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Selected Poems
Av Robert Louis Stevenson, Angus Calder
Häftad, 1998
179 kr
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The author of Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is known all over the world as a master storyteller, yet his achievements as a poet have been strangely neglected. This book reveals how much we have been missing. Fascinated by a wide variety of verse techniques, Robert Louis Stevenson …
People's War
Britain 1939-1945
Av Angus Calder
Häftad, 1992
312 kr
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The Second World War was, for Britain, a 'total war'; no section of society remained untouched by military conscription, air raids, the shipping crisis and the war economy. In this comprehensive and engrossing narrative Angus Calder presents not only the great events and leading figures but also …
Myth Of The Blitz
Av Angus Calder
Häftad, 1992
274 kr
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The Myth of the Blitz was nurtured at every level of society. It rested upon the assumed invincibility of an island race distinguished by good humour, understatement and the ability to pluck victory from the jaws of defeat by team work, improvisation and muddling through.In fact, in many ways, the …
3 Estaites
The Millennium Version
Häftad, 2002
404 kr
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The 3 Estaites is - by common consent - Scotland’s greatest play.First performed in Cupar, Fife in June 1552, it is the earliest Scottish play to have survived. Full of broad humour and pantomime-like farce, it also deals with dangerous topical issues, hitting out at corruption and hypocrisy in the …
People's War
Britain 1939-1945
Av Angus Calder
E-bok, 2012
170 kr
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The Second World War was, for Britain, a 'total war'; no section of society remained untouched by military conscription, air raids, the shipping crisis and the war economy. In this comprehensive and engrossing narrative Angus Calder presents not only the great events and leading figures but also …
Myth Of The Blitz
Av Angus Calder
E-bok, 2012
170 kr
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The Myth of the Blitz was nurtured at every level of society. It rested upon the assumed invincibility of an island race distinguished by good humour, understatement and the ability to pluck victory from the jaws of defeat by team work, improvisation and muddling through.In fact, in many ways, the …
Souls of the Dead are Taking all the Best Seats
50 World Poets on War
Häftad, 2004
113 kr
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This is a timely collection of poetry through the ages and throughout the world. Homeric poems, epics and tragedies have been collected from two and a half millennia of literature. Each poem is introduced with a commentary.
Sun Behind the Castle
Edinburgh Poems
Av Angus Calder
Häftad, 2004
126 kr
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The Edinburgh of Angus Calder's poems is not the city of summer tourism and landmark buildings. It is the all-the-year-round arena of lingering mists or brilliant sunlight on grey stone, where seagulls and pigeons command the early-morning streets, curlers sweep their ice at Murrayfield and coarse …
Revolving Culture
Notes from the Scottish Republic
Av Angus Calder
Häftad, 1994
399 kr
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Explores the culture of Scotland, one of Europe's oldest nations. Bringing together recent writings on Scotland, the book offers a rich mix of social history, cultural observation and a sharp sense of politics. It begins by looking at Scotland in the 18th century. Without resident king or …
Disasters and Heroes
On War, Memory and Representation
Av Angus Calder
Häftad, 2004
76 kr
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A collection of Angus Calder's work dealing with war and memory. Beginning with a section devoted to war memorials and the public remembrance of war, the collection then looks at the lived experience of war for the "ordinary" soldier.
