Biography: adventurers and explorers Books
SPCK Publishing Conchie
Book SynopsisWhat my father didn't do in the war.Trade ReviewThis is a searingly honest account of a son’s efforts to comprehend his father’s decision to be a conscientious objector rather than fight in the Second World War. He offers reasons not excuses,gives insights not alibis, details his own youthful embarrassment rather than pride,and shows deep respect for the courage of resolute conviction rather than exhibiting unconditional love. Because of that candour,readers will be left with greater understanding of “a different kind of courage” - and they might join me in having strengthened confidence in a rational system which wages war to defeat evil and,in doing that,protects the right of individuals to believe that it is wrong to fight and kill. The test of civilisation is,after all,not in the treatment of consenting majorities but in the toleration shown to non-conforming minorities -- Lord Neil Kinnock 'A fascinating insight into 1930s Welsh chapel culture, which formed the background to a decision to register as a conscientious objector in World War 2. It recreates another - and often neglected world - on the page as one reads.' -- Martyn WhittockTable of ContentsContentsFamily Tree 8Chapter 1: War Child 9Chapter 2: Conchie 12Chapter 3: A Good Year for Diaries 25Chapter 4: Strong Mothers 34Chapter 5: Hovel Fit for a King 44Chapter 6: I Was in School with Him 57Chapter 7: John the Baptist 71Chapter 8: 1936 and the Rise of Nationalism 85Chapter 9: 1938, a Year of Preparation 97Chapter 10: Sunday 1 September 1939 110Chapter 11: 1939, Cardiff 9050 117Chapter 12: 1940, Air Raid Warden 129Chapter 13: An Appointment in London 143Chapter 14: Let Me Now Be God’s Soldier 159Chapter 15: 1943, a Badly Chewed Suit 171Chapter 16: 1944, a Love Letter to Piety 186Chapter 17: Today I Had a Long Discussion with a Young Lady AboutPacifism and Christianity 196Chapter 18: 1944, a Deep-Rooted Problem 205Chapter 19: Not Fit for Human Occupation 212Chapter 20: A Strange Courage 223Notes 233
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SPCK Publishing My Journey So Far
Book SynopsisA memoir from Andrew White, the 'Vicar of Baghdad', including additional new photographs, and bonus chapter, now in paperback.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Death of Sigmund Freud Fascism Psychoanalysis and the Rise of Fundamentalism
Book SynopsisWhen Hitler invaded Vienna in the winter of 1938, Sigmund Freud, old and desperately ill, was among the city's 175,000 Jews dreading Nazi occupation. This book traces Hitler and Freud's oddly converging lives, then zeroes in on the last two years of Freud's life, during which he was rescued and brought to London.Trade Review'As tense as any thriller ... Edmundson traces some very interesting links between Freud and Hitler' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday 'This book, readable and thrilling, should, I need hardly add, be read' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times 'By tracing the intersecting stories of Freud and Hitler in the days before World War II, Edmundson sheds a fresh light on the allure of fundamentalist politics and the threat it poses to the values of civilization ... a bracing, brilliant, and urgent book' Michael Pollan 'Edmundson deftly entwines the gripping story of the dying Freud's flight to England after the Anschluss in 1938 with a persuasive case for his standing as a political thinker ... riveting' Jonathan Derbyshire, Guardian
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Edinburgh University Press Richard the Lionheart
Book SynopsisRichard I, the Lionheart, remains forever (and perhaps wrongly) the mythical king of England who preferred to wage war than to rule over his empire. The familiar epithet conveys all the principal features of his indomitable character: courage, valour, prowess, the pursuit of glory, the thirst for fame, generosity in war and peace, a sense of honour combined with a sort of haughty dignity made up of both arrogance and pride. In this book Jean Flori examines both Richard?s role as prince and king in history and also analyses the different and sometimes controversial elements which, for the chroniclers of his day, helped to make Richard a true model of chivalry. Among the questions addressed are: What influences formed his character and determined his behaviour, real or assumed? Why did the image of Richard as a king who was also