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Now a major Amazon film directed by George Clooney and starring Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Lily Rabe, and Christopher Lloyd, a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man, and his romance with a bar, in the tradition of This Boy’s Life and The Liar’s Club – with a new afterword.

J.R. Moehringer grew up captivated by a voice. It was the voice of his father, a New York City disc jockey who vanished before J.R. spoke his first word. Sitting on the stoop, pressing an ear to the radio, J.R. would strain to hear in that plummy baritone the secrets of masculinity and identity. Though J.R.’s mother was his world, his rock, he craved something more, something faintly and hauntingly audible only in The Voice.

At eight years old, suddenly unable to find The Voice on the radio, J.R. turned in desperation to the bar on the corner, where he found a rousing chorus of new voices. The alphas along the bar – including J.R.’s Uncle Charlie, a Humphrey Bogart look-alike; Colt, a Yogi Bear sound-alike; and Joey D, a softhearted brawler – took J.R. to the beach, to ballgames, and ultimately into their circle. They taught J.R., tended him, and provided a kind of fathering-by-committee. Torn between the stirring example of his mother and the lurid romance of the bar, J.R. tried to forge a self somewhere in the center. But when it was time for J.R. to leave home, the bar became an increasingly seductive sanctuary, a place to return and regroup during his picaresque journeys. Time and again the bar offered shelter from failure, rejection, heartbreak – and eventually from reality.

In the grand tradition of landmark memoirs, The Tender Bar is suspenseful, wrenching, and achingly funny. A classic American story of self-invention and escape, of the fierce love between a single mother and an only son, it’s also a moving portrait of one boy’s struggle to become a man, and an unforgettable depiction of how men remain, at heart, lost boys.

Named a best book of the year by The New York Times, Esquire, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, NPR’s “Fresh Air,” and New York Magazine.

A New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, Booksense, and Library Journal best seller.

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An encyclopedia of more than 100 guitars and the musicians who have mastered them.

Guitars and Heroes is organized by era, from the rockabilly pioneers to the guitar heroes of the future. Each chapter contains portraits of guitarists (past and present) and their favorite instruments. The authoritative text describes the musician’s favored guitar or guitars and why they prefer them, often revealing a hidden facet of the musician’s artistic approach.

Special photo spreads include The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Van Halen, Prince, Billie Joe Armstrong, AC/DC, Les Paul, anatomy of a Stratocaster, 5 Replica Guitars; Burst, the world’s most expensive guitar; 5 Most Desirable Amplifiers, 5 Pedals That Changed the World, 5 Groundbreaking Sounds, The Chicago Blues in 5 Albums, 5 Essential Hard Rock Albums and 5 Design Gibson Mistakes.

The book is organized into three sections (Birth of an Art, The Golden Age, Modern Times) and nine chapters, each with a selection of artists and their guitars, including these:

Delta Blues and Rockabilly
Robert Johnson, Jimmie Rogers, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Buddy Holly Chicago Blues and Jazz
Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Trini Lopez, George Benson British Blues Boom
Dave Davies, Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Peter Green Surf, Garage Rock and Psychedelic
Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Santana, Ry Cooder, Duane Allman Birth of Hard Rock
Ritchie Blackmore, Neil Young, Brian May, Peter Frampton, Joan Jett Arena Rock, Shred and New Wave
Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Edge, Joe Satriani, Slash Grunge and Alternative Rock
Kurt Cobain, Buzz Osborne, Sonic Youth, Rivers Cuomo Metal to Djent
Dimebag Darrell, John 5, Buckethead, Meshuggah, Tosin Abasi Guitar Heroes of the Future
St. Vincent, Joe Bonamassa, Jack White, Ron Thal, Matthew Bellamy.

Guitars and Heroes is a sensational encyclopedia for all guitarists, guitar geeks, collectors and avid listeners, and an essential purchase for all collections.

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Guitars and Heroes: Mythic Guitars and Legendary Musicians

Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page, a one-man embodiment of the fantasy of the guitar hero. No other musician has achieved the same blend of mystery, charisma, sheer talent, and energy, and his aura was only intensified by his refusal to sing in his band (not even on backing harmony!) and his routine absence from TV sets and other interviews. Fans of Led Zeppelin were therefore able to project whatever image they wanted onto this skinny young man with his unruly hair and dragon trousers, this image, of course, being distorted by rumors of wild sex, satanism, and black magic, rumors that Page, with all the shrewdness that Robert Johnson had once displayed, never troubled to dispel.

