Walking in the Footsteps of the Fallen: Verdun 1916 (Holstein Christina)(Paperback)

Walking in the Footsteps of the Fallen: Verdun 1916 (Holstein Christina)(Paperback)

A visit to the battlefield of Verdun is usually dominated by the forts of Douamont and Vaux, the museum at Fleury and the striking, huge Ossuary, Although this gives a flavour of the horrific fighting that took place in the area, particularly in 1916, the visitor will be hard pressed to get much

Walking Verdun (Holstein Christina)(Paperback)

On 21 February 1916 the German Fifth Army launched a devastating offensive against French forces at Verdun and set in motion one of the most harrowing and prolonged battles of the Great War. By the time the struggle finished ten months later, over 650,000 men had been killed or wounded or were

Verdun: The Left Bank (Holstein Christina)(Paperback)

This new and enthralling study is the first detailed work in English of a largely unknown period of the Battle of Verdun. It considers the background to the battle and casts light on the first three critical months of fighting there. It explains the decision to change the original German plan for

Verdun 1917: The French Hit Back (Holstein Christina)(Paperback)

Unlike the popular view, the French army did not cease offensive operations after the disastrous Nivelle Offensive of spring 1917 and the subsequent mutinies. Nor did the fighting at Verdun come to an end in 1916.The successful French counter offensives at the end of that year led to preliminary

Verdun: The Longest Battle of the Great War (Jankowski Paul)(Paperback)

At seven o'clock in the morning on February 21, 1916, the ground in northern France began to shake. For the next ten hours, twelve hundred German guns showered shells on a salient in French lines. The massive weight of explosives collapsed dugouts, obliterated trenches, severed communication wires,

In the Footsteps of the Red Baron (Franks Norman)(Paperback)

Manfred von Richthofen became a fighter pilot on the Western Front in August 1916. By January 1917, Richthofen had shot down fifteen aircraft had been appointed commander of his own unit. He painted the fuselage of his Albatros D-III a bright red and was nicknamed the Red Baron. In June 1917,

Germany in the Great War: Verdun & Somme (Bilton Joshua)(Paperback)

For the Central Powers, 1916 was a year of trial and error, of successes and failures, of innovation and of drastic changes. Tactics developed, while war aims mutated to suit the inertia of trench warfare. Advances were effectively countered with the development of new weaponry, or indeed aided by

Walks in the Footsteps of Winston Graham's Poldark(Paperback / softback)

Walks in the Footsteps of Winston Graham's Poldark features 12 walks each associated with a different Poldark location from the books, a character, or where an event was filmed for the TV

The Irish Times Book of the 1916 Rising (Hegarty Shane)(Paperback)

This heavily illustrated book focuses on the events of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, rather than the background and the consequences. In a widely expanded version of the supplement that appeared in The Irish Times in March to commemorate the 90th Anniversary, The 1916 Rising recreates the

Walking Arras (Reed Paul)(Paperback)

Walking Arras marks the final volume in a trilogy of walking books about the British sector of the Western Front. Paul Reed once more takes us over paths trodden by men who were asked to make a huge - and, for all too many, the ultimate - sacrifice. The Battle of Arras falls between the Somme and

Flambards in Summer (Peyton K.M.)(Paperback / softback)

When Christina returns to Flambards in 1916, she finds the estate overgrown, deserted, and desolate. With the First World War well underway and all the men absent, she vows to return the manor house to its former glory. But when a familiar face appears at her door one day, all her plans are thrown

In the Place of Fallen Leaves (Pears Tim)(Paperback / softback)

The Easter Rising: A Guide to Dublin in 1916 (Kostick Conor)(Paperback)

A vivid and entertaining guide to the events and locations of the Easter 1916 Rising.Defying all the odds 1600 men, women and children went out on 24 April, Easter Monday, 1916 to fight for an independent Ireland. The battle raged for six days and resulted in the destruction of many parts of Dublin

The Revolt of 1916 in Russian Central Asia (Sokol Edward Dennis)(Paperback)

During the summer of 1916, approximately 270,000 Central Asians--Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tajiks, Turkmen, and Uzbeks--perished at the hands of the Russian army in a revolt that began with resistance to the Tsar's World War I draft. In addition to those killed outright, tens of thousands of men, women, and

Christ Recrucified (Kazantzakis Nikos)(Paperback / softback)

The inhabitants of a Greek village, ruled by the Turks, plan to enact the life of Christ in a mystery play but are overwhelmed by their task. A group of refugees, fleeing from the ruins of their plundered homes, arrive asking for protection - and suddenly the drama of the Passion becomes

WWII Diary of a Fallen Japanese Soldier (Lake S. R.)(Paperback)

The translation of a WWII diary of a Japanese soldier in 1943 stationed on the front lines in the Solomon

Life in Christ: The Spiritual Message of the Letter to the Romans (Cantalamessa Raniero)(Paperback)

In Life in Christ Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher to the papal household, presents a project ofre-evangelization and spiritual renewal based on St. Paul's Letter to the Romans. It is therefore neither an exegetical commentary nor a theological treatise, but goes straight to the heart of what

The Yorkshire Vet (Wright Peter)(Paperback)

The life story of vet Peter Wright, as he walked in the footsteps of the famous 'James Herriot', from work experience with him as a lad - to taking over his practice in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. Packed full of laugh-out loud moments, heartbreaking stories and transporting tales of his love for

I AM the Living Christ: Teachings of Jesus (Mt Shasta Peter)(Paperback)

The teachings of Jesus Christ, updated in light of the Gnostic texts and the ancient teachings of the Far East--teachings that originated thousands of years prior to the Christian era--brought to the West by the trade caravans that passed back and forth between India and the Mediterranean. Jesus

Christ in the Wilderness: Reflecting On The Paintings By Stanley Spencer (Cottrell Stephen)(Paperback)

The remarkable English painter Stanley Spencer produced a series of works entitled Christ in the Wilderness (1939-54), portraying the forty days Jesus spent in the wilderness. These beautiful and compelling images give us a startling insight into Jesus? vocation and his own understanding of his

Introducing American Politics (Locker Laura)(Paperback)

Following in the footsteps of the highly successful Queer: A Graphic History, illustrator Jules Scheele teams up with Dr Laura Locker in this comic-book introduction to the political history of the Land of Opportunity. How did a political outsider like Trump win the 2016 presidential election? Why

Detective: A Life Upholding the Law (Connolly Tom)(Paperback)

Tom Connolly joined An Garda S och na in 1955, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. His early days on the force were spent in various villages and towns around Ireland, tracking petty thieves, raiding pubs and patrolling country roads on his bicycle. Back then, before the dawn

The Jeshua Channelings: Christ consciousness in a new era (Kribbe Pamela)(Paperback)

The Jeshua Channelings are a series of spiritual messages about the birthing of Christ consciousness and the inner transformation from ego to heart. It is written for lightworkers who want to learn more about their identity and role on

Somme (MacDonald Lyn)(Paperback / softback)

The year 1916 was one of the great turning-points in British history: as the youthful hopes of a generation were crushed in a desperate struggle to survive, and traditional attitudes to authority were destroyed for ever. On paper, few battles have ever been so meticulously planned. This title tells