Destiny in the Desert The road to El Alamein - the Battle that Turned the Tide by Dimbleby, Jonathan

Cheating time science, sex, and aging by Gosden, Roger

SONS OF THE WAVES : THE COMMON SEAMAN IN THE HEROIC AGE OF SAIL, 1740-1840 / by Taylor, Stephen, 1948-

First and Last by Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953

“…Patrick -- The lost things -- On the reading of history -- The victory -- Reality -- On the decline of the book -- José Maria de Heredia -- Normandy and the Normans -- The old things -- The Battle of Hastings -- The Roman roads in Picardy -- The reward of letters -- The eye-openers -- The public -- On entries -- Companions of travel -- On the sources of rivers -- On error -- The great sight -- The decline of a state -- On past greatness -- Mr. the duke: the man of Malplaquet -- The game of cards -- "King Lear" -- The excursion -- The tide -- On a great wind -- The letter -- The regret -- The end of the world.…”
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The deceivers Allied military deception in the Second World War by Holt, Thaddeus

Table of Contents: “…Prologue, 1862-1940 -- The master of the game -- The art of deception -- The customers -- Most secret sources and special means -- London control -- The turning of the tide -- Enter the Yanks -- Hustling the East (I) -- The soft underbelly -- Hustling the East (II) -- American deception grows up -- Bodyguard -- Quicksilver -- Mediterranean finale -- Last act in Europe -- Hustling the East (III) -- Bluebird -- Last round in Asia -- Epilogue…”

Saladin the sultan who vanquished the crusaders and built an Islamic empire by Man, John 1941-

Table of Contents: “…xiii, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm…”

Coastal engineering theory and practice by Sundar, V. (Vallam), Sannasiraj, S. A.

Anwar returns the final twist : the prosecution and release of Anwar Ibrahim by Trowell, Mark

Why we fight the roots of war and the paths to peace by Blattman, Christopher

Top secret tales of World War II by Breuer, William B.

Table of Contents: “…Urgent: Pilfer One Hundred Huge Missiles. Notes and Sources. Index.…”

From slavery to freedom a history of African Americans by Franklin, John Hope 1915-2009

Table of Contents: “…Northern Philanthropy and African-American Education. The Age of Booker T. Washington. Struggles in the Economic Sphere. …”