John Bierman Kolejność książek (chronologicznie)

'Excellent ... a remarkable achievement and ought to be recognised as one of the most succesful histories of the Western Desert and North African fighting yet to have appeared' John Keegan, Daily Telegraph For the British, the battle fought at ElAlamein in October 1942 became the turning point of the Second World War. In this study of the desert war, John Bierman and Colin Smith show why it is remembered by its survivors as a 'war without hate'. Through extensive research the authors provide a compellingly fresh perspective on the see-saw campaign in which the two sides chased each other back and forth across the unforgiving North African landscape.

He became the greatest explorer of his age, yet when Henry Morton Stanley finally found the object of his first quest, all he could think of to say was “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” This book centres on Stanley, a man who was ‘a bully, a braggart, a hypocrite, and a liar’ and, at his best, was ‘steadfast, brave, enduring, resourceful, and an inspired leader.’ In this engrossing account of Stanley's life, John Bierman follows the path of the abused and abandoned child who, in a turbulent adulthood, became a hero of the Victorian age, discovering the source of the Nile, charting the Congo River, finding the legendary Mountains of the Moon, and claiming the Congo Free State (now DR Congo) for Belgium. Brimming with the vitality of a Dickens novel, Dark Safari opens a window into both the bright and dark aspects of the Victorian Age. “This will be the definitive life of Stanley for a long time to come.” – Quill & Quire John Bierman (1929-2006) led a fascinating life. He was a newspaper reporter, editor, radio correspondent, television ‘fireman’, documentary maker and, finally, an acclaimed historian. Bierman reported for the BBC all around the world, winning plaudits for his coverage of the Bloody Sunday events in Derry/ Londonderry and Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus in 1974. Endeavour Press is the UK’s leading independent publisher of digital books.

The vivid recollections of participants heighten an account of the harrowing journey of 500 Jews from Czechoslovakia to Palestine, a journey lasting four years and involving hunger, shipwreck, and internment