The Naval Brigade - Part 5
The Brigade's experience of soldiering was about to become shockingly comprehensive. The Second Bombardment began on 9th April and lasted until the 17th. The Army Siege Train had not received its promised reinforcements, and the Navy was asked to ... [... more]
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John Sweetman
This bitter war between Russia and Turkey, aided by Britain and France, was the setting for the stuff of legends. This book details the gallant yet suicidal Charge of the Light Brigade, now immortalised in film: in the words of Tennyson, 'Into ... [... more]
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Thomas Rodgers
Some 150,000 Irish-American immigrants served in the Union Army, most of them from Boston, New York and Chicago, and about 40,000 fought in the Confederate Army. The best known unit was the Irish Brigade of the Union Army of the Potomac, which ... [... more]
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Kenn Miller
Kenn Miller is a former LRRP and 101st Ranger veteran. He is author of the successful and well-received novel Tiger: The LURP Dog. He lives in Southern California. In the summer of 1967, the good old days were ending for the hard-core 1st Brigade ... [... more]
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Reynel Martinez
In 1965 nearly four hundred men were interviewed and only thirty-two selected for the infant LRRP Detachment of the lst Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. Old-timers called it the... "No way in hell you could survive 'out there' with six men. You ... [... more]
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The Penguin Brigade Training Log, 2nd Edition
 An incredibly useful logbook: I liked the old Penguin Brigade Training Log a lot, but this new 2nd Edition is even better. It has space to record your basic training details -- where you ran and how far -- but also space to record the weather, your diet, [... more]
CDN$18.00
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The Charge of the Light Brigade (Widescreen)
From Amazon.com: Tony Richardson's film about the colossal Crimean War blunder combines his sociopolitical anger with the splendors of a David Lean epic for a fascinating artifact of that boiling-point protest year, 1968. Like America's contemporaneous [... more]
CDN$15.98
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Zombie Brigade
NOT A CLASSIC ZOMBIE FLICK: The only time I've heard about ZOMBIE BRIGADE was from the directors of THE UNDEAD ( an upcoming Australian ZOMBIE flick really awesome ). They were like " this is the only ZOMBIE flick the Australia has produced so far... [... more]
CDN$15.58
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BOLO BRIGADE
Fighting against the odds and political inertia: William H Keith, JR's book, "Bolo Brigade" (ISBN 0-671-87781-X), is his second contribution to Keith Laumer's Bolo story line. On the edge of the galactic arm and human occupied space, known as [... more]
CDN$7.28
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The Doom Brigade: The Chaos War Series
The Doom Brigade: "The Doom Brigade" by the husband and wife team of Margaret Weis and Don Perrin features the life and times of an eccentric group of Draconians during the same time period as "Dragons of Summer Flame". These [... more]
CDN$10.99
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The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in ...
Title of book: Just looking at the title, I am curious why it was chosen. There was no Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. It was the Abraham Lincoln Battalion which was part of the XV International Brigades. John C. Howell, johnchowell@msn. [... more]
CDN$22.87
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Hellebores
In late winter and early spring when we all need a lift, my mind immediately conjures up those stalwarts of the early spring flower brigade, the Hellebores. Reliable, colourful and just what the spirit needs at this time of year. With Christmas ... [... more]
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