A collection of eyewitness reportage, that brings together accounts from soldiers, journalists, poets, scientists, adventurers, & chance bystanders. Covering two world wars, revolutions, discoveries & the rise & fall of empires across the globe, it reports on some of the defining moments of over hundred years. ...

Published in time for Remembrance Day 2008, the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM commemorates the veterans who are no longer among us. With an introduction by Henry Allingham, 110, only survivor of the Battle of the Somme, & Britain's oldest living man, Max Arthur's new book will expand the circle of contributors by interviewing the families of First World War veterans. They will reveal how the war affected the families down the generations. There are some famous name possibilities, most obviously Shirley Williams as her mother lost her fianc? & her brother in the trenches. But the war touched every family in Britain, & the IWM archives plus the Peter Liddle collection at the University of Leeds hold many memoirs that can be included too. Read by Clive Mantle & Patience Tomlinson ...

Sing-a-long to the classic festive tune We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

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Marguerite Patten has worked for the Ministry of Food during the Second World War, in East Anglia & London. She then took charge of the Ministry of Food Bureau at Harrods, Knightsbridge; her job was to help families prepare nutritious appetizing dishes with their weekly rations. ...

It is April 1939 & unaware that the German war machine is advancing towards the Channel Islands, seventeen-year-old Meg Colivet & her sister are enjoying a holiday in Oxford with their aunt. Here Meg meets charismatic German undergraduate Rayner Weiss & the couple fall passionately in love. But all too soon, Britain is at war with Germany, Guernsey has been occupied & Meg's family home requisitioned by the German army. Meg insists on remaining with her father, determined to help save her beloved island from the ravages of war. & then she finds herself face to face with Rayner
- now a German officer
- once more & her life is thrown into turmoil as they risk their lives to meet in secret. As the conflict in Europe intensifies, basic provisions become scarce & soon the people Meg loves come under threat. Torn between her love for Rayner & her duty to her family & the island she grew up on, a heartbroken Meg has a terrible choice to make...

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17 year old Frankie Franconi falls in love with charismatic British officer Nick Harper as quickly & certainly as the bomb that falls on their shelter. Impressed by her good looks, intelligence & fluent Italian. When she insists on staying to help rescue others, he hands her a business card with a Baker Street address with the opportunity to put her skills into good use. Within a month Frankie has joined the FANYs & started training. Frankie & her fellow recruits work tirelessly to decode messages from agents on the field by day, & enjoying wartime parties by night. But when she signs the Official Secrets Act Frankie has no idea of the danger, adventure & terrible choices that are in store. This book has 343 pages & is 17.7cm x 11cm x 2.3cm ...

An animated dinosaur adventure from Steven Spielberg's production company. Louie & Cecilia are two daydreaming kids desperate to meet exciting new friends
- & they do, in the form of four pre-historic reptiles who stumble into modern day New York.
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For brave explorers & fearless bear-hunters, enjoy this chant-along children’s classic! We're going on a bear hunt. We're going to catch a big one. Will you come too? For a quarter of a century, readers have been swishy-swashying & splash-sploshing through this award-winning favourite. Follow & join in the family's excitement as they wade through the grass, splash through the river & squelch through the mud in search of a bear. What surprise awaits them in the cave on the other side of the dark forest? Michael Rosen’s timeless classic, lovingly illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, is nearing its thirtieth anniversary. Having first appeared in print in 1989, it has since become an essential feature on any child’s first bookcase. Product Information:• ISBN: 9781406375947• Format: Paperback• Author: Michael Rosen• Pages: 36• Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.7 x 2.1cm ...

This delightful 2021 family organiser features the wonderfully written & illustrated children's story, " We're Going on

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- Pack of 10 Kids Picture Book Bundle. Make a huge saving with this great value set which is ideal for schools, sharing & even party bags! For brave hunters & bear-lovers, the classic chant-aloud by Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury! Included in this bundle: • We're Going on a Bear Hunt x 10 One of our favourite & popular kids' picture books has been reduced from £2 to only £1, as part of this fantastic bundle! This bundle contains 10 copies of the same book. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781406398083 • Author: Michael Rosen • Publisher: Walker Books • Format: Paperback
- Book Collection • Dimensions: 25 x 22 x 2.5 cm

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