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The Second World War
'Simply the ultimate Second World War history'- SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE, DAILY TELEGRAPH A CONFLICT LIKE NO OTHER , it has come to define the very idea of war itself. Great...
Stalin's Wine Cellar
The adventure of a lifetime to buy Stalin's secret multimillion dollar wine cellar located in Georgia; it is the Raiders of the Lost Ark of wine. 'A wild, boys-own adventure...
Queen of Codes: The Secret Life of Emily Anderson, Britain's Greatest
'One of the greatest codebreakers of the twentieth century' Suzannah Lipscomb An astounding story of codebreaking, personal sacrifice and a life lived in the shadows. The history of British codebreaking...
Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler's Radar
Author: Max Hastings Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER 'Reads like a thriller... I couldn't put Max Hastings's new book down' DAILY MAIL 'Hastings is...
The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five
A Holocaust historian, archivist, and history blogger adds a new dimension to the story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising during World War II, shining a long overdue spotlight on five...
The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance that Won the War
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Hugely enjoyable' The Spectator 'Delivered with flamboyance, it features a sparkling cast of chancers' KATJA HOYER,...
Hitler: Volume II: Downfall 1939-45
The long-awaited second volume of Volker Ullrich's acclaimed biography of the F hrer, taking us through the war years - from the early triumphs of the Blitzkrieg to Hitler's suicide...
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
Author: Giles Milton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'A magnificent story, brilliantly told. Read it!' Anthony Horowitz Six gentlemen, one goal - the destruction of Hitler's war machine. In...
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's
'A METICULOUS HISTORY THAT READS LIKE A THRILLER' BEN MACINTYRE, TEN BEST BOOKS TO READ ABOUT WORLD WAR II An astounding story of heroism, spycraft, resistance and personal triumph over...
Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbruck: The Nazi's
From the moment they met in 1940 in Ravensbruck concentration camp, Milena Jesenska and Margarete Buber-Neumann were inseparable. Czech Milena was Kafka's first translator and epistolary lover, and a journalist...
An Australian Band of Brothers: Don Company, Second 43rd Battalion,
This riveting book follows a small group of Australian front-line soldiers from their enlistment in the dark days of 1940 to the end of World War II. No ordinary soldiers,...
A Brilliant Life: My Mother's Inspiring Story of Surviving the
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 MARGARET AND COLIN RODERICK LITERARY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 LESLIE AND SOPHIE CAPLAN AWARD FOR JEWISH NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 AGE NON-FICTION BOOK OF...
Operations in North Africa and the Middle East 1942-1944
Author: John GrehanFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 208 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Despatches in this volume include the despatch on the campaign from Alamein to Tunis,...
Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War. The legendary 'Red Devils' were among the...
The Lost Music of the Holocaust: Bringing the music of the camps to
Scores sewn into coat linings, instruments hidden in suitcases, sheet music stashed among dirty laundry, concertos written on discarded food wrappers - these are just some of the ingenious ways...
On the Horizon
From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII's most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. With evocative...
SAS Nazi Hunters
'A humbling, inspiring account of some of the real founders of modern day Special Forces soldiering' Bear Grylls SAS NAZI HUNTERS is the incredible, hitherto untold story of the most...
Auschwitz A Mother's Story: How I fought to survive and see my
Suddenly there is a blow to my face, I am hurled to one side. 'My child, I have to go with her!' I scream. But Dr Mengel is standing before...
Blitz Kids: True Stories from the Children of Wartime Britain to
Published to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day '[The] stories are every bit as dramatic as those from the front lines and Barrett and Calvi have done an incredible...
The Holocaust Codes: The Untold Story of Decrypting the Final Solution
'Massive, groundbreaking new research that sheds more truth on the Holocaust.' - Helen Fry Never told in detail before, this is the account of how, for four years, British and...
The Holocaust Codes: The Untold Story of Decrypting the Final Solution
'Massive, groundbreaking new research that sheds more truth on the Holocaust.' - Helen Fry Never told in detail before, this is the account of how, for four years, British and...
Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust
Daniel Goldhagen re-visits a question which history has treated as settled, and his research leads him to the inescapble conclusion that none of the answers holds true. That question is:...
