Chronicle of the second world war
List chronicle of the second world war
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Artist: second world war collectiongenre: pop englischsprachig
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What went wrong? how did we do this to ourselves? the war of the world comes up with compelling, fascinating answersinstead, the 20th century proved to be overwhelmingly the most violent, frightening and brutalized in history with fanatical, often genocidal warfare engulfing most societies between the outbreak of the first world war and the end of the cold warglobalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most peopleoxfam shop crosby the world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benignsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is niall ferguson's masterpiece
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A collection of 36 laminated cards depicting many aspects of life during the second world wargreat for use in reminiscence groups
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln winner of the betty trask prize from the back cover: "it is spring and aleksandr, a major in the mgb - forerunner of the kgb - is sent to an isolated psychiatric clinic in the ural mountains to investigate one of the patients there, anatoly yudin, a man long presumed dead, once a famous pianist, now a severely incapacitated veteran of the second world wartwenty-four years later, in the summer of - the summer of nixon's visit to moscow, of the fischer-spassky chess match, of the munich olympics and their hostage crisis - the cold war is entering d?tente, and the values that shaped aleksandr's life are starting to dissolve into uncertaintywe know the horrors of the police state and the purges, but the innocent takes us on a journey into the everyday of communist russia, bringing alive the intensely personal consequences of a regime, the power of institutions and ideologies to define a life - to crush it or invest it with meaninghaunted by the events of the past, and with his stalinist faith once more under threat, he interrogates his memories of the yudin case, and tries to trace its effects on himself, and on those he loved mostsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is in good condition with slight discoloration of the edgesfollowing on from the success of his prize-winning debut, david szalay returns with a searing work of acute realism and bleak beauty, the breathtaking next stage of a major literary career"
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It is very old but still in good condition soviet union second world war flask
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It is very old but still in good condition second world war flask read more
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Metal second world war army box original condition very strong buyer collects phone message only please
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second world war jet pilots ka-bar knivethis mostly carried in vietnam in very good condition for its age you must be over 18 and no post pick-up only thank you
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Two second world war period cased universal avo meters an interesting item with real history cash on collection from chester thankyou read more
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I have for sale a paperback version of this germany at war in colour book in very good condition unique colour photographs of the second world war published in author lt col george forty can be posted if required please enquire about the cost read more
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war books printed by odhams press london 6 books bound in wine leather printed probley in every page has black and white photos and priint telling the story of the second world war in mint condition and been in the family since new
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the upheavals of the second world war reverberated in the peace that followed, and many found a return to the old life more difficult than they had anticipatedcrafted with potent understatement and acute insight into the twists and turns of the heart, this is a formidable successor to melvyn bragg's widely praised and award-winning novel, the soldier's return see oxfam website for delivery information read morelike sam richardson, who was determined to break free of the constraints of his background and leave cumbria for the promised land of australiabetween them their young son joe strives to fulfil the conflicting expectations of childhood and adolescence and confronts his own demonsyet now, a few months on, he has settled for a job in wigton's paper factory, and believes he has put both his aspirations and his memories of fighting in burma behind himhis wife, ellen, begins to know better, realising how close to the brink their marriage had come
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second world war by martin gilbert (paperback, )good condition - some small folds on corners, some marks on sides (see pics) all pages in tactcondition is gooddispatched with royal mail signed for® 2nd class
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Drawing from his extensive research for his previous bestselling books on the conflict, ambrose creates one of the most exciting single-volume histories of the second world war ever writtenit follows the momentous events of the war from d-day, 6 june , through to the final days when the allied soldiers pushed the german troops out of france, chased them across germany, and, on 7 may , destroyed the nazi regimeoxfam books & music durham the victors is a breathtaking new work from bestselling historian stephen eat the centre of this epic drama are the citizen soldiers, the boys who became men as they fought, proving eventually unbeatablethe victors is a compelling celebration of military genius and heroism, and of camaraderie and couragesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Printed on war economy paper which is browned by agingan example of a book written in the era of the second world war, as a scholastic aid for students within the naval and merchant services to facilitate the understanding and writing of good english language13cm x 19cm tallcontents are short essay pieces followed by questions and suggestions to be used as study aidscondition: goodauthor:Â callender, geoffery (editor)beginning with, the coming of the armada (), by charles kingsley to the navy is here' (), by winston spublisher: cambridgecambridge university pressbinding: hardcover, no dustjacketname of previous owner and date on the front endpaperthe spine is sun-faded and the page block is foxedchurchill and the final piece is a poem entitled the three bells () by ja naval anthology and introduction to the study of englishcloth cover, title on the front cover, and spineedition: 1st editionabout this itemsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepublication dateoxfam shop shirley title: sea passages
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Oxfam bookshop st albans in a small town somewhere in the middle of england, the aftermath of the second world war brings changecharles' business grows in direct proportion to his girth and becomes synonymous with the town's fortunes as britain claws its way from the grey austerity of the war yearshe buys the big house on the hill to cement their union and nail his aspirations to the futurefor ambitious industrialist charles freeman, it brings new opportunities and marriage to marysee oxfam website for delivery information read moretheir stories create a generous epic, an extraordinarily rich and plangent hymn to the death and perhaps rebirth of middle england over the past fifty yearsat its heart are a diverse and persuasive cast of loveable and odious characters whose various attempts to break free are chronicled in an addictive and compelling narrative of extraordinary power and resonanceas times change, so do their fortunes for better and worse, ebbing and flowing as the years go byin quick succession, three sons and a daughter bring life to the big house and, with it, the seeds of joy and tragedy: simon, large and ebullient like his father, follows in his footsteps into the business; james becomes a photographer and proceeds to document the town; robert, wilful and self-assured, submerges himself in the darker side of life; and alice, a dippy individualist who is almost transformed into a picture of convention when she succumbs to the efficient attentions of harry singh, grocer's boy turned property entrepreneurquite simply, in a land of plenty is the story of our lives
