Sort by:
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the
THE NEW BOOK THE TRAITORS CIRCLE COMING SOON FROM JONATHAN FREEDLAND SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE, RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE, WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR AND LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE...
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...
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 Times Churchill
A must-read for anyone with an interest in history, politics, or the fascinating story and enduring legacy of an extraordinary figure: Winston Churchill. Widely regarded as one of the most...
Naples 1944: War, Liberation and Chaos
An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year 'A rigorous, myth-busting look at the city's chaotic recovery in the wake of...
Genocide Perspectives VI: The Process and the Personal Cost of
Genocide Perspectives VI grapples with two core themes: the personal toll of genocide, and processes that facilitate the crime. From political choices governments and leaders make, through to denialism and...
The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American
A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American...
To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949
From one of our greatest historians, the epic story of how 20th-century Europe went to hell and back In the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war...
Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
A lost classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first time - from journalist, poet and survivor J zsef Debreczeni A lost classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first...
My Opposition: The Diary of Friedrich Kellner - A German against the
This is a truly unique account of Nazi Germany at war and of one man's struggle against totalitarianism. A mid-level official in a provincial town, Friedrich Kellner kept a secret...
Bomber Command: Failed to Return
With an average age of just twenty-two, the young airmen of the Royal Air Force's Bomber Command, all volunteers, began operating within minutes of the start of the Second World...
Sword: D-Day - Trial by Battle
'The messy, dirty, bloody reality of Operation Overlord comes alive in Sword , Hastings's portrait of the individual soldiers who risked their lives on the beaches of Normandy. He brings...
Meeting at Potsdam
$12.00 AUD
Charles Mee's astute portrayals of Stalin, Truman and Churchill reveal the egos and intrigues at play in Potsdam in 1945, where the groundwork for the Cold War was laid. [history][political]...
The Venlo Sting: MI6's Deadly Fiasco
On 9 November 1939, two unsuspecting British agents of the Special Intelligence Services walked into a trap set by German Spymaster Reinhard Heydrich. Believing that they were meeting a dissident...
Survival in Singapore: The triumph and tragedy of Australia's greatest
SURVIVAL IN SINGAPORE is a gripping account of an untold story of Japanese-occupied Singapore, and a testament of courage, sacrifice and the resilience of the human spirit. 'Wonderfully evocative writing,...
A WWII Soldier in the Pacific: During and After 1943-1945
Anyone familiar with WWII studies in the Pacific will recognize the name Eugene B. Sledge. The author, who corresponded with Sledge 30 years ago, shared the experience of serving on...
West Wall: The Battle for Hitler's Siegfried Line: The Spellmount
An account of the battle for the Siegfried Line in the final year of World War II, which raged for six, long, bloody months along a front of 350 miles...
Loose Ends and Extras
'Loose Ends and Extras' is the last in a trilogy of books Lord Briggs has completed since his 90th birthday in May 2011. Following on from 'Special Relationships: People and...
Betraying Hitler
During the Second World War Fritz Kolbe worked as a Foreign Ministry official in Germany. He hated the Nazi regime and in an attempt to aid its demise he offered...
The Second World War Illustrated: The Final Year
The Second World War Illustrated: The Final Year follows the author's visual tour of the war by means of painstakingly researched and digitally restored pictures from the period of the...
Forgotten Tragedy: The Sinking of HMT "Rohna"
$80.00 AUD
This book recounts for the first time the tragic loss of more than 1,000 American soldiers in 1943 when their troopship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean.
Backroom Boys: Personal Stories of Britain's Air War 1939-45
What was it like, making history? What sense did these individuals have of what they were doing, either at the time or later? Did they feel they were caught up...
D-Day Normandy: The Story and Photographs
Features more than four hundred American, Allied, and German photographs that present the dramatic events of the invasion from both sides.
Gazing at the Stars: Memories of a Child Survivor
Narrated with the heartbreaking innocence of a thirteen-year-old girl and the wisdom of a woman of eighty-two, Gazing at the Stars is a record of survival in the face of...
Churchill 1940-1945: Under Friendly Fire
In April 1945 Churchill said to Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 'There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without...
Storming Eagles: German Airborne Forces in World War II
Unstoppable and deadly, this is the gripping story of some of the most feared soldiers in the war The daring, courage and skill of the highly-trained men who spearheaded German...
I Must Belong Somewhere: An extraordinary family tale of survival
'An extraordinary family tale of survival' Sunday Times Jonathan Dean's great-grandfather, David Schapira, fled the Russian threat in Ukraine for Vienna in 1914. Blinded in the First World War, he...
Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence
'Groundbreaking' Sunday Times 'Beautifully written and elegiac . . . a masterpiece' Damien Lewis, Sunday Times bestselling author Since the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women...
Hostage of the Third Reich: The Story of My Imprisonment and Rescue
$20.00 AUD
In the fall of 1944, Fey von Hassell, the 24-year-old wife of Italian Detalmo Pirzio-Biroli, was seized by the SS at her villa at Brazza near Venice and shuttled by...
Brothers Down: Pearl Harbor and the Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard
The surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 remains one of the most traumatic events in American history, destroying a naval fleet, killing over a thousand crew members,...
Indian Diary and Album
The Ministry of Information's decision to send society photographer Cecil Beaton to the Far East to record the Allied war effort during World War II might have raised a few...
The Traitor of Colditz: The Definitive Untold Account of Colditz
How can an unlikely band of brothers escape hell when there's a traitor in their midst? Colditz has become an almost mythic symbol of perseverance, resourcefulness, and strength. The prisoners...
Spying for the Fuhrer: Hitler's Espionage Machine
$25.00 AUD
This full story of German espionage in World War II, illustrated with 150 black-and-white photographs, explores the rivalry between Nazi intelligence services. Includes Nazi counter-intelligence operations and examines the popular...
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'I'm not sure I've ever come across quite such a revelatory account of the Holocaust and yet despite the...
Luck of the Draw: My Story of the Air War in Europe - A NEW YORK TIMES
Beginning on August 17, 1942, American heavy bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force took off for combat in the hostile skies over occupied Europe. The final price was staggering....
Chamber Divers
'Fascinating...a great historical military account and essential reading' John Volanthen, author of Thirteen Lives . The untold story of the D-Day scientists who changed special operations forever. On the beaches...
Chamber Divers
'Fascinating...a great historical military account and essential reading' John Volanthen, author of Thirteen Lives . The untold story of the D-Day scientists who changed special operations forever. On the beaches...
Ve Day - a Day to Remember
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
I Knew Hitler: The Lost Testimony by a Survivor from the Night of the Long Knives
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Heroes All
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Changing Enemies: Defeat and Regeneration
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Unit 731: Japanese Army's Secret of Secrets
$100.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
My Mother's Diamonds: In Search of the Holocaust Assets
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
War Diaries: The Mediterranean, 1943-45
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...