Beauty and the Blitz

Beauty and the Blitz
Author: Sosie Frost
Publisher:
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2016-09-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781519008978

Shatter the slipper. Spit out the apple. Fall for The Beast. All-star linebacker Cole Hawthorne is a beast on the field, destroying offenses one broken quarterback at a time. Though he's a gifted athlete, his violent reputation makes him a liability to his team and a villain in the league.As Cole's agent, it's my responsibility to convince the brooding loner that being traded is better than getting banished from the game. If he loses his contract, this single mom is out of a job. So, it's up to me to tame the beast.But the closer I get to the ferocious monster, the harder I fall for the passionate man underneath. He's crude and charming. Tough and sweet. Dangerous...but even he can't resist my baby's giggle. Denying my feelings might protect my heart, but the trading deadline is closing in. When Cole reveals the dirty truth about the trade, I can't let the league rip us apart. Do I save my career...or do I protect a man who deserves a happily ever after?Maybe no one can love a beast...But they haven't met Cole Hawthorne.

London Was Ours

London Was Ours
Author: Amy Helen Bell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2008-03-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0857714465

"London was ours from the hour the blacked-out night hid its beauty until the morning siren signalled the coming day." - Joan Bright Astley. The German bombing raids on London from September 1940 to May 1941 - the London Blitz - supply us with some of the most dramatic and mythologised stories from the Home Front of the Second World War. But often overlooked in historical studies of the Blitz are the narratives supplied by Londoners themselves. In shelters, in kitchens and in offices, they wrote about their daily lives under duress, scribbling into diaries, notebooks and on the backs of envelopes. "London was Ours" analyses over two hundred letters, diaries and memoirs written by those citizens who endured the Blitz, restoring the forgotten voices of ordinary individuals to the collective memory of the Blitz and World War II. Their writings reveal widely varying points of view, often at odds with official wartime narratives and subsequent histories, making this a vital contribution to the social history of wartime Britain.

The Blitz and Its Legacy

The Blitz and Its Legacy
Author: Mark Clapson
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2013
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781409436980

The Blitz and Its Legacy is a fascinating volume which includes war experiences of destruction, architecture, urban design, the political process of planning and reconstruction, and also popular perceptions of rebuilding. Its findings provide very timely lessons which highlight the value of learning from historical precedent. Drawing together leading scholars and new researchers from across the fields of planning, history, architecture and geography, this volume presents an historical and cultural commentary on the immediate and longer-term impacts of wartime destruction.

Animal Survival

Animal Survival
Author: Lori Hile
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1410939804

Learn about animals who have survived in disasterous conditions.

Animals In War

Animals In War
Author: Jilly Cooper
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2010-12-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 140903190X

Pigeons carrying vital messages to and from the beleaguered city during the Siege of Paris; horses and mules struggling through miles of fetid mud to bring ammunition to the front in the Great War; dogs sniffing out mines for the British invasion force in the Second World War - countless brave animals have played their part in the long, cruel history of war. Some have won medals for gallantry - like G.I. Joe, the American pigeon who saved 100 British lives in Italy, and Rob, the black and white mongrel who made over twenty parachute jumps with the SAS. Too many others have died abandoned, in agony and alone, after serving their country with distinction. Jilly Cooper has here written a tribute to the role of animals in wartime. It is a tragic and horrifying story - yet it has its lighter moments too: a hilarious game of musical chairs played on camels during the Desert Campaign; and the budgie who remarked, when carried from a bombed-out East End tenement, 'This is my night out'. This is a vivid and unforgettable record of man's inhumanity to animals, but also an astonishing story of courage, intelligence, devotion and resilience.

British Romantic Art and the Second World War

British Romantic Art and the Second World War
Author: Stuart Sillars
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 257
Release: 1991-06-18
Genre: Art
ISBN: 134909918X

An examination of the ways in which the artists and writers of the 1940s developed and extended approaches from earlier English romanticism to provide a direct and compassionate response to the reality of contemporary destruction.

Irish Writing London: Volume 1

Irish Writing London: Volume 1
Author: Tom Herron
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1441150579

The presence of Irish writers is almost invisible in literary studies of London. Irish Writing London redresses the critical deficit. A range of experts on particular Irish writers reflect on the diverse experiences and impact this immigrant group has had on the city. Such sustained attention to a location and concern of Irish writing, long passed over, opens up new terrain to not only reveal but create a history of Irish-London writing. Alongside discussions of Wilde, Shaw, Joyce and Yeats, the writing of the political nationalist Katharine Tynan and work of Irish-Language writer Ó Conaire is considered. Written by an international array of scholars, these new essays on key figures challenge the deep-seated stereotype of what constitutes the proper domain of Irish writing, producing a study that is both culturally and critically alert and a dynamic contribution to literary criticism of the city.

The Human Tradition in Modern France

The Human Tradition in Modern France
Author: K. Steven Vincent
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 0842028056

This engaging textbook provides a human perspective of the history of France from 1789 to the present through essays that highlight individuals and intriguing events that too often have been lost under labels and statistics. Students will gain an understanding of the humor and passion in French history from these original chpaters by established scholars. This collection also relates the individuals, events, and controversies to current historiographical debates. The Human Tradition in Modern France is an excellent supplementary text for courses on French history, as well as on Western Civilization.