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The Hinge Factor: How Chance and Stupidity Have Changed History
by Erik DurschmiedFrom the wooden horse at Troy to a harrowing photograph snapped in Vietnam, from Robert E. Lee's lost battle plans to the evacuation of Dunkirk, world history has been shaped as much by chance and error as by courage and heroism. Time and again, invincible armies fall to weaker opponents in the face of impossible odds, when the outcome had seemed a foregone conclusion. How and why does this happen? What is it that decides the fate of battle?Writing with the style and flair that has made him an award-winning war correspondent, Durschmied takes us through the major battles of history, from the battlefields of ancient Greece to the Gulf War. In a series of gripping narratives, he vividly recreates the crucial events in all their mayhem and confusion while pointing out the decisive moments that changed the course of history. We see Agincourt, where rain combined with French arrogance to give Henry V the day; the Crimea, where a badly worded order led to the disastrous charge of the Light Brigade; and colonial Africa, where an attack by African killer bees, described by the London Times as Germany's secret weapon, repulsed an Allied invasion. And in a chilling epilogue, we are given a disturbing glimpse of the secret attempt by Libya to buy atomic weapons from China for use against Israel.Drawing from a variety of sources, including personal accounts such as soldiers' diaries and letters home, The Hinge Factor is an instructive, fascinating look at how the unpredictable, the absurd, and the bizarre have shaped the face of history in war.
The Hinge of Fate (Winston S. Churchill The Second World Wa #4)
by Winston S. ChurchillThe British prime minister recounts battles from Midway to Stalingrad, and how the Allies turned the tide of WWII: &“Superlative.&” —The New York Times The Hinge of Fate is the dramatic account of the Allies&’ changing fortunes. In the first half of the book, Winston Churchill describes the fearful period in which the Germans threaten to overwhelm the Red Army, Rommel dominates the war in the desert, and Singapore falls to the Japanese. In the span of just a few months, the Allies begin to turn the tide, achieving decisive victories at Midway and Guadalcanal, and repulsing the Germans at Stalingrad. As confidence builds, the Allies begin to gain ground against the Axis powers. This is the fourth in the six-volume account of World War II told from the unique viewpoint of the man who led his nation in the fight against tyranny. The series is enriched with extensive primary sources, as we are presented with not only Churchill&’s retrospective analysis of the war, but also memos, letters, orders, speeches, and telegrams, day-by-day accounts of reactions as the drama intensifies. Throughout these volumes, we listen as strategies and counterstrategies unfold in response to Hitler&’s conquest of Europe, planned invasion of England, and assault on Russia, in a mesmerizing account of the crucial decisions made as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. &“No memoirs by generals or politicians . . . are in the same class.&” —The New York Times
The Hinge of Fate: 1950 (Winston S. Churchill The Second World Wa #4)
by Winston S. ChurchillThe British prime minister recounts battles from Midway to Stalingrad, and how the Allies turned the tide of WWII: &“Superlative.&” —The New York Times The Hinge of Fate is the dramatic account of the Allies&’ changing fortunes. In the first half of the book, Winston Churchill describes the fearful period in which the Germans threaten to overwhelm the Red Army, Rommel dominates the war in the desert, and Singapore falls to the Japanese. In the span of just a few months, the Allies begin to turn the tide, achieving decisive victories at Midway and Guadalcanal, and repulsing the Germans at Stalingrad. As confidence builds, the Allies begin to gain ground against the Axis powers. This is the fourth in the six-volume account of World War II told from the unique viewpoint of the man who led his nation in the fight against tyranny. The series is enriched with extensive primary sources, as we are presented with not only Churchill&’s retrospective analysis of the war, but also memos, letters, orders, speeches, and telegrams, day-by-day accounts of reactions as the drama intensifies. Throughout these volumes, we listen as strategies and counterstrategies unfold in response to Hitler&’s conquest of Europe, planned invasion of England, and assault on Russia, in a mesmerizing account of the crucial decisions made as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. &“No memoirs by generals or politicians . . . are in the same class.&” —The New York Times
The Hinges of Battle: How Chance and Incompetence Have Changed the Face of History
by Erik DurschmiedThere is no shortage of stories when it comes to battles. Some were decided by genius, but many more by a quirk of fate, when that thin balance which separates success from disaster lay in a minor decision or a trivial incident that tipped the scales. The thrust of a spear, the blink of an eye, a single phrase or a misinterpreted command is all it takes. A moment of courage or cowardice, energy or weariness, resolution or indecision.Battles have shaped the course of history and decided the fate of mankind. From a brutal Attila the Hun who went down to defeat on the Catalaunian Fields, to an overbearing French artillery colonel at Dien Bien Phu; from the stout walls of Constantinople to a skimpy mealie-bag wall at Rorke's Drift; from the sun of Austerlitz to the snows of Stalingrad, it was always an incident that decided the outcome of battle.
