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Letters from Home and War 1943 - 1945 Charles E. Skidmore Jr. World War II Flight Officer - Glider Pilot - A World War II... Letters from Home and War 1943 - 1945 Charles E. Skidmore Jr. World War II Flight Officer - Glider Pilot - A World War II Glider Pilot F/O Charles E. Skidmore Jr. - 1943-1945 Letters from Home and War (Hardcover)
Michael G Skidmore, Charles E Skidmore, Leon B Spencer
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
With Those Who Wait (Hardcover): Frances Wilson Huard With Those Who Wait (Hardcover)
Frances Wilson Huard
R788 R724 Discovery Miles 7 240 Save R64 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The War in the East - Japan, China, and Corea (Hardcover): Trumbull White The War in the East - Japan, China, and Corea (Hardcover)
Trumbull White
R1,590 Discovery Miles 15 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dear Raymond - The Story of Sir Oliver Lodge, Life After Death, and Spirituality During the Great War (Hardcover): Sophie... Dear Raymond - The Story of Sir Oliver Lodge, Life After Death, and Spirituality During the Great War (Hardcover)
Sophie Jackson
R558 R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Save R56 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Raymond Lodge's death from shell shrapnel in 1915 was unremarkable in a war where many young men would die, but his father's response to his untimely death was. Sir Oliver Lodge, physicist, scientist, part inventor of the wireless telegraph and the spark plug, could not let go of Raymond and went on a controversial and bizarre journey into the realm of life after death. Following Sir Oliver's journey, Dear Raymond, explores the untapped topic of spirituality pre- and post-war, the influence that a national tragedy can have on a nation's belief system and the long lasting effects from this time that we still feel today. Alongside Lodge were some of the great names of the day, as a member of the Ghost Club and the Fabian Society he was in contact with famous men such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who went on his own mission into the afterlife after losing a son. Lodge's exploration and the controversy it exploded opens our eyes to how modern religion has been shaped and changed by the conflicts of the Twentieth Century.

Skybreak - The 58th Fighter Squadron in Desert Storm (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Mike Guardia Skybreak - The 58th Fighter Squadron in Desert Storm (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Mike Guardia
R749 Discovery Miles 7 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Operation Barbarossa - the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Volume IIA (Hardcover,... Operation Barbarossa - the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Volume IIA (Hardcover, Color and Hardback ed.)
Nigel Askey
R3,250 Discovery Miles 32 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
They All Wore a Star - In The Fight for the Four-Gun Battery During the Battle of Resaca, Georgia May 15, 1864 (Hardcover, 2nd... They All Wore a Star - In The Fight for the Four-Gun Battery During the Battle of Resaca, Georgia May 15, 1864 (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Robert G Miller
R853 Discovery Miles 8 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia, 1942 (Hardcover): Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia, 1942 (Hardcover)
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R165 Discovery Miles 1 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Unlike cricket, which is a polite game, Australian Rules Football creates a desire on the part of the crowd to tear someone apart, usually the referee." This is only one of the entertaining and astute observations the U.S. military provided in the pocket guides distributed to the nearly one million American soldiers who landed on the shores of Australia between 1942 and 1945. Although the Land Down Under felt more familiar than many of their assignments abroad, American GIs still needed help navigating the distinctly different Aussie culture, and coming to their rescue was "Instruction for American Servicemen in Australia, 1942," The newest entry in the Bodleian Library's bestselling series of vintage pocket guides, this pamphlet is filled with pithy notes on Australian customs, language, and other cultural facts the military deemed necessary for every American soldier.
From the native wildlife--a land of "funny animals"--to the nation's colonial history to the general characteristics of Australians--"an outdoors sort of people, breezy and very democratic"--"Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia" gives a concise yet amazingly informative overview of the island nation. Regarding Aussie slang, it notes that "the Australian has few equals in the world at swearing. . . . The commonest swear words are 'bastard' (pronounced 'barstud'), 'bugger, ' and 'bloody, ' and the Australians have a genius for using the latter nearly every other word." The pamphlet also contains a humorous explanation of the country's musical traditions--including an annotated text of "Waltzing Matilda"--as well as amusing passages on sports, politics, and the Aussies' attitudes toward Yanks and Brits.
A fascinating look at a neglected Allied front in the Southern hemisphere, "Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia, 1942" follows its successful predecessors as a captivating historical document of a pivotal era in history.

