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Britain’s Musical Heritage in 50 Places and Objects
Britain has a rich musical heritage with many great names having been born here, such as Henry Purcell, Sir Edward Elgar, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. It has also attracted musicians from across the world, such as George Frederick Handel and Freddie Mercury, and, fleetingly, the likes of Glenn Miller and Bob Marley. Paul Kendall celebrates locations that have been touched by musicians, from Brighton where Abba won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, to Wigan, the birthplace of George Formby, and from Rochdale, where Dame Gracie Fields began her musical career, to Dorking, where Ralph Vaughan Williams regularly premiered his work at the Leith Music Festival. Also featured are sites where artists composed well-known pieces or studios where they recorded their work, including Craeg Lea, Malvern, where Sir Edward Elgar composed ‘Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1’ which featured in 'Land of Hope and Glory', and Trident Studios, where David Bowie recorded 'Space Oddity'. In dark times music has played an important role in raising the nation’s morale, another theme explored with, for example, the White Cliffs of Dover, the inspiration for Dame Vera Lynn’s ‘(There’ll be Blue Birds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover’. This book not only transports you to locations associated with music and musicians but is a celebration of those who through their music have brought joy and pleasure to so many people across the centuries.
Passchendaele in 100 Locations

Passchendaele in 100 Locations

Paul Kendall

Frontline Books
2026
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Encouraged by the success of an attack on Messines Ridge on 7 June 1917, Field Marshal Haig ordered that his generals should continue their preparations for the Third Battle of Ypres. Delayed due to a number of reasons, one of which was poor weather, the offensive began on 31 July 1917. Fought around the little Belgium village of Passchendaele, the battle would come to epitomise not just the futility of offensive tactics against well-prepared defences, but of the terrible conditions the men had to endure in the Flanders mud, the images of which are forever synonymous with the trench warfare of the First World War. Over the weeks and months that followed the fighting rumbled. The last stage of the struggle for Passchendaele took place on 6 November. In just three hours the village of Passchendaele was in the hands of the Allied troops. It had taken ninety-seven days since the opening attack on 31 July to get there. The end of the offensive came after a small action by the Canadians on 10 November to seize a section of tactically important ground. The losses, on both sides, ran in to the hundreds of thousands. According to Lloyd George, writing in 1938, Passchendaele was indeed one of the greatest disasters of the war ...No soldier of any intelligence now defends this senseless campaign . In this highly illustrated publication, the author details 100 locations relating to the Battle of Passchendaele from the headquarters where it was directed from through to sites of specific actions or where Victoria Crosses were won. In doing so, he links moving human stories with the very ground over which the visitor can tread today.
Thomas Hardy in 50 Places and Objects

Thomas Hardy in 50 Places and Objects

Paul Kendall

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
2026
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The novels of Thomas Hardy continue to enamour his readers over a century after he wrote them. His beautifully observed tales of rural life in his native Dorset, which became his mythical setting of Wessex, have inspired readers and sold millions of copies worldwide and sparked numerous film and television adaptations. Although his novels were published during the Victorian era, he was ahead of his time and his outlook upon society was at odds with the social mores of the time. Demonised for the themes of his final novel, Jude the Obscure, he was dubbed ‘Hardy the Obscene’. He was a complex man and despite showing empathy for his female characters, he treated his two wives poorly and did not endear himself to anyone who worked for him. This book features the places where Hardy lived in Sturminster Newton, Wimborne Minster, Dorchester and London. It also includes places that inspired his writing and were incorporated into Wessex and featured in his poems. Personal objects connected with Hardy are detailed here, such as his writing desk, pens, the locket containing his first wife’s hair and photo, a war memorial tablet he designed, his tombs in Stinsford Church and Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, and his statue in Dorchester. This book transports the reader to Hardy’s rural Dorset through objects and locations that celebrate the life and inspiration of one of England’s most celebrated authors.
Jane Austen in 50 Places and Objects

