Author: Robert Menzies
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 0642192855
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Dark and Hurrying Days is the text of a diary kept by Robert Menzies, then Prime Minister of Australia, of his experiences during a wartime trip to England in 1941. It was a grim time when British cities were enduring heavy bombing and German invasion seemed imminent. Menzies' Diary reveals the shifting feelings and fears which these experiences engendered in him, and is of prime importance in capturing the brooding spirit of this grim time.
Dark and Hurrying Days
Author: Robert Menzies
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 0642192855
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Dark and Hurrying Days is the text of a diary kept by Robert Menzies, then Prime Minister of Australia, of his experiences during a wartime trip to England in 1941. It was a grim time when British cities were enduring heavy bombing and German invasion seemed imminent. Menzies' Diary reveals the shifting feelings and fears which these experiences engendered in him, and is of prime importance in capturing the brooding spirit of this grim time.
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 0642192855
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Dark and Hurrying Days is the text of a diary kept by Robert Menzies, then Prime Minister of Australia, of his experiences during a wartime trip to England in 1941. It was a grim time when British cities were enduring heavy bombing and German invasion seemed imminent. Menzies' Diary reveals the shifting feelings and fears which these experiences engendered in him, and is of prime importance in capturing the brooding spirit of this grim time.
Days of Air and Darkness
Author: Katharine Kerr
Publisher: Spectra
ISBN: 0553572628
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Acclaimed author of the dazzling cycle of fantasy novels set in Deverry and the Westlands, Katharine Kerr continues her epic saga of humanity as a shift of power on the astral plane brings change to the world of men... The city of Cengarn is under siege. Armies both astral and physical are massing for and against the goddess Alshandra, who seeks to prevent the birth of one fate-bound child. It falls to the dweomermaster Jill and her allies to protect the child's human mother, Princess Carra--and Deverry's already foretold future--by magic and by might. But as the warrior Rhodry wings toward the battle on dragonback, he cannot know that soon he will face his ancient enemy, Alshandra's high priestess Raena, who will use any means to destroy him. Their confrontation could turn the tide of the siege--and change the fate of Deverry forever.
Publisher: Spectra
ISBN: 0553572628
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Acclaimed author of the dazzling cycle of fantasy novels set in Deverry and the Westlands, Katharine Kerr continues her epic saga of humanity as a shift of power on the astral plane brings change to the world of men... The city of Cengarn is under siege. Armies both astral and physical are massing for and against the goddess Alshandra, who seeks to prevent the birth of one fate-bound child. It falls to the dweomermaster Jill and her allies to protect the child's human mother, Princess Carra--and Deverry's already foretold future--by magic and by might. But as the warrior Rhodry wings toward the battle on dragonback, he cannot know that soon he will face his ancient enemy, Alshandra's high priestess Raena, who will use any means to destroy him. Their confrontation could turn the tide of the siege--and change the fate of Deverry forever.
Holy-days and Holidays
Author: Edward Mark Deems
Publisher: Detroit : Omnigraphics
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
Publisher: Detroit : Omnigraphics
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
All Behind You, Winston
Author: Roger Hermiston
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1781314845
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
All Behind You, Winston tells the story of the most remarkable gathering of leaders in modern British history: the War Ministry that saw the country through its darkest - and finest - hour. When Winston Churchill became Prime Minister on 10 May 1940, it was not with the unanimous support of Westminster or the country. For many, Lord Halifax was the obvious choice to succeed Neville Chamberlain, and Churchill's grasp of the Home Front appeared uncertain at best. He assembled around him, however, a Cabinet of 'all the talents'; which would variously mobilise, arm, feed, fund, shelter, evacuate, heal and, ultimately, save Britain. Among these remarkable men - and women - were Churchill's rivals Lord Halifax and Sir Stafford Cripps, the loyal and dogged Clement Attlee, titanic egos such as Lord Beaverbrook and John Reith, the popular department store owner Lord Woolton (the man who kept the nation fed), the propagandist and playboy Duff Cooper, and many of the statesmen who would go on to build the New Jerusalem in peacetime. By 1945 they had not only steered the country to victory, they had also ensured Churchill's inviolable position in our national myth - an outcome that had seemed far from likely five years earlier. In a series of character-driven chapters, Roger Hermiston, a former deputy editor on Radio 4-s Today and the author of The Greatest Traitor, tells the behind-closed-doors story of the key figures and key ministries, delving deep into the archives to bring to life a Cabinet that was both the brain and the conscience of the nation.
