Stackpole books sep 2026 (6 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 10 fresh and modern crochet bag patterns you'll enjoy making and look forward to carrying!Love quick crochet projects that don't use a lot of yarn, are fun to work, and give you something useful when you're done This is the collection for you! From a sturdy little backpack to a cute drawstring cross-body to slouchy market bags and classic throw-over-your-shoulder totes, there's a crochet bag or tote in here for everyone.Each design is made with easy-to-find yarns from Yarnspirationslike Handicrafter and Peaches & Cremeso getting started on every project in this collection is simple.These patterns are easy enough for newer crocheters to follow with confidence, and they've got plenty of personality to keep even the most seasoned crocheters inspired. Whether you're heading to the beach, running errands, or just need a fun new project, you'll find a design in this book that you'll love make to (and use) all year long.- 10 simple crochet bag designs featuring a drawstring backpack, crossbody bag, and several totes- Use granny stitches, fan stitches, filet crochet, and working in the round to create a variety of shapes and textures- Low-sew and no-sew designs make these easy projects for advanced-beginner crocheters- Cut down on plastic waste by taking these to the grocery store or give as a gift to friends and family- 8.5 x 11 inch pages make it easy to read written instructions- Written and designed by humans, for humans.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In these colorful, insightful profiles, Col. Cole Kingseed former chief of military history at West Point and former collaborator with Maj. Dick Winters of Band of Brothers tells the stirring history of the U.S. Army through the soldiers, from boots to brass, who have fought, led, bled, and died for their country since 1775.Highlights include- Washington and the strategy that won the Revolutionary War- Alexander Hamilton's indispensable role as aide to Washington- Grant's against-the-odds emergence as Union general-in-chief- Pershing and the Doughboys in France during World War I- Patton's three-year tour in Hawaii- Eisenhower and MacArthur in the Philippines- Eisenhower's greatest decisions of World War II- George Marshall and his knack for finding leaders- The 2nd Ranger Battalion on D-Day- Vernon J. Baker, among the first African-Americans awarded the Medal of Honor for World War II heroism- Hal Moore and the Battle of Ia Drang of We Were Soldiers Once fameLeadership and character are at the heart of Brotherhood of the Brave, which spotlights the warriors and the wars that have defined the U.S. Army for 250 years. These stories and lessons, told and distilled by one of the army's great historians, will resonate with soldiers and civilians alike.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Twelve stories from one of the most captivating voices in contemporary outdoor literature. Fed by the fertile springs of love and sport, Lost in Wyoming treats readers to a rare taste in literary fiction, the bittersweet pleasures of relationships afield. Men and women, fathers and sons, siblings separated by life's unfathomable tides, the characters in these stories share in the heartfelt tug of wars immediately recognizable in all of our lives.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - - Engaging history of a controversial World War II battle - Brilliantly researched and compellingly written by a top military historian In this highly anticipated sequel to Beyond the Beachhead, historian Joseph Balkoski follows the U.S. 29th Infantry Division out of Normandy and into Brittany in the northwest corner of France, where the division was tasked with seizing the port of Brest. The German defenders, including elite paratroopers, fought fiercely for every inch of ground and inflicted heavy casualties on the Americans during bloody house-to-house fighting. By the time the Germans surrendered, the Allies had taken other ports, thus rendering Brest nearly useless and casting doubt on the decision to capture it in the first place. Balkoski tells the story of the battle, from the generals who ordered the attack to the infantrymen who slogged through the streets of Brest.