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Clear the Deck!: Naval Aviation Accidents of World War II
'Clear The Deck!' showcases the amazing and dramatic World War II-era, U.S. Navy battle damage, and flight operations photographs gathered from the National Archives, National Museum of Naval Aviation, and...
X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos Who Helped Defeat the Nazis
This is popular WW2 history at its heart-stopping best, fuelled by an incredible, previously untold story of the Jewish refugees who fought in Britain's most secretive special-forces unit THE UNTOLD...
MacArthur's Papua New Guinea Offensive, 1942-1943: Rare Photographs
The Japanese seizure of Rabaul on New Britain in January 1942 directly threatened Northern Australia and, as a result, General Douglas MacArthur took command of the Southwest Pacific Area. In...
Wives and Sweethearts: Love Letters Sent During Wartime
What is it like to fall in love with a soldier? What is it like to be a soldier in love? Throughout history, those serving in the British Army have...
Through The Eyes Of Innocents: Children Witness World War II
World War II was the first modern war in which more civilians than soldiers were killed or maimed: When it ended in August 1945, more than thirty-nine millions civilians had...
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to
In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they recruited an elite group of young women who,...
Caught in the Crossfire
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All of us have to face suffering at some time during our lives. We do not live in a fair world and suffering is not distributed equally. Suffering, in particular...
Rome 44: The Battle for the Eternal City
A readable and unique book which combines the skills of an historian with the vivid immediacy of an eye-witness When the author, a wounded veteran of 21, arrived in Rome...
The Sinking of the Lancastria: Britain's Greatest Maritime Disaster
A fortnight after the evacuation at Dunkirk some 150,000 British troops were still stuck in France. As the German advance thundered west these Allied soldiers and airmen were faced with...
A Life for Every Sleeper: A Pictorial Record of the Burma-Thailand
Hugh V.Clarke, a survivor, makes use of documents, first-hand reports and photographs, many of which have never been published. Some photographs were taken by a Japanese surveyor during construction. Others...
Journey to Tobruk: John Murray - Bushman, Soldier, Survivor
Based on the discovery of a family archive of approximately 100 letters, 50 hours of interviews, war diaries, official brigade diaries and other histories of the period, Journey to Tobruk...
Ultimate Price: Testimonies of Christians Who Resisted the Third Reich
The witness of seven courageous Christians whose faith inspired them to resist the Nazi regime and who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Through their stories and their own words this volume...
The Animals at Lockwood Manor
August 1939. Thirty-year-old Hetty Cartwright is tasked with the evacuation and safekeeping of the natural history museum's collection of mammals. Once she and her exhibits arrive at Lockwood Manor, however,...
The Windsor Conspiracy: A Novel of the Crown, a Conspiracy, and the
Georgie Blalock, the acclaimed author of The Other Windsor Girl , delivers an enchantingly reimagined fictional portrait of Wallis Simpson through the lens of her cousin who is engaged to...
The Great Escaper: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell
Roger Bushell was 'Big X', mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, immortalised in the Hollywood film The Great Escape. Very little was known about...
Secret War: Story of S.O.E., Britain's Wartime Sabotage Organisation
An analysis of SOE's structure and performance using previously unpublished archival material. Among the items of historical interest is SOE's original founding charter, widely believed to have been lost, but...
The Windsor Conspiracy: A Novel of the Crown, a Conspiracy, and the
Georgie Blalock, the acclaimed author of The Other Windsor Girl , delivers an enchantingly reimagined fictional portrait of Wallis Simpson through the lens of her cousin who is engaged to...
Courage for the Cabinet Girl
Bestselling historical fiction author Molly Green is back with her most engrossing, heartfelt World War Two saga yet! Preorder The Wartime Librarian's Secret now! Working for Winston Churchill, can she...
We Are Not Strangers
Marco Calvo always knew his grandfather, affectionately called Papoo, was a good man. After all, he was named for him. A first-generation Jewish immigrant, Papoo was hardworking, smart, and caring....
Battle of Normandy - Michelin Historical Map 102: Map
Covering the region associated with the Battle of Normandy, at a scale of 1:200,000, this is a reprint of the 1947 map. It shows the beaches where the historic landings...
Women's Holocaust Writing: Memory and Imagination
Women's Holocaust Writing extends Holocaust and literary studies by examining women's artistic representations of female Holocaust experiences, as given voice by Cynthia Ozick, Ilona Karmel, Elzbieta Ettinger, Hana Demetz, Susan...
