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“john broom”

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  • Reported Missing in the Great War

    100 Years of Searching for the Truth

    by John Broom ...
    "A snapshot of the misery and pain that [were] suffered by those who not only lost loved ones in the Great War, but were denied a graveside to mourn at." —Paul Nixon, Army Ancestry ResearchOf the one million British and Empire military personnel who were killed in action—died of wounds, disease, or injury; or were missing presumed dead during the First World War—over half a million have no known ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Cigarette and Trade Cards

    The Magic Inside the Packet

    by John Broom ...
    How trading cards captured the popular culture—from war to sports, science to celebrities—with tips on how to start and develop your own collection.The collection of picture cards has fascinated generations of children and adults since the late nineteenth century. Between 1900 and 1940, cartophily, as the hobby became known, became widespread as hundreds of millions of attractive cards were issued ... Read more

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  • From Darkness into Light

    The War Heroes Who Helped Save Cricket from Oblivion

    by Anthony Condon, John Broom ...
    From Darkness into Light tells the fascinating story of how a handful of intrepid cricketing soldiers helped save the game from oblivion. English cricket emerged from the Great War in a bruised and battered state. A four-year hiatus in the first-class game had left administrators, players and aficionados anxious about whether life on the field could ever be the same again. The state of Test ... Read more

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  • Britain's Industrial Revolution in 100 Objects

    by John Broom ...
    The period of Britain's Industrial Revolution was perhaps the most transformative era in the nation's history. Between about 1750 and 1914, life and work, home and school, church and community changed irreversibly for Britain's rapidly expanding population. Lives were transformed, some for the better, but many endured abysmal domestic and workplace conditions. Eventually improvements were made to ... Read more

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  • Cricket in the Second World War

    The Grim Test

    by John Broom ...
    As the civilised world fought for its very survival, Sir Home Gordon, writing in The Cricketer in September 1939, stated that 'England has now started the grim Test Match with Germany', the objective of which was to 'win the Ashes of civilisation'. Despite the interruption of first-class and Test cricket in England, the game continued to be played and watched by hundreds of thousands of people ... Read more

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  • Cricket in the First World War

    Play up! Play the Game

    by John Broom ...
    As Europe descended into war over the summer of 1914, cricket in England continued as it had for the preceding few decades. Counties continued with their championship programme, clubs in the North and Midlands maintained their league and cup rivalries whilst less competitive clubs elsewhere enjoyed friendly matches. However, voices were soon raised in criticism of this 'business as usual' approach ... Read more

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  • Faithful in Adversity

    The Royal Army Medical Corps in the Second World War

    by John Broom ...
    An account of the World War II heroics of the corps that "revolutionized medical care for British troops . . . Most Highly Recommended" (Firetrench).On 28 September 1945, Field Marshal Montgomery expressed his "admiration and high regard to a corps whose contribution to victory has been beyond all calculation."The Royal Army Medical Corps was active during all engagements in the Second World War. ... Read more

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  • Fight the Good Fight: Voices of Faith from the Second World War

    by John Broom ...
    The Second World War challenged many of the concepts that had provided stability and unity in the world. As totalitarian regimes in Europe and Asia attempted to impose their world view on their neighbours, a struggle for what Winston Churchill described as `Christian civilisation took place on many fronts. On the home front, on land, on sea and in the air, as well as in the horrific concentration ... Read more

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  • Fight the Good Fight: Voices of Faith from the First World War

    by John Broom ...
    "The inspiring stories of a number of very different characters who used their Christian faith to cope with their experiences of the First World War." —Jacqueline Wadsworth, author of Letters from the TrenchesWhile a toxic mixture of nationalism and militarism tore Europe and the wider world apart from 1914 to 1919, there was one factor that united millions of people across all nations: that of a ... Read more

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  • Public Schools and The Great War

    The Generation Lost

    by Anthony Seldon, David Walsh ...
    "A sweeping riveting history that manages to capture the essence of the conflict, as well as the contributions of particular schools and individuals." — HMC Insight MagazineIn this pioneering and original book, Anthony Seldon and David Walsh study the impact that the public schools had on the conduct of the Great War, and vice versa. Drawing on fresh evidence from 200 leading public schools and ... Read more

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  • Great Britain's Great War

    by Jeremy Paxman ...
    Jeremy Paxman's magnificent history of the First World War tells the entire story of the war in one gripping narrative from the point of view of the British people.***We may think we know about it, but what was life really like for the British people during the First World War?The well-known images - the pointing finger of Lord Kitchener; a Tommy buried in the mud of the Western Front; the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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  • More Than A Game

    The Story of Cricket's Early Years

    by John Major ...
    The former Prime Minister examines the early history of one of the great loves of his life in a book that sheds new light on the summer game’s social origins.All his life John Major has loved cricket. In ‘More Than a Game’ he examines it from its origins up to the coming of the First World War. Along the way he considers the crucial role of the wealthy patrons who gambled huge sums on early ... Read more

    $2.49 USD