of the 9/11 generation of warriors and their families who have shown courage and resilience on and off the battlefield “An antidote to the cynicism that surrounds us, a celebration of...

On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, Michael Benfante went to work, just like he had day after day, at his office on 81st floor in the World Trade Center North Tower. Moments after the first plane struck, just 12 floors above him, Benfante organized his terrified employees, getting them out of the office and moving down the stairwells. On his way down, he and another co-worker encountered a woman in a wheelchair on the 68th floor.

From Michael Korda, author of the New York Times bestselling Eisenhower biography Ike and the captivating Battle of Britain book With Wings Like Eagles, comes the critically-acclaimed definitive biography of T. E. Lawrence—the legendary British soldier, strategist, scholar, and adventurer...

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The complete war memoirs of the resistance leader Charles de Gaulle, who led France out of its darkest hour during the Nazi occupation during World War II. “Faced with the political disaster, I had to become France.” This was how Charles de Gaulle answered the call of history. One of the few...

Eight-year-old Benjamin Franklin “B .F.” Windes decides to abandon home and trail his father’s path. Thus begins a trip of constant struggle with disease, severe weather, hardship, Indian attack, and death on his lone journey across much of what is now the United States. B. F. spends the next 11 years in gold rush towns in California - first as a barber, then as a physician’s assistant - before departing for the Caribbean at age 19, where he becomes a blockade runner during the American Civil War.

In Heroes Beneath the Waves, many brave men who rode submarines to great depths and across the oceans into unknown territory share their experiences, fears, and thoughts. They allow us to travel back in time through their memories. Trained for years to keep silent - for "loose lips sink ships" - many still believe what they know to be classified and refuse to disclose even the minutest of recollections. Others, however, want to leave a legacy of reminiscences for people to learn and live by - to know that freedom is not free.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard, read by Simon Vance. 'Completely engrossing' Andrew Roberts From The New York Times bestselling author Candice Millard, this is the gripping true story of one dramatic - and emblematic - year...

World War II is one of the most harrowing and impactful events in human history. Our imaginations may be captured by the sweeping military battles, but the story of war is the story of humans, everyday people trying to do their bit in a world falling apart around them.

Bloomsbury presents Hero City: Leningrad 1943–44 by Prit Buttar, read by Gordon Griffin One of the greatest ever sieges is masterfully brought to life by a leading expert on the Eastern Front. At the height of World War II the people of Leningrad endured a bitter 900-day siege, struggling...

The definitive, myth-busting history of the wartime SAS – the real story behind the global BBC phenomenon Rogue Heroes, told by the only historian trusted by 75 original SAS veterans. This exciting new history reveals a story far more compelling and real than the dramatic liberties taken in...

Bloomsbury presents Agent Zigzag written and read by Ben Macintyre. SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 'Engrossing as any thriller' Daily Telegraph 'Superb. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining' John le Carré 'This is the most amazing book, full of fascinating...

Best-selling author of Italian Ways Tim Parks follows the hair-raising journey of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi, 250 miles on foot from Rome to Ravenna, to look at Italy past and present.

The Hero and the Victim situates Iraq War fiction in war literature’s broader history. In contrast to the emphasis of most pre-modern war literature on the figure of the warrior-as-hero, and the growing modern emphasis on the figure of the soldier-as-victim, Iraq War fiction reflects the troubled emergence of a new narrative: the story of the ordinary soldier as a wrongdoer or even criminal.

'The world's most successful history podcast ... Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' THE TIMES 'The history publishing phenomenon of my lifetime' NEW STATESMAN From the award-winning podcast The Rest is History and Sunday Times bestselling...

What happens when a military family's most embarrassing moments become their greatest lessons? One moment the military is pinning a medal on your chest. The next, you're the punchline of a story told in every barracks from Fort Riley to Baghdad. That's the rhythm of military life—and nobody knows it better than the Riley family. From Hero to Zero is a raw, hilarious, and deeply moving memoir that spans three generations of military service—from the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq.

Emprenda un viaje de exploración a través de los ojos de algunos de los héroes más memorables de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La Segunda Guerra Mundial estuvo salpicada por algunos de los conflictos más devastadores de la historia de la humanidad, pero cimentó el nombre de muchas personas que se alzaron sobre el fragor de la contienda con una valentía sin parangón. Este libro sigue las vidas y acciones de diez de estos destacados héroes.

¡Reviva las experiencias de los héroes más memorables de la Primera Guerra Mundial! Explore las inolvidables historias de resistencia, valor y abnegación que marcaron a los héroes más destacados de la Primera Guerra Mundial. ¿Es aficionado a la historia y desea aventurarse más allá de los hechos históricos conocidos de la Primera Guerra Mundial? ¿Desea explorar la vida y los relatos personales de estos personajes? ¿Quiere saber cómo los héroes anónimos de la Gran Guerra grabaron su nombre en la historia para siempre?