His choice of guitars was always in keeping with this character. Even when he played a Telecaster at the start of the band’s career in 1969, it was a Telecaster that had been repainted by hand with a multicolored dragon pattern. This model with a rosewood fingerboard dates from 1959, a gift from Jeff Beck when Jimmy joined him in the band The Yardbirds. However, at the end of 1969, the Les Paul came along to replace the Tele as the band’s emblematic instrument, like a fifth band member. It is said that few guitarists have done as much to showcase the thick and edgy sound of the Burst, as though Led Zeppelin’s riffs had been written as a series of arguments in favor of this thing of beauty. His favorite guitar is a 1959 model whose neck was sanded down to make it more slender and thus more suitable for Page’s hands. The original tuning machines were also replaced with gold Grovers, to which Page had grown accustomed since his days playing the Les Paul Custom on which he made his Session Man compilation in the 1960s. Jimmy also took off the cover of his bridge humbucker to gain some high notes, a modification that was to be copied by several generations of fans even though they couldn’t really hear much of a difference.

Number Two was also a 1959 Les Paul (the Page legend goes a long way towards explaining the particular fondness that collectors have for this vintage over the ones from 1958 and 1960), slightly more somber than the original and modified in exactly the same way, with the added detail of some highly complicated electronics. Page fitted switches to it so that he could get fifteen different sounds from the two basic pickups, no doubt a habit acquired during his days as a session musician, when he had been expected to offer a variety of textures, a requirement that he was to retain as the captain of Led Zeppelin.

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell is a true original. Ever since she first emerged on California’s folk scene in the late 1960s, she has never stopped reinventing herself and conquering the public and her peers through her resolutely non-conformist approach. None of her songs has been written in standard tuning, and Joni meanders with ease from one kind of tuning to another, depending on the needs of the song. In the early days, the only guitar she played was a Martin D-28, which consequently underwent all the different tunings used for the first five albums. At the end of the 1970s, Mitchell switched to an electric guitar, opting for an Ibanez George Benson, and so as to avoid having to tune it on stage between every song, she had five identical guitars so that she could switch from one to the next.

But the real revolution arrived in 1995, when she was given a Roland VG-88. This multi-effects guitar system can receive the signal from a hexaphonic sensor that modifies the sound of each string independently from the five others. In other words, the guitar (in this case a luthier-made Strat, then a Parker Fly chosen because it was very comfortable and no doubt also because it was something unexpected) stays in standard tuning, but the VG-88 changes the tunings heard. Modern technology at the service of acoustic songs: you could say it’s the best of both worlds.

Brian May

Few stories illustrate the proverb “necessity is the mother of invention” quite so well as the creation of the Red Special. Brian Harold May was 15 years old and wanted a guitar, like most British teenagers in 1963. His father was a skilled handyman, and the two of them therefore spent two years designing the instrument that Brian had pictured in his mind. The wood used for the body came from a table, the wood for the neck came from an old fireplace, the fingerboard inlays were made of mother-of-pearl buttons, and the vibrato arm was originally part of a bicycle saddlebag. In short, every element of the guitar was something that had been salvaged from odds and ends, with the exception of the three pickups, made by Burns and bought from a shop — though even these were modified. The whole thing was designed to suit the sound that May had dreamed up, from the hollow body designed to obtain lovely musical feedback, to the twenty-four-fret neck (a rarity at the time) with a very short scale, making it easy to hit the really high notes and bend the strings. The story might well have ended there and remained nothing more than a charming bit of romanticism. Except that after two years of taking the trouble not to leave out a single stage of the process, Brian managed to turn the Red Special (as he called his bit of gear) into a guitar that suited him perfectly. It could have been just a quirky and fun first guitar on which he could learn his trade before moving on to a proper guitar by a recognized maker, but his own musical voice and virtuosic playing style had developed in harmony with this gorgeous red number. It therefore remained his go-to guitar throughout his entire career at the heart of Queen, accompanying him wherever he went, from clubs to packed stadiums (including the gigantic Wembley Stadium) via the studios where it made itself heard on albums that have sold over 300 million copies. A number of luthiers have made copies of the Red Special, but the original still can’t be beaten, forty years after its creation. It was quite an amazing outcome for an instrument cobbled together out of part of a table and part of a fireplace.

