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The War Magician: The True Story of Jasper Maskelyne

The War Magician: The True Story of Jasper Maskelyne

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Jasper Maskelyne was a world famous magician and illusionist in the 1930s. When war broke out, he volunteered his services to the British Army and was sent to Egypt where...
World War Bloody Timor

World War Bloody Timor

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World War Bloody Timor gives a revealing insight into the extraordinary life of the everyday digger and service in a conflict that was far from ordinary. My name is Peter...
Ordinary Courage: My Journey to Baghdad as a Human Shield

Ordinary Courage: My Journey to Baghdad as a Human Shield

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This is one woman's account of finding the ordinary courage to fulfil her purpose, no matter what the odds. At the age of 34, Donna Mulhearn had become disillusioned by...
The Bells of Nagasaki

The Bells of Nagasaki

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A harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of one of the most infamous events in history- the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. 'A book that everyone should read' The Times A harrowing, heart-rending...
Homage to Catalonia

Homage to Catalonia

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The now-classic account of Orwell's experiences in the Spanish Civil War, in a stunning new cover look for his great works 'Every line of serious work that I have written...
The Work I Did: A Memoir of the Secretary to Goebbels

The Work I Did: A Memoir of the Secretary to Goebbels

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'I know no one ever believes us nowadays - everyone thinks we knew everything. We knew nothing. It was all a well-kept secret. We believed it. We swallowed it. It...
Hitlers Death: Russia's Last Great Secret

Hitlers Death: Russia's Last Great Secret

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At last one of the greatest mysteries of the Second World War has been solved. Since historian Hugh Trevor-Roper made his name with the publication of "Hitler's Last Days", it...
The World of My Past

The World of My Past

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This is the story of a young man who endured the full brunt of Nazi horror. He lived to tell the tale not only of the Lodz ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau...
The Jungle is Neutral: The World Famous True Story of Guerilla Warfare

The Jungle is Neutral: The World Famous True Story of Guerilla Warfare

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"The Jungle is Neutral" is British soldier, Spencer Chapman's incredible story of his three and a half years in the Malayan jungle during World War II. A moving unforgettable saga...
KANDAK: Fighting with Afghans

KANDAK: Fighting with Afghans

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From the author of the top ten bestseller The Junior Officers' Reading Club. When Patrick Hennessey returned home from Afghanistan, battle-worn, exhilarated, unsure if he'd see anything like it in...
A Moment of War

A Moment of War

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books In one of the great English war memoirs, we learn what it is to cross the Pyrenees through freezing snow to...
A WWII Soldier in the Pacific: During and After 1943-1945

A WWII Soldier in the Pacific: During and After 1943-1945

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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...
Hostage of the Third Reich: The Story of My Imprisonment and Rescue

Hostage of the Third Reich: The Story of My Imprisonment and Rescue

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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...
Two Journeys into Peril: Wartime Letters of Ken and Ron Sillcock, 1941-1945

Two Journeys into Peril: Wartime Letters of Ken and Ron Sillcock, 1941-1945

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American Pimpernel: The Man Who Saved the Artists on Hitler's Death List

American Pimpernel: The Man Who Saved the Artists on Hitler's Death List

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Sister Sister

Sister Sister

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The Mafia at War: Allied Collusion with the Mob

The Mafia at War: Allied Collusion with the Mob

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Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World

Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World

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The incredible eyewitness account of wartime resistance, now in paperback 'Insistently asks the question- What would you do? Would you fight, or acquiesce, or collaborate? ... Karski was deeply patriotic...
Conversations With Stalin

Conversations With Stalin

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Written by a Communist insider, a candid portrait of one of the most dangerous men in history This extraordinarily vivid and unnerving book three meetings held with Stalin during and...
Going Solo

Going Solo

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Roald Dahl's canon of family stories and poetry with collectable new covers featuring Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations and archive material provided by the Roald Dahl Museum. It was truly the...
Surviving the Death Railway: A Pow's Memoir and Letters from Home

Surviving the Death Railway: A Pow's Memoir and Letters from Home

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The ordeals of the POWs put to slave labour by their Japanese masters on the 'Burma Railway' have been well documented yet never cease to shock. It is impossible not...
Death of a Translator: A young reporter's journey to the heart of Afghanistan's forgotten war

Death of a Translator: A young reporter's journey to the heart of

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"I have never read anything that so fully and perfectly captured the personal experience and the personal aftermath of war" P. J. O'RourkeA young, devil-may-care Englishman reporting on the Soviet...
Nancy Wake: The gripping true story of the woman who became the Gestapo's most wanted spy

Nancy Wake: The gripping true story of the woman who became the Gestapo's most wanted spy

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A Guest of the Emperor

A Guest of the Emperor

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The Nazis Knew My Name: A remarkable story of survival and courage in Auschwitz

The Nazis Knew My Name: A remarkable story of survival and courage in Auschwitz

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The Operator: The Seal Team Operative And The Mission That Changed The World

The Operator: The Seal Team Operative And The Mission That Changed The World

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Author: Robert O'Neill Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'A riveting, unvarnished and wholly unforgettable portrait of America's most storied commandos at war.' - Joby Warrick, author of Black Flags:...
Among You Taking Notes...

Among You Taking Notes...

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Author: Naomi Mitchison Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'As in a good novel, the people, their feelings and reactions are instantly recognisable and as fresh and immediate today as...
Among You Taking Notes...

Among You Taking Notes...

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Author: Naomi Mitchison Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'As in a good novel, the people, their feelings and reactions are instantly recognisable and as fresh and immediate today as...
Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948

Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948

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One Common Enemy: The Laconia incident: A survivor's memoir

One Common Enemy: The Laconia incident: A survivor's memoir

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The Happiest Man on Earth: Illustrated Edition

The Happiest Man on Earth: Illustrated Edition

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