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Backroom Boys: Alfred Conlon and Army's Directorate of Research and
The Backroom Boys is the remarkable, but little known, story of how a varied group of talented intellectuals, drafted into the Australian Army in the dark days of 1942, provided...
Frontline and Experimental Flying With the Fleet Air Arm
The spectacle of Alan Cobham's Flying Circus and the Fleet at anchor in Weymouth inspired the author's lifelong passion for airplanes, flying and the Royal Navy . World War Two...
D-Day
The story of D-Day, the turning point in World War 2, has been well documented. But this lavishly illustrated book and accompanying epic TV drama will turn all preconceptions of...
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's
$12.00 AUD
***A New York Times bestseller*** 'A rousing tale of derring-do' The Times Book of the Week 'A cracking story about an extraordinarily brave woman' Telegraph Best Holiday Beach Reads 'As...
Operation Sea Lion: The German Plan to Invade Britain, 1940
In the summer of 1940, all Britain was convinced that the Germans would invade. The Germans had, in five weeks, crushed France and taken Belgium. Now they stood on the...
Konin: A Quest
A blend of personal memoir, oral history and biography, a story of lives caught up in the sweep of history, the resulting book encompasses the Holocaust in an illuminating way....
The Wounded Don't Cry
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFrom the front lines of a world at war comes The Wounded Don't Cry, a gripping first-hand account by Quentin Reynolds, one...
The U.S. Strategic Bomber
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingAt the intersection of technological ingenuity and raw wartime necessity, The U.S. Strategic Bomber presents a comprehensive chronicle of America's most formidable...
The Lonely Path To Freedom
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the shadow of the Second World War's most brutal theatres, one man's extraordinary story of survival, resistance, and courage stands apart. The Lonely...
These Remain
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the cockpit of a biplane to the highest echelons of Allied command, These Remain is...
John Magee: The Pilot Poet
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the skies above wartime Britain, a young RAF pilot composed what would become one of the most...
Of Nautilus And Eagles: History Of The Royal Australian Navy
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFrom the first naval shots fired in the Pacific during the Great War to the ferocious sea battles of World War II, Of...
Lights Of Freedom
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerAt the height of the Second World War, when the fate of Western civilization hung in the balance,...
Return From The River Kwai
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn the harrowing final chapter of one of World War II's most brutal sagas, thousands of Allied prisoners of war who survived...
War Correspondent: The Story Of Quentin Reynolds
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the thick of the world's most devastating conflict, one man armed with nothing but a notepad and an unflinching...
Wars Without End
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the frontlines of the Second World War to the turbulent corridors of post-war diplomacy, Wars Without End chronicles the remarkable life of Eric Downton,...
The Left Handshake: The Boy Scout Movement During The War 1939-1945
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the shadow of the Second World War, few organisations demonstrated greater resilience and moral courage than the...
Flight Into The Ages: Incredible True Stories Of Aircraft On The Earth Plane And Beyond (SIGNED)
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the thundering roar of propeller-driven warbirds to the supersonic scream of modern jets, Flight...
The Tartan Pimpernel
$20.00 AUD
Edition: 5ht pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the darkest years of the Second World War, one Scottish minister became an unlikely hero — Donald...
A Bridge Too Far
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerIn September 1944, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden — the largest airborne assault in history — with...
Overlord Coastline: A History Of D-Day With Special Emphasis On What Can Be Seen Today
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew military operations have shaped the modern world as profoundly as the Allied landings on the...
The Terrible Rain: The War Poets 1939-1945
$25.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedThe Terrible Rain: The War Poets 1939–1945 stands as one of the most powerful and enduring collections of Second...
Air Force Poetry
$65.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dj - chipped and worn with some loss price clipped. Binding slightly shaky -...
Day Of Infamy
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerOn the morning of December 7, 1941, the world changed forever — and Walter Lord's Day of Infamy...
Unit 731: The Japanese Army's Secret Of Secrets
$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: DJ warped. Remains in clean condition. Behind the carefully guarded perimeters of a remote Manchurian compound,...
Aces Wild
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the high-stakes theatre of aerial combat, where split-second decisions determined life...
Bluey Truscott: Squadron Leader Keith William Truscott, R.A.A.F., D.F.C. And Bar
$50.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedIn the skies above two continents, one man became a legend — Bluey Truscott chronicles the extraordinary life of...
Crisis Of Command: Australian Generalship And The Japanese Threat, 1941-1943
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the darkest hours of the Pacific War, Australia faced not only an enemy at its doorstep but a catastrophic breakdown within the highest...
The Prof In Two Worlds: The Official Life Of Professor F. A. Lindemann, Viscount Cherwell
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew men straddled the worlds of science and power with such...
Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan
$50.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd printingCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadowy depths of the Pacific Ocean, a secret war raged beneath the waves —...
Raf Operations 1918-38
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the two decades that separated the guns of the Great War from the gathering storm of the Second, the Royal Air...
Only The Stars Are Neutral
$40.00 AUD
Edition: First Australian ed.Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn the darkest days of the...
They Shall Not Sleep
$40.00 AUD
Edition: 8th printingCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Ex-library with usual markingsIn the thick of the Second World War's most brutal theatres, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent Leland Stowe...
While Six Million Died
$20.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn one of the most damning indictments of wartime moral failure ever committed to print, While Six Million Died chronicles the systematic...
The Albert Coates Story: The Will That Found The Way
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew stories of human endurance and medical heroism from the Second World War are as extraordinary as that of Sir Albert Coates — Australian...
The Shadow's Edge: Australia's Northern War
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the vast, sun-scorched wilderness of Australia's Northern Territory, a forgotten theatre of war unfolded that would test...
Eyewitness
$20.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew journalists in the twentieth century witnessed history with the fearless immediacy of Noel Monks, and Eyewitness is...
More Escapers: In War And Peace With Eighteen First-Hand Accounts
$20.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd impressionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous OwnerCondition remarks: Mylar sleeveFrom the wire-strung perimeters of prisoner-of-war camps to the shadowy corridors of occupied...
Wartime Memories Of The Rnzaf
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA remarkable piece of living history, Wartime Memories of the RNZAF presents an intimate and unflinching account of...
Trapped On Timor
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the chaotic early days of the Pacific War, a group of Royal Australian Air Force...
Faith Of Our Fighters
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the crucible of war, where courage and conviction are tested to their limits, Faith of Our Fighters stands as a profound...
Beaufighters Over New Guinea: No. 30 Squadron Raaf 1942-1943
$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the sweltering skies above the jungles of New Guinea during the darkest years of the Second World...
The Final Secret Of Pearl Harbor: The Washington Contribution To The Japanese Attack
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor shattered American complacency and thrust...