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Phil Yates

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Historical Fiction, History

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Having worked as an operations researcher, storyteller, programmer, military historian, and games designer, Phil Yates is embarking on a series of novels chronicling New Zealand’s battles in the Second World War. His tales of adventure weave together his love of history, interesting characters, and the strange things that actually happened in the midst of conflict.

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	Team Yankee World War III Book 3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flames of War Rule Book by Phil Yates (Goodreads Author), Casey Davies, Peter Simunovich 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Fate of a Nation: Arab-Israeli Wars, Six-Day War, 1967 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flames of War: North Africa by Phil Yates (Goodreads Author) (editor), John-Paul Brisigotti (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flames of War: Afrika Korps, German Forces in the Desert 1942-43 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Team Yankee: Red Thunder by Phil Yates (Goodreads Author), Phil Yates (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Team Yankee: Iron Maiden 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flames of War: Hobby by Phil Yates (Goodreads Author), Michael A. Haught (Goodreads Author), Joe Krone 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flames of War: Eastern Front 1942-1943 by Phil Yates (Goodreads Author), Jason Moffat, Wayne Turner 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Unfortunate Book on Keith Park

With Keith Park being a New Zealander who lived near me, and my fascination with anything WW2, I wanted to like this book, I tried to like this book. Unfortunately, it's just so scrambled and disorganised that I hated it.

As an example, it wasn't until the author mentioned that Park was 46 sometime before 1938 in chapter three that I had any idea when he was born. Since the preceding paragraphs kep Read more of this blog post »

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Writing With Quiet Hands: How to Shape Your Writing to Resonate with Readers

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The Writer's Guide to Beginnings: How to Craft Story Openings That Sell

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Napoleon's Great Adversary: The Archduke Charles and the Austrian Army, 1792-1814

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