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The Snail, at Length, Reached Jerusalem Grandpa's War - Volume 2 Edited by Effie Cadwallader The Snail, At Length, Reached Jerusalem is the second volume of the memoir of an ordinary soldier`s experiences during World War 2, one man`s course through seven years of activity not of his own choosing, describing episodes, individuals and activities in extraordinary detail. George`s story isn`t really about fighting or regimental business; it’s more an account of the incidents and elements of his daily life, described in interesting detail, with quite a few adventures thrown in. There are simmering feuds, romantic dalliances, humanitarian rescues and comic moments, as well as the inevitable fear and danger. In this volume, George has matured from an innocent nineteen-year-old driver into a highly competent, resourceful and inventive sergeant mechanic, Royal Engineers. |
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There are simmering feuds, romantic dalliances, humanitarian rescues and comic moments, as well as the inevitable fear and danger. George matures from an innocent nineteen-year-old driver into a highly competent, resourceful and inventive Sergeant Mechanic, Royal Engineers. George West was brought up in South Shields. His mother died in childbirth and his father disappeared to Australia, so he was adopted by his mother`s elder sister and her husband who were late middle-aged when they took the baby. His upbringing was strictly Methodist and difficult, but he spent a great deal of his childhood with his close friend Bill Sharp whose family was open, loving and lively. After the war George married Bill`s younger sister, Kathleen. George qualified as a primary school teacher soon after demob and had a successful career back in South Shields, specialising in teaching literacy and numeracy and, of course, drawing and painting, before retiring to live with Kathleen in Shropshire. |
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A Soldier’s Memoir Vol 2: Sicily, D Day, Belsen to demob in 1946
Buddy’s Lonely Day
M. C. Reuben
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'I am a nice dog ... why can't I make friends'? he thinks. One day he decides to go on an adventure far from his garden to find some friends. But Buddy has a secret friend who wants to bring a very special gift to Buddy... Children may feel lonely but there is always a chance they can make some friends. This book shows them that there is always hope and you never know who you will meet along the way. |
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Pebbles of Inspiration
Daniela Svampa Cowie
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Pebbles of Inspiration Daniela Svampa Cowie I have had ample opportunity throughout my unsettled life-journey to ponder on the reflective passages and to focus on the positive quotes and reminders that I share in this rich collection. With their aid I hope to bring light and hope into your life. We all need a little extra inner sunshine and encouragement on those days when we walk in troubled waters - and on those days when we are flying high, may this book be an accompanying and reassuring guide. Read from the beginning or let your heart guide you to a page by chance. Either way, may it serve you, inspire and enrich your journey as you unveil your life. |
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Bimble in Crinklewood
James S M Parker
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Bimble in Crinklewood a jaunt through lavender teardrops with dEATH hell: a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often traditionally depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth where the wicked are punished after dEATH. Bimble In Crinklewood: James S M Parker’s 5th book and conclusion to his own inferno brought on by the desertion of his father, the dEATH of his mother, battles with his own alcoholism, and, fight with depression and self-harm. |
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Who Are We But The Forgotten
James S M Parker
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The Lands of de Gressier – Book 1 of the de Gressier Quartet
C. S. Bunker
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The Lands of de Gressier Book 1 of the de Gressier Quartet When Penrose Dovingdon, a wealthy young officer, and his sister Juliette, a nurse and former debutante, arrive in France at the start of World War I, they have no idea that a notorious national scandal will drive their family apart. The demands of war-torn France are a long way from high-society London, but brother and sister learn fast. World War 1 creates a series of moral and ethical dilemmas which they must navigate, as must the family of Étienne Guégan, Juliette’s future husband. Should one man be shot to save one million? Can corruption be justied when it is for a good cause? Should you forsake marrying the man you love in order to protect your brother’s life? Should the law be broken to keep the family business alive and their community in jobs? Is there ever a good reason to become best friends with your husband’s mistress? |
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Set against the battlefields of the western front and the vineyards of Bordeaux, this is a story of love, passion, betrayal, human resilience and endeavour as those involved struggle to come to terms with the hurt caused by events outside their control. C.S. Bunker is a former international corporate financier. Using over thirty years of business experience and a lifelong interest in history and politics, Bunker started to write because he had a series of truth-based stories he wanted to tell. Inspired by three very personal songs and places he knew, his first four interconnected books took over twelve years to plan and research, followed by seven years of dedicated crafting and writing. He lives in England. |
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The Vines of de Gressier – Book 2 of the de Gressier Quartet
C. S. Bunker
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The Vines of de Gressier Book 2 of the de Gressier Quartet When the German army occupies Bordeaux in August 1940, the lives of Juliette Guégan, David Daunier and Dominique Hilaire are again thrown into flux; but it is the arrival at Château de Gressier of Leutnant Heinrik Klugman, a pilot in the Luftwaffe, which twists the kaleidoscope of their lives and sends them in different directions. Once again, war creates a series of moral and ethical dilemmas to be navigated. Should you put the lives of your family at risk to work with the Resistance? Should you find comfort in the arms of your best friend’s son? How do you fight collaboration and corruption when it pervades the reputation of the very institution you have sworn to uphold? Should there be a penalty for going to the bed of your family’s enemy? Should love deny differences in age and race? |
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Set against the vineyards of Bordeaux and South Africa, and the battlefields of the Eastern Front, The Vines of de Gressier continues as a story of love, betrayal, corruption and, above all, human resilience. With much-loved characters from The Lands of de Gressier, C.S. Bunker has written another well-researched page-turner, with clever plots and sub-plots, all interwoven with people and events of history. Another must-read! |
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Shifting Classes in Twentieth Century Britain
Martin Minogue
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Shifting Classes in Twentieth Century Britain From Village Street to Downing Street Martin Minogue An unconventional family story, told with warmth and humour, this account details the mixed fortunes of a rural labouring family, a neglected group in British working-class history. The author’s progress from farmworker’s tied cottage to Cambridge University then to a Foreign Office flat in Downing Street is remarkable, as is the heroism of the working-class parents who made that transition possible. The description of shifts in social relations produced by such sharp movements between different classes illuminates current debates about the persistence of centuries-long inequalities. |
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Professor Quentin Skinner, School of History, Queen Mary University of London
A memoir of general and even exemplary significance, Shifting Classes begins in a Yorkshire village and ends amid the mandarins and politicians of Westminster and Whitehall. While both settings give rise to some marvellous comic set-pieces, the North-country background also provides a shocking account of deprivations endured and opportunities denied. There have been few accounts of rural working-class life and conditions in twentieth century Britain, and nothing that matches Shifting Classes for its vividness of detail and its power to reveal the injustices that kept the class-system in place.
Fred Inglis, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Sheffield
This is a rare, truthful and utterly appealing memoir, a ‘condition of England’ book that is at the same time a happy book, entirely without rancour.'