From the Line - Scottish War Poetry 1914-1945(Pevná vazba)

World Aflame - The Long War, 1914-1945 (Jones Dan)(Pevná vazba)

A visually stunning history of global conflict from 1914 to 1945, from Dan Jones and Marina Amaral - the team who created The Colour of

Poems of the American South(Pevná vazba)

The arc of poetry of the South, from slave songs to Confederate hymns to Civil War ballads, from Reconstruction turmoil to the Agrarian movement to the dazzling poetry of the New South, is richly varied and historically

The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse (Jamie Kathleen)(Pevná vazba)

The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse is a timeless collection of Scottish poetry. It contains over three hundred poems ranging from the early medieval period to the twenty-first century, and paints a full-colour portrait of Scotland's poetic heritage and culture. Edited and introduced by

London at War 1939-1945: A Nation's Capital Survives (Jeffreys Alan)(Pevná vazba)

At the outbreak of World War II, London suddenly found itself on the front line. While aerial attacks had played a part in World War I, the astounding technological advances since meant that by 1939 the city was threatened like never before. The attacks took a brutal toll. Almost 19,000 tons of

Hearts at War 1914-1919 (Purdie Tom)(Paperback)

In November 1914, Hearts led the Scottish First Division. In the middle of a debate about the morality of continuing professional football during the First World War and a campaign to shame footballers into joining up, eleven Hearts players enlisted in Sir George McCrae's battalion on 25 November

The Second World War (Horner David)(Pevná vazba)

The period from 1939 to 1945 saw some of the most devastating and remarkable events in living memory. Laboring beneath a daily burden of fear, sacrifice, deprivation and uncertainty, soldiers and civilians of all nationalities were driven to extremes of selfless loyalty, dogged determination or

First World War, the Universities and the Professions in Australia 1914-1939 (Waghorne James)(Pevná vazba)

Aircraft of World War I 1914-18 (Herris Jack)(Pevná vazba)

Illustrated with detailed artworks of combat aircraft and their markings, this reissue from the Essential Identification Guide series is a comprehensive study of the aircraft that fought in the Great War of 1914-18. Packed with more than 200 color profiles of every major type of combat aircraft

French Poetry - From Medieval to Modern Times(Pevná vazba)

From the troubadours of the Middle Ages to the titans of modern poetry, from Rabelais and Ronsard to Jacques Reda and Yves Bonnefoy, French Poetry offers English-speaking readers a one-volume introduction to a rich and varied

1914: Poetry Remembers (Duffy Carol Ann)(Paperback / softback)

The First World War holds a unique place in the nation's history; the poetry it produced, a unique place in the nation's hearts. To mark the centenary of the First World War in 2014, the author has engaged the most eminent poets to choose the writing from the Great War that touched them most

Poems of the Great War - 1914-1918(Paperback / softback)

Offers an introduction to the First World War Poetry. This title features the sequence of poems that is drawn from a number of sources, mixing both well-known and less familiar

The World at War, 1914-1945 (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

This text provides an innovative global military history that joins three periods-World War I, the interwar years, and World War II. Jeremy Black offers a comprehensive survey of both wars, comparing continuities and differences. He traces the causes of each war and assesses land, sea, and air

Robert Burns (Burns Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Aimed at poetry lovers, this work presents a collection of the Scottish Bard's songs and

Concrete Poetry: Post-War Modernist Public Art (Phipps Simon)(Pevná vazba)

Concrete Poetry is the first photographic survey of Modernist sculpture within the Brutalist

Different Cultures (Willshaw Steve)(Pevná vazba)

'New Longman Literature' is a selection of pre- and post-1914 fiction, poetry and plays. They include activities which offer specific practice in the skills required by the English Test in the SATs. 'Different Cultures' is a collection of short stories covering a range of

Romanian Poetry from its Origins to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology (Reynaud Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

Romanian Poetry from its Origins to the Present is the most comprehensive bilingual representation of Romanian poetry (English translation side by side with the Romanian original), starting with the earliest discovered poems, to contemporary poets - some of them born only a couple of decades ago

Robert Graves: War Poems (Graves Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Robert Graves was a major writer about the Great War in poetry and memoir. War Poems collects all his poems about the War in one volume for the first time, both those written at the time and looking back over a period of years. Uniquely it also includes a previously unpublished manuscript, The

The Boy Scouts in the Great War (Armstrong Craig)(Pevná vazba)

The Boy Scouts Association was just seven years old when war broke out in 1914. With its members brought up with a strong ethos of duty and loyalty, it was no surprise that many wanted to play the best role possible in the nation's war effort.Many members were amongst those who rallied to the

Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs (Osterholm Michael T.)(Pevná vazba)

A leading epidemiologist shares his 'powerful and necessary' stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone). Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over

The Reluctant Sinner (Tate June)(Pevná vazba)

An enthralling saga of rags-to-riches on the eve of the First World War - September, 1914. Eighteen-year-old Daisy Gilbert is the star seamstress at Mrs Evans' prestigious gown shop in Southampton. Her ultimate ambition is not to marry her sweetheart, Jack, but to set up her own dressmaking

RAF Bomber Command at War 1939-1945 (Armstrong Craig)(Pevná vazba)

War at Sea: A Naval Atlas 1939-1945 (Faulkner Marcus)(Pevná vazba)

Reluctant European: Britain and the European Union from 1945 to Brexit (Wall Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

Places of Poetry - Mapping the Nation in Verse(Pevná vazba)

We are delighted to present the best poems from the nationwide Places of Poetry project, selected from over 7,500 entries Poetry lives in the veins of Britain, its farms and moors, its motorways and waterways, highlands and beaches. This anthology brings together time-honoured classics with some of