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1781314845
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
All Behind You, Winston tells the story of the most remarkable gathering of leaders in modern British history: the War Ministry that saw the country through its darkest - and finest - hour. When Winston Churchill became Prime Minister on 10 May 1940, it was not with the unanimous support of Westminster or the country. For many, Lord Halifax was the obvious choice to succeed Neville Chamberlain, and Churchill's grasp of the Home Front appeared uncertain at best. He assembled around him, however, a Cabinet of 'all the talents'; which would variously mobilise, arm, feed, fund, shelter, evacuate, heal and, ultimately, save Britain. Among these remarkable men - and women - were Churchill's rivals Lord Halifax and Sir Stafford Cripps, the loyal and dogged Clement Attlee, titanic egos such as Lord Beaverbrook and John Reith, the popular department store owner Lord Woolton (the man who kept the nation fed), the propagandist and playboy Duff Cooper, and many of the statesmen who would go on to build the New Jerusalem in peacetime. By 1945 they had not only steered the country to victory, they had also ensured Churchill's inviolable position in our national myth - an outcome that had seemed far from likely five years earlier. In a series of character-driven chapters, Roger Hermiston, a former deputy editor on Radio 4-s Today and the author of The Greatest Traitor, tells the behind-closed-doors story of the key figures and key ministries, delving deep into the archives to bring to life a Cabinet that was both the brain and the conscience of the nation.
No Day Without a Line
Author: I︠U︡riĭ Karlovich Olesha
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810113824
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
"First published in 1965 and reprinted many times in the Soviet Union and Russia, Yury Olesha's No Day without a Line is a series of thematically assembled journal entries which together form an unusual and extremely engaging personal memoir." "Ranging from Olesha's prerevolutionary childhood, to notable cultural figures, to Russian and Western literature, the entries are artfully composed units in which an image is developed, a memory precisely delineated, or an apercu elaborated. Occasionally, the units coalesce in a chain of reflections on a common theme, such as Olesha's memories of the 1905 Potyomkin mutiny, his recollections of the poet Mayakovsky, or his discussion of the writings of Tolstoy or Hemingway." --Book Jacket.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810113824
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
"First published in 1965 and reprinted many times in the Soviet Union and Russia, Yury Olesha's No Day without a Line is a series of thematically assembled journal entries which together form an unusual and extremely engaging personal memoir." "Ranging from Olesha's prerevolutionary childhood, to notable cultural figures, to Russian and Western literature, the entries are artfully composed units in which an image is developed, a memory precisely delineated, or an apercu elaborated. Occasionally, the units coalesce in a chain of reflections on a common theme, such as Olesha's memories of the 1905 Potyomkin mutiny, his recollections of the poet Mayakovsky, or his discussion of the writings of Tolstoy or Hemingway." --Book Jacket.
Untied Kingdom
Author: Stuart Ward
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009308696
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 703
Book Description
How did Britain cease to be global? In Untied Kingdom, Stuart Ward tells the panoramic history of the end of Britain, tracing the ways in which Britishness has been imagined, experienced, disputed and ultimately discarded across the globe since the end of the Second World War. From Indian independence, West Indian immigration and African decolonization to the Suez Crisis and the Falklands War, he uncovers the demise of Britishness as a global civic idea and its impact on communities across the globe. He also shows the consequences of this diminished 'global reach' in Britain itself, from the Troubles in Northern Ireland to resurgent Englishness and the startling success of separatist political agendas in Scotland and Wales. Untied Kingdom puts the contemporary travails of the Union for the first time in their full global perspective as part of the much larger story of the progressive rollback of Britain's imaginative frontiers.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009308696
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 703
Book Description
How did Britain cease to be global? In Untied Kingdom, Stuart Ward tells the panoramic history of the end of Britain, tracing the ways in which Britishness has been imagined, experienced, disputed and ultimately discarded across the globe since the end of the Second World War. From Indian independence, West Indian immigration and African decolonization to the Suez Crisis and the Falklands War, he uncovers the demise of Britishness as a global civic idea and its impact on communities across the globe. He also shows the consequences of this diminished 'global reach' in Britain itself, from the Troubles in Northern Ireland to resurgent Englishness and the startling success of separatist political agendas in Scotland and Wales. Untied Kingdom puts the contemporary travails of the Union for the first time in their full global perspective as part of the much larger story of the progressive rollback of Britain's imaginative frontiers.
