News From the Front
CHURCHILL OUT OF HIBERNATION, WEEK 37
In the wake of World War II’s triumphant end and his own defeat as Prime Minister, Winston Churchill stepped out onto the world stage and embraced his new role as an elder statesman, whose words carried the weight of experience. THE SINEWS OF PEACE, his first volume of postwar speeches, collected many of those initial words. We unpack it next, in our look at his book-length works.
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CHURCHILL OUT OF HIBERNATION, WEEK 36
Often in triumph there is also tragedy. Our own moment attests to this. Winston Churchill titled the final volume of his war memoirs TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY. We delve into it next, as we sound the heights and depths of Churchill’s book-length works.
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CHURCHILL OUT OF HIBERNATION, WEEK 35
CLOSING THE RING ends on the eve of D-Day. Expectations are enormous. But what about the weather?
We have reached the penultimate volume (five) of Winston Churchill’s war memoirs in our ascent through his book-length works. How will it all turn out?
CHURCHILL OUT OF HIBERNATION, WEEK 34
In every great battle there comes a point where the tide begins to turn. For Winston Churchill, in his war memoirs, that turning point was “THE HINGE OF FATE,” the title he gave to his fourth volume. We look to it next, as we scale the heights of Churchill’s book-length works.
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CHURCHILL OUT OF HIBERNATION, WEEK 33
England’s isolation ends in “THE GRAND ALLIANCE”, as allies — both friendly and unfriendly — at last join Churchill and Great Britain in a united stand against Hitler and his armies. Next up in our stampede through Winston Churchill’s book-length works, the third volume of his war memoirs.
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CHURCHILL OUT OF HIBERNATION, WEEK 32
All of Churchill’s war memoir volumes are gripping but only one is an impossible-to-put-down “page-turner,” Volume II: THEIR FINEST HOUR. We turn to it next in our perusal of Winston Churchill’s book-length works.
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In 1946, Winston Churchill decided that he was ready to write his war memoirs. In our circumnavigation of Churchill’s book-length works, we have reached his magnum opus, THE SECOND WORLD WAR, and begin with Volume One: “The Gathering Storm.”
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CHURCHILL OUT OF HIBERNATION, WEEK 30
How did Winston Churchill handle the very darkest moments of World War II? The best answer we may have resides in the speeches he delivered in secret wartime sessions of Parliament, when Churchill unfolded terrible truths unflinchingly. We reveal SECRET SESSION SPEECHES next in our exploration of Churchill’s book-length works.
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CHURCHILL OUT OF HIBERNATION, WEEK 29
Battered and exhausted, but unbowed in our journey through Winston Churchill’s books, we have reached VICTORY, the sixth volume of his collected war speeches.
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CHURCHILL OUT OF HIBERNATION, WEEK 28
At exactly the right moment, this desperately awful moment, we reach THE DAWN OF LIBERATION, Volume Five in the collected war speeches of Winston Churchill. THE DAWN OF LIBERATION reminds us that the battle was terrible but that the defeat of evil did come
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CHURCHILL OUT OF HIBERNATION, WEEK 27
We have reached the end of a terribly trying year. And we’re still here. Thankfully, so are you. Let’s celebrate our future together with ONWARDS TO VICTORY, our New Year’s destination, as we journey through Winston Churchill’s books.
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CHURCHILL OUT OF HIBERNATION, WEEK 26
Christmas approaches and here in New York City our “Out of Hibernation” status wanes. Do remember: Our new holiday catalogue contains First Edition copies of every book that we have thus far visited in our “Churchill Out of Hibernation” tour of Winston Churchill’s works. This week only we will Overnight ship any book in the catalogue free of charge.
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