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1) World War I
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Series
Description
An up-close look at World War I examines life in the trenches and the devastation of Europe by the Great War.
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Series
Caroline Ferriday volume 2
Description
"It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors of Russia. But when Austria declares war on Serbia and...
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Series
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
vii, 359 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Description
'A full century later, our picture of World War I remains one of wholesale, pointless slaughter in the trenches of the Western front. Expanding our focus to the Eastern front, as David R. Stone does in this masterly work, fundamentally alters?and clarifies?that picture. A thorough, and thoroughly readable, history of the Russian front during the First World War, this book corrects widespread misperceptions of the Russian Army and the war in the east...
11) War horse
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Description
Joey the horse recalls his experiences growing up on an English farm, his struggle for survival as a cavalry horse during World War I, and his reunion with his beloved master.
12) World War One
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xiv, 226 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Description
"World War One began on horseback, with generals employing bayonet charges to gain ground, and ended with attacks resembling the Nazi blitzkriegs. The scale of devastation was unlike anything the world had seen before: fourteen million combatants died, a further twenty million were wounded, and four empires were destroyed. Even the victors' empires were fatally damaged. An overwhelming disaster from which the world is still recovering, World War One...
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Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Description
Describes World War I, using the reader's choices to reveal historical details from the perspectives of a Belgian resistance fighter, a British soldier, and an American Field Service volunteer.
14) Cavendon Hall
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Series
Cavendon chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
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Description
"Cavendon Hall is home to two families, the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them, just as their ancestors did over the centuries. Charles Ingham, the sixth Earl of Mowbray, lives there with his wife Felicity and their six children: Guy, the heir, who is studying at Cambridge; their younger son Miles, attending Eton; and their four daughters Diedre, Daphne, DeLacy and Dulcie, affectionately called the Four Dees by the staff. Walter Swann,...
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
360 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 32 cm
Description
This visual guide to the first World War features illustrated timelines, maps, and first-hand accounts of the action to bring to life the world leaders, key players and soldiers who fought the battles with the weapons and new technologies that changed history.
19) World War I
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
319 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 31 cm.
20) Paths of glory
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The French General Staff, safely behind the lines, sends orders for what amounts to a suicide mission. To cover up their fatal blunder, three soldiers are arrested and made scapegoats. Captures the spirit of Humphrey Cobb's novel in presenting a harsh attack on the futility of war in general and World War I in particular. A blistering indictment of military politics.
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