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The First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas): The Greatest Civil War Battles , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 85min
After the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 ignited the Civil War, many in the North expected a relatively quick victory, including Abraham Lincoln. Days after the smoke had cleared in Charleston Harbor, the Lincoln Administration pushed for a quick invasion of Virginia, with the intent of defeating Confederate forces and marching toward the Confederate capitol recently relocated to Richmond. Despite the fact commanding general Irvin McDowell knew his troops were inexperienced and unready, pressure from the Washington politicians forced him to launch a premature offensive against Confederate forces in Northern Virginia. McDowell's strategy during the First Battle of Bull Run was grand, and in many ways, it was the forerunner of a tactic Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and James Longstreet executed brilliantly on nearly the same field during the Second Battle of Bull Run in August 1862. McDowell's plan called for parts of his army to pin down Beauregard's Confederate soldiers in front while marching another wing of his army around the flank and into the enemy's rear, rolling up the line. McDowell assumed the Confederates would be forced to abandon Manassas Junction and fall back to the next defensible line, the Rappahannock River. In July 1861, however, this proved far too difficult for his inexperienced troops to carry out effectively.As the first major land battle of the Civil War, the First Battle of Bull Run made history in several ways. McDowell's army met Fort Sumter hero P.G.T. Beauregard's Confederate army near the railroad junction at Manassas on July 21, 1861, just 25 miles away from Washington, DC. Many civilians from Washington came to watch what they expected to be a rout of Confederate forces, and for awhile it appeared as though that might be the case. However, Confederate reinforcements under General Joseph E. Johnston's Army, including a brigade led by Thomas Jonathan Jackson, arrived by train on the eve of the battle, eve ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Norman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/123379/bk_acx0_123379_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 427min
An End to Evil charts the agenda for what’s next in the war on terrorism, as articulated by David Frum, former presidential speechwriter and best-selling author of The Right Man, and Richard Perle, former assistant secretary of defense and one of the most influential foreign-policy leaders in Washington. This world is an unsafe place for Americans - and the US government remains unready to defend its people. In An End to Evil, David Frum and Richard Perle sound the alert about the dangers around us: the continuing threat from terrorism, the crisis with North Korea, the aggressive ambitions of China. Frum and Perle provide a detailed, candid account of America’s vulnerabilities: a military whose leaders resist change, intelligence agencies mired in bureaucracy, diplomats who put friendly relations with their foreign colleagues ahead of the nation’s interests. Perle and Frum lay out a bold program to defend America - and to win the war on terror. Among the topics this audiobook addresses: Why the US risks its security if it submits to the authority of the United Nations Why France and Saudi Arabia have to be treated as adversaries, not allies, in the war on terror Why the US must take decisive action against Iran - nowWhat to do in North Korea if negotiations failWhy everything you read in the newspapers about the Israeli-Arab dispute is wrong How our government must be changed if we are to fight the war on terror to victory - not just stalemate Where the next great terror threat is coming from - and what we can do to protect ourselves An End to Evil will define the conservative point of view on foreign policy for a new generation - and shape the agenda for the 2004 presidential-election year and beyond. With a keen insiders’ perspective on how our leaders are confronting - or not confronting - the war on terrorism, David Frum and Richard Perle ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robertson Dean. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bkot/000255/bk_bkot_000255_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Happy for You (eBook, ePUB)
A whip-smart, funny, affecting novel about a young woman who takes a job at a tech company looking to break into the "happiness market"-even as her own happiness feels more unknowable than ever Four years into work on a still-unfinished philosophy dissertation, and seemingly unready to accept a marriage proposal from her long-term boyfriend, Evelyn Kominsky Kumamoto feels stalled. Meanwhile, all around her, everyone else seems to be getting on with their lives: her corn-fed, relentlessly optimistic boyfriend, Jamie, has no hesitation about committing to a shared future, and even her reserved Japanese father is energized by a new relationship-his first since her mother's passing when Evelyn was just fourteen. The privacy-invading, norm-reinforcing apps, algorithms, and self-optimization messaging that surround her seem more sure of what Evelyn should think and want than she is. Looking for a change, Evelyn accepts a job as a researcher at the third-most popular internet company, housed at a glass and steel office building in downtown San Francisco. There, she is charged with aiding in the development of an app that will help users quantify-and augment-their happiness. As she grapples with the tech world's bewildering work culture and jolting excess, an unexpected development in her personal life upends her assumptions about her future, and Evelyn embarks on a journey towards an authentic happiness all her own. Wry, touching, and sharply attuned to the ambivalence, atomization, and illusion of control that characterize modern life, Happy for You is a story of a young woman at a crossroads that movingly explores how, even in this mediated world, our emotions, contradictions, and vulnerabilities have a transformative power we could never predict.- Shop: buecher
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Happy for You
A whip-smart, funny, affecting novel about a young woman who takes a job at a tech company looking to break into the "happiness market"-even as her own happiness feels more unknowable than ever Four years into work on a still-unfinished philosophy dissertation, and seemingly unready to accept a marriage proposal from her long-term boyfriend, Evelyn Kominsky Kumamoto feels stalled. Meanwhile, all around her, everyone else seems to be getting on with their lives: her corn-fed, relentlessly optimistic boyfriend, Jamie, has no hesitation about committing to a shared future, and even her reserved Japanese father is energized by a new relationship-his first since her mother's passing when Evelyn was just fourteen. The privacy-invading, norm-reinforcing apps, algorithms, and self-optimization messaging that surround her seem more sure of what Evelyn should think and want than she is. Looking for a change, Evelyn accepts a job as a researcher at the third-most popular internet company, housed at a glass and steel office building in downtown San Francisco. There, she is charged with aiding in the development of an app that will help users quantify-and augment-their happiness. As she grapples with the tech world's bewildering work culture and jolting excess, an unexpected development in her personal life upends her assumptions about her future, and Evelyn embarks on a journey towards an authentic happiness all her own. Wry, touching, and sharply attuned to the ambivalence, atomization, and illusion of control that characterize modern life, Happy for You is a story of a young woman at a crossroads that movingly explores how, even in this mediated world, our emotions, contradictions, and vulnerabilities have a transformative power we could never predict. Story Locale: San Francisco, CA and Hawaii- Shop: buecher
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Athelred the Unready: The Ill-Counselled King
Athelred the Unready: The Ill-Counselled King - New: ab 81.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Aethelred the Unready (Penguin Monarchs)
Aethelred the Unready (Penguin Monarchs) - The Failed King: ab 6.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Who in the World Was The Unready King?: The Story of Ethelred (Who in the World)
Who in the World Was The Unready King?: The Story of Ethelred (Who in the World): ab 9.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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