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They Also Serve
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During more than thirty years in a variety of houses Bob Sharpe managed to rise from garden boy to valet & butler. As a boy he had to kill pheasant chicks boil rabbits for the estate dogs carry the wood up & down stairs every day for thirty fires & sleep on the floor outside his masters room. He cleaned shoes ironed underwear & socks & once had to stand all night in the hall waiting for a late visitor to arrive. But as a butler he was the best paid servant in the house waited on feared & respected by the other servants. Bob Sharpe knew the real world of upstairs downstairs & the secrets of the landed gentry
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The third battle of Ypres culminating in a desperate struggle for the ridge & little village of Passchendaele was one of the most appalling campaigns in the First World War. In this masterly piece of oral history Lyn Macdonald lets over 600 participants speak for themselves. A million Tommies Canadians & Anzacs assembled at the Ypres Salient in the summer of 1917 mostly raw young troops keen to do their bit for King & Country. This book tells their tale of mounting disillusion amid mud terror & desperate privation yet it is also a story of immense courage comradeship songs high spirits & bawdy humour. They Called It Passchendaele" portrays the human realities behind one of the most disastrous events in the history of warfare." ...
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They Came To Baghdad
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Agatha Christies international mystery thriller reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans & book lovers. Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret summit of superpowers concerned but not convinced about the development of an as yet unidentified & undescribed secret weapon. Only one man has the proof that can confirm the nature of this fantastic secret weapon
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Over seventy merchant ships sailed in the Task force sent by Britain to recapture the Falkland islands in 1982. Some were Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels but the majority were STUFT-ships taken up from trade-and the officers & crew of these merchant vessels all volunteers suddenly found themselves thrust into a war zone in the South Atlantic. Remarkably little has been written about the part played by the Merchant navy summarised by the official history of the campaign as an impenetrable mystery girt about by seasickness This book lifts the curtain on that mystery to reveal something of the experiences of the merchant seamen & women who made possible the retaking of the Falkland islands. John Johnson-Allen maritime historian & former merchant naval officer combines personal accounts documents & comment to bring to life the events of the Falklands War as seen from the merchant ships that played such a vital role in that conflict. ...
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Do your relationships tend to follow the same destructive pattern? Do you feel trapped by your familys expectations of you? Does your life seem overwhelmingly governed by jealousy or competitiveness or lack of confidence? In this ground-breaking book clinical psychologist Oliver James shows that it is the way we were cared for in the first six years of life that has a crucial effect on who we are & how we behave. Nurture in effect shapes our very nature. James combines the latest scientific research with fascinating interviews to show that understanding your past is the first step to controlling your present. ...
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They Found Him Dead
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The sixtieth birthday party of Silas Kane was marred by argument & dissension amongst his family. & then the morning after the celebrations Kane is found dead at the foot of a cliff. The theory that Silas accidentally lost his way in the fog is confirmed when the coroner returns a verdict of death by misadventure. But then Kanes nephew & heir is murdered & threats are made on the next in line to the fortune throwing a new & sinister light on Silas Kanes death. All clues point to an elderly lady of eighty as the killer. But as the redoubtable Superintendent Hannasyde delves further into the case he discovers that nothing is quite as it seems... ...
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This is an introductory work which presents a profile of the relationship between American Indians & Europeans & later Americans from the early sixteenth century onward. Its intent is to provide college students & general readers a clear overview of significant aspects of the American Indian experience with those people who asserted their control over the continent. The story is generally told in this volume within the framework of white history -- first because Indian policy was formulated from the white perspective rather than from that of the First Nations & secondly because whites so influentially affected the American Indians -- their lives culture & history. ...
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What turns an ordinary man into an extraordinary one? The answer lies in the stories of six teenage volunteers for Second World War aircrew who exchanged school uniform for Air Force Blue & took a giant step into the unknown. Based on original research from flying log books diaries & family archives this collection of true tales describes the mens training for those coveted Wings; the nervous excitement of that first sortie over enemy territory; & flying into the hell of an enemy flak barrage & fighters. From the skies over Europe to jungles & deserts all endured hardship adventure & danger. They experienced action under enemy fire wounds burns & crash-landings escape & evasion in occupied territory & the privations of life as a POW. Seventy years on & these brushes with death are by any measure hair-raising encounters that turned adolescents into men
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They Were Divided
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The sinister & fast moving events in Montenegro the Balkan wars the apparent encirclement of Germany & Austria-Hungary by Britain France & Russia & finally the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand all lead inexorably to the youth of Hungary marching gaily off not only to their death on the field of battle but to the dismemberment of their once great country. ...
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They Do It With Mirrors

A facsimile first edition hardback of the Miss Marple books published to mark the 75th anniversary of her first appearance and to celebrate her new-found success on television. When The Murder at the Vicarage was published in October 1930 little did the literary world realise that Agatha Christie already famous for her early Poirot titles was introducing a character who would become the best-loved female sleuth of all time. The 14 Marple books would appear at intervals over the next 49 years with Miss Marples Final Cases published in 1979 three years after Agathas death. To mark the 75th anniversary of Miss Marples first appearance and to celebrate her renewed fortunes as a primetime television star this collection of facsimile first editions will be the perfect way to enjoy these books in
their original form -- 12 novels and two short story collections. Reproducing the original typesetting and formats from the first editions from the Christie familys own archive copies these books sport the original covers which have been painstakingly restored from the best available copies reflecting five decades of iconic cover design.
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A facsimile first edition hardback of the Miss Marple books published to mark the 75th anniversary of her first appearance & to celebrate her new-found success on television. When The Murder at the Vicarage was published in October 1930 little did the literary world realise that Agatha Christie already famous for her early Poirot titles was introducing a character who would become the best-loved female sleuth of all time. The 14 Marple books would appear at intervals over the next 49 years with Miss Marples Final Cases published in 1979 three years after Agathas death. To mark the 75th anniversary of Miss Marples first appearance & to celebrate her renewed fortunes as a primetime television star this collection of facsimile first editions will be the perfect way to enjoy these books in their original form -- 12 novels & two short story collections. Reproducing the original typesetting & formats from the first editions from the Christie familys own archive copies these books sport the original covers which have been painstakingly restored from the best available copies reflecting five decades of iconic cover design.

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Television - A device used for receiving moving images and sound
star - A giant ball of plasma held together by gravity.
World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti
Hardback - Referring to books something that is made from thick stiff card
Design - A drawing or styles that shows the look and functionality of something before its made.
Family - A group of people that live together made up from parents and children.

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