The Hinges of Battle: How Chance and Incompetence Have Changed the Face of History
by Erik DurschmiedThere is no shortage of stories when it comes to battles. Some were decided by genius, but many more by a quirk of fate, when that thin balance which separates success from disaster lay in a minor decision or a trivial incident that tipped the scales. The thrust of a spear, the blink of an eye, a single phrase or a misinterpreted command is all it takes. A moment of courage or cowardice, energy or weariness, resolution or indecision.Battles have shaped the course of history and decided the fate of mankind. From a brutal Attila the Hun who went down to defeat on the Catalaunian Fields, to an overbearing French artillery colonel at Dien Bien Phu; from the stout walls of Constantinople to a skimpy mealie-bag wall at Rorke's Drift; from the sun of Austerlitz to the snows of Stalingrad, it was always an incident that decided the outcome of battle.
Hingham (Postcard History)
by Scott Wahle James PierottiThe established neighborhoods of Hingham make up a seashore community that has retained much of its historic charm. The Old Derby Academy, Old Ordinary Tavern, and the Old Ship Meetinghouse church are all local treasures. Atrip down Main Street affords extraordinary views of fine Victorian homes and Colonial farmhouses. Hingham was also home to the U.S. armed forces buildup during World Wars I and II. This Colonial settlement truly remains a celebrated all-American town.
Hinkle Fieldhouse: Indiana's Basketball Cathedral (Landmarks)
by Eric AngevineWalk into Hinkle Fieldhouse, and you feel it--that palpable sense of history known as the Hinkle mystique. Indiana's basketball cathedral has stood in all its glory at Butler University since 1928. John Wooden, Oscar Robertson and Larry Bird played on its floor. Jesse Owens sprinted to a record at Hinkle, and athletes from around the globe have brought Olympic-level competition to crowds gathered under its steel arches. It was the setting for the climactic scene in Hoosiers, arguably the greatest sports movie ever made. It has hosted evangelists, ice shows, tennis matches, bike races and even roller derbies. Author Eric Angevine gets inside the paint in this complete Hinkle history, featuring archival photographs of the iconic structure and words from those who know it best.
A Hint of Mischief
by Katie RoseIn Katie Rose's utterly irresistible tale of New York City in the "Age of Innocence," a lady who talks to the dead discovers that earthly pleasures can be downright heavenly. For the bewitching Jennifer Appleton and her charming sisters, there is nothing the least bit wicked about holding a séance. They conjure up spirits who happen to offer the matrons of Victorian Manhattan a great deal of comfort. Besides, young ladies have to make a living somehow. So it's something of a shock when a handsome, furious stranger shows up at their door, lobbing accusations of fraud--and his remarkably compelling gaze--at lovely, wide-eyed Jennifer. Convinced that Jennifer has swindled his grieving mother out of a sizable sum, Gabriel Forester is prepared to put her out of business for good. But the lady he confronts is a total revelation--and a surprising temptation. As passion flares unexpectedly, the fiery opponents are drawn into a devilish game of seduction. Now Gabriel and Jennifer must learn to forget the ghostly voices of the past . . . and listen to their beating hearts. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Trying to Score, Long Simmering Spring, and Scarlet Lady.