Jane Austen in 50 Places and Objects

Paul Kendall

AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
2025
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The author of six novels, Jane Austen continues to enamour her readers more than two-hundred years after she wrote them. Now a global phenomenon, her books have sold millions of copies and sparked countless film and tv-drama adaptations in a multitude of languages. This book takes you on a tour of the many places associated with Jane Austen, from the homes she lived in Steventon, Bath and Chawton to the school she was educated at in Reading. Follow in her footsteps where she socialised, such as Sydney Gardens and the Assembly Rooms and Pump Room, Bath, and explore the myriad locations mentioned in her books. Discover where she spent her holidays in towns such as Lyme Regis and Worthing and where she worshipped at St Nicholas’ Church, Steventon. Personal objects belonging to Jane are detailed here, including her writing desk and table, her donkey cart and her ivory spool case. The memorials to her at Winchester Abbey and in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, and her statues in Basingstoke and at St Nicholas’ Church, Chawton, are also featured. With beautiful illustrations and packed with fascinating facts and entertaining anecdotes, this book transports you back to the Regency era and celebrates the life of one of England’s most-renowned authors.
Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Paul Kendall

PEN SWORD BOOKS LTD
2024
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A twentieth century icon, Lawrence of Arabia, as Thomas Edward Lawrence is more commonly known, spent thirteen out of his forty-six years in the region from which he drew his name. This was as a scholar researching his university thesis, a spy surveying Sinai for the British Army before the First World War, an intelligence officer in Cairo, a liaison officer to the Arabs, and as a diplomat who galvanised and united the Arab tribes into an effective fighting force. He became an explosives expert and a guerrilla fighter who influenced Arab leaders in defeating their Ottoman occupiers. The story of his achievements in Arabia, derailing Turkish trains and attacking enemy strongholds, has become the stuff of legend. But his life after the disappointment of witnessing the Arabs being denied independence at the end of the First World War is as intriguing as his more famous escapades in the desert. Uncomfortable with the fame and celebrity status that Lowell Thomas’s lectures brought upon him, after a brief tenure as a civil servant working for Winston Churchill in an attempt to address the failure of achieving Arab independence at the Cairo Conference, Lawrence, the former Lieutenant-Colonel, remarkably sought a life in obscurity. In the years after the war, for example, he served in the Royal Air Force as an aircraftsman and spent a brief period as a private in the Royal Tank Corps under the alias John Hume Ross or Thomas Edward Shaw. He became a competent marine motor mechanic, and was personally involved in the development of the fast RAF 200 Seaplane tender and an armoured target boat. He also became a renowned author and could claim literary giants such as Thomas Hardy, E.M. Forster and George Bernhard Shaw as his friends. In this highly illustrated book, the story of Lawrence’s fascinating life is explored through many of the places and objects associated with him, from his birthplace in Wales through to his grave at Moreton in Dorset. _Lawrence of Arabia_ features his places of education in Oxford, sites where he served as a British Army intelligence officer in Cairo, as liaison officer and adviser to the Arabs, even where he fought alongside his Arab brothers against the Ottomans. It also follows his life in the years after Arabia. Some of the fascinating locations Paul Kendall visits include RAF stations at Calshot and Bridlington, or the Tank Depot at Bovington Camp where he served in the ranks, his cottage at Clouds Hill and the homes of his famous friends that he frequently visited. The objects examined include Arab robes that he wore, his Khanjar, his service rifle, and even the Brough motorcycle which he enjoyed and valued. This book is not just a journey across Arabia, Britain and Europe, but also a journey back in time through objects and locations into the life of one of Britain’s most enigmatic and celebrated individuals.
Wars of the Roses

