World War 2

Following the Battle of Britain, the RAF started taking the air war to the Germans. A small number of bombers, escorted by large numbers of fighters tried to force the...

Before EPSOM in late June 1944 there remained the chance that a German counter-stroke might seriously threaten the bridgehead. After EPSOM, the Allies retained the strategic initiative through to the...

Compiled from a variety of sources and first-hand accounts, this book is an authoritative record of the part played by No.218 (Gold Coast) Squadron during the bomber offensives of World...

This is the extraordinary true story of a British Commando in Burma who, cut off behind enemy lines, walked 2,000 miles towards India and freedom in 1942, but was betrayed...

'A revolutionary thriller, bildungsroman and cry of feminist frustration... Actual-work-of-genius territory' Sunday Times A captivating feminist classic about a woman's struggle for independence in fascist Italy, from the author of...

The story of how the British really won two world wars - by conning the Kaiser, hoaxing Hitler and bluffing their way out of trouble. Pretend German radio stations broadcast...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: paperback - light wear around edges. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. A richly illustrated social history, Keep Smiling Through: The Home...

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"A pioneering member of the Windrush generation of Caribbean migrants who marked the symbolic beginning of a multicultural Britain." - The Guardian RAF Veteran and Prince's Trust Awardee, Alford Dalrymple...

'A stunning book, a powerful investigation, utterly compelling,' James Holland, The Daily Telegraph , Five stars Ponar, Lithuania. 1944. The Nazis have enslaved Jewish men to exhume and incinerate the...

A revised edition of the book to give it the same format and cover look as Antony Beevor's STALINGRAD and BERLIN. Publication in May 2004 will coincide with the 60...

A beautifully written evocation of lost world and a vanished childhood, by the author of Clouds of Glory. This utterely compelling memoir opens with a sceptical nine-year-old Bryan Magee being...

A vivid re-creation of the D-Day invasion and its aftermath, told through detailed maps, authoritative text by a noted military historian and contemporary photographs. This powerful study chronicles the evolution...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact and firm. A compelling wartime diary, A Pacifist's War chronicles the experiences...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket – paperback. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. Stickers/Labels: Dell publisher label visible on cover spine area. The Storm...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner. A rigorous work of European diplomatic history, The...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact hardcover. A gripping work of Cold War espionage non-fiction, Intrepid's Last Case chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. A collection of mid-twentieth century verse, Winter War: And Other Poems by Phyllis...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tears along folds of jacket. In this searing and meticulously documented investigation, Carlo Falconi confronts one of the...

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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling literary anthology assembles firsthand accounts, poetry, and prose that chronicle the experiences of young...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA focused work of military history, Teeth of the Wolf: The British Corps of the SS chronicles the formation, recruitment,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of Australian-Jewish history, The Dunera Internees chronicles one of the most remarkable and troubling episodes of World...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA gripping work of Cold War espionage fiction, The Expendable Spy chronicles the dangerous and...

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Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: DamagedPages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards - faded. Binding - slightly shaky. DJ - chipped with several missing pieces. Otherwise, internally sound....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThe third movement of Anthony Powell's monumental twelve-novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time gathers three interconnected volumes...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterful work of biographical scholarship, Marc Bloch: A Life in History chronicles the remarkable life of one of the...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some moisture damage on jacket - binding and pages fine....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of twentieth-century political memoir, Diplomat Among Warriors chronicles the remarkable career of Robert Murphy, one of America's...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of political biography, Denis Mack Smith's Mussolini: A Biography chronicles the rise and fall of Benito Mussolini,...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of autobiographical memoir and historical testimony, Living and Partly Living chronicles the harrowing experiences of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA gripping work of narrative history, Timetable: The Story of Joel Brand chronicles one of the most haunting and morally complex...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA meticulously researched work of twentieth-century political history, The Russian Fascists: Tragedy and Farce in Exile 1925–1945 chronicles the rise...