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11.Tommy's War: A First World War Diary 1913-1918 by: Thomas Cairns Livingstone September 15, 2008
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I don't usually read diaries but this caught my eye and I decided to give it a go as I generally read war books. From page one it became a treasure trove of snippets from a bygone era. How a family strove to make ends meet through severe hardship during ww1. Thomas makes light of it all with wit, charm and such delightful drawings of news items or his family. Shaun sewell has made a great discovery and shared it with the nation. We must thank you for that and just hope Harper collins will see fit to produce book 2 from 1919 t0 1933. I only hope someone will find the pre war diaries that might have started as early as 1905 whilst thomas was courting Agnes. This is a real gem, set in Glasgow it gives us all another angle on the great ... Read More:

12.The Third Reich at War: How the Nazis Led Germany from Conquest to Disaster (Allen Lane History) by: Richard J Evans October 02, 2008
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This magnificent book completes Evans' trilogy on the Third Reich. It covers all aspects of the war including the home front: morale, the role of women, the effect of the bombing, food, wages and conditions. He also examines the roles of the air force, navy and army, and gives us shrewd portraits of the leading personalities in the Nazi state. Nazi ideology blamed the Jews for all ills, including the Second World War itself, and saw communism and socialism as essentially Jewish. Hitler created a genocidal mentality and justified a genocidal policy. The Nazis committed countless atrocities. They killed thousands of handicapped children. They killed as many Gypsies as they could. They deported Jews from all the countries they ... Read More:

13.Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of 'Housewife 49' from: Profile Books Ltd November 16, 2006
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I write this in late 2008 as the global financial system goes into meltdown and the credit crunch is really biting into our individual pockets. What Nella Last would make of our sickeningly materialistic, wasteful, 'spend spend spend' times I cannot imagine! On a domestic level we could all learn a lot from Nella's money-saving, waste-avoiding methods. Her descriptions of the meals she contrives are fascinating, and her make-do-and-mend philosophy would put us all to shame. Aside from the domestic detail, Nella writes movingly about her thoughts and feelings as a wife and mother living through a second war, and especially about the changing role of women and her own sense of liberation through war work. This should be be required reading ... Read More:

14.I Never Knew That About England by: Christopher Winn April 07, 2005
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Along with G Meehan I find the errors irritating having found two more in the first 24 pages. One is often repeated and may be considered trivial by many - the line from Gray's Elegy (page 18) The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, True, several websites print this version but they may well be just copies of other sites. Reputable poetry sites and Oxford University's Gray archive print the version that also appears in the Oxford Book of English Verse: The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, Yes, it does seem odd, but if that's what Gray wrote, that's what should appear. The editors at the publishers, if not the author, should be capable of spotting this. A far less trivial error is the statment ... Read More:

15.Shots from the Front: The British Soldier 1914-18 by: Richard Holmes September 01, 2008
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Richard Holmes is well known as a military historian who can not only make the details of military campaigns intelligible, but can recognise the human stories beneath. There is little in terms of campaign detail. There is not that much that is especially original, either. But these are trivial matters compared with the book's place as in my opinion one of the best annotated photo albums about WW1. Enormous knowledge is worn lightly; the choice of photos is without exception excellent, with most them having appeared rarely if at all before. The greatest strength is that Holmes teaches us (without seeming to do so) how to read photos of WW1 and probably all conflicts, drawing us into the detail of the picture with warmth and humanity. Highly recommended even at full price.

16.The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by: Anne Frank June 07, 2007
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The diary of a young girl is a superb book! Recounting the life of Jews in hiding during the second World War. The cramped conditions, the lack of food and the terror that they might be discovered by the Nazis, is seen through the eyes of Anne Frank. This book is the best diary I have read. It is absolutely amazing.

17.Mein Kampf by: Adolf Hitler November 21, 2007
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a very romantic and enlightening read, really opened my eyes to new things heil the fuhrer

18.A Little History of the World by: E H Gombrich September 01, 2008
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This carefully worded book was written as a child's introduction to world history. The chapters are short, reflective, interesting and lack any polemical element. There is a certain feel of Watch With Mother, but at least in this case my mother would have enjoyed it compared to Rag, Tag & Bobtail. With plenty of chapters there is more than enough here for any child, and a few intelligent adults.

19.The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919 by: Mark Thompson September 04, 2008
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I fully agree with what the other reviewers have said about this book, which is a marvellous overview of the Italian front during 1915-18. Not only a military history - though it is that, of course, but also a political and cultural history. And not only of the Italian experience, even though that is the main focus, but also of "the other side", the multi-national Habsburg empire. The outnumbered Austrian army (with bosnians and croats strongly represented here) fought well on the Italian front, in contrast with other theatres. The author gives a balanced, beautifully written, exciting and very moving account of this not-so-known part of the Great War: how Italy tumbled into it 1915, the desperate and futile fighting along the Isonzo, the debacle of Caporetto, the recovery ... Read More:

20.The Genealogist's Internet by: Peter Christian August 31, 2005
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I was lucky enough to be given this as a birthday gift when I first got into my Family Tree. It is a really useful resource helping a beginner find their way around the wealth of info available on the web to the amateur genealogist. There is info on where to start and on the whole aray of online sources. A great book, worth the money.

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