The first world war experiences
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Oxfam bookshop stratford upon avon the second world war by winston s churchill penguin books six paperback volumes in a slipcasesee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome damage to slipcase and creasing of spinesgenerally good condition
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Kommando: hitler's special forces in the second world wari prefer cash payment on collection pleasethank you for lookingcondition is very goodcollect for freebuy now and win a bargainyou are welcome to viewcheap for quick sale and quick collection
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German helmets of the second world war: volume two: paratoop-covers-liners-makers-insignia by branislav radovic - hardcover **mint condition**
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The book is a reprint for the folio society of edmund blunden's experiences in the first world warsome shelf wear to the slip case; otherwise, the book is as newhardback within slipcasethere is light pencil marking in the front page see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Her books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the first world war'on the face of it,' writes lyn macdonald, 'no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the first world war'lyn macdonald wrirtes splendidly and touchingly of the work of the nurses and doctors who fought their humanitarian battle on the western front' sunday telegraph over the past twenty years lyn macdonald has established a popular reputation as an author and historian of the first world warin leaking tents and draughty huts they fought another war, a war against agony and death, as men lay suffering from the pain of unimaginable wounds or diseases we can now cure almost instantlyoxfam bookshop cheltenham lyn macdonald's the roses of no man's land is a compelling look at the women who risked their lives on the western front' yet the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasionit was here that young doctors frantically forged new medical techniques - of blood transfusion, dentistry, psychiatry and plastic surgery - in the attempt to save soldiers shattered in body or spiritand it was here that women achieved a quiet but permanent revolution, by proving beyond question they could do anythingall this is superbly captured in the roses of no man's land, a panorama of hardship, disillusion and despair, yet also of endurance and supreme couragesee oxfam website for delivery information read moremost are published by penguin
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The first world war and its aftermath shaped his early life, in mid-career he was a victorious commander in the second world war, and when peace came he brought independence to india and pakistanthis book was first published in hardback as the princely sailor, by brasseyslord louis mountbatten achieved great things both in war and peace as a military leader and public servanthis murder, and those of members of his family and a friend, on 27 august , by assassins of the provisional ira, shocked the worldmountbatten remains a controversial figure, but when his faults are considered in the light of the world-shaking events in which he was involved, they are overwhelmingly outweighed by his achievements
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Written by leonard woolf, husband of virginia woolf, the novel the village in the jungle was based on his experiences in the colonial service in ceylon before the first world waroxfam bookshop sevenoaks by lbound in blue cloth with gold lettering, the boards are very worn and show marks from dampspine cracked internally and foxing to edges of blocka rare copy in fair conditionwoolf, published by edward arnold in , third impressionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cloth of the spine has split at the rear hinge and head and tail of spine and corners are bumped, and corners exposed
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Oxfam shop smithdown road few people know of the battle over the sinai desert between the royal flying corps and german airmen, part of britain's campaign against turkey in the first world warthis fascinating book is based around the experiences of the author's father, wseward, mc, who was a pilot with no 14 squadron rfcsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreillustrated with remarkable photographs that have only just come to light, this book provides a unique historical recordalthough a smaller conflict than the western front, in some ways it was more dramatic, involving the use of cavalry and the arab revolt led by t
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Living at home with her mother, aunt, and grandmother, evelyn is still haunted by the death of her younger brother james in the first world warso far her legal career has not set the world alightshe is also determined to make a career for herself as one of the first female lawyersthe first concerns a woman called leah marchant whose children have been taken away from her simply because she is poorso when the doorbell rings late one night and a woman appears, claiming to have mothered james's child, her world is turned upside downoxfam bookshop cheltenham evelyn is struggling to come to terms with the loss of her brother in the great war, and to make her own way in the world - when a woman arrives with her brother's illegitimate childevelyn distrusts meredith at first, but also finds that this new arrival challenges her work-obsessed lifestylebut then two cases arise that make evelyn realise perhaps she can make a differenceit is clear that wheeler is innocent but he won't talkin the meantime, meredith makes an earth-shattering accusation about james - and evelyn falls in love with a man engaged to be marriedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe second, stephen wheeler, has been charged with murdering his own wifewith the wheeler case coming to a head, and her heart in limbo, evelyn takes matters into her own hands
