Van Emden: 21 books

Book cover of The Road to Passchendaele

The Road to Passchendaele

The Heroic Year in Soldiers' own Words and Photographs

by Richard Van Emden
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017

Passchendaele is the next volume in the highly regarded series of books from the best-selling First World War historian Richard van Emden. Once again, using the winning formula of diaries and memoirs, and above all original photographs taken on illegally held cameras by the soldiers themselves, Richard...
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Tommy's War

The Western Front in Soldiers' Words and Photographs

by Richard van Emden
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014

Conventional histories of the Great War have tended to focus on the terrible attritional battles of Ypres, of Arras and of the Somme. What they do not tell us is what life was like for the ordinary soldier, what mattered to him, and how he survived, both physically and mentally. Now for the...
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Gallipoli

The Dardanelles Disaster in Soldiers' Words and Photographs

by Richard van Emden, Stephen Chambers
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015

Presenting more than 150 never-before-published photographs of the campaign, many taken by the soldiers themselves, together with unpublished written material from British, Anzac, French and Turkish, including eyewitness accounts of the landings, this is an unrivalled account of what really happened...
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Meeting the Enemy

The Human Face of the Great War

by Richard van Emden
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013

A British soldier walked over to the German front line to deliver newspapers; British women married to Germans became 'enemy aliens' in their own country; a high-ranking British POW discussed his own troops' heroism with the Kaiser on the battlefield. Just three amazing stories of contact between...
Book cover of Handbook of Agricultural Entomology
by Helmut F. van Emden
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013

Handbook of Agricultural Entomology by Helmut van Emden is a landmark publication for students and practitioners of entomology applied to agriculture and horticulture. It can be used as a reference and as a general textbook. The book opens with a general introduction to entomology and includes...
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Famous

1914-1918

by Vic Piuk, Richard Van Emden
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010

'Famous' tells the Great War stories of twenty of Britain's most respected, best known and even notorious celebrities. They include politicians, actors, writers, an explorer, a sculptor and even a murderer. The generation that grew up in the late 19th Century enlisted enthusiastically in the defense...
Book cover of 1918: The Decisive Year in Soldiers' Own Words and Photographs
by Richard Van Emden
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2018

1918: The Final Year of the Great War to Armistice is the next volume in the remarkable series of books from the best-selling First World War historian Richard van Emden. Revisiting the winning formula of diaries and memoirs, and above all original photographs taken on illegally-held cameras by the...
Book cover of Statistics for Terrified Biologists
by Helmut van Emden
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012

“We highly recommend it—not just for statistically terrified biology students and faculty, but also for those who are occasionally anxious or uncertain. In addition to being a good starting point to learn statistics, it is a useful place to return to refresh your memory.” –The Quarterly Review...
Book cover of The Somme

The Somme

The Epic Battle in the Soldiers' own Words and Photographs

by Richard Van Emden
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016

The offensive on the Somme took place between July and November 1916 and is perhaps the most iconic battle of the Great War. It was there that Kitchener’s famous ‘Pals’ Battalions were first sent into action en masse and it was a battlefield where many of the dreams and aspirations of a nation,...
Book cover of Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

The Memoirs, Letters & Photographs of a Teenage Officer

by Van Emden, Richard
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012

It hardly seems credible today that a nineteenyear- old boy, just commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders, could lead a platoon of men into the carnage of the Battle of the Somme. Or that, as the machine gun bullets whistled past and shells exploded, he could maintain his own morale to lead a platoon,...
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The Last Fighting Tommy

The Life of Harry Patch, Last Veteran of the Trenches, 1898-2009

by Richard van Emden, Harry Patch
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2010

Harry Patch, born June 17, 1898, was the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of the First World War. From his vivid memories of an Edwardian childhood, the horror of the Great War and fighting in the mud during the Battle of Passchendaele, working on the home front in the Second...
Book cover of Veterans

Veterans

The Last Survivors of the Great War

by Richard Van Emden
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2006

Using the veterans’ own words and photographs, the book brings to life a mixture of their excitement of embarkation for France, their unbound optimism and courage, the agony of the trenches, and numbing fear of going over the top. The fight for survival, the long ordeal of those who were wounded...
Book cover of Effective Communication for Arts and Humanities Students
by Ms Joan van Emden, Lucinda Becker
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2003

Students not only need subject-specific knowledge, but they must also know how to communicate well. From that first assignment or seminar paper, to the final report, dissertation or exam, this guide provides detailed help and support with lots of examples and practical advice throughout. Continuing...
Book cover of Writing for Engineers
by Joan van Emden, Lucinda Becker
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017

This book is full of practical advice and useful examples to help students and engineers write clearly, accurately and impressively. This updated fourth edition features new material on technical notes, inspection reports and business cases, along with abstracts and summaries. It is an essential aid for today's engineers.
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