This is, in effect, the autobiography of the man who has seen all British military history unfold in front of his eyes: the British soldier. What was it like to be in every British battle throughout history? Only the soldier on the ground can tell us. This is his powerful story.From Agincourt to Waterloo...more details Format:Hardback Pages:512
From Agincourt to Waterloo, from Dunkirk to the Gulf War, and everywhere in between, one man has served in all these battles. This is the story of Britain at war from the perspective of that man. It is the autobiography of the British soldier.|In a comprehensive series of first-hand accounts...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:512
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John Lewis-Stempel
ISBN:9780670915538
Fountainhead of democracy, engine of the Industrial Revolution, epicentre of the globe's greatest empire and the first-ditch stand against an expansionist Germany in two world wars: England's history is among the most fascinating and influential the world has ever known. This unique volume presents that history in unique form: first-hand...more details Format:Hardback Pages:448
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John Lewis-Stempel
ISBN:9780141019956
Fountainhead of democracy, engine of the Industrial Revolution, epicentre of the globe's greatest empire, and the first-ditch stand against an expansionist Germany in two world wars: England's history is among the most fascinating and influential the world has ever known. This volume presents that history in unique form: first-hand...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:720
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John Lewis-Stempel
ISBN:9780743408714
The role of fathers has been more complex. On the one hand, the conventional nuclear family is less the rigid norm. On the other, fathers are increasingly involved with their children...more details Format:Paperback
"Fatherhood: An Anthology is a "literary tool-kit for fathers," addressing such timeless issues as responsibility, fear, and loss--as well as sports and the meting out of punishment. Remarkably wide-ranging in its sources...more details Format:Paperback Pages:303
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John Lewis-Stempel
ISBN:9781585674190
"Fatherhood: An Anthology" is a "literary tool-kit for fathers," addressing such issues as: responsibility, fear, and loss-as well as infertility...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:303
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John Lewis-Stempel
ISBN:9781409102144
The extraordinary story of British junior officers in the First World War, who led their men out of the trenches and faced a life expectancy of six weeks....more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:384
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John Lewis-Stempel
ISBN:9781446421338
Offers the author's account of twelve months eating only food shot, caught or foraged from the fields, hedges, and brooks of his forty-acre farm...more details Format:Electronic book text
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John Lewis-Stempel
ISBN:9781849902717
We had no antibiotics, few drugs. A lot of time was spent pouring things down cows' throats. The whole thing added up to a lot of laughs. There's more science now...more details Format:Hardback Pages:352
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Lewis-Stempel John
ISBN:9780385613903
Walking around his Hereford shire farm one October, John Lewis-Stempel saw a trout flash in the brook, mushrooms sprinkle the fields, a squirrel eat hazelnuts...more details Format:Hardback Pages:304
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Lewis-Stempel John
ISBN:9780552774604
The Wild Life is John Lewis-Stempel's account of twelve months eating only food shot, caught or foraged from the fields, hedges, and brooks of his forty-acre farm. Nothing from a shop and nothing raised from agriculture. Could it even be done? We witness the season-by-season drama as the author survives on Nature's larder...more details Format:Paperback / softback