Dogfight Over the Trenches

by Matthew Craig
Dogfight Over the Trenches
Author: Matthew Craig
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2018-03-22
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1387688987
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Dogfight Over the Trenches is a fast-paced and exciting game designed to replicate the air battles and combat missions that took place in the skies over the battlefields of the Great War from 1915 to 1918. This book contains not only the core rules for playing out missions, but a set of advanced rules for more complex and in-depth gameplay. There are tons of planes to choose from, and aircraft availability tables to match the year YOU want to fly in! Recommended for ages 12 and up.

Horace Pippin, American Modern

by Anne Monahan
Horace Pippin, American Modern
Author: Anne Monahan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2020-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0300243308
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This nuanced reassessment transforms our understanding of Horace Pippin, casting the artist and his celebrated paintings as more complex than has previously been recognized

Dog Fight

by Norman Franks
Dog Fight
Author: Norman Franks
Publisher: Frontline Books
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2003-01-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1853675512
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The history of WWI aviation is a rich and varied story marked by the evolution of aircraft from slow moving, fragile, and unreliable powered kites, into quick, agile, sturdy fighter craft. At the same time there emerged a new kind of 'soldier', the fighter pilots whose individual cunning and bravery became crucial in the fight for control of the air. Dog-fight traces this rapid technological development alongside the strategy and planning of commanders and front-line airmen as they adapted to the rapidly changing events around them and learned to get the best from their machines. Often, this involved discovering and employing tactics instinctively to stay alive. Based on the author's personal correspondence with a number of WWI fighter pilots and aces, and drawing on published contemporary memoirs, this is an authoritative and lively history that serves as a captivating tribute to the brave pilots of both sides.

Torchbearers of Democracy

by Chad Louis Williams
Torchbearers of Democracy
Author: Chad Louis Williams
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2010
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0807833940
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"In this important, sophisticated, and original study, Chad Williams establishes the centrality of black soldiers and veterans to the struggles against racial inequality during World War I as no other book does. Torchbearers of Democracy sensitively examines the fraught connections between citizenship, obligation, and race while highlighting the diversity of black soldiers' experiences in fighting on behalf of a democracy that denied them rights and dignity. This is a major contribution to political, military, and civil rights history."--Eric Arnesen, George Washington University.

The Great War from the German Trenches

by Artur H. Boer
The Great War from the German Trenches
Author: Artur H. Boer
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2016-09-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1476663688
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Life in the trenches for German soldiers during World War I was every bit as hellish as it was for Allied troops. Arthur Boer survived almost four years of continual fighting on both the Eastern and Western fronts as a sapper (combat engineer) who found himself in the thick of major battles. He laid barbed wire in no-man's-land under machine gun fire, bet money on aerial combat above the trenches between Baron von Richthofen and the English, faced starvation and crushing boredom. His war diary describes all in gritty detail, including the horror of gas warfare, doomed vainglorious charges and his return home to a ruined Germany.

Gatecrashers

by Katherine Jentleson
Gatecrashers
Author: Katherine Jentleson
Publisher: University of California Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0520303423
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After World War I, artists without formal training “crashed the gates” of major museums in the United States, diversifying the art world across lines of race, ethnicity, class, ability, and gender. At the center of this fundamental reevaluation of who could be an artist in America were John Kane, Horace Pippin, and Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses. The stories of these three artists not only intertwine with the major critical debates of their period but also prefigure the call for inclusion in representations of American art today. In Gatecrashers, Katherine Jentleson offers a valuable corrective to the history of twentieth-century art by expanding narratives of interwar American modernism and providing an origin story for contemporary fascination with self-taught artists.

Bomb Run

by John Severin
Bomb Run
Author: John Severin
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2014-07-05
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1606997491
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The team of Harvey Kurtzman and John Severin was one of the most fruitful collaborations in the history of comics. The work they did together brings the gritty realism and psychological truth of Stephen Crane and a verisimilitude to the page that it seems as if they are reporting from the scene. Together with inker and friend Will Elder, whose own obsession for detail perfectly complemented the impact they were all striving to achieve, they produced 34 emotionally draining ― and dramatically eloquent ― war stories in just under three years. This book collects them all.

Best iPhone Apps

by J.D. Biersdorfer
Best iPhone Apps
Author: J.D. Biersdorfer
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2010-09-22
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1449396917
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With over 250,000 apps to choose from in Apple's App Store, you can make your iPhone or iPod Touch do just about anything you can imagine -- and almost certainly a few things you would never think of. While it's not hard to find apps, it is frustratingly difficult to find the the best ones. That's where this new edition of Best iPhone Apps comes in. New York Times technology columnist J.D. Biersdorfer has stress-tested hundreds of the App Store's mini-programs and hand-picked more than 200 standouts to help you get work done, play games, stay connected with friends, explore a new city, get in shape, and more. With your device, you can use your time more efficiently with genius productivity apps, or fritter it away with deliriously fun games. Play the part of a local with brilliant travel apps, or stick close to home with apps for errands, movie times, and events. Get yourself in shape with fitness programs, or take a break and find the best restaurants in town. No matter how you want to use your iPhone or iPod Touch, Best iPhone Apps helps you unlock your glossy gadget's potential. Discover great apps to help you: Get work done Connect with friends Play games Juggle documents Explore what’s nearby Get in shape Travel the world Find new music Dine out Manage your money ...and much more!

Tucker and Hms Lion

by John Hinton
Tucker and Hms Lion
Author: John Hinton
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2014-06-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1499086997
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HMS Lion was the most famous battle cruiser of the British Grand Fleet in World War I with its shattering long-range guns. Join her young officers for a drink in the wardroom as they wonder whether the German High Seas Fleet will ever come to meet them. Meet the Russian Tsar in St Petersburg and witness the first major clash of German and British ships in the North Sea. Tucker and HMS Lion brings the events of 100 years ago as close as yesterdays headlines. At the heart of the story - which also includes an aerial dog-fight - is a daring plan to bring the war to an end.