Inhuman Acts by Ocean Tigrox5/29/2023 Milivoj Petković at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in 2013 However, his original 20 year sentence was later upheld on 29 November 2017. He was granted provisional release on 22 April 2008. Petković voluntarily surrendered to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on 5 April 2004. Ī General in the Croatian Army, he was partially disabled due to a concussion and spine injury sustained in June 1992 while driving near the Neretva River, as documented by the authorities of the then- Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia. He was Chief of Staff of HVO until about 5 August 1994. In 1992 he was ordered by Croatian Army General Janko Bobetko to take over the Croatian Army's forward command center in the town of Grude, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this force would later become the HVO armed forces. In July 1991 he left the JNA to join the new Croatian Army. He was a career military officer, graduating from the Yugoslav People's Army ("JNA") military academy. Milivoj Petković was born in Šibenik, Dalmatia, FPR Yugoslavia. The ICTY Appeals Chamber affirmed almost all of the convictions against Petković and his co-defendants, as well as their original length of sentence, on 29 November 2017. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail but only served four. Milivoj Petković (born 11 October 1949) is a Bosnian Croat army officer who is among six defendants convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), in relation to the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia during the Bosnian War.
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D-Day by Antony Beevor5/29/2023 Casualties mounted on both sides, as did the tensions between the principal commanders. The Allied fleet attempted by far the largest amphibious assault ever, and what followed was a battle as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. More French civilians were killed by Allied bombing and shelling than British civilians were by the Luftwaffe. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up in the fighting. The definitive account of the Normandy invasion by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945įrom critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. The hearing trumpet carrington5/28/2023 In a bizarre retirement home Marian discovers a centuries-long plot to free the Holy Grail and return it to the goddess - just as the apocalypse is about to be unleashed.įrom bees to werewolves each turn in the narrative is impossible to predict, but Carrington writes with mordant wit, effortlessly weaving together magic, myth, and lore from the Irish tales of her childhood, Robert Graves’ The White Goddess, her adopted Mexican home, and so much more. She wrote The Hearing Trumpet when still quite young though her heroine Marian Leatherby is a 92-year-old woman with bad hearing and a small beard. While she’s best known as the genius of surreal painting, Carrington’s fiction is lively, wild and full of mythic and magical resonances. The bronze horseman by paullina simons5/28/2023 Complicating matters, another soldier, Dimitri, has information that could destroy Alexander, and Dimitri likes Tatiana, too. Possessed of a strong sense of family loyalty, and living under conditions that permit no privacy, Tatiana refuses to interfere with her sister's happiness, but the attraction between Tatiana and Alexander proves too powerful. It turns out, however, that Alexander is the same soldier Dasha has been crowing about. Not long after the country goes to war with Germany, Tatiana meets Alexander, a soldier, and sparks fly. As the story opens, Tatiana, the youngest member of the Metanova family, is just 17 she still shares a bed with her older sister, Dasha. Petersburg, Russia, Simons's latest thick novel (after Tully, etc.) focuses on a WWII love affair. The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar5/28/2023 With his newfound language, the cat begins to question whether he is Jewish like the rabbi. It is possible to find the cat as annoying as the parrot, but stay with the film. The cat is now a philosopher overflowing with derisive humor, irony and occasionally, a rare gentleness. Miraculously, the cat has the gift of speech, but lies about killing the bird. Soon the cat grows weary of the parrot’s constant screeching and eats the parrot. It is an imaginative and artistic work about a family in 1920s-1930s Algeria-the 60 year old widowed Rabbi Sfar (Maurice Benichou-voice), his fetching daughter Zlabya (Hafsia Herzi-voice) their annoying squawky parrot (Olivier Broche-voice) and their super- intelligent cat (Francois Morel-voice). The charming animated film, winner of the César Award for the best animated feature, “The Rabbi’s Cat,” is based on the “The Rabbi’s Cat” comic novels by Joann Sfar (“Little Vampire” comic novel and the film “Gainsborough”). Voices: Francois Morel, Maurice Benichou, Hafsia Herzi, Francois Damiens The Rabbi’s Cat Animated film by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux Forever too far csak a tiéd abbi glines5/28/2023 Twisted Perfection (2013) (Della Sloane/Woods Kerrington).
