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  • First World War Britain

    1914–1919

    Series Libro 14 - Shire Living Histories
    The First World War profoundly changed British society. The armed forces' need for mass recruitment saw the workforce severely depleted, with women stepping up to shoulder the burden; but nobody could ignore the social upheaval or the strains put upon daily life. With poverty a major issue at the outbreak of war, the extra wages put more food on the table for many families, in spite of rationing ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • British Postcards of the First World War

    Series Libro 582 - Shire Library
    Illustrated with a wide range of postcards, this is a fascinating look into the response of the British people to the horrors of the war.Postcards sent by men on the front, and to them by their families, are among the most numerous, and most telling, surviving artefacts of the Great War. They tell us much about attitudes towards the war, and provide a great insight into men's lives, and into the ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • British Army Cap Badges of the Second World War

    Series Libro 8 - Shire Collections
    In their companion volume to British Army Cap Badges of the First World War, authors Peter Doyle and Chris Foster present an overview of the main cap badges worn by the British Army during the Second World War, which continued the rich and varied tradition of British regimental insignia.This book describes and illustrates, for the first time in high quality full colour, the main types of cap badge ... Leer más

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  • What Tommy Took to War

    1914–1918

    On the centenary of the Great War comes this poignant look at fifty objects never far from Tommy's side – official uniform, good-luck charms, phrasebooks, a sweetheart's letter, some unexpected and others more familiar. With sumptuous original photography and thoughtful text, this is life as the ordinary First World War soldier knew it. Inside front: What Tommy Took To War tells sobering, ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Redcoats to Tommies

    The Experience of the British Soldier from the Eighteenth Century

    This book surveys and examines the history of Britain's soldiers from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It focuses on the lifecycle of a soldier, including enlistment and experience, and on identity, representations and place in society. It covers the diverse military forces of the British crown - the regular army, home defence forces, part-time soldiers, auxiliaries, officers, non ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Reconstruction beyond 150

    Reassessing the New Birth of Freedom

    Series series A Nation Divided
    No period of United States history is more important and still less understood than Reconstruction. Now, at the sesquicentennial of the Reconstruction era, Vernon Burton and Brent Morris bring together the best new scholarship on the critical years after the Civil War and before the onset of Jim Crow, synthesizing social, political, economic, and cultural approaches to understanding this crucial ... Leer más

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  • Audiolibro

    Sherlock Holmes und die Jagd nach Professor Flax (Seine weltberühmten Abenteuer, Folge 37)

    Series Audiolibro 37 - Sherlock Holmes - Seine weltberühmten Abenteuer

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    Sherlock Holmes, der seit geraumer Zeit zusammen mit Dr. Watson in New York verweilt, empfängt eine junge Dame, die ihn um Hilfe bittet. Ihre beste Freundin liegt im Sterben, nachdem zuvor bereits deren Vater und die beiden Brüder in kürzester Zeit ums Leben kamen. Holmes ahnt zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch nicht, dass er es mit dem größten und skrupellosesten Verbrecher dieser Zeit zu tun bekommt... ... Leer más

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  • Wartime on the Railways

    de David Wragg ...
    From the American Civil War onwards, railways have been an important aspect of war. So important were the railways that in the First World War, the state took control of the railways, and then repeated this exercise in the Second World War. Wartime on the Railways describes the part played by Britain's railways during the Second World War, dealing not simply with operational matters or the impact ... Leer más

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  • Bringing Uncle Albert Home

    A Soldier's Tale

    Private Albert Turley, was just an ordinary British soldier of the First World War. He died on the Somme for King and Country. He didn't win any medals for gallantry and has no known grave. Like thousands more soldiers, he left neither letters nor diaries from which to reconstruct his story.This is the story of one man's search for his distant relative, describing Private Turley's active service ... Leer más

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  • Posters of the First World War

    The First World War, a new low in the annals of armed conflict, coincided with a golden age for the relatively new art of advertising. Striking and colourful posters were produced throughout the years 1914–18 to recruit soldiers, promote investment, keep up morale and, naturally, to vilify the enemy; prominent artists including Alfred Leete paired bold images with punchy text to maximise impact. ... Leer más

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