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11 produkter
Little Book of the 1970s
E-bok, 2015
114 kr
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The Little Book of the 1970s is a fast-paced and entertaining account of life in Britain during an extraordinary decade, as we moved from the swinging sixties to the punk-rock seventies. Here are dramas, tragedies, scandals and characters galore, all packaged in an easily readable ''dip-in'' …
Early Pioneers of Steam
The Inspiration Behind George Stephenson
Häftad, 2019
246 kr
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We think of the Stephensons and Brunel as the fathers of the railways, and their Liverpool and Manchester and Great Western Railways as the prototypes of the modern systems. But who were the railways’ grandfathers and great-grandfathers? The rapid evolution of the railways after 1830 depended on …
Little Book of Berkshire
Häftad, 2021
162 kr
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Did you know?Reading Football Club was founded in 1871, the same year as the FA Cup, and is the oldest football league club south of the River Trent Newbury Racecourse housed a prisoner-of-war camp during the First World War The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s current coat of arms features three …
Kent and Sussex 1940
Britain''s Front Line
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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In June 1940, Britain's front line against the German armies was the coast of Kent and Sussex. Across the Channel, Hitler's forces gathered, preparing for invasion, as the Home Forces struggled desperately to recover from the disaster and miracle of Dunkirk. Occupation of these islands was nearer …
Reporting the Great War
E-bok, 2021
130 kr
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The Great War of 1914-1918 was the world's first total conflict. It drew the whole population into the war effort as never before. The armed forces recruited on a scale that was previously unimaginable, and the munitions industries drew more and more citizens into the labour market. The entire …
Surviving the Home Front
The People and the Media in the Second World War
Häftad, 2023
206 kr
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Terrifying raids, thousands of bombs and countless petrified inhabitants of Britain’s busiest cities. These are the prevailing images of the Blitz and the Home Front in the Second World War. However, for the people who experienced it, it was so much more and affected every aspect of their …
Little Book of Manchester
Häftad, 2023
165 kr
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Did you know?In 1824 a Pendleton tollkeeper set up Britain’s first true public bus service, thought to be one of the first in the world. Communism can claim to have been conceived, if not born, in Manchester as Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx used to meet in the city. Manchester has the grim …
Careless Talk
The Hidden History of the Home Front 1939-45
Häftad, 2010
129 kr
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The traditional image of the Home Front in World War II is of cheery Londoners, singing along to Vera Lynn on the radio and making do and mending as bombs fall all around them. But there was another side to life in wartime Britain, a side many would like to forget. Questionable Governmental …
Steam Engines and Steam Railways
A Young Person's Guide
Häftad, 2016
234 kr
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Steam engines and steam railways have a long, fascinating history, with many exciting areas to explore. Whether you are visiting a steam railway, or simply want to know more about how steam railways helped to develop the modern world, this is the book for you.When was the steam engine first …
History of Reading
Inbunden, 2007
204 kr
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Few towns of its size have as rich and varied a history as Reading, and few hide the fact better. For the past two centuries and more growth and modernisation have swept away much of the evidence of the past. But, for a thousand year before that, Reading played a major role in the affairs of the …