a knight so quickly and so soon supplant all others, creating a quasi-definitive point of reference? Why did Richard deliberately, it would appear, choose to present himself in this chivalric guise and disseminate this image of himself by what we would today call a ?media campaign?, using all the methods then at his disposal, limited perhaps but by no means ineffective? Last but not least, what is the historical and ideological significance of the choice and, even more, success of this image, which has been adopted by history and disseminated by legend, an image based on historical accounts and documents in which history and legend are sometimes inextricably interwoven?Jean Flori?s Richard Coeur de Lion was written to mark the eighth centenary of the death of the knightly king. The book is a tour de force that provides the reader with a reappraisal of Richard?s life as well as a study of the myth and reality of Richard?s image as the personification of medieval chivalry. The first part of the book takes a straightforward chronological approach to Richard?s life, from his birth in 1157, through conflict with his father, Henry II,Trade ReviewOffers a synthesis of scholarship as well as fresh assessment of Richard I's life with particular attention to the ethos of high-medieval chivalry. Jean Flori is one of Europe's most highly regarded historians, one of the world's leading medievalists, a recognized scholar of the crusades and probably 'the' expert on the concept of chivalry. -- Jochen Burgtorf, California State University, Fullerton In recent decades there have been a number of more or less popular books on Richard I by French authors, but this is the first by a major scholar, and as such is warmly to be welcomed... His great familiarity with the sources means that in Part Two we have a valuable introduction and guide to recent French literature on the elusive subjects of knighthood and chivalry. -- John Gillingham English Historical Review Offers a synthesis of scholarship as well as fresh assessment of Richard I's life with particular attention to the ethos of high-medieval chivalry. Jean Flori is one of Europe's most highly regarded historians, one of the world's leading medievalists, a recognized scholar of the crusades and probably 'the' expert on the concept of chivalry. In recent decades there have been a number of more or less popular books on Richard I by French authors, but this is the first by a major scholar, and as such is warmly to be welcomed... His great familiarity with the sources means that in Part Two we have a valuable introduction and guide to recent French literature on the elusive subjects of knighthood and chivalry.Table of ContentsPart 1. Prince, King and Crusader; Chapter 1. The Early Years; Chapter 2. Richard the Younger Son, Count of Poitou (1174-83); Chapter 3. Richard the Eldest Son, Duke of Aquitaine (1184-89); Chapter 4. King Richard; Chapter 5. Richard in Sicily (1190-1); Chapter 6. Cyprus and Acre; Chapter 7. Richard against Saladin (1191-2); Chapter 8. The Lion in a Cage (1192-4); Chapter 9. Richard against Philip Augustus (1194-8); Chapter 10. The Lion's Death; Part 2. A Mirror of Chivalry; Chapter 11. Images of Richard and Chivalry; Chapter 12. Chivalry Imagined before Richard; Chapter 13. Richard and the Three Orders; Chapter 14. Chivalric Prowess; Chapter 15. The Prowess of the King of England; Chapter 16. Prowess in Outremer; Chapter 17. Royal Largesse; Chapter 18. Chivalric Conduct; Chapter 19. Richard and Women; Chapter 20. Richard and his Legend; Bibliography.
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The History Press Ltd Bastard Prince
Book SynopsisIt took Henry VIII twenty-eight years, three wives, and a break with Rome before he secured a legitimate male heir. Yet he already had a son the illegitimate Henry Fitzroy. Fitzroy was born in 1519 after the King's affair with Elizabeth Blount. He was the only illegitimate offspring ever acknowledged by Henry VIII, and Cardinal Wolsey was even one of his godparents. So just how close did he come to being Henry IX?
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The History Press Ltd Julius Caesar pocket GIANTS
Book SynopsisAs the People's champion against a corrupt and murderous oligarchy, he began transformation of the Roman republic into a quasi-monarchy and a military and fiscal system that for four centuries provided western Europe, north Africa and the Middle East with security, prosperity and relative peace.
