This is the story of a man who loved two women, and one of them killed him. Some people have dreams that are so outrageous that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. Christopher Columbus, Isaac Newton, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Edison, Nancy Astor, Charles Lindbergh, Amy Johnson,
The third in the Britt Montero series. Britt takes a young reporter under her wing, but Trish Tierney proves to be a slick operator as well as a fast learner, keen to grab the headlines and glory. Then Trish ends up murdered and Britt finds herself in the middle of a red-hot story.
Course No. 301 (12 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Taught by Elizabeth Vandiver Whitman College Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin 1. Introduction to Homeric Epic 2. The Homeric Question 3. Glory, Honor, and the Wrath of Achilles 4. Within the Walls of Troy 5. The Embassy to Achilles 6. The Paradox of Glory 7. The Role of the Gods 8. The Longest Day 9. The Death of Patroklos 10. Achilles Returns to Battle 11. Achilles and Hektor 12. Enemies' Tears—Achilles and Priam
Portsmouth, 1782. His Britannic Majesty's frigate Phalarope is ordered to the assistance of the hard-pressed squadrons in the Caribbean. Aboard is her new commander-Richard Bolitho. To all appearances the Philarope is everything a young captain could wish for. But beneath the surface she is a deeply unhappy ship-her wardroom torn by petty greed and ambition, her deckhands suspected of cowardice under fire and driven to near mutiny by senseless ill treatment....
Stalin’s Red Army entered World War II as a relatively untried fighting force. In 1941, with the launch of Operation Barbarossa, it joined battle with Hitler’s army, the most powerful in history. After a desperate war of attrition over four years, the Red Army beat the Nazis into defeat on the Eastern Front and won lasting fame and glory in 1945 by eclipsing the military might of the Third Reich. This book begins with a review of the historical background of the Red Army in the years ..
