This is the astounding story of the six female aviators who battled to become the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by plane. In the early 20th century, the dream of crossing the Atlantic by air was as potent as putting a...Lasīt vairāk
An acclaimed history of what Allied POWs during the last war really spent their time doing: educating themselves, whether that be taking degrees, learning to play in an orchestra, perfecting surgical techniques with rudimentary implements, or excell...Lasīt vairāk
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Most families have an army wife somewhere in their past. Over the centuries they have followed their men to the front, helped them keep order in far-flung parts of the empire or waited anxiously at home. Army Wives uses first hand acco...Lasīt vairāk
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Most families have an army wife somewhere in their past. Over the centuries they have followed their men to the front, helped them keep order in far-flung parts of the empire or waited anxiously at home.Army Wives uses first hand accounts,...Lasīt vairāk
Literary Non-Fiction: A Writers & Artists Companion is an essential guide to writing in a wide range of genres, from travel writing to feminist polemic and writing on nature, history, death, friendship and sexuality.Part 1 ...Lasīt vairāk
The Arvon Book of Literary Non-Fiction is an essential guide to writing in a wide range of genres, from travel writing to feminist polemic and writing on nature, history, death, friendship and sexuality.Part 1 explores the fu...Lasīt vairāk
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British prisoners showed the most amazing ingenuity and determination to turn their camp into a hive of every kind of activity. British prisoners showed the most amazing ingenuity and determination to turn their camp into a hive of ev...Lasīt vairāk
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Drawing on letters home, diaries, and interviews with redoubtable survivors now into their nineties, the amazing untold stories of what Allied prisoners really did in POW camps, and how the experiences changed their lives...Lasīt vairāk
Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Writing Lives takes as its focus life writing, both autobiography and biography, discussing these genres specifically within the contexts of the lives and literary careers of writers,...Lasīt vairāk
A brilliant evocation by an acclaimed historical biographer of what it was really like to live in a Britain in the shadow of Nazi invasion....Lasīt vairāk
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In late summer 1940, Hitler told his army to prepare to invade England. The nation waited for the Nazi threat to become real. This work gathers together the personal accounts of those who still remember this time to illustrate and recreate the fear,...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 06-May-2004, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), ISBN-13: 9780753817704)
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An adventuress both in her private and public life, Amy Johnson has iconic status as an outstanding female adventurer whose death remains a mystery to this day....Lasīt vairāk
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Amy Johnson was one of the most famous pilots of the 1930s. She became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia, with a thermos flask beside her, and very rudimentary navigation instruments. She later made other epic journeys - from Sib...Lasīt vairāk
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In May 1930, Amy Johnson, a typist from Hull, took off from Croydon Airport with a thermos flask and a packet of sandwiches to try to beat the world solo record to Australia. Her adventures inspired a world struggling with the effects of the Depress...Lasīt vairāk
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Nearly 80 years after her death, Marie Lloyd remains one of the most potent figures of 20th century popular culture. A giantess of the English music hall, her career spanned the Victorian and Edwardian ages and embraced World War I. This is her biog...Lasīt vairāk
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Nearly eight decades after her death, Marie Lloyd remains one of the most potent figures of twentieth-century popular culture. A giantess of the English music hall whose turbulent career spanned the Victorian and Edwardian ages and embraced the Firs...Lasīt vairāk
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This title is intended to help readers identify and focus writing to gain maximum effect from each and every word, relearn the art of letter writing to appropriate and influential effect, and understand the purpose of writing and plan how best to ge...Lasīt vairāk
A guide to the skill of business writing. It demonstrates how to assess your skills, oversee your own improvement, and maintain it for the future. The exercise-based programme includes self-testing tables....Lasīt vairāk
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More than three-quarters of a century after a crowd of 100,000 people jammed the streets of north London to pay their respects at her funeral, Marie Lloyd remains a potent icon of twentieth-century popular culture.This new and definitive account...Lasīt vairāk
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This guide aims to ease the problems associated with all the practicalities of a modern wedding. There is advice on what to wear, alternative readings and music, marrying for the second time, and how to cope with potential conflicts amongst families...Lasīt vairāk
