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  • Voices of the Codebreakers

    Personal Accounts of the Secret Heroes of World War II

    Alongside the open conflict of World War II there were other, hidden wars - the wars of communication, in which success depended on a flow of concealed and closely guarded information.Smuggled written messages, secretly transmitted wireless signals, or months of eavesdropping on radio traffic meant operatives could discover in advance what the enemy intended to do. This information was passed on ... Read more

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  • Nicholas II, The Last Tsar

    The character of the last Tsar, Nicholas II (1868-1918) is crucial to understanding the overthrow of tsarist Russia, the most significant event in Russian history. Nicholas became Tsar at the age of 26. Though a conscientious man who was passionate in his devotion to his country, he was weak, sentimental, dogmatic and indecisive. Ironically he could have made an effective constitutional monarch, ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of the Private Life of Elizabeth II

    Series series Brief Histories
    Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning British monarch. A personally quiet, modest and dutiful person, she is far better-informed about the lives of her subjects than they often realize. She has known every Prime Minister since Winston Churchill and every American President since Eisenhower. Yet what of the woman behind the crown?This book seeks to take a new look at this exhaustively-documented ... Read more

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  • Jacks Destiny

    A heart jerking true story of how a young boy of one-year-old was abandoned by his Mother who thought that it was better to be out partying and taking drugs, His father is killed in a car crash and leaves guardianship to an old friend who was also his ex-girlfriend, until the child's birth mother comes back and a court case ensues for custody of the child. ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of Life in Victorian Britain

    Series series Brief Histories
    The Victorian era has dominated the popular imagination like no other period, but these myths and stories also give a very distorted view of the 19th century.The early Victorians were much stranger that we usually imagine, and their world would have felt very different from our own and it was only during the long reign of the Queen that a modern society emerged in unexpected ways.Using character ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of the House of Windsor

    The Making of a Modern Monarchy

    Series series Brief Histories
    The British monarchy may be over a thousand years old, but the House of Windsor dates only from 1917, when, in the middle of the First World War that was to see the demise of the major thrones of continental Europe, it rebranded itself from the distinctly Germanic Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the homely and familiar Windsor.By redefining its loyalties to identify with its people and country rather than ... Read more

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  • Private Life in Britain's Stately Homes

    Masters and Servants in the Golden Age

    The Victorian and Edwardian eras in the run-up to 1914 marked the golden age of the English country house, when opulence and formality attained a level that would never be matched again. The ease of these perfect settings for flirtation and relaxation was maintained by a large and well-trained staff of servants. Although those 'in service' worked very long hours and had little personal freedom, ... Read more

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  • A Cruel World

    What if we could really get to know a group of women, their lives, their secrets, and their innermost selves? Would we be able to see if it's our thoughts, our dreams, or the flaws that define us? And are we really so different from everyone else? Don't we all just want to have a home where we can feel safe, someone that holds us and speaks of love and something that we can be proud of, that sets ... Read more

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  • Zombie Slayer

    Carly Glass is a Horror book writer who travels back home to lay her Mother to rest, but finds that things have changed, and what she see's is like a scene from one of her books. ... Read more

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  • Inside Dickens' London

    A fascinating, evocative account of 19th-century London, so well-known from Charles Dickens' much-loved novels.Inside Dickens' London draws on descriptions of life in the capital from original letters, diaries and newspapers, as well as Dickens' own social commentary, to paint a vivid portrait of a city undergoing massive social changes. No author has ever described the city of London as well as ... Read more

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  • The Undead

    It was no use. Just like a rag doll, the boy was tossed aside to bleed out on the ground. His eyes glazed over in death while his mother was savaged beside him. The spell broke, and at last, Rachael looked away. She leaned over and locked the passenger door, the click loud in her ears. With an iron grip on the wheel, she steered the truck around the family and drove away. The entire time, she ... Read more

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  • Coming Out; Every Love Deserves Respect

    Michael was obviously nervous about something. I assured him that I was his best friend and he could tell me anything. The nervousness seemed to melt away, he was still very tentative with his words."For god's sake, Michael, will you cut the shit and tell me what's going on? What's bugging you, big man?""Geordie, I'm gay. I'm a fag. I'm a queer. I'm light in the loafers. I'm a back door destroyer. ... Read more

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