Gene Autry

It’s hard nowadays to picture the all-American cowboy without a guitar in his hands. Every bit as indispensable as his Stetson or his horse, the instrument became inseparable from the man in the popular imagination during the age of the westerns of the 1930s. In this period, at the height of the Great Depression, the public sought myths that would allow them to change the way they thought, and the bold and fearless cowboy was certainly able to do that. Not content with being hotshot marksmen, most of them were also accomplished singers and guitarists who released records whenever they were not acting in films, of which a huge number were churned out at an industrial rate.

The most famous singing cowboy of all was, of course, Gene Autry, the ultimate hero, whose horse, Trigger, even became a star in his own right. The riders of the great plains could never be accused of restraint, either in the costumes they wore or in the guitars they played. Autry’s instruments were every bit as colorful as the kitsch wonders played by the stars of country over the subsequent decades. Like his idol, Jimmie Rodgers, he wanted a top-of-the-line Martin, so he too placed an order for a series 45 with his name inlaid in mother-of-pearl on the fingerboard.

But whereas Rodgers had opted for the style classed as 000, Autry had chosen the enormous dreadnought model, the biggest guitar ever made by Martin. He can lay claim to having been given the first ever D-45 in history in 1933, and one of the first three D-45s with twelve frets clear of the body to be made in the pre-war period. He then took possession of two Gibson J-200s, the biggest model produced by Kalamazoo, in 1938; they were both also embellished with extravagant decorative elements, but these models were to remain unique items, never intended for the mass market. The general public would instead have to make do with little cowboy guitars decorated with scenes from westerns painted on the top, low-level instruments made by the firm Harmony, operating out of Chicago, and sold under the brand names Melody, Roundup, or Supertone in department stores or via mail order catalogs. It wasn’t until 1994 that the luckiest fans were able to get their hands on one of a limited edition of 66 Martin D-45 guitars, modelled on Gene Autry’s guitar.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

The gospel genre is, of course, named after the Gospels in the Bible. Singing gospel music is thus about telling the stories of the Bible so as better to spread “the Word,” something that no one did in such an electrifying manner as Rosetta Nubin, aka Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Nubin started out as an artist in 1920 when she was just 4 years old, singing and playing for evangelical churches. At the age of 23, she left for New York, where she would find fame by signing a record deal with Decca. Her high-energy interpretation of the gospel was not at all to the liking of the most traditionalist wing of the faithful, but others were entirely charmed, so much so that Tharpe was the only black woman to be asked to make records to maintain the troops’ morale during the Second World War, and 25,000 fans were prepared to pay to be present at her third marriage in 1951, at a stadium in Washington, D.C.

Meanwhile, Tharpe experimented with a number of guitars before alighting on the right one. In the early days, she was often seen with a National Triolian, a guitar with a resonator (similar to a Dobro) which, at the time, made it possible to achieve greater volume than a standard acoustic guitar. She also appeared with a Gibson L-5 archtop, which, prior to the 1950s, came without a pickup. Tharpe managed to electrify her instrument, but as soon as a more convincing solution became available, she jumped at the chance to acquire it. In 1952, when the Les Paul was in its very first year of existence, she discovered the joys of the solid body and found the sound she was looking for, a sharp and brilliant electric shock. In 1961, sales of the Les Paul model had reached an all-time low, so Gibson replaced it with a new shape with a dual cutaway body, shaped like two little devil’s horns. This new version of the Les Paul was rechristened the SG in 1963, and Tharpe set her sights on a white Custom, the most sumptuous version of all, with three pickups and a vibrato arm. This vision of this gospel singer wielding this ultra-modern guitar with an outrageous amount of talent is still striking more than half a century later.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Firefly Books; Illustrated edition (September 14, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0228101182
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0228101185
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.4 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1.25 x 11 inches

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‘I saw that ship sink, I never closed my eyes. I saw it, I heard it, and nobody could possibly forget it. I can remember the colours, the sounds, everything. The worst thing I can remember were the screams.’ EVA HART This is the amazing story of how Eva survived the sinking of the Titanic – the disaster that claimed the life of her father. The events of a few hours during her childhood had a huge impact on Eva. Her vivid memories of being bundled into a lifeboat and of watching the unsinkable ship slip beneath the surface remained with her for the rest of her life, although it was nearly forty years before she could talk openly about the tragedy. A Girl Aboard the Titanic is the only eyewitness description we have from a child of this famous maritime disaster.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amberley Publishing; Reprint edition (February 15, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1445617145
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1445617145
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.88 x 0.7 x 7.8 inches

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From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop changed the life of a kid from the south side of Houston, and how he rose to the top – and ushered in a new generation of rap dominance. 

