World War II Women 3 Book Bundle

World War II Women 3 Book Bundle
Author: Carolyn Gossage,Mary Hawkins Buch
Publsiher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 567
Release: 2016-08-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781459738515

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Bravery, patriotism, and sacrifice marked the women caught up in conflict during the Second World War. This special collection of three books tells the stories of a young airwoman, prisoners of war, and women in service. Includes: The Accidental Captives: The Story of Seven Women Along in Nazi Germany In April 1941, a passenger ship sailing from New York to Cape Town was attacked and sunk by a German raider. The passengers were pulled from the water and transported to Nazi-occupied France, where the majority were released. Among those left behind were seven Canadian women. This is the tale of the year they spent together in Germany. Greatcoats and Glamour Boots: Canadian Women at War, 1939-1945 The colourful story of Canada’s forgotten women who volunteered for service during the Second World War. Props on Her Sleeves: The Wartime Letters of a Canadian Airwoman A first-hand account of the experiences of a young Canadian airwoman who served both in Canada and on overseas duty, this series of 150 letters brings home the day-to-day immediacy of life in uniform during the Second World War.

World War II Women 3 Book Bundle The Accidental Captives

World War II Women 3 Book Bundle The Accidental Captives
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2016
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: OCLC:1091197252

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Bravery, patriotism, and sacrifice marked the women caught up in conflict during the Second World War. This special collection of three books tells the stories of a young airwoman, prisoners of war, and women in service. Includes: The Accidental Captives: The Story of Seven Women Along in Nazi Germany In April 1941, a passenger ship sailing from New York to Cape Town was attacked and sunk by a German raider. The passengers were pulled from the water and transported to Nazi-occupied France, where the majority were released. Among those left behind were seven Canadian women. This is the tale of the year they spent together in Germany. Greatcoats and Glamour Boots: Canadian Women at War, 1939-1945 The colourful story of Canada’s forgotten women who volunteered for service during the Second World War. Props on Her Sleeves: The Wartime Letters of a Canadian Airwoman A first-hand account of the experiences of a young Canadian airwoman who served both in Canada and on overseas duty, this series of 150 letters brings home the day-to-day immediacy of life in uniform during the Second World War.

Greatcoats and Glamour Boots

Greatcoats and Glamour Boots
Author: Carolyn Gossage
Publsiher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2001-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781459712942

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Women in the military? To many, never was too soon. But by 1940, British women were out "doing their bit" for the war effort, and Canadians battled for that same right. Young Canadian women wanted to serve their country, "to free a man to fight," as the recruiting posters urged. By the war’s end almost 50,000 of them were in the forces. Carolyn Gossage has compiled a fascinating collage of anecdotal and documentary material. The colourful story of Canada’s "forgotten women" - those who volunteered for service during World War II in the RCAF Women’s division, the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) and the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (Wrens) - entertains and enlightens.

American Women During World War II

American Women During World War II
Author: Doris Weatherford
Publsiher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 537
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 0415994756

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"American Women during World War II documents the lives and stories of women who contributed directly to the war effort via official and semi-official military organizations, as well as the millions of women who worked in civilian defense industries, ranging from aircraft maintenance to munitions manufacturing and much more. It also illuminates how the war changed the lives of women in more traditional home front roles. All women had to cope with rationing of basic household goods, and most women volunteered in war-related programs. Other entries discuss institutional change, as the war affected every aspect of life, including as schools, hospitals, and even religion." "American Women during World War II provides a handy one-volume collection of information and images suitable for any public or professional library."--BOOK JACKET.

The Bletchley Girls

The Bletchley Girls
Author: Tessa Dunlop
Publsiher: Hodder & Stoughton
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2015-01-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781444795738

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'Lively...in giving us the daily details of their lives in the women's own voices Dunlop does them and us a fine service' New Statesman 'Dunlop is engaging in her personal approach. Her obvious feminine empathy with the venerable ladies she spoke to gives her book an immediacy and intimacy.' Daily Mail 'An in-depth picture of life in Britain's wartime intelligence centre...The result is fascinating, and is made all the more touching by the developing friendships between Dunlop and her interviewees.' Financial Times The Bletchley Girls weaves together the lives of fifteen women who were all selected to work in Britain's most secret organisation - Bletchley Park. It is their story, told in their voices; Tessa met and talked to 15 veterans, often visiting them several times. Firm friendships were made as their epic journey unfolded on paper. The scale of female involvement in Britain during the Second World War wasn't matched in any other country. From 8 million working women just over 7000 were hand-picked to work at Bletchley Park and its outstations. There had always been girls at the Park but soon they outnumbered the men three to one. A refugee from Belgium, a Scottish debutante, a Jewish 14-year-old, and a factory worker from Northamptonshire - the Bletchley Girls confound stereotypes. But they all have one common bond, the war and their highly confidential part in it. In the middle of the night, hunched over meaningless pieces of paper, tending mind-blowing machines, sitting listening for hours on end, theirs was invariably confusing, monotonous and meticulous work, about which they could not breathe a word. By meeting and talking to these fascinating female secret-keepers who are still alive today, Tessa Dunlop captures their extraordinary journeys into an adult world of war, secrecy, love and loss. Through the voices of the women themselves, this is a portrait of life at Bletchley Park beyond the celebrated code-breakers, it's the story of the girls behind Britain's ability to consistently out-smart the enemy, and an insight into the women they have become.