Wars of the Roses

Paul Kendall

PEN SWORD BOOKS LTD
2023
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The Wars of the Roses, which saw England and Wales ravaged by warfare for three decades and dynasties rise and fall, decimated the nobility of an entire generation, and saw the rise of the merchant class, the decline of medieval feudalism and opened the country to the enlightened ideals of the Renaissance. Such has been its lasting effects the red and white rose of the Tudors is still a national symbol. This book is an exploration of the buildings, monuments, towns and battlefields of that turbulent era across both England and Wales - places that can still be visited and experienced today. The stories of the great battles of St Albans, Stoke Field, Wakefield, Townton, Barnet, Tewksbury and, of course, Bosworth, are told along with beautiful photographs to help guide the reader round these important sites, as well as the dozens of smaller engagements where the supporters of the Houses of York and Lancaster fought and died. Here are castles and manor houses galore, all of which played their part in this protracted struggle for the throne of England, such as Richard of York's imposing powerbase of Lulow Castle and the magnificent Tudor stronghold of Bamburg. These are compared with the scant remains of Fotheringhay Castle, the birthplace of Richard III - the man whose remains were so dramatically uncovered in Leicester - and Micklegate Bar, York, was where Richard's head was placed on a spike. We see the Clocktower of St Albans and Gabriel' the bell that was rung in 1455 alerting of the Yorkist advance, as well as the Tower of London where Henry VI met his death and the possible burial place of the two princes. These, and scores of other places, monuments, plaques, buildings and battlegrounds, represent not only a journey across England and Wales, but a journey back in time to the bloody conflict that was the War of the Roses.
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I

Paul Kendall

PEN SWORD BOOKS LTD
2022
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The forty-four-year reign of Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and the last Tudor monarch, was considered a golden age. It saw the emergence of the great playwrights such as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, while the exploits of Sir Francis Drake and other sea-dogs' helped establish England's position among the great maritime powers. This book looks at Elizabeth's life through some of the many artefacts, buildings, documents and institutions that survive to this day. From the execution of her mother, Ann Boleyn, when she was just two-and-a-half-years-old, to her imprisonment on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels, Elizabeth's early life was a turbulent one, but her accession to the throne ushered in a period of stability. During her reign, England's wealth and prestige grew through her patronage of seafaring privateers such as Drake, John Hawkins and Walter Raleigh. She encouraged the exploration and colonialization of North America, marking the birth of the British Empire and the establishment of British trade routes. Elizabeth was responsible for expanding the English Navy, its defeat of the Spanish Armada being considered one of England's greatest military victories. In this magnificently illustrated book we see her birthplace at Greenwich Palace, her childhood homes, her prison in the Tower of London, the palaces she lived in, ruins of stately homes she visited, such as Gorhambury House, Kenilworth House, Upnor Castle and the Elizabethan town walls at Berwick, the many fortifications built during her reign to defend her realm, through to her final resting place in Westminster Abbey. Also found in this fascinating volume are books that she presented to her father and step-mother, Katherine Parr, with the binding embroidered by Elizabeth, her clothes, letters she wrote in her own hand, her coronation chair, her coat of arms asserting her title as Governor of the Church of England and her signature signing the death warrant of her cousin, the 4th Duke of Norfolk. This book is not just a journey back in time to the reign of Elizabeth I, but also a tour across the country to visit the sites which still evoke that golden era of the Virgin Queen.
The New Entrepreneur's Guide to Setting Up and Running a Successful Business
This is the book you will need if you are considering setting up your own business. It is aimed at the new business owner who has a lot of questions to ask. It has been written by a successful business owner and provides advice on what, and what not, to do.While it is not intended to be a global reference book it does provide the reader with practical answers to the issues they will come across everyday, and includes examples of successes and failures from both the US and U.K. perspectives.
Henry VIII in 100 Objects

