War, Museum, Imperia
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Make Do and Mend
£6.99Make Do and Mend
A delightful reminder of the techniques for household economies extolled by the wartime government. First published in 1943, all of the tips can be used to spruce up your wardrobe today. Old fashioned remedies for everything from washing silks and mending your clothes, to repelling the ÃÃÿmoth menaceÃÃÃ!
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Most secret
£18.99Most secret
Published for the first time since its creation in 1942, this ‘most secret’ facsimile reveals the many marvellous and ingenius escape aids created by MI9 to help Allied personnel both evade capture and escape from prisoner of war camps. From silk maps designed to be concealed in garments, tiny radio receivers hidden in cigar boxes and cleverly disguising uniforms, these gadgets and inventions were the brainchild of Christopher Clayton Hutton, the eccentric MI9 inventor who inspired many of Q’s creations in James Bond. ‘Most Secret’ offers a rare look at the most highly classified and clandestine tools of British espionage.
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World War I
£9.99World War I
In collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, go back in time and experience history with this picture-led guide to the First World War. From disaster to victory, this guide captivates readers and gives an insight into life in the muddy trenches, and what it was like to be a soldier, along with a broader picture of the world-changing events that led to the start of the conflict. More than 250 photographs, illustrating the people, places, and stories of the conflict, give a unique eyewitness view of the conflict dubbed the ‘war to end all wars’.
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