A Hint of Mischief
by Katie RoseIn Katie Rose's utterly irresistible tale of New York City in the "Age of Innocence," a lady who talks to the dead discovers that earthly pleasures can be downright heavenly. For the bewitching Jennifer Appleton and her charming sisters, there is nothing the least bit wicked about holding a séance. They conjure up spirits who happen to offer the matrons of Victorian Manhattan a great deal of comfort. Besides, young ladies have to make a living somehow. So it's something of a shock when a handsome, furious stranger shows up at their door, lobbing accusations of fraud--and his remarkably compelling gaze--at lovely, wide-eyed Jennifer. Convinced that Jennifer has swindled his grieving mother out of a sizable sum, Gabriel Forester is prepared to put her out of business for good. But the lady he confronts is a total revelation--and a surprising temptation. As passion flares unexpectedly, the fiery opponents are drawn into a devilish game of seduction. Now Gabriel and Jennifer must learn to forget the ghostly voices of the past . . . and listen to their beating hearts. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Trying to Score, Long Simmering Spring, and Scarlet Lady.
A Hint of Scandal
by Rhonda WoodwardIf Alexander, Duke of Westlake, were conscious, he would find himself in a pickle. He's been sorely wounded by highwaymen-and is now being nursed back to health by a young townswoman, Bella Tichley. But just as a spark lights, one night threatens both their reputations-and their budding love will be put to the test.
A Hint of Seduction
by Amelia GreySeeking: A Cad of a Father The ton believes Miss Catherine Reynolds has come to London to find a husband. They would be surprised to know her real purpose, or that it was Catherine herself who stole the horse of the dashing Earl of Chatwin practically out from under him (it was an emergency, of course). Catherine has learned that her real father--the scoundrel who broke her mother's heart--is still out there somewhere, and she intends to find him. Found: An Enchanting Earl Irritated, intrigued, and highly eligible, John Fines, Earl of Chatwin, finds his name on the tongues of half the ton as they speculate about his mysterious lady horse-thief. Catherine needs to help to uncover the secrets of her birth, but if he becomes embroiled in her quest, he may be in danger of losing not only his horse and his reputation as a charmer, but also his heart. Praise for A Gentleman Never Tells: "Grey combines wit and charm in another enchanting, delicious romance."--RT Book Reviews, 4 stars "Delightful...charming and unforgettable."--The Long and Short of It Reviews "A beautifully written tale...delicious historical romance."--Romance Junkies
A Hint of Wicked (James Family #1)
by Jennifer HaymoreCAUGHT BETWEEN DUTY AND DESIRE . . . Sophie, the Duchess of Calton, has finally moved on. After seven years mourning the loss of her husband, Garrett, at Waterloo, she has married his cousin and heir, Tristan. Sophie gives herself to him body and soul. . . until the day Garrett returns from the Continent, demanding his title, his lands-and his wife. TORN BETWEEN TWO HUSBANDS . . . Now Sophie must choose between her first love and her new love, knowing that no matter what, her choice will destroy one of the men she adores. Will it be Garrett, her childhood sweetheart, whose loss nearly destroyed her once already? Or will it be Tristan, beloved friend turned lover, who supported her through the last, dark years and introduced her to a passion she had never known? As her two husbands battle for her heart, Sophie finds herself immersed in a dangerous game-where the stakes are not only love . . . but life and death. A HINT OF WICKED
A Hint of Witchcraft
by Anna GilbertMargot is a happy teenager looking forward to a wonderful future in the idyllic countryside she loves. Her father is tolerant and prosperous, her mother lively, understanding and admired by everyone, her big brother is exuberant, the orphan she has grown up with will become a doctor and her friends congregate at her hospitable country home. Among those friends is painfully shy Katie to whom Margo is gentle and kind, and Linden, the new girl at school who Margo regards as the ideal beauty. Then a necklace goes missing from a local shop and Margo's world shatters. Katie is blamed, but could she possibly be guilty. Margo's mother becomes ill, her father resigns, her brother falls in love with Linden but flees to Africa, the man Margot thought was her true love is avoiding her, servants are telling Margot frightening secrets, the town simmers with suspicion and Margot sees Linden at the heart of all the suffering. Does sincere feeling and purity of spirit have a chance against greed and deception? Somehow Margot must find out, grow up and put her life together again.
