Richard Holmes Books

Experience the First World War's battlegrounds like never before, from the First Battle of Ypres to the grim mud of Passchendaele. This work presents stunning panoramas alongside poignant personal photographs and soldiers' recollections from the featured battles. The panoramic images, created by the British Royal Engineers for intelligence, resemble early satellite mapping. Photographers risked their lives, exposing themselves for extended periods to capture views typically seen only through a trench periscope. Many images offer a 160-degree field of view, revealing details like a soldier picking lice or a sniper in hiding. Spanning the entire Western Front, these photographs have a profound impact on general audiences while providing specialists with insights into a lost world, contextualizing other archives temporally and geographically. They challenge common perceptions of the war, depicting not only the tortured landscapes of mud but also fields of flowers, beaches, and standing churches. While desperate scenes exist, the work emphasizes that much of the conflict unfolded in a recognizable, real landscape, offering a nuanced understanding of the war's environment.

From the build-up of hostility in the years leading up to the war, through to the reverberations still felt in the aftermath, this is a compelling, accessible and immediate history of World War II.

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The 60th anniversary of D-Day will take place on 6 June 2004. Endorsed by the Imperial War Museum, and officially tied in with their D-Day exhibition commencing in March 2003, the book includes rare memorabilia from their archive, as well as from D-Day museums in Normandy. The CD contains veteran interviews.

Endorsed by the IWM, the book includes rare memorabilia from their archives, as well as painstakingly researched documents from the archives of D-Day museums in Normandy.

A fantastic reissue of Richard Holmes' epic biography of this most enigmatic and intriguing of the Romantic poets. This is simply one of the greatest biographical achievements of recent years.

Dramatic, uncompromising and intensely moving, The Second World War in Photographs is both unique record of this massive conflict and a reminder to today’s generations, most of whom have not experienced warfare first hand, of the heroism, horror and devastating cost of global conflict. For the first time in its history the Imperial War Museum is collaborating on a book that presents 500 of the best black-and-white and colour images from its huge photographic archive, many of which have never been previously published. It is not simply a view of the war from the Allied perspective: the images come from collections on every side of the war – including Russian, German and Japanese. Accompanied by Richard Holmes’s brilliant and informative text, this is an outstanding addition to the story of the Second World War and will provoke emotion and provide enlightenment.

Timely reissue of the second volume of Holmes's classic biographies of one of the greatest Romantic poets. Richard Holmes's biography of Coleridge transforms our view of the poet of 'Kubla Khan' forever. Holmes's Coleridge leaps out of these pages as the brilliant, animated and endlessly provoking poet of genius that he was. This second volume covers the last 30 years of Coleridge's career (1804-1834) during which he travelled restlessly through the Mediterranean, returned to his old haunts in the Lake District and the West Country, and finally settled in Highgate. It was a period of domestic and professional turmoil. His marriage broke up, his opium addiction increased, he quarrelled with Wordsworth, his own son Hartley Coleridge (a gifted poet himself) became an alcoholic. And after a desperate time of transition, Coleridge re-emerged on the literary scene as a new kind of philosophical and meditative author.

Traces the development of warfare tactics and hardware by describing and analyzing twenty-three battles that altered the course of history from the Battle of the Nile in 1798 to the Six Day War of 1967

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The book captures the transformation of Derry, originally founded by Irish immigrants in 1719, from a small-town community to New Hampshire's most populous town following the 1963 opening of Interstate 93. Through over two hundred photographs, it reflects on Derry's quieter past, showcasing scenes of daily life, such as trolley cars and local industries. This collection serves as a nostalgic reminder for long-time residents while offering newcomers insight into the traditions that have shaped the town's identity, fostering a sense of pride in Derry's heritage.

One of a series of reference books giving detailed information on a variety of subjects and interests, this book on battle combines an introduction to the subject with reference information.

