Winged Victory

Winged Victory
Author: V.M. Yeates
Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2004-05-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1908117990

Experience the chilling combat of World War I from inside an early biplane in this classic novel, by a pilot who lived through the war himself. France, 1914. The war on the land is taking to the skies . . . Pilot Tom Cundall is ready to take on the enemy in his trusty Camel fighter plane. But as he sees more and more planes shot down in flames, he begins to question the war, and what, or who, he is fighting for. There is no bitter snarl nor self-pity in this classic novel about the air war of 1914-1918, based very largely on the author’s experiences. Combat, loneliness, fatigue, fear, comradeship, women, excitement—they all are part of a brilliantly told story of war and courage by one of the most valiant pilots of the then Royal Flying Corps. Praise for Winged Victory “The greatest novel of war in the air.” —The Daily Mail (UK) ‘Beautifully written with a poet’s eye as well as a pilot’s eye.” —Evening Echo (UK) “Not only one of the best war books . . . but as a transcription of reality, faithful and sustained in its author’s purpose of re-creating the past life he knew, it is unique.” —Henry Williamson, author of Tarka the Otter

The Winged Victory of Samothrace

The Winged Victory of Samothrace
Author: Marianne Hamiaux
Publisher: Companyédition Somogy/Louvre éditions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Marble sculpture
ISBN: 9782757209127

"The Winged Victory of Samothrace is without doubt one of the most spectacular and accomplished expressions of Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic period. Why, then, restore it now? In spite of its intrinsic beauty, the monument has not been immune to the passage of time and its presentation has been called into question by recent developments in archaeological research. Since it first arrived at the Louvre in 1864, it has been the object of three restoration campaigns. Today, the restoration of an ancient sculpture comprises an encounter with the artistic genius of the ancients; the restoration of a Greek sculpture completed during the nineteenth century necessitates taking the work’s second life into account; the restoration of a masterpiece in the Louvre means bearing in mind the deep affection everyone feels for it. Restoring the Winged Victory of Samothrace involved all three considerations. It seemed imperative that an account of this voyage deep into the heart of the work, this most exhilarating of enterprises, should be revealed to the public. The present work does just that, as well as presenting the monument of the Winged Victory in its ancient setting on the island of Samothrace: in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods where it was dedicated. The book also provides the public with the keys necessary for fully appreciating the Winged Victory of Samothrace and thus building on the viewer’s initial intense emotion. Who is this Victory in virtuoso drapery? Why does she stand on an impressive base in the shape of a ship’s prow? Finally, the book reveals a number of well-hidden technical secrets, which cannot but compel our admiration."--Publisher's description.

Winged Victory

Winged Victory
Author: Art Myers
Publisher: Photographic Gallery of Fine Art
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2009
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781889169019

This is a book of elegant photographs by award-winning photographer Art Myers of women following treatment for breast cancer. Scars and missing breasts are openly revealed in an artistic way. The pictures are accompanied by vignettes written by each woman relating a short story of her journey through the breast cancer experience. Original poems by Maria Marrocchino are paired with some of the photos and the book has a poignant foreword by Dr. David Spiegel, author of Living Beyond Limits. The photographs include women in the United States as well as in France and the narratives written by the French women are presented in both French and English. Two women, well-known in the breast cancer support communities, Dani Grady in the US and Annick Parent from France, have written introductions.

Winged Victory

Winged Victory
Author: Geoffrey Perret
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Total Pages: 600
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN:

The story of such military strategists and daring fliers as Arnold, Spaatz, Doolittle, LeMay, Chennault, Bong, Gabreski, Cochran, and Vincent.

Winged Victory

Winged Victory
Author: Luella Glasser Gear
Publisher:
Total Pages: 78
Release: 1925
Genre:
ISBN:

The Winged Victory

The Winged Victory
Author: Sarah Grand
Publisher:
Total Pages: 666
Release: 1916
Genre: London (England)
ISBN:

Winged Victory

Winged Victory
Author: L. F. Hampton
Publisher: ImaJinn Books
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2004-06-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1893896404

A forbidden love that will rock the galaxy . . Med-tech Abbie Brown is traveling to the distant planet of Valtar, an ancient, male-dominated world, hoping to discover why the Valtarie face extinction. Despite their charm and good looks, Abby knows the silver-winged Valtarie are not angels, but they can't really be vampires, as she's heard. Could they? Traveen, second son of Valtar's ruler, pilots the crystal ship escorting Abbie. Valtarie Law forbids males to touch a female--especially a human one. To do so means death. But when a storm forces them to crash land on a deserted ice planet, Traveen has no choice but to touch Abbie to keep her alive. Abbie survives, and she rescues Traveen from execution. But after they escape, Abbie finds herself falling for her handsome protector. But is she really in love? Or would Traveen's hypnotic eyes and sexy voice be irresistible to females of any race . . . "Two strangers find love when least expected, worlds away from home."--Sensual Romance Reviews "Heartwarming and heart stopping . . . "--Eternal Night Reviews "Readers who like their sci-fi spicy will devour this outer-space romance."--RT Book Reviews on Pleasure Dome L.F. Hampton is a Southern California writer living with her husband and two rescued fur babies. She has worked in a variety of careers ranging from library clerk to a major city's first female business license inspector to a nail shop owner. But, her passion is creating new worlds filled with aliens in fantasy situations of intrigue and romance. She has a deep love of anything mystical, and her love of writing is only surpassed by her love of reading.

Victory Point

Victory Point
Author: Ed Darack
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2009-04-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1101032480

In late June 2005, media sources recounted the tragic story of nineteen U.S. special operations personnel who died at the hands of insurgent / terrorist leader Ahmad Shah- and the lone survivor of Shah's ambush-deep in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan. The harrowing events of Operation Red Wings marked an important-yet widely misreported-chapter in the Global War on Terror, the full details of which the public burned to learn. In Victory Point, globally published author and photographer Ed Darack reveals the complete, as-yet untold, story of Operation Red Wings (often mis-referenced as "Operation Redwing"), and the follow-on mission, Operation Whalers. Together, these two U.S. Marine Corps operations (that in the case of Red Wings utilized Navy SEALs for its opening phase) unfurl not as a mission gone terribly wrong, but of a complex and difficult campaign that ultimately saw the demise of Ahmad Shan and his small army of barbarous fighters. Due to the valor, courage and commitment of the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Marine Regiment in the summer of 2005, Afghanistan was able to hold free elections that Fall. Here is the inspiring true account of heroism, duty, and brotherhood between Marines fighting the War on Terror.

Winged Victory

Winged Victory
Author: Moss Hart
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2013-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781494045029

This is a new release of the original 1943 edition.