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This Boy(2014) JOHNSON, ALANAlan Johnson's childhood was not so much difficult as unusual, particularly for a man who was destined to become Home Secretary. This book tells the story of two incredible women: Alan's mother, Lily, who battled against poor health, poverty, domestic vioVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat(2007) CHURCHILL, WINSTONA collection of thirty-three orations ranging over fifty years, demonstrating how Winston Churchill gradually honed his rhetoric.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
England and the Aeroplane(2013) EDGERTON, DAVIDReverses received wisdom, showing that the aeroplane is a central and revealing aspect of an unfamiliar English nation: a warfare state dedicated to technology, industry, empire and military power. This title tells the story of aeronautical England, fromVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Secret History of Our Streets: London(2013) BULLMAN, JOSEPH,HEGARTY, NEIL,HILL, BRIANThe Secret History of Our Streets explores six roads spread across inner London - from Camberwell, Holland Park and Islington to Shoreditch, Deptford and Bermondsey - through the experiences of the people who lived there.Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Letters To My Grandchildren(2010) BENN, TONYAs a diarist, I have chronicled the time through which I have lived in meticulous detail: but all that is history. What matters now is the future for those who will live through it. The past is the past but there may be lessons to be learned which could hVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Milk Lady at New Park Farm(2011) MCENTEGART, ANNEAnne McEntegart wanted to support the War Effort so she left London, and her life as the wife of an officer, to work on the land and deliver milk in the New Forest. In doing so, she kept a Wartime diary full of evocative descriptions of her work alongsideVezava: Mehka14,25 € -
Tokyo War Crimes Trial(2009) TOTANI, YUMAThis book assesses the historical significance of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE)—commonly called the Tokyo trial—established as the eastern counterpart of the Nuremberg trial in the immediate aftermath of World War II.Vezava: Mehka34,95 € -
Green and Pleasant Land(2014) BUCHAN, URSULAGardening in wartime Britain was a part of the fight for freedom. This book tells the story of how Britain's wartime government encouraged and cajoled its citizens to grow their own fruit and vegetables.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Boy on the Wooden Box(2014) LEYSON, LEONA remarkable memoir of strength and bravery from Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the Holocaust on Oskar Schindler's list.Vezava: Mehka11,20 € -
She Landed By Moonlight(2014) SEYMOUR-JONES, CAROLEThe gripping account of World War Two's legendary heroine, who risked her life to save her country and her lover.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Kick(2017) BYRNE, PAULAThe remarkable life of the vivacious, clever – and forgotten – Kennedy sister, who charmed the English aristocracy and was almost erased from her family history.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
When I Was a Nipper(2011) TITCHMARSH, ALANGoes on a personal and nostalgic journey through post-War Britain in search of treasured values and traditions that were once the soul of society. This title also takes a broader perspective, creating a detailed and evocative portrait of a way of life thaVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Monte Cassino(2013) CADDICK-ADAMS, PROF. PETER, TD, VR, BA (HONS), PHD, FRHISTS, FRGS, KJThe five-month Monte Cassino campaign in central Italy is one of the best-known European land battles of World War Two, alongside D-Day and Stalingrad. It has a particular resonance now, because Cassino, with its multitude of participating armies - most nVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler(2013) REES, LAURENCEAdolf Hitler was an unlikely leader – fuelled by hate, incapable of forming normal human relationships, unwilling to debate political issues – and yet he commanded enormous support.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
SAS: Storm Front(2012) WHITE, ROWLANDIn early 1970, the Commanding Officer of 22 SAS flew into the strategically critical Sultanate of Oman on a covert intelligence mission to monitor a Communist rebellion threatening the Arabian Peninsula. This book deals with this intelligence mission.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Black Diamonds(2008) BAILEY, CATHERINEWentworth in Yorkshire was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain and belonged to the Fitzwilliam family. This title tells the story of its demise: family feuds, forbidden lovVezava: Mehka18,21 €
