Museums, History and the Intimate Experience of the Great War. Love and Sorrow, Paperback - ***

This volume exposes at once the nature of World War I and its depth and duration in personal lives. Contributors, including historians, museum prof...

Reducere. An intimate narrative history of World War I told through the stories of twenty men and women from around the globe--a powerful, illuminating, hear...

A powerful collection of love letters shared between soldiers and their sweethearts during World War I, edited and introduced by Mandy Kirkby, with...

Curating empire explores the diverse roles played by museums and their curators in moulding and representing the British imperial experience. This ...

This highly illustrated book tells the heroic story of the air battle, as well asthe Blitz bombing campaign which followed, through photographs, in...

A gripping chronicle of the personal and political rivalries from the birth of Queen Victoria to the unification of Germany during the decades lead...

Reducere. Based on previously unused French and German sources, this challenging and controversial new analysis of the war on the Western front from 1914 to ...

The Imperial War Museum open its world-famous archives to celebrate the letters, diaries and spoken words of those who witnessed the key events of ...

DescriptionPhilosophers and poets in times past tried to figure out why the stainless moon "smoothly polished, like a diamond" in Dante's words, ha...

The tiny, lungless Thorius salamander from southern Mexico, thinner than a match and smaller than a quarter. The lushly white-coated Saki, an arbor...

DescriptionWinner of the 2015 Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Book PrizeSerbia and the Balkan Front, 1914 is the first history of the Great War to address...

A compelling history of the Black Death that scoured Europe in the mid 14th-century killing twenty-five million people. It was one of the worst hum...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jennifer D. KeeneWorld War I explores the daily lives of the men and women who served the United States in the Great War. R...

Reducere. Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions...

Museums, Modernity and Conflict examines the history of the relationship between museums, collections and war, revealing how museums have responded...

The Poet's Great War: Violence, Revolution and Modernism

Reducere. Set in post-World War II Shanghai, The Song of Everlasting Sorrow follows the adventures of Wang Qiyao, a girl born of the longtong, the crowded, l...

Description The War to End All Wars is considered by many to be the best single account of America's participation in World War I. Covering famous ...

Reducere. A bold new interpretation of the First World War and the birth of the American Century In the depths of the Great War, with millions dead and no en...

An account of the changing attitudes to the way art is presented in the modern museum of art. It examines the relationship between the artist, the ...

Publisher: Imperial War MuseumsAuthor(s): Imperial War MuseumNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 197 x 237 x 19Cover type: Paperb...

The internationally bestselling account of the transformative period that followed the Armistice in November 1918.

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...

Description"Bascomb has unearthed a remarkable piece of hidden history, and told it perfectly. The story brims with adventure, suspense, daring, an...

Publisher: Imperial War MuseumsAuthor(s): Kate ClementsNumber of pages: 80Collection: Imperial War Museum Photography CollectionPublication date: 2...

Reducere. The struggle of the Irish people for independence is one of the epic tales of the 20th century. Morgan Llywelyn has chosen it as the subject of her...

Reducere. A "marvelous" (Sports Illustrated) portrait of the three men whose lives were forever changed by WWI-era Boston and the Spanish flu: baseball star ...

Reducere. Tiny Burlington, tucked away on the slopes of Nova Scotia's North Mountain. In 1904 it was home to hardworking farmers, complicated family dynamics...

The story of life after the Great War: a turning point in historyPublisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Juliet NicolsonNumber of pages: 416Publicat...

An exploration of grief and racial trauma through the eyes of a Black end-of-life caregiver. Most of us understand grief as sorrow experienced afte...

Offering a collection of personal and defining moments, this book offers insight into the Great War as it was experienced and as it was remembered.

The subject of Horses' roles in The Great War is hugely and this original approach of tells the story by use of works of art backed by informative ...

A nostalgic glimpse of a bygone age.Publisher: The Museum of BrandsIllustration(s): 1000 colNumber of pages: 62Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 38...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

How can we attempt to understand the experience of those involved in ancient battles, sieges and campaigns? What was the visual impact of seeing th...

The Great Cold War is arguably the most fascinating account yet written about the Cold War--and a timely enunciation of the lessons we need to lear...

Reducere. Michigan Notable BooksWith lively narration, telling anecdotes, and vivid battlefield accounts, Michigan and the Civil War tells the story as never...

From the Treaty of Versailles to the 2018 centenary and beyond, the history of the First World War has been continually written and rewritten, stud...

The impact of the First World War on the public school system in Britain is explored in this title, using school archives and records to present th...

Reducere. A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an award-winning journalist who has covered the region...

Contributor(s): Author: Stefanos GeroulanosAuthor: Todd MeyersThe injuries suffered by soldiers during WWI were as varied as they were brutal. How ...

Reducere. This book fundamentally revises our notion of why soldiers of the eighteenth century enlisted, served and fought. In contrast to traditional views ...

The personal inscriptions suggested by the next-of-kin to the War Grave Commission in the aftermath of World War One, although restricted to 66 cha...

Explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World War. In this study, the author examines the last days of the war and as...

Publisher: BookBabyAuthor(s): Derek McCannNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 224 x 32Cover type: HardbackIllustrator: Simo...

The third of a three-part series which aims to provide a complete history course for the whole of Key Stage 3 of the National Curriculum. A teacher...

DescriptionToday the Korean War of 1950-1953 is overshadowed by later twentieth-century conflicts in Vietnam and the Middle East, yet at the time i...

DescriptionMichel Goya's Flesh and Steel during the Great War is one of the most thoughtful, stimulating and original studies of the conflict to ha...

``A superb book--an American equivalent to John Keegan's The Face of Battle. I sincerely believe that Grunts is destined to be a classic.``--Dave G...

This is a story of an East Coast town during the Great War.