"A Soldier's Diary" by Ralph Scott is a poignant exploration of the life of a soldier during tumultuous times. Through the eyes of the protagonist, readers are taken on a journey that reveals the harsh realities of war, the camaraderie among soldiers, and the emotional toll of conflict. Scott's vivid descriptions and heartfelt reflections provide a deep understanding of the soldier's experience, making it relatable to anyone who has faced adversity. The diary format allows for an intimate ...

April 23, 1918. Arrived at the R.E. Base Depot, Rouen, and was delighted to find a pile of letters waiting for me. Damn fools that we are, we are all fretting to get back into it again—the lines must be very thin nowadays. In the evening had an excellent Mess Smoking Concert, plenty of champagne, and a terrific “fug” in the ante-room. Heaven knows when we will have another night like this as we are at the last outpost of civilisation again. April 24. Wasting time all day at the Demolitions...

"God, in Thy mercy, let me never again hear any one speak of the Glory of War! I am too exhausted to feel tired."Ralph Scott's magnificent World War I classic has come to ebooks for the first time. In a harrowing, graphic account of life on the front lines of The Great War's trenches, Scott was unsparing of the horror he witnessed.Few generals know what the line soldier experiences. In his forward to Scott's classic, Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice writes, "......

Halfmoon Ridge is a tale of when the one you love is right before your eyes and they still can not see the real you. Not until the family makes some business changes to the dude ranch does the couple really get to know one another. The couple has been working side by side for years, but now as two grown adults, feelings develop between them. Are they practical with an entire family surrounding them and already running a business together? The family gets tired of staying behind the scenes ...

The Rulebook For Perfect Daddyhood is perfectly funny and absolutely true. It chronicles the things that didn't always go as planned when a dad is supposedly in charge of trying to help raise three children. This unique Daddy doesn't just think outside the box, but he never knew there actually was a box to think outside of. Fortunately, all three daughters survived getting dirty camping in the woods, or digging a small backyard pond, or being escorted by this Daddy around the wonderful tow...

This 1923 memoir of a World War I soldier is a well written much respected first-hand account of the brutal fighting in the last year of the war.

The bestselling, award-winning author of The American Invasion of Canada "has given great drama and immediacy to that turning point in Canadian history" ( Maclean's).On Easter Monday 1917 with a blizzard blowing in their faces, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in France seized and held the best-defended German bastion on the Western Front—the muddy scarp of Vimy Ridge. The British had failed to take the Ridge, and so had the French who had ...

This "brilliant and heartrending" memoir recounts one of the bloodiest battles of WWI—with a new introduction and a forward by the author's son (John Keegan).A joint operation between Britain and France, the 1916 Battle of the Somme was an attempt to gain territory and dent Germany's military strength. By the end of the action, the Allied Forces had made just twelve kilometers. For this slight gain, more than a million lives were lost.In this classic military...

November 2008 sees the 90th anniversary of the end of the Great War, 'the war to end all wars' that still haunts and fascinates in equal measure. Richard van Emden's new book tells that story as never before through the words and pictures of the men who were there. The Soldier's War includes incredible never-published-before letters and photographs to reveal the true stories of a lost generation.The Soldier's War traces the war chronologically, taking stories from...

In what is one of the finest autobiographies to come out of the First World War, the distinguished poet Edmund Blunden records his experiences as an infantry subaltern in France and Flanders. Blunden took part in the disastrous battles of the Somme, Ypres and Passchendaele, describing the latter as 'murder, not only to the troops, but to their singing faiths and hopes'. In his compassionate yet unsentimental prose, he tells of the heroism and despair found among the officers. Blunden's poe...

Australia's diggers didn't go 'over the top' for King and Country, they did it for their mates and their battalion - extraordinary deeds performed by ordinary men.Henry George Hartnett, known as 'Harry', joined the Australian Imperial Force on 13 September 1915 at the age of 23. He saw action on the Western Front at Fromelles and on the Somme, receiving his first 'Blighty', a wound so serious he was sent back to Britain for treatment, in the Battle of Pozieres. Upon his recovery, h...

This is Bill Cull's unforgettable story of his experiences in WW1: he fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front where he was captured by the Germans and was a POW until the end of the war.Captain William Cull fought the First World War from both sides of the wire. As a young infantry officer on the Allied side of the Western Front, Cull frequently led patrols out into No Man's Land and raids on the German trenches. He took part in bitter fighting on the Somme at Pozi res, and in...