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How the War Was Won

Command and Technology in the British Army on the Western Front: 1917-1918

By: T.H.E. Travers

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How the War Was Won

Command and Technology in the British Army on the Western Front: 1917-1918

By: T.H.E. Travers

How the War Was Won" describes the major role played by the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in defeating the German army. In particular, the book explains the methods used in fighting the last year of the war, and raises questions as to whether mechanical warfare could have been more widely used. Using a wide range of unpublished

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Routledge

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1134902689

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9781134902682

The Battle of Britain

By: Kate Moore,The Imperial War Museum

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The Battle of Britain

By: Kate Moore,The Imperial War Museum

A lavishly illustrated and highly designed history of one of the defining moments of both British history and World War II. In 1940 Britain was an island under siege. The march of the Nazi war machine had been unrelenting: France and Belgium had quickly fallen and now the British Empire and the Commonwealth stood alone to counter the grave threat. However, their fate would not be decided by armies of millions but by a small band of fighter pilots. It was on their shoulders that Britain's best chance of survival rested. Above the villages and cities, playing fields and market towns, the skies of southern England were the scene of countless dogfights as the fledgling Fighter Command duelled daily against the might of the Luftwaffe. The Battle of Britain offers an in-depth assessment of the situation leading up to the summer of 1940, the strategies employed by the adversaries and the brutal aerial battle itself. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, contemporary art and posters, and accompanied by numerous first-hand accounts, this is a volume that captures the reality of a defining chapter in British history.

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657

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472808746

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9781472808745

Letters from the Front

From the First World War to the Present Day

By: Andrew Roberts,The Imperial War Museum

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Letters from the Front

From the First World War to the Present Day

By: Andrew Roberts,The Imperial War Museum

A legacy of an empire and a nation at war, Letters from the Front is a collection of correspondence sent by British and Commonwealth troops from the front line of war to their loved ones at home. Poignant expressions of love, hope and fear sit alongside amusing anecdotes, grumbles about rations and thoughtful reflections, eloquently revealing how, despite the passage of time, the experiences of the fighting man are shared in countless wars and battles across history. From the muddy trenches of the Somme through the frozen ground of the Falklands to the heat and dust of Afghanistan today, these letters are the ordinary soldier's testament to life on the front line.

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326

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472808177

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9781472808172

Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross

By: Roderick Bailey,The Imperial War Museum

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Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross

By: Roderick Bailey,The Imperial War Museum

It wasn't until after he was safely back in the aircraft again that I heard that he'd actually been out on the wing to try to put the fire out ... Remember that we were flying at about 90 miles an hour at a height of 13,000 feet' Squadron Leader RP Widdowson on Sergeant James Ward, who earned his VC in 1941 The Victoria Cross, awarded to the most courageous and determined servicemen, is the highest military decoration that can be bestowed. In Forgotten Voices: Victoria Cross, first-hand accounts of soldiers, sailors and airmen describe the incredible events that earned these extraordinary men the VC in the last century. Captivating and often humbling, these stories depict exceptional acts of bravery in unimaginable situations, of men who would say they were just doing their duty. Introduction by General Sir Richard Dannatt.

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Random House

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1409004805

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9781409004806

TIME D-Day

By: The Editors of TIME

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TIME D-Day

By: The Editors of TIME

The editors of TIME Magazine present D-Day.

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263

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Time Home Entertainment

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1547848197

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9781547848195

Love, Tommy

Letters Home, from the Great War to the Present Day

By: Andrew Roberts,The Imperial War Museum

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Love, Tommy

Letters Home, from the Great War to the Present Day

By: Andrew Roberts,The Imperial War Museum

Compiled by acclaimed British military history Andrew Roberts, this is a classic collection of war letters from the frontline revealing the common hopes and fears shared by soldiers across the passage of time. A legacy of an empire and a nation at war, Love Tommy, is a collection of letters housed at the Imperial War Museum sent by British and Commonwealth troops from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa from the front line of war to their loved ones at home. Poignant expressions of love, hope and fear sit alongside amusing anecdotes, grumbles about rations and thoughtful reflections, eloquently revealing how, despite the passage of time, many experiences of the fighting man are shared in countless wars and battles. From the muddy trenches of the Somme to frozen ground of the Falklands to the heat and dust of Iraq, these letters are the ordinary soldier's testament to life on the front line.

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268

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1780968892

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9781780968896

Stepping up – Everyone around the table for better nutrition and healthy diets

Step 2: Shaping the enabling environment

By: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Stepping up – Everyone around the table for better nutrition and healthy diets

Step 2: Shaping the enabling environment

By: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

This is the second of three background papers produced to inform the ‘Everyone Around the Table: FAO/GAIN Roundtable with Private Sector on Healthy Diets’ virtual roundtable series scheduled for mid-2020. While the range of topics discussed is relevant to all countries, where possible a greater focus has been given to low- and middle-income country contexts. STEP 2 (this paper) sets out some channels to advance this agenda by improving the enabling environment – the policies, incentives, rules and regulations that shape behaviours (and enable good practice). Though governments lead in this area, there are clear responsibilities for all stakeholders.

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Food & Agriculture Org.

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9251334269

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9789251334263

PEOPLE Jack and Jackie

Remembering Camelot

By: The Editors of PEOPLE

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PEOPLE Jack and Jackie

Remembering Camelot

By: The Editors of PEOPLE

To mark the centennial of John F. Kennedy's birth, the editors of People celebrate his life, his family and his presidency. Filled with intimate historic photographs, this collector's edition captures the glamour of the age and the cultural shift he and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy brought to the White House and the nation-from Kennedy's upbringing and launch into politics, to their courtship, wedding and young family; through the crises of the early 1960s at home and abroad to the tragic and sudden end to the era that came to be known as Camelot.

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Time Inc. Books

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1683301323

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9781683301325

Treasure Palaces

Great Writers Visit Great Museums

By: The Economist

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Treasure Palaces

Great Writers Visit Great Museums

By: The Economist

In this exuberant celebration of the world's museums, great and small, revered writers like Ann Patchett, Julian Barnes, Ali Smith, and more tell us about their favorite museums, including the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York, the Mus'e Rodin in Paris, and the Prado in Madrid. These essays, collected from the pages of The Economist's Intelligent Life magazine, reveal the special hold that some museums have over us all. Acclaimed novelist William Boyd visits the Leopold Museum in Vienna -- a shrine to his favorite artist, Egon Schiele, whom Boyd first discovered on a postcard as a University student. In front of her favorite Rodins, Allison Pearson recalls a traumatic episode she suffered at the hands of a schoolteacher following a trip to the Mus'e in Paris. Neil Gaiman admires the fantastic world depicted in British outsider artist Richard Dadd's "The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke," a tiny painting that also decorated the foldout cover of a Queen album, housed in the Victorian room of Tate Britain's Pre-Raphaelite collection. Ann Patchett fondly revisits Harvard University's Museum of Natural History -- which she discovered at 19, while in the throes of summer romance with a biology student named Jack. Treasure Palaces is a treasure trove of wonders, a tribute to the diversity and power of the museums, the safe-keepers of our world's most extraordinary artifacts, and an intimate look into the deeply personal reveries we fall into when before great art.

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The Economist

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1610396812

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9781610396813

Amazing Public Domain Images Sourcebook

By: The Editors of Photopreneur

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Amazing Public Domain Images Sourcebook

By: The Editors of Photopreneur

With tens of millions of pictures, public domain images make up the world's largest photography collection. Many of them are spectacular and unique, and all of them are available to be freely used, examined, browsed and enjoyed. The Amazing Domain Images Sourcebook contains 200 of the most incredible images in the public domain, providing a glimpse into the riches owned by the public. Each photo is displayed with its origin and its location, providing any photography lover with a starting point for their own photography exploration. *Discover the depth, range and incredible quality of the public's own enormous image collection. *The result of many hours spent browsing through thousands of images and dozens of photographic collections. *More than 200 pictures, complete with digital source and location for inspiration and further research. The Amazing Domain Images Sourcebook is a prime resource for photographers, designers, art editors and photography lovers. It's a starting point for a lifetime exploring the world's most important photography collection - your photography collection.

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new media entertainment ltd

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160935009X

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9781609350093

West Point History of World War II, Vol. 1

By: The United States Military Academy

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West Point History of World War II, Vol. 1

By: The United States Military Academy

An outstanding new military history of the first half of World War II, featuring a rich array of images, exclusive graphics, superb new maps, and expert analysis commissioned by the United States Military Academy to teach the art of war to West Point cadets. Since 1836, United States Military Academy texts have been the gold standard for teaching military history and the operational art of war. Now the USMA has developed a new military history series for the public featuring the story of World War II in two volumes, of which this is the first. The West Point History of World War II combines the expertise of preeminent historians with hundreds of maps and images, many created for this volume or selected from Army collections. The first volume offers a balanced narrative analyzing the rising tide of Axis conquest from 1939 to mid-1942, ranging from battlefield decisions to operational and strategic plans, all set in their proper political context. The closing chapter provides a thematic treatment of the mobilization of the warring nations’ economies and home fronts for the conduct of total war. The West Point History of World War II has been tested, checked, and polished by West Point cadets, faculty, and graduates to make this the best military history of its kind.

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352

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Simon and Schuster

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1476782741

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9781476782744

This Is Our Life

Haida Material Heritage and Changing Museum Practice

By: Cara Krmpotich,Laura Peers,the Haida Repatriation Committee and staff of the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum

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This Is Our Life

Haida Material Heritage and Changing Museum Practice

By: Cara Krmpotich,Laura Peers,the Haida Repatriation Committee and staff of the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum

In September 2009, twenty-one members of the Haida Nation went to Oxford and London to work with several hundred heritage treasures at the Pitt Rivers Museum and the British Museum. The encounter set a new course for the relationships between the custodians of these cultural artifacts and the Indigenous people for whom the objects are a direct link to their past. Emotional and illuminating, tense and challenging, it was a transformative visit that none would soon forget. Featuring contributions from Haida and museum participants and a rich selection of illustrations, This Is Our Life details the remarkable story of the Haida Project. A fascinating look at the meaning behind objects, the value of repatriation, and the impact of historical trajectories like colonialism, this is also a tender story of the understanding that grew between the Haida visitors and museum staff. Beautifully written and illustrated, This Is Our Life offers a compelling view of the transformative potential of a conversation hundreds of years in the making.

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UBC Press

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077482543X

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9780774825436

Book's by The Imperial War Museum

How the War Was Won

How the War Was Won

The Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain

Letters from the Front

Letters from the Front

Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross

Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross

TIME D-Day

TIME D-Day

Love, Tommy

Love, Tommy

Stepping up – Everyone around the table for better nutrition and healthy diets

Stepping up – Everyone around the table for better nutrition and healthy diets

PEOPLE Jack and Jackie

PEOPLE Jack and Jackie

Treasure Palaces

Treasure Palaces

Amazing Public Domain Images Sourcebook

Amazing Public Domain Images Sourcebook

West Point History of World War II, Vol. 1

West Point History of World War II, Vol. 1

This Is Our Life

This Is Our Life

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