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Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage is the only up-to-date printed reference guide to the United Kingdom's titled families: the hereditary peers, life peers and peeresses, and baronets, and their descendants who form the fascinating tapestry of the peerage. This is the first ebook edition of Debrett's Peerage &Baronetage, and it also contains information relating to:The Royal FamilyCoats of ArmsPrincipal British Commonwealth OrdersCourtesy titlesForms of addressExtinct, dormant, abeyant and disclaimed titles.Special features for this anniversary edition include:The Roll of Honour, 1920: a list of the 3,150 people whose names appeared in the volume who were killed in action or died as a result of injuries sustained during the First World War.A number of specially commissioned articles, including an account of John Debrett's life and the early history of Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, a history of the royal dukedoms, and an in-depth feature exploring the implications of modern legislation and mores on the ancient traditions of succession.
The suffering of an immeasurable loss by an aged pensioner leads him on a journey from which he knows from the start that there is no return option. On that journey he encounters a psychologically damaged war veteran just returned from Iraq. Trying desperately to mentally recover from his war induced mental state he is confronted with the abduction of his young daughter presumably by a known paedophile. The two form a bond as the old man seeks to find the young girl and justice. From the ensuing amalgamation of minds and resources two organisations are formed with diametrically opposed methods of achieving similar goals. Behind that opposition lies an inescapable bond of love and gratitude. Vigilante justice or legislative reform will prevail eventually. What will be his legacy?
Tells the story of the men and woman of Air Education and Training Command (AETC) who rushed to the aid of their wingmen at Kessler Air Force Base and to their countrymen in need.
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El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Royal Road of the Interior, was a 1,600-mile braid of trails that led from Mexico City, in the center of New Spain, to the provincial capital of New Mexico on the edge of the empire’s northern frontier. The Royal Road served as a lifeline for the colonial system from its founding in 1598 until the last days of Spanish rule in the 1810s. Throughout the Mexican and American Territorial periods, the Camino Real expanded, becoming part of a larger continental and international transportation system and, until the trail was replaced by railroads in the late nineteenth century, functioned as the main pathway for conquest, migration, settlement, commerce, and...
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Explores how the rumors of an alien spacecraft landing in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947 led to American society's obsession with extraterrestrials and the rise in popularity of science fiction movies, television shows, and books.
A history of the German presence in the American Southwest, from the mid-nineteenth century through the World War I era.
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