Scarface is the celebrated rapper whose hits include “On My Block,” “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” and “Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta” (made famous in the cult film Office Space). The former president of Def Jam South, he’s collaborated with everyone from Kanye West, Ice Cube and Nas, and had many solo hits such as “Guess Who’s Back” feat. Jay-Z and “Smile” feat. Tupac. 

But before that, he was a kid from Houston in love with rock-and-roll, listening to AC/DC and KISS. In Diary of a Madman, Scarface shares how his world changed when he heard Run DMC for the first time; how he dropped out of school in the ninth grade and started selling crack; and how he began rapping as the new form of music made its way out of New York and across the country. It is the account of his rise to the heights of the rap world, as well as his battles with his own demons and depression. 

Passionately exploring and explaining the roots and influences of rap culture, Diary of a Madman is the story of hip-hop-the music, the business, the streets, and life on the south side Houston, Texas.

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Highest-rated new book of 2016 by Audible customers

Winner: Audible’s Best of 2016 – Celebrity Memoirs 

In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical. Noah’s virtuoso embodiment of all the characters from his childhood, and his ability to perform accents and dialects effortlessly in English, Xhosa, and Zulu, garnered the Audie Award for Best Male Narrator in 2018. Nevertheless, Noah’s devoted and uncompromising mother—as voiced by her son—steals the show. 

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Have you ever wanted to give up? I have.
You can overcome insurmountable odds and create a life you love. I did.
Just don’t quit.

As if surviving years of childhood abuse and narrowly escaping a cult and my mother’s insanity wasn’t enough, I ended up married to a physically and emotionally abusive woman with a hidden drug habit. I tried to make it work. I really did. Despite my success in climbing the corporate ladder my questionable instincts caused me to stay in a toxic business environment longer than I should have. Because of my warped sense of what was acceptable, and even desirable, I ignored countless red flags. Many times I wondered, How much more can one person take?

After almost dying, I finally realized that the changes I needed to make were so vast and far-reaching that they could only be achieved by exploding the life I had and deliberately creating a new one. For me, it began when I realized that I worked for an organized crime family – who I suspect was trying to kill me for knowing too much. Does this sound impossible? Well, dear reader, I dare you to open the pages of this book, and be the judge. This is my story – the one that I wish wasn’t true, but is. Join me on this intense adventure, and here’s a spoiler alert – I’m not dead.

KENDRA PETTY is a woman who has succeeded in an all-male industry, becoming an Executive Vice President at two firms. Kendra is a dynamic public speaker, powerful negotiator, and dealmaker. She loves bouldering and scrambling in the mountains of California, Nevada, and Arizona. A boater for many years, Kendra also loves fast cars and traveling. I Can’t Believe I’m Not Dead is her debut memoir. For more about Kendra, visit www.kendrapettyofficial.com.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ O’Leary Publishing (March 6, 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 358 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1952491509
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1952491504
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.06 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.81 x 9 inches

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This New York Times hardcover bestseller is a remarkable journey through fame, tragedy, self-discovery, and triumph

Getting a Grip chronicles Monica Seles’s early success on the tennis circuit where, at age sixteen, she became the youngest winner in French Open history. For three years she dominated the tour, seemingly unstoppable, until a deranged Steffi Graf fan plunged a knife into her back during a match in Hamburg and turned her life upside down. Her injuries healed but the emotional trauma was deep. She spent more than two years in seclusion from the media and the tennis world, trying to fight off the fog of despair until she continued the battle against herself-grueling six-hour workouts were sabotaged by secretive late- night binges-and she was assaulted with criticism about her weight from her trainers and, most brutally, the press.

After an excruciating injury forced her to take time off from tennis in 2003, Seles embarked on her own journey. As she uncovered the painful emotional reasons that had been the trigger for her binge-eating, she finally found the peace and balance she had been searching for. Seles’s determination, amazing talent, and touching vulnerability make her story truly inspiring.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avery; Reprint edition (April 6, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1583333754
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1583333754
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.52 x 0.88 x 8.24 inches

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A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, this memoir of one woman’s later in life career change is “a smart, funny and compelling case for going after your heart’s desires, no matter your age” (Essence).

