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Michael Byrne is an Irish Don Juan - a composer, a charmer, a bigamist and a thug. He moves from...

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Post-Westerns: Cinema, Region, West
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During the post-World War II period, the Western, like America's other great film genres, appeared...

Ice Cream, Gasmasks and God: A Young Girl Grows Up in the War Years
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Joyce Lovely grew up in Liverpool during World War 2, her family narrowly surviving a blitz which...

Duncan Sandys and British Nuclear Policy-Making: 2016
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This book offers new perspectives on British nuclear policy-making at the height of the Cold War,...

After the War is Over
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A heart-warming tale set in Liverpool and London during the post-war years, from bestselling author...

The Fires of Gallipoli
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Edward Salter is a shy, reserved lawyer whose life is transformed by the outbreak of war in 1914. On...
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Southern Rambles for Londoners: Walk the English Countryside with S.P.B Mais' Famous 1948 Guidebook!
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1948: with post-war Britain's sense 'dulled by traffic and by bombs', this pocket-sized book was a...

To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway
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Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and...

A Pilot's Life in Active Service from 1930-1954
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In "A Pilot's Life in Active Service from 1930-1957", the story of successful and inspiring pilot...