The 1920s were the age of the automobile, with the availability for the first time of relatively affordable cars and the rise of Ford Motor Company in America and Morris Motors in the UK. However, the laws governing driving were for the most part yet to be written and the rules of the road were rudimentary to say the least. With a growing number of motorists in need of guidelines, "How to be a Good Motorist" provided all the information one needed to enjoy safely the open road, offering advice on how to handle such hazards as skidding, headlight glare, and livestock on the road. Among the...
The 1920s were the age of the automobile, with the availability for the first time of relatively affordable cars and the rise of Ford Motor Company in...
Don t be too ready to listen to stories told by attractive women. They may be acting under orders. This was only one of the many warnings given to the 30,000 British troops preparing to land in the enemy territory of Nazi Germany nine-and-a-half months after D-Day. The newest addition to the Bodleian Library s bestselling series of wartime pamphlets, "Instructions for British Servicemen in Germany, 1944" opens an intriguing window into the politics and military stratagems that brought about the end of World War II. The pamphlet is both a succinct survey of German politics, culture, and...
Don t be too ready to listen to stories told by attractive women. They may be acting under orders. This was only one of the many warnings given to the...
"Don t think that your wife has placed waste-paper baskets in the rooms as ornaments." "" "Don t forget that very true remark that while face powder may catch a man, baking powder is the stuff to hold him." Marriage can be a series of humorous miscommunications, a power struggle, or a diplomatic nightmare. Men and women have long struggled to figure each other out and the misunderstandings can continue well after they ve been joined in matrimony. But long before "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," couples turned to self-help booklets such as "How to Be a Good""Husband "and...
"Don t think that your wife has placed waste-paper baskets in the rooms as ornaments." "" "Don t forget that very true remark that while face po...
Unlike cricket, which is a polite game, Australian Rules Football creates a desire on the part of the crowd to tear someone apart, usually the referee. This is only one of the entertaining and astute observations the U.S. military provided in the pocket guides distributed to the nearly one million American soldiers who landed on the shores of Australia between 1942 and 1945. Although the Land Down Under felt more familiar than many of their assignments abroad, American GIs still needed help navigating the distinctly different Aussie culture, and coming to their rescue was "Instruction for...
Unlike cricket, which is a polite game, Australian Rules Football creates a desire on the part of the crowd to tear someone apart, usually the ref...
Beautifully produced in hardback with lined paper, coloured page edges, ribbon marker and printed endpapers, this Alice in Wonderland journal - featuring the White Rabbit - is the perfect gift for Wonderland fans.
Beautifully produced in hardback with lined paper, coloured page edges, ribbon marker and printed endpapers, this Alice in Wonderland journal - featur...
Beautifully produced in hardback with lined paper, coloured page edges, ribbon marker and printed endpapers, this Alice in Wonderland journal - featuring Alice in Court being attacked by the pack of cards - is the perfect gift for Wonderland fans.
Beautifully produced in hardback with lined paper, coloured page edges, ribbon marker and printed endpapers, this Alice in Wonderland journal - featur...
