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We were boys

by Alberto Moretti, Amalia Ferrari, Guido Moretti ...

Amalia and Guido are a young couple whose dream of a happy life together is broken by the outbreak of the Second World War. Amalia stays in Milan, juggling the bombings and the no less pressing problems of daily survival. Guido, instead, as commander in the Italian Army, leads an epic crossing in the Sahara desert and manages to bring his soldiers to safety, facing a thousand adversities. The ... Read more

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Amalia and Guido are a young couple whose dream of a happy life together is broken by the outbreak of the Second World War. Amalia stays in Milan, juggling the bombings and the no less pressing problems of daily survival. Guido, instead, as commander in the Italian Army, leads an epic crossing in the Sahara desert and manages to bring his soldiers to safety, facing a thousand adversities. The
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When flags collide English Italian Text

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ForewordAmalia is a heroin, a mother and a wife: she retraces the events of her family through three generations. She welcomes their inheritance in a hard struggle to survive between a Country's rural age at its sunset and a working-class Milan in which the war is perceived by apocalyptic aerial bombardments and alarm sirens. Of the war she talks about the anxiety and the horror: she faces losses ... Read more

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ForewordAmalia is a heroin, a mother and a wife: she retraces the events of her family through three generations. She welcomes their inheritance in a hard struggle to survive between a Country's rural age at its sunset and a working-class Milan in which the war is perceived by apocalyptic aerial bombardments and alarm sirens. Of the war she talks about the anxiety and the horror: she faces losses
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When Flags Collide

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Amalia is a heroin, a mother and a wife: she retraces the events of her family through three generations. She welcomes their inheritance in a hard struggle to survive between a Country's rural age at its sunset and a working-class Milan in which the war is perceived by apocalyptic aerial bombardments and alarm sirens. Of the war she talks about the anxiety and the horror: she faces losses and ... Read more

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Amalia is a heroin, a mother and a wife: she retraces the events of her family through three generations. She welcomes their inheritance in a hard struggle to survive between a Country's rural age at its sunset and a working-class Milan in which the war is perceived by apocalyptic aerial bombardments and alarm sirens. Of the war she talks about the anxiety and the horror: she faces losses and
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Luigi's Freedom Ride

by Alan Murray ...

A wholly charming, sweetly funny story of one young good-hearted Italian man. It's about life, bicycles, the joy of the journey and the simple beauty of a life well-lived.'Witty, moving and profound, this is the most enjoyable story I have read this year; a book to be treasured.' toowoomba ChronicleLuigi's Freedom Ride is a charming treat of a novel - as sunny, light and enjoyable as a strawberry ... Read more

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A wholly charming, sweetly funny story of one young good-hearted Italian man. It's about life, bicycles, the joy of the journey and the simple beauty of a life well-lived.'Witty, moving and profound, this is the most enjoyable story I have read this year; a book to be treasured.' toowoomba ChronicleLuigi's Freedom Ride is a charming treat of a novel - as sunny, light and enjoyable as a strawberry
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The Last Son's Secret

by Rafel Nadal Farreras ...

A huge international bestseller, this heartbreaking tale of a tiny Italian village during two World Wars will stay with you forever.Among the olive groves and vineyards of southern Italy, a boy and a girl are born, moments apart. Far away in the trenches of World War I, their fathers have just died. Now all the men in Vitantonio’s family have been wiped out – all twenty-one. All except him.Growing ... Read more

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A huge international bestseller, this heartbreaking tale of a tiny Italian village during two World Wars will stay with you forever.Among the olive groves and vineyards of southern Italy, a boy and a girl are born, moments apart. Far away in the trenches of World War I, their fathers have just died. Now all the men in Vitantonio’s family have been wiped out – all twenty-one. All except him.Growing
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Across the River and Into the Trees

by Ernest Hemingway ...

Now a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber and Josh Hutcherson!A poignant post-WWII tale of a revitalizing love found too late that follows the fleeting connection between an Italian countess and an injured, aging American colonel in Italy**—a** love story that inspires light and hope, while only darkness lies ahead.In the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway made his fir... ... Read more

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Now a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber and Josh Hutcherson!A poignant post-WWII tale of a revitalizing love found too late that follows the fleeting connection between an Italian countess and an injured, aging American colonel in Italy**—a** love story that inspires light and hope, while only darkness lies ahead.In the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway made his fir...
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Lost Sons of the Mediterranean Kefalonia, September 1943

by Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi ...

