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Based on Jean-Philippe Rameau’s opera-ballet that was directed by Clément Cogitore for the Opéra National de Paris.This is a premiere for 30 dancers of hip-hop, krump, break, voguing… A first for the Director Clément Cogitore and for the choreographer Bintou Dembélé. And a first for the Paris’ Opera Bastille. By bringing together urban dance and opera singing, they reinvent Jean-Philippe Rameau’s baroque masterpiece, Les Indes Galantes....
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A who's who of the British airmen honored for their valor and courage-from the RAF's inception to the post-WWII era-arranged alphabetically.
When the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service merged on 1 April 1918, to form the Royal Air Force, the new command needed to have its own gallantry medals to distinguish itself from the Army and the Royal Navy. Thus the new Distinguished Flying Cross came into being.
By the end of WWI,...
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With an average age of twenty-six, 'The Gallant Airmen of Brookwood Military Cemetery' honors fifty-two airmen from seven nations who displayed the highest levels of bravery and gallantry while flying. Awarded the Royal Air Force's highest-flying decorations. They now rest in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, the largest Commonwealth Military Cemetery in the United Kingdom.
Exploring their stories, the book first provides a brief history of...
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The 12th Light Dragoons served throughout Wellington's campaigns in the Peninsula, most notably at the Battle of Salamanca in 1812, and later at Waterloo where they suffered heavy casualties supporting the Union Brigade's famous charge. The principal source for this book are the papers of Sir James Steaurt Colonel of the regiment for almost all of the period in question supplemented by other regimental records, Horse Guards paperwork, and letters...
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This book is acknowledged as the only work dealing exclusively with the identification and description of international gallantry awards, past and present. The multitude of illustrations allows the reader to readily identify those awards most likely to be encountered. The work embraces forty-three countries and describes 270 decorations together with their various classes. A ten page ribbon chart shows 216 different world gallantry ribbons all in...
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In Rexanne Becnel's award-winning debut novel, an innocent noblewoman is forced to honor a betrothal agreement with a ruthless warrior who is her family's most bitter enemy Lady Lilliane was betrothed to Corbett of Colchester at the age of fourteen, long before their families became sworn enemies. Years later, Corbett unexpectedly turns up to claim his beautiful bride and, by contract, her valuable dowry: Castle Orrick. Suspecting some royal intrigue...
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To reunite the Union, a spy infiltrates Confederate Vicksburg - but his own heart is torn between North and South. Chaos reigns in New Orleans. The Confederates have fled in the face of the Union Army, and terror rules the streets. Jesse McQueen, a Northerner, is just a few hours from safety when his origins are discovered and he is sentenced to be hanged as a spy. With the help of a fiery beauty, he narrowly escapes, but the rope burn around his...
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The first biography of the general's complex, often contradictory military service in the US and Confederate armies and his postwar British exploits.
Roswell S. Ripley (1823—1887) was a man of considerable contradictions exemplified by his distinguished antebellum service in the US Army, followed by a controversial career as a Confederate general. After the war he was active as an engineer/entrepreneur in Great Britain. Author Chet Bennett contends...
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From the indispensable onion fields of Elba, New York State, to the glittering orchard of "The Big Apple" - New York City, John McHugh's The Forgotten Reapers spotlights the invaluable role that he and his fellow Jamaican war workers played in saving the crops of World War II America and in maintaining necessary industry and commerce throughout America's cities.
Crossing U-boat-infested waters, John and his fellow workers contributed more than just...
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"On the Road to Bagdad" by F. S. Brereton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks...
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Even as we grow and change, the consequences of what we have left behind often linger Mavis Gallant has a unique talent for distilling the sense of otherness one feels abroad into something tangible and utterly understandable. In this collection, she relates the stories of those stranded in relationships, places, and even times in which they don't belong. In "The Moslem Wife" a woman is entrusted to look after a hotel in France when her husband is...
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The City of Lights, as seen by one of its greatest citizens and admirers Paris has been inspiring writers for centuries. Its neighborhoods and people make for a never-ending flow of potential stories. Mavis Gallant, Canadian by birth but Parisian since the 1950s, has created an incredibly loving and accomplished tribute to her adoptive home. In this collection, Gallant illustrates the surprising sense of interconnectedness that comes from living in...
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A New York Times Best Book of the Year: An arresting look at the way time can change family. One of the greatest strengths of Mavis Gallant's writing is her ability to distill a character's emotions into a simple moment-a lingering glance or an unuttered word. Her flair for detail is everywhere in evidence in Across the Bridge, studies of Montreal and Paris over the last century. The primary focus of this story collection is the Carettes, a family...
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Gallant Lake stories volume 1
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She doesn't need a man, but she could use a friend. A charming romance of learning to stand on your own-and falling in love.
When the new director of security, Nick West, arrives at Gallant Lake Resort, Cassie Smith's carefully protected life is turned upside down. The handsome ex-cop insists on teaching her self-defense, and as Cassie learns she can indeed make it on her own, she starts wondering if she wants to! But when Cassie's safety is threatened,...
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She rescues animals in need
Maybe she could save him, too
Feeling more beast than beauty, web designer Olivia Carson hides her physical and emotional scars behind an isolated country life. Only her beloved rescue animals breach her guard. Until a farmhouse remodel brings city-boy contractor Tony Vello crashing into her quiet world. They share similar past pain-and undeniable attraction. But as Olivia's beloved rescue kittens and horses…and her...
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#1 THE CRY OF THE WOLF Hours ago Adelaide was a modern-day, homeschooling mother - now she's in 1600 Canada, a time of great peril, and the captive of Chief Long Knife. Talk about the wrong place, wrong time! Transported back in time along with her children, Adelaide finds herself a captive in a historical native tribe. Unknown to Adelaide, the chief has recently lost his expecting wife and without an explanation, demands she wed him to replace his...
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When The Wolf howls, you answer the call. Arlana's world is turned upside as she finds herself surrounded by the Wolf Clan. Fiercely loyal and devoted, they are on a mission that could change everything if they are successful. As the wolf clan's Luna Wolf, Arlana will stop at nothing to protect the wolves and prevent the extinction of Wolf Whisperers. She isn't just any Wolf Whisperer, however. Arlana is also a Time Traveler and must use her ability...
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This book contains the first four time-travel stories in The Wolf Whisperer series. Adelaide, a homeschooling mother, had no idea that her life, and those of her children, were about to change when she receives a hand-carved metal necklace from her sister. Without giving the necklace, or the unique pendant, much thought, Adelaide is unaware that the handcrafted necklace is the source of her life-changing journey. After being transported back to 1600s...
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