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This provocative reassessment challenges the myth of Patton and reveals the manand generalbehind the legend.In MacArthur Reconsidered, which bestselling historian John C. McManus called "a well-written, informed, lucidly argued critique," James Ellman offered a challenging new look at General Douglas MacArthur. Now he turns his attention to another celebrated World War II commander, George S. Patton. Stripping away the polished helmet, ivory-handled pistols, and the practiced "war face," Ellman delivers a hard-hitting reappraisal of the controversial general's leadership and battlefield performance.In keeping with his flair for the dramatic, Patton's successes in World War II tended toward the flashy. He took credit for turning around the American II Corps after the Battle of Kasserine Pass in North Africa, captured Palermo and won the race to Messina in Sicily, rushed across France after German lines ruptured during the Normandy campaign, relieved the 101st Airborne at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, and led his beloved Third Army into Germany at war's end. Quite a record but how does it stand up According to Ellman, Patton was a one-dimensional tactician who was fortunate to often face a German Army largely in disarray. He was excellent on the offensive against an outnumbered, undersupplied foe but was average at best when confronting prepared, dug-in opposition. Other army commanders such as Courtney Hodges, William Simpson, and Alexander Patch achieved comparable results without Patton's personal and strategic shortcomings. Patton was a flawed man on and off the battlefield, from repeatedly striking his own soldiers, to recurrent instances of insubordination, to delusions of reincarnation. His defects limited his range as a commander, caused significant friction in the Allied command structure and exposed serious limits in his judgement. His postwar political positions, including vehement anticommunism and a refusal to prosecute denazification in Germany, undermined United States policy, risked war with the Soviet Union, and made Patton a strategic liability. General Eisenhower who had tolerated Patton's missteps for so long and indeed valued his battlefield presence finally relieved Patton of high command.Rigorously argued and sure to spark debate, Patton Reconsidered separates myth from reality and delivers a much-needed corrective to one of World War II's most enduring legends.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The final week of World War II unfolded like a political thrillerwith millions of lives hanging in the balance.By early August 1945, Japan had been chased across the Pacific, hemmed in on the Asian mainland, and isolated by the fall of Nazi Germany. But it did not surrender. Even after an atomic bomb destroyed Hiroshima, Japan held on and seemed prepared to fight to the last man. For Japan to raise the white flag, it would take another atomic blast, a Soviet attack, and a failed coup by Japanese militarists. Carefully researched history that unfolds like a political thriller, Eight Days in August chronicles the dramatic series of events that led to the end of World War II with Japan.The story opens on August 8, 1945, with Japan still reeling two days after Hiroshima. On the island of Tinian, American B-29 Superfortress Bockscar flies a practice run for dropping a second atomic bomb. In Moscow, the Soviet foreign minister hands the Japanese ambassador a declaration of war. The next day, setting in motion a week of high-stakes diplomacy and tense debate, a nuclear fireball incinerates Nagasaki, and the Red Army rolls into Japanese-held Manchuria in northeastern China.In Washington, Truman and his cabinet debate softening the demand for unconditional surrender and allowing the Japanese emperor to remain. Planning continues for the invasion of Japan, an operation expected to cost hundreds of thousands of American and millions of Japanese casualties. Officials warily watch the Soviets in Manchuria, knowing that the deeper the Red Army drives, the graver the threat to the postwar world. The clock is ticking. The U.S. sends Japan a note proposing a way out for the emperor.In Tokyo, the war cabinet is split between surrender and war to the death. Emperor Hirohito comes to favor peace, but a group of radical militarists demands to fight on, even if it means violating the godlike emperor's will and toppling the government, even if it means destroying Japan. The coup fails, a wave of suicides follows, and on August 15, the emperor's surrender message is broadcast to a people who have never before heard their leader's voice.Eight Days in August is a day-by-day at times minute-by-minute narrative of how Japan finally surrendered. While covering the sweep of grand events the Manhattan Project, the causes and course of World War II in the Pacific, the origins of the Cold War in Asia the book never loses sight of the individuals caught up in the war's last gasp: the victims of Nagasaki, the crew who dropped the bomb, the Japanese general caught between loyalty to the emperor and his sense of military honor. Millions of lives hung in the balance, and Eight Days in August captures all the tension and drama of this world-defining moment.…