Henry VIII in 100 Objects

Paul Kendall

Frontline Books
2020
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Henry VIII is one of history's most memorable monarchs. Popularly known for his six wives, and the unfortunate fate which befell Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, Henry initiated many reforms and changes which still affect our lives today. The annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon set in motion the separation of the English church from Rome and the establishment of the Church of England, which in turn led to the dissolution of the monasteries, the hauntingly evocative remains of which can be seen across the United Kingdom. Henry also oversaw the legal union between England and Wales, and he is also known as the father of the Royal Navy', with one of his great warships, the Mary Rose, lost in 1545 and recovered in 1982, becoming one of the most famous wrecks in maritime history. In addition to the monasteries, other buildings around the UK continue to remind us of the times of the Tudors - there is the site of Greenwich Palace at the Royal Naval College Greenwich, where Henry was born; his great palace at Hampton Court; Lambeth Palace where Thomas More refused to sign the oath to make Henry the Head of the Church, and the Bell Tower in the Tower of London where More was imprisoned before he was beheaded. Henry's breach with the Pope led to the threat of war with Catholic France and Spain, which prompted Henry to construct a series of powerful forts around the English and Welsh coasts. These elegant and symmetrical defensive structures are still awe-inspiring. In this engaging and hugely informative book, the author takes us on a journey across the country, from Deal Castle on the south coast, to Tower Green where Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard lost their heads, and far north to Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire. Along the way we see places where Henry stayed, where the Mary Rose was recovered, the homes of his consorts and Smithfield where prominent individuals convicted of heresy were burned at the stake. Travel, then, not just across the country, but also back in time through 100 objects from the days of the second Tudor monarch - Henry VIII.
The Sounds of Social Space

The Sounds of Social Space

Paul Kendall

University of Hawai'i Press
2020
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A giant statue of a six-pipe musical instrument stands in the heart of Kaili city. Yet despite its prominent placement, intended to convey the essence of the city, residents hold extremely low opinions of music-making in Kaili, particularly when compared to the "authentic" music found in surrounding ethnic minority villages. In this engaging, accessible work, author Paul Kendall investigates this conundrum and comes to terms with conflicting representations of a small southwestern Chinese city branded "the homeland of one hundred festivals".Drawing on Henri Lefebvre's triad of social space, the book explores the relationship between Kaili's branding, built environment, and everyday life: how China's post-Mao built environment hinders and hides everyday music-making, even in a tourist destination for ethnic music; how residents themselves deny or downplay the existence of ethnic music in the city, despite the government's efforts to promote it; how amateur musicians have constructed generational hierarchies of musical practice within a shifting cityscape. Kendall argues that increased focus on the small city helps counter a tendency to conceive China as either timeless village or futuristic metropolis and enables a more comprehensive understanding of the urban experience, both in China and beyond. He shows that many Kaili inhabitants recognize not only a rural-urban divide-long a dominant geographical notion of China - but also a more complex conceptualization of village, small city, and big city.By interweaving theories of authenticity with an innovative interpretation of space, Kendall shows how the category of "fake" minority emerged from this small city as a surprisingly positive form of self-identification, suggesting that there are ways of not being ethnic, even in often-exoticized southwest China. The Sounds of Social Space makes a distinctive contribution across a range of disciplinary interests, including Chinese studies, urban studies, anthropology, and ethnomusicology.
Identifying, Training, & Mobilizing Volunteer Leaders

Identifying, Training, & Mobilizing Volunteer Leaders

Paul Kendall

Independently Published
2019
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It's the age old complaint; "We never have enough volunteers." It's the 80/20 rule; "20% of the people do 80% of the work." It's the burn-out syndrome; "He was doing everything and he just got burnt out." The church has a history of difficulty when it comes to volunteerism. I suffered the same for most of my thirty years in ministry until I became a pastor at a church of 1,700+ congregants and was forced to come up with a solution for my department. The end result is a department of 16 very strong ministries, run on a small budget, led by 31 directors and 126 leaders that minister to over 500 people per month. All of which are ... volunteers.If that were not good enough, these volunteers show no sign of burning out or quitting. They're actually energized and reproducing themselves. The programs are continuing to grow and spread to the point that other churches are requesting our material. What is the secret ingredient? The short answer is simply this: solid curriculum, detailed training, and mobilizing people to do the work of Christ. It's a concept called "discipleship." Jesus came up with it a long time ago and it still works to this day. Exactly how does that happen in our modern society? The long and much more detailed answer is in the remainder of this booklet.
The Sounds of Social Space

