15+ [Must Read] Popular Books On Royal Air Force

In the first book of this brilliant series, Stephen King introduces readers to one of his most enigmatic heroes, Roland of Gilead, The Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which frighteningly mirrors our own, Roland pursues The Man in Black, encounters an alluring woman named Alice, and begin In the first book of this brilliant series, Stephen King introduces readers to one of his most enigmatic heroes, Roland of Gilead, The Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which frighteningly mirrors our own, Roland pursues The Man in Black, encounters an alluring woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the Kid from Earth called Jake. Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, The Gunslinger leaves readers eagerly awaiting ... [Read More]

This book shows pictures from ten crucial years of German post-war history -- beginning with the death of the student Benno Ohnesorg on June 2nd, 1967, in Berlin, through to the murder of the President of the Employers' Association, Hanns-Martin Schleyer, on October 18th, 1977. The story of the Red Army Faction (R.A.F.) is also a story of the images that the group has stag This book shows pictures from ten crucial years of German post-war history -- beginning with the death of the student Benno Ohnesorg on June 2nd, 1967, in Berlin, through to the murder of the President of the Employers' Association, Hanns-Martin Schleyer, on October 18th, 1977. The story of the Red Army Faction (R.A.F.) is also a story of the images that the group has staged, invoked and left behind: Ulrike Meinhof's warrant; the emblem with the red star and the kalashnikov; the arrest of Holger Meins; the high secu ... [Read More]

Bomber Command’s air offensive against the cities of Nazi Germany was one of the most epic campaigns of World War II. More than 56,000 British and Commonwealth aircrew and 600,000 Germans died in the course of the RAF’s attempt to win the war by bombing. The struggle in the air began meekly in 1939 with only a few Whitleys, Hampdens, and Wellingtons flying blindly through Bomber Command’s air offensive against the cities of Nazi Germany was one of the most epic campaigns of World War II. More than 56,000 British and Commonwealth aircrew and 600,000 Germans died in the course of the RAF’s attempt to win the war by bombing. The struggle in the air began meekly in 1939 with only a few Whitleys, Hampdens, and Wellingtons flying blindly through the night on their ill-conceived bombing runs. It ended six years later with 1,600 Lancasters, Halifaxes, and Mosquitoes, equipped with the ... [Read More]

Patrick Bishop looks back at the lives, human realities and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots took during the strategic air-offensive against Germany from 1939-1945. ... [Read More]

Part III of an epic saga. Roland and his companions, Eddie and Susannah Dean, find the Path of the Beam that will lead them to the Dark Tower. Along the way, Roland adds two new members to his ka-tet (a group united for a specific purpose). In the decaying city of Lud, they encounter new dangers, including a sentient train that has gone insane. source: stephenking.com ... [Read More]

One of the most famous true stories from the last war, The GREAT ESCAPE tells how more than six hundred men in a German prisoner-of-war camp worked together to achieve an extraordinary break-out. Every night for a year they dug tunnels, and those who weren't digging forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes to wear once th One of the most famous true stories from the last war, The GREAT ESCAPE tells how more than six hundred men in a German prisoner-of-war camp worked together to achieve an extraordinary break-out. Every night for a year they dug tunnels, and those who weren't digging forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes to wear once they had escaped. All of this was conducted under the very noses of their prison guards. When the right night came, the actual escape itself was tim ... [Read More]

Der Deutsche Herbst im Jahre 1977 bildet die düsterste Epoche der bundesdeutschen Nachkriegsgeschichte. Wolfgang Kraushaar, der beste Kenner dieser Zeit, wirft neue Fragen auf und gibt neue Antworten. Terrorismus tritt uns heute als Phänomen der unmittelbaren Gegenwart entgegen. Doch schon einmal hat Terror die Bundesrepublik in Atem gehalten. Die Greueltaten der RAF haben Der Deutsche Herbst im Jahre 1977 bildet die düsterste Epoche der bundesdeutschen Nachkriegsgeschichte. Wolfgang Kraushaar, der beste Kenner dieser Zeit, wirft neue Fragen auf und gibt neue Antworten. Terrorismus tritt uns heute als Phänomen der unmittelbaren Gegenwart entgegen. Doch schon einmal hat Terror die Bundesrepublik in Atem gehalten. Die Greueltaten der RAF haben im Herbst 1977 mit der Entführung und Ermordung von Hanns Martin Schleyer und der Entführung des Flugzeugs »Landshut« ihren Höhepu ... [Read More]

Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and Jake’s pet bumbler survive Blaine the Mono’s final crash, only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, one that has been ravaged by the superflu virus. While following the deserted I-70 toward a distant glass palace, they hear the atonal squalling of a thinny, a place where the fabric of existence has almost Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and Jake’s pet bumbler survive Blaine the Mono’s final crash, only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, one that has been ravaged by the superflu virus. While following the deserted I-70 toward a distant glass palace, they hear the atonal squalling of a thinny, a place where the fabric of existence has almost entirely worn away. While camping near the edge of the thinny, Roland tells his ka-tet a story about another thinny, one that he encounte ... [Read More]

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0553213695 / 9780553213690 "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was laying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt co Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0553213695 / 9780553213690 "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was laying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of hi ... [Read More]