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The History Press Ltd The Victorian Master Criminal
Book SynopsisOn 2 August 1876, a young policeman named Constable Nicholas Cock was shot dead while walking ‘the beat’ at Whalley Range, Manchester. Although no one suspected a link between them, these two sensational murder cases would, in the end, turn out to be tied together in a way that shocked Victorian society to its core.
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The History Press Ltd The Secret Queen
Book SynopsisA fully revised paperback edition which puts forward groundbreaking new evidence that questions the identity of the ‘bones in the urn’.
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The History Press Ltd Manchesters Radical Mayor
Book SynopsisGoing beyond the experiences of one man, this book explores the wider political, cultural and class context of the Victorian city. It is an honest tale of rags to riches that will appeal to all who wish to discover more about the dramatic history of industrial Manchester and its people.
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The History Press Ltd Odette
Book SynopsisA revealing new biography of SOE operative Odette Sansom, first female winner of the GCTrade Review‘An engaging biography about one of the twentieth century’s most interesting women’ -- Dr Juliette Pattinson
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The History Press Ltd The King Arthur Conspiracy
Book SynopsisA controversial book offering evidence that Arthuir mac Aedain was the real King Arthur and locates his final burial place
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The History Press Ltd Churchills Grandmama
Book SynopsisChurchill's Grandmama
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The History Press Ltd Thatchers Secret War
Book SynopsisThe first book to explore the secret campaign that Mrs Thatcher and her government waged before and after the Falklands War against 'subversives'Trade ReviewScary but enlightening -- Christopher StoneThis fascinating, revealing and engagingly written book gets to the heart of the secret state and undemocratic hidden political power through which UK citizens are today primarily ruled. -- Mark Curtis
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The History Press Ltd Queen Victorias Children
Book SynopsisQueen Victoria's children
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The History Press Ltd The Peoples Poet
Book SynopsisBorn the child of an agricultural labourer in Dorset's Blackmore Vale, by self-education William Barnes (1801-1886) rose to be a lawyer''s clerk, a schoolmaster, a much-loved clergyman, and a scholar who could read over seventy languages. He also became the finest example of an English poet writing in a rural dialect. In this book, Alan Chedzoy shows how, uniquely, he presented the lives of pre-industrial rural people in their own language. He also recounts how Barnes's linguistic studies enabled him to defend the controversial notion that the dialect of the labouring people of Wessex was the purest form of English. Serving both as an anthology and an account of how the poems came to be written, this biography is essential reading for anyone who wants to discover more about the man who, in an obituary, Thomas Hardy described as probably the most interesting link between present and past life that England possessed'.Trade Review‘A tour de force. Beautifully written… beautifully evocative of a bygone Dorset… and a thoroughly compelling portrait of one of the most interesting poets of the nineteenth century.’ -- Minette Walters‘This new book reveals beneath the surface of supposedly idyllic rural nostalgia, a story of the most impressive intellectual originality, vigour and tenacity.’ -- Robert Giddings * Tribune *‘A fascinating reassessment of a distinguished Victorian, a man who became a poet of national, not just of Dorset, significance.’ -- Chris Wrigley‘An invaluable introduction to the poetry for those previously unfamiliar with Barnes’ works.’ -- Tony Fincham * Thomas Hardy Journal *
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The History Press Ltd The Real Enigma Heroes
Book SynopsisFor almost sixty years after their deaths, three men, whose brave actions shortened the Second World War by as much as two years, remained virtually unknown and uncelebrated. It is written in celebration of Colin Grazier GC, Tony Fasson GC, and Tommy Brown GM - the REAL Enigma heroes.
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AuthorHouse E3073 the Last Battle
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Flying Fortress Gunner
Book SynopsisThrough his letters home, combat reports, and extensive interviews with author Bill Cullen, Bob Harper describes his harrowing experiences on board the Flying Fortresses of the Eighth Air Force.
