Guardsman Philip Williams was 18 when he fought in the Falklands War. He was left for dead and a memorial service was held for him. On his return, the press treated him with hostility and his life turned sour. He has left the Army and is often unemployed. This is his account of the experience.

Summer Soldier: The True Story of the Missing Falklands Guardsman

Biographies & Memoirs

Williams, Philip

Power, M.S.

Historical

Bloomsbury Pub Ltd

With the resignation of General Renee Emilio Ponce in March 1993, the Salvadorian army’s sixty-year domination of El Salvador came to an end. The country’s January 1992 peace accords stripped the military of the power it once enjoyed, placing many areas under civilian rule. Establishing civilian control during the transition to democracy was no easy task, especially for a country that had never experienced even a brief period of democracy in its history. Phillip J. Williams and Knut Walter argue that prolonged military rule produced powerful obstacles that limited the possibilities for demilitarization in the wake of the peace accords. The failure of the accords to address several key aspects of the military’s political power had important implications for the democratic transition and for future civil-military relations. Drawing on an impressive array of primary source materials and interviews, this book will be valuable to students, scholars, and policy makers concerned with civil-military relations, democratic transitions, and the peace process in Central America.

Militarization and Demilitarization in El Salvador’s Transition to Democracy (Pitt Latin American Series)

History

Walter, Knut

Americas

University of Pittsburgh Press

The Dragon's Price: (The Griffin Series: Book 3)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

3Beasties Media

The 37 giant pandas of the Tchelakov Tribe have been genetically engineered to become living probability engines—intuitive machines able to forecast the future through dream manipulation. The pandas are torn by two competing visions of the future. On one Path they become the indestructible visionary tools of a tyrannical warlord who plans to use their prophetic powers to bend a thousand star systems to his will through fear and destruction. On the other Path, a man will arrive to rescue them, a man they have come to love and trust. A man they know as the Griffin. Garrand Médeville gained the tribe’s respect as he battled Imperial Shock Troops on El-Bouteran and defeated the giant beetles of Galzeki above Eemon Nores. Now the crew of Destiny’s Needle must hunt down the beautiful and deadly Vailetta Strom and save her before she is branded a traitor and executed by Commander Arnas. If she takes his hand high above New Haivello, they are fated to raid the most heavily fortified planet in Carinaena's Shell. Two fallen Guardians must defeat the Imperial Third Fleet, outwit a series of sentient doors, and do battle with the Fokathenais dragons that guard their friends. Garrand must finally face the Empire that cast him out and defeat the most powerful man in the galaxy, aided only by wit, cunning and the dreams of a panda.

A Path of Majesty: (The Griffin Series: Book 4)

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The Hind and Panther

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Kessinger Pub

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Elements of Expression, Vocal and Physical

Nabu Press

For too long, the world's lonely and vulnerable children have been forgotten and ignored. Millions of children are abandoned for a life on the streets or live with unsafe families or in soulless institutions. Now the tide is turning. Pioneers like Mick Pease and his remarkable charity SFAC lead a global movement for change. This insightful and uplifting book takes us on a journey that spans three decades and five continents. We meet judges and social workers, missionaries and aid workers, the children and families themselves. Mick asks tough questions, such as: Would you want your children in a safe family or in an institution? Would you want them to belong to something or to someone? He offers proven solutions for children separated from their families in widely different societies, from the hills of Myanmar to the sprawling cities of Brazil. SFAC supports measures to keep children in their families and communities or to find safe alternatives where this is not possible. The key is always the best interests of the child. It is an extraordinary journey from the Yorkshire coalfields to advocacy and influence in the corridors of power. It offers practical wisdom and a hope for the future.

Children Belong in Families: A Remarkable Journey Towards Global Change

Pease, Mick

Leaders & Notable People

Resource Publications

Children Belong in Families, Second Edition: A Remarkable Journey Towards Global Change

The Great Depression of the 2020s: Its Causes and Who to Blame

Business & Money

Economics

Philip Williams

Duró el ímpetu grande de la batalla cerca de cuatro horas y fue tan sangrienta y horrenda que parecía que la mar y el fuego fuese todo uno, viendo dentro de la misma agua arderse muchas galeras turquescas y dentro de la mar, que toda estaba roja de sangre, no había otra cosa que aljabas, turbantes, carcajes, flechas, arcos, rodelas, remos, cajas, valijas y otros muchos despojos de guerra, y sobre todo muchos cuerpos humanos, así cristianos como turcos. Así describía un anónimo soldado español las aguas del golfo de Lepanto en el mediodía del 7 de octubre de 1571, cuando la armada otomana chocó con la flota reunida por la Liga Santa -la Monarquía Hispánica, el Papado y Venecia-, en una de las mayores batallas navales de toda la Historia: «la más alta ocasión que vieron los siglos», tal y como la apellidó otro soldado. En la balanza, el dominio sobre el Mediterráneo, fieramente ambicionado por una Sublime Puerta que deseaba resarcirse del revés de Malta, que acababa de arrebatar Chipre a Venecia y que no cejaba en su acoso sobre las costas italianas y españolas con el corso berberisco. Un dominio contestado sin tregua por la Monarquía Hispánica, en un enfrentamiento que, amén de geoestratégico, era confesional, entre islam y cristiandad, y entre los respectivos paladines de la fe verdadera, el islam suní de Selim II y el catolicismo de Felipe II. Este libro aborda la jornada de Lepanto conjugando el trabajo de expertos de los distintos países que participaron en la liza –españoles, italianos y turcos–, a fin de ofrecer una perspectiva completa pero plural, que analiza la situación internacional y los prolegómenos que condujeron al choque, pero que también se detiene con detalle en los aspectos tácticos del combate de galeras en el Mediterráneo y en el desarrollo y pormenores de una batalla de cuyo desenlace, hace ahora cuatrocientos cincuenta años, pendió el destino de Europa.

Lepanto. La mar roja de sangre

Vilà, Laura

Rodríguez González, Agustín Ramón

Varriale, Gennaro

de Bunes Ibarra, Miguel Ángel

Bostan, Idris

Candiani, Guido

Tabakoğlu, Hüseyin Serdar

Desperta Ferro Ediciones

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