Churchill’s Angels
Title | Churchill’s Angels PDF eBook |
Author | Ruby Jackson |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2013-05-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0007506252 |
The first in a series of books featuring four young women whose lives will be forever changed by WWII.
CFPI's Hitler's Folly and Churchill's Angles
Title | CFPI's Hitler's Folly and Churchill's Angles PDF eBook |
Author | Jared William Carter (JW) |
Publisher | Booktango |
Pages | 12 |
Release | 2016-06-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1468971999 |
Churchill's story is largely tales of war but this short e-book by Jared William Carter as unique.
Angels in the Trenches
Title | Angels in the Trenches PDF eBook |
Author | Leo Ruickbie |
Publisher | Robinson |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 2018-11-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1472139585 |
After a miraculous escape from the German military juggernaut in the small Belgian town of Mons in 1914, the first major battle that the British Expeditionary Force would face in the First World War, the British really believed that they were on the side of the angels. Indeed, after 1916, the number of spiritualist societies in the United Kingdom almost doubled, from 158 to 309. As Arthur Conan Doyle explained, 'The deaths occurring in almost every family in the land brought a sudden and concentrated interest in the life after death. People not only asked the question, "If a man die, shall he live again?" but they eagerly sought to know if communication was possible with the dear ones they had lost.' From the Angel of Mons to the popular boom in spiritualism as the horrors of industrialised warfare reaped their terrible harvest, the paranormal - and its use in propaganda - was one of the key aspects of the First World War. Angels in the Trenches takes us from defining moments, such as the Angel of Mons on the Front Line, to spirit communication on the Home Front, often involving the great and the good of the period, such as aristocrat Dame Edith Lyttelton, founder of the War Refugees Committee, and the physicist Sir Oliver Lodge, Principal of Birmingham University. We see here people at every level of society struggling to come to terms with the ferocity and terror of the war, and their own losses: soldiers looking for miracles on the battlefield; parents searching for lost sons in the séance room. It is a human story of people forced to look beyond the apparent certainties of the everyday - and this book follows them on that journey.
Churchill's Angels
Title | Churchill's Angels PDF eBook |
Author | Ruby Jackson (Novelist) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 411 |
Release | |
Genre | Large type books |
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It is 1939 and in the town of Dartford, Grace, Sally and twins Daisy and Rose, are determined to do their bit when war is declared. Grace, desperate to get away from her sad home life, signs up for the Land Army. Sallys dream of stage school is thwarted by the war, but she finds hope in an unexpected place. For the twins, nothing has prepared them for the shock of the Blitz and the nightly raids on their hometown. Rose signs on at the local munitions factory, but with her brothers away fighting, Daisy is needed at home in her father's greengrocer shop. When she unwittingly trespasses on wealthy estate and meets the aristocratic flying ace, Adair, Daisy initially dismisses him as a 'toff'. But they become friends, and Adair encourages Daisy to indulge her passion for aeroplanes. Could Daisy's dream of being a pilot be closer than she thinks? And in these uncertain times, a girl would have to be crazy to fall in love, wouldn't she? The first in a series of books featuring four young women whose lives will be forever changed by WWII.
A Band of Angels
Title | A Band of Angels PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah Hopkinson |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 21 |
Release | 2013-05-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442484519 |
Based on the life of Ella Sheppard Moore, this glowing picture book tells the story of a determined and resilient singing group with a lasting legacy. A loving narrator shares the story of her great-grandmother Ella with her niece. Ella, the daughter of a slave, and the Jubilee Singers traveled all over the world singing the old sorrow songs, the songs of slavery. Their hard work raised funds to keep their college open and pave the way for thousands of students. This luminous, lyrical story is a poignant reminder that the old spirituals, or jubilee songs, stood for hope and freedom.
Churchill's South Africa
Title | Churchill's South Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Schoeman |
Publisher | Random House Struik |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Churchill, Winston |
ISBN | 9781920545475 |
In October 1899, the twenty-four-year-old Winston Churchill sailed for South Africa as war correspondent for the Morning Post to report on the Anglo-Boer War. When he returned the following year, it was as a military celebrity. This book follows Churchill's footsteps across South Africa and gives his impressions of the places he visited, the landscapes he saw, the people he encountered and the events he was involved in. Churchill's South Africa covers the future statesman's travels across the Great Karoo and through the green hills of Natal, his capture by the Boers, his escape to Del.
Our Angel Friends in Ministry and Song
Title | Our Angel Friends in Ministry and Song PDF eBook |
Author | Alfred Fowler |
Publisher | |
Pages | 614 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | Angels |
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