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Free Download Humour in British First World War Literature: Taming the Great War
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031340507 | 354 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 8 MB
This book explores how humorous depictions of the Great War helped to familiarise, domesticate and tame the conflict. In contrast to the well-known First World War literature that focuses on extraordinary emotional disruption and the extremes of war, this study shows other writers used humour to create a gentle, mild amusement, drawing on familiar, popular genres and forms used before 1914. Emily Anderson argues that this humorous literature helped to transform the war into quotidian experience. Based on little-known primary material uncovered through detailed archival research, the book focuses on works that, while written by celebrated authors, tend not to be placed in the canon of Great War literature. Each chapter examines key examples of literary texts, ranging from short stories and poetry, to theatre and periodicals. In doing so, the book investigates the complex political and social significance of this tame style of humour.

Free Download Finding a New British Asian Sound on BBC Radio: The South Asian diaspora in Britain and BBC Radio
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031356195 | 287 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 2.2 MB
This book explores the contrasting responses to the South Asian diaspora in Britain of BBC local radio and BBC network radio. It highlights the hidden history of how BBC local radio stations developed a schedule of five thousand hours a year of programmes targeted at South Asian communities in England. Local radio stations at the periphery of the BBC built deep and influential connections with marginalised Asian communities, creating the BBC Asian Network in 1989 and played an influential part in building local social cohesion. This contrasts with central BBC policy that reveals a management culture resistant to change and unable to embrace an increasingly diverse Britain – creating a problematic legacy for the BBC. Finding a New British Asian Sound brings new insights into current debates around policy and institutional racism at the BBC, where South Asian programming on local and network radio remains at risk of closure.

Free Download Ian Sumner, Richard Hook, "British Colours & Standards 1747-1881 (2): Infantry"
English | 2001 | pages: 67 | ISBN: 1841762016 | PDF | 11,5 mb
In this second of a two-part sequence a respected vexillologist describes, explains and illustrates a wide variety of the King’s and Regimental colours carried during the 18th and 19th centuries by British Household, Regular, Militia and Volunteer infantry regiments. The successive regulations between 1747 and 1881 – when the carrying of colours in the field ceased – are supported by comprehensive tables of ‘ancient badges’ and battle honours; many careful drawings; and by ten dazzling plates by Richard Hook, detailing some 35 flags in full colour, as well as a number of famous colour-bearers.

Free Download British Battleships of the Victorian Era by Norman Friedman
English | January 1, 2018 | ISBN: 1526703254 | 417 pages | PDF | 82 Mb
This is a companion volume to Friedman s highly successful British Battleship 1906 1946 and completes his study of the Royal Navy s capital ships. Beginning with the earliest installation of steam machinery in ships of the line, the book traces the technological revolution that saw the introduction of iron hulls, armour plate, shell-firing guns and the eventual abandonment of sail as auxiliary propulsion. This hectic development finally settled down to a widely approved form of pre-dreadnought battleship, built in large numbers and culminating in the King Edward VII class. As with all of his work, Friedman is concerned to explain why as well as how and when these advances were made, and locates British ship design firmly within the larger context of international rivalries, domestic politics and economic constraints. The result is a sophisticated and enlightening overview of the Royal Navy s battle fleet in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is also well illustrated a comprehensive gallery of photographs with in-depth captions is accompanied by specially commissioned plans of the important classes by A D Baker III, and a colour section featuring the original Admiralty draughts, including a spectacular double gatefold. Norman Friedman is one of the most highly regarded of all naval writers, with an avid following, so for anyone with an interest in warships, the publication of this work will be a major event.

Free Download Tony Bryan, Paul Wright, "British Battleships 1939-45 (1): Queen Elizabeth and Royal Sovereign Classes"
English | 2009 | pages: 52 | ISBN: 1846033888 | PDF | 20,2 mb
With the outbreak of World War II, Britain’s Royal Navy and her fleet of battleships would be at the forefront of her defence. Yet from a fleet of 12 battleships, ten were already over 20 years old, venerable veterans of World War I. Extensive modifications throughout the 1930s allowed these ships to perform a vital service throughout the six long years of conflict, and further improvements made during the course of the war enabled them to hold their own against their German and Italian counterparts. This title offers a comprehensive review of the development of these British battleships from their initial commissioning to their peacetime modifications and wartime service. Detailed descriptions of the main armament of each ship will offer further analysis of individual battleships’ effectiveness, discussing how the guns were manned when engaging the enemy. Describing HMS Warspite during the battle of Matapan in 1941, the author details how this British battleship, together with other Royal Navy and Australian vessels, defeated the might of the Italian navy so that they never again threatened Allied fleets within the Mediterranean. With specially commissioned artwork and a dramatic retelling of key battleship engagements, this book will highlight what it was like on board for the sailors who risked their lives on the high seas.

Free Download Airlines at War: British Civil Aviation 1939-1944 by Air World Books
English | April 19, 2018 | ISBN: 1473894093 | 208 pages | PDF | 3.70 Mb
The brave efforts of the pilots and crew of the RAF during the Second World War are well-known but there was another body of aviators that played a significant role in the conflict – the men and women of the civilian airlines.

Free Download Airlines at War: British Civil Aviation 1939-1944 by Air World Books
English | April 19, 2018 | ISBN: 1473894093 | 208 pages | PDF | 3.70 Mb
The brave efforts of the pilots and crew of the RAF during the Second World War are well-known but there was another body of aviators that played a significant role in the conflict – the men and women of the civilian airlines.

Free Download British Sign Language For Beginners – Course 3
Published 10/2023
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Free Download British Sign Language For Beginners – Course 2
Last updated 3/2022
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Free Download British Sign Language For Beginners – Course 1
Last updated 12/2021
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