An anthology of writings and photographs celebrating the outstanding contribution of one of the country's most distinguished and enduring travel writers, and the century's greatest living explorer. At the age of twenty-three, three years after attending the coronation of Haile Selassie, Thesiger made his first expedition into the country of the murderous Danakil tribe. Since then he has traversed the Empty Quarter twice, spending five years among the Bedu, followed by several years living as no Westerner had in the strange world of the Marshmen of Iraq. Later he made many mountain journeys in the awesome ranges of the Karakorams, the Hindu Kush, Ladakh and Chitral. After these varied and often dangerous adventures among fast-disappearing cultures, Thesiger settled down to spend over twenty years living mostly among the pastoral Samburu in Northern Kenya, until 1994 when he finally returned to England permanently. These experiences have, over the years, provided rich material for writings which express a romantic but austere vision, and for exquisite photographs which capture the spirit of a bygone era. This book contains extracts from the eight books Thesiger published to great acclaim between 1959 and 1998, most notably 'Arabian Sands', 'Marsh Arabs' and 'The Life of My Choice'.

Set in the unique landscape of Lightning Ridge, Australia, this adventure story follows Rusty, a 40-year-old opal miner, and Kate, a resilient 60-year-old sheep and cattle rancher. The narrative explores the challenges and rivalries of opal mining, highlighting the tension between miners and "ratters" in the region. It captures the intriguing dynamics of life in the Outback, emphasizing the warmth and friendliness of the local community amidst the harsh environment. The backdrop of Australia's black opal reserves adds depth to their journey.

**Time Magazine 10 Top Nonfiction Books of 2013** **The New Republic Best Books of 2013** **Kirkus Best Books of the Year (2013)** In a dazzling fusion of history, art, science, and biography, Falling Upwards resurrects the daring men and women who first risked their lives to take to the air in balloons. Richard Holmes gives us another of his unforgettable portraits of human endeavor, recklessness, and vision, weaving together exhilarating accounts of early balloon rivalries, pioneering ascents over Victorian cities, and astonishing long-distance voyages. The terrifying high-altitude flights of James Glaisher helped to establish the science of meteorology as well as the notion of a fragile planet, while balloons were also used to observe the horrors of modern battle during the American Civil War. Here too are the many writers—Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, and more—who felt the imaginative impact of flight and allowed it to soar in their work. Holmes tells the history of ballooning from every angle—scientific to poetic—through the adventurers and entrepreneurs, scientists and escapists, heroes and fools who were possessed by the longing to be airborne. (With 24 pages of color illustrations, and black-and-white illustrations throughout.)

"D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history, took place on 6 June 1944. The subsequent battle of Normandy involved over a million men, and helped seal the fate of The Third Reich. This is a graphic account of the planning and execution of Operation Overlord, as well as the campaign which effectively destroyed the German forces in France, opening the way for the Allied advance. Including a wealth of superb photographs and maps, the book also contains 10 facsimile items of rare memorabilia, including diaries, letters and memos. This title includes top-secret hand-drawn map showing the minute-by-minute position on the way in to the drop zone just west of Ste-Mere-Eglise for elements of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. This is an extract from the pocket diary of Sergeant G.E. Hughes, then a corporal, landed with the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment at Arromanches.

A photographic chronicle of World War II uses both famous and previously unpublished images to retell the dramatic story of this important conflict.

Magnificent history of the common British soldier from 1700 to 1900 by one of Britain's best-known and accomplished military writers and broadcasters. Red Coat is non-fiction Sharpe, filled with anecdote and humour as well as historical analysis.

"The Age of Wonder" explores the earliest ideas of deep time and space, and the explorers of "dynamic science": an infinite, mysterious Nature waiting to be discovered. Three lives dominate the book: William Herschel, his sister Caroline, and Humphry Davy.

