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- All the Best - George Bush
by George Bush
In lieu of a memoir, All the Best, George Bush collects correspondence and diary entries from the former U.S. president to show, as he says, "what my own heartbeat is, what my values are, what has motivated me in life." The letters begin in 1942--when, fresh out of high school, Bush volunteered for U.S. Navy flight school--and continue to the brink of the 21st century, as the retired chief executive worries about the Melissa virus infecting his office's server and keeping his visiting grandchildren in line. ("I realize," he muses, "Keep the freezer door closed from now on and I mean it lacks the rhetorical depth of This will not stand or Read my lips.") All the Best hits all the highlights of Bush's career, from the Texas oil business to his role as ambassador to China, then CIA director, vice president under Ronald Reagan, and finally president himself. Along the way, he reveals a personality that is at turns compassionate, respectful, silly, doting, and resolute--a man for whom being a father and a grandfather matters as much as, and maybe even more than, being leader of the free world. Fans and detractors alike will find in All the Best an intimate human portrait that offers as sure a self-definition of Bush's personal life as A World Transformed did his presidential career.
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- Miles to Go Before I Sleep : My Grateful Journey Back from the Hijacking of Egyptair Flight 648
by Jackie Nink Pflug
For anyone who has survived a trauma, the question has always been how to move beyond the experience. How does one stop being a victim? Pflug, who was one of three Americans on a plane from Athens to Cairo when it was highjacked by terrorists, answers that question and shares her story, in an inspiring book she hopes will serve as a springboard for personal growth and development. Photos
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- The Brass Dolphin US Edition
- The Brass Dolphin UK Edition
by Joanna Trollope
From a popular author comes the first volume in a projected series of historical novels. This one spans the years 1938 to 1945 and introduces a delightful young woman who comes of age during the war. When 20-year-old Lila Cunningham learns that she and her impractical artist father face financial ruin in England, she reluctantly accepts the offer of a home (owned by her elderly employers) on the island of Malta. As life in the once grand but now dilapidated Villa Zonda unfolds, Lila takes a job with a British count and falls in love with Anton, one of his nephews, whose charm and wealth seem to promise her all the culture and comfort she always dreamed of. But during the long bombing campaign that Hitler wages against the Maltese in retaliation for their allegiance to Britain, Lila learns that appearances are deceptive. She finally comes to accept the unqualified devotion of Maltese native Angelo. This quintessential gentle read harkens back to the books of Elizabeth Cadell and D. E. Stevenson. Nancy Pearl
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- The Maltese Spitfire
by Sqdn Ldr HarryDFC Coldbeck, Wg Cdr Laddie Lucas
The author of this autobiography was a World War II pilot whose finest hour was spent, not in aerial combat, but flying a Spitfire painted a darker shade of blue - a reconnaissance PR Mk IV. His story starts in New Zealand and his early flying career with the RNZAF, and then moves through operational training in the UK at the outbreak of war, and a first posting to 66 Squadron RAF in 1941.
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- Testament of Youth
by Vera Brittain, Cheryl Campbell
In 1914 Vera Brittain was 21 years old, and an undergraduate student at Somerville College, Oxford. When war broke out in August of that year, Brittain "temporarily" disrupted her studies to enrol as a volunteer nurse, nursing casualties both in England and on the Western Front. The next four years were to cause a deep rupture in Brittain's life, as she witnessed not only the horrors of war first hand, but also experienced the quadruple loss of her fiancé, her brother, and two close friends. Testament of Youth is a powerfully written, unsentimental memoir which has continued to move and enthral readers since its first publication in 1933. Brittain, a pacifist since her First World War experiences, prefaces the book with a fairy tale, in which Catherine, the heroine, encounters a fairy godmother and is given the choice of having either a happy youth or a happy old age. She selects the latter and so her fate is determined: "Now this woman," warns the tale, "was the destiny of poor Catherine." And we find as we delve deeper into the book that she was the destiny of poor Vera too.
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- The Jew of Malta US Edition
- The Jew of Malta UK Edition
by Christopher Marlowe
(in full The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta) Five-act tragedy in blank verse by Christopher Marlowe, produced about 1590 and published in 1633. In order to raise tribute demanded by the Turks, Ferneze, the Christian governor of Malta, seizes half the property of all Jews living on Malta. When Barabas, a wealthy Jewish merchant, protests, his entire estate is confiscated. Seeking revenge on his enemies, Barabas plots their destruction, but in the end he is betrayed and dies the death he had planned for his enemies.
