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Eyewitness at Dieppe

The Only First-Hand Account of WWII's Most Disastrous Raid

By: Ross Reyburn

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Eyewitness at Dieppe

The Only First-Hand Account of WWII's Most Disastrous Raid

By: Ross Reyburn

In August 1942, Allied forces mounted an attack on the German-held port of Dieppe; titled Operation Jubilee, it represented a rehearsal for invasion. The amphibious attack saw over 6,000 infantrymen, predominantly Canadian, put ashore, tasked with destroying German structures and gathering intelligence. The doomed raid was an abject failure, and became Canada’s worst military disaster. Eyewitness at Dieppe is a long-overdue reissue of New Zealand-born writer Wallace Reyburn’s dramatic account of the raid. He was with the first soldiers clambering ashore, and aboard the last ship returning to England after six hours of carnage. Awarded an OBE as the only war correspondent to witness the street fighting first-hand, Reyburn was fortunate not be numbered among Dieppe’s dead, suffering just a minor wound inflicted by mortar shell fragments. His book, Rehearsal for Invasion was a wartime bestseller. Accompanied by freelance journalist Ross Reyburn’s new foreword on his father’s account, this new edition tells us more about Wallace’s intriguing life and details the shortcomings of his father’s book, dictated by wartime censorship corrected in the post-war years through a withering condemnation of raid’s mastermind Lord Mountbatten.

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Pen and Sword History

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1399059998

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9781399059992

Saving Rugby Union

By: Ross Reyburn

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Saving Rugby Union

By: Ross Reyburn

An unrivalled insight into the sad mismanagement of rugby union in the 25 years since it turned professional, endangering its future at amateur level. The book recounts the history of the early decades as a professional sport, and suggests solutions to the injury crisis and financial apartheid operated by the major northern-hemisphere unions. 19 photographs.

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Y Lolfa

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1800990073

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9781800990074

John Dawes

The Man who changed the world of Rugby

By: Ross Reyburn

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John Dawes

The Man who changed the world of Rugby

By: Ross Reyburn

A biography of the early life and the playing career of John Dawes, the London Welsh, British Lions (1971) and Barbarians captain. The biography is the result of extensive interviews, with a postscript giving a current analysis detailing Dawes' place in rugby history as one of rugby's greatest innovators.

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Y Lolfa

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1847716148

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9781847716149

American Body Snatchers

Merchandising the Dead in 19th Century New England and Washington, D.C.

By: Richard S. Ross III

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American Body Snatchers

Merchandising the Dead in 19th Century New England and Washington, D.C.

By: Richard S. Ross III

At the beginning of the 19th century, physicians teaching anatomy in New England medical schools expected students to have hands-on experience with cadavers. As the only bodies that could be dissected legally were convicted murderers, this led to a lack of sufficient bodies for study. These doctors and their students turned to removing the dead from graveyards and cemeteries for dissection. The first medical school in Washington, D.C. was founded in 1825, headed by a Massachusetts physician convicted of body snatching, and made the practice commonplace in the area. This history of body snatching in the 19th century focuses on medical schools in New England and Washington, D.C., along with the religious, moral, and social objections during the time. With research from contemporary newspapers, medical articles, and university archives, topics such as state anatomy laws and their effects on doctors, students, and the poor--who were the usual victims--are covered, as are perceptions of physicians and medical schools by the local communities.

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McFarland

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1476652627

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9781476652627

San Francisco Ballet at Seventy-Five

By: Janice Ross

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San Francisco Ballet at Seventy-Five

By: Janice Ross

Long renowned as one of the world's preeminent ballet companies, San Francisco Ballet marks its seventy-fifth anniversary with a stunningly beautiful retrospective. Replete with intimate portraits of the dancers and behind-the-scenes contributors, this book is the first serious depiction of America's oldest ballet company. Included in this deluxe package is a DVD that provides insight into the company's illustrious history and together with the book, tells the story of how San Francisco Ballet has forged a fresh identity for American dance and is now pioneering a new model of internationalism in the dance world.

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246

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Chronicle Books

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0811856984

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9780811856980

Walker and Walker: The Law of Evidence in Scotland

By: Margaret L Ross,James P Chalmers,Isla Callander

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Walker and Walker: The Law of Evidence in Scotland

By: Margaret L Ross,James P Chalmers,Isla Callander

A comprehensive and detailed examination of the law of evidence in the broadest of civil and criminal contexts. The emphasis is upon rigorous examination of the issues affecting all who work with the law of evidence whether in court, chamber practice or legal education. The fifth edition takes account of a range of relevant new legislation, including the following statutes: · Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2019 · Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 · Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 · Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc (Scotland) Act 2016 · Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 It includes relevant case law, including significant developments in respect of opinion evidence, real evidence and corroboration.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526514478

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9781526514479

From Locker Room to Boardroom

Converting rugby talent into business success

By: Ross van Reenen

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From Locker Room to Boardroom

Converting rugby talent into business success

By: Ross van Reenen

More than 84 per cent of professional rugby players in South Africa are going to find it difficult to survive financially once they stop playing rugby. How will they find success in their new careers once their rugby jerseys have been washed for the last time? From Locker Room to Boardroom explores how former South African rugby players culled certain traits from their playing days and applied them to their enterprises in order to make a successful transition from the rugby field (the locker room) to the business world (the boardroom). Naas Botha, Gary Teichmann, Joel Stransky, François Pienaar, Kevin de Klerk, Breyton Paulse and Kobus Wiese, to name but a few, share the many challenges they faced and the different strategies they employed on the road to establishing the single factor that, more than any other, lies at the root of their business success. Filled with entertaining anecdotes, sound practical advice and pioneering business models, From Locker Room to Boardroom provides a unique and fascinating approach to achieving success in the commercial world.