The World at War is the definitive television work on the Second World War. It told the story of the war through the testimony of key participants—from civilians to ordinary soldiers, from statesmen to generals. First broadcast in 1973, the result was a unique and irreplaceable record since many of the eyewitnesses captured on film did not have long to live. The program’s producers committed hundreds of interview-hours to tape in its creation, but only a fraction of that recorded material made it to the final cut. For more than 30 years the interviews have never been allowed to be published—until now. The well-known names interviewed for the series include Albert Speer, Karl Wolff (Himmler’s adjutant), Traudl Junge (Hitler’s secretary), James Stewart (USAAF bomber pilot and Hollywood star), Anthony Eden, John Colville (Parliamentary Private Secretary to Winston Churchill), Averell Harriman (US Ambassador to Russia), and Arthur "Bomber" Harris (Head of RAF Bomber Command). Richard Holmes has skillfully woven this valuable original material into a compelling narrative, creating a truly phenomenal oral history of the Second World War.

Since 1660 the army has evolved and adapted, but the social organisation of the men has changed less, with the major combat arms retaining many of the characteristics familiar to those who fought at Blenheim, Waterloo and the Somme. The Duke of Marlborough, who built up the British army to become a world-class fighting force in the 1660s, would recognise in the tired heroes of Helmand the descendants of the men he led to victory at Blenheim over three hundred years ago.SOLDIERS is exhaustively researched, and Holmes's affection for the soldier shines through on every page. Above all, this book is brimming with great stories, from the chaos of the battlefield to the fug of the barrack-room, from Ulster to Bengal, from Flanders' fields to the Afghan hills. This is a magisterial social history of the British soldier - and Richard Holmes's fitting last tribute to the British soldier, to whom he was so devoted.

John Peddie questions the role of the war-elephant, Hannibal's choice of route over the Alps, re-examines the purpose of the campaign and suggests the purpose of the campaign was not so much the destruction of Rome but the re-conquest of Sicily. Exploring the Carthaginian's generalship he concludes that Hannibal's war was lost at sea, not on land.

Celebrated military historian, John Keegan, and co-author, Richard Holmes, chart the changes in the conduct of warfare through history with an instructive combination of analysis and illustration. In the process they reveal that what has not changed is that an army ultimately has to depend on the courage and determination of its fighting men. With an introduction by Frederick Forsyth.

This wide-ranging and exhaustively researched book is an attempt to grasp the very nature of war. It takes us through the soldier's experience in its entirety - from the humiliation of basic training and the intense comradeship of army life, to the terror, isolation and exhaustion of battle.

To commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Churchill s death, renowned historian Richard Holmes brings his unparalleled knowledge of the military together with his eye for illuminating detail to his biography of one of Britain s greatest leaders.Although much has been written on Churchill s management of Britain through the crisis years of the Second World War, In the Footsteps of Churchill takes the reader back to the explosive colour of his early life to discover the influences that shaped the man.Holmes examines how the qualities that made Churchill great also led him to commit catastrophic blunders. The recklessness that made him a hero when he was a young correspondent during the Boer War, for example cost thousands of Allied lives when it emerged during his planning of the Gallipoli campaign in 1915.From the beginning, we are immersed in the colourful detail and atmosphere of Churchill s world.

Listen. Build. Go. You can survive your life's storms! In this book, you will understand and learn from the issues, thoughts, motivations, and dynamics in Noah's life that transformed him from a nobody into the one man that God chose to use for the survival of humanity. Not only that, you will uncover. . . - what you need to be and do to be a person used by God - how to leave a legacy for the saving of your family, friends, city, and nation. Discover how to build an ark with your life that makes a difference for Christ for generations to come! "God wants to set you free from what you believed you are not. Some things that have defined you and limited you, God is saying it is time to move beyond and rise above them and let this be your uprising moment. The future is NOW; God is calling you to build. Do not allow any limitations to hold you back anymore. Realize God has chosen you. If God is for you, what storm can come against you?" -Pastor Richard

The book delves into the limitations of the Standard Model of particle physics, highlighting its inability to explain various phenomena such as the existence of three generations of particles, the mass ordering within quark and lepton families, and the distinct behaviors of electrons and quarks. It also critiques the model's failure to account for dark matter and presents a comprehensive exploration of these unresolved issues, aiming to provide deeper insights and potential solutions to the philosophical and theoretical gaps in current physics.

