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  • Under the Queen's Colours

    Voices from the Forces, 1952-2012

    by Penny Legg ...
    In 1952, Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne and became the Sovereign Head of the Armed Forces. In the sixty years of her reign so far, there have been thousands of conscripts and regular service personnel who have served under her Colours all over the globe. This book is not just about war, but the everyday lives of those who serve on land, sea and in the air. Service men and women recall ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bloody British History: Southampton

    by Penny Legg ...
    Series series Bloody British History
    The people of Southampton have had a lot to put up with over the centuries. If the Danes of French weren't attacking it, pirates from further along were. Treasonous plots were hatched behind its ancient walls and mutiny hit its shipping. This book looks at such bloody events as the Black Death in the city, what happens when you cross a king, the ill-fated Titanic and the Blitz. Yes, the best bits ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Military Wives

    From the First World War to Afghanistan

    by Penny Legg ...
    For as long as there have been armed forces there have been camp followers – the families who move with the military to stay with their men. This book looks at the experiences of just a few of these families, through the eyes of the military wives and their relatives. From the First World War, when many women were fiancées but never wives, through the Second World War and postwar Britain to the ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A 1950s Southampton Childhood

    by Penny Legg, James Marsh ...
    The 1950s was a time of regeneration and change for Southampton. For children growing up during this decade, life was changing fast. They still made their own toys and earned their own pocket money, but, on new television sets, Andy Pandy (1950) and Bill and Ben (1952) delighted them. With rationing discontinued, confectionary was on the menu again and, for children, Southampton life in the 1950s ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Four Meals For Fourpence

    A Heartwarming Tale of Family Life in London's old East End

    by Grace Foakes ...
    I was born in a tenement flat in the East End of London in the year in which Queen Victoria died.'FOUR MEALS FOR FOURPENCE is Grace Foakes's memories of her girlhood in Wapping in the early 1900s. With a child's uncluttered eye, she describes the small details - shopping in the market, men waiting for work at the dock gates, the rituals of washday, the sights, sounds and smells of the old East End ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Our Father's War

    by Julie Thomas ...
    In 1939 a 21 year old joined the N.Z.R.A.F. as a reservist. When World War II was declared he was called up and sent to Woodburn training camp in Blenheim and taught to fly. In August 1940 he sailed from New Zealand for England and went to war. As the sea voyage progressed from holiday cruise to deadly dangerous, he kept a diary and then gave it to a steward to post home from LA.He was a ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dog Stags & NAAFI Growlers

    For every soldier who never went to war

    by James Marc Ivimey ...
    “Not every soldier gets to be a hero.”James Marc Ivimey served for 10 years in the British Army, like thousands of others before and since. He enjoyed his time immensely, but there were tears of joy and pain, and of course tedious boredom. Dog Stags & NAAFI Growlers recalls real and vivid stories; the highs and the lows of the day-to-day teeth and bones of barrack-room life.Ivimey provides a ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Scottish History: Strange but True

    by John and Noreen Hamilton ...
    Series series Strange but True
    This book contains hundreds of 'strange but true' stories about Scottish history. Arranged into a miniature history of Scotland, and with bizarre and hilarious true tales for every era, it will delight anyone with an interest in Scotland's past. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Eye of the Storm: 25 Years in Action with the SAS

    Twenty-Five Years In Action With The SAS

    by Peter Ratcliffe ...
    A fast-paced, dramatic, funny and occasionally disturbing account of Peter Ratcliffe's 25-year career in the SAS. It is laced with first-hand descriptions of ferocious and bloody fighting, sudden death and incredible heroism, and peopled with a cast of extraordinary individuals, hard-fighting soldiers of every rank and background. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Welsh History: Strange but True

    by Geoff Brookes ...
    Series series Strange but True
    Sir John Pryce of Newtown Hall died in 1761. He kept the embalmed bodies of his first two wives on either side of his bed – until his third wife insisted that they were removed.In 1856 Ronald Rhys from the Vale of Neath disappeared for a week after seeing a strange light in a field and hearing a loud noise. He remembered being examined by small creatures who took a sample of his blood.Oh yes, and ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day

    My Autobiography - The Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller

    by Captain Tom Moore ...
    Embark on an enchanting journey into our country's past hundred years through the remarkable life of Captain Sir Tom MooreTHE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A wonderful life story with lessons for us all . . . beautifully written' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Gloriously enthralling' DAILY MAIL__________Captain Sir Tom Moore's story is all our stories . . .... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Too Bold to Die

    The Making of Australian War Heroes

    by Ian McPhedran ...
    An unputdownable account of the courage and bravery under fire of our Australian soldiers on the frontline - from WWII to Afghanistan.From Gallipoli to Afghanistan, many Australians have been awarded military honours for acts of selfless courage. Others have missed out. Bestselling author Ian McPhedran uncovers new stories of extreme bravery in action from WWII to today, and hears from those on ... Read more

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