Richard Burton, My Brother

The brother of the distinguished actor reveals the deep-rooted insecurities and conflicting values that adversely affected Burton's career, offering numerous anecdotes, an introduction by Elizabeth Taylor, and previously unpublished photographs

Biographies & Memoirs

Jenkins, Graham

TURNER, Barry

Arts & Literature

Harpercollins

When does a war end? Is it the day the treaties are signed? Is it the day the last soldier falls? Or is it the day the enemy finally realizes he is fighting a lost cause?
In standard histories of the Second World War, the last six months in the western European arena invariably make a short epilogue. After the German failure in the Battle of the Bulge, Hitler's bold counterattack across the Ardennes, the war is often assumed to have been over, bar sporadic shooting. As Countdown to Victory shows, this is a long way from the truth.The German army, far from being beaten, fought hard for every inch of ground. This in-depth look at those final months reveals many individual acts of great courage and recaptures the excitement of victory and the despair of the defeated, told by the people who were eyewitnesses to these momentous events.
Countdown to Victory also examines many contentious issues: the race between Montgomery and Patton to become the first to cross the Rhine; the rarely discussed Hunger Winter in Holland, in which the Dutch people were left to starve by the Nazi administrators under the knowing eyes of the Allied forces; the destruction of German cities; Eisenhower's decision to leave Berlin to the Russians and the disagreements between British and American generals; the concentration camps and the question of German collective guilt; and the drama of the last days of the Third Reich. The memories and reflections are set in the wider context of the political struggle among Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill, with Stalin winning on points for dominant say in planning a postwar Europe.
Drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished American, British, Canadian, German, Dutch and Scandinavian sources, Countdown to Victory is a reinterpretation of those final months through he eyes of ordinary people forced to experience the trauma. These memories and reflections of the soldiers and civilians in the front line will make us rethink the popular images of the last stage of the war.
Searing and indelible, this riveting history puts a spotlight on a transformative moment in the twentieth century, from a historian whose page-turning style will have readers transfixed.

Countdown to Victory: The Final European Campaigns of World War II

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

William Morrow

In most accounts of World War II, the last six months of fighting in Europe are tucked into an epilogue. After the Battle of the Bulge, the Nazis are assumed to be as good as defeated. In fact, they fought to their last breath. In the Hürtgen Forest, in the Po Valley of Italy, and in the German industrial heartland of the Ruhr, the Allies suffered horrific losses.
Drawing on never-before-published sources, Barry Turner captures the thrill of victory, the despair of defeat, and the staggering human costs of war. From the grunts on the ground to the machinations of generals and statesmen and the daily miseries of civilians caught in the crossfire, Turner brings this critical chapter of World War II searingly and indelibly to life.

Harper-perennial

Compelling and moving real-life accounts of the impact of the return of the troops at the end of World War II Summer 1945: Britain was in jubilant mood. At last, the war was over. Soon the men would be coming home from the battlefronts of Europe and the Far East. Then everything would be fine: life would get back to normal. Or would it? Six long years of war had profoundly changed family life. In the absence of their menfolk, the wives had run the home. In the absence of their fathers, the children had ruled the roost in what were effectively one-parent families. For years, Dad had been a khaki figure in a photograph on the wall, a crumpled letter from overseas, an occasional visitor on weekend leave. Now he was here to stay, a stranger in a group that had learned to live without him—and was not always prepared to have him back. Most homecomings were joyful, never-to-be-forgotten moments of humor and hope. Others were hard. Welcomes were marred by rejection. Relationships were ruined forever. Divorce and delinquency, the twin horrors of post-war society, were set to soar. And there was no one to help, no one to offer advice, no one to deal with the tears and the trauma.

When Daddy Came Home: How War Changed Family Life Forever

Rennell, Tony

Parenting & Relationships

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Adventures in Education

Education & Teaching

Van Der Eyken, Willem

Schools & Teaching

Penguin??Books

For ten months before the Second World War, thousands of children were bundled on to trains and waved goodbye to their parents as they set off across Germany and Holland to the ferries that would take them to England. This book is based on extensive interviews with those who helped to organise the transports, the families who took the children in and above all the young refugees as they began new lives in a strange country. Many were faced with a continuous stream of foster parents and children's homes; many were evacuated and even deported - and almost all never saw their parents again.

One Small Suitcase

Children's Books

Puffin

This is the essential guide for all new and established writers for the screen. Including useful, easy-to-search contact detail entries from courses, societies and grants to representation and production companies, along with provocative articles and invaluable advice from top UK and US representatives and practitioners of the trade.

The Screenwriter's Handbook 2009

Science & Math

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

A place in the country

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

Covering every country in the world, entries include historical background, information on constitution and government, defense, international relations, economy, and social institutions. Includes a fold-out color geopolitical map and flags for all 192 countries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The World Today 2000: Essential Facts in an Ever Changing World (Syb Factbook)

Reference

Almanacs & Yearbooks

Scandinavia Profiled examines Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland, with detailed economic, political, and cultural information on this lesser known European region. Readers can learn that Iceland has the world's highest internet penetration rate and that Sweden is the world's leading producer of iron ore. As both a top travel destination and an area of vital economic interest, Scandinavia is an increasingly important region whose essence is captured in this thorough profile.

Scandinavia Profiled: Essential Facts on Society, Business, and Politics in Scandinavia (Syb Factbook)

History

Europe

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