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Feb 12
Freyberg's War
Continuing in our New Zealand Book Month theme of books…
Description:
Freyberg’s War : The Man, the Legend and Reality.
This book will change the way you see one of New Zealand’s best-known historic figures.
Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg led the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force from 1939 to 1945. He became a national hero, exalted by a generation and upheld as one who could do no wrong. Some historians have challenged that view, finding fault in Freyberg’s handling of the battle for Crete and blaming him for the destruction of the Benedictine monastery above Cassino in 1944. But are they right?
In Freyberg’s War Matthew Wright draws on a wide range of documents, including material published here for the first time, to cast new light on some of the crucial questions about Freyberg’s war.
Who was really behind Freyberg’s appointment to command in 1939? How much did Freyberg actually know about the ULTRA code-cracking secret on Crete in 1941? What did he intend in Cassino? What did Middle East Command really think of him?
Wright paints a vivid picture of man and commander, revealing Freyberg to be a complex, multi-dimensional leader whose approach to the war has been misunderstood.
You can purchase Freyberg’s War from BookieMonster for just $22.95!
Because we think dad’s are extra cool at BookieMonster we’ve decided to have a sale on some specially selected titles that Dad might be interested in.
There’s a range here for almost every dad – from science to sport to DIY, gardening, cooking, miltaria, music, Monty Python and William Shatner.
That’s right, William Shatner!
Here’s a selection of the titles included:
SAS : Behind Enemy Lines, Covert Operations
First-time Father : Starting Out As A Dad
New Kitchen Garden : Organic Gardening & Cooking
The Pythons : Autobiography by the Pythons
The World War II Desk Reference
Complete Guide to Home Repair and Improvement
In the Cockpit : Inside 50 History-Making Aircraft
John Lennon : All I Want Is The Truth
And there is plenty more to choose from!
You can find the full list here.
These are all priced to sell and to give you some great ideas for Father’s Day! We’ll be adding more titles over the next couple of weeks too, so make sure you check back! These great prices will last right up until Father’s Day.
PS Love you Dad xxoo
Bookie-normous week ahead!
Jun 23
It’s a big week for buyers from BookieMonster – we’ve got a heap of new secondhand book listings on TradeMe that started just yesterday evening, as well as a huge range of heavily discounted BRAND NEW books from just $4.95!
Here’s some of the highlights:
Discounted Brand New Books
Are you looking for some awesome fiction reads for these cold winter months but don’t have a lot of spare cash to spend? We have some amazing fiction deals starting at just $4.95!
Some of the titles available:
- A Bed in Heaven – Tessa de Loo
- The Wonder Spot – Melissa Banks (author of A Girl’s Guide to Hunting and Fishing)
- The Ultimate Good Luck – Richard Ford
- Sappho’s Leap – Erica Jong
- Ardour – Lily Prior
This is just a small selection – we have over 130 titles available at this super low price!
Click here for our cheap BRAND NEW book listings!
New Secondhand Titles Available
We also have a great range of secondhand titles available, with many of them new listings this week! There are some real gems in there, among them:
- The Story of Art Pepper – the biography of legendary jazz saxophonist Art Pepper
- Two from BookieMonster’s favourite author Kazuo Ishiguro – Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans – must reads in my opinion!
- Perenial classic favourite To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco – Eco is known for his accessible literary fiction and this is no exception, but is a departure – a fully illustrated novel with images from comics, book jackets, record sleeves and other popular culture ephemera – this novel is a joy to read and look at.
- The Real Frank Zappa Book - an autobiography from legendary LA musician and all-round renaissance man Frank Zappa – probably the most influential cult musician of modern times.
- A gem for Star Wars fans – an original 1980 boxed set of 4 Star Wars Books including Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and an illustrated version of Star Wars, as well as Splinter in the Mind’s Eye – a “further adventures” of the Star Wars characters, set between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back.
Click here for these great secondhand book listings and 100’s more!
New listings always sell fast as people find them, so don’t be disappointed. With our wide range of fiction and non-fiction we’re sure to have just the book you’ll want!
The New Face of War : How War Will Be Fought in the 21st Century by Bruce Berkowitz
Click here to purchase this book from BookieMonster on TradeMe for only $19.95!
Description: As American and coalition troops fight the first battles of this new century — from Afghanistan to Yemen to the Philippines to Iraq — they do so in ways never before seen. Until recently, information war was but one piece of a puzzle, more than a sideshow in war but far less than the sum total of the game. Today, however, we find information war revolutionizing combat, from top to bottom. Gone are the advantages of fortified positions — nothing is impregnable any longer. Gone is the reason to create an overwhelming mass of troops — now, troop concentrations merely present easier targets. Instead, stealth, swarming, and “zapping” (precision strikes on individuals or equipment) are the order of the day, based on superior information and lightning-fast decision-making. In many ways, modern warfare is information warfare.
In THE NEW FACE OF WAR, former CIA analyst and senior defence consultant at RAND, Bruce Berkowitz paints a sobering picture of warfare in the information age. From the amorphous ‘front lines’ of this war, Berkowitz defines and identifies the new enemies. Citing examples from Kosovo, Afghanistan and the war on terrorism, he explains the development of these fighting networks – semi-autonomous cells of fighters armed with potent weapons and linked together by flexible, secure communications systems that can span the entire globe.
The New Face of War is a crucial guidebook for reading the headlines from across our troubled planet.
Click here to purchase this book from BookieMonster on TradeMe for only $19.95!