Mit Für die RAF war er das System, für mich der Vater beleuchtet Anne Siemens die, wie es im Untertitel heißt, "andere Geschichte des deutschen Terrorismus" -- die Geschichte des Leids nämlich, das die ihrem Selbstverständnis nach für eine gute Sache mordenden "Revolutionäre" der "Rote Armee Fraktion" über die Familien der Opfer gebracht haben. Auch wenn in den Medien selb Mit Für die RAF war er das System, für mich der Vater beleuchtet Anne Siemens die, wie es im Untertitel heißt, "andere Geschichte des deutschen Terrorismus" -- die Geschichte des Leids nämlich, das die ihrem Selbstverständnis nach für eine gute Sache mordenden "Revolutionäre" der "Rote Armee Fraktion" über die Familien der Opfer gebracht haben. Auch wenn in den Medien selbst immer wieder darauf hingewiesen wurde, dass die Opfer bei der Beschäftigung mit den Ursachen und Wirkungen des Links-Terrorism ... [Read More]

Die RAF ist die Idee eines unbekannten Autodiebes namens Andreas Baader und der bekannten Journalistin Ulrike Meinhof: Die Vorstellung, durch Morde und Bombenanschläge die "potentiell revolutionären Teile des Volkes" zu mobilisieren, die sich zur "Revolution" in der Bundesrepublik erheben. Ein fataler Irrtum, der auch über zwei Dutzend "bewaffneten Kämpfern" das Leben kost Die RAF ist die Idee eines unbekannten Autodiebes namens Andreas Baader und der bekannten Journalistin Ulrike Meinhof: Die Vorstellung, durch Morde und Bombenanschläge die "potentiell revolutionären Teile des Volkes" zu mobilisieren, die sich zur "Revolution" in der Bundesrepublik erheben. Ein fataler Irrtum, der auch über zwei Dutzend "bewaffneten Kämpfern" das Leben kostet. Peters rekonstruiert, wie die RAF aus dem "Ideensteinbruch" der Studentenbewegung in West-Berlin entstand, und die Geschichte ihrer dr ... [Read More]

After the famous dams raid, thousands of equally daring missions were flown in WWII by 617 Squadron. Find out about them here, from former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Nichol. The role RAF 617 Squadron in the destruction of the dams at the heart of the industrial Ruhr has been celebrated in book, magazine and film for more than seventy years. On the 17th M After the famous dams raid, thousands of equally daring missions were flown in WWII by 617 Squadron. Find out about them here, from former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Nichol. The role RAF 617 Squadron in the destruction of the dams at the heart of the industrial Ruhr has been celebrated in book, magazine and film for more than seventy years. On the 17th May 1943, 133 airmen set out in 19 Lancasters to destroy the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe dams. 56 of them did not return. Despite these ... [Read More]

A Strangeness In My Mind is a novel Orhan Pamuk has worked on for six years. It is the story of boza seller Mevlut, the woman to whom he wrote three years' worth of love letters, and their life in Istanbul. In the four decades between 1969 and 2012, Mevlut works a number of different jobs on the streets of Istanbul, from selling yoghurt and cooked rice, to guarding a car pa A Strangeness In My Mind is a novel Orhan Pamuk has worked on for six years. It is the story of boza seller Mevlut, the woman to whom he wrote three years' worth of love letters, and their life in Istanbul. In the four decades between 1969 and 2012, Mevlut works a number of different jobs on the streets of Istanbul, from selling yoghurt and cooked rice, to guarding a car park. He observes many different kinds of people thronging the streets, he watches most of the city get demolished and re-built, and he sees ... [Read More]

This is absolutely the best fighter pilot memoir of World War II. Pierre Closterman was a Free French fighter ace and his account of the air war over Britain and France has justly become famous. It contains everything one could wish for: wonderfully observed descriptions of wartime Britain, frighteningly evocative stories of in-the-cockpit action, an amazing cast of charac This is absolutely the best fighter pilot memoir of World War II. Pierre Closterman was a Free French fighter ace and his account of the air war over Britain and France has justly become famous. It contains everything one could wish for: wonderfully observed descriptions of wartime Britain, frighteningly evocative stories of in-the-cockpit action, an amazing cast of characters, and all the drama and bravery of a man fighting a desperate war thousands of feet above the ground. An undeniable classic and a true page-tu ... [Read More]

Gerade noch rechtzeitig, bevor sich das 68-er Jubiläumsjahr mit dem Kinostart des oskarverdächtigen Spielfilms Der Baader Meinhof Komplex zu Ende neigt, hat der Autor der Drehbuchvorlage, Stefan Aust, eine neue Version seines gleichnamigen Werkes von 1985 vorgelegt. Natürlich drängt sich bei diesem Timing der Verdacht auf, es ginge dem unlängst geschassten Chefredakteur de Gerade noch rechtzeitig, bevor sich das 68-er Jubiläumsjahr mit dem Kinostart des oskarverdächtigen Spielfilms Der Baader Meinhof Komplex zu Ende neigt, hat der Autor der Drehbuchvorlage, Stefan Aust, eine neue Version seines gleichnamigen Werkes von 1985 vorgelegt. Natürlich drängt sich bei diesem Timing der Verdacht auf, es ginge dem unlängst geschassten Chefredakteur des Nachrichtenmagazins Der Spiegel darum, beflügelt vom Hype um den Film noch einmal kräftig Kasse zu machen. Doch die Anschaffung des ... [Read More]