The Sounds of Social Space

Paul Kendall

University of Hawai'i Press
2019
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A giant statue of a six-pipe musical instrument stands in the heart of Kaili city. Yet despite its prominent placement, intended to convey the essence of the city, residents hold extremely low opinions of music-making in Kaili, particularly when compared to the “authentic” music found in surrounding ethnic minority villages. In this engaging, accessible work, author Paul Kendall investigates this conundrum and comes to terms with conflicting representations of a small southwestern Chinese city branded “the homeland of one hundred festivals.”Drawing on Henri Lefebvre’s triad of social space, the book explores the relationship between Kaili’s branding, built environment, and everyday life: how China’s post-Mao built environment hinders and hides everyday music-making, even in a tourist destination for ethnic music; how residents themselves deny or downplay the existence of ethnic music in the city, despite the government’s efforts to promote it; how amateur musicians have constructed generational hierarchies of musical practice within a shifting cityscape. Kendall argues that increased focus on the small city helps counter a tendency to conceive China as either timeless village or futuristic metropolis and enables a more comprehensive understanding of the urban experience, both in China and beyond. He shows that many Kaili inhabitants recognize not only a rural-urban divide—long a dominant geographical notion of China—but also a more complex conceptualization of village, small city, and big city.By interweaving theories of authenticity with an innovative interpretation of space, Kendall shows how the category of “fake” minority emerged from this small city as a surprisingly positive form of self-identification, suggesting that there are ways of not being ethnic, even in often-exoticized southwest China. The Sounds of Social Space makes a distinctive contribution across a range of disciplinary interests, including Chinese studies, urban studies, anthropology, and ethnomusicology.
The New Entrepreneur's Guide to Setting Up and Running a Successful Business
This is the book you will need if you are considering setting up your own business. It is aimed at the new business owner who has a lot of questions to ask. It has been written by a successful business owner and provides advice on what, and what not, to do.While it is not intended to be a global reference book it does provide the reader with practical answers to the issues they will come across everyday, and includes examples of successes and failures from both the US and U.K. perspectives.
Armistice 1918

Armistice 1918

Paul Kendall

Frontline Books
2017
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At 11.00 hours on 11 November 1918, the guns fell silent across the battlefields of Europe. After the deadliest conflict the world had ever seen, peace had finally arrived. Since the withdrawal from the Somme and the repulse at Verdun, the Germans knew they could not win the war and had sought a negotiated end to the fighting. This was rejected by the Allies and the fighting continued until, almost two years later, with its economy on the verge of collapse, Germany had no choice but to accept defeat and seek terms for an armistice. The story of the efforts to bring the war to a conclusion, and those final days and hours of the First World War, are told in the words of the politicians, soldiers and newspaper columnists who were there at the time. From the nervous anxiety of the men on the front line counting down the last few, and in some cases still deadly, minutes, through to the wild celebrations around the world on Armistice Day, renowned historian Paul Kendall relives some of the most emotional scenes ever witnessed through the eyes of those men and women that were there, and had lived, to see the end of the First World War.
Bullecourt 1917