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Instead, 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 warwhat went wrong? how did we do this to ourselves? the war of the world comes up with compelling, fascinating answersglobalizing, 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 benignit is niall ferguson's masterpiecesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A 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 ()a collection of first editions of this historical works by former prime minister winston churchillit was started in and finally published , delayed several times by war and work on other textschurchill'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 etcit was a bestseller, reviewed favourably on both sides of the atlantic) and the people of the united states who had broken with the crown and gone their own waycondition: goodcomplete in four volumeswith numerous black and white maps throughout all 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 democraciessee oxfam website for delivery information read more condition: in red cloth bindings with unclipped dustwrappers, edges are worn at edges and covers are agedthis work dealt with the resulting two divisions of the english-speaking peoplesoxfam shop balham  london - cassell and company ltdpages are bright and clean
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Oxfam shop evesham edited by the bestselling author of birdsong and dr hope wolf, this is an original and illuminating non-fiction anthology of writing on the first world wara broken world is an original collection of personal and defining moments that offer an unprecedented insight into the great war as it was experienced and as it was rememberedthe war involved people from so many different backgrounds and countries and included here are, among others, british, german, russian and indian voicesalongside testament from the many ordinary people whose lives were transformed by the events of , there are extracts from names that have become synonymous with the war, such as siegfried sassoon and tsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this extraordinarily powerful and diverse selection of diaries, letters and memories - many of which have never been published before - privates and officers, seamen and airmen, munitions workers and mothers, nurses and pacifists, prisoners-of-war and conscientious objectors appear alongside each othera lieutenant writes of digging through bodies that have the consistency of camembert cheese; a mother sends flower seeds to her son at the front, hoping that one day someone may see them grow; a nurse tends a man back to health knowing he will be court-martialled and shot as soon as he is fitwhat unites them is a desire to express something of the horror, the loss, the confusion and the desire to help - or to protest
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The author was recruited into the squadron at the outset of the second world war, and continued a distinguished career in the years after the warwritten with the support of squadron association members, the author has collected individual stories to capture the flavour of past eras and events, such as the early days of the air force during the first world war, the bomber attacks of and the berlin airlift of99 squadron of the royal air force, from 197 tosee oxfam website for delivery information read morein good condition, there is one medium tear to the top of the dust jacketthe book has been signed by the author with an inscriptionoxfam bookshop lower petergate a very nice signed copy of this work charting the history of no
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Title: distant victory: the battle of jutland and the allied triumph in the first world war (praeger security international)title: distant victory: the battle of jutland and the allied triumph in the first world war (praeger security international)
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Oxfam books & music marlborough in , in the middle of the first world war, two men secretly agreed to divide the middle east between themagainst the odds their pact survived the war to form the basis for the post-war division of the region into five new countries britain and france would ruleusing newly declassified papers from the british and french archives, james barr brings this overlooked clandestine struggle back to life, and reveals, for the first time, the stunning way in which the french finally got their revengeit explains exactly how the old antagonism between these two powers inflamed the more familiar modern rivalry between the arabs and the jews, and ultimately led to war between the british and the french in and between the arabs and the jews inthe deal they struck, which was designed to relieve tensions that threatened to engulf the entente cordiale, drew a line in the sand from the mediterranean to the persian frontierthe creation of britain's 'mandates' of palestine, transjordan and iraq, and france's in lebanon and syria, made the two powers uneasy neighbours for the following thirty yearssir mark sykes was a visionary politician; françois georges-picot a diplomat with a grudgelawrence, winston churchill and charles de gaulle, a line in the sand vividly tells the story of the short but crucial era when britain and france ruled the middle eastin , after many years of intrigue and espionage, britain finally succeeded in ousting france from lebanon and syria, and hoped that, having done so, it would be able to cling on to palestinethrough a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, spies and soldiers, including tsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreterritory north of that stark line would go to france; land south of it, to britain
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It does not seek to glorify war and is non-politicalhe is best known as the lead screenwriter for the landmark s bbc-tv documentary the great war, about the first world war, and for his defense of british general douglas haig who commanded the british expeditionary force on the western front from late until the end of the war against charges that he was "the butcher of the somme"the western front association was formed in to maintain interest in the period , to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of those on all sides who served their countries in france and flanders and their own countries during the great warno inscriptions see oxfam website for delivery information read moreillustrated with black and white photographs"Â edited by ann clayton, introduction by corelli barnettoxfam bookshop skipton "john alfred terraine (15 january december ) was an english military historian, and a tv screenwriter
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"john keegan's history of the 2nd world warpart 7 is a reprint of the daily telegraph announcement of war - 4th septit's a 50th anniversary history" (delivery quite possible but needs costing first)7 newspaper histories (part 6 is missing, sorry)