"Following the great success of his book Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front (2003), the leading military historian Richard Holmes has selected over 200 rare and unusual photographs to illustrate the wide range of the British Army's experience in the First World War - on all fronts, from Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Gallipoli to the Flanders trenches." "The book's topics include the preparations for war and the mobilisation of 1914; the 'roses of no-man's land' - the contribution made by nurses; 'blighty ones and other ones' - the wounded and their treatment; 'brother lead and sister steel' - soldiers and their weapons; scenes from the battlefield and the campaigns where Tommies fought; the armistice and its aftermath."--BOOK JACKET.

Militærhistorisk og krigshistorisk engelsk opslagsværk fra 1988 om krigshistorien og militærhistorien gennem tiderne, om krige, krigskunst, krigsførelse, våbenudvikling, teknologisk udvikling, m.m. Hovedvægten er lagt på skildringer af nye opfindelser inden for våbenhistorien, udvikling af ny teknologi og våbenudvikling, som afgørende har ændret verdenshistorien - og krigshistorien. Opslagsværket er rigt illustreret og er skrevet af en række anerkendte engelske militærhistorikere: Richard Holmes; Ian Russell Lowell; Mathew Bennett; T A Heathcote; Anthony Clayton; Eric Grove; John Sweetman; Charles Towshend og John Pimlott, og redigeret af Richard Holmes. Overskrifterne: The Dawn of Warfare; Warriors of Greece and Rome; Men of Iron; Storm from the East; War in the Orient; "Villainous Salpetre"; The Age of the Flintlock; The Age of Factory War; World War I: Advance to Deadlock, Breaking the Fetters; World War II: Blitzkrieg, The Eastern Front, The Desert War, The Pacific War, The End in the West; Strategic Bombing; Guerrilla War; Destroyer of Worlds; An Unquiet Peace.

Die umfassendste Bild-Enzyklopädie zum Zweiten Weltkrieg: Anhand von über 1200 Fotografien, Illustrationen und Karten schildert dieser beeindruckende Band die Vorgeschichte und den Verlauf des verheerendsten Konfliktes der Geschichte. Aus globaler Perspektive beleuchtet er nicht nur detailliert die Kriegsziele und die militärischen Operationen, sondern beschreibt auch das Schicksal der Zivilbevölkerung und die schrecklichen Verbrechen, die während des fast sechs Jahre dauernden Krieges möglich wurden. Wichtige Protagonisten des Krieges, wie Winston Churchill oder Erwin Rommel, werden ausführlich porträtiert. Zeitzeugenberichte und zahlreiche historische Dokumente machen das Buch zu einem einzigartigen Nachschlagewerk.

Unikátní obrazový průvodce od Blitzkriegu k Hirošimě. Nejnovější encyklopedie DRUHÁ SVĚTOVÁ VÁLKA je strhujícím svědectvím o nejničivějším a nejrozsáhlejším válečném konfliktu všech dob. Vydává se ve stopách vojenských, strategických a politických událostí po celém světě a přibližuje jednotlivá dějství války, konkrétní bitvy a válečná tažení. Podrobně se věnuje všem rozhodujícím aktérům a jejich klíčovému významu pro válku. Ohromující množství faktů spolu s tragickými osobními výpověďmi přímých účastníků kreslí pravdivý obraz toho, co se skutečně odehrálo ve válce, která změnila svět.