Downing Street: The War Years - Diaries, Letters and a Memoir
In 1940 John Martin was appointed Private Secretary to Winston Churchill. He remained at Churchill's side throughout the war and was promoted, in May 1941, to Principal Private Secretary. During...
The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists
From the turn of the century to the 1960s, the songwriters of Tin Pan Alley dominated American music. Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart--even today...
Code Name Butterfly
Inspired by the incredible true story of Josephine Baker's role in the French Resistance, this is a heart-wrenching, unforgettable tale of the strength of the human spirit in the darkest...
German Naval Guns 1939-1945
This hugely comprehensive encyclopaedia covers every German artillery piece mounted afloat during the Second World War, from the huge 15-inch (380mm) guns carried by the Bismarck to the smallest machine...
The Orphan's Homecoming (The Red Cross Orphans, Book 3)
The USA Today and Globe & Mail Canadian bestseller is back with a brand new gripping and heartfelt historical novel! Could the shifting winds of change finally carry Kitty home?...
Mr. Wu and Mrs.Stitch: The Letters of Evelyn Waugh and Diana Cooper,
Tells the story, via the letters they wrote to each other, of the relationship between Evelyn Waugh, author of "Brideshead Revisited", and Lady Diana Cooper, actress and hostess. The two...
About Time Too: 1940-78
With this second volume of autobiography Penelope Mortimer covers the three decades, from the acceptance of her first novel in 1945 ("intended as an immense historical saga about the collapse...
The Last Light Over Oslo: A Novel
Based on true events, this gripping historical novel set in Norway and Sweden in 1940, follows one of the first female US Ministers, Daisy Harriman, and her niece as the...
Lucky Johnny: The Footballer who Survived the River Kwai Death Camps
In 1938 Johnny Sherwood was a young professional footballer on the brink of an England career, touring the world with the all-star British team the Islington Corinthians. By 1942 he...
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter,
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account." - Publishers Weekly A U.S. naval counterintelligence officer working to safeguard Pearl Harbor; a Japanese spy ordered...
Courage for the Cabinet Girl
Bestselling historical fiction author Molly Green is back with her most engrossing, heartfelt World War Two saga yet! Preorder The Wartime Librarian's Secret now! Working for Winston Churchill, can she...
The Collaborator's Daughter
'Moved me to tears' Angela Petch bestselling author of The Tuscan Secret In 1944 in war-torn Dubrovnik Branko Milisic holds his newborn daughter Safranka and wishes her a better future....
The Secret Keepers
The past can't be locked away forever... _________________________________________________________________ *Perfect for fans of Kate Morton, Eve Chase & Lucinda Riley* Sweeping from the French Riviera to the wind-blown Cornish cliffs, lose...
Secrets of the Watch House
The truth is waiting to be told ... 'Stunning' SANTA MONTEFIORE 'Spine-tinglingly good' AMANDA GEARD 'Incredible' LORNA COOK *** Cornwall, 1934. Violet Ellis is living in the shadows of her...
Letters Home
The newly discovered letters of Cricket commentator and broadcasting personality, Biran Johnston. When Brian Johnston died in 1995 it was as if a great cricketer had passed on. Standing room...
The Last Light Over Oslo: A Novel
Based on true events, this gripping historical novel set in Norway and Sweden in 1940, follows one of the first female US Ministers, Daisy Harriman, and her niece as the...
My Father's Country
On August 15 1944, defense officer Hans Georg Klamroth was tried for high treason at the People's Court. Eleven days later, he was executed in Ploetzensee prison. Wibke Bruhns, his...
Great Lives in Graphics: Anne Frank
The 'Great Lives in Graphics' series is a new way of looking at the lives of famous and influential people. It takes the essential dates and achievements of each person's...
Hitler's Hangmen: The Plot to Kill Churchill
Before and after the outbreak of the Second World War, there were a number of sizable Fascist groups active in Britain, all of whom were working towards a violent uprising...
Hitler's Third Reich in 100 Objects: A Material History of Nazi
'An engaging and novel approach to a familiar history. Pleasingly comprehensive and accessible highly recommended' - Iron Cross magazine. Hitler's Third Reich is still the focus of numerous articles, books...
London Blitz: A Fireman's Tale: Then and Now
Prior to September 1939, the author had been fighting fires in the East End of London for fourteen years. On the outbreak of war he became one of the nucleus...
Hitler's Last Witness: The Memoirs of Hitler's Bodyguard
After being seriously wounded in the 1939 Polish campaign, Rochus Misch was invited to join Hitler's SS-bodyguard. There he served until the war's end as Hitler's bodyguard, courier, orderly and...