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This is a memoir of a young emigrant to the U.S. who applied to an Ivy League college simply on mistaken recognition of the name Dartmouth. The few short years there and the answer to a surprisingly simple question: "How much time do you waste every day?" affected much else in his life on four continents: adventure, journalism, cartography, urban affairs, high-tech consulting, teaching, ancient cultures, filmmaking, nature conservation - and a return to his parents' homeland: Romania.Punctuating his accounts are snapshots of events that shaped the post WW-II world. The Cold War. Collapse of empires. Social upheavals. Wars won and lost. Red flags of irreversible climate change. All of which brought his story to the fateful 2020 year.
Periplul de 10.000 de mile cu trenul alReginei Maria prin America de Nord a fost o c¿l¿torie epic¿. Invitat¿ pe continent în 1926 pentru a inaugura bizarul Muzeu Maryhill, o cl¿dire înc¿ neterminat¿ ce veghea deasupra malurilor pustii ale fluviului Columbia, suverana României avea s¿ fie descoperit¿ de americani drept o femeie plin¿ de magnetism ¿i foarte modern¿. La rândul ei, Regina avea s¿ descopere o ¿ar¿ care începea în for¿¿ epoca interbelic¿, ca putere mondial¿ în curs de maturizare. Jurnalul Reginei, alte relat¿ri personale, o mul¿ime de imagini, h¿r¿i ¿i articole din ziare alc¿tuiesc istoria acestui voiaj, în care diversele experien¿e, personalit¿¿i ¿i evenimente se între¿es într-o textur¿ unic¿ ¿i extrem de bogat¿.
ERWIN ROMMEL - E f¿r¿ îndoial¿ cel mai faimos general al Germaniei din Al Doilea R¿zboi Mondial. Mai pu¿in cunoscute sunt îns¿ faptele sale din Primul R¿zboi Mondial. La 25 de ani a servit ca locotenent-major pe frontul din România timp de nou¿ luni, în 1916 ¿i 1917. Sa dovedit un comandant înzestrat ¿i a utilizat mitralierele în moduri inovatoare, folosindu-le ca arme ofensive. În ultima sa b¿t¿lie, de pe Cöna / Cota 789, trupele române¿ti l-au împiedicat s¿ for¿eze o str¿pungere a frontului, cu consecin¿e strategice majore. În acea mare b¿t¿lie de pe frontul românesc, din august 1917, tat¿l autorului conducea o companie.
The famed General Erwin Rommel served as a First Lieutenant in the ?lite W?rttemberg Regiment during World War I. His war experiences in Romania during 1916-1917 are recounted from his detailed memoirs, unpublished original archival material and other sources.
The Plevna Battle of 1877 is described through first person accounts. Fighters, military leaders, war correspondents provide a composite description of an epic event that marked the end of Ottoman rule over its European territories. The stories told are at once: shocking / historic / dramatic.
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