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Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. The Resurrected Pirate
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Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. The Aviator
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Heritage Books Bennings Brigade Volume 1 A History and Roster of
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William B Eerdmans Publishing Co Chasing the Devil at Foggy Bottom
Book SynopsisUnderstanding the role of religion in global politics is crucial for effective diplomacy. ? Many American policy makers are squeamish about religion?s role in diplomacy. Nevertheless, religion plays a crucial and complex part in global affairs, such as in sustainable development, various human rights issues, and fomenting and mitigating conflict. Shaun A. Casey, the founding director of the US Department of State?s Office of Religion and Global Affairs, makes a compelling case for the necessity of understanding global religion inChasing the Devil at Foggy Bottom.?? ?? In this fresh and provocative narrative, Casey writes frankly about his work integrating sophisticated, research-driven policy into the State Department under Secretary of State John Kerry. Their new strategy went beyond older paradigms that focused myopically on religious freedom or countering violent extremism. Such reductive approaches, Casey insists, cost thousands of lives and trillions of dollars in the US?s ill-fated invasion of Iraq in 2003. Witty and astute, Casey recounts his team?s challenges in DC politics as well as in the major global events of his tenure, including climate change, the rise of ISIL, and the refugee crisis.? On a global stage with higher stakes than ever, effective diplomacy is imperative. Yet in this critical moment, the United States?s reputation has faltered.Chasing the Devil at Foggy Bottomoffers a path forward to better foreign policy.Foreword ReviewsINDIES Book of the Year Award in Political and Social Sciences Finalist (2023)
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William B Eerdmans Publishing Co Academically Speaking
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William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Roots and Rhythm
Book SynopsisA beautifully crafted memoir unveiling the ancestral, musical, and spiritual roots of Grammy Award-winning music producer Charlie Peacock. In this artful memoir, Grammy Award?winning music producer Charlie Peacock flexes his literary chops and gives readers the gritty backstage stories they crave: biographical anecdotes, geeky trivia, and how the hits were written and recorded (from jazz to rock and pop). Threaded throughout is Peacock?s unique ancestral and spiritual story?the roots. Like Coltrane, Dylan, and Bono before him, Peacock reveals a Christ-affection while refusing genres too small for his music. Peacock, the great-grandson of a Louisiana fiddler, is an American musical polymath. He?s been the young jazz musician sitting at the feet of trumpeter Eddie Henderson and pianist Herbie Hancock; the singer-songwriter plucked from the Northern California punk/pop underground by legendary impresarios Bill Graham and Chris Blackwell; a pioneering, innovative contributor to the nascent rise of gospel rock in the 1980s; and the genre-busting producer behind such diverse artists as Al Green, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Chris Cornell, Audio Adrenaline, The Civil Wars, Switchfoot, Turtle Island Quartet, and John Patitucci.Roots and Rhythm includes Peacock?s seminal NorCal days, the story of indie labels Exit and re:think, his first decade as a Nashville producer (1989?1999), and his essential role in the 21st-century folk/Americana boom (The Civil Wars, Holly Williams, The Lone Bellow). While his exploits and achievements grace the book (including the story of Amy Grant?s ?Every Heartbeat? and the evergreen ?In the Light?), Peacock is hardly the only character. Instead, he writes as a Joan Didion-style essayist, weaving together a quintessential American story. Beat poet Gary Snyder, evangelist Billy Graham, producer T Bone Burnett, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, and writers Wendell Berry and Isabel Wilkerson all appear in this sweeping tale where ancestry, migration, teenage love, Jesus, and Miles Davis collide. The book is an invitation to all, including aspiring musicians: embrace the roots and rhythm of our own lives, letting the music and God?s insistent love lead us to gratitude and wonder.
