The Great War and Modern Memory (Fussell Paul)(Paperback)

The Great War and Modern Memory (Fussell Paul)(Paperback)

Winner of both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and named by the Modern Library one of the twentieth century's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books, Paul Fussell's The Great War and Modern Memory was universally acclaimed on publication in 1970. Today, Fussell's landmark

American Gadfly: The Intellectual Odyssey of Paul Fussell (Gray Ronald R.)(Paperback)

American cultural historian, literary and social critic and college professor Paul Fussell (1924-2012) wrote and edited 21 books on a wide variety of topics, ranging from 18th century British literature to works on World War II to sardonic takes on American culture. This book offers a thorough

Class: A Guide Through the American Status System (Fussell Paul)(Paperback)

The bestselling, comprehensive, and carefully researched guide to the ins-and-outs of the American class system with a detailed look at the defining factors of each group, from customs to fashion to housing.Based on careful research and told with grace and wit, Paul Fessell shows how everything

The Great War and the Making of the Modern World (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

Casting aside conventional narratives of The Great War, Jeremy Black returns to a vast range of original sources and investigates not only the key events of the war, but its consequences in restructuring the old order. Black also considers the struggle not only in its historical context, but also

Animals in the Great War (Moore Lucinda)(Paperback)

Animals in the Great War throws a spotlight on the experience of creatures great and small during the First World War, vividly telling their stories through the incredible archival images of the Mary Evans Picture Library. The enduring public interest in Michael Morpurgos tale of the war horse

Matter and Memory (Bergson Henri)(Paperback)

A monumental work by an important modern philosopher, Matter and Memory (1896) represents one of the great inquiries into perception and memory, movement and time, matter and mind. Nobel Prize-winner Henri Bergson surveys these independent but related spheres, exploring the connection of mind and

Things They Carried (O'Brien Tim)(Paperback / softback)

The million-copy bestseller, which is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of

Walking Ypres (Reed Paul)(Paperback)

The medieval city of Ypres will forever be associated with the Great War, especially by the British. From 1914 to 1918 it was the key strong point in the northern sector of the Western Front, and the epic story of its defense has taken on almost legendary status. The city and the surrounding

I Embarked for France - The War Diaries and Letters of an English Family in the Great War(Paperback / softback)

Minor Detail (Shibli Adania)(Paperback / softback)

A beautiful meditation on war, violence, memory and injustice, set in the occupied Palestinian

Wounds: A Memoir of War and Love (Keane Fergal)(Paperback)

A family story of blood and memory and the haunting power of the past.2018 WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER EWART-BIGGS MEMORIAL PRIZE2017 WINNER OF THE NON-FICTION IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAfter nearly three decades reporting conflict from all over the world for the BBC,

The Civil War (Caesar Julius)(Paperback)

The Civil War is Caesar's masterly account of the celebrated war between himself and his great rival Pompey, from the crossing of the Rubicon in January 49 B.C. to Pompey's death and the start of the Alexandrian War in the autumn of the following year. His unfinished account of the continuing

Spanish Civil War - Reaction, Revolution and Revenge (Preston Paul)(Paperback / softback)

UPDATED EDITIONA rousing and full-blooded account of the Spanish Civil War and the rise to prominence of General

Niue and the Great War (Pointer Margaret)(Paperback)

The story of tiny Niue's involvement in the Great War has captivated people since an account was first published by Margaret Pointer in 2000. In 1915, 160 Niuean men joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as part of the Maori Reinforcements, and set sail to Auckland and then Egypt and France

Long Shadow - The Great War and the Twentieth Century (Reynolds David)(Paperback / softback)

A controversial and sweeping re-examination of the First World War and its enduring

Newtownards in the Great War (Allister Lindsay)(Paperback)

Before the Great War began, Ireland had already began to take up arms. Conflict and political unrest was at the forefront of everyone's mind as the country was trying to liberate itself. Newtownards was to become the centre in the eye of the storm which would shape the country for the next hundred

Great War: 1914-1918 (Hart Peter)(Paperback / softback)

The Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of world history. In this magnum opus, the author examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines scholarship with vivid and unfamiliar eyewitness accounts, from kings and generals, and

Fighting the Great War at Sea: Strategy, Tactics and Technology (Friedman Norman)(Paperback)

Wirral in the Great War (McGreal Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Fascinating and much forgotten story of Wirral's contribution to the Great

Brighton in the Great War (D'Enno Douglas)(Paperback / softback)

Fascinating and much forgotten story of Brighton's contribution to the Great

Tears of War and Peace (Henke Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Memory, History, Forgetting (Ricoeur Paul)(Paperback)

Under the Wire (Conroy Paul)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive account of the tragic death of Marie Colvin and a war photographer's harrowing and daring escape from one of the most dangerous cities on earth - now a major feature

The Garden of Evening Mists (Eng Tan Twan)(Paperback)

Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize, an elegant and haunting novel of war, art and memory (The Independent) from the critically acclaimed author of The Gift of Rain.Malaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed