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Black Tulip

Being there . . . . to meet, greet, and strap yourself in for cockpit flight directly behind one ofthe most accomplished fighter aces in aviation history, the iron-nerved, skillful Luftwaffe pilot,Major Erich Hartmann, World War II’s highest-scoring pilot on either side. I won’t do it becausehe claimed 351 Allied aircraft shot down, and although …

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Military Women in World Cinema; British Fortifications, 1485-1945; Bullets, Bandages and Beans

Being there . . . . for this round to simply sit back, relax with the cat tucked between your hipand the arm of the comfortable easy-chair and fully armed with tall glass of lemonade, andallow three unusual books, neither of which you knew was recently published, to enjoy,perhaps not in one sitting, but certainly …

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The Hitler I knew; Lucky Hitler’s Big Mistakes

Being there . . . to once again grapple with enduring evil, the mind of Adolph Hitler. Had enoughof him these past eight decades via an estimated half a million published books (20,000available today on Amazon), magazine articles, documentaries, newsreels, radio commentaries,and other media stories and accounts which have appeared in English alone? Well, four …

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