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Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. The Scandalous Hamiltons
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Kensington Publishing A Light in the Northern Sea
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Penguin Random House Group Carl Perkins
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Random House USA Inc Grant and Twain The Story of an American
Book SynopsisIn the spring of 1884 Ulysses S. Grant heeded the advice of Mark Twain and finally agreed to write his memoirs. Little did Grant or Twain realize that this seemingly straightforward decision would profoundly alter not only both their lives but the course of American literature. Over the next fifteen months, as the two men became close friends and intimate collaborators, Grant raced against the spread of cancer to compose a triumphant account of his life and times—while Twain struggled to complete and publish his greatest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.In this deeply moving and meticulously researched book, veteran writer Mark Perry reconstructs the heady months when Grant and Twain inspired and cajoled each other to create two quintessentially American masterpieces.In a bold and colorful narrative, Perry recounts the early careers of these two giants, traces their quest for fame and elusive fortunes, and then follows the series of events that brought
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Random House Publishing Group Destiny and Power
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this brilliant biography, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham chronicles the life of George Herbert Walker Bush.NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Time • NPR • St. Louis Post-DispatchDrawing on President Bush’s personal diaries, on the diaries of his wife, Barbara, and on extraordinary access to the forty-first president and his family, Meacham paints an intimate and surprising portrait of an intensely private man who led the nation through tumultuous times. From the Oval Office to Camp David, from his study in the private quarters of the White House to Air Force One, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the first Gulf War to the end of Communism, Destiny and Power charts the thoughts, decisions, and emotions of a modern president who may have been the last of his kind. This is the human story of a man who was, like the nation he led, at once noble and flawed. His was one of the great American lives. Born into a loving, privileged, and competitive family, Bush joined the navy on his eighteenth birthday and at age twenty was shot down on a combat mission over the Pacific. He married young, started a family, and resisted pressure to go to Wall Street, striking out for the adventurous world of Texas oil. Over the course of three decades, Bush would rise from the chairmanship of his county Republican Party to serve as congressman, ambassador to the United Nations, head of the Republican National Committee, envoy to China, director of Central Intelligence, vice president under Ronald Reagan, and, finally, president of the United States. In retirement he became the first president since John Adams to see his son win the ultimate prize in American politics. With access not only to the Bush diaries but, through extensive interviews, to the former president himself, Meacham presents Bush’s candid assessments of many of the critical figures of the age, ranging from Richard Nixon to Nancy Reagan; Mao to Mikhail Gorbachev; Dick Cheney to Donald Rumsfeld; Henry Kissinger to Bill Clinton. Here is high politics as it really is but as we rarely see it. From the Pacific to the presidency, Destiny and Power charts the vicissitudes of the life of this quietly compelling American original. Meacham sheds new light on the rise of the right wing in the Republican Party, a shift that signaled the beginning of the end of the center in American politics. Destiny and Power is an affecting portrait of a man who, driven by destiny and by duty, forever sought, ultimately, to put the country first. Praise for Destiny and Power“Should be required reading—if not for every presidential candidate, then for every president-elect.”—The Washington Post “Reflects the qualities of both subject and biographer: judicious, balanced, deliberative, with a deep appreciation of history and the personalities who shape it.”—The New York Times Book Review “A fascinating biography of the forty-first president.”—The Dallas Morning News
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The University Press of Kentucky Rare Birds
Book SynopsisCelebrates the colourful diversity of a remarkable and accomplished family.Table of ContentsStories The Old Gentleman Odd Birds Turnabout Dwell in the Wilderness Battle of the Century Alvah Harold Mary A Long Way from Ostego An Ink-Stained Wretch Birder Alvah Love and Posters The Distinguished Publisher Gifts