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- The Great Siege: Malta 1565 US Edition
- The Great Siege: Malta 1565 UK Edition
by Ernle Bradford
In 1565 the Ottoman Empire was at its peak. Under their sultan, Solyman the Magnificent, the Turks had conquered most of Eastern Europe. The rulers of Christian Europe were at their wits' end to stem the tide of disaster. The Knights of St John, the fighting religious order drawn from most of the nations of Christendom had been driven from their island fortress of Rhodes 40 years earlier. From their new base of Malta their galleys had been so successful in their raids on Turkish shipping that the Sultan realised that only they stood between him and total mastery of the Mediterranean. He determined to obliterartethe Knights of Malta. This reconstruction of the Siege of Malta brings history alive, and carries the reader through many battles, the heroism and the hunger to the relief which came, nearly too late, and the final victory.
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- The Knights of Malta US Edition
- The Knights of Malta UK Edition
by H. J. A. Sire
This is a complete history of the Order of St John or Knights of Malta. Founded as a hospice for pilgrims in Jerusalem in the 11th Century, the Order has in succeeding centuries played an important military, religious and political role in the history of Europe and the Mediterranean.
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- MALTA, An Archaeological Paradise
by Anthony Bonanno, Mario Mintoff
Anthony Bonanno's simple and lucid account makes pleasant, uncomplicated reading; its authenticity backed by solid scholarship and thorough good sense. The superb photographic record matches to perfection his impressive account on the early history of Malta, making it a publication that is a pleasure to handle, visually rewarding to leaf through, reliable and informative to read and assimilate. This new update edition contains eight pages on the recent acquisitions following excavation of the prehistoric underground cemetary at Xaghra Circle in Gozo.
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- Xrina At Hagar Qim
by Ignat Konstantinov, Kent E. Clizbe
The Children of Malta series brings the magic of Maltese history to life, thousands of years, thousands of children. 7,500 years of history in twelve stories for children. Each book tells a story about a boy or girl in a period of Maltese history.
Malta, a group of small islands in the Mediterranean, has seen a variety of cultures through the ages. Today, the oldest standing man-made structures are in Malta, the stone temples. We are not sure why they were built, or what they were used for, but it is clear that a highly evolved culture constructed them. Volume 1 of the series, Xrina at Hagar Qim: The Temple Culture, tells the story of an important day in the life of Xrina, the daughter of the master stone setter of the Maltese temples in 4,500 BC.
Lavishly illustrated, this book is intended for children between the ages of 2 to 10. You will want to visit the Maltese islands, with your children, to soak up the sun and sea air that inspired Xrina and her culture to build the temples.
As a stone slides into place in the complex temple of Hagar Qim, Xrina and her family take part in the joyous celebration. Experience it in vivid color with your own child, grandchild, niece, or nephew.
The series will continue with volumes covering the Phoenicians, the Romans, St. Paul's shipwreck, the Byzantines, the Arabs, the Normans, the Knights of Malta, Napoleon, the British colonial days, WWII, and today.
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- Maltese Prehistoric Art 5000-2500 BC
by Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti
At the beginning of the last century, Sir Themistocles Zammit surprised his Maltese countrymen and archaeologist peers with some of the most exciting and dramatic discoveries ever experienced. This book is a compendium of articles, colorful illustrations and photographs documenting the priceless cultural treasure of a vanished civilization as much as 7,000 years old. Physical remains still existing today include fabulous megalithic temples, as well as the exquisite artifacts which reflect the birth and early development of Maltese figurative art. Created to accompany exibition of the artifacts, the volume also contains a catalog of over 150 important pieces in the collection of the Malta National Museum of Archaeology. Precious early drawings of the temple sites reveal informational detail which has since been lost.
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- The Silver of Malta
by Alaine Apap Bologna
A spectacle of Maltese silver presented in a scenario which, even though inevitably simplified, transports the viewer into the period best suited to convey the cultural message of The Silver of Malta. For many years Maltese silver has been sought after in international auction rooms and by collectors. In the sixteenth century, with the advent of the Knights of St. John and with architects building a rosary of magnificent churches, silverware in all manner of shape and form came into its own on this tiny Mediterranean island. What has been produced over the centuries from 1560 onwards is now a precious part of Malta's patrimony. This richly illustrated book combines the flavour of elegance with the enchantment of beauty; at the same time presenting a history of the evolution of silver in Malta. It, in fact, provides an insight into the art of civilised living.
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- The Theatre in Malta
by Cecilia Xuereb
The theatre has been a popular form of entertainment in Malta at least since the early 15th century. The island's Manoel Theatre is the oldest in Europe which is still in use. In this colorfully illustrated volume, an architect examines the checkered history of the building itself; dramatic incidents both on and off the stage are related by a lecturer in theatre studies; and the reader learns of 137 operas that were written by Maltese composers and about those that made it to the stage. The illustrious longevity of the Manoel Theatre, coupled with the breathtaking beauty of its aesthetic interiors may oftentimes militate against the collective memory of its artistic and human endeavors.
