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    Boy Soldiers of the Great War

    Emden, Richard van

    Reveals new hitherto unknown stories and adds many more unseen images about the twelve boys caught up in a national wave of patriotism and, in huge numbers, volunteered to serve…

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    Temporary Heroes: Lieutenant Norman Cecil Down

    van Emden, Richard

    This is a short book based on the letters written between 1915 and 1916 by an officer serving with the ¼th Gordon Highlanders.

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    Sapper Martin: The Secret Great War Diary of Jack Martin

    The recently-discovered Great War diary edited and introduced by the co-author of The Last Fighting Tommy

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    Meeting the Enemy: The Human Face of the Great War

    Richard van Emden

    The first book to concentrate on what actually happened when enemies met face to face as human beings in the First World War, whether on the battlefield, as prisoners of…

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    Tommy’s Ark: Soldiers and their Animals in the Great War

    Richard van Emden

    A rich treasure chest of journals, letters and stories about the men and their animals on the Western Front, by the bestselling author of The Last Fighting Tommy and The…

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    Britain’s Last Tommies

    Richard Van Emden

    A wonderful farewell to the generation that fought at the battles of the Somme, Ypres, Passchendaele, Arras and Loos.

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    The Somme: The Epic Battle in the Soldiers’ Own Words and Photographs

    Richard Van Emden

    The offensive on the Somme took place between July and November 1916 and is perhaps the most iconic battle of the Great War. It was there that Kitchener’s famous ‘Pals’…

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    Volunteers

    Richard van Emden

    Drawing on long-forgotten memoirs, diaries and letters written by the men who enlisted, Richard tells the riveting story of Kitchener's volunteers, before they went to fight.

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    The Road to Passchendaele: The Heroic Year in Soldiers’ own Words and Photographs

    Richard Van Emden

    A vibrant and detailed account on the events at Passchendaele.

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    The Road to Passchendaele: The Heroic Year in Soldiers’ Own Words and Photographs

    Richard Van Emden

    A vibrant and detailed account on the events at Passchendaele.

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    1918: The Final Year of the Great War to Armistice

    Richard Van Emden

    Contains never before seen images taken by the soldiers themselves, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice.

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    1918: The Decisive Year in Soldiers’ own Words and Photographs

    Richard Van Emden

    Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice this book contains never before seen images taken by the soldiers themselves.

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    Missing: The Need for Closure after the Great War

    Richard Van Emden

    Using a remarkable collection of previously unseen images, Missing is a sweeping, epic story that is as resonant and relevant today, as a hundred years ago.

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    Missing: The Need for Closure after the Great War

    Richard Van Emden

    The most astonishing result of her search for her missing son if that she finds him, a million to one chance. Includes an interview with the grand daughter (now aged…

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    Last Man Standing: The Memoirs, Letters and Photographs of a Teenage Officer

    Originally published: Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Leo Cooper, 2002.

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    Boy Soldiers of the Great War

    Richard van Emden

    At the outbreak of the First World War, boys as young as thirteen were caught up in an overwhelming tide of patriotism and, in huge numbers, cheerfully joined up for…

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    Boy Soldiers of the Great War

    Richard van Emden

    At the outbreak of the First World War, boys as young as thirteen were caught up in an overwhelming tide of patriotism and, in huge numbers, cheerfully joined up for…

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    The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, Last Veteran of the Trenches, 1898-2009

    Richard van Emden,Harry Patch

    Harry Patch, born 17 June 1898, is the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of the First World War. This title presents his Edwardian childhood, the…

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    All Quiet on the Home Front

    Richard Van Emden,Steve Humphries

    A unique account of the home front from unheard sources, told from the testimonies of the last generation to remember the Great War

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    Aphids as Crop Pests

    A classic comprehensive reference on the biology and management of aphids occurring in crops, this second edition reflects the expansion of genomic research, semiochemicals and endosymbionts, and the shift away…

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