Reference Books1914-1918 l’encyclopédie de la Grande GuerrePublisher: Flammarion $81.95This large format French language hardcover book is an amazing collection of information about the First World War 1914-1918.

Published late in 2013, it is richly illustrated as a visual encyclopedia with a chronologie year by year.From the skirmishes in the Far East to the European battle fields, this volume is accessible to all ages.It includes documents from those who lived this war and their per-sonal reports.

Le Larousse de la Grande Guerre Publisher: Larousse $95.00

A large format hardcover book documenting and illustrating the “Grand Guerre” chronologically... the lead up to the war and the events of the war. The chapters begin with the Balkins War in October 1912... and 479 pages later, the book concludes with the outcomes of the war 1928.

Dictionnaire de la Grande Guerre : Larousse Collection à PrésentPublisher: Larousse $59.95

Set as an alphabetical dictionary, this paperback provides an aspect of every imaginable topic from the First World War - biographies of famous people such as Clemenceau or Lloyd George, the battles such as Verdun or the Somme. Written through the contributions of 15 historians, this collection of 250 paragraphs, provides a complete and original panorama of WW1.

Apocalypse - la 1ère guerre mondiale Docu Jeunesse F Publisher: Flammarion $35.95

“En août 1914, éclatait le premier conflit mondial qui sera l’un des plus dévastateurs de l’histoire de l’humanité."

This new title, divided into the sections "Furie / Peur / Enfer / Rage / Délivrance", provides a resource with historical information and background on the Great War. État de Guerre : l’année 1914 à travers les publications Publisher: La Documentation Française $68.95

In August 1914, France and other European powers go to war. Think-ing this struggle would be short, the end of the year saw the western front advancing and the “Grande Guerre” was only just beginning.Between legal and historical docu-ments extracted from official jour-nals, this collection of articles from political, literary, scientific and anon-ymous contributors has created this book which plunges the reader back into the atmosphere of this period.Five historians who are specialised in the First World War, interpret these texts with their experience and perspective.In French language - richly illustrated with authentic documents, photographs and maps.Chapters are broken into double page themed units making the book far more accessible to the reader.

La Grande Guerre 14-18French Resources selected by our staff for your study in this

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World War 1 : The Australian Experience$19.95

From the series “Defending Australia”, this book (in English) tells the story of how Australia unquestioningly entered a conflict on the opposite side of the world. It is a good introductory title, covering France, Turkey, Middle East and the other campaigns which saw young Australians deployed throughout the world.

La Grand Guerre CDROM & Book Collection Trait d’union E-Book/Digital/USB/CD-RomPublisher: SCEREN $55.95

A CDROM (PC and Mac) and book set in French for senior secondary and university level students.In the Collection Trait d’Union Histoire this resource provides many thought provoking documents and further ref-erences. The chapters of the book are documented with the same themes on

the CDROM and provide pictorial and other authentic documents as well as further PDF formats for exploita-tion of the topics.(While stocks last)La Première Guerre Mondiale DVD + Livret Collection Dévédoc Histoire Publisher: SCEREN - CNDP $73.95

This DVD in the series Dévédoc Histoire approaches the large issues of World War 1, in all its dimensions : military, political, economic, social and cultural.There are 32 segments of 2 to 18 minutes with maps, archives, visits to memorial sites, reenactments, analysis of images, portraits of those involved both famous

and unknown and features by historians Antoine Prost and Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau.PAL DVD all zones including an accompanying Teach-er’s pedagogical booklet.(While stocks last)Chroniques de la Première Guerre Mondiale

Publisher: Larousse $69.95From the “Documents de l’Histoire” series, this collection of realia is excep-tional. It contains letters, postcards, drawings from the trenches, mobilisa-tion orders, battle plans, news headlines and drawings.An excellent reference and collection piece.

Les Secrets de la Grande GuerrePublisher: Chêne $69.95This book retells the events leading up to the war and the ensuing years - with well known and not so well-known facts. From the events in Sarajevo in 1914 to the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, authentic documents such as postcards, letters, folders and brochures will bring these stories to life as the soldiers and

women behind the lines are honoured in French history.Les 100 mots de la Grande GuerrePublisher: PUF $19.95From 100 key words, Loez explains the multiple layers of WW1... from A to Z for “zeppelin”. He highlights the issues debated while creating a knowledgable, historical background through which he discusses the questions still being raised today.

