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Millions Like Us
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Author : Virginia Nicholson
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-05-05
Millions Like Us written by Virginia Nicholson and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-05 with History categories.
In 1942 Cora Johnston is grieving over the death of her young husband, torpedoed in the Atlantic; Aileen Morris is intercepting Luftwaffe communications during the siege of Malta - and Clara Milburn, whose son was captured after Dunkirk, is waiting, and waiting ... We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire crews and brave deeds on the Normandy beaches. But in conditions of "Total War" millions of women - in the Services and on the Home Front - demonstrated that they were cleverer, more broad-minded and altogether more complex than anyone had ever guessed. In Millions Like Us Virginia Nicholson tells the story of the women's war, through a host of individual women's experiences. She tells how they loved, suffered, laughed, grieved and dared; how they re-made their world in peacetime. And how they would never be the same again ...
Millions Like Us
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Author : Visiting Senior Fellow Department of Psychology Nicky Hayes
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 1999-01-01
Millions Like Us written by Visiting Senior Fellow Department of Psychology Nicky Hayes and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with History categories.
This collection of essays brings together the latest historical research on cultural production and reception during the Second World War. It covers the way in which cultural provision was viewed by the labour movement and industry.
Millions Like Us
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Author : Jenny Hartley
language : en
Publisher: Virago Press
Release Date : 1997-01-01
Millions Like Us written by Jenny Hartley and has been published by Virago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with English fiction categories.
The Second World War saw women fully involved and experiencing work outside the home; the temporary nature of their new role was echoed in the fiction of the era, where the heroine's work remained a prelude to her return to domesticity. Their relative freedom is also reflected in wartime fiction that saw women fulfil a range of roles at one time -mother, worker, home-maker. From the blitz to secret surveillance, from film and radio to letter-writing, women wrote about it all and here Jenny Hartley offers a fascinating and enlightening criticism, discussing a range of authors including: Elizabeth Bowen, OliviaManning, Rosamond Lehmann, Rose Macaulay and Stevie Smith.
Launder And Gilliat
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Author : Geoff Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Launder And Gilliat written by Geoff Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
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To Die But Once
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Author : Jacqueline Winspear
language : en
Publisher: Allison & Busby Ltd
Release Date : 2018-03-20
To Die But Once written by Jacqueline Winspear and has been published by Allison & Busby Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-20 with Fiction categories.
Spring 1940. With Britons facing what has become known as the Bore War - nothing much seems to have happened yet - Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance of a local lad, a young apprentice craftsman working on a "hush-hush" government contract. As Maisie's inquiry reveals a possible link to the London underworld, so the country is bracing for a possible enemy invasion amid news of the British expeditionary force stranded along the French coast. And another mother is worried about a missing son - but this time the boy in question is one beloved by Maisie.
Max And The Millions
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Author : Ross Montgomery
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2018-02-27
Max And The Millions written by Ross Montgomery and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-27 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
From Costa-shortlisted superstar, a highly anticipated standalone adventure about what happens when you find a tiny, living, breathing civilization on the floor of your school dorm room. Max is used to spending time alone - it's difficult to make friends in a big, chaotic school when you're deaf. He prefers to give his attention to the little things in life . . . like making awesome, detailed replica models. Then Mr Darrow, the school caretaker and fellow modeller, goes missing. Max must follow his parting instruction: 'Go to my room. You'll know what to do.' There on the floor he finds a pile of sand . . . and in the sand is Mr Darrow's latest creation . . . a tiny boy, no bigger than a raisin, Luke, Prince of the Blues. And behind the tiny boy . . . millions of others - a thriving, bustling, sprawling civilization! 'A fast-paced and enjoyable adventure that encourages readers to appreciate the small things in life.' Kirkus 'A delightful whiff of Monty Python . . . Ross Montgomery's writing is often pure Douglas Adams.' SFX 'Totally off-the-wall story. The world building is superb.' The Bookbag 'A funny, well plotted tale.' Sunday Express 'Marvellously funny and original . . . it's the tiny details that make the story work.' Financial Times 'An inventive and funny adventure. ' Inis Children Books Ireland
Motherhood
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Author : Sheila Heti
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2018-05-24
Motherhood written by Sheila Heti and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-24 with Fiction categories.
