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John C. Carr

    John Carr's writing delves into military history, with a particular focus on the Mediterranean region and Greece. His work is characterized by a deep interest in specific historical events and military forces, such as air forces and navies. Carr meticulously examines pivotal conflict periods and their impact on the regions he covers. His style is informative and fact-driven.

    The Viking Saint
    Philip, Prince of Greece
    Escape From the Ghetto
    The Defence and Fall of Greece, 1940-41
    Mussolini's Defeat at Hill 731, March 1941
    On Spartan Wings
    • On Spartan Wings

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      The forgotten story of Greece's heroic airmen and their contribution to victory.

      On Spartan Wings
      4.2
    • The Defence and Fall of Greece, 1940-41

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Narrates the spirited but ultimately doomed Greek defence against invasion by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in 1940 and 41 Gives the neglected Greek perspective of these important campaigns of WW2 Thoroughly researched, drawing heavily on contemporary Greek sources and eyewitness accounts.

      The Defence and Fall of Greece, 1940-41
      4.2
    • Escape From the Ghetto

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      A Jewish boy kills a Nazi by the Polish ghetto. He must escape the Third Reich, at all costs.

      Escape From the Ghetto
      4.1
    • This book examines Prince Philip's family background and his relatively little known Greek family as well as his early life as a Greek prince, much of the time in exile.

      Philip, Prince of Greece
      4.0
    • Half-brother to Harald Hardrada, Olaf was himself a Viking of some repute.

      The Viking Saint
      3.7
    • There Will Be War Volume I

      • 382 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      In the beginning spears were "high-tech", and the most that one weapon could accomplish at one time was one death. But millennia passed and techniques improved. By the time of the Romans a lucky bolt might impale a file of infantry. By the dreadful 20th century the very existence of the race - we still were earth-bound, then - was at risk. But somehow, even though the weapons grew ever more terrible, that risk was averted and humanity gained first the planets and then the stars. And still the weapons grew, until the very universe has cause to fear the wrath of Man... Contents: Reflex by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Spanish Man's Grave by James Warner Bellah Marius by Poul Anderson The Threat by Advisory Commission Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card A Death in Realtime by R.S. McEnroe Overdose by Spider Robinson Saul's Death by Joe Haldeman High Frontier by Robert A. Heinlein and Lt. General Daniel Graham Two Poems by Jon Post Diasporah by W.R. Yates His Truth Goes Marching On by Jerry Pournelle THOR by Weapons Committee of the Citizens' Advisory Coucil on National Space Policy The Defenders by Philip K. Dick Unlimited Warfare by Hayford Pierce The Battle by Robert Sheckley Military Virtue by Jerry Pournelle Ranks of Bronze by David Drake I Am Nothing by Eric Frank Russell Call Him Lord by Gordon R. Dickson Quiet Village by David McDaniel Strategy of Technology by Jerry Pournelle Widow's Party by Rudyard Kipling

      There Will Be War Volume I
    • The Knights Hospitaller

      • 232 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Traces the military history of the Knights of St John from its origins in the Crusades to their defeat by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798. číst celé

      The Knights Hospitaller
    • Fighting Emperors of Byzantium

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Assesses the contribution of those Emperors whose military leadership determined the survival of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire for a thousand years after the fall of Rome. Concise biographies full of human interest: heroism, tragedy, brutality and an epic struggle for survival.

      Fighting Emperors of Byzantium
    • Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. The only bright light on the team is young Florence, who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with a finger in the Russia pie. Nat is not only a spy, he is a passionate badminton player. His regular Monday evening opponent is half his age- the introspective and solitary Ed. Ed hates Brexit, hates Trump and hates his job at some soulless media agency. And it is Ed, of all unlikely people, who will take Prue, Florence and Nat himself down the path of political anger that will ensnare them all. Agent Running in the Field is a chilling portrait of our time, now heartbreaking, now darkly humorous, told to us with unflagging tension by the greatest chronicler of our age.

      Agent running in the field
      3.8
    • Diagnostyka kliniczna chorób świń

      • 116 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      Książka Diagnostyka kliniczna chorób świń stanowi przystępne i szybkie źródło informacji dla całego personelu zajmującego się zdrowiem stada w gospodarstwie: lekarzy weterynarii, techników, hodowców trzody chlewnej oraz studentów weterynarii i zootechniki. Poruszone w niej są zagadnienia dotyczące postępowania z gatunkiem, badania klinicznego, fizjologicznego i nieprawidłowego zachowania świń oraz główne zaburzenia występujące u świń podzielone według najważniejszych objawów klinicznych. Przewodnik zawiera wiele wykresów, schematów i rycin uzupełniających tekst i ułatwiających właściwą opiekę nad zwierzętami.

      Diagnostyka kliniczna chorób świń
    • Těhotenství, porod a první tři roky života dítěte. V dnešní době prožívají nastávající otcové těhotenství své partnerky více než před lety a přítomnost otce u porodu se stala téměř samozřejmostí. Kniha přináší odpovědi na otázky, které v souvislosti s těhotenstvím, porodem a péčí o malé dítě muže napadají. Nabízí praktické rady typu, jak vyměnit plenku nebo čím nakrmit malé dítě, ale i zamyšlení nad emoční stránkou procesu vrůstání do otcovské role. Zabývá se i upevňováním vztahu s partnerkou, skloubením práce a rodiny, výchovnými styly, prosazováním disciplíny nebo úlohou hry v jednotlivých stadiích dítěte. John C. Carr je sociální pracovník a psychoterapeut s dvacetiletou praxí. Žije a pracuje v New Yorku. Je ženatý a má tři děti.

      Knížka pro tatínky. Těhotenství, porod a první tři roky života dítěte
      5.0