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    The Life of Henry Allingham, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War

    Henry Allingham is the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in the First World War and is one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict. In Kitchener's Last Volunteer, he vividly recaptures how life was lived in the Edwardian era and how it was altered irrevocably by the slaughter of millions of men in the Great War, and by the subsequent ... Leer más

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  • Out of the West

    This book will help you sink into the days when the Wild West was considerably wilder. Join mountain man, James Clyman, as he earns his "mountain man degree" by studying in classes taught by charging grizzlies, murderous Indians and sub-zero windstorms. Then ride alongside Mary Ringo as she summons every ounce of her inner strength to complete her westward journey after her beloved husband died ... Leer más

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  • Writing "Non-boring" Nonfiction

    A writing manual for nonfiction writers, which focuses on techniques to pump life into nonfiction writing. It points out that the same techniques fiction writers have used for decades, can make true-life stories come alive, without sacrificing accuracy. Curiously, nonfiction is one of the only things that is named for what it is not. It's as if its supposed to be fiction, but we just couldn't pull ... Leer más

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  • More Ten-minute Tales

    Like its predecessor, More Ten-minute Tales dishes up tasty true stories of remarkable people and events. Step back into history to see, hear, and feel the action first person, as the word camera brings the pieces of our past alive. What we view as "History," after all, was simply life to those living it.Just open the cover to walk alongside Charles Lindbergh as he strides toward the Spirit of St. ... Leer más

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    The individuals who walk through the pages of this book were not historical figures who strolled around wondering why on earth they were "living in the past." They had no idea that we would be reading about them decades…and in some cases, centuries later. They were too busy laughing, crying, loving and hating to worry about how they would be viewed by future generations.As you walk along with them ... Leer más

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    History wasn't made by "historical people." It's not like Walt Disney, Buffalo Bill Cody or Howard Hughes wandered around looking for an opening to crawl out of the past and into the present. They were living, whole-heartedly, in the same constantly moving present that you and I now occupy.Amelia Earhart's first "flight," for example, was made on a sled rushing down a ramp from the roof of her ... Leer más

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    With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a L�gion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army.Yet for 65 years the Highlander's story has remained untold. Few know how, aged 21, he persuaded 23,000 SS soldiers of the feared Das Reich tank column to surrender, or how Tommy ... Leer más

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  • National Service

    From Aldershot to Aden: tales from the conscripts, 1946-62

    Permission to speak, Sah!In the aftermath of the Second World War, over two million men were conscripted to serve in Britain's armed services. Some were sent abroad and watched their friends die in combat. Others remained in barracks and painted coal white. But despite delivering such varied experiences, National Service helped to shape the outlook of an entire generation of young British males ... Leer más

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  • Blitz Diary

    Life Under Fire in the Second World War

    During the 1930s, war with Germany became increasingly likely. The British Government believed that it would start with massed ranks of enemy planes, dropping bombs and poison gas on civilians in major towns and cities, terrifying them into surrendering. When war broke out, preparations to protect the population were piecemeal and inadequate. As anticipated, people were shocked by the first raids ... Leer más

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