Hinterland Remixed: Media, Memory, and the Canadian 1970s
by Andrew BurkeLike the flute melody from Hinterland Who's Who, the 1970s haunt Canadian cultural memory. Though the decade often feels lost to history, Hinterland Remixed focuses on boldly innovative works as well as popular film, television, and music to show that Canada never fully left the 1970s behind. Andrew Burke reveals how contemporary artists and filmmakers have revisited the era's cinematic and televisual residues to uncover what has been lost over the years. Investigating how the traces of an analogue past circulate in a digital age, Burke digs through the remnants of 1970s Canadiana and examines key audiovisual works from this overlooked decade, uncovering the period's aspirations, desires, fears, and anxieties. He then looks to contemporary projects that remix, remediate, and reanimate the period. Exploring an idiosyncratic selection of works – from Michael Snow's experimental landscape film La Région Centrale, to SCTV's satirical skewering of network television, to L'Atelier national du Manitoba's video lament for the Winnipeg Jets – this book asks key questions about nation, nostalgia, media, and memory. A timely intervention, Hinterland Remixed demands we recognize the ways in which the unrealized cultural ambitions and unresolved anxieties of a previous decade continue to resonate in our current lives.
Hinton
by Mark BlacklockA nineteenth-century tale of dangerous and pioneering ideas, based on the incredible true story of a scandalous British mathematician.Howard Hinton and his family are living in Japan, escaping from a scandal. Hinton&’s obsession is his work, his voyages into mathematical pure space, into the fourth dimension, but also his wife and sons, each of whom are entangled in the strange and unknown landscapes of Hinton&’s science fictions.In a bravura and startling meeting of real and philosophical elements, Mark Blacklock has created a ravishing period piece of late-Victorian social, scientific and domestic life. Hinton is about extraordinary discoveries, and terrible choices. It is about people who discover and map other realms, and what the implications might be for those of us left behind.&“A singular literary achievement.&” —TheObserver&“A refreshing, unusual and enriching tale of sadness and scandal.&” —Spectator &“Somewhere between detective novel, philosophical head-scratcher and historical page-turner, Hinton is a chimerical treat.&” —Tatler&“A brilliant resurrectionist raid on the past as it should have unfolded. Mark Blacklock breathes new life into the tropes of detective fiction, occult mathematics and forensic science. He makes new mysteries out of re-forgotten enigmas.&” —Iain Sinclair
Hip: The History
by John LelandHip: The History is the story of how American pop culture has evolved throughout the twentieth century to its current position as world cultural touchstone. How did hip become such an obsession? From sex and music to fashion and commerce, John Leland tracks the arc of ideas as they move from subterranean Bohemia to Madison Avenue and back again. Hip: The History examines how hip has helped shape -- and continues to influence -- America's view of itself, and provides an incisive account of hip's quest for authenticity.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
Hip Hop Desis: South Asian Americans, Blackness, and a Global Race Consciousness
by Nitasha Tamar SharmaHip Hop Desis explores the aesthetics and politics of South Asian American (desi) hip hop artists. Nitasha Tamar Sharma argues that through their lives and lyrics, young "hip hop desis" express a global race consciousness that reflects both their sense of connection with Blacks as racialized minorities in the United States and their diasporic sensibility as part of a global community of South Asians. She emphasizes the role of appropriation and sampling in the ways that hip hop desis craft their identities, create art, and pursue social activism. Some desi artists produce what she calls "ethnic hip hop," incorporating South Asian languages, instruments, and immigrant themes. Through ethnic hip hop, artists, including KB, Sammy, and Deejay Bella, express "alternative desiness," challenging assumptions about their identities as South Asians, children of immigrants, minorities, and Americans. Hip hop desis also contest and seek to bridge perceived divisions between Blacks and South Asian Americans. By taking up themes considered irrelevant to many Asian Americans, desi performers, such as D'Lo, Chee Malabar of Himalayan Project, and Rawj of Feenom Circle, create a multiracial form of Black popular culture to fight racism and enact social change.
