A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of women welcoming home their menfolk from the Second World War

The History of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. This lavishly illustrated book marks the 90th anniversary of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the Two World Wars. Charting the development of the magnificent cemeteries and memorials built in 150 countries, 'Remembered' emphasizes the importance of

A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of women welcoming home their menfolk from the Second World War -- often after years of separation, during which their men, and the women themselves, had changed irrevocably.

Features the story of the man who was really in charge of the construction of the infamous bridge on the river Kwai, by his granddaughter. This book owed more to fiction than fact, as the man who actually commanded the POWs ordered to build the infamous bridges - there were in fact two: one wooden, one concrete - was cut from very different cloth.

A biography of mountaineer Irvine who perished near the summit of Mount Everest in 1924. It presents the story of a fearless young adventurer whose life and death linked him with one of the greatest mountaineering legends of all time.