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The University Press of Kentucky Commanding Professionalism
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction A Tale of Two Careers Preparing for War Into France The Bloody Winter Triumphant Spring Conclusions Bibliography
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The University Press of Kentucky Marshalls Great Captain
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The University Press of Kentucky The Coal Miner Who Became Governor
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Afterword Acknowledgments
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Taylor & Francis Inc Did Marco Polo Go To China
Book SynopsisWe all ?know? that Marco Polo went to China, served Ghengis Khan for many years, and returned to Italy with the recipes for pasta and ice cream. But Frances Wood, head of the Chinese Department at the British Library, argues that Marco Polo not only never went to China, he probably never even made it past the Black Sea, where his family conducted business as merchants.Marco Polo''s travels from Venice to the exotic and distant East, and his epic book describing his extraordinary adventures, A Description of the World, ranks among the most famous and influential books ever published. In this fascinating piece of historical detection, marking the 700th anniversary of Polo''s journey, Frances Wood questions whether Marco Polo ever reached the country he so vividly described. Why, in his romantic and seemingly detailed account, is there no mention of such fundamentals of Chinese life as tea, foot-binding, or even the Great Wall? Did he really bring back pasta and ice cream to Italy? And whTable of Contents* Introduction * The Bare Details * Why Go at All? Missionaries Nose to Tail * Prester John and the Magi * Not an Itinerary * The Ghost Writer and the First Fan * The Language of the Text * Omissions and Inclusions * Ice-cream and Spaghetti * Walls Within Walls * He Missed the Biggest Wall * Not Unique and Certainly Not a Siege Engineer * Who Were the Polos? Was It China? A Significant Absence * Conclusions * Afterword
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Wayne State University Press Untold Tales Unsung Heroes Oral History of
Book SynopsisThis is the history of Detroit's African American community told by the men and women who lived it.
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Wayne State University Press Sing This at My Funeral A Memoir of Fathers and
Book SynopsisTells the story of the author’s father and grandfather, and the grave legacy that they each passed on to him. This is a story about the Holocaust and its aftermath, about absence and the scars that never heal, and about fathers and sons and what it means to raise young men.
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Wayne State University Press Sing This at My Funeral A Memoir of Fathers and
Book SynopsisTells the story of the author's father and grandfather, and the grave legacy that they each passed on to him. This is a story about the Holocaust and its aftermath, about absence and the scars that never heal, and about fathers and sons and what it means to raise young men.
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The University of Alabama Press Augusta Evans Wilson 18351909
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Vanderbilt University Press Creating Carmen Miranda
Book SynopsisCarmen Miranda got knocked down and kept going. Filming an appearance on The Jimmy Durante Show on August 4, 1955, the ambassadress of samba suddenly took a knee during a dance number, clearly in distress. Durante covered without missing a beat, and Miranda was back on her feet in a matter of moments to continue with what she did best: performing. By the next morning, she was dead from heart failure at age 46. This final performance in many ways exemplified the power of Carmen Miranda. The actress, singer, and dancer pursued a relentless mission to demonstrate the provocative theatrical force of her cultural roots in Brazil. Armed with bare-midriff dresses, platform shoes, and her iconic fruit-basket headdresses, Miranda stole the show in films like That Night in Rio and The Gang's All Here. For American film audiences, her life was an example of the exoticism of a mysterious, sensual South America. For Brazilian and Latin American audiences, she was an icon. For the gay community, sTrade ReviewKathryn Bishop-Sanchez has written a veritable tour de force that will stand as the definitive study of Carmen Miranda for many years to come."—Christopher Dunn, author of Brutality Garden: Tropicália and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture
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Spokesman Books Great Democrats
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Leonaur Ltd Frederick the Great the Seven Years War
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Leonaur Ltd On the Border with Crook