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- People of the Temples
by Linda C. Eneix
A novel of an ancient time (ca.2500 BCE) when the age of megalithic temple-builders was coming to a close. Based on actual archaeological evidence on the Mediterranean island of Malta, the story chronicles a shift in the course of civilization: the peaceful world of neolithic goddess cultures and fertility cults would give way to coming patriarchal dominion. The Great Mother is still supreme at the sacred temples of the high priests and priestesses of the island as her people are faced with painful decisions for the future. Suggesting dim origins of popular myth and fable, this expertly narrated story touches on the superstitions, fears, aspirations, ambitions of its main characters -- strangely similar to those we experience today.
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- Habitations of the Great Goddess US Edition
- Habitations of the Great Goddess UK Edition
by Cristina Biaggi
Reading this book was like traveling halfway across the planet and entering a time when women's energy ruled. Dr. Biaggi makes a fascinating case for a time when a woman (The Goddess) was the first diety. This is a scholarly, ste-by-step exploration, but it is also lyrical and playful. One shares Dr. Biaggi's growing sense of wonder as she finds, examines and beautifully describes the mounting body of evidence of the Goddess culture, from cave drawings to artifacts to more Temples. The illustrations are wonderful.
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- The Maltese Goddess US Edition
- The Maltese Goddess UK Edition
by Lyn Hamilton
Lara McClintoch is obsessed with finding rare and beautiful artifacts. Her travels take her to the ends of the earth, where history jealously guards its treasures--and where the mysteries of the past meet the dangers of the present... Lara flies to Malta to personally furnish the home of Toronto's Martin Galea, whose reputation as an architect is rivaled only by his reputation as a womanizer. But when he turns up dead, Lara soon finds out that her client and his new home share a troubled past--a past that stretches back to the ancient world, and reaches out with the insidious hand of modern intrigue...
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- Malta : The Spitfire Year, 1942 US Edition
- Malta : The Spitfire Year, 1942 UK Edition
by Christopher Shores, Brian Cull, Nicola Malizia
First of all I would like to say,that if you haven't already read Christopher Shores "HURRICANE YEARS"I suggest you do so.Malta The Spitfire Year 1942 is the second volume of the air battle in malta. The Author Chrisopher Shores has done a superb job on this book.There are more than 200 rare photographs and more detail regarding the air battle of Malta. Thankyou Christopher Shore for a memorable book.
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- Sources Concerning the Hospitallers of St. John in the Netherlands, 14Th-18th Centuries (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics)
by J. M. Van Winter
This source collection brings for the first time records from foreign archives concerning the Dutch commanderies of the Order of the Hospital of St. John or of Malta and their place within the Order's international organization. The book presents bulls and letters from and to the Grandmaster and the Prior of Germany; a 14th-century rent-roll of St. Catherine's Convent at Utrecht; visitations and inquiries 1373-1732; and a list of pamphlets concerning the regaining of the Order's confiscated property in the Dutch Republic. All sources are given in their original language: Latin, French, Italian, German or Dutch. Because of the long period (14th-18th centuries) and the broad variety of subjects they are important for researchers of political as well as economic history from medieval to early modern times.
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- The Air Battle for Malta
by Lord James Douglas-Ham
This work provides an account of the struggle for possession of Malta, a fight to the death which lasted two-and-a-half years, during which time 14 000 tons of bombs were dropped on a defiant population. It is based largely on the diaries of Lord David Douglas-Hamilton, the author's uncle, who was sent out to Malta as a Spitfire Squadron Leader at a time when the island was sustaining heavier bombing than London at the height of the Blitz, and the Axis forces were preparing for invasion. The author's scrupulous research, combined with his uncle's authoritative viewpoint, recreates the period, the comradeship and the grimness of life on the beleagured island.
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- Periscope Patrol
by John Frayn Turner
The story of submarines at war in the Mediterranean in 1941 when, like Britain, Malta fought on single-handed, to prevent enemy supplies reaching North Africa. The submarines sunk no fewer than 75 enemy vessels despite the fact that it was just as dangerous for them to be in harbour as at sea.
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- Supreme Gallantry US Edition
- Supreme Gallantry UK Edition
by Tony Spooner
The island of Malta was vital in any Mediterranean campaign in World War II. From this British bastion, Allied bombers, submarines and surface ships attacked and sank many of Rommel's supply ships. This text describes the attacks made from Malta.