Najničivejší konflikt všetkých čias, ktorý otriasol celým svetom, ožíva v tejto silnej, pútavej a vizuálne ohromujúcej knihe. Druhá svetová vojna: Unikátny obrazový sprievodca približuje historické udalosti z každého uhla pohľadu. Prináša profily najvýznamnejších postáv, od Hitlera po Churchilla, od MacArthura po Rommela, ich ambície,charakter a úlohu, ktorú zohrali vo vojne. Dramatické scény ako vylodenie v Normandii, obliehanie Leningradu, bombardovanie Drážďan, objavenie koncentračných táborov či zhodenie atómovej bomby na Hirošimu ožívajú vďaka silnému rozprávaniu priamych svedkov. Kniha opisuje všetky dôležité udalosti v súvislostiach, vysvetľuje, čo im predchádzalo, a aký vplyv mali na ďalší vývoj. Mimoriadnu pozornosť venuje novým technológiám, ktoré pomáhali získať prevahu nad protivníkom. Približuje, ako sa menili lietadlá, tanky, ponorky, ako vznikali nové ničivé zbrane. Kľúčové momenty, bitky a rozhodnutia dôkladne ilustrujú mapy, grafické znázornenia, dokumenty, dobové artefakty a stovky fotografií. Vďaka tomu kniha posúva vnímanie najničivejšieho konfliktu v histórii na úplne novú úroveň a pomôže skutočne pochopiť, čo sa vlastne stalo vo vojne, ktorá zmenila svet.

Dnes již klasická studie z pera renomovaného britského historika je více než poutavým pokusem proniknout k samotné podstatě války, vnímané očima jejich přímých účastníků. Autor s nimi prochází ponižujícím procesem základního výcviku přes budování pouta k ostatním členům jednotky až po vyčerpání, samotu, utrpení a smrt na bitevním poli. Jaké je to být v přední linii? Jak působí masové zabíjení na lidskou psychiku? Jak fungují základní lidské instinkty, odvaha či strach? Ve snaze zodpovědět tyto i další otázky využívá Richard Holmes široké spektrum přístupů z oblasti psychologie či sociologie, které aplikuje na historické prameny především osobní povahy z posledních dvou set let evropských dějin - od napoleonských válek přes oba světové konflikty až po válku o Falklandy - a poskytuje čtenáři fascinující vhled do osobní zkušenosti vojáka v moderní válce.

Den D - kniha předního britského vojenského historika obsahuje více než 30 unikátních dobových dokumentů, které jsou vloženy přímo mezi stránky. Čtenář může prožívat nejdramatičtější okamžiky moderní historie prostřednictvím dobových vojenských map, deníků a dopisů zúčastněných vojáků, tajných zpráv, rozkazů a hlášení, které může vzít sám do rukou a rozevřít. Dokumenty jsou ze sbírek Britského válečného muzea a z jiných sbírek z celého světa.

Tato kniha, kterou napsal jeden z nejznámějších historiků, obsahuje přes 40 faksimilií vzácných a nově prozkoumaných dobových dokumentů, které jsou vloženy přímo mezi stránky knihy. Prožijte znovu tuto výjimečnou historickou epochu - stačí si vzít do ruky a "osahat" tyto vzácné mapy, dopisy, zápisníky, zprávy, šiforvané depeše, knihy tajných signálů, prohlášení, bulletiny, lodní deníky a noviny, které byly dosud založeny nebo vystaveny v archivech a muzeích po celé Evropě. Nechte se vtáhnout do samotné akce a přečtěte si Nelsonovu zprávu o obléhání Toulonu, lodní deník kapitána Hardyho s popisem bitvy u Trafalgaru, Napoleonem podepsané prohášení k jeho vítězné armádě po bitvě u Slavkova, a zápisník vévody z Wellingtonu, který používal v bitvě u Waterloo. 1. brožura obsahuje překlady vložených faksim. dobových dokumentů, 2. mapy bitev V kartonovém pouzdru 29 x 31 cm V pub. vlepeny papírové kapsičky s volnými příl.