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...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day I hope that wasn't the only one....
Oh the Horror!
Well, if you want to open it on Christmas Day, all that you have to do is wait for this Christmas and the next one to pass then open it on Christmas Day in December 2021. Depending upon when you do receive it, you could open it as a Valentine's Day present and thank your better half or whenever your anniversary is . . .
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Thank you for your invaluable advice
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"Phantom" by Thomas Tessier, a good and very underrated horror writer (and an underrated writer in a general sense). His "The Fates" was like an early John Carpenter's movie on paper. This one is about a boy's night terrors that can or maybe cannot be the symptom of a neurological disorder. What if the "things you know are in the dark" when you are a kid are there for real? Tessier's ability to look at the World like a 7 years old could is really remarkable...
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...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day I hope that wasn't the only one....
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Amazon!! What is going on?..... sort it out
Hello,
We are pleased to report that the following item will dispatch sooner than expected:
David Hobbs "Taranto: And Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1940-1945 (Military)" Previous estimated arrival date: February 10 2021 New estimated arrival date: December 23 2020
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...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day I hope that wasn't the only one....
warspite1
Amazon!! What is going on?..... sort it out
Hello,
We are pleased to report that the following item will dispatch sooner than expected:
David Hobbs "Taranto: And Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1940-1945 (Military)" Previous estimated arrival date: February 10 2021 New estimated arrival date: December 23 2020
Remember, the book's publisher tells Amazon when they will get it.
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...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day I hope that wasn't the only one....
warspite1
Amazon!! What is going on?..... sort it out
Hello,
We are pleased to report that the following item will dispatch sooner than expected:
David Hobbs "Taranto: And Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1940-1945 (Military)" Previous estimated arrival date: February 10 2021 New estimated arrival date: December 23 2020
Remember, the book's publisher tells Amazon when they will get it.
Not always. Sometimes Amazon has it on their shelves.
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...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day I hope that wasn't the only one....
warspite1
Amazon!! What is going on?..... sort it out
Hello,
We are pleased to report that the following item will dispatch sooner than expected:
David Hobbs "Taranto: And Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1940-1945 (Military)" Previous estimated arrival date: February 10 2021 New estimated arrival date: December 23 2020
Remember, the book's publisher tells Amazon when they will get it.
Not always. Sometimes Amazon has it on their shelves.
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...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day I hope that wasn't the only one....
warspite1
Amazon!! What is going on?..... sort it out
Hello,
We are pleased to report that the following item will dispatch sooner than expected:
David Hobbs "Taranto: And Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1940-1945 (Military)" Previous estimated arrival date: February 10 2021 New estimated arrival date: December 23 2020
Remember, the book's publisher tells Amazon when they will get it.
Not always. Sometimes Amazon has it on their shelves.
Not for new books hot off the printing press.
Well then, I guess that they have to let it cool so it won't catch on fire . . .
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I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).” ― Julia Child
...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day I hope that wasn't the only one....
warspite1
Amazon!! What is going on?..... sort it out
Hello,
We are pleased to report that the following item will dispatch sooner than expected:
David Hobbs "Taranto: And Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1940-1945 (Military)" Previous estimated arrival date: February 10 2021 New estimated arrival date: December 23 2020
Remember, the book's publisher tells Amazon when they will get it.
Not always. Sometimes Amazon has it on their shelves.
Not for new books hot off the printing press.
Well then, I guess that they have to let it cool so it won't catch on fire . . .
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...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day I hope that wasn't the only one....
warspite1
Amazon!! What is going on?..... sort it out
Hello,
We are pleased to report that the following item will dispatch sooner than expected:
David Hobbs "Taranto: And Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1940-1945 (Military)" Previous estimated arrival date: February 10 2021 New estimated arrival date: December 23 2020
Remember, the book's publisher tells Amazon when they will get it.
Not always. Sometimes Amazon has it on their shelves.
Not for new books hot off the printing press.
Well then, I guess that they have to let it cool so it won't catch on fire . . .
Right, like the firemen in Fahrenheit 451
Most definitely!
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“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).” ― Julia Child
I've gotten around to re-reading about the military history of Ireland. I first read the book back in the '90s and just thought it would be nice to get back into it. I do confess a bit of bafflement at pronouncing the Gaelic family and place names, but it s a good read nonetheless.
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I've gotten around to re-reading about the military history of Ireland. I first read the book back in the '90s and just thought it would be nice to get back into it. I do confess a bit of bafflement at pronouncing the Gaelic family and place names, but it s a good read nonetheless.
I'm always reading some romance novel, but currently, I have decided to reread my Dune series. Currently reading Mentats of Dune. Next is Navigators of Dune. Then the prequel trilogy series Houses of Dune, before landing in the original novel Dune itself.
I'm also re reading my Shannara saga as well.
A LOT of books on the read list between Dune and Shannara. I might be finished before 2030 :)
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I've just found my Christmas present - out this November - can't wait for this
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Just short of 100 pages in and....
... I was more than a little concerned initially as there were a number of sloppy typos and some poor proof reading. Things didn't get any better when one minor episode was recounted with rose coloured spectacles. However, the book has bucked up in the last chapter or so, and the chapter on Taranto was very readable, interesting and the author's thoughts on the raid, very fair and thought provoking.
Let's hope the book continues in the same vein.
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I've just found my Christmas present - out this November - can't wait for this
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Just short of 100 pages in and....
... I was more than a little concerned initially as there were a number of sloppy typos and some poor proof reading. Things didn't get any better when one minor episode was recounted with rose coloured spectacles. However, the book has bucked up in the last chapter or so, and the chapter on Taranto was very readable, interesting and the author's thoughts on the raid, very fair and thought provoking.
Let's hope the book continues in the same vein.
Please post an honest and concise critique online about this book. Not only about the author but also the fact checking and the proof reading - or the lack thereof.
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I've just found my Christmas present - out this November - can't wait for this
warspite1
Just short of 100 pages in and....
... I was more than a little concerned initially as there were a number of sloppy typos and some poor proof reading. Things didn't get any better when one minor episode was recounted with rose coloured spectacles. However, the book has bucked up in the last chapter or so, and the chapter on Taranto was very readable, interesting and the author's thoughts on the raid, very fair and thought provoking.
Let's hope the book continues in the same vein.
Please post an honest and concise critique online about this book. Not only about the author but also the fact checking and the proof reading - or the lack thereof.
warspite1
I have got out of the habit recently, but I used to quite often post reviews on Amazon. I will do so when I've finished this book.
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Anna Burns The Milkman. Possibly the best book I have read about life in N Ireland in the late 70s/early 80s, in places really very disturbing about the nasty realities
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Anna Burns The Milkman. Possibly the best book I have read about life in N Ireland in the late 70s/early 80s, in places really very disturbing about the nasty realities
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Can't imagine that is much fun Maybe better watching Derry Girls
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Soviet Military Deception in the Second World War by David Glantz. As with all his work incredible research and well written. I'm on the first chapter dealing with a specific action, the winter counter attacks at Moscow. The German intelligence maps and reports of what they thought they were facing vs actual Soviet force dispositions on those dates are surprising.