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The 12th SS: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division Volume II (Stackpole Military History)

Volume two continues with the survivors of the bloody fighting in France regrouping to make a final stand in the Ardennes and Hungary before Germany was overcome by the Allies. A detailed and gripping account of the most famous, and infamous, division to fight in World War II for any side. Part two of the defining work on Hitler’s elite fanatical boy soldiers written by the division’s former chief of staff.

The 12th SS: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division Volume II (Stackpole Military History)

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Timeless Wisdom on Youth

Teens: Life vs. Electronics

Are you beginning to despair that your teen will never get it together? Does it seem to you that he/she just doesn’t take real life seriously? Let’s face it, teens today have so much more to distract them besides their homework, the opposite sex, friends, family members, and extracurricular activities. Besides learning how to drive, teenagers are occupied with playing with an assortment of electronic gizmos including cell phones, camera phones, personal computers, MP3 players, DVD players, ipods, ipads, Xboxes, digital cameras, the list goes on. Wired? You betcha… and then some.

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Cultures of Popular Music


What is the relationship between youth culture and popular music? How have they evolved since the second world war? What can we learn from a global perspective? In this lively and accessible text, Andy Bennett presents a comprehensive cultural, social and historical overview of post-war popular music genres, from rock ‘n’ roll and psychedelic pop, through punk and heavy metal, to rap, rave and techno. Providing a chapter by chapter account, Bennett also examines… More >>

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