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Autori: Robert Underwood Johnson (Author) | Editura: BIBLIOBAZAAR | Anul aparitiei: 2009 | ISBN: 9781115966900 | Numar de pagini: 338 | Categorie: History
Martin Booth
Golden Boy: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood
At seven years old, Martin Booth found himself with all of Hong Kong at his feet when his father was posted there in 1952. This is his memoir of that youth, a time when he had access to corners of the colony normally closed to a gweilo, a pale fellow like him. From the plink plonk man with his dancing monkey to Nagasaki Jim, and from a drunken child molester to the Queen of Kowloon (the crazed tramp who may have been a Romanov), Martin saw it all--but his memoir illustrates a deeper challenge in his warring parents. This is an intimate and powerful memory of a place and time now past.
Joshua Levine (Author)
SAS: An Illustrated History of the SAS During the Second World War
AN AUTHORIZED HISTORY OF THE SAS This is the authorized history of the SAS by b
William Stafford
Down in My Heart: Peace Witness in War Time
From 1942 to 1945, William Stafford was interned in camps for conscientious objectors for his refusal to be inducted into the U.S. Army. Stafford's memoir of these years offers a rich glimpse into a little-known aspect of World War II and a fascinating look at the formative years of a major American poet.