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Hundred Days

The End of the Great War

by Nick Lloyd ...

An unmissable book that explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World WarOn the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent.The Armistice, which brought the Great War to an end, marked a seminal moment in European and World history. Yet the story of how the war ended remains little-known. In this compelling and ground ... Read more

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An unmissable book that explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World WarOn the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent.The Armistice, which brought the Great War to an end, marked a seminal moment in European and World history. Yet the story of how the war ended remains little-known. In this compelling and ground
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The Eastern Front

A History of the Great War 1914-1918

by Nick Lloyd ...

Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

22 hours 43 min

The first major history in fifty years of the often overlooked Eastern Front of the First World WarDrawing on the latest scholarship as well as eyewitness reports, diary entries, and memoirs, Lloyd moves from the great battles of 1914 to the final collapse of the Central Powers in 1918, showing how a local struggle between Austria-Hungary and Serbia spiraled into a massive conflagration that ... Read more

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The first major history in fifty years of the often overlooked Eastern Front of the First World WarDrawing on the latest scholarship as well as eyewitness reports, diary entries, and memoirs, Lloyd moves from the great battles of 1914 to the final collapse of the Central Powers in 1918, showing how a local struggle between Austria-Hungary and Serbia spiraled into a massive conflagration that
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The Eastern Front

A History of the Great War, 1914-1918

by Nick Lloyd ...

Series Book 2 - The Great War Trilogy
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn Economist Best Book of the Year“[A] superb history…so much has been forgotten, including the course of the war in the east across multiple theaters of operation and the strategies pursued by both sides. It is all this and more that Mr. Lloyd has resurrected in compelling detail.” —Economist“Harrowing.… [E]xcellent.… [A] masterly study.” —William Anthony Hay, Wall ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn Economist Best Book of the Year“[A] superb history…so much has been forgotten, including the course of the war in the east across multiple theaters of operation and the strategies pursued by both sides. It is all this and more that Mr. Lloyd has resurrected in compelling detail.” —Economist“Harrowing.… [E]xcellent.… [A] masterly study.” —William Anthony Hay, Wall
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The Western Front

A History of the Great War, 1914-1918

by Nick Lloyd ...

Series Book 1 - The Great War Trilogy
**"A tour de force of scholarship, analysis and narration.…Lloyd is well on the way to writing a definitive history of the First World War." —Lawrence James, TimesThe Telegraph • Best Books of the YearThe Times of London • Best Books of the YearA panoramic history of the savage combat on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 that came to define modern warfare.**The Western Front evokes images of ... Read more

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**"A tour de force of scholarship, analysis and narration.…Lloyd is well on the way to writing a definitive history of the First World War." —Lawrence James, TimesThe Telegraph • Best Books of the YearThe Times of London • Best Books of the YearA panoramic history of the savage combat on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 that came to define modern warfare.**The Western Front evokes images of
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Passchendaele

A New History

by Nick Lloyd ...

'A timely re-appraisal . . . a masterpiece' General Lord Richard Dannatt'Sweeps aside mythology and provides a rational explanation and cool description of what took place' Max Hastings, Sunday Times_________________________________Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than 500,000 men were killed or maimed, gassed or drowned - and many of the bodies were never found. ... Read more

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'A timely re-appraisal . . . a masterpiece' General Lord Richard Dannatt'Sweeps aside mythology and provides a rational explanation and cool description of what took place' Max Hastings, Sunday Times_________________________________Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than 500,000 men were killed or maimed, gassed or drowned - and many of the bodies were never found.
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Hundred Days

The Campaign That Ended World War I

by Nick Lloyd ...

In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that ensued-known as the Hundred Days Campaign-saw some of the bloodiest and most ferocious combat of the Great War, as the Allies grimly worked to break the stalemate in the west and end the conflict that had decimated Europe.In Hundred Days, acclaimed ... Read more

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In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that ensued-known as the Hundred Days Campaign-saw some of the bloodiest and most ferocious combat of the Great War, as the Allies grimly worked to break the stalemate in the west and end the conflict that had decimated Europe.In Hundred Days, acclaimed
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Travels Through the Spanish Civil War

by Nick Lloyd ...

Fifty years after Franco's death, and almost ninety since the Civil War began, the scars of violence still run deep in Spain. Nick Lloyd traces this legacy through a series of road trips. Travelling through Catalonia and Aragón, among the last Republican strongholds, he visits battle sites, museums, memorials and more. Speaking with historians, local guides and descendants of International ... Read more

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Fifty years after Franco's death, and almost ninety since the Civil War began, the scars of violence still run deep in Spain. Nick Lloyd traces this legacy through a series of road trips. Travelling through Catalonia and Aragón, among the last Republican strongholds, he visits battle sites, museums, memorials and more. Speaking with historians, local guides and descendants of International
... Read more
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The Western Front

A History of the Great War, 1914-1918

by Nick Lloyd ...

Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

Unabridged

20 hours 40 min

The Western Front evokes images of mud-spattered men in waterlogged trenches, shielded from artillery blasts and machine-gun fire by a few feet of dirt. This iconic setting was the most critical arena of the Great War, a 400-mile combat zone stretching from Belgium to Switzerland where more than three million Allied and German soldiers struggled during four years of almost continuous combat. It ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

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The Western Front evokes images of mud-spattered men in waterlogged trenches, shielded from artillery blasts and machine-gun fire by a few feet of dirt. This iconic setting was the most critical arena of the Great War, a 400-mile combat zone stretching from Belgium to Switzerland where more than three million Allied and German soldiers struggled during four years of almost continuous combat. It
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The Amritsar Massacre

The Untold Story of One Fateful Day

by Nick Lloyd ...

On 13 April 1919, a fateful event took place which was to define the last decades of the British Raj in India. At 5:10pm on that day, Brigadier-General 'Rex' Dyer led a small party of soldiers through the centre of Amritsar into a walled garden known as the Jallianwala Bagh. He had been informed that an illegal political meeting was taking place and had come to disperse it. On entering the garden, ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

On 13 April 1919, a fateful event took place which was to define the last decades of the British Raj in India. At 5:10pm on that day, Brigadier-General 'Rex' Dyer led a small party of soldiers through the centre of Amritsar into a walled garden known as the Jallianwala Bagh. He had been informed that an illegal political meeting was taking place and had come to disperse it. On entering the garden,
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Passchendaele

A New History

by Nick Lloyd ...

Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

Unabridged

12 hours 28 min

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Passchendaele by Nick Lloyd, read by Mark Elstob.Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than 500,000 men were killed or maimed, gassed or drowned - and many of the bodies were never found. The Ypres offensive represents the modern impression of the First World War: splintered trees, water-filled craters, muddy shell-holes.The ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Passchendaele by Nick Lloyd, read by Mark Elstob.Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than 500,000 men were killed or maimed, gassed or drowned - and many of the bodies were never found. The Ypres offensive represents the modern impression of the First World War: splintered trees, water-filled craters, muddy shell-holes.The
... Read more

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Englisch lernen Audio - Sind Sie ein guter Zuhörer?

Spotlight Audio 8/11 - Test yout listening skills

by Rita Forbes, Rita Forbes, Michael Pilewski, Charly Braun1 ...

Narrated by David Creedon, Jenny Evans, Tania Higgins, Nick Lloyd, Erin Perry, Inez Sharp, Anne Alexander Sieder, Ken Taylor0 ...

Series series Spotlight Audio
Unabridged

59 min

Eines der berühmtesten Relikte, das die alten Römer den Briten hinterließen, ist der 120 km lange Hadrianswall. Gehen Sie im August auf Hörreise zu diesem und weiteren Zielen in der englischsprachigen Welt. Und testen Sie zugleich Ihr Hörverständnis: In Zusammenarbeit mit telc, dem Anbieter international anerkannter Sprachenzertifikate, hat Spotlight eine Reihe von Übungen entwickelt, mit denen ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Eines der berühmtesten Relikte, das die alten Römer den Briten hinterließen, ist der 120 km lange Hadrianswall. Gehen Sie im August auf Hörreise zu diesem und weiteren Zielen in der englischsprachigen Welt. Und testen Sie zugleich Ihr Hörverständnis: In Zusammenarbeit mit telc, dem Anbieter international anerkannter Sprachenzertifikate, hat Spotlight eine Reihe von Übungen entwickelt, mit denen
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Englisch lernen Audio - Summer in London

Spotlight Audio 07/19 – Sommer in London

by Various Artists ...

Narrated by Owen Connors, Martin Crooke, David Creedon, Jenny Evans, Tania Higgins, Nick Lloyd, Ian McMaster, Inez Sharp, Ken Taylor ...

Series series Spotlight Audio
Unabridged

1 hour 2 min

Über Londons zweitausend Jahre alte Geschichte gibt es viel zu entdecken und zu erforschen. Und das geht am besten zu Fuß. Machen Sie einen Rundgang durch die britische Hauptstadt in der Ausgabe 7/19 von Spotlight Audio. Ebenfalls in dieser Ausgabe: Die britische Amateurdetektivin Dorothy Winslow kehrt zurück, um in einer spannenden dreiteiligen Kurzgeschichte ein neues Geheimnis zu lösen. ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Über Londons zweitausend Jahre alte Geschichte gibt es viel zu entdecken und zu erforschen. Und das geht am besten zu Fuß. Machen Sie einen Rundgang durch die britische Hauptstadt in der Ausgabe 7/19 von Spotlight Audio. Ebenfalls in dieser Ausgabe: Die britische Amateurdetektivin Dorothy Winslow kehrt zurück, um in einer spannenden dreiteiligen Kurzgeschichte ein neues Geheimnis zu lösen.
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