Hip Hop in Houston: The Origin and the Legacy
by Julie Grub Maco L. Faniel Steve FournierRap-A-Lot Records, U.G.K. (Pimp C and Bun B), Paul Wall, Beyonce, Chamillionaire and Scarface are all names synonymous with contemporary hip-hop. And they have one thing in common: Houston. Long before the country came to know the chopped and screwed style of rap from the Bayou City in the late 1990s, hip-hop in Houston grew steadily and produced some of the most prolific independent artists in the industry. With early roots in jazz, blues, R&B and zydeco, Houston hip-hop evolved not only as a musical form but also as a cultural movement. Join Maco L. Faniel as he uncovers the early years of Houston hip-hop from the music to the culture it inspired.
Hip Hop on Film: Performance Culture, Urban Space, and Genre Transformation in the 1980s
by Kimberley MonteyneEarly hip hop film musicals have either been expunged from cinema history or excoriated in brief passages by critics and other writers. Hip Hop on Film reclaims and reexamines productions such as Breakin' (1984), Beat Street (1984), and Krush Groove (1985) in order to illuminate Hollywood's fascinating efforts to incorporate this nascent urban culture into conventional narrative forms. Such films presented musical conventions against the backdrop of graffiti-splattered trains and abandoned tenements in urban communities of color, setting the stage for radical social and political transformations. Hip hop musicals are also part of the broader history of teen cinema, and films such as Charlie Ahearn's Wild Style (1983) are here examined alongside other contemporary youth-oriented productions. As suburban teen films banished parents and children to the margins of narrative action, hip hop musicals, by contrast, presented inclusive and unconventional filial groupings that included all members of the neighborhood. These alternative social configurations directly referenced specific urban social problems, which affected the stability of inner-city families following diminished governmental assistance in communities of color during the 1980s. Breakdancing, a central element of hip hop musicals, is also reconsidered. It gained widespread acclaim at the same time that these films entered the theaters, but the nation's newly discovered dance form was embattled—caught between a multitude of institutional entities such as the ballet academy, advertising culture, and dance publications that vied to control its meaning, particularly in relation to delineations of gender. As street-trained breakers were enticed to join the world of professional ballet, this newly forged relationship was recast by dance promoters as a way to invigorate and “remasculinize” European dance, while young women simultaneously critiqued conventional masculinities through an appropriation of breakdance. These multiple and volatile histories influenced the first wave of hip hop films, and even structured the sleeper hit Flashdance (1983). This forgotten, ignored, and maligned cinema is not only an important aspect of hip hop history, but is also central to the histories of teen film, the postclassical musical, and even institutional dance. Kimberley Monteyne places these films within the wider context of their cultural antecedents and reconsiders the genre's influence.
Hip Hop Underground: The Integrity and Ethics of Racial Identification
by Harrison Anthony KwameRace and authenticity in America, explored through the Bay Area's multiracial underground hip hop scene
Hip Hop's Inheritance: From The Harlem Renaissance To The Hip Hop Feminist Movement
by Reiland RabakaHip Hop's Inheritance arguably offers the first book-length treatment of what hip hop culture has, literally, 'inherited' from the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts movement, the Feminist Art movement, and 1980s and 1990s postmodern aesthetics. By comparing and contrasting the major motifs of the aforementioned cultural aesthetic traditions with those of hip hop culture, all the while critically exploring the origins and evolution of black popular culture from antebellum America through to "Obama's America," Hip Hop's Inheritance demonstrates that the hip hop generation is not the first generation of young black (and white) folk preoccupied with spirituality and sexuality, race and religion, entertainment and athletics, or ghetto culture and bourgeois culture. Taking interdisciplinarity and intersectionality seriously, Hip Hop's Inheritance employs the epistemologies and methodologies from a wide range of academic and organic intellectual/activist communities in its efforts to advance an intellectual history and critical theory of hip hop culture. Drawing from academic and organic intellectual/activist communities as diverse as African American studies and women's studies, postcolonial studies and sexuality studies, history and philosophy, politics and economics, and sociology and ethnomusicology, Hip Hop's Inheritance calls into question one-dimensional and monodisciplinary interpretations or, rather, misinterpretations, of a multidimensional and multivalent form of popular culture that has increasingly come to include cultural criticism, social commentary, and political analysis.
