The Corporal's Wife

The Corporal's Wife PDF Author: Gerald Seymour
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1444758586
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 480

Book Description
An Iranian soldier sits in an MI6 safe house. He may only be a corporal, but as chauffeur to a top general he knows many secrets, such as the location of nuclear sites. But the Corporal won't talk unless they bring his wife out of Iran, too. So the SAS are asked to do the job - but they say it's impossible. Which is how Zach Bennett, a university drop-out recruited for his language skills, and a rag-tag team of three ex-soldiers find themselves on a mission to Tehran. If they are caught, it will mean certain death. And the Corporal's wife - fiery, independent and beautiful - is not the kind of person Zach was expecting. In fact, she's not like anyone he's ever met in his life.

Infantry

Infantry PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infantry
Languages : en
Pages : 870

Book Description

No Life Like It

No Life Like It PDF Author: Harrison, Deborah
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 9781550284461
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. No Life Like It 2. Absences 3. The Gulf War 4. Postings 5. Missed Opportunities 6. Cover Ups 7. Endings 8. Resistance Notes References Index

The Adventures of a Soldier's Wife

The Adventures of a Soldier's Wife PDF Author: Joe P. Plant
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
ISBN: 1782224467
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 462

Book Description
IRELAND -  INDIA -  ENGLAND1915 – 1974A story based on the memoirs of Pte. Sarah Kathleen CunninghamA TRILOGY– entrusted to and written by Joe P. Plant1915. The true story of a young Irish Coleen. Sarah, eldest daughter of the Cunningham family. Exasperated by the drudgery of her home life, volunteers to serve in the Army. An adventure which is to change the course of her future life. Demobbed in 1919. Meets, falls in love with a young veteran of the war, her Gallant Sergeant Jack Plant. They court; due to the Troubles their marriage is almost a disaster, but that’s just the beginning? Seven postings later, a posting to India.1929 they sail to Bombay. Breakfast in the Taj Mahal gives Sarah a false image of her future life? After a four-day train journey, arrive in Nowshera. Sarah inherits 28 servants who only speak Urdu. During her stay Sarah endures loneliness, despair, illness, miscarriages, a birth, frightening escapades of her tribe, wild animals, the king cobra, visits to hill stations, a chance meeting with Kitty – a lifelong friendship provides amusement. They return to Blighty, the birth and death of Peter, more babies. Jack’s demobilisation; due to the pending war, his recall. Later a traumatic period, evacuation, her eldest daughter Mary contracts TB. During the London Blitz bombed out, necessitates a move to a Lancashire cotton town. Her eldest son is sent to the war in Burma. They return to a devastated London and rationing. What will happen next?

The Man Who Wore His Wife's Sarong

The Man Who Wore His Wife's Sarong PDF Author: Suchen Christine Lim
Publisher: Monsoon Books
ISBN: 1912049090
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
A mother finds out her son is gay; a daughter finds out her two mothers are lesbians; a niece stumbles upon the body of her dead uncle dressed in his wife’s sarong kebaya; and an old man’s nascent feelings for a Filipino maid lead him back to his suppressed art. "The Man Who Wore His Wife’s Sarong", Suchen Christine Lim’s short stories of the unsung, unsaid and uncelebrated in Singapore, delve beneath the sunlit island’s prosperity and coded decorum. Her characters chip away prejudice and sculpt it into acceptance of the other. Previously published in part as "The Lies that Build a Marriage" (shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize 2008), this new collection contains five additional stories.

Notes From A Small Military

Notes From A Small Military PDF Author: Chip Chapman
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
ISBN: 1782199101
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Stumbling from a university anarchist meeting into a career in the army, Chip Chapman is conscious of how very incompetent he is. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst confirms his worst fears. He is eventually let loose on 6 Platoon of 2 PARA and, via the Falklands War, manages to elevate himself to a position of conscious competence and save his career. An insight into a generation of soldiering in the late 20th century and beyond, this hilarious, touching, informative, and thought-provoking memoir is set against the drumbeat of the social, cultural, and legal rhythms of the age, and the change from the certainties of the Cold War to the nihilism of 9/11. With shades of David Niven's The Moon's a Balloon, Lesley Thomas's Virgin Soldiers, and the travelogs of Bill Bryson, Chapman captures the rawness, spirit, and fortitude of the soldier in both peace and war.

Soldier, Soldier

Soldier, Soldier PDF Author: Tony Parker
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571304435
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
For his twelfth book, first published in 1985, Tony Parker was given near-unlimited access by the Ministry of Defence and spent eighteen months interviewing the officers and soldiers of a single British Army infantry regiment - as well as their wives. Both a pacifist and a former conscientious objector, Parker brought his singular perspective to the questioning of fighting men on what it means to bear arms for one's country. 'A unique picture of a social institution which is an exaggerated microcosm of society and yet set apart from it.' Scotsman 'A revealing glimpse into the lives and thoughts of the men in khaki.' Gerald Kaufman, Manchester Evening News 'Captivating bedside reading.' Sunday Telegraph

Arthursdale Boy, Nidderdale Girl

Arthursdale Boy, Nidderdale Girl PDF Author: Frank Pedley
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1803134372
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 570

Book Description
This book is a unique biography; a time capsule of the lives of two people without fame in a bygone age that spans a 75 year period of worldwide turmoil, catastrophe, bloodshed and sacrifice, with rapid changes of lifestyle, communication and expectation.
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