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Tin Hats and Rice
A Diary of Life as a Hong Kong Prisoner of War, 1941-1945
I cant visualise us getting out of this, but I want to TRY to believe in a future, wrote 23-year-old Barbara Anslow (then Redwood) in her diary on 8th December 1941, a few hours after Japan first attacked Hong Kong. Barbaras 1941-1945 diaries (with post-war explanations where necessary) are an invaluable source of information on the civilian ......
ISBN-13: 9789887792741 (Paperback)
Publisher: BLACKSMITH BOOKS
Imprint: BLACKSMITH BOOKS
Barbara Anslow
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Local release date: 31/10/2018
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Categories: Memoirs [BM]Asian history [HBJF]Second World War [HBWQ]Gender studies: women [JFSJ1]Prisoners of war [JWXR]Hong Kong [1FPCH]c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) [3JJH]

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Lessons Learned: A life in education
Drawing on 38 years of experience, Brian Lightman's perceptive and thoughtful book is a reflective account of his career, looking at the development of the education system both from his perspective as a teacher and school leader and, more recently, as one involved in national policy. Major themes include the disruptive impact of the electoral ......
ISBN-13: 9781911382713 (Paperback)
Publisher: JOHN CATT EDUCATIONAL
Imprint: JOHN CATT EDUCATIONAL LTD
Brian Lightman
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Local release date: 15/08/2018
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Categories: Memoirs [BM]Educational strategies & policy [JNF]Organization & management of education [JNK]England [1DBKE]Wales [1DBKW]

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Robert Mugabe's Lost Jewel of Africa
From Bushmen to the Bantu; the invasion by the Matabele; the advent of missionaries; and the arrival of Cecil Rhodes, up to the time of independence. This is the romantic land of the high veld; of the great river Zambezi and the mighty Victoria Falls, and vast mineral wealth. This was the country that Mugabe referred to as `the jewel of Africa'.
ISBN-13: 9781781556887 (Hardback)
Publisher: FONTHILL
Imprint: FONTHILL
Andrew Norman
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AUD $53.99
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Local release date: 21/05/2018
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Categories: Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]Memoirs [BM]African history [HBJH]20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW]Colonialism & imperialism [HBTQ]National liberation/ndependence, post-colonialism [HBTR]Zimbabwe [1HFMW]20th century [3JJ]

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Do You Love Your Teachers?
Memoir of a Waldorf Teacher
A readable memoir tracing Muller's journey to becoming a Waldorf teacher and experiencing the difference that Waldorf education can make.
ISBN-13: 9780932776624 (Paperback)
Publisher: STEINER BOOKS INC
Imprint: ADONIS PRESS
Eric G. Muller
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AUD $46.99
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Local release date: 09/05/2018
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Categories: Memoirs [BM]Education [JN]

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In Defense of Israel
A Memoir of a Political Life
The revealing memoir of one of Israel's most respected statesmen. In Defense of Israel vividly recounts the many battles Moshe Arens fought in the political arena, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. The latter included his strong opposition to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's withdrawal from Gaza and parts of the West Bank - an action that led to ......
ISBN-13: 9780815731412 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Moshe Arens
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AUD $42.99
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Local release date: 07/05/2018
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Categories: Biography: general [BG]Memoirs [BM]Politics & government [JP]Political science & theory [JPA]International relations [JPS]Israel [1FBH]

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Mapping My Way Home
Activism, Nostalgia, and the Downfall of Apartheid South Africa
Stephanie J. Urdang's memoir tracking the slow demise of apartheid that led to South Africa's first democratic elections.
ISBN-13: 9781583676677 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: MONTHLY REVIEW PRESS
Stephanie J. Urdang
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AUD $49.99
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Local release date: 04/03/2018
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Categories: Memoirs [BM]African history [HBJH]Republic of South Africa [1HFMS]

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Poker Brat
Phil Hellmuth's Autobiography
If you know Phil Hellmuth then you either love him or hate him! His rants, tirades, and lines like I can dodge bullets baby" and If it weren't for luck, I'd win them all" are epic and have earned him the nickname the Poker Brat." However, whether you love him or hate him, he is undoubtedly the greatest poker player of our time. Phil is a global ......
ISBN-13: 9781909457744 (Hardback)
Publisher: D AND B PUBLISHING
Imprint: D AND B PUBLISHING
Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu
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Local release date: 29/11/2017
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Categories: Memoirs [BM]Poker [WDMC2]

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John Fleming and Hugh Honour
Remembered by Susanna Johnston
John Fleming and Hugh Honour were giants of the art world. To Susanna Johnston, however, they were simply John and Hugh, an inseparable couple and two of her closest friends. They had met in the 1950s at Gli Scafari, the opulent villa on the Italian Riviera of the blind writer Percy Lubbock - one of Henry James' inamoratos and Iris Origo's step ......
ISBN-13: 9781783341115 (Hardback)
Publisher: GIBSON SQUARE
Imprint: GIBSON SQUARE
Susanna Johnston
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Local release date: 11/10/2017
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Categories: History of art / art & design styles [AC]Memoirs [BM]

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Extravagant Stranger
A Memoir
Ian Fleming's Bond meets the lyricism of Rimbaud in this fast-paced, genre-defying debut, encompassing six decades and three continents of absurd and often life-threatening experience.
ISBN-13: 9780993505683 (Hardback)
Publisher: CARCANET PRESS
Imprint: LITTLE ISLAND PRESS
Daniel Roy Connelly
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Local release date: 01/10/2017
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Categories: Memoirs [BM]Poetry by individual poets [DCF]