Live Free or Die by John Ringo5/28/2023 Pete continued, reviewing the Mean Fiddler gig in November 2004 “while Trout firmly retains one foots in the blues camp, it is his potent mixture of magnificent guitar playing and on stage passion that keeps the fans coming back for more… Aside from his dexterity, speed, tone and spontaneity on the guitar … he has channelled his life experience into some heart felt material.” He had been a sideman to artists such as Joe Tex, Lowell Fulsom and John Lee Hooker as well as a five year stint in John Mayall’s Blues Breakers.Īs Pete Feenstra commented “Trout, the former John Mayall/Canned Heat and John Lee Hooker guitarist, must now be considered a heavyweight in his own right. In 2004, when we featured our first gig review about Walter Trout, the blues guitarist had already released albums and enjoyed a 30-year plus career. Photo: John Bull/Rockrpix Walter Trout has consolidated his solo career, overcome major health issues, and remained relevant at the forefront of blues rock…ĭamn right Walter’s got the blues! But he’s thrown out the clichés, blown away the cobwebs, and reconnected the genre with our daily lives and jammed it to its maximum potential. Share the post "Feature: The GRTR! Grotto of Greatness – WALTER TROUT (May 2023)" Mommie dearest book5/28/2023 At Christmas, the children were photographed as being gifted tons of items. Crawford supposedly kept Christopher tied up in bed in a “sleep safe” device and she also trussed Christina up in the shower at night.ħ. Christina says she was once starved for days when she refused to eat an undercooked steak that was still bloody, all in a bid for her mother to further control her.Ħ. Crawford was prone to what Christina called “night raids,” in which she would wake the children up drunk and make them clean messes they hadn’t necessarily made for hours on end.ĥ. Crawford then made Christina wear the dress for a week in order to humiliate her.Ĥ. Christina had a favorite dress until she provoked her mother into shredding it. In a scene that’s become synonymous with the film, she is said to have dragged her daughter by the hair yelling, “No wire hangers, no wire hangers!” while beating her with one until her “ears rang.”ģ. Crawford hated wire hangers, and reportedly once woke up her daughter in the middle of the night for using them. But after Crawford’s third marriage fell apart she renamed the children.Ģ. and Phillip Terry Jr., (after his adoptive father). When Crawford first adopted Christina and Christopher, they were named Joan Jr. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller5/28/2023 Nothing strikes a false note in her intricately created world.' - The Guardian 'Not least of Miller's achievements is to reanimate this vision of the divine in prose that is simultaneously modern and true to its source.' - Tom Holland, The New Statesman 'Miller's prose is more poetic than almost any translation of Homer. 'Only the finest of historical novelists are able to adequately convey the sheer strangeness and otherness of the past, particularly the ancient past. 'A more than worthy winner - original, passionate, inventive and uplifting.' - Joanna Trollope, chair of the judges for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 'A masterful re-telling of The Iliad, but looking at the hidden stories and the shadows beneath' - Kate Mosse, The Sunday Express It's a hard book to put down.' - Donna Tartt, The Times As great a retelling of Homer's epic Iliad as you will find.' - The Daily Mail Jake can't believe his Cat is here in person or that he is a father. He had asked her to marry him five years ago without knowing she carried his child, but there was never the mention of love.only doing his duty to protect her. She assumes that Jake knows about Lara as he has been sending her money over the years. Cat is hoping that Jake is ready for some responsibility, like accepting his daughter and raising her in case she can't. When Cathy Barker and her daughter, Lara, show up in Las Vegas, Nevada it causes the handsome gambler Jake Stone to go speechless. Lilac Wedding in Dry Creek by Janet Tronstad **I did receive this copy of the book from the author. An old cat named Whiskey added quite a bit I could hardly set the book down until it was finished. On the train to Dillan, Montana, with Lily. And she was that bride! They had been facing some problems inĬhicago, and with Lily’s problems, Eleanor decided it was best. Lady, along with Eleanor’s seven-year-old sister, had answered an ad for a He almost wished he wouldn’tĮleanor Fitzpatrick’s friend, Mrs. Plan on such a beautiful and young mail-order bride. Not when he was going after the Blackwood brothers for the murder. As for the wife, Matt didn’t figure he’d be alive that long. Nephew after their parents were murdered. After all, he now had the care of his niece and Matt Baynes let his friend Jacob talk him into writing forĪ mail-order bride for Matt. |