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  • No Turning Back

    The Peacetime Revolutions of Post-War Britain

    by Paul Addison ...
    In No Turning Back, Paul Addison takes the long view, charting the vastly changing character of British society since the end of the Second World War. As he shows, in this period a series of peaceful revolutions has completely transformed the country so that, with the advantage of a longer perspective, the comparative peace and growing prosperity of the second half of the twentieth century appear ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • The Bloomberg Guide to Business Journalism

    by Paul Addison, Jennifer Sondag, Cherian Thomas, Carolina Wilson ...
    The Bloomberg Guide to Business Journalism provides students and professionals with the essential tools for reporting on companies, industries, financial markets, economies, banks, and government policies anywhere in the world. It illustrates how to chronicle capitalism for different audiences—from general consumers of business news to market specialists—and how to present compelling stories ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Burning Blue

    A New History of the Battle of Britain

    by Jeremy A. Crang, Paul Addison ...
    It was, of course, the Battle of Britain, or rather its conclusion, that prompted one of Winston Churchill's most memorable pieces of oratory that has its epitome in the sentence, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.' If the Battle of Britain had been lost it is very likely the New Order to which the Axis powers had pledged themselves would have become ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Spirit of the Blitz

    Home Intelligence and British Morale, September 1940 - June 1941

    by Paul Addison, Jeremy A. Crang ...
    During the Blitz, the morale of the British people was clandestinely monitored by Home Intelligence, a unit of the Ministry of Information that kept watch on the behaviour and opinions of the public and eavesdropped on their conversations. Drawing on a wide range of intelligence sources from every region of the United Kingdom, a small team of officials based at the Senate House of the University ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Now the War Is Over

    A Social History of Britain, 1945–1951

    by Paul Addison ...
    'An excellent book.' Angus Calder, London Review of BooksFirst published in 1985, based on an acclaimed BBC TV series, Paul Addison's Now The War is Over examines the great changes in British society that followed hard upon what had been the most destructive war ever known: years of recovery and reform, as Britain was reshaped by high ideals and a collective desire to enjoy the fruits and ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Churchill on the Home Front, 1900–1955

    by Paul Addison ...
    'The best one-volume study of Churchill yet available.' David Cannadine, Observer'Magisterial.' Vernon Bogdanor, New Statesman'A tour de force... A masterly chronicle of Churchill as a domestic figure rather than as the bulldog wartime leader, and one of the most subtle portraits of him as a politician. Addison revises the view of Churchill as uninterested and out of his depth in domestic affairs, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Winston Churchill

    by Paul Addison ...
    Series series Very Interesting People
    Definitive, concise, and very interesting... From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of ... Read more

    $3.33 CAD

  • Listening to Britain

    Home Intelligence Reports on Britain's Finest Hour, May-September 1940

    by Jeremy A Crang, Paul Addison ...
    From May to September 1940, a period that saw some of the most dramatic events in British history - including the evacuation of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain and the opening stages of the Blitz - the Ministry of Information eavesdropped on the conversations of ordinary people in all parts of the United Kingdom and compiled secret daily reports on the state of popular morale. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • The Making of Modern Britain

    by Andrew Marr ...
    In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire.Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace. The two wars were the worst we had ever known and the episodes of peace ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • 1919

    Britain's Year of Revolution

    by Simon Webb ...
    The little-known true story of rioting and rebellion among British veterans and workers after the end of World War I.On the August Bank Holiday of 1919, the government in London dispatched warships to the northern city of Liverpool in an overwhelming show of force. Thousands of troops, backed by tanks, had been trying without success to suppress disorder on the streets.Earlier that year in London, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Winston Churchill: Essential Biographies

    by Robert Blake ...
    Winston Churchill is probably still the best-known Prime Minster of Great Britain. Born at Blenheim Palace, he joined the army after Harrow, but in 1899 resigned his commission to report on the Boer War. Elected to Parliament in 1900, he served in both Conservative and Liberal governments, and became Chancellor of the Exechequer under Baldwin, A period in the political wilderness was ended by the ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Attlee and Churchill

    Allies in War, Adversaries in Peace

    by Leo McKinstry ...
    Throughout history there have been many long-running rivalries between party leaders, but there has never been a connection like that between Clement Attlee and Winston Churchill, who were leaders of their respective parties for a total of thirty-five years. Brought together in the epoch-making circumstances of the Second World War, they forged a partnership that transcended party lines, before ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus