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Can Britain leave the EU? A Warning from History    by Rupert Matthews
Price: $2.99 USD. 6020 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on July 30, 2011. .

There are many who would like Britain to leave the European Union. But the question is whether Britain would be allowed to do so. In this booklet historian Rupert Matthews looks at previous multinational associations then compares them to the EU to show that EU Commission has taken to itself the legal powers to frustrate attempts at secession. We might yet see the panzers in Parliament Square.
Carthaginian Empire 13 - Desert Rats    by David Bowman
Price: $1.29 USD. 3530 words. Published by Bluewood Publishing on August 30, 2011. .

Unsettled by the Persian advances into Africa and threatened by the increased Persian military presence along the East Coast of the Mediterranean from the Dardanelles all the way to Egypt; Carthage must act. The Persians are expecting a naval attack from a naval power so when the Carthaginians strike from the desert surprise is paramount. It is 339BC and Carthage faces its greatest enemy yet.
Carthaginian Empire 14 - Tyre    by David Bowman
Price: $1.29 USD. 3740 words. Published by Bluewood Publishing on August 30, 2011. .

Having conquered Egypt it is time for the army of Carthage to move north up the coast. First the city of Tyre stands in their way and if they can subdue the fabled island citadel then Darius is massing the largest army ever seen to face them on the banks of the gentle river Issus. A river that will run with blood before the year is out. It is 333BC and Carthage must fight on land and sea.
Carthaginian Empire 15 - Empires    by David Bowman
Price: $1.29 USD. 3530 words. Published by Bluewood Publishing on August 31, 2011. .

When two empires meet history shows only one will stand. Persia covers more land than Carthage who controls the Mediterranean and its wealth from shore to distant shore. As the two empires confront each other in a hundred little skirmishes one will survive and one will fall. It is 330BC and if Persia falls only one small emerging state will stand in the way of Carthaginian suzerainty - Rome.