When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944
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Fate is the Hunter
Author: Ernest K Gann Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 FATE IS THE HUNTER is a fascinating and thrilling account of some of the more memorable experiences Ernest K Gann...
Saving Australia: Curtin's Secret Peace with Japan
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Eagles Over North Africa and the Mediterranean 1940-1943
This superb illustrated series charts the rise and fall of the German Air Force from 1939 to 1945. Each volume makes use of over a hundred rare and valuable photographs,...
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
The graphic adaptation of one of the world's most-loved books 'June, 1942- I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to...
Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory
From the Sunday Times-bestselling author, comes a heart-stopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the great and most dramatic hinge moments of WW2 ** THE...
Selling Hitler: Propaganda and the Nazi Brand
Hitler was one of the few politicians who understood that persuasion was everything, deployed to anchor an entire regime in the confections of imagery, rhetoric and dramaturgy. The Nazis pursued...
Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won The War
A gripping and authoritative account of the year that sealed the fate of the Nazis, from the bestselling historian June 1944- In Operation Bagration, more than two million Red Army...
Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World
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The Man With the Iron Heart: The Definitive Biography of Reinhard Heydrich, Architect of the Holocaust
A fascinating portrait of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the darkest figures of Hitler's elite, featuring words with those who knew him best, including in-depth and rare interviews with his wife,...
Cinderella Boys: The Forgotten RAF Force that Won the Battle of the
'Masterful' David Price 'McKinstry has done a fine job in rescuing Coastal Command from long neglect ' Richard Overy The remarkable story of the unsung RAF wing who made Allied...
Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack
"A beguiling tale of espionage and double-dealing in the years leading up to World War II. ... Strap in for a narrative that demands a suspension of disbelief-and richly rewards...
Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain
A myth-busting, page-turning history of the Battle of Britain History is swamped by patriotic myths about the aerial combat fought between the RAF and the Luftwaffe over the summer of...
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Holocaust Heroes : Resistance to Hitler's Final Solution
This inspiring book examines the often incredible and nearly always tragic examples of Jewish resistance in ghettos and concentration camps during the Nazis 'Final Solution'. It shows that the Warsaw...
If This Is A Woman: Inside Ravensbruck: Hitler's Concentration Camp
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Ravensbruck Concentration Camp is the worst atrocity ever committed solely against women, but today the name of the camp is barely known. From Ravensbruck's earliest days, when Himmler offered his...
At Close Range: Life and Death in an Artillery Regiment, 1939-45
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Among the Italian Partisans: The Allied Contribution to the Resistance
The remarkable story of the foreigners who volunteered to join the guerrilla war against Germans and Fascists in World War II Italy. The fighters included Britons, Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders,...
The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five
A Holocaust historian, archivist, and history blogger adds a new dimension to the story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising during World War II, shining a long overdue spotlight on five...
Cruiser: The Life And Loss Of HMAS Perth And Her Crew
The definitive biography of the Australian cruiser HMAS Perth, and the brave men who sailed with her. Of all the Australians who fought in the Second World War, none saw...
Rising '44: 'The Battle for Warsaw'
The story of the Warsaw Rising from the author of The Isles and Europe: A History who is also the leading British authority on the history of Poland. Rising '44...
SAS Ghost Patrol: The Ultra-Secret Unit That Posed As Nazi
Meet the unit that posed as Nazi stormtroopers in the most daring mission ever undertaken SAS Ghost Patrol is the explosive true story of the day in 1942 when the...
Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won The War
A gripping and authoritative account of the year that sealed the fate of the Nazis, from the bestselling historian June 1944. Operation Bagration- the greatest defeat ever suffered by the...
World War 11 Raf Airfieldsin Norfolk
As part of the "AHT" series, this book covers airfields in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Yorkshire and Northamptonshire. 12 Group was formed in 1937 within Fighter Command to become responsible for aerial...
SAS Daggers Drawn: In For the Kill: The Third in the Blair 'Paddy'
THE REAL STORY OF BLAIR 'PADDY' MAYNE, ENDORSED BY THE MAYNE FAMILY Summer 1944: the SAS were charged with the most crucial D-Day missions, taking on the might of the...
The World War II Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
An accessible guide to the key events and turning points of the Second World War, and the people and groups behind them Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies and turning...