#LONDINIUM90AD: GAIUS & GERMANICUS REMIND OF THE ROMAN ANSWER TO REBELLION AS REMARKED BY THE QUARRELSOME AND PREACHY TACITUS: . "They make a desert and call it peace" (Latin: "ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant") MICHAEL VLAHOS. FRIENDS OF HISTORY

Arsenal of Democracy: Rebuilding. Arthur Herman, AUTHOR "FREEDOM'S FORGE Civitas Institute CONTINUED "Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II" - The Economist named this one of its Best Books of 2012

Arsenal of Democracy: Rebuilding. Arthur Herman, AUTHOR "FREEDOM'S FORGE Civitas Institute "Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II" - The Economist named this one of its Best Books of 2012

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4/4:  The Big Hop: The First Non-stop Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean and Into the Future: Rooney, David 1940 radar RAF

3/4:  The Big Hop: The First Non-stop Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean and Into the Future: Rooney, David

2/4:  The Big Hop: The First Non-stop Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean and Into the Future: Rooney, David

1/4"The Big Hop" is a book by David Rooney about the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919 The Big Hop: The First Non-stop Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean and Into the Future: Rooney, David: 9781324050964: Amazon.com: Books. Here are the key details: Book Title: The Big Hop: The First Non-stop Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean and Into the Future Author: David Rooney, a historian and museum curator who worked at the London Science Museum Publication: Released June 3, 2025 THE BIG HOP | Kirkus Reviews by W. W. Norton & Company (US) and Chatto & Windus (UK) Subject: The book tells the story of Britain's John Alcock and Arthur Brown, who made the first transatlantic crossing in 1919 in a modified Vickers Vimy bomber THE BIG HOP | Kirkus Reviews. The journey was part of a race sponsored by a British newspaper, with four teams competing ‘The Big Hop’ by David Rooney review | History Today, though only Alcock and Brown completed the crossing successfully after 16 hours in an open cockpit THE BIG HOP | Kirkus Reviews. Reception: The book has received positive reviews, with John Lancaster calling it "a vivid and utterly compelling account" The Big Hop: The First Non-stop Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean and Into the Future: Rooney, David: 9781324050964: Amazon.com: Books and praising Rooney as "an expert storyteller with a big heart" The Big Hop: The First Non-stop Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean and Into the Future: Rooney, David: 9781324050964: Amazon.com: Books. The book aims to restore recognition to these pioneering aviators whose achievement was later overshadowed by Charles Lindbergh's solo flight in 1927.

Sunspots: No predicted pattern. Bob Zimmerman, behindtheblack.com 1957

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