Following her retirement from Princeton University, celebrated historian Dr. Nell Irvin Painter surprised everyone in her life by returning to school–in her sixties–to earn a BFA and MFA in painting. In Old in Art School, she travels from her beloved Newark to the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design; finds meaning in the artists she loves, even as she comes to understand how they may be undervalued; and struggles with the unstable balance between the pursuit of art and the inevitable, sometimes painful demands of a life fully lived.

How are women and artists seen and judged by their age, looks, and race? What does it mean when someone says, “You will never be an artist”? Who defines what an artist is and all that goes with such an identity, and how are these ideas tied to our shared conceptions of beauty, value, and difference?

Bringing to bear incisive insights from two careers, Painter weaves a frank, funny, and often surprising tale of her move from academia to art in this “glorious achievement–bighearted and critical, insightful and entertaining. This book is a cup of courage for everyone who wants to change their lives” (Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage).

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Counterpoint; Reprint edition (August 27, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1640092005
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1640092006
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.38 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.1 x 8.2 inches

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Featuring both the story of an historic, unforgettable win and insight into the life of an indelible champion, Choosing to Run is a truly inspirational memoir from Boston Marathon winner and Olympian Des Linden, sharing her personal story and what motivates her to keep showing up.

When Des woke up on April 16, 2018, the morning of the Boston Marathon, it was 39 degrees and raining, with high, gusty winds. The weather didn’t bother her. In fact, she thought it might be a blessing. She was far from peak form—recovering from illness and questioning her running future—and didn’t expect much of herself that day.

But as she ticked off mile after mile in the brutal conditions, passing familiar landmarks on the course she knew by heart, something shifted. Opportunity unexpectedly presented itself. Des tapped into her inner strength and remembered all of the reasons she loved to race.

Coming off Heartbreak Hill at Mile 22, Des took the lead and never relinquished it, becoming the 2018 Boston Marathon champion and the first American woman to win the race in thirty-three years. 

Her career has always been defined by tenacity and an independent spirit, stretching back to her first competitive race in San Diego, when she beat better-outfitted, more experienced kids. Des was a two-time All-American at Arizona State University, and as her collegiate years wound down, she decided she wasn’t done with the sport. Des gambled on herself and moved to Michigan to give professional running a try. As she rose through the elite ranks, she became increasingly determined to do things her way in an industry often bound by the status quo.

In her first book, readers will learn the story behind that resolve: the way Des trains, the way she thinks, her relationships with other great runners of her generation, and how much she values her family and friends. They’ll read about her deep connection to the most famous marathon in the world, her two very different Olympic experiences, and how she defined new goals and set a world record at the 50-kilometer distance.
 
Most of all, they’ll learn what makes her get up and run every day.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dutton (April 4, 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593186648
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593186640
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.77 x 0.9 x 8.54 inches

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The remarkable true story of a Canadian paratrooper’s escape from behind enemy lines following the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944.

Ideal for readers of James Holland, Anthony Beevor and Cornelius Ryan.

On September 17, 1944, over 8,000 men of the British 1st Airborne Division landed in German-occupied Netherlands as part of the largest airborne invasion ever undertaken. Twenty-two-year-old Canadian paratrooper Leo Heaps was one of them.

Told with authenticity and clarity, Heaps’ personal account of the nightmare battle fought after the paratroopers dropped at Oosterbeek paints a remarkably vivid picture of one of the most dramatic and little-known events of the Second World War.

Captain Leo Heaps volunteered to serve with the British Army early in 1944 and arrived in England in May of that year. Attached to the Dorset Infantry Regiment, he took part in the D-Day assault on Normandy in June. After twelve days, he was wounded and returned to England. In August, he applied to join a British Parachute Regiment and was accepted. A mere three weeks later, Heaps made his first and only jump as the Arnhem assault commenced.

Escape from Arnhem is a powerful and personal account of a young man’s experience fighting in the Battle of Arnhem. His capture by the Germans and incredible escape was only the beginning. His immediate return to Holland as part of Operation Pegasus and his vital work with the Dutch resistance to help rescue hundreds of Allied soldiers behind enemy lines resulted in Heaps being awarded the Royal Military Cross for “outstanding gallantry.”

Written only a year after the war ended, the images of the Battle of Arnhem are as fresh and raw as the wounds of war themselves and offer a stark reminder of the triumph and tragedy during and after the Battle of Arnhem.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CCP2CP51
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sapere Books (October 22, 2023)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 22, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2063 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 145 pages

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