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Inspired by the discovery of her father's long-forgotten photos,
diaries and letters from home, the author set about creating this
book as a tribute to the bravery and sacrifices made by the armed
forces in the often over-looked Indian sub-continent area of
conflict, 5,000 miles away from home. Now, after six years of work
and research, this book has culminated in a tremendous insight into
the appalling hardships and working conditions as well as the
ingenuity of the often forgotten RAF ground crew who kept the
warbirds in the air. Deprived by the RAF of his Pilot's Licence due
to colour blindness, Peter was based firstly in central India,
maintaining old planes that were already obsolete, and then in
Burma where the ground crew were also flying as cargo handlers and
stretcher bearers, having to land and take off in the most
hazardous of conditions on short bush strips hacked out of the
Japanese-infested jungles.
Leafing through the Guardian I found a picture of William Butler
Yeats receiving his Nobel Prize in 1923. It was a photograph my
father used to show me as a child. I always assumed that both men
were from a hot country because of their black hair and thick,
pale, fast-tanning skin. My father used to avoid Irish people, so I
didn't know what they looked like. Suddenly I realised there was a
strong, personal resemblance.
The remarkable account of a 73-year-old man's epic walk around
England and the thoughts that surface during those lonely hours of
long-distance walking. Memories from another age are rekindled: The
war years: a father killed: a mother's grief: evacuation : an
unusual and impovished childhood. A parallel journey is interwoven
within the diary pages of a book that portrays an England largely
untrodden by modern lives. From the remoteness of the Northern
Pennines to the unique geological features of the Jurassic Coast -
from the grandeur of the Lake District to the panoramic views of
the South West Coast Path - or from the dramatic coastline of
Northumberland to the tranquillity of a canal tow path; it becomes
fascinating terrain as David leads you along delightful coastal
paths and charming villages, depicting daily events in his
captivating, easy-going style.
Penned in 1925 during the aftermath of a nervous breakdown, On
Being Ill is a groundbreaking essay by the Modernist giant Virginia
Woolf that seeks to establish illness as a topic for discussion in
literature. Delving into considerations of the loneliness and
vulnerability experienced by those suffering from illness, as well
as aspects of privilege others might have, the essay resounds with
an honesty and clarity that still rings true today. 'Novels, one
would have thought, would have been devoted to influenza, epic
poems to typhoid, odes to pneumonia, lyrics to toothache. But no -
with a few exceptions... literature does its best to maintain that
its concern is with the mind; that the body is a sheet of plain
glass through which the soul looks straight and clear, and, save
for one or two passions such as desire and greed, is null, and
negligible and non-existent.'
The general understanding of dA (c)jA vu is this: DA (c)jA vu, from
French, literally "already seen", is the phenomenon of having the
strong sensation that an event or experience currently being
experienced has been experienced in the past, whether it has
actually happened or not. So how would you feel if five years of
your life flashes in front of your eyes in a space of five minutes
or your dreams come to life in the same week? Samuel, I have been
in situations where dA (c)jA vu was so clear, I was not sure
whether I was dreaming or living.
Overwhelmed and desperate for a remedy that would heal her son,
Fredericka Charles tried, it seems everything to help him. She
revisits this seemingly hopeless chapter of her life in the
confidence that it would help someone.
On the 18th of March 2013 David Littlejohn Beveridge set out, in
fulfillment of childhood dreams, to walk the ancient pilgrim route
called the Way of St.James or Camino de Santiago from Roncesvalles
to Santiago de Compostela. Earth Under My Heel is his journal.
Oswald Harcourt-Davis joined the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1916
to become a despatch rider. He was allocated a Triumph motorcycle
at Abbeville France on 18th July 1916 and was attached to the
ANZACs for the duration of the war which saw him motorcycling
around the Somme and Ypres Salient areas. He won his military medal
at Messines.
Paul and Charlotte Bondy were refugees from Hitler caught up in
Churchill's policy of mass internment. Paul was detained at the
Alien Internment Camp at Huyton, near Liverpool, from late June to
early December 1940. During this time his only contact with his
wife and young daughter was by post. As this young married couple
struggled to overcome the vicissitudes of war and exile to maintain
some semblance of family life, they wrote to each other regularly.
The letters, postcards and telegrams reproduced here are a unique
example of a complete WW2 Internment Correspondence.
Gentleman Jack - Anne Lister - and Eliza Raine are 13-year-olds at
boarding school. Both alienated from the other wealthy Yorkshire
girls, they slept in the same bed in a small, unheated attic room
and confided about schoolwork, families and personal problems, so
their friendship grew deep and serious. Each had what the other
craved: Anne, with no money, saw that Eliza could be independent.
Lonely Eliza envied Anne's well-respected, stable family. And when
Anne put her arm around Eliza, the beautiful, exotic Indian girl
responded.
Woolf's first and most popular volume of essays. This collection
has more than twenty-five selections, including such important
statements as "Modern Fiction" and "The Modern Essay." Edited and
with an Introduction by Andrew McNeillie; Index.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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