Road to Valour

Road to Valour
Title Road to Valour PDF eBook
Author Aili McConnon
Publisher Phoenix
Pages 256
Release 2013-06-20
Genre Cyclists
ISBN 9780753828144

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An Italian SCHINDLER'S LIST, this is the inspirational story of Gino Bartali, who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian Resistance during the Second World War. ROAD TO VALOUR is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and still holds the record for the longest gap between victories. Yet it was his actions during the Second World War, when he secretly aided the Resistance, rather than his remarkable exploits on a bike, that truly cemented his place in the hearts and minds of the Italian people. Based on nearly ten years of research, and including fascinating new interviews, this is the only book written that fully explores the scope of Bartali's wartime work. A breathtaking account of one man's unsung heroism and his resilience in the face of adversity, this is an epic tale of courage, comeback and redemption, and the untold story of one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century.

A Woman of Valour

A Woman of Valour
Title A Woman of Valour PDF eBook
Author Claire Trépanier
Publisher Athabasca University Press
Pages 257
Release 2010
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1897425848

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"A Woman of Valour is the biography of Marie-Louise Bouchard Labelle, a French-Canadian woman who found love with a priest thirty-three years her senior. Against all social convention, they lived, produced three children, and built a life together after fleeing their village. However, after several years together, Bouchard's husband ultimately chose to return to the priesthood, abandoning his family as a result. Through interviews and documentation, Claire Trepanier tells Bouchard's story of survival while highlighting the history of women's stature in Canada, and raising a question about the celibacy of Catholic priests."--Publisher's description

For Valour

For Valour
Title For Valour PDF eBook
Author Douglas Reeman
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 322
Release 2005-06-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1590134478

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Odds are long for the British destroyers assigned to escort vital northern convoys through the bitter Arctic Sea in the bloodiest days of WWII. Commander Graham Martineau, still haunted by the loss of his ship and crew to Nazi destroyers, must take on a new command: the Tribal Class destroyer Hakka.

Uncommon Valor

Uncommon Valor
Title Uncommon Valor PDF eBook
Author Dwight Jon Zimmerman
Publisher Macmillan + ORM
Pages 323
Release 2010-09-14
Genre History
ISBN 1429988916

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Uncommon Valor from Dwight Jon Zimmerman and John D. Gresham presents a fascinating look at six of our bravest soldiers and the highest military decoration awarded in this country. Since the Vietnam War ended in 1973, the Medal of Honor, our nation's highest award for valor, has been presented to only eight men for their actions "above and beyond the call of duty." Six of the eight were young men who had fought in the current war in Iraq, Afghanistan, or both. All of these medals were awarded posthumously, as all had made the choice to give their lives so that their comrades might live. Uncommon Valor answers the searing question of who these six young soldiers were, and dramatically details how they found themselves in life-or-death situations, and why they responded as they did. For the first time, this book also provides a comprehensive history of the Medal of Honor itself—one marred by controversies, scandals, and theft. Using an extraordinary range of sources, including interviews with family members and friends, teammates and superiors in the military, personal letters, blogs posted within hours of events, personal and official videos and newly declassified documents, Uncommon Valor is a compelling and important work that recounts incredible acts of heroism and lays bare the ultimate sacrifice of our bravest soldiers.

Honor and Valor

Honor and Valor
Title Honor and Valor PDF eBook
Author Charles E Frye
Publisher Independently Published
Pages 338
Release 2020-03-17
Genre
ISBN 9781652893981

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Join Captain Isaac Frye and Will Burton, his company's fourteen-year-old fifer, as they journey with the Continental Army to Fort Ticonderoga in the spring of 1777. Follow them through the harrowing days of the Burgoyne Campaign and sufferings at Valley Forge. The spirit of '76 is gone, replaced by the times that tried men's souls. Honor and Valor is the second book in the Duty in the Cause of Liberty series. Read the first book, The War has Begun, where Isaac, responds to the alarm carried by Revere, Dawes, and Prescott. The War has Begun recounts Isaac's story from farmer to minuteman to lieutenant in the Continental Army at Boston, then onto New York and Canada.

Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor

Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor
Title Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor PDF eBook
Author Ally Carter
Publisher Clarion Books
Pages 336
Release 2020
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0358003199

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New York Times best-selling author Ally Carter's middle grade debut is full of mystery, mayhem, and friendship, and it will keep you guessing until the very end. April had absolutely no intention of becoming the only person who knows that Gabriel Winterborne, the missing-and-presumed-dead billionaire, is actually living in the basement of Winterborne House, sharpening his swords and looking for vengeance. Now it's up to April to keep him alive. But there's only so much a twelve-year-old girl can do, so April must turn to the other orphans for help. Together, they'll have to unravel the riddle of a missing heir and a creepy legend, and find a secret key, before the only home they've ever known is lost to them forever.

The Fall of Valor

The Fall of Valor
Title The Fall of Valor PDF eBook
Author Charles R. Jackson
Publisher DigiCat
Pages 229
Release 2022-08-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Fall of Valor" by Charles R. Jackson. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.