'The English have for centuries been a puzzle to the people of other countries', explains this guide produced for overseas forces stationed in England during the Second World War. The English and Their Country attempts to solve this puzzle, providing an account of English characteristics for confused guests. Including everything from a ......
ISBN-13: 9781904897484
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
The Cabinet War Rooms provided the secret underground headquarters for the core of the British government throughout the Second World War. This fascinating book contains all the facts about the Cabinet War Rooms and the Churchill Museum, now known as the Churchill War Rooms. It is lavishly illustrated with photos from the collections of the ......
ISBN-13: 9781904897552
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
In On the Burning of Books, Baker explores famous moments throughout history when books have been burnt for political, religious, or personal reasons. Included among his investigations are stories from ancient China to the Nazis, from George Orwell’s Animal Farm to Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, from Chairman ......
This beautifully illustrated book, with the vast majority of illustrations photographed by the author, makes a fitting tribute to the world-famous 18th century landscape architect Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1716-1783) in his Tercentenary year.
Today IWM Duxford is established as the European centre of aviation history. The historic site, outstanding collections of exhibits and regular world-renowned Air Shows combine to create a unique museum where history really is in the air. This new edition is an informative book and is packed with facts about this famous Battle of Britain Airfield, ......
ISBN-13: 9781904897453
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
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There can be no potter in the world whose name is more widely known and respected than that of Bernard Leach. He is as famous in Japan and the East as he is in Europe and America, not only as an artist-craftsman but also as a thinker.
Welcome to Weird War One, a catalogue of the weird, the wonderful and the downright eccentric, from deep within IWM's First World War archives. From bizarre propaganda posters to eccentric spies, from pigeon parachutes to the ventriloquist's dummy that saved his master's life, from tickle sticks to fly swats, this is proof that, as ever, the truth ......
ISBN-13: 9781904897842
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
IWM has managed a Film Archive since it was first established in 1917, and the Archive now covers all aspects of conflicts in which British, Commonwealth or former Empire countries have been involved since the start of the twentieth century. The constantly growing collection extends to over 23,000 hours of moving images, representing a wide and ......
ISBN-13: 9781904897675
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
