The Reluctant Tommy: An Extraordinary Memoir of the First World War
Ronald Skirth and Duncan Barrett
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In the First World War, Ronald Skirth was an ordinary tommy. His experiences were like those of many...
Theresa May: The Enigmatic Prime Minister
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Twenty days after Britain's dramatic vote to leave the European Union, with the government still...
Trapped: My Life with Cerebral Palsy
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The true story of one woman's life with cerebral palsy. Living in the Belgian Congo with her husband...
Wall Flower: A Life on the German Border
Rita Kuczynski and Anthony J. Steinhoff
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In August 1961, seventeen-year-old Rita Kuczynski was living with her grandmother and studying piano...
Wild Awakening: 9 Questions That Saved My Life
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When faced with your darkest moment, only two things can save you: the choice you make or a divine...
With All for All: The Life of Simon de Montfort
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Like his crusading father before him, Simon de Montfort's combination of charisma, determination and...
Panzer Leader: Memoirs of an Armoured Car Commander, 1944 - 1945
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The armoured reconnaissance units were the spearheads of the Panzer divisions, moving stealthily...
Rise and Fall of the Associated Negro Press: Claude Barnett's Pan-African News and the Jim Crow Paradox
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For more than fifty years, the Chicago-based Associated Negro Press (ANP) fought racism at home and...
The Hotel on the Roof of the World: Five Years in Tibet
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The very aptly named Mr Pong had the kind of breath that could stun at over ten meters...This wasn't...
Birds in a Cage: Germany, 1941. Four POW Birdwatchers. The Unlikely Beginning of British Wildlife Conservation
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"In the summer of 1940, lying in the sun, I saw a family of redstarts, unconcerned in the affairs of...