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Whispers of Love
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Rosie Harris |
A compelling new saga set in Liverpool from the author of The Quality of Love.It is 1914 and Christabel Blakemore is happily preparing for her wedding when she receives the shattering news that her f… |
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Came a Cavalier
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Frances Parkinson Keyes |
*Came a Cavalier* is the story of Constance Galt, a beautiful girl who has great qualities of loyalty and loving-kindness, but whose outlook has been limited by a legacy of poverty and intolerance an… |
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Dead Wake
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Erik Larson |
It is a story that many of us think we know but don't, and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progr… |
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Enduring Courage
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John F. Ross |
From the Introduction...
Rickenbacker lived at a time when the latest machines of the industrial revolutions were ripping apart the ages-old rhythms of plow and steam. When he was seven, the first… |
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The secret
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Elizabeth Gill |
1944, London. A young man is killed in an air-raid, leaving a wife and two children and a secret. Ailsa, Margaret and Luke are persuaded by Jamie's brother to return to his hometown where, despite th… |
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Quartet for the end of time
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Johanna Skibsrud |
A false conspiracy charge against a World War I veteran prompts the man's disappearance and haunts his son throughout the 1930s, intertwining his life with those of a powerful congressman's children. |
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Love for a soldier
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Mary Jane Staples |
France, 1918. Sophia, the daughter of a German general, is on her way to elope with a young army officer. On her way she witnesses a battle in the skies that leaves an English pilot without a plane. … |
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Benedict Hall
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Cate Campbell |
Seattle in 1920 is a city in flux. Horse-drawn carriages share the cobblestone streets with newfangled motor cars. Modern girls bob their hair and show their ankles, cafes defy Prohibition by serving… |
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The Grolier library of World War I.
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Grolier Educational (Firm) |
Covers the causes of World War I, the battles and strategy involved, and the aftermath in chronological format. |
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War and turpentine
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Stefan Hertmans |
"An international best seller: a vivid, masterly novel about a Flemish man who reconstructs his grandfather's story--his hopes, loves, and art, all disrupted by the First World War--from the unflinch… |
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Die Wiener Forschungen an Kriegsgefangenen 1915-1918
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Britta Lange |
"Die von 1915 bis 1918 durchgeführten Untersuchungen an Kriegsgefangenen der Habsburger Monarchie standen in der Tradition von früheren Forschungen durch österreichische Wissenschaftler im Vielvölker… |
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Women in World War I
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Nick Hunter |
World War I brought many changes for women. Some stepped into roles left vacant by men now serving overseas, while others helped the war effort as nurses, telephone operators, and more. This book exp… |
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The wobblies in their heyday
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Eric Thomas Chester |
"During World War I, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) rose to prominence as an effective, militant union and then was destroyed by a devastating campaign of repression launched by the federa… |
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Midnight
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Mark Greenwood |
A foal is born at midnight, on the homestead side of the river. Coal black. Star ablaze. Moonlight in her eyes. On October 31, 1917, the 4th and 12th Regiments of the Australian Light Horse took part… |
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The soldier's war
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Richard Van Emden |
The Great War ended ninety years ago and haunts us still, yet much of the detail of that tragic conflict remains unknown. Following the experiences of British Tommies through devastating battles and … |
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Whispers of love
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Rosie Harris |
It is 1914 and Christabel Blakemore is happily preparing for her wedding when she receives the shattering news that her fiance has been drowned at sea. Discovering she is pregnant, she decides to lea… |
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Men Who Played The Game
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Mike Rees |
The Great War took the lives of millions, among them sportsmen from Britain and the Empire. This new book explores how sport - players, fans and governing bodies - viewed the war, charting the links … |
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Francuski romans
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Jennifer Robson |
Lady Elizabeth wants to travel the world, pursue a career, and marry for love, but her mother forbids it. When war breaks out in 1914, she seizes her chance for independence. She moves to London and … |
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Jacob's Room
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Virginia Woolf |
Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf |
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Hooray for peace, hurrah for war
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Steven Jantzen |
Traces the impact of World War I on American society, from the spirited organization of the "home front" to the social conditions and contributions of poor immigrants, middle classes, and the wealthy. |
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