World War 2

Tony Brooks was unique. He was barely out of school when recruited in 1941 by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), the wartime secret service established by Churchill to 'set Europe...

A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war" (Patrick Radden Keefe, author...

An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive. On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his forty-fourth combat mission over occupied France. Soon,...

'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....

Four generations of women experience love, loss, war and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and, finally, the fall of the Berlin Wall in this sweeping...

* LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL * 'Oh, what a book this is! Hoffman's exploration of the world of good and evil, and the constant contest between them, is...

'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite...

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...

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The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust. Over 16 million copies sold worldwide 'Every human being should read this book' Simon Sinek One of the outstanding classics to emerge...

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...

The internationally bestselling and prize-winning history of German life in the fallout of the Third Reich, filled with eye-opening, shocking and vitally human stories of ruin, repression and revival. THE...

Through compelling eye-witness testimony and renowned historian James Holland's expert analysis Brothers In Arms brings to vivid life the final bloody scramble across Europe from the powerful perspective of one...

The Sunday Times no.1 bestseller on the incredible true story of WW2's most infamous Nazi prison, and the colourful characters behind its walls Colditz Castle- a forbidding Gothic tower on...

The gripping bestselling account of the largest military campaign ever, by the much-acclaimed WW2 historian Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of Russia in June 1941, aimed at nothing less than a...

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...

70th anniversary edition of the world's most famous diary 70th Anniversary Edition In the summer of 1942, fleeing the horrors of the Nazi occupation, Anne Frank and her family were...

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...

A groundbreaking new history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to today A groundbreaking new history of the people at the centre of...

A riveting exploration of the unforeseen consequences of technological disruption, from the no.1 international bestselling author What is the price of progress? In this tale of innovation and obsession Gladwell...

From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America's black ghettos Malcolm X turned, in a dramatic prison conversion, to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. As their spokesman...

First time in Modern Classics Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This is...

A propulsive narrative history of the motivation and mentality behind the Nazis and their supporters. How could the Nazis have committed the crimes they did? Why did commandants of concentration...

A groundbreaking history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to today In 1945, Germany lay in ruins, morally and materially. The German people...

The remarkable true story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, his sacrifice in Auschwitz, and the two men in war-torn Japan whose lives he changed forever The remarkable true story of Saint...

2021 is the 35th anniversary of Maus - the million-selling, Pulitzer-winning, father-son memoir about the Holocaust 'A quiet triumph, moving and simple - impossible to describe accurately, and impossible to...

The blockbuster biography of the greatest Briton, by one of Britain's bestselling historians Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in twentieth-century British history. By the time of his death...

A gripping, vivid account of Italy's disastrous experience of the Second World War While staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. Then, with...

'Masterly ... will surely be the standard history for many years to come ... This is a warning for the future, as much as a judgement on the past' Richard...

From the deserts of Egypt to the rolling hills of South Australia, The Limestone Road is a captivating novel about one soldier's courageous journey 'home'. In the summer of 1944...

The untold story of Z Special Unit and Operations, the precursor to the elite SAS, and the extraordinary feats they undertook in the Pacific during the Second World War. Soon...

The first part of an astonishing and revelatory new history of the Second World War from one of the UK's most exciting and expert young historians From the top ten...

'Impressive . . . perceptive . . . humane . . . the most comprehensive history in any language of the disastrous epoch of the Third Reich' IAN KERSHAW AUTHOR...

NOVEMBER 1942 is an intimate history of the pivotal phase of World War Two. An intimate history of the most important month of the Second World War - perhaps the...

New to Black Classics from 20th c. Hannah Arendt's authoritative and controversial report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in...

A superb one-volume biography by the Number One New York Times bestselling biographer of JFK, explaining Roosevelt's career as an incomparable politician, deal-maker and uniter Franklin D. Roosevelt is a...

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...

'Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times In six weeks in 1940, France was over-run by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing...

A powerful and searing biography of Hitler and the poisonous ideas behind his actions Adolf Hitler is one of the most studied men in history, and yet the most important...

Churchill through the eyes of those who met him, published for the 150th anniversary of his birth This insightful portrait of Winston Churchill delves beyond well-known political events, incorporating perspectives...

The second volume in Simone de Beauvoir's celebrated autobiography, recalls her formative years in Paris when she began to emerge as a public figure First published in 1960, The Prime...

The incredible true story of two Holocaust survivors who fell in love in Auschwitz, only to be separated upon liberation and lead remarkable lives apart following the war-and then find...

The first account of one of the greatest heroes of WWII, and a gripping story of defiance, rebellion, sabotage and escape from a Nazi death camp One of the Sunday...

Britain's bestselling historian's #1 bestselling account of the classic WW2 folly Operation Market Garden, the plan in 1944 to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower...

From established historian James Holland, this is the top ten bestselling and second biggest history book of 2019. 'A devastating new account..Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military...

The incredible story behind the greatest female spy in history from one of Britain's best historians, now in paperback Ursula Kuczynski Burton was a spymaster, saboteur, bomb-maker and secret agent....

A Sunday Times bestseller -- the first authoritative general account for thirty years This landmark work answers two fundamental questions - how, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees...

The No. 1 Bestseller- Hitler's ill-fated final stand, from the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day On 16 December 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the snow-covered forests...