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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Monument The Monument Gary Paulsen Thirteen-year-old Rocky, self-conscious about the braces on her leg, has her life changed by the remarkable artist who comes to her small Kansas town to design a war memorial. OL14850209W
The Dark Tourist The Dark Tourist Dom Joly Ever since he can remember, Dom Joly has been fascinated by travel to odd places. In part this stems from a childhood spent in war-torn Lebanon, where instead of swapping marbles in the schoolyard, h… OL17403466W
Letter to an Unknown Soldier Letter to an Unknown Soldier Kate Pullinger,Neil Bartlett In a year of public commemoration 'Letter to an Unknown Soldier' invited everyone to step back from the public ceremonies and take a few private moments to think. Providing a space for people to reco… OL21095359W
Missing of the Somme Missing of the Somme Wade Davis,Geoff Dyer 'Head bowed, rifle on his back, a soldier is silhouetted against the going down of the sun, looking at the grave of a dead comrade, remembering him. A photograph from the war, is also a photograph of… OL21128959W
Memories & memorials Memories & memorials Steve Ewing vi, 218 p. : 28 cm OL3353511W
The Great War, Memory and Ritual The Great War, Memory and Ritual Mark Connelly "This book seeks to question the modern idea that the Great War was regarded as a futile waste of life by British society in the disillusioned twenties and thirties. Through a detailed study of the … OL520276W
Aftermath Aftermath Angela Gaffney x, 194p., [16] p. of plates : 22cm OL756944W