Leo Amery

Gilbert Szlumper and Leo Amery of the Southern Railway : The Diaries of a General Manager and a Director

Gilbert Szlumper and Leo Amery of the Southern Railway :
The Diaries of a General Manager and a Director

by John King
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1473835275 | 229 Pages | PDF | 45 MB
Gilbert Szlumper and Leo Amery of the Southern Railway: The Diaries of a General Manager and a Director

Gilbert Szlumper and Leo Amery of the Southern Railway: The Diaries of a General Manager and a Director by John King
English | January 24th, 2020 | ISBN: 1473835275 | 232 pages | EPUB | 6.66 MB

Very few diaries of directors and senior managers of the Big Four railways have survived to enter the public domain. There are, however, two notable Southern Railway diarists whose records have been available in archives for some years, but have been largely ignored by historians; Southern Railway General Manager Gilbert Szlumper and Director Leopold Amery. Their remarkable diaries are addressed in this insightful book, which gives a slightly different view of the company in contrast to the almost sanitized histories by some writers.
BBC This World - The Balfour Declaration: Britain's Promise to the Holy Land (2017)

BBC This World - The Balfour Declaration: Britain's Promise to the Holy Land (2017)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MKV/AVC @ 2040 Kbps | 59 min 14 s | 965 MiB
Audio: English AC3 192 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: None
Genre: Documentary

100 years ago, just 67 words on a single sheet of paper lit a fire in the Holy Land, igniting the most intractable conflict of modern times. The Balfour Declaration was the first time the British government endorsed the establishment of 'a national home for the Jewish people' in Palestine. While many Palestinians see it as a betrayal, many Israelis believe it was the foundation stone of modern Israel and the salvation of the Jews. The legacy of the declaration is one that BBC reporter Jane Corbin has watched unfold over the last 30 years - charting the conflict on both sides.
Unfit For Heroes: Reconstruction and Soldier Settlement in the Empire between the Wars

Unfit For Heroes: Reconstruction and Soldier Settlement in the Empire between the Wars By Kent Fedorwich
1995 | 243 Pages | ISBN: 0719041082 | PDF | 9 MB

TTC Video - Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by IrGens at Feb. 16, 2024
TTC Video - Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe

TTC Video - Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe
.MP4, AVC, 1280x720, 30 fps | English, AAC, 2 Ch | 5h 58m | 5.05 GB
Lecturer: Lynne Olson, Historian | Course No. 30100
Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England [Audiobook]

Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England [Audiobook] by Lynne Olson
English | October 16, 2018 | ASIN: B07HY7W5JY, ISBN: 151593053X | M4B@64 kbps | 14 hrs 42 mins | 401 MB
Narrator: Dennis Kleinman

Esther Cohen, "Les narrateurs d'Auschwitz"  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by TimMa at Oct. 15, 2020
Esther Cohen, "Les narrateurs d'Auschwitz"

Esther Cohen, "Les narrateurs d'Auschwitz"
2011 | ISBN: 2760621332 | Français | EPUB | 198 pages | 1.7 MB

Prendre l'Histoire à rebrousse-poil pour faire entendre les voix de ses victimes ; exposer la barbarie que cachent la culture et le progrès technique ; montrer que la mémoire n'est pas l'affaire du passé, mais du présent et que l'écriture peut et doit faire justice. Telle est l'entreprise d'Esther Cohen, qui s'inscrit entre autres dans le sillage de Walter Benjamin et Jacques Derrida. …