Soldats de la première guerre mondiale : uniformes, armes, matérielsPublisher: Ouest France $15.95An A4 format softcover book telling the story of the soldiers of La Grande Guerre : through their enemies, uni-forms, weapons and equipment.Many photos and authentic documents are used to illustrate this historical account.

Journals, Letters, PersonalLa Grande Guerre expliquée à mon petit-filsPublisher: Seuil $17.95In this wonderful series of paperbacks where difficult issues are explained simply to young people, this book tries to explain the horrendous nature of WW1.What is a trench? How did the soldiers live and die? What did the women do?These and many other simple questions make this novel good reading for upper secondary level students who are trying to get an under-standing of the “Great War”.Infirmière pendant la Premiere Guerre mondiale ( Journal de G. Darfeuil) - série Mon histoirePublisher: Gallimard $23.95The Mon Histoire collection is an ex-cellent series for demonstrating text types to senior students and of course this one is particularly pertinent with the cen-tenary of the outbreak of World War 1.Themes: adolescence, France, mourn-ing, WW1, journal.Le Journal d’ Adèle 1914-1918Publisher: Livre de poche $13.9530th July 1914... Adèle begins her journal in the book she received for Christmas. Living in Burgundy, her life is ruled by the news from the front, the hunger of the people, the mutilation of the soldiers and their death...”le récit poignant d’une jeune fille sensible et courageuse prise dans la grande tourment de la Première Guerre mondiale”

Jimmy's Anzac Pilgrimage$49.95A very special collection of materials published by Julie Reece in honour of her Australian great uncle Private James Neagle who never returned from the Great War. This book and envelope of replicated letters and cards are a wonderful, moving tribute to the man, his family and those in France who still honour the memories of Australians who fought there.. In English.

Paroles de poilus - Lettres et carnets du front (1914-1918)

$9.95The reader will be greatly moved by these short letters and extracts from soldiers at the front written home. Through these documents, the daily horror and fear of the soldiers is de-scribed in various ways...

”Voilà six mois bientôt qu’on traîne cette misérable existence qui n’a plus rien d’humain”

Carnet de poilu - Leur vie racontée aux enfants par ReneferPublisher: Albin Michel $32.95This is a small facsimile edi-tion of the carnet produced by Renefer (French illustrator, painter and engraver ) during la Grande Guerre for his eight year old daughter. In words and illus-trations it tells the story of life behind the lines for the ordinary French soldier. It also has an author biography and re-productions of some of Renefer’s best known paintings.

Bandes dessinéesGoddamn this War! (English translation of “Putain de Guerre”) $39.95

“Goddamn This War!” includes an extensive year-by-year historical text section written by Tardi’s frequent World War I research helpmate, the historian and collector Jean-Pierre Verney, including dozens of stunning rare photographs and visual docu-ments from his personal collection.Also available in French “Putain de Guerre”.

Putain de Guerre ! Tome 1 : 1914, 1915, 1916Putain de Guerre ! Tome 2 : 1917, 1918, 1919 Publisher: Casterman $36.95 eachVolumes 1 and 2 of this well known book by Tardi on the “Grande Guerre”. His pacifist ideals in this “bande dessinée” series spell out the horrors of the First World War. A classic!

C'était le guerre des tranchéesPublisher: Casterman $39.95Another Tardi classic.. graphic black and white cartoon drawings illustrat-ing the horrors of war in the trenches.Varlot Soldat$28.95Varlot Soldat - by Jacques Tardi, Didier Daeninckx is a bleak, black and white BD which tells of the second battle of Aisnes or La bataille du Chemin des Dames 27 April 1917. Three French soldiers were summarily court marshalled and shot for refusing to fight - the black and white drawings perfectly mirror Vardot’s feelings of despair in the aftermath. The horror of the trenches and the field hospitals is more palpable with these evocative sketches than any photograph. The text is relatively simple and thus accessible to young adults.