'A response - finally - to the new norms of femininity' Rachel Cusk Having reached an age when most of her peers are asking themselves when they will become mothers, Heti's narrator considers, with the same urgency, whether she will do so at all. Over the course of several years, under the influence of her partner, body, family, friends, mysticism and chance, she struggles to make a moral and meaningful choice. In a compellingly direct mode that straddles the forms of the novel and the essay, Motherhood raises radical and essential questions about womanhood, parenthood, and how - and for whom - to live. 'Likely to become the defining literary work on the subject' Guardian 'Courageous, necessary, visionary' Elif Batuman 'Quietly affecting... As concerned with art as it is with mothering' Sally Rooney 'Groundbreaking in its fluidity' Spectator **A Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Irish Times, Refinery29, TLS and The White Review Book of the Year **
The Cold Millions
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Author : Jess Walter
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2020-10-27
The Cold Millions written by Jess Walter and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-27 with Fiction categories.
“One of the most captivating novels of the year.” – Washington Post NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Best Book of the Year: Bloomberg | Boston Globe | Chicago Public Library | Chicago Tribune | Esquire | Kirkus | New York Public Library | New York Times Book Review (Historical Fiction) | NPR's Fresh Air | O Magazine | Washington Post | Publishers Weekly | Seattle Times | USA Today A Library Reads Pick | An Indie Next Pick From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins comes another “literary miracle” (NPR)—a propulsive, richly entertaining novel about two brothers swept up in the turbulent class warfare of the early twentieth century. An intimate story of brotherhood, love, sacrifice, and betrayal set against the panoramic backdrop of an early twentieth-century America that eerily echoes our own time, The Cold Millions offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation grappling with the chasm between rich and poor, between harsh realities and simple dreams. The Dolans live by their wits, jumping freight trains and lining up for day work at crooked job agencies. While sixteen-year-old Rye yearns for a steady job and a home, his older brother, Gig, dreams of a better world, fighting alongside other union men for fair pay and decent treatment. Enter Ursula the Great, a vaudeville singer who performs with a live cougar and introduces the brothers to a far more dangerous creature: a mining magnate determined to keep his wealth and his hold on Ursula. Dubious of Gig’s idealism, Rye finds himself drawn to a fearless nineteen-year-old activist and feminist named Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. But a storm is coming, threatening to overwhelm them all, and Rye will be forced to decide where he stands. Is it enough to win the occasional battle, even if you cannot win the war? Featuring an unforgettable cast of cops and tramps, suffragists and socialists, madams and murderers, The Cold Millions is a tour de force from a “writer who has planted himself firmly in the first rank of American authors” (Boston Globe).
Millions
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Author : Frank Cottrell Boyce
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2008
Millions written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
After their mother dies, two brothers find a huge amount of money which they must spend quickly before England switches to the new European currency, but they disagree on what to do with it.
Mary Coin
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Author : Marisa Silver
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2013-03-07
Mary Coin written by Marisa Silver and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-07 with Fiction categories.
Bestselling author Marisa Silver takes Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother photograph as inspiration for a story of two women—one famous and one forgotten—and their remarkable chance encounter. In 1936, a young mother resting by the side of the road in central California is spontaneously photographed by a woman documenting migrant laborers in search of work. Few personal details are exchanged and neither woman has any way of knowing that they have produced one of the most iconic images of the Great Depression. In present day, Walker Dodge, a professor of cultural history, stumbles upon a family secret embedded in the now-famous picture. In luminous prose, Silver creates an extraordinary tale from a brief event in history and its repercussions throughout the decades that follow—a reminder that a great photograph captures the essence of a moment yet only scratches the surface of a life.