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Excerpt from In Defense of the Flag, A True War Story: A Pen Picture of Scenes and Incidents During the Great Rebellion, Thrilling Experiences During Escape From Southern Prisons, Etc I had gone over the ground in the direction of Bull Run. And very close to the run, studded with trees, sat the skeleton of one of our Indiana men against a large elm tree. Just as he had died one year before. I called the attention of the officers to this Spect...

Excerpt from Presented to the Library of the University of Toronto The place: The kerb in front of the Criterion at Piccadilly Circus. The time: Five minutes past three on a broiling afternoon in July. As an idle lounger, apparently absorbed in contemplation of the ceaseless tide of human traffic that ebbed and flowed, I stood gazing along the famous London thoroughfare. In truth, I was keenly alert to every movement about me, for I had extre...

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A biography of the American singer-songwriter who has written for Cilla Black, Alan Price, Dusty Springfield, Gene Pitney and Joe Cocker. He's also worked on music for films such as "Toy Story" and "Meet The Parents".

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This book is the first general study of SOE operations in Europe to have been written using the wartime documents now available. Although SOE archives remain closed, the author has used a wide range of other sources to produce what is likely to remain for some time the only comparative study of Britain's direct physical links with resistance in occupied Europe, which is set firmly in the wider strategic and diplomatic context of the war.

To end a history of World War II at VE Day is to leave the tale half told. While the war may have seemed all but over by Hitler's final birthday (April 20), Stafford's chronicle of the three months that followed tells a different, and much richer, story. ENDGAME, 1945 highlights the gripping personal stories of nine men and women, ranging from soldiers to POWs to war correspondents, who witnessed firsthand the Allied struggle to finish the ter...

In this groundbreaking study, historian David Stafford makes the compelling case that one cannot understand Churchills success as a modern day statesman without reference to his deep involvement in the world of espionage.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

What Freud Really Said offers the most lucid overview available of Sigmund Freud, his legacy, and his place in our world. As the person responsible for the birth of psychoanalysis and one of the sharpest clinical minds of the twentieth century, Freud continues to be one of the most influential thinkers of our time and one of the most controversial. For those interested in understanding the life and work of this seminal figure as well as the cu...

Author David Stafford draws upon wartime files recently released to provide an intriguing look at the relationship of two world leaders, revealing how each guarded knowledge from the other in pursuit of separate national interests. Photos.