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A Spring Harvest
  • Language: en

A Spring Harvest

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2024-07-15
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  • Publisher: Unknown

A Spring Harvest, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Geoffrey Gordon¡¦S Private War
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 408

Geoffrey Gordon¡¦S Private War

Geoffrey Gordon, a young widower under dubious circumstances lives in London. A father to two children he takes a marriage of convenience so that he can leave his children and join up to fi ght in the Second World War. He fi ghts through Dunkirk, N. Africa and Italy where his experiences will at times make you laugh uproariously, and at others bring you close to tears. Gradually Geoffrey sinks into madness due to his personal loss and war, made worse by the dark secret that he has carried with him since the death of his fi rst wife.

Admirals
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 519

Admirals

The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain this country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy, Admirals celebrates the rare talents of the men who shaped the most successful fighting force in world history. Told through the lives and battles of eleven of our most remarkable admirals - men such as James II and Robert Blake - Andrew Lambert's book stretches from the Spanish Armada to the Second World War, culminating with the spirit which led Andrew Browne Cunningham famously to declare, when the army feared he would lose too many ships, 'it takes three years to build a ship; it takes three centuries to build a tradition.'

Orpington and the Great War: 1916
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 174

Orpington and the Great War: 1916

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-11-24
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  • Publisher: Lulu.com

This is the story of the men from Orpington and St Mary Cray District who died during the Great War in 1916.

The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 211

The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien

An illustrated journey into the life and imagination of one of the world's best-loved authors, Tolkien's Worlds provides a unique exploration of the relationship between the real and the fantastical and is an essential companion for anyone who wants to follow in Tolkien's footsteps.

The British Film Institute, the Government and Film Culture, 1933-2000
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 356

The British Film Institute, the Government and Film Culture, 1933-2000

The British Film Institute (BFI) is one of the UK's oldest and most important government-supported cultural institutions. From a modest start in the 1930s it grew rapidly after the war to encompass every kind of film-related activity from production to archiving to exhibition to education. At the beginning of the twenty-first century its turnover was approaching £30m and it had become a central point of reference for anyone whose interest in film stretched beyond what's on at the local multiplex. There was nothing straightforward about this rise to prominence. It was achieved in the face of government indifference, active obstruction from the film trade, internecine warfare within the organisation and fierce contestation on the part of the BFI's own core public. Based on intensive original research in the BFI's own voluminous archives and elsewhere, this book examines the interplay of external and internal forces that led to the BFI's unique development as a multi-faceted public body.

The Putney Debates
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

The Putney Debates

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-11-20
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  • Publisher: Verso Books

In a series of debates with Oliver Cromwell in Civil War England of 1647, the Levellers argued for democracy for the first time in British history. Evolving from Oliver Cromwell's New Model army in Parliament's struggle against King Charles I, the Levellers pushed for the removal of corruption in parliament, universal voting rights and religious toleration. This came to a head with the famous debates between the Levellers and Cromwell at St Mary's church in Putney, London. Renowned human-rights lawyer and author Geoffrey Robertson argues for the relevance of the Levellers' stand today, showing how they were the first Western radical democrats.

Believe and Destroy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 685

Believe and Destroy

There were eighty of them. They were young, clever and cultivated; they were barely in their thirties when Adolf Hitler came to power. Their university studies in law, economics, linguistics, philosophy and history marked them out for brilliant careers. They chose to join the repressive bodies of the Third Reich, especially the Security Service (SD) and the Nazi Party’s elite protection unit, the SS. They theorized and planned the extermination of twenty million individuals of allegedly ‘inferior’ races. Most of them became members of the paramilitary death squads known as Einsatzgruppen and participated in the slaughter of over a million people. Based on extensive archival research, C...

Stalking the U-Boat
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 383

Stalking the U-Boat

"An exceptional piece of scholarship. Rossano clearly points out that military organizations in general, and a naval air force in particular, are built from the ground up and not the other way around. While we celebrate the exploits of the pilots, Rossano reminds us that there were myriad mechanics, constructors, paymasters, and even some ship drivers who played a vital role in naval aviation during WWI."--Craig C. Felker, U.S. Naval Academy "A fine book that will stand for many years as the definitive study of U.S. naval aviation in Europe. Well-researched and written, the book ranges widely, from the high-level planning in Washington for a naval air war to moving thousands of men and hundr...

To Save A Nation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 264

To Save A Nation

A brilliant study of the relationship between domestic politics and the shaping of foreign policy, showing how fascists, anti-Semites, and other right-wing extremists became unwitting allies of the Roosevelt administration in the debate over American entry into World War II. With a new epilogue by the author bringing up to date his discussion of American extremism.