Two Hundred and Fifty-four Sermons, Eulogies, Orations, Poems and Other Pamphlets Relating to Abraham Lincoln; Sold at Auction... Two Hundred and Fifty-four Sermons, Eulogies, Orations, Poems and Other Pamphlets Relating to Abraham Lincoln; Sold at Auction February 11, 1914, at Heartman's Auction Room ... New York, With Prices Realized and Names of Buyers .. (Hardcover)
Firm Booksellers Heartman, William H (William Harrison) Lambert
R733 Discovery Miles 7 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Gonneville of the Cuirassiers - the Personal Recollections of a French Cavalryman of the First Empire (Hardcover): Countess De... Gonneville of the Cuirassiers - the Personal Recollections of a French Cavalryman of the First Empire (Hardcover)
Countess De Mirabeau
R759 Discovery Miles 7 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Jane's Fighting Ships 1904. (Naval Encyclopedia and Year Book) - Facsimile Edition. Volume 1 of 2. England, France,... Jane's Fighting Ships 1904. (Naval Encyclopedia and Year Book) - Facsimile Edition. Volume 1 of 2. England, France, Germany, Russia. (Hardcover)
Fred T. Jane
R2,570 Discovery Miles 25 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
William "Baldy" Smith - Engineer, Critic and Union Major General in the Civil War (Paperback): Stephen Nicholas Siciliano William "Baldy" Smith - Engineer, Critic and Union Major General in the Civil War (Paperback)
Stephen Nicholas Siciliano
R1,100 Discovery Miles 11 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Lauded for gallantry at Antietam and demoted for insubordination after Fredericksburg, Major General William "Baldy" Smith remains a controversial figure of the Civil War. His criticism of the Union high command made him unpopular with both peers and superiors. Yet his insight as an officer and an engineer enabled him to offer effective solutions to challenges faced by fellow generals. In this first comprehensive biography, Smith emerges as a field commander with deep concern for his men and a fearless critic of the failures of the Union generalship, who was recognized for a strategic perspective that helped save Federal armies.

Footprints In The Sand - A Memoir (Hardcover): Robert R Grant Footprints In The Sand - A Memoir (Hardcover)
Robert R Grant
R634 Discovery Miles 6 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Campaigns of the Coldstream Guards, 1793-1815 - the Revolutionary War, Peninsular War and Waterloo Described by an... The Campaigns of the Coldstream Guards, 1793-1815 - the Revolutionary War, Peninsular War and Waterloo Described by an Eyewitness Officer (Hardcover)
Daniel Mackinnon
R713 Discovery Miles 7 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Karjala Story - Revolution, War, Wonder (Hardcover): Karl Tuira The Karjala Story - Revolution, War, Wonder (Hardcover)
Karl Tuira
R1,901 Discovery Miles 19 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Now It Can Be Told - World War One's True History, Revealed by a Journalist Present at the Western Front and the Battle of... Now It Can Be Told - World War One's True History, Revealed by a Journalist Present at the Western Front and the Battle of the Somme (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
Philip Gibbs
R979 Discovery Miles 9 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Now It Can Be Told comprises of Philip Gibbs recollections regarding the First World War, in which he served as an officially commissioned war reporter. Titled in reference to the relieving of censorship laws following the conclusion of World War One in 1918, this book is noticeably different from the censored or dumbed-down accounts published under Gibbs' byline in popular newspapers as the conflict wore on. In this book, the full scale of the horror wrought in Europe is told unflinchingly with the aim of showing the depravity of conflict and the destruction that results. Early in the war, Gibbs' frank and accurate accounts of the carnage of modern warfare unnerved the British government, who were concerned his accounts would demoralize citizens and turn them against the war effort. Gibbs was ordered home; on refusing to cease reporting, he was arrested and forcibly brought back to Britain.

