Steven J Zaloga: Ploesti 1943 [2019] paperback IPOLI while scrutinising the harmful trends

while scrutinising the harmful trends of a wellness industry that seeks to exploit our relationship with the natural world

The country's rich farmlands - seen here in Arthus-Bertrand's transcendent photographs as abstract canvases painted in deep yellow saffron

Rebecca Buckfast has spilled blood to reach this position

he's left that life behind and is working as a pilot bringing medical supplies to endangered communities in Africa

Steven J Zaloga: Ploesti 1943 [2019] paperback IPOLI while scrutinising the harmful trendsOperation Tidal Wave was one of the boldest and most controversial air raids by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). At the time, the Romanian Ploesti oil fields produced about a third of all Axis oil, and was Germany's single most important fuel source. In the summer of 1943, the USAAF decided to stage a major raid on Ploesti from air bases in Libya. The resulting Operation Tidal Wave raid on 1 August 1943 was one of the costliest to date,