Pleasure-loving aristocrat Filidor Vesh finds his life changed forever when he must deliver a mysterious parcel to his uncle, the omnipotent 98th Archon, on a quest that takes him through provinces populated by mutant rodents, alien ants, and a vengeful thamaturge.

Fools Errant

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Hughes, Matthew

Fantasy

Aspect

After returning from his quest to save the world from his uncle, Filidor Vesh now stumbles blindly through an attempt to squelch the machinations of a would-be political usurper. As a result, he must contend with evil agents as well as his true love.

Fool Me Twice

Science Fiction

Allenby and British Strategy in the Middle East, 1917-1919 (Military History and Policy)

Examines British military, political and imperial strategy in the Middle East during and immediately after the First World War, in relation to General Allenby's command of the Egypt Expeditionary Force from June 1917 to November 1919.

History

Military

Routledge

Many of the major wars of the twentieth century emerged from the ruins of previous peace settlements. French hostility to the Treaty of Frankfurt of 1871 contributed to the tense political climate that culminated in the First World War; German resentment of the Treaty of Versailles helped to create the conditions necessary for Hitler's attempt to reshape Europe by force in the Second World War. Likewise the Cold War had its roots in the outcome of the titanic Russo-German struggles of 1914-17 and 1941-5 - the former created the Bolshevik regime which signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, and the latter brought the Soviet armies to the River Elbe and the Soviet leadership to the negotiating table at Yalta and Potsdam. Beyond Europe, post-1945 wars in Korea, China, the Middle East and Indochina all had their origins in failed peace settlements. Why did peace so often collapse in this period? What was the causality that led from peace to war? Drawing on a series of case studies, Matthew Hughes and Matthew S. Seligmann provide a comprehensive and cohesive study that answers the question of why peace has so often failed in the modern era. The searching analysis of the key themes of peace and war has implications for conflict resolution across the globe.

Does Peace Lead to War?: Peace Settlements and Conflict in the Modern Age

Politics & Social Sciences

Seligmann, Matthew S.

Politics & Government

Sutton

One of World War II's most important military vehicles was the Russian T-34, a tank that was instrumental in the defeat of Germany on the Eastern Front and, thus, ultimate Allied victory in Europe. As the author points out, the T-34 was an innovative yet simple design, whose mobility and armor represented a leap forward in fighting tanks. Examined and fully illustrated are all aspects of T-34 development and service histories, including sections on design, variants, armaments, powerplants, crews, and armor. Specification tables offer design drawings and comparisons to T-34 contemporaries which were, in most cases, far inferior to the Russian tank.

The T-34 Russian Battle Tank

Mann, Chris

Motorbooks Intl

During its 22 months of service beginning in July 1943, Germany's Panther tank proved more than a formidable opponent for the superior numbers of Allied tanks and ground-attack aircraft amassed on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. Illustrated with archival photographs, color paintings, and diagrams, this history of the highly mobile and well-armed Panther spans the period from its conception through its production run of 5,500 by war's end. The book exhaustively explores the people and events behind the development and rushed production of the Panther and its variants, as well as the tank's evolving role and battle record in Germany's last-ditch attempt to salvage victory. Key features of the Panther's design and layout are explained and illustrated, as are the tactics used by tank commanders in key battles.

The Panther Tank

In this highly illustrated account the authors describe what service life was like for the millions of German troops who marched, fought, and died in the service of the Fatherland. Using dozens of images and firsthand accounts, The German Soldier In World War II conveys what it was like for the ordinary "Fritz" to serve in the searing heat of the North African desert and the frozen wastes of the Russian Steppes: what food he ate, the equipment he used, the uniforms he wore, and the medical facilities available to him. A graphic portrait of the life of the private German soldier.

The German Soldier in World War II

Hart, Russell

Hart, Stephen

Europe

Zenith Pr

eDuring World War II the Germans fielded 29 panzergrenadier divisions, in which fully motorized infantry units operated alongside tanks and assault guns. This in-depth analysis examines the recruitment and specialized training of these units and how that training translated to successful battlefield tactics in the Lightning War from 1939 to 1941 and on the Eastern Front after 1942.

Fighting Techniques of a Panzergrenadier: 1941-1945 : Training, Techniques, and Weapons

Boro Harkless has devoted his life to the service of the Archonite Bureau of Security, the force tasked with keeping the peace among and within the city-states of Old Earth. An idealist driven by the memory of his heroic father, he comes to the city of Sherit, seeking the notorious Luff Imbry. Luff Imbry has devoted his life to the enjoyment of wealth. A gourmet, a charmer, and an ever-so-stylish fop, he has come to the city of Sherit to pursue a new fortune. Not, mind you, his own, for Luff is also a mountebank, swindler, and forger of the first water. Tossed together by circumstance, they form an uneasy truce when they discover a common goal: capturing the grandest con-man of them all, Horselan Gebbling. Gebbling, who made off with Imbry's previous fortune, is posing as Father Olwyn, Sacerdotal Eminence of the Assembly of Tangible Unity, and has chosen as his prey the victims of the first new disease in millennia, the invariably fatal ailment known as the lassitude. Dangled in front of the victims is the fabled relic of past glories, the gemstone called black brillion. About black brillion, learned men agree on only two things: it can do anything, and it doesn't exist. But Gebbling boasts of having it, and its effects on the lassitude are nothing short of magical. Riding a landship across the unnatural prairie known as the Swept, Boro and Luff get caught up in an ever-growing tangle of mysteries. Nonsense chants lead to miracle cures. Guests end up crushed beneath the ship's giant wheels. The crew have secrets of their own. The dangers are not merely physical. On the ship is a noönaut, an explorer of the Commons, the dream realm which contains the memories and emotions of hundreds of thousands of years of human existence. Something in the Commons is calling to Boro to claim him for its own. What lurks beneath the Swept? What hides within the Commons, eager to come out? And exactly what game is Gebbing playing? Filled with dollops of drollery and an ancient evil, Black Brillion is a science fantasy caper that grows into a metaphysical exploration of the human psyche. Matt Hughes has crossed Jack Vance with Carl Jung to come up with a bold new novel of life on an Earth grown older by millions of years. This is the third novel in the Archonate series, following Fools Errant and Fool Me Twice.

Black Brillion: A Novel of the Archonate

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Tor Books

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Fools Errant

Fool Me Twice

Allenby and British Strategy in the Middle East, 1917-1919 (Military History and Policy)

Allenby and British Strategy in the Middle East, 1917-1919 (Military History and Policy)

Does Peace Lead to War?: Peace Settlements and Conflict in the Modern Age

The T-34 Russian Battle Tank

The Panther Tank

The German Soldier in World War II

Fighting Techniques of a Panzergrenadier: 1941-1945 : Training, Techniques, and Weapons

Black Brillion: A Novel of the Archonate