The Abraham Lincoln Centre and All Souls Church Annual - Reports of 1908: With an Account of the Lincoln Centennial, February... The Abraham Lincoln Centre and All Souls Church Annual - Reports of 1908: With an Account of the Lincoln Centennial, February 7-13, 1909 (Hardcover)
Ill ) Abraham Lincoln Centre (Chicago, Ill ) All Souls Church (Chicago
R812 Discovery Miles 8 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Paper Dog - The True Life Story of a Vietnam War Dog (Hardcover): John B Kubisz Paper Dog - The True Life Story of a Vietnam War Dog (Hardcover)
John B Kubisz
R728 Discovery Miles 7 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Invading Hitler's Third Reich (Paperback): Patrick Delaforce Invading Hitler's Third Reich (Paperback)
Patrick Delaforce
R580 R524 Discovery Miles 5 240 Save R56 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Early in 1945 the British Liberation Army (BLA), who had battled their way from the Normandy beaches to the borders of Germany, embarked on Operation Eclipse. This was the 'end-game' of the Second World War, the unique military campaign to invade and conquer Hitler's Third Reich and liberate 20 million enslaved nationals from Holland, Denmark and Norway; to free multitudes of displaced persons (DPs) or slaves; and inter alia to free the survivors of twenty concentration camps and many Allied POW camps. The Allied Military Government (AMG) brought law and order to 23 million German nationals in the allocated British zone of occupation (BAOR) and appropriate retribution too. A thrilling race with Stalin's Red Army ensued to reach the Baltic. A matter of a few hours and Denmark and Norway would have been swept into the evil Soviet empire. The author fought vigorously as a junior RHA officer in the five great river battles - Rhine, Dortmund-Ems, Weser, Aller and the Elbe. Soon after VE Day he was the junior officer in War Crimes Tribunals in Hamburg and Oldenburg and witnessed Mr Alfred Pierrepoint administering the hanging of prison camp guards.

Pickett's Charge - the Great Confederate Attack at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3rd, 1863 (Hardcover): Arthur Griffiths,... Pickett's Charge - the Great Confederate Attack at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3rd, 1863 (Hardcover)
Arthur Griffiths, Lasalle Corbell Pickett, James Longstreet
R751 Discovery Miles 7 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Songs of the Prairie and the C.E.F. [microform] (Hardcover): Stanley 1885-1980 Harrison Songs of the Prairie and the C.E.F. [microform] (Hardcover)
Stanley 1885-1980 Harrison
R884 Discovery Miles 8 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century (Hardcover): Duarte Barbosa A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century (Hardcover)
Duarte Barbosa
R855 Discovery Miles 8 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wilber's War - An American Family's Journey through World War II (Hardcover, Hard-Cover ed.): Hale Bradt Wilber's War - An American Family's Journey through World War II (Hardcover, Hard-Cover ed.)
Hale Bradt; Edited by Frances B King; Designed by Lisa Carta
R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Screening Bosnia - Geopolitics, Gender and Nationalism in Film and Television Images of the 1992-95 War (Hardcover): Stephen... Screening Bosnia - Geopolitics, Gender and Nationalism in Film and Television Images of the 1992-95 War (Hardcover)
Stephen Harper
R4,147 Discovery Miles 41 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Bosnian war of 1992-1995 was one of the most brutal conflicts to have erupted since the end of the Second World War. But although the war occurred in 'Europe's backyard' and received significant media coverage in the West, relatively little scholarly attention has been devoted to cultural representations of the conflict. Stephen Harper analyses how the war has been depicted in global cinema and television over the past quarter of a century. Focusing on the representation of some of the war's major themes, including humanitarian intervention, the roles of NATO and the UN, genocide, rape and ethnic cleansing, Harper explores the role of popular media culture in reflecting, reinforcing -- and sometimes contesting -- nationalist ideologies.

World War 1 - A Captivating Guide to the First World War, Including Battle Stories from the Eastern and Western Front and How... World War 1 - A Captivating Guide to the First World War, Including Battle Stories from the Eastern and Western Front and How the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 Impacted the Rise of Nazi Germany (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R742 R653 Discovery Miles 6 530 Save R89 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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