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Dark Day in the Deep Sea
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375894616
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! The magic tree house leads Jack and Annie to a tiny deserted island in the middle of the ocean. The brother and sister team are soon rescued by a ship of explorers and scientists who are looking for…a sea monster! Formerly numbered as Magic Tree House #39, the title of this book is now Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #11: Dark Day in the Deep Sea. Did you know that there’s a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375894616
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! The magic tree house leads Jack and Annie to a tiny deserted island in the middle of the ocean. The brother and sister team are soon rescued by a ship of explorers and scientists who are looking for…a sea monster! Formerly numbered as Magic Tree House #39, the title of this book is now Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #11: Dark Day in the Deep Sea. Did you know that there’s a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures
After the Dark
Author: Rohit Pagare
Publisher: Rohit Pagare
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
After the Dark is a tale of a prisoner’s resolute fightback for freedom. Not by jumping over walls, but by conquering his inner-self and then winning over his outer handicaps by becoming larger than beliefs. About the author Rohit Pagare was sentenced to life imprisonment by court on charges of murder. But he had set one more condition for himself: that he would obtain release only when he selflessly brings smile to someone, or he would brace death. What he needed was one chance to partly atone his doing. One day, administration asked suggestions from him to smoothen prison processes. This was his chance. He gathered a team of inmates, motivated them to develop a prison software and outperformed expectations. Impressed administration implemented it in all prisons of the state which won him accolades from DG Prisons and a place in Limca Book of Records. At present, software is aiding agencies in crime investigations and is thus securing citizen lives and winning their smiles. Then administration began saying, ‘Rohit, it’s been 8 years of sincere work, time for you to get out of here.’ About the book In the story, author’s prison fightback is personified by Gopi (11 years), and his sister Seema (15 years). Gopi is poor and a 3rd standard village-school dropout who promises Ria, a rich but handicapped city-school girl of sixth standard, that he would bring her smile. Little does he know that his promise will push him on a turf of war with his debilitated inner self - can he, can he not? He will have to tame his mind into a passionate mission-oriented machine. In a distant hostage camp, Seema knows escape was impossible. One day when cornered, she stared at her horrendous-self - that she could murder. And she also incredulously saw herself escaping from the camp with another captive, only to agonizingly return to embrace her death. But destiny wasn't through. Back came another foggy chance but with a frustrating rider - it was to help her captor!
Publisher: Rohit Pagare
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
After the Dark is a tale of a prisoner’s resolute fightback for freedom. Not by jumping over walls, but by conquering his inner-self and then winning over his outer handicaps by becoming larger than beliefs. About the author Rohit Pagare was sentenced to life imprisonment by court on charges of murder. But he had set one more condition for himself: that he would obtain release only when he selflessly brings smile to someone, or he would brace death. What he needed was one chance to partly atone his doing. One day, administration asked suggestions from him to smoothen prison processes. This was his chance. He gathered a team of inmates, motivated them to develop a prison software and outperformed expectations. Impressed administration implemented it in all prisons of the state which won him accolades from DG Prisons and a place in Limca Book of Records. At present, software is aiding agencies in crime investigations and is thus securing citizen lives and winning their smiles. Then administration began saying, ‘Rohit, it’s been 8 years of sincere work, time for you to get out of here.’ About the book In the story, author’s prison fightback is personified by Gopi (11 years), and his sister Seema (15 years). Gopi is poor and a 3rd standard village-school dropout who promises Ria, a rich but handicapped city-school girl of sixth standard, that he would bring her smile. Little does he know that his promise will push him on a turf of war with his debilitated inner self - can he, can he not? He will have to tame his mind into a passionate mission-oriented machine. In a distant hostage camp, Seema knows escape was impossible. One day when cornered, she stared at her horrendous-self - that she could murder. And she also incredulously saw herself escaping from the camp with another captive, only to agonizingly return to embrace her death. But destiny wasn't through. Back came another foggy chance but with a frustrating rider - it was to help her captor!