Bullecourt 1917

Paul Kendall

The History Press Ltd
2017
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In the spring of 1917 the Arras offensive was begun to break the stalemate of the Western Front by piercing the formidable German defences of the Hindenburg Line. The village of Bullecourt lay at the southern end of the battle front, and the fighting there over a period of six weeks from 11 April until late May 1917, epitomised the awful trench warfare of World War I.In Bullecourt 1917, Paul Kendall tells the stories of the fierce battles fought by three British and three Australian divisions in an attempt to aid Allenby’s Third Army break out from Arras. Approximately 10,000 Australian and 7,000 British soldiers died, many of whom were listed as missing and have no known grave. The battle caused much consternation due to the failure of British tanks in supporting Australian infantry on 11 April, but despite the lack of tank and artillery support the Australian infantry valiantly fought their way into the German trenches. It took a further six weeks for British and Australian infantry to capture the village. This book tells the story of this bitter battle and pays tribute to the men who took part. Crucially, Paul Kendall has contacted as many of the surviving relatives of the combatants as he could, to gain new insight into those terrible events on the Hindenburg Line.
Asuntos de Familia: 100 Historias Cortas para Ayudarle a Construir una Mejor Familia
Divide y vencer s. Esa es la estrategia del enemigo cuando se trata de las familias. Si simplemente puede ponernos en lados opuestos del campo de batalla - no necesita derrotarnos - nosotros nos derrotaremos a nosotros mismos. Suficientemente interesante, l usa una lista relativamente corta de problemas comunes para iniciar nuestra auto-destrucci n. "Asuntos de Familia" es un libro-gu a estilo devocional que abre los ojos de los lectores a aquellos problemas comunes y ofrece consejos en c mo recuperarse, o mejor todav a, evitar totalmente, este plan destructivo. Escrito en su mayor a por mi experiencia personal como esposo y padre, este libro es una mirada transparente a la vida de mi familia-hogar y como hemos batallado y conquistado muchos de esos problemas. Utilizando historias humor sticas de nuestro hogar as como estad sticas y un conteo preciso de los problemas familiares y matrimoniales de nuestro pa s, "Asuntos de Familia" comunica claramente el hecho de que usted no est solo; millones de familias batallan con los mismos problemas. Aquellos que aplican las soluciones ven cambios significantes en sus hogares. Mi esposa, Evie y yo hemos cometido innumerable errores y como resultado estuvimos al borde del divorcio. Pero nuestra fe en Dios y nuestro deseo de educar a nuestros hijos en un hogar saludable y sano nos llevaron a consejer a. Ese fue el principio de nuestra b squeda a construir una familia estable amorosa y un hogar. Primero tratamos con nuestro matrimonio. Despu s, nuestras finanzas y los retos de la crianza de los hijos. El resultado final es un matrimonio que ha durado 27 a os y ha producido dos de los mejores hijos que se puedan imaginar. Van a re r, llorar y aprender, pero sobre todo, ver n que para - Dios, los Asuntos de Familia importan.
Milagro en el Matrimonio: Verdad: El Ingrediente Secreto

