<div><B>&ldquo;A very engaging and fine tribute to a small band of men whose impact on the North African campaign in particular was quite immense.&rdquo; &mdash;Pegasus Archive</B><BR /><BR /> This splendid record takes the reader behind enemy lines not only in North Africa but in Italy, the Aegean and the Balkans. The author, who commanded the LRDG, paints a vivid picture of the unit&rsquo;s colorful characters: for example, Ralph Bagnold who put to good use the knowledge he gained from his pre-war desert travels.<BR /><BR /> The LRDG was truly international with New Zealanders and Rhodesians playing key roles. This classic book won acclaim from the critics on its first publication by virtue of the author&rsquo;s unique knowledge, experience and narrative skills.<BR /><BR /><B>&ldquo;This superb account, written by one of their former commanders, examines the formation of the unit, the very diverse personalities which shaped it, the North African operations, and their subsequent role in Italy and the Balkans . . . Filled with detailed descriptions of individual operations and the remarkable characters who carried them out.&rdquo; &mdash;Pegasus Archive</B></div>

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The Long Range Desert Group, 1940–1945

<div>Dick McCreery was commissioned into the 12th Royal Lancers in 1915 and served on The Western Front, winning the MC and surviving wounds.In 1938 he joined the staff of 1st Division under Alexander before being given command of 2 Armored Brigade.  He won the DSO for his leadership during the retreat to Dunkirk Man/June 1940.In North Africa McCreery was sacked by Auchinleck, with whom he had major differences, but, while waiting for a plane home, he was spotted by Alexander who made him his Chief of Staff.  He is credited by many (but not Montgomery  the two did not get on) for the solution to the El Alamein victory.He was promoted to command X Corps at Salerno which he commanded during the advance to the Gothic Line.  He relieved Leese as Commander 8th Army in September 1944 and it was his brilliant plan that seized the Argenta Gap and drove the Germans back across the River Po into Austria.He became British High Commissioner in Austria, C in C British Army of the Rhine and British Military Representative at the UN, retiring in 1949.Although not a public figure, McCreery was key figure in the development of armored warfare, a brilliant tactician and among the most important British fighting generals of the Second World War.  This is an overdue acknowledgment of his contribution to victory.</div>

The Last Great Cavalryman

<div>The Great War was the first conflict to draw men and women into uniform on a massive scale. From a small regular force of barely 250,000, the British Army rapidly expanded into a national force of over five million. A Nation in Arms brings together original research into the impact of the war on the army as an institution, gives a revealing account of those who served in it and offers fascinating insights into its social history during one of the bloodiest wars.</div>

A Nation in Arms

<div>Piper, the adopted teenage daughter of Kathryn and Tom Scanlon, refuses to believe that her mother&rsquo;s gruesome death was a freak accident&mdash;especially once another sordid story featuring a shared suspect comes to light.</div>

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Piper

<div><B>&ldquo;A rich backdrop of period detail . . . This emotionally rich and socially aware novel touchingly evokes a time when the personal became awkwardly political.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>Publishers Weekly</I></B><BR />  <BR /> Cyrus Stapleton thinks he&rsquo;s done everything right&mdash;married young, fathered two precocious kids, and partnered in his Seattle law firm&mdash;but his wife, Jude, yearns for more. Envisioning Cyrus as all the czars and dictators of the nineteenth century rolled into a three-piece suit and herself as the liberated visionary, Jude sheds her ring, then her married name, and finally her bewildered husband.<BR />  <BR /> Gripped by helplessness and self-doubt, Cyrus wonders how it came to this. Is it the fault of Jude&rsquo;s women&rsquo;s group and its fiery leader, Lill Epstein, the ex-army feminist with silicone breasts? Does Jude have a new lover? How does a reasonable man behave in the face of his wife&rsquo;s demands for custody, alimony, and child support? How can he salvage his relationship with his kids when he sees them only twice a month? And what is he to do when, contrary to his best judgment, he becomes attracted to none other than Lill Epstein?<BR />  <BR /> Searching for a way back to normal&mdash;through a men&rsquo;s therapy group, the misguided assistance of his younger brother, and his kids (who begin to act out in troubling ways)&mdash;Cyrus must navigate through twists and turns, and a courtroom battle, to survive the upheavals of 1970s America with his heart intact.&lt;/ </div>

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