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“norman collins”

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  • Last Man Standing

    The Memiors of a Seaforth Highlander During the Great War

    by Norman Collins ...
    A first-hand account of World War I by a nineteen-year-old Englishman who led a platoon into the carnage of the Battle of the Somme.While researching his excellent earlier book: Veterans of World War I, author Richard Van Emden encountered a fascinating personality of that long-ago conflict. After witnessing German naval attacks on British civilians, Norman Collins enlisted in the Seaforth ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Love in Our Time

    by Norman Collins ...
    Gerald, a young man on the up-and-up with a good job and stylish friends, is doing rather well, even if he does say so himself.Newly married to the young and beautiful Alice, installed in their very own home in the heart of suburbia, there seems little more a man could hope for. Unfortunately, the realities of life step in to wake Gerald from this rosy bubble.Still in the throes of new love, the ... Read more

    $6.09 USD

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  • In the Trenches 1914 - 1918

    by Glenn R. Iriam ...
    This book are the memoirs of Frank S. Iriam, Sgt. sniper, scout and, observer attached to the First Canadian Division which was attached to the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. These writing are of significant Historical Value as well as a very vivid description of most of the major battles of the Great War. There are no holds barred descriptions of the good and bad qualities of the various ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Flowers of the Forest

    Scotland and the First World War

    by Trevor Royle ...
    On the brink of the First World War, Scotland was regarded throughout the British Isles as 'the workshop of the Empire'. Not only were Clyde-built ships known the world over, Scotland produced half of Britain's total production of railway equipment, and the cotton and jute industries flourished in Paisley and Dundee. In addition, Scots were a hugely important source of manpower for the colonies. ... Read more

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  • Experiences of a Dug-Out, 1914-1918 [Illustrated Edition]

    by Major-General Sir C. E. Callwell ...
    Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack – 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photosMajor-General Sir Charles Edward Callwell KCB was an Anglo-Irish officer of the British Army, who served in the artillery, as an intelligence officer, and as a staff officer and commander during the Second Boer War. As a noted strategist and well known in military circles, he was recalled [aka 'dug-out'] ... Read more

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  • Rommel, Knight's Cross (True Combat)

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    Under cover of the bombardment, the Germans blew gaps in the wire and cleared paths through the minefield. By the following morning, they had established a hole through the outer defences a mile and a half wide and taken more than 100 prisoners. Their charismatic leader, the dynamic Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, was the most highly respected German general of World War II.Read about the daring ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Battle of Stalingrad (True Combat)

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    The Germans were masters of Blitzkrieg. But in the rubble of a ruined city, the Russians knew the troops of the Third Reich were reluctant to engage in the hand-to-hand battle that victory required. The Soviet soldiers were fearless; time was blood. The Red Army commander’s tactics were brutally simple – defend the city or die...Read about the Attack by the German army on Stalingrad; the brutal ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Over The Top

    Great battles of the First World War

    by Martin Marix Evans ...
    The early battles of the First World War during the autumn and winter of 1914 were open, mobile affairs of the kind long familiar to professional soldiers. By early 1915, however, a new type of war had emerged - trench warfare.Modern artillery and machine-guns had been employed in the Boer War only a decade or so previously, but the perfection of their use led to the creation of a static front: ... Read more

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  • Gallipoli

    by John Masefield ...
    Many chronicles have been written about war, but few, if any, can compare with John Masefield’s masterpiece, Gallipoli. It can be found on countless lists of the finest literary works of all time, and is one of his major achievements.The Battle of Gallipoli campaign began one fateful Sunday morning in April 1915.A joint British Empire (including the newly formed Australian and New Zealand Army ... Read more

    $5.77 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Riding into War

    The Memoir of a Horse Transport Driver, 1916-1919

    by James Robert Johnston ...
    Series Book 4 - New Brunswick Military Heritage Series
    On the ghastly battlefields of the First World War, Jimmie Johnston drove teams or pack horses carrying ammunition and hauling guns to the front lines. One night, Johnston was hauling guns back from the front line. Suddenly, in the darkness and pouring rain, he, his team, the wagon, and the guns pitched into an old trench. After disentangling the horses from their harness, Johnston found a ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Fighting the Flying Circus

    by Eddie Rickenbacker ...
    One of the best first-hand accounts of air combat in World War I, by an American “ace of aces.” Eddie Rickenbacker had an extraordinary career: inventor, race car driver, fighter ace, Medal of Honor winner, and finally president of Eastern Air Lines. In this book he recounts how he achieved 26 confirmed kills in less than a year of combat on the Western Front, rising from the ranks to lead the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • War in The Pacific (True Combat)

    by Al Cimino ...
    A huge column of blood red smoke rose a thousand feet as the battleship USS Arizona blew up. The USS Oklahoma capsized. The California, Nevada and West Virginia were all sunk at their moorings. 181 Japanese warplanes had attacked the US Pacific Fleet as it lay at anchor in Pearl Harbor. There had been no formal declaration, but the United States of America was now at war...Read about the Japanese ... Read more

    $1.99 USD