During World War II, London was at its most perilous moment since the Great Fire of 1666. Districts were transformed at night by falling bombs, fires, and searchlights. During the day, when the results of the previous night's bombing were laid bare, ordinary people dealt with the aftermath as best they could. In 1939, the Ministry of Information ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423118
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, this striking set of postcards includes 30 famous wartime posters, artworks and vintage photographs drawn from IWMs unrivalled collections.
ISBN-13: 9781912423941
(FOLD-OUT BOOK OR CHART )
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
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AUD$39.99
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Local release date: 01/07/2025
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Follow Julian Lisiecki's early 20th century life as he struggles for an education in Russian-controlled Poland. Julian's story offers a rare glimpse into life during the First World War, being lost behind enemy lines during the Polish Soviet War and becoming a successful architect. The saga continues with Julian's son, Stach, whose gripping ......
Welcome to Weird War Two, a catalogue of the weird, the wonderful and the downright eccentric, from deep within IWM's Second World War archives. From wacky inventions to elusive secret agents, from bizarre propaganda posters to the dummy acting as a decoy for a daring escape, from inflatable tanks to painted cows, this is proof that, as ever, the ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423705
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
Inspirational Professors of Fashion at the Royal College of Art 1948-2014
The four charismatic women who led the Royal College of Art's School of Fashion for nearly seventy years, helped establish a global reputation for British design excellence in ready-to-wear clothing.
Michael's charismatic and highly successful wife Maggie showed the first signs of dementia in her mid-fifties. His experience of caring for her is quite exceptional: he lived with her in a care home for nine years, overseeing every aspect of her care and medical treatment. Michael chose to do this as an act of love, not wanting to be separated ......
Feeding babies is a topic of intense concern to mothers and of great interest to public health professionals. Milk has been the life and death of the newborn, and their fortunes have often turned on whether they were fed naturally or artificially. 'Breast is Best' has been the consensus view throughout history but, for choice or necessity, other ......
Why Me? First Account for Me, are the memoirs of famed film director Tony Palmer. His vast filmography of over one hundred films ranges from early works with The Beatles, Cream, Rory Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa, to the famous portraits with and about Walton, Britten, Stravinsky, Maria Callas, Andre Previn, John Osborne, Leonard Cohen, ......
