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1) London
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
2) Los Angeles
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
c2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores Los Angeles's history, cultural heritage, demography, geography, and economic and natural resources, and considers the city's ongoing challenges, such as transporation and water shortages. Includes a timeline and glossary.
3) Paris
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
4) Atlanta
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
5) Chicago
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
6) Delhi
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
47 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
Prior to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, the Castle Point District was made up of four very quaint, peaceful little parishes: Canvey Island, South Benfleet, Hadleigh and Thundersley. The initial enthusiasm shown by the young men of this area, who were enthusiastic to be part of an adventure that was to be over by Christmas, was mirrored by thousands of other courageous young men around Britain. Most understood that it was their sworn duty to...
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English
Description
Tangmere Airfield had a prominent role in the Air War from 1916 onwards and many local men joined the Royal Sussex Regiment. This book looks at how the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German Kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Chichester were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. The Great War...
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English
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The years 1914-1918 cost many lives in the trenches of France and Belgium. Those trenches and the battles that were fought from them are well documented. But back home in towns and cities up and down the United Kingdom death and desperation were also apparent. Those left behind to carry on suffered from harsh winters, lack of food and fuel and flu epidemics. This is the story of the struggles of ordinary people with their everyday lives. It includes...
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English
Description
In 1914 Torquay was the crown jewel of the English Riviera, long the haunt of the rich and famous but this status was not to last. The Great War of 1914—1918 brought a shuddering end to this golden period in amongst the blood and mud of the Western Front as hundreds of Torquinians gave their lives in the fight against the Kaiser. This book documents the town's experience, both militarily and socially through the extensive use of previously unpublished...
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English
Description
Although the impact of the Great War on Brighton was profound, the seaside town was spared any direct attack by the enemy. The fear of spies and sabotage, however, was widespread at first and aliens were an issue which had to be swiftly resolved under new legislation. Allies, of course, were warmly welcomed, and accommodation was soon provided for those fleeing the catastrophic events in Belgium. Between 1914 and 1918, Brighton made major contributions...
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English
Description
Cambridge is one of the most famous universities in the world and its library is one of only five copyright libraries in the UK. At the start of the twentieth century it was a privileged life for some, but many in Cambridge knew that war was becoming truly inevitable. What the proverbial gown feared communicated itself to the surrounding town. Terrible rumours were rife, that the Germans would burn the university library and raise Kings College chapel...
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English
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, Leatherhead was alive with celebration. The Boer War had ended in May 1902, King Edward VIIs Coronation followed in August and the town blossomed into one of prosperous development.
Things quickly changed when the war broke out in 1914, leaving the town papered with recruiting posters and swarming with soldiers. The upheaval was especially felt by the local families as they initially waved off over 400 Leatherhead...
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English
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Mansfield was the largest town near the Duke of Portland's home at Welbeck Abbey. The duke and duchess often held house parties for their friends who included the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Lord Kitchener one whose death triggered the war and the other who lost his life on a ship halfway through the war. The archduke visited Welbeck Abbey only a few months before his death.
The military camp, built near to the town at Clipstone, became vitally...
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English
Description
Reading in the Great War 1917–1919 looks at life in an important industrial and agricultural town in the south of England. The book charts the changes that occurred in ordinary people's lives, some caused by the war, some of their own doing.On the surface, Reading was a calm town that got on with its business: beer, biscuits, metalwork, seeds and armaments, but its poverty impacted on industrial relations leading to strikes. It was also a God-fearing,...
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English
Description
South Devon in the Great War provides the first definitive history of events in this part of Devon during the First World War, with more than fifty pictures, some unpublished for 100 years. The author's succinct and engaging text is further enhanced by a unique set of then and now photographs, and provides readers with an incomparable pictorial overview of events on the Home Front To the casual observer, south Devon may have seemed an agricultural...
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English
Description
Chatham played a very important part in the nation's Great War effort. It was one of the British Royal Navy's three 'Manning Ports', with more than a third of the town's ships manned by men allocated to the Chatham Division. The war was only 6 weeks old when Chatham felt the effects of war for the first time. On 22 September 1914, three Royal Naval vessels from the Chatham Division, HMS Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue, were sunk in quick succession by a...
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English
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Situated on the south coast of England, geographically and strategically, Dover more than played its part in the First World War. It was from its harbor that the many vessels of the Dover Patrol set about preventing German ships from using the English Channel. It was undoubtedly one of the most important Royal Naval units that Britain had during the First World War.
Because of its important defensive roll, Dover was identified as a legitimate and...
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English
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Famed as the birthplace of modern industry and the first cast iron metal single span bridge, Ironbridge is venerated the world over yet its social history is at times unfamiliar.One hundred years ago this sleepy town, set by the river Severn, willingly volunteered its lifeblood to a war that everyone confidently believed would be a short-lived, adventurous romp. Misled by government propaganda, they soon discovered through fighting relative's letters...
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