We lived then all through a war era in Britain
McKee’s history argues civilians and soldiers bore the war’s chaos beyond campaigns. He blends diaries, letters, and official sources to show rationing, evacuation, industrial shifts, and air raids shaping civilian life from Munich to VE Day. The work recounts personal testimonies, strategic debates, and the hidden costs of total war.
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Fahain
Europe
Rex
Britain
Munich
Japa
Arthur Askey
Candelight
Lord Hill
Dorothy Savers
Almie
God
Arthur Calder
Calder
Tromense
Aleander Nekee
Kane
Venior
Macs Af
McKee
Lsc
Himelf
Uhus
Nijmegen Bridge
Remagen Bridge
Nijmegen
Rotterdam
Australia
Vietnam
Caen
Rhine
Selected Poetry of Charles Baudelaire reissued edition
The 1946 Falcon Press edition reprints Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal in modern verse with the original French text and translations by Geoffrey Wagner. An introduction by Enid Suarkle accompanies the collection, priced at 495 cents.
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IDF
Panther Jay
Falcon Press
Charles Baudelaire
Geofrey Wagner
Enid Suarkle
Three Guild Library Plays for Children From English Theatre Guild
A publication of three titles from the English Theatre Guild collects Little plays THE PUPPET TREATNE THAT WALKED and TWO PLAYS among others. The reviewer lauds vivacity, clear action, and universal humanity across Chinese French Japanese Australian influences, noting brevity and appealing for varied audiences while criticizing gender portrayal in roles.
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Tone
Betty Rayner
Englishane Guilds Lapp. Sc
Tew
English Theatre Guild
Ten
Berry Rayner
Children’s Theatre
Guild Library
Tom
Mont
Classical Who's Who in the Ancient World Reference
Betty Radice edits a reference work noting entries begin with Achates, friend of Aeneas, and Acherim the river once linked to the Underworld. the volume lists mythic birds and beasts as part of its scholarly coverage.
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Hos
Betty Radice
Anthony Biond
Achates
Aeneas
Greece
Sed Doe
Canberra Times dominates Australian book reviews in 1970 survey
A 1970 survey by the Australian Bookseller and Publisher ranks The Canberra Times as the top paper for book reviews, far ahead of The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, and The Canberra Times’ rivals. It notes the Times printed about 540 reviews covering over 680 books that year, drawing from university and CSIRO experts as well as regional critics.
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Kerra ‘Apsey
Canberra Times
Avista
The
Age
Sydney Morning Herald
Canyerra Timmer
Times
Timer
Reviewers and readers skew Australian book culture in doubt
An extended critique surveys Australian book reviewing across daily and weekly papers, noting most books are reviewed in seven daily newspapers while some titles escape attention. It highlights rival measures of review influence, cites notable works like Catch-22 and Canafe at Any Speed, and discusses the limited impact of reviews on sales and literary prestige.
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Oseph Conrad
Canberr Times
Australian National University
Royal Military College
Canberra
the Times
CSIRO
Bonu Inter
The
Times
Kevin Apeey
Mise Arney
Mins Apsey
Australia
Magaz Id
Bulletin
New Statesman
Observer
Que
Mie Apiey
Stinmbals
Wales
Thingsome
Harold Rollins
Trung Wallace
Joseph Heller
Ralph Nader
Gray
Monthly Review
Ays
Hank
Gerry Smart
Journalism Quarterly
Voat
Time
New Yorker
Saturday Review
Harper's
Atlantic
the Nation
New Republic
Newsweek
the Reporter
Fauure
Atlantic Monthly Press
Seymour Lawrence
Rabbi-Merill Inc
Monroe Strauss
Heirs To The Past An Expatriate Novel Review
An expatriate Moroccan author dramatizes the clash between antique tradition and modern industrial civilization. Driss Balocent navigates exile, family duty, and the pull of Western culture while returning to Morocco. The narrative blends Arab sensibility with European influence, highlighting cultural rifts and hopes for dialogue.
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Vincent Eri
Drie Cheashi
Africa
Chraibl
Dring Ferdi
Mar
Pew
Atrike
Paris
Driss
Usher
Cutty
Witmens
Thie
Univeran
West
Rosemary Brown and the Twelve Composers
A 1970 feature on Rosemary Brown who claims to transcribe music dictated by departed composers. The article outlines Chopin, Schubert, Beethoven and others as spirits guiding her unfinished symphonies and other works, notes investigations by BBC and experts, and raises questions about authenticity and life after death.
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Rosemary Brown
Grubelei
BBC
Franz Liszt
Mra Brown
Donald Tovey
List
Chopin
Schubert
Beet~hoven
Mozart
Albert Schweitzer
Brown
Angers
Bach
BHC
Life
der Spiegel
Hans Gal
Edinburgh
Dan Parrot
Mumic
W. H. Tenhuell
Par Psychology
Univerty
Utrecht
Leonard Bernstein
Beethoven
Hans Galss
Still Hiveing
Anglicart
Southwark
George ‘Trevelyan
Bea
Browe
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Russia
Roere Chon de Gullgsoe
Monty
Ike
Mert
Omar Bradley
Ater Everto
Fitzgerald
Indonesia
Seale
Clark
Wallace
HE Nympho
Pentagon Papers
By JO Gibson
Maurice Dunlevy
Sunday Times
Am Qing
New York Time Bank
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Drixt Climbs
Len Ortsen
Heine Main
Camus
Craton
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Mrs Brown
Mre Brown
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