The 1940s Look: Recreating the Fashions, Hairstyles and Make-up of the Second World War
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Continuing interest in life on the Home Front during the Second World War means that the style of...
USS Constitution Pocket Manual
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Launched in 1797, USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United...
Margot Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916: The View from Downing Street
Michael Brock and Eleanor Brock
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Margot Asquith was the wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister who led Britain...
Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing
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Today, women earn a relatively low percentage of computer science degrees and hold proportionately...
The Great Cat and Dog Massacre: The Real Story of World War Two's Unknown Tragedy
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The tragedies of World War II are well known. But at least one has been forgotten: in September...
Hawker Hurricane and Sea Hurricane
Martin Derry and Neil Robinson
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When Sidney Camm's masterpiece, the Hawker Hurricane, entered RAF service in late 1937 it quickly...
The January Man: A Year of Walking Britain
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In January 2006, a month or two after my father died, I thought I saw him again - a momentary...
So Much Life Left Over
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A POWERFULLY EVOCATIVE AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED NOVEL FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF CORELLI'S MANDOLIN...
Historical Fiction First World War Family Saga
Ever Glorious: The Front Line Letters of the Crookenden Brothers, 1936 -46
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The Crookenden brothers - Henry, Napier and Spencer - were born into a military dynasty. Their...
If Hitler Comes: A Cautionary Tale
Christopher Serpell and Douglas Brown
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This novel was first published by Faber in August 1940 under the title, "The Loss of Eden". It was...