Hipatia de Alejandría
by De la Luna, LuisEste libro recrea la vida de Hipatia de Alejandría, una figura capital de la antigüedad y protagonista del filme Ágora, de Alejandro Amenábar. Estuvo versada en filosofía, matemáticas y astronomía, pero su clase magistral para la historia fueron su sed de vida y de conocimiento, así como el valor y la entereza para defender sus ideales de convivencia y tolerancia. Hipatia fue un espíritu libre, una voz incómoda a causa de la férrea voluntad de llevar una vida plena como mujer sin pedir perdón por ello, aunque debiera pagar por ello el más alto precio: la vida. Antes de que la marea de la intolerancia arrase todo, tenemos ocasión de vislumbrar un fastuoso mundo crepuscular, y por sus páginas cruzan personajes de raza, como el joven príncipe Atila, y se visitan ciudades de ensueño en el esplendor de su apogeo: Constantinopla y Alejandría. "Había una mujer en Alejandría que se llamaba Hipatia, que logró tales alcances en literatura y ciencia, que sobrepasó en mucho a todos los filósofos de su propio tiempo". SÓCRATES ESCOLÁSTICO
Hipatia de Alejandría: Edición Estudiante - Maestro (Mujeres Legendarias de la Historia Mundial #9)
by Laurel A. RockefellerDefender la Luz Mientras el mundo occidental caía en la oscuridad, ella se atrevió a defender la luz. Hipatia de Alejandría, nacida en el año 355, tras el reinado de Constantino, vivió en un Imperio Romano que se derrumbaba, un mundo en el que la obediencia a las autoridades religiosas triunfaba sobre la ciencia, en el que la razón y la lógica amenazaban el nuevo orden mundial. Era un mundo al borde de la Edad Media, un mundo que decidía la cuestión de la ciencia versus la religión, la libertad versus la ortodoxia, la tolerancia versus el odio. Durante más de 40 años, Hipatia se interpuso entre la Edad Media y la luz de la filosofía, las artes y las ciencias clásicas. Aunque ninguno de sus libros sobrevivió a las agresivas quemas de libros de los fanáticos religiosos, su legado sigue siendo el de una de las más grandes científicas de todos los tiempos. La edición para estudiantes y profesores incluye preguntas de estudio desafiantes al término de cada capítulo, además de una detallada línea de tiempo y una extensa lista de lecturas sugeridas.
The Hiplife in Ghana
by Halifu OsumareThe Hiplife in Ghana explores one international site - Ghana, West Africa - where hip-hop music and culture have morphed over two decades into the hiplife genre of world music. It investigates hiplife music not merely as an imitation and adaptation of hip-hop, but as a reinvention of Ghana's century-old highlife popular music tradition. Author Halifu Osumare traces the process by which local hiplife artists have evolved a five-phased indigenization process that has facilitated a youth-driven transformation of Ghanaian society. She also reveals how Ghana's social shifts, facilitated by hiplife, have occurred within the country's 'corporate recolonization,' serving as another example of the neoliberal free market agenda as a new form of colonialism. Hiplife artists, we discover, are complicit with these global socio-economic forces even as they create counter-narratives that push aesthetic limits and challenge the neoliberal order.
Hippeis: The Cavalry Of Ancient Greece
by Leslie J WorleyThe achievements of the Greek cavalry on the battlefield were monumental, and yet until now the heavy infantry - the hoplite - has received by far the most attention from military historians. This book traces the history of the Greek cavalry, offering a reassessment of the place of mounted troops in the warfare of Ancient Greece. Its historical sweep is broad, with coverage which extends from 1400 BC, through the Archaic period to the Classical period.