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A Stranger in the House by Julie Summers
44.99 NZD
Category: History
Over 4 million ex-service men were demobilised between 1945 and 1947. These men, changed by injury or experience, returned to a Britain that had also adjusted in their absence. In A Stranger In The House, Julie Summers talks to the women who were left to cope at home without their menfolk and explains h ...Show more
Dressed for War - The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue Editor Extraordinaire by Julie Summers
26.99 NZD
Category: History
'Magnificent ... Dressed for War works on many levels: as an evocation of an uncommon time; as a celebration of an uncommon woman; as pure, unalloyed fun.' Lucy Davies, Daily Telegraph Dressed For War: The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue editor extraordinaire from the Blitz to the Swinging Sixties is the ...Show more
The Colonel of Tamarkan: Philip Toosey and the Bridge on the River Kwai by Julie Summers
34.99 NZD
39.95 (12% off)
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: good
Alec Guinness won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the dogmatic but brittle commanding officer in David Lean's film "The Bridge on the River Kwai". While a brilliant performance, it owed more to fiction than fact, as the man who actually commanded the POWs ordered to build the infamous bridges - ...Show more
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