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Six Weeks: The Short and Gallant Life of the British Officer in the First World War by John Lewis-Stempel
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
During the Great War, many boys went straight from the classroom to the most dangerous job in the world - that of junior officer on the Western Front. Although desperately aware of how many of their predecessors had fallen before them, nearly all stepped forward, unflinchingly, to do their duty. The ave ...Show more
The Running Hare: The Secret Life of Farmland by John Lewis-Stempel
$55.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
This is from the Winner of the Thwaites Wainwright Prize 2015. Traditional ploughland is disappearing. Seven cornfield flowers have become extinct in the last twenty years. Once abundant, the corn bunting and the lapwing are on the Red List. The corncrake is all but extinct in England. And the hare is r ...Show more
The Sheep's Tale: The story of our most misunderstood farmyard animal by John Lewis-Stempel
$32.99 NZD
Category: Pets & Animals
A warm and personal biography of the sheep by one of our most celebrated nature writers - author of multiple Sunday Times bestsellers and twice winner of the Wainwright Prize for nature writing. Everybody thinks they know what sheep are like- they’re stupid, noisy, cowardly (‘lambs to the slaughter’), a ...Show more
The War Behind the Wire: The Life, Death and Glory of British Prisoners of War, 1914-18 by John Lewis-Stempel
$55.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
On capture, British officers and men were routinely told by the Germans 'For you the war is over'. Nothing could be further from the truth. British Prisoners of War merely exchanged one barbed-wire battleground for another. In the camps the war was eternal. There was the war against the German military, ...Show more
The War Behind the WireThe Life, Death and Glory of British Prisoners of War, 1914-18 by John Lewis-Stempel
$29.99 NZD
Category: Military History
On capture, British officers and men were routinely told by the Germans 'For you the war is over'. Nothing could be further from the truth. British Prisoners of War merely exchanged one barbed-wire battleground for another.In the camps the war was eternal. There was the war against the German military, ...Show more
Young James Herriot: The Making of the World's Most Famous Vet by John Lewis-Stempel
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Set in Glasgow in the 1930s, Young James Herriot is the fascinating story of Herriot's formative years at veterinary college, recounting the tales behind his calling to work with animals and his early friendships. With no modern drugs, and a lot of trial-and-error, James sets about learning how to treat ...Show more
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