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This book examines every aspect of the secret to their success: preparationhowever, in a spectacular victory, the four divisions of the canadian army corps, under lieutenant-general sir julian byng, took almost the entire ridge in a dayin early vimy ridge, one of the most important features on the western front, was considered impregnablewhen the attack opened at 530am on april 9 the canadians easily overwhelmed the forward fire trenches, secured most of the ridge within the day, and all their planned objectives within four daysthe author shows how effective observation, accurate shelling, and new infantry tactics all prepared the ground for byng's victory
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Here are the people behind that past - edward de kendale, adam scippe, thomas newchapman and agnes, his wife; sir anthony denny and rev canon eales; george byng and wortley-montagu; murderers thurtell and hunt; macready the great actor; burton the great explorer and the photographer wellington; and of course, the legendary giants of british cinema - men like rank, danziger, balcon and blattnersigned by stephen castlehappily, a few fine late medieval buildings escaped the developer's insensitive eyecondition: as newvery minor marks to dj otherwise clean and bright throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book of elstree & boreham wood brings them all to life, recapturing the history of these two places, in a fluent and considered narrative and very many fascinating picturesidlestre and borham were much influenced by the great abbey of st albans, and indeed by alban's martyrdom and the roman muncipium of verulamium, so that the area's past is inextricably entwined with the great and the good of times ancient and laternot long after the normans came, there was a flourishing settlement at elstree hillboreham wood's origins are mistier, but technology brought massive change and development with the coming of the railway in , and again, when cinema created britain's hollywood in this pleasant parishuntil recently, medieval elstree had survived largely intact, but post-war reconstruction brought considerable mutilationoxfam books & music hereford signed limited subscriber edition, numbered 44the hills and valleys of this busy corner of herts have been home to people for some years, and the romans chose elstree hill as a major tile-manufacturing centre
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Oxfam bookshop canterbury weidenfeld and nicholson  first edition a very good copy in very good dustjacket,two tape marks to inner board otherwise excellent see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The series was launched october 22nd, after nearly seven years of workin good conditionwhat makes these books and this series so great is that they are not approaching myths as fairy tales, or children's stories, but as truth, as the stories that tell us who we are and why we are here and how we are to liveoxfam bookshop hampstead the myths: volumes i-vi box of six paperbacks containing: a short history of myth by karen armstrong the penelopiad by margaret atwood weight by jeanette winterson the helmet of horror by victor pelevin lion's honey by david grossman dream angus by alexander mccall smith this project is the brainchild of jamie byng, a publisher at cognate bookstheir goal was to assemble some of the top authors in the world and have them re-tell a myth or legend in their own wordsslight wear on the corners of the slip-case and light discolouring in the top of the spines see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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•noughts and crosses by malorie blackman(recommended for older readers) •molly moon's hypnotic time-travel adventure by georgia byng that summer by sarah dessen (also for older readers) •stories from arendelle, from the film frozen•shadow and bone by leigh bardugothey have only been read a few timeseleven children's books, such as horrid henry and molly moon•six horrid henry books, including a joke book
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