Forgotten Voices of D-Day by Rodrick Bailey Paperback Book Drawing on thousands of hours of eyewitness testimony recorded by the Imperial War Museum, Forgotten Voices of D-Day tells us the story of the landings in the words of those who were there. With accounts ranging from memories of the daring capture of ‘Pegasus’ Bridge by…
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Paperback Book Streetwise George and his big, child-like friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they’ll find a place of their own and live the American…
Colchester 1940-1990 A Changing Town by Andrew Phillips Paperback book This is the first book of photographs to chart the often controversial, always changing, rise of modern Colchester in the second half of the twentieth century BRITAIN in Old Photographs Paperback book has 126 pages and is in good used condition
The Fellowship of the Ring The first part of J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic adventure the Lord of the Rings In a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring…
Personal Choice A Poetry Anthology Edited by John Wain Hardback Book Hardback book has 224 pages and is in good used condition
A Mind of Your Own is a source book for the millennium. Although the world changes around us, human beings never change – we experience the same thoughts, emotions and problems generation after generation. In this book, Betty Shine uses over 200 carefully selected keywords to identify the most common anxieties which face people today…
Tank Men: The Human Story of Tanks at War by Robert Kershaw explores the experiences of the men and women who lived and fought alongside tanks during the First and Second World Wars. Drawing on personal testimony, this 462-page Hodder paperback examines the reality of tank warfare beyond the machines themselves. First published in paperback in 2009 and in good used condition.
The complete book of Dreams Edwin Rafael How much do we know about our dreams? Are they significant? Do they affect our waking lives? Are they necessary? And, above all, what do they MEAN? The answers are here. Flying, falling, appearing naked in the street, performing impossible tasks – every imaginable type of dream is…
Dorothy: The Romantic Story of Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Joy Childs. A 1988 paperback edition published by J. H. Hall & Sons of Derby, with 206 pages. In good used condition, this book will appeal to readers interested in historical romance, Haddon Hall and Derbyshire-related literature.
Diddlebury The history of a Corvedale Parish The result of many years research, this is a history of Diddlebury that essentially looks at landownership and use to provide a picture of agriculture, of wealth and poverty, of fluctuating personal fortune, of the movements of people into and out of the parish, of the scale of…