Book SynopsisEyewitness to the Indian WarsThe author of this book, Captain John Bourke, served on Crook''s staff for sixteen years between 1870-86. This put him in an ideal position to witness campaigns against the Indian tribes on the Western Plains, waged by the United States Army under the command of a general who was described by Sherman as ''the greatest Indian fighter the army ever had.'' Bourke proved not only to be an excellent cavalry officer, but also a man with a keen sense of history and a fine talent for observation. As a consequence, this book is regarded as one of the best books of Western history ever published and is now recognised as a classic by those interested in the subject. Bourke takes his readers on iconic campaigns and enables them to share his experience in the company of an eyewitness. Excitingly related here are tales of memorable exploits on the Great Plains and against the Apaches, with famous tribes and great men such as Geronimo, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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Leonaur Ltd Cavalry Experiences
Book SynopsisAgainst the Khalsa and Mutineers in nineteenth century IndiaOriginally titled, Cavalry Experiences and Leaves From My Journal, this book by Henry Ouvry is comprised of his correspondence and private writings whilst serving as a British officer of regular light cavalry in India during the middle years of the Victorian era. Originally an infantry officer, Ouvry suffered a leg injury whilst serving in Canada which necessitated his transfer to the mounted arm. As a troop commander during the Second Sikh War with H. M 3rd Light Dragoons he experienced the campaign in full measure and his detailed reports on the cavalry engagements in which he took part are vital and well written source material. Particularly fascinating is his description of the management of his troop under battlefield conditions. After a transfer to H. M 9th Lancers Ouvry saw hard campaigning during the Indian Mutiny which erupted in 1857. The 9th Lancers earned a fearsome reputation as the ''Delhi Spearmen'' and it is clear that Ouvry took his full part in what he considered to be justifiable retribution and vengeance. It is particularly interesting to note that his letters were often addressed to his wife ''Mittie'' who was with him on the sub-continent. Mrs M. H Ouvry also wrote a book, published by Leonaur as A Lady''s Indian Mutiny Diary, which of course touches on many of the same topics raised in her husbands writing and thus vitally completes the historical record.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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Oneworld Publications Coffee with Hitler
Book SynopsisThe untold tale of the Brits who infiltrated the Nazi hierarchyTrade Review'Compelling study.' -- Daily Telegraph'This engaging book offers a warning from history that remains terrifyingly relevant today.' -- Observer‘Squirmingly enthralling.’ -- The Spectator, Books of the Year 2022‘Fascinating… an important book, which must be taken into account by all who write about the subject in future. It is well produced and illustrated with excellent photographs. The story of Tennant, Conwell-Evans and Christie and their historical journey is an absorbing one, which casts light on many aspects of the period… They deserve the rehabilitation that Charles Spicer has eloquently accorded them.’ -- Literary Review'This is a complex tale, but as skillfully narrated by Spicer, it moves along briskly.' -- Washington Post'In this terrific debut, historian Charles Spicer genuinely enriches and deepens our understanding of the Thirties – the all-important decade in which the great and the good of these islands, scarred to the depths of their souls by the Great War, struggled to avoid a second global conflict. ... A truly illuminating, humane and sophisticated book – and, one hopes, the first of many by an exciting new talent on the historical scene.' -- Tortoise‘If ever there was a case of the road to hell being paved with good intentions, it is surely the story that Charles Spicer tells so brilliantly and empathetically in this exceptionally well-written book.’ -- David Cannadine‘In this very well-researched and well-written work of historical revisionism, Charles Spicer reminds us of the important fact that not every Briton who wanted better relations with Nazi Germany did so from malign motives.’ -- Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny‘Charles Spicer tells the chilling story of how otherwise respectable men and women became pawns in a game of international intrigue with a reprehensible regime. The outstanding narrative reads like a thriller, taking readers from the salons of stately homes and St James’s clubs to the mass rallies and diplomatic backrooms of Nazi Germany. With more than a few spies, rogues, and plot twists along the way, Spicer tells a story that could be ripped from the pages of a novel.’ -- Bradley Hart, author of Hitler’s American Friends‘[An] absorbing history début.’ -- Caroline Sanderson, Bookseller‘Charles Spicer reveals the bold attempt of a handful of British intelligence agents to infiltrate and civilise the Nazi hierarchy. This unlikely band of mavericks – who included a butterfly-collecting Old Etonian and a left-wing Welsh pacifist – spent five doomed years wining and dining the leading henchmen of Hitler’s diabolical regime. Meticulously researched and told with panache, Coffee with Hitler sheds new light on both the Nazis themselves and the group who tried to tame them.’ -- Giles Milton, author of Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare‘Spicer offers a meticulously researched and pacy account of the behind-the-scenes soft diplomacy conducted by the Anglo-German Fellowship, a group of like-minded businessmen, politicians and academics united in the aim of preventing war with Nazi Germany. This fascinating study challenges the too easy dichotomy between the villainous and duped appeasers and those with Churchillian foresight and insight.’ -- Julie Gottlieb, professor of modern history, University of Sheffield‘A captivating and convincing revisionist history.’ -- Kirkus, starred review'As a lesson of history, this excellent book is a sober reminder to policymakers to look at the evidence in plain sight.' -- The Oldie‘The extraordinary story of three men, a Welsh historian and political secretary, a butterfly-collecting Old Etonian and a Great War fighter ace.’ -- Choice Magazine‘Spicer, who has given close, neutral and unerring scrutiny of the sources, proves to be a brisk, fair-minded and authoritative revisionist… Coffee with Hitler should make it impossible to continue to lampoon the Fellowship as an unsavoury gang.’ -- Richard Davenport-Hines, TLS‘Spicer’s book is a resounding success, retelling the fascinating history of the Anglo-German Fellowship.’ -- Darren O’Byrne, History Today‘This compelling book captures the double-edged nature of “one mainstay of British values” – giving “even the most blatantly disgusting people the benefit of the doubt.”’ -- The Week‘In this refreshingly objective book, Spicer profiles the Anglo-German Fellowship, a 1930s British collective which tried to “civilise the Nazis” – some from naivety, others out of ruthless pragmatism.’ -- Daily Telegraph
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City Lights Books The Afterlife is Letting Go
Book SynopsisChosen one of Booklist''s Top Ten History Books of the Year!Winner of the Colorado Book Award for Creative Nonfiction"The Afterlife Is Letting Go is a meditative consideration of Japanese American incarceration during WWII by Brandon Shimoda, author of the PEN Open Book Award-winning The Grave on the Wall."—Matt Seidel, Publishers Weekly''s "Big Indie Books""Both personal and choral, The Afterlife is Letting Go is deeply felt, precise, and as generous in its insights as it is unsparing in its critiques of how ''exclusion zones'' proliferate and reach across time and space. A stirring, trenchant, and necessary work."—Christina Sharpe, author of Ordinary NotesIn a series of reflective, multi-layered, sometimes multi-voiced essays, poet Brandon Shimoda explores the “afterlife” of the U.S. government’s forced removal and mass incarceration of Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans during WWII, excavating the ways these events continue to resonate today. What emerges is a panoramic, yet intimate portrait of intergenerational trauma and healing.Informed by personal/familial history, years of research and travel, including visits to museums, memorials and the ruins of incarceration sites, these essays take us on both a physical and a metaphysical journey. What becomes increasingly clear are the infinite connections between the treatment of Japanese Americans and other forms of oppression, criminalization, dispossession, and state violence enacted by the United States, past, present, and ongoing.
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Gospel Advocate Company As I Remember It
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£27.54
Hurtwood Press Katherine Preston Inn of the Few
Book SynopsisInn of the Few is a tale of the White Hart inn, which became a home to the brave fighter pilots of WWII who battled over the skies of Southern England. In the dark days of 1940, when Britain stood alone, Churchill's Few', the brave fighter pilots who battled over the skies of Southern England, found a haven in the White Hart inn in Brasted, where they could escape the traumas of war for a few hours. The landlords Kath and Teddy Preston were there to share in the hopes and fears, the elation and sorrow of the men who lived their lives on the edge daily. Inn of the Few is a tale of those precarious days, an insight into life at the White Hart and its famous visitors. The book includes fascinating anecdotes and archive photographs and documents of a momentous time in history, in which local lives gained national significance.
£17.00
Crecy Publishing Night Flyer
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£7.59
