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(Paperback)
By: Brian Moynahan
ISBN: 9781847243874
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2008
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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Gripping tales of ordinary men whose extraordinary deeds changed the course of history
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By: Julian Thompson
ISBN: 9780091932374
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2010
UK Publication Date: 16th September 2010
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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From the end of 1941 to 1945 a pivotal but often overlooked conflict was being fought in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War 2 - the Burma Campaign.
In 1941 the Allies fought in a disastrous retreat across Burma against the Japanese - an enemy more prepared, better organised and more powerful than anyone had imagined.
(Paperback)
By: Max Arthur
ISBN: 9780091888879
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2014
UK Publication Date: 2nd October 2003
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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Offers accounts from ordinary men and women who were there. This book features personal experiences of these soldiers, civilians, marines and medics from both sides tell us what it was really like to live through what was supposed to be the war to end all wars.
(Paperback)
By: Lyn Smith
ISBN: 9780091898267
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2006
UK Publication Date: 4th May 2006
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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Following the success of Forgotten Voices of the Great War, Lyn Smith visits the oral accounts preserved in the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, to reveal the sheer complexity and horror of one of human history's darkest hours.
(Paperback)
By: Max Arthur
ISBN: 9780091897352
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2005
UK Publication Date: 5th May 2005
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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The Imperial War Museum holds a vast archive of interviews with soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians of most nationalities who saw action during WW2.
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By: Roderick Bailey
ISBN: 9780091918514
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jun 2009
UK Publication Date: 2nd April 2009
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organisation created early in the Second World War to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines. This title tells the stories of SOE agents, HQ staff, diplomats, aircrew and naval personnel in their own words.
(Paperback)
By: Joshua Levine
ISBN: 9780091926281
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2010
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2009
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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Drawing on a wealth of material from the vast Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, this book offers insight into life on the front line: from the day-to-day struggle of circumstances to the white heat of battle and the constant threat of injury or death. It features contributions from soldiers of both sides and of differing backgrounds.
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By: Roderick Bailey
ISBN: 9780091938178
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2011
UK Publication Date: 13th October 2011
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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The Victoria Cross (VC), awarded to the most courageous and determined servicemen, is the highest military decoration that can be bestowed. This title presents first-hand accounts of soldiers, sailors and airmen describing the incredible events that earned these extraordinary men the VC in the last century.
(Hardback)
By: Sarah Percy
ISBN: 9781529344318
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 22nd June 2023
Publisher: John Murray Press
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From the Amazons to the Ukraine conflict, women have always been on the front line of war: this is their surprising and heroic history.
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By: Elisabeth Griffith
ISBN: 9781639363971
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
Publisher: Pegasus Books
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An essential history of the struggle by both Black and white women to achieve their equal rights.Hillary Rodham Clinton
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By: Vaudine England
ISBN: 9781472157140
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 18th May 2023
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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FORTUNE'S BAZAAR is a story of empire, race and sex, and it offers startling insights into the ambiguous identity of Hong Kong to this day, just as its wonders may be on the verge of disappearing forever.
(Hardback)
By: Simon Welfare
ISBN: 9781982128623
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2021
UK Publication Date: 15th April 2021
Publisher: Atria Books
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A unique and fascinating look at Victorian society through the remarkable lives of an enlightened and philanthropic aristocratic couple, the Marquess and Marchioness of Aberdeen.
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By: Martin Meredith
ISBN: 9781471135453
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2015
UK Publication Date: 4th June 2015
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Mitchell Yockelson
ISBN: 9780451466952
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2016
Publisher: New American Library
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(Paperback, Unabridged edition)
By: Peter Ackroyd
ISBN: 9780330544283
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2012
UK Publication Date: 29th March 2012
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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The first volume in Peter Ackroyd's stunning six-part history of England, taking us from Stonehenge to the death of Henry VII
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By: K. M. Kostyal
ISBN: 9781426211751
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2014
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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(Paperback)
By: Paul Aron
ISBN: 9781492632306
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2016
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
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By: Christian Di Spigna
ISBN: 9780553419320
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2018
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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(Hardback)
By: H. W. Brands
ISBN: 9780385549240
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2023
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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(Paperback)
By: H. W. Brands
ISBN: 9780593469033
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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(Paperback)
By: David Hall
ISBN: 9781849909723
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2015
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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Takes you on a personal tour through industrial Britain. This book introduces the great inventors from the age of steam, describes the day-to-day operation of railways, mills, forges and factories, and paints a picture of what life was like for the mill-hands, colliers and engineers who laboured in industrial Britain - the workshop of the world.
(Hardback)
By: Joe Pappalardo
ISBN: 9781250287540
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
UK Publication Date: 29th December 2024
Publisher: St Martin's Press
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A thrilling true saga of legendary Texas figure Judge Roy Bean and his brothers - and their violent adventures in Wild West America.
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By: Ibram X. Kendi
ISBN: 9781529114676
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2022
UK Publication Date: 17th February 2022
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Myles Dungan
ISBN: 9781800244856
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
UK Publication Date: 12th May 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A history of the fate of a single family in the period of the Irish Revolution.