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Penguin Random House South Africa

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1770223320

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9781770223325

The Working Memory Advantage

Train Your Brain to Function Stronger, Smarter, Faster

By: Tracy Alloway,Ross Alloway

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The Working Memory Advantage

Train Your Brain to Function Stronger, Smarter, Faster

By: Tracy Alloway,Ross Alloway

Arguing that working memory is a stronger predictor of success than IQ, a guide to enhancing memory cites its role in life management skills and various learning disorders while outlining prescriptive exercises for improving brain function.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451650140

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9781451650143

Cape of Torments

Slavery and Resistance in South Africa

By: Robert Ross

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Cape of Torments

Slavery and Resistance in South Africa

By: Robert Ross

Cape of Torments, first published in 1983, is a detailed examination of slavery in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. It describes the reactions of the slaves to their conditions of slavery, concentrating on those aspects of their lives which their masters considered criminal, and above all on the large numbers of occasions when slaves ran away in an attempt to start a new life elsewhere. The book examines Cape society and slave organization; the complex relations between slaves and the other groups of population at the Cape – Khoisan, Xhosa, Sotho-Tswana, Dutch East India Co servants and sailors – and the opportunities for escape; major uprisings and rebellions. The major theme of the book is the extent to which the Cape slaves were able to build a culture of their own, and the legacy of slavery to their descendants in modern South Africa.

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191

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Taylor & Francis

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1000647501

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9781000647501

The Visible Confederacy

Images and Objects in the Civil War South

By: Ross A. Brooks

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The Visible Confederacy

Images and Objects in the Civil War South

By: Ross A. Brooks

Featuring 92 images and line drawings The Visible Confederacy is a comprehensive analysis of the commercially and government-generated visual and material culture of the Confederate States of America. While historians have mainly studied Confederate identity through printed texts, this book shows that Confederates also built and shared a sense of who they were through other media: theatrical performances, military clothing, manufactured goods, and an assortment of other material. Examining previously understudied and often unpublished visual and documentary sources, Ross A. Brooks provides new perspectives on Confederates’ sense of identity and ideas about race, gender, and independence, as well as how those conceptions united and divided them. Brooks’s work complements the historiography surrounding the Confederate nation by revealing how imagery and objects offer new windows on southern society and a richer understanding of Confederate citizens. Brooks builds substantially upon previous studies of the iconology and iconography of Confederate imagery and material culture by adding a broader range of government and commercially generated images and objects. He examines not only popular or high art and government-produced imagery, but also lowbrow art, transitory theatrical productions, and ephemeral artifacts generated by southerners. Collectively, these materials provide a variety of lenses through which to explore and assay the various priorities, ideological fault lines, and worldviews of Confederate citizens. Brooks’s study is one of the first extensive academic works to use imagery and objects as the basis for studying the Confederate South. His work provides fresh avenues for examining Confederate ideas about race, slavery, gender, independence, and the war, and it offers insight into the intentions and factors that contributed to the creation of Confederate nationalism. The Visible Confederacy furthers our understanding of what the Confederacy was, what Confederates fought for, and why their vision has persisted in memory and imagination for so long beyond the Confederacy’s existence. Visual and material culture captured not only the tensions, but also the illusions and delusions that Confederates shared.

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LSU Press

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0807173703

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9780807173701

Connecticut Coast

A Town-By-Town Illustrated History

By: Diana Ross McCain

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Connecticut Coast

A Town-By-Town Illustrated History

By: Diana Ross McCain

Connecticut Coast is a richly illustrated history of the Nutmeg State’s storied shoreline, from New York State to Rhode Island. Researched and written by a longtime expert in Connecticut history, it comprises a brief narrative on each of the twenty-four shoreline communities, accompanied by the area’s best historic photography. Sidebars sprinkled throughout present lighthouses, fishing and shellfishing, transportation, storms, and more—from the legendary Savin Rock Amusement Park to stylish Jackie Kennedy christening the USS Lafayette in Groton.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1461746752

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Eyewitness at Dieppe

The Only First-Hand Account of WWII's Most Disastrous Raid

By: Ross Reyburn

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The Only First-Hand Account of WWII's Most Disastrous Raid

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Pen and Sword History

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John Dawes

The Man who changed the world of Rugby

By: Ross Reyburn

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The Man who changed the world of Rugby

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John Dawes

And the Legendary 1971 British Lions

By: Ross Reyburn

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John Dawes

And the Legendary 1971 British Lions

By: Ross Reyburn

An overdue tribute to one of rugby union's greatest innovators, the former London Welsh, Wales, British Lions, and Barbarians captain, John Dawes. With 16 color and black and white plates.

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1784613460

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Eyewitness at Dieppe

Eyewitness at Dieppe

Saving Rugby Union

Saving Rugby Union

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John Dawes

American Body Snatchers

American Body Snatchers

San Francisco Ballet at Seventy-Five

San Francisco Ballet at Seventy-Five

Walker and Walker: The Law of Evidence in Scotland

Walker and Walker: The Law of Evidence in Scotland

From Locker Room to Boardroom

From Locker Room to Boardroom

The Working Memory Advantage

The Working Memory Advantage

Cape of Torments

Cape of Torments

The Visible Confederacy

The Visible Confederacy

Connecticut Coast

Connecticut Coast

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John Dawes

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