Milagro en el Matrimonio: Verdad: El Ingrediente Secreto

Paul Kendall

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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La Verdad, encontrarla es la raz n por lo que usted ha abierto este libro; usted quiere informaci n que sea s lida y digna de confianza. Usted necesita la verdad, porque la verdad siempre funciona, as como dos m s dos es igual a cuatro. La Verdad siempre funcionar en su matrimonio sin importar las circunstancias. "El Milagro en el Matrimonio" ser a un t tulo gracioso para un libro si estuviera basado en una teor a del hombre pero este libro no est basado en una teor a del hombre; est basado en la fuente de sabidur a m s digna de confianza - la Palabra de Dios. Isa as 55:11 dice que "La palabra de Dios no regresar vac a;" c mo es posible esto? Porque la Palabra de Dios es verdad, y la verdad siempre funciona. La Escritura contin a diciendo que en donde quiera que se hable prosperar ; prospera porque la verdad reemplaza la mentira y cuando sus decisiones y acciones est n basadas en la verdad sus circunstancias empiezan a cambiar. Este libro est lleno de principios b blicos de verdad que traer n vida nueva a su matrimonio si simplemente los aplica. Conforme lea estas p ginas, usted aprender t cnicas que cuando las aplique a su matrimonio, siempre funcionar n. S que la idea de aprender nuevas t cnicas pueda sonar menos que emocionante, hasta que se d cuenta que ya las est usando en su matrimonio. El problema es que no est n funcionando; usted no est recibiendo los resultados que desea. Por lo tanto su gran reto en este libro ser reemplazar sus t cnicas inefectivas con unas nuevas, basadas en principios de verdad. Isa as 43:18-19 dice, "Ya no se acuerden de las cosas pasadas; no hagan memoria de las cosas antiguas. F jense en que yo hago algo nuevo, que pronto saldr a la luz. Acaso no lo saben? Volver a abrir un camino en el desierto, y har que corran r os en el p ramo." Si usted est enfrentando retos extremos, esa escritura podr a ser dif cil de creer, pero Dios puede hacer cosas nuevas en su matrimonio. Mi esposa Evie y yo hemos estado casados por casi 30 a os, pero en nuestro treceavo a o de matrimonio tocamos fondo. Fue un tiempo muy obscuro. Est bamos a dos firmas del divorcio y b sicamente s lo tratando de decidir qu ser a lo mejor para nuestros dos hijos bajo esas circunstancias, cuando alguien nos sugiri que fu ramos a consejer a matrimonial. No me gust la idea porque yo siempre me consider el que ayudaba, no el ayudado. Adem s, yo era ministro y a decir verdad estaba bastante avergonzado de ir. Pero decid ir solamente por una raz n: para que despu s de mi divorcio, pudiera ver a los ojos a mis dos hijos y decirles, " intent todo para hacer funcionar las cosas con su madre....a n ir a consejer a " Definitivamente era la raz n equivocada para ir, pero me llev ah . En nuestra primera cita los consejeros nos dijeron a Evie y a m que quer an que nos uni ramos a un programa de grupo de doce semanas junto con otras cinco parejas. La idea de la consejer a era suficientemente mala - La idea de estar en grupo parec a simplemente una tortura Yo me resist a, pero esos consejeros no lo iban a hacer de otra manera, as que nos registramos para el siguiente grupo. Aparte de la frustraci n de tener que participar en un grupo, el lugar de nuestra reuni n estaba a 45 minutos. Las ltimas ocho millas eran como de bajada en un lavadero y en la semana n mero uno perd el mofle Hasta tuvimos que conseguir quien cuidara nuestros hijos, lo cual era muy dif cil para nosotros porque nuestras reuniones eran los domingos por la ma ana, pero est bamos determinados a intentar. As que s que las cosas pueden parecer verdaderamente duras para usted. Estoy seguro que las son, pero quiero animarlo a poner su confianza no en una persona, no en un libro, sino en la verdad de Dios y confiar en Dios para transformar su matrimonio tal como l lo hizo con el m o.
Aisne 1914

Aisne 1914

Paul Kendall

The History Press Ltd
2012
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The Battle of the Aisne fought in September 1914 introduced a new and savage mode of warfare to the soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force, their French allies and to the German Army. Both officers and men were trained to fight mobile wars. When they reached the north bank of the Aisne, the ‘Old Contemptibles’ would be stopped by the Germans entrenched on high ground, armed with machine guns and supported by heavy artillery. The British commanders would naively send their troops on futile assaults up slopes devoid of cover to attack the German lines dug in on the ridges along the Chemin des Dames and concealed by woodland. The British did not even have grenades. The BEF suffered 12,000 casualties. Their commanders, who were not trained to fight a modern war, were lost for a solution or even a strategy. It was on the Chemin des Dames that the first trenches of the Western Front were dug and where the line that would stretch from the Swiss frontier to the North Sea began. The Battle of the Aisne saw the dawn of trench warfare and a stalemate that would last for the next four years. Wide-ranging archival research by author Paul Kendall makes this the first in-depth study of the battle in print. His correspondence with surviving relatives of those who fought brings a human face to the terrible casualty statistics that would come to define the trenches.