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- Battle over Malta : Aircraft Losses and Crash Sites 1940-42 US Edition
- Battle over Malta : Aircraft Losses and Crash Sites 1940-42 UK Edition
by Anthony Rogers
From 1940 to 1942, supremacy of the skies above Malta was bitterly fought over by aircraft of the RAF, Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica. The RAF eventaully gained the upper hand, but not before the loss of hundreds of aircraft on all sides. The desperate air battles have since passed into legend - not only on the island itself, but further afield. Although the exploits of three RAF Gloster Gladiator biplane fighters named "Faith", "Hope" and "Charity" came to epitomize this epic struggle, the reality is that many more aircraft fought - and were lost - in the battle over Malta. The author of this book has research the background to every one of the crashes on the island: over 100 aircraft were shot down onto Malta. he pinpoints their exact locations, interviewing witnesses and aircrew who survived the experience, to provide a detailed record of British, German and Italian aircraft losses and crash sites on Malta between 1940 and 1942. Apart from this record of who, what, where and when, the author's detailed descriptions are intended to offer a series of narrative "snapeshots" revealing just how bitter the battle for Malta actually was.
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- Fort St. Elmo - Malta
by Michael Ellul
This book is a short history of Fort St Elmo which lies on the Valletta peninsula astride the two main harbours, the Grand Harbour and Marsamxett. The present fort was built in 1552 by the Knights of the Order of St John in anticipation of a feared attack by the Turks. It played an important part in the Great Siege of 1565 but was overrun by the Turks after a month-long attack. The Turks withdrew from the Island, defeated, in Septemeber 1565, and the fort was completely rebuilt to a better design in the following year. Fort St Elmo was continuously strengthened by the Knights, but fell to Napoleon's troops, after the surrender of Malta to the French in 1798. After the French withdrawal in 1800, the Maltese asked for the protection of the British, and the Fort became one of the main outpost of the harbour fortifications. In the following years it became the headquarters of the Royal Malta Artillery, and its guns during World War II in July 1941, completely repulsed an attack by Italian E-boats and midget submarines that dried to sink a newly-arrived convoy in harbour. The fort is now, partly, a Police Academy and houses also the Malta War Museum. The book is fully documented from primary sources for the period of the Knights (1530-1798) in the National Library of Malta and from later manuscripts in the Malta National Archives for the British Period (1800-1964).
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- Malta Convoys, 1940-1943
by Richard Woodman
From the day Mussolini's Italy declared war on Britain in June 1940, the island of Malta was under siege. Its strategic importance was obvious to both sides, standing as it did in the central Mediterranean, athwart the supply route between Italy and the Axis armies in North Africa. It had therefore to be bombed out of existence by the Axis powers, and preserved at all costs by the British. This is a review of the contest of air-power against sea-power, written by a professional sea-farer. It emphasizes the part played by the Merchant Navy.
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- Malta: the Thorn in Rommel's Side
by Laddie Lucas
Between June 1940 and December 1942, Malta became one of the most bombed places on earth. The battle for this tiny island proved to be one of the most decisive turning points of World War II. In this book the author uses first-hand experience of the conflict to describe the pressures of combat. As the commanding officer of the island's top-scoring Spitfire squadron he gives an insight into the tactics that reversed the overwhelming odds stacked against Allied successes, as well as featuring miraculous escapes and the darker hours - the intense bombing campaign that destroyed 39 newly-arrived Spitfires, the hardships endured by the islanders and the enormous cost in human life. Laddie Lucas recounts individual stories of heroism and gives an insight into the behaviour of the pilots.
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- Sieges
by Bruce Allen Watson
Presents five sieges - Jerusalem, Malta, Sebastopol, Kut-al-Amara and Singapore - for detailed analysis. The writer adopts the methodology developed by Jon Keegan of defining sieges as a form of battle and explores the "categories of combat" which determine the outcome of battles.
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- Angels In Iron
by Nicholas C. Prata
The year is 1523 AD and Rhodes has just fallen to the Turks. Those sailing away in defeat from this bastion are members of an anachronistic crusading order called the Knights of St. John or Hospitalers. Among them is a stalwart young knight named Jean Parisot De La Valette. Were it up to him, the order would have defended the island to the bitter end.
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- Torpedo Leader
by Wing Commander R.P.H. Gibbs DSO DFC
Wing Commander Gibbs offers a detailed account of his time in Egypt and Malta between spring and September 1942. Posted as Flight Commander of a Beaufort Squadron on Malta thoughout the critical summer of that year, he remained dedicated to the airborne torpedo as a weapon of war against shipping. Fighting uphill battles against his superiors, he succeeded in changing not only tactical but also strategic policy, and they were "his" bombs that stopped Rommel's supplies from getting through. Published to mark the Royal visit to Malta for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the George Cross, this story of courage and endeavour offers insights into the battle for Malta and the Middle East.
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- The Maltese Penguin
by Frank B. Cockett
An autobiography of Frank B. Cockett, who served as a medical officer for the RAF in Malta during its siege from 1942-1943. It records two years of bombing and desperately fought air and sea battles, and the near surrender of the islands from sheer starvation.
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