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10 world war ii books in good condition - please see photos world war ii - a day by day history - sandcastle books the second world war in photographs - imperial war museum/richard holmes time life books battle of britain prelude to war blitzkrieg war in the desert artisans and guerrillas russia besieged the battle of the atlantic rising sun read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries forgotten voices of the great war is a collection of interviews with people who lived through the first world warthe book is part of the imperial war museum's oral archivein , the imperial war museum began a momentous and important task see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop victoria forgotten voices of the great war is a collection of interviews with people who lived through the first world warthe book is part of the imperial war museum's oral archivein , the imperial war museum began a momentous and important task see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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world war i & ii books including chronicle of the second world war, the little ships of dunkirk, world war ii in photographs and 50th anniversary commemorative edition world war iicollection onlyin good condition
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Also an imperial war museum publicationgreat memorabilia of the great warlarge paperback published by the imperial war museum plus i will throw in a paperback - battleship -the development and decline of the dreadnoughtcarriage if needed is extra read moresuperb photo's in both
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The british government's approach to policy-making in the field of islamic governance from the first world war through to the early cold war is the case study for this book, both because of the extensive documentation that exists on the period and because of its relevance to the current geo-political worldoxfam bookshop victoria the caliphate question combines the disciplines of theology, history, and international relations in order to approach the complex and sensitive issue of how western governments in this case the british have historically engaged with foreign policy issues that have centered around questions of theology or faithwhile the book is not a critique of current british foreign policy, it does seek to furnish policy-makers and commentators with a framework within which such increasingly necessary policy-making can be created see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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George (rod taylor), an inventor, transports himself from his present time of to when the first world war is in full swinggeorge then moves through the decades (experiencing yet another world war) until he arrives at just when a nuclear explosion destroys londonwells' famous short storyhowever, he is then trapped in his time machine until the year where he finds the human race has been divided into two groups; the 'eloi', who live on the earth's surface and frolic under the suns rays, and the 'morlocks', a subterranean species who feed off their ground level cousinssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop kingsbridge george pal's oscar-winning adaptation of h
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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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Winston churchill - the second world war: 6 volume set - cassell - hardbacks [with dust jackets] - cm x 15 cm vol 1- the gathering storm - pages vol 2 - their finest hour - vol 3 - the grand alliance - vol 4 - the hinge of fate - vol 5 - closing the ring - vol 6 - triumph and tragedy - all books are first editions in very good condition bright clean contents firm bindings occasional small blemish or mark - dust jackets to 5 volumes all are in good condition [edge chips here and there] - nice set of first editions read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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At once epic in scope and extraordinarily intimate, the daughters of mars brings the first world war to vivid life from an unusual perspectiveused to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the dardanelles, then on the western frontoxfam bookshop cheltenham in , two spirited australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with themprofoundly moving, it pays tribute to the men and women who voluntarily risked their lives for peaceyet they find courage in the face of extreme danger and become the friends they never were beforesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand eventually they meet the kind of men worth giving up their precious independence for - if only they all survive
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A highly decorated american pilot who flew for the french in the first world war, halifax was shot down in , horribly wounded and banished to africa after trying to desertwhile flying for the french during the war between the foreign legion and arab tribesman, he learns of the orteig prize, offered to the first man to fly between paris and new yorksmall creases to front wraparoundsuperficial scuffs and markswoven head and tail bandstext block is clean and tightoxfam bookshop newport in a sleepy outpost in the moroccan desert, charlie halifax is living a quietly desperate lifegilt text to spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebeige paper-covered boards, with brown cloth covered spineglossy pictorial dustjacket
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The ghost road is a vivid and unforgettable account of the devastating final months of the first world wara triumph' sunday times'harrowing, original, unforgettable' independent, the closing months of the waras rivers tries to make sense of what, if anything, he has done to help these injured men, prior and owen await the final battles in a war that has decimated a generationoxfam bookshop brigg the booker prize-winning final novel in pat barker's classic 'regeneration' trilogy - from the acclaimed author of the silence of the girls'an extraordinary tour de forcethe regeneration trilogy:regenerationthe eye in the doorthe ghost road see oxfam website for delivery information read morearmy psychiatrist william rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in his care - particularly billy prior, who is about to return to combat in france with young poet wilfred owenone of the few real masterpieces of late twentieth-century british fiction' jonathan coe'powerful, deeply moving
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Two volumes: from the origins of the war to verdun and the somme the widening war to remembrance and aftermath pages: xxxviii, 347 + frontispiece + 12 plates (printed both sides); xx, + frontispiece + 8 plates (printed both sides) books are sent by registered post using postnl read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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