See the sequel “Le der des ders”First published in 1999 it has become a modern classic.Le der des ders Publisher: Casterman $32.95This title follows from Varlot Soldat. Varlot has become a private detec-tive following the war, and in 1920 becomes involved in a case which Tardi uses to expose even more little-known aspects of WW1.This is the adaptation from Daeninckx’s title.La Grande Guerre : Le premier jour de la bataille de la Somme reconstitué heure par heure par Joe SaccoPublisher: Arte $59.95The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest battles of WW1. This book - cartoon genre with folding pages - re-constitutes the battle through a 24-foot-long, black-and-white folding panorama. The French edition of the accompanying booklet is in French and German and details an hour by hour ac-count of the day in 2016 and how the battle unfolded. There is an English edition of this graphic novel.Zappe la guerre - 1914-1918 la première des guerres, Pef.Publisher: Rue du Monde $TBAA book blending the past with today - an unusual confrontation of the ghosts of the past (literally) condemning war and the glorification of war. As well as the confronting and style of the Pef illus-trations, authentic documents combine to transmit the message to the reader.

For younger readersLulu et la Grande Guerre Publisher: Ecole des Loisirs $28.95Saint Julien, a French village in 1914 and the story of little Lucienne who is preparing the village festival when the whole atmosphere of her world is thrown upside down.

Saint Julien, village français, le 1er août 1914. Comme tous ses habitants, la petite Lucienne prépare la fête du village. Mais voilà tout à coup que l’atmosphère change. Il se passe des choses bizarres. Le curé et le maire traversent la place à grands pas, le visage sombre. Et soudain, le clocher de l’église se met à sonner le tocsin.

Charles, le frère de Lucienne, a vingt-deux ans. Il vient de finir ses trois années de service militaire. “Je vais devoir partir, ma Lulu. Je vais aller me battre contre les Allemands”, dit-il à sa sœur. Première Guerre mondiale : Les grands docs Milan $23.95

Aimed at readers 9-12 years old, this excellent, clear title provides short texts and visual documents of the-course of the war - from the Declara-tion to “Les ruines et les larmes”.A “lexique” at the end of the book provides a vocabulary of the key words and the Index is well set out and easily accessible for the young reader.

La Première Guerre mondiale Publisher: Aedis Editions $7.95A fold-out A5 size brochure “Petite Guide” in French which makes an excellent introductory guide to the First World War for students at an intermediate level.. It provides a chronology, famous people, informa-tion about famous battles, the new weapons and the pre- and post-war political situation.

La Première Guerre Mondiale : Series Questions réponses 8/10 ans Publisher: Nathan $14.95This full-colour hard-cover book answers many ques-tions for children and young teens on the theme of the First World War.

In a question / answer format, the book is easily introduced to stu-dents and children and introduces-the basic history of the war and the people at the time of war.

La Première Guerre mondiale - Les Yeux de la Découverte Publisher: Gallimard $34.95An excellent hardcover book in the Gallimard Jeunesse series “Les yeux de la découverte” with a new cover for the commemoration.The chapters are quite short - most-ly a double page - and provide a really good summary of the war and those involved in it. Illustrations are authentic.The Promise - The Town That Never Forgets Bilingual French/English Publisher: One Day Hill $25.00The Promise : The Town that Never Forgets - N’oublions jamais l’Australie by well-known broadcaster Derek Guille has a special poignancy on a personal note.Those touched by the Black Saturday bushfires will also find a connection.If you want to know more about Australia’s relationship with Villers-Bretonneux you will not be disappointed in this bilingual edition illustrated by Kaff-eine.

DVDs1ère Guerre mondiale 1914-1918 A double DVD set - Zone 2 - in French - 4h20min. B/W. $42.95La Grande Guerre - Chroniques du XXe siècleFive DVD set of 250 minutes. Authentic footage. $69.95La Grande Guerre 1914-1918TF1 double DVD set. Six hours of archive footage re-mastered in colour. $29.95L'héroique cinématographe... Comment filmer la Grande Guerre? Series “Films en classe” from SCEREN. With 32 page booklet. $29.95

This brochure has been prepared by Jillian Symons for your information.

None of the titles have been written for “French as foreign lan-guage” students, but in many cases, the authentic documents and photographs are considered informative and useful for

Australian students.The DVDs are all from France and there is no guarantee they

will play on an Australian zoned DVD player.Ver. 4: 3 September 2014