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Nella Last's War established the housewife & mother from Barrow-in-Furness as one of the most powerful & moving voices of the Second World War, & inspired the award-winning television drama Housewife, 49. In this next instalment of her unique diaries, Nella Last describes how ordinary people re-built their lives after the war. The allies' victory was a cause for hope & celebration, much privation & anxiety remained. In her sensitive & playful account of daily life in the austerity years, written for the Mass Observation project, Nella Last captures the thoughts & feelings of post-war Britain. This book has 306 pages & is 19.8cm x 12.9cm x 2cm. ...

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In September 1939, Nella Last, a housewife & mother, started a diary that would last her 30 years. The account she left behind gave an fascinating & unique insight into life during the Second World War. While Nella's younger son joins the army, she & the rest of her family try to adapt to the rhythms of life in Barrow-in-Furness, which suffered terribly from bombing raids. Writing each day for the 'mass-observation' project, Nella grows in confidence as the result of her work. & her diary entries tell a powerful story about the war years, covering everything from sex to the genuine fear of invasion. The dairy covers the period in which she turned 50, saw her children leave home & reviewed her life & marriage
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The Glasgow Nellie Thompson had been born into was a city bled colourless by poverty & despair, & divided against itself by religion & class. A city where appearances meant more than the truth that might lie in a person's heart.. Nellie knew what it was like to be hungry & hopeless; to live a bitter lie with a man she hated. But still she held on to her dreams. Somehow she would leave those grey & violent streets behind. Somehow she would make her own life & her own world � � even if she were forever denied the comfort of love. ...

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When Nelly returns home to find that her mother is missing, she has only one option: to fly out in a knitted hot air balloon with her best friend, a turtle called Columbus, & rescue her! She may be looking for her mother, but what she finds along the way is not what she was expecting.. . ...

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When Nelly says she's going to do a thing, she does it. That's why she's knitted herself some sails, stocked her boat with supplies, got her best friend, a turtle called Columbus, on board, & set off on a voyage to find her missing father. But even Nelly isn't prepared for what happens next... ...

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Explores the professional, personal, intellectual & practical origins of a practioner of Britain's naval comm&, to understand how the greatest warrior transformed the art of conflict, & enabled his country to survive the challenge of total war & international isolation. ...

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Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered & popular public figures, a man synonymous with the long, bitter struggle to rid South Africa of a racist regime & replace it with a multi-racial democracy. He was seen as a symbol of world freedom, an ambassador for civil rights, a heroic liberator whose influence & image of moral integrity that extended beyond his homel&. Fully illustrated, this book chronicles his remarkable life, from his days as a student activist & guerrilla leader to the position as an iconic statesman. From his infamous trial for treason & his 27 year imprisonment, to the euphoria that greeted his eventual release & then his election as South Africa's first black president. ...

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If we are to accomplish anything in this world, it will in equal measure be due to the work & achievements of others. Richard Stengel is one of those people who readily grasps this idea.. . He has shown remarkable insight into the many complex leadership challenges still facing the world today & all the individuals in it. Everyone can learn from it. (Nelson Mandela) "A beautiful book
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Nelly Kelly

Details:In the turmoil and confusion of Londons East End between the wars, young Nelly Kelly soon learns that life may never match her expectations. Forced to keep house for her autocratic, charming father, Nelly toils in a sweatshop to keep her family fed and clothed. But when life is hard, Nelly has friendship, dancing and her early dreams to cling to. Dreams which slowly crumble as marriage, the war and a lost baby are followed by the heartache of a lost love. Fortune may crush her proud spirit but when faced with a crisis which will test her courage to the limit, no tragedy can change Nelly Kellys determination to be her own woman. Ideal for:A truly brilliant book for fans of historical fiction books. This paperback book has 364 pages and measures: 17.7 x 11.1 x 2.3cm.

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Details: In the turmoil & confusion of Londons East End between the wars, young Nelly Kelly soon learns that life may never match her expectations. Forced to keep house for her autocratic, charming father, Nelly toils in a sweatshop to keep her family fed & clothed. But when life is hard, Nelly has friendship, dancing & her early dreams to cling to. Dreams which slowly crumble as marriage, the war & a lost baby are followed by the heartache of a lost love. Fortune may crush her proud spirit but when faced with a crisis which will test her courage to the limit, no tragedy can change Nelly Kellys determination to be her own woman. Ideal for:A truly brilliant book for fans of historical fiction books. This paperback book has 364 pages & measures: 17.7 x 11.1 x 2.3cm.

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