Dressed For War. The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue editor extraordinaire from the Blitz to the Swinging Sixties, Paperback - Julie Summers

The untold story of how the world's most renowned fashion magazine was brought into the modern world during the cauldron of the Second World War.Il...

White Boots and Miniskirts is a down to earth, honest perspective of a fast changing world, told with wry humour by a woman in search of love and s...

Life was hard, but her talent and dedication shone through and an astonishing journey ensued, which saw Gillian dancing a triumphant debut in Swan ...

A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of women welcoming home their menfolk from the Second World War

From television documentaries and a steady output of critical works to retrospective art exhibitions and Austin Powers, the sixties fascinate us. T...

A warm and witty memoir capturing the vibe of the sixties. Barry Fantoni looks back to his time on the staff of }Private Eye{, then moving on to be...

While many publications claim to have captured the phenomenon that was "Swinging London", only one magazine was present to illustrate this extraord...

10, 000 years of history in one guide book. Engaging narrative style. Dramatic first-hand accounts.

Reducere. London schoolgirl Hettie hears the whispers and sees the worry creeping across her parents' faces. She watches as the windows in her home are black...

Publisher: Capstone Global Library LtdAuthor(s): Jenni L. WalshNumber of pages: 112Collection: Girls SurvivePublication date: 2021Dimensions: 133 x...

Reducere. London schoolgirl Hettie hears the whispers and sees the worry creeping across her parents' faces. She watches as the windows in her home are black...

DescriptionThis is the advanced level guide and the continuation from the previous two books: "Swinging For Couples Vol. 1: Beginner's Guide To The...

Compelling and enlightening, The Velvet Mafia explores how the LGBT professionals at the heart of the music industry were working together and supp...

When Britain stood alone in the early years of the Second World War, a British woman began a letter-writing campaign to prove her nation remained s...

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Reducere. One of the Last Great Memoirs of the Greatest Generation: A Tennessee Back-Hills Boy Comes of Age on the Battlefields of Nazi GermanyThis memoir is...

Reducere. The sixth installment in the popular Stitchionary series provides a comprehensive collection of more than 200 edgings drawn from the Vogue Knitting...

Meet the remarkable Ada Lovelace: rebellious rule-breaker and maths whizz-kid!Publisher: Hachette Children's GroupAuthor(s): Anna DohertyNumber of ...

The definitive oral history of the New Romantics.Publisher: Faber & FaberAuthor(s): Dylan (Editor) JonesNumber of pages: 704Publication date: 2021D...

A brilliantly original take on the First World War, tracing the Indian army's journey from a small professional service to a crucial part of the co...

Beautifully illustrated, this lifts the veil on the captivating story of fashion in WWII, where the demands of industrial production and the need t...

Reducere. DescriptionRegardless of whether you are succeeding or stuck, living the dream or lost and frustrated, you are either on a Journey or being called ...

The Story of the World's Greatest Fashion Bible, Vogue magazine.Publisher: Quercus PublishingAuthor(s): Nina-Sophia MirallesNumber of pages: 352Pub...

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DescriptionAmid the twists and turns of her survival to this day, the story of the light cruiser HMS Caroline spans a century and more. This book f...

The main German bomber at the start of the invasion of the Soviet Union

This is the intermediate level guide and the continuation from the first book: "Swinging For Couples Vol. 1: Beginner's Guide To The Swinging Lifes...

The gripping and fascinating story of the man who was really in charge of the construction of the infamous bridge on the river Kwai, by his grandda...

DescriptionA poignant and unexpectedly inspirational account of women's suffering and resilience in Stalin's forced labor camps, diligently transcr...

Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this moving picture book that proves you'r...

Reducere. If the Wright brothers' 1903 flights in Kitty Hawk marked the birth of aviation, World War I can be called its violent adolescence--a brief but blo...

Five thousand years of military history. The best elite unites that have fought across the globe. Their story told by acclaimed adventurer and ex-S...

Told with uncensored Southern wit and guidance, this inspirational memoir "is a good primer on getting into the psychic realm" (Booklist) and recou...

The Story of the World's Greatest Fashion Bible, Vogue magazine.

Reducere. Neoliberalism took shape in the 1930s and 1940s as a transnational political philosophy and system of economic, political, and cultural relations. ...

To Nini Karpel, growing up in Vienna during the 1920s was a romantic confection. Whether schussing down ski slopes or speaking of politics in coffe...

A sweeping and lively history of one of the most dramatic stories never told--of the greatest railroad war of all time, fought by the daring leader...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Mary FarrellIllustration(s): 50 black-and-white and color photographsNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

Highlights the overlooked importance of, and threat to, the River Thames during the Blitz, WW2. Had the Thames' defences been damaged, catastrophic...

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This book reveals the myths and mayhem which accompanied the three waves of wartime evacuation and documents the experiences of evacuees in their o...

DescriptionWinner of the Mark Lynton History Prize Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardA New York Times Critics' Best Book of 2018 "Excellent......

Reducere. Some of Hiscoe's memories of his 1973 hike from Maine to Georgia are funny, some are wistful and romantic, and some unsettling. Taken together, the...

Five thousand years of military history. The best elite unites that have fought across the globe. Their story told by acclaimed adventurer and ex-S...

A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of children evacuated during the Second World War and the families they left behind

Reducere. DescriptionUnlike previous works that focus on the relationships of the Chippewa with the colonial governments of France, Great Britain, and the Un...

Reducere. DescriptionRather than focusing on a single Choctaw group, this book offers for the first time a combined story of "the Choctaw" as the tribe compr...

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Recalibrating our understanding of the history of Canada at war

Publisher: Association for Asian StudiesAuthor(s): Shelton WoodsNumber of pages: 118Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 151 x 228 x 11Cover type: Pap...