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The providence of fire is the second novel in brian staveley's chronicle of the unhewn throne, a gripping new epic fantasy seriesthe knowledge they possess of the secret history that shapes these events could save annur or destroy it
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From aviso grille, hitlers war yacht when in hartlepool coal dock in when brought back to uk at the end of the second world war
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham longlisted for the booker prize after the upheavals of the second world war, the richardson family - sam, ellen and their young son joe - settle back to working-class life in the cumbrian town of wigtonas the old order begins to be challenged and new vistas open, sam and ellen forge their future together with differing needs and desires - and conflicting expectations of joe, who grows up with his own demons to confrontsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet for them, as for so many, life will never be the same again
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Oxfam shop ulverston the first four episodes from the series with walter cronkite, which examines the second world war and its repercussions including: 'target: north africa'; 'rommel: the desert'; 'd-day: the great build up'; and 'd-day: attack'see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This second edition published in a limited edition ofan account of sailing in the immediate aftermath of the second world war from the river hamble, across the channel, up the river seine, down the river rhone and into the mediterraneanthe first of george millar's much loved trilogy of sailing booksfirst published by heinemann indust jacket price-clippedoxfam furniture shop southampton slight bumping to dust jacket and spine of coversee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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1 a colourful interesting jigsaw with dozens of nostalgic lighthearted pictures relevant to the second world wargibsons read moreit is complete and in excellent condition
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Complete 24 hardback book collection detailing operations before during and after the second world war
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First world war aviation uk £2 brilliant uncirculated coin i have 2 of them for salethe only coin commemortating aviation of the first world war struck to a brilliant uncirculated standard fully endorsed by the imperial war museum read more
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Complete six volume set of winston churchills history of the second world warpublished by cassellsbuyer collects pleasein good condition
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Submarines of world war two english book hardcover 255 pages descriptions and photos of submarines of the 2nd world war details of each building read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham 'totally gripping'-- simon sebag montefiore'pilecki is perhaps one of the greatest unsung heroes of the second world warhis reports from the camp were to shape the allies response to the holocaust - yet his story was all but forgotten for decadesthis insightful book is likely to be the definitive version of this extraordinary life' -- economistwould you sacrifice yourself to save thousands of others?in the summer of , after the nazi occupation of poland, an underground operative called witold pilecki accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands of people being interned at a new concentration camp on the border of the reichit was only after arriving at the camp that he started to discover the nazi's terrifying plansthe result is an enthralling story of resistance and heroism against the most horrific circumstances, and one man's attempt to change the course of historyhis mission was to report on nazi crimes and raise a secret army to stage an uprisingover the next two and half years, witold forged an underground army that smuggled evidence of nazi atrocities out of auschwitzthe name of the detention centre -- auschwitzthis is the first major account to draw on unpublished family papers, newly released archival documents and exclusive interviews with surviving resistance fighters to show how he brought the fight to the nazis at the heart of their evil designssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It was started in and finally published , delayed several times by war and work on other textsa history of the english-speaking peoples is a four-volume history of britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by winston churchill, covering the period from caesar's invasions of britain (55 bc) to the beginning of the first world war ()complete in four volumesvolume i is on the birth of britain, volume ii is on the new world, volume iii is on the age of revolution and volume iv is on the great democraciesoxfam shop balham  london - cassell and company ltdpages are bright and cleanwith numerous black and white maps throughout all volumeschurchill's mother was american, and he excelled in history as a child which underpinned his firm belief in a so-called special relationship between the people of britain with the commonwealth of nations united under the crown (new zealand, canada, australia, south africa etcthis work dealt with the resulting two divisions of the english-speaking peoplesit was a bestseller, reviewed favourably on both sides of the atlanticsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecondition: good condition: in red cloth bindings with unclipped dustwrappers, edges are worn at edges and covers are aged) and the people of the united states who had broken with the crown and gone their own waya collection of first editions of this historical works by former prime minister winston churchill
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Sir john hammerton (editor) - the second great war - a standard history: 9 volume set - the waverley book company ltdhardback - undated (diary of the war cm x 22 cmare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivolume pages - volume pages - volume pages - volume pages - volume pages - volume pages - volume pages - volume pages - volume pages - this set is in good condition - clean bright contents - no inscriptions - each book contains numerous illustrations from different areas of the conflict - each book also contains a small number of unusual colour-enhanced illustrations, making it an uncommon set - overall, a very nice collector's setplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop kingston upon thames this pioneering book studies the rise, heyday and demise of regionalism from the belle aepoque until the eve of the second world warartists, architects and international exhibitions played a highly influential role in this processlater on regionalism was used at international exhibitions by widely differing regimes, such as the primo de rivera dictatorship in spain, the popular front government in france, and the hitler-regime in germanystorm further illuminates how during the first decades of the twentieth century the culture of regionalism slowly lost the battle against its main rival: the avant-gardeby using a novel comparative perspective it gives a fresh view of the relationship between cultural regionalism, political regionalism and nationalismduring the s painters began to apply the regionalist ideology by producing images of a presumably harmonious and authentic rural societyshortly afterwards they were followed by architects, who constructed villas and garden cities inspired by vernacular cottagesthis book offers new perspectives to specialists of regionalism and nationalism, but will also be of interest to students of the cultural history of france, germany and spain and to specialists from the fields of politics, ethnology, art history, cultural studies and architectural historyregional identities, like national identities, were created and sometimes even invented; and this was equally the case in france, germany and spainsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey all appropriated, and in some cases perverted, the regionalist message showing that strong regional identities would ultimately reinforce national unity
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