Based on the evidence of survivors and eye-witnesses, Colonel Liuzzi's book isa soldier's appraisal of one of the worst atrocities committed by the Wehrmachtin the European theatre of conflict in the Second World War.This moving work catalogues the annihilation of the Acqui Division on Kefalonia inSeptember 1943 and is an emotional tribute to those men. ... Read more

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Based on the evidence of survivors and eye-witnesses, Colonel Liuzzi's book isa soldier's appraisal of one of the worst atrocities committed by the Wehrmachtin the European theatre of conflict in the Second World War.This moving work catalogues the annihilation of the Acqui Division on Kefalonia inSeptember 1943 and is an emotional tribute to those men.
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Escaping Has Ceased to Be a Sport

A Soldier's Memoir of Captivity and Escape in Italy and Germany

by Frank Unwin ...

After being taken prisoner at Tobruk and transported to Italy, the author was determined to escape and learnt Italian by talking to the sentries. His first escape lasted just one week. He then joined a tunnel party and escaped again. After six weeks on the run he was offered shelter in a Tuscan hilltop village, Montebenichi. There he enjoyed five months of freedom, living the lifestyle and ancient ... Read more

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After being taken prisoner at Tobruk and transported to Italy, the author was determined to escape and learnt Italian by talking to the sentries. His first escape lasted just one week. He then joined a tunnel party and escaped again. After six weeks on the run he was offered shelter in a Tuscan hilltop village, Montebenichi. There he enjoyed five months of freedom, living the lifestyle and ancient
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Merry Christmas Don Camillo

by Giovanni Guareschi ...

Series Book 9 - Don Camillo Series
In Merry Christmas Don Camillo the author's Christmas stories appear alongside his war-time experiences in the prison camps of Germany and Poland, out of which he formed the polemic that would underwrite his work.Included are many tales new to English-speaking readers and some of the best that Guareschi ever wrote. For Christmas is the time when conflict between the communist mayor and the village ... Read more

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In Merry Christmas Don Camillo the author's Christmas stories appear alongside his war-time experiences in the prison camps of Germany and Poland, out of which he formed the polemic that would underwrite his work.Included are many tales new to English-speaking readers and some of the best that Guareschi ever wrote. For Christmas is the time when conflict between the communist mayor and the village
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The Lanzis

The Boundless Shades of Life

by Giancarlo Gabbrielli ...

The Lanzis: The Boundless Shades of Life, is the story of the Lanzi family, bursting with reality; painful, beautiful and remorseless. The author, Giancarlo Gabbrielli, takes you to Tuscany and into the period that followed the Great War, during the time of the rise of Fascism and finally into the specter of World War II.Well-known events are seen through new eyes, in an original and refreshingly ... Read more

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The Lanzis: The Boundless Shades of Life, is the story of the Lanzi family, bursting with reality; painful, beautiful and remorseless. The author, Giancarlo Gabbrielli, takes you to Tuscany and into the period that followed the Great War, during the time of the rise of Fascism and finally into the specter of World War II.Well-known events are seen through new eyes, in an original and refreshingly
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The Long Walk Home

An Escape in Wartime Italy

by Peter Medd, Frank Simms, Andrew Adams, Marcus Binney ...

On September 13th 1943, two young British officers seized the chance to escape their PoW convoy after the capitulation of Italy. This catapulted them onto a two-month, seven-hundred-mile journey through enemy territory down the spine of Italy, helped by many brave local families. This new edition of The Long Walk Home sets the record of this extraordinary adventure straight. It gives Frank Simms ... Read more

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On September 13th 1943, two young British officers seized the chance to escape their PoW convoy after the capitulation of Italy. This catapulted them onto a two-month, seven-hundred-mile journey through enemy territory down the spine of Italy, helped by many brave local families. This new edition of The Long Walk Home sets the record of this extraordinary adventure straight. It gives Frank Simms
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Suffer the Children

Growing up in Italy During World War Ii

by Donato De Simone ...

Donato De SimoneWORLD WAR II EVENTS NARRATED FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CHILDREN CAUGHT IN THE WEB OF ADULT INSANITYA young boy . . . a beautiful town . . . stalked by the Nazisbombed by the Allies . . . hiding Jewish refugeesAbruzzos mini-holocaust . . . meeting Padre Pioescape to a new life in AmericaGrowing up in the tranquility of the Abruzzo region of Italy, Donato De Simone, Danny to his ... Read more

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Donato De SimoneWORLD WAR II EVENTS NARRATED FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CHILDREN CAUGHT IN THE WEB OF ADULT INSANITYA young boy . . . a beautiful town . . . stalked by the Nazisbombed by the Allies . . . hiding Jewish refugeesAbruzzos mini-holocaust . . . meeting Padre Pioescape to a new life in AmericaGrowing up in the tranquility of the Abruzzo region of Italy, Donato De Simone, Danny to his
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