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Lord of the Nutcracker men
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Iain Lawrence |
Ten-year-old Johnny eagerly plays at war with the army of nutcracker soldiers his toymaker father whittles for him. He demolishes imaginary foes. But in 1914 Germany looms as the real enemy of Europe… |
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Into the silence
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Wade Davis |
A beautifully evocative exploration of the inchoate motives of a group of British climbers who attempted to scale Mount Everest in the early 1920s. There was patriotism, of course, but also a desire … |
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Young Lawrence
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Anthony Sattin |
A biography of Lawrence of Arabia in the years that formed him. |
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Bunny the Brave War Horse
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Marie Lafrance,Elizabeth MacLeod |
A tall, strong and well-trained police horse, Bunny is sent overseas at the beginning of World War I. Enduring gas attacks, the threat of enemy bullets, poor shelter and food shortages, Bunny proves … |
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Une mission pour Vaillant
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Alain M. Bergeron |
Vaillant le pigeon voyageur relate son dernier exploit, accompli lors de la Première Guerre mondiale : affronter l'ennemi afin de livrer l'urgent message du commandant Raynald, défenseur du fort de V… |
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Sergeant Ted Cole, United States marines
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Everett T. Tomlinson |
This is the story of the United States marines in World War I. It includes stories of their heroism in 1918 in the Chateau-Thierry Sector in France. |
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Europe's Last Summer
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David Fromkin |
A riveting narrative of a crucial time in twentieth century history.The Great War not only destroyed the lives of over twenty million soldiers and civilians, it also ushered in a century of huge poli… |
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In Flanders Fields
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Linda Granfield |
Presents the context for the writing of the famous poem by the Canadian medical officer who attended injured soldiers in Flanders during the First World War. |
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The First World War
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Ian Cawood |
The First World War examines the outbreak, events themselves and aftermath of the Great War, and the political, social and economic effects on the European countries involved. Important themes explor… |
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A Farewell to Arms
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Ernest Hemingway |
A Farewell to Arms is about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of the First World War, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of p… |
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The Thirty-Nine Steps
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John Buchan |
Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his flat, just days after a chance encounte… |
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