Canadian Forces in Afghanistan 3 Book Bundle

Canadian Forces in Afghanistan 3 Book Bundle
Author: Bernd Horn,Emily Spencer
Publsiher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 850
Release: 2016-02-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781459736160

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Canadian Forces, including Special Operations Forces, have played an outsize role in the conflict in Afghanistan, often under a cloak of secrecy. For the first time, Col. Bernd Horn reveals the stories of the troops and operations behind Canada’s pivotal involvement in the Afghanistan conflict. No Ordinary Men Peels back the cloak of secrecy and reveals four untold special operations that Joint Task Force 2, an elite counterterrorist unit, conducted in 2005–06 in which their courage, tenacity, and impressive capabilities meant the difference between life and death. No Lack of Courage The story of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Operation Medusa, the largely Canadian action in Afghanistan from 1 to 17 September 2006, to dislodge a heavily entrenched Taliban force in the Pashmul district of Afghanistans Kandahar Province. No Easy Task Afghanistan has long been considered the graveyard of empires. Those who have ventured into Afghanistan with notions of controlling its people have soon discovered that fighting in that rugged, hostile land is no easy task. This collection of essays examines this legacy of conflict, particularly from a Canadian perspective.

World s Greatest Books for Personal Growth Success Kit Set of 3 Books

World s Greatest Books for Personal Growth  Success Kit   Set of 3 Books
Author: DALE CARNEGIE,Swami Vivekananda,Claude Bristol
Publsiher: Prabhat Prakashan
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2022-03-21
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9182736450XXX

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How to Stop Worrying and Start Living♥ is one of the best selling self-help books ever published. ✔✔ Add one hour a day to your waking life and find and be one’s own self. ✔✔ In this book, popular self-help motivational books writer Dale Carnegie has shared his personal experiences, wherein he was mostly unsatisfied and worried about lot of life situations. But with time he changed his perspective of looking at things and opted positive thinking in his life. In his book, he has told the readers about different ways that can lead them to happier and stress-free life. With a set of practical formulas, the book teaches you certain life lessons to make your present and future happier than ever. It is divided into few sections such as how to eliminate fifty-percent of business worries immediately, avoid fatigue and keep looking young, reduce financial worries, add one hour a day to your waking life and find and be one’s own self. Swami Vivekananda was never concerned with world-negating spirituality distanced from the din and bustle of daily living. He was intensely perturbed by the endless suffering of mankind and discovered that the root of all suffering lies in ignorance, disharmony, divisiveness and confinement of consciousness within finitudes. His esoteric experience of Advaita philosophy of vedanta offered him a unique panacea. In the light of his experience of cosmic consciousness he found a bridge between science and spirituality, between religions and between the mundane and divine. From absolutely secular, scientific and experiential philosophy he developed the concept of practical vedanta as a formula of living. Claude Bristol's All Time International Best seller(Best Motivational Books for Personal Development (Design Your Life) The Magic of Believing' by Claude M. Bristol is a classic motivational book that has seen consistent and heavy sales in the USA for more than 40 years. A book that encourages and inspires people to let go of their pessimistic attitudes and nurture a positive and action-oriented outlook to achieve their desired goal, it has been the secret behind a large number of success stories in people’s lives in the professional, marital, social, as well as personal spheres.

Beyond Rosie

Beyond Rosie
Author: Julia Brock,Jennifer W. Dickey,Richard Harker,Catherine Lewis
Publsiher: University of Arkansas Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2015-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781557286703

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Collection of primary source documents, which include photographs, official reports, editorials, executive orders, radio broadcast scripts, letters and oral histories, detailing the experiences and contributions of American women during World War II. The documentary collection is a companion volume to a 2012 traveling exhibition from the Museum of History and Holocaust Education. Chapter 1 documents the mobilization of women into industrial factories and agricultural sectors. Chapter 2 deals with women who found employment in white-collar professions, such as law, journalism, clerical work and medicine. Chapter 3 traces women's service in military auxiliary units. Chapter 4 focuses on women's domestic labor on the home front. Chapter 5 documents the secret war waged by the government including its use of women as spies and saboteurs.