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Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him
A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark...
On the Road
On The Road: The NRMA'S First 75 Years tells the story of how an idea became a great Australian institution. A little over three quarters of a century ago, a...
Gazing at the Stars: Memories of a Child Survivor
Narrated with the heartbreaking innocence of a thirteen-year-old girl and the wisdom of a woman of eighty-two, Gazing at the Stars is a record of survival in the face of...
Churchill 1940-1945: Under Friendly Fire
In April 1945 Churchill said to Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 'There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without...
Footsloggers: An Infantry Battalion at War, 1939-45
Shortlisted for the 2023 Military History Matters Book of the Year AwardThe only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to...
Storming Eagles: German Airborne Forces in World War II
Unstoppable and deadly, this is the gripping story of some of the most feared soldiers in the war The daring, courage and skill of the highly-trained men who spearheaded German...
The Taste Of Fear: A Polish Childhood In Germany 1939-46
$30.00 AUD
Author: Zofia KrukBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson London, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Inscription to previous owner on front end-page and minor...
Captives Of Shanghai: The Story Of The President Harrison
$35.00 AUD
Author: David H. Grover And Gretchen G. GroverBinding: HardbackPublished: Western Maritime Press, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the dramatic true story of the American passenger ship...
Frogman V.C.
$35.00 AUD
Author: Ian FraserBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1957Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis gripping biography chronicles the extraordinary life of Sydney Knowles, a decorated...
Fire over the Islands: The Coast Watchers of the Solomons
$40.00 AUD
Author: B. C. HortonBinding: HardbackPublished: A. & C. Black Ltd., 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account chronicles the courageous efforts of the Coastwatchers in the Solomon Islands...
Begin Here: A War-Time Essay
$60.00 AUD
Author: Dorothy L. SayersBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1940Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis publication presents a thoughtful essay composed during a period of global conflict. The...
Ray Parkin's Odyssey: Sailor, Artist, Writer, Prisoner Of War
$25.00 AUD
Author: Pattie WrightBinding: HardbackPublished: MacMillan Sydney, 2012Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tear to the bottom right corner of the DJ.The book chronicles the extraordinary life of Ray...
I Must Belong Somewhere: An extraordinary family tale of survival
'An extraordinary family tale of survival' Sunday Times Jonathan Dean's great-grandfather, David Schapira, fled the Russian threat in Ukraine for Vienna in 1914. Blinded in the First World War, he...
Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence
'Groundbreaking' Sunday Times 'Beautifully written and elegiac . . . a masterpiece' Damien Lewis, Sunday Times bestselling author Since the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women...
Hostage of the Third Reich: The Story of My Imprisonment and Rescue
$20.00 AUD
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...
Brothers Down: Pearl Harbor and the Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard
The surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 remains one of the most traumatic events in American history, destroying a naval fleet, killing over a thousand crew members,...
The Traitor of Colditz: The Definitive Untold Account of Colditz
How can an unlikely band of brothers escape hell when there's a traitor in their midst? Colditz has become an almost mythic symbol of perseverance, resourcefulness, and strength. The prisoners...
Facing Armageddon: The First World War Experienced
'Facing Armageddon' is a major collection of scholarly work on the 1914-18 war that explores, on a worldwide basis, the real nature of the participants' experience. The book is a...
Let Me Tell You a Story: A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
Przemysl, Poland, 1939. Two-year-old Renata is woken by her Mamusia in the middle of the night and bundled into the basement. The peacock quilt she is wrapped in reminds her...
No Road Leading Back: An Improbable Escape from the Nazis, 'utterly
'A stunning book, a powerful investigation, utterly compelling,' James Holland, The Daily Telegraph , Five stars 'Terrifying' Simon Schama Ponar, Lithuania. 1944. The Nazis have enslaved Jewish men to exhume...
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 11 and the Final Solution in
Ordinary Men has been admired all over the world and is now published in the UK for the first time. It takes as its basis the detailed records of one...
No Road Leading Back: An Improbable Escape from the Nazis, 'utterly
'A stunning book, a powerful investigation, utterly compelling,' James Holland, The Daily Telegraph , Five stars 'Terrifying' Simon Schama Ponar, Lithuania. 1944. The Nazis have enslaved Jewish men to exhume...
Fighting the People's War: The British and Commonwealth Armies and the
Fighting the People's War is an unprecedented, panoramic history of the 'citizen armies' of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa, the core of the British...
A Girls' Guide to Winning the War: The most heartwarming, uplifting
'A heart-warming tale about resilience, friendships and family, and the inestimable power of the written word' RUTH HOGAN 'A heart-warming depiction of strong female friendships tested by suffering - Annie...
Spying for the Fuhrer: Hitler's Espionage Machine
$25.00 AUD
This full story of German espionage in World War II, illustrated with 150 black-and-white photographs, explores the rivalry between Nazi intelligence services. Includes Nazi counter-intelligence operations and examines the popular...
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...
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'I'm not sure I've ever come across quite such a revelatory account of the Holocaust and yet despite the...
Luck of the Draw: My Story of the Air War in Europe - A NEW YORK TIMES
Beginning on August 17, 1942, American heavy bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force took off for combat in the hostile skies over occupied Europe. The final price was staggering....
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...
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....
Chamber Divers
'Fascinating...a great historical military account and essential reading' John Volanthen, author of Thirteen Lives . The untold story of the D-Day scientists who changed special operations forever. On the beaches...
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...
Chamber Divers
'Fascinating...a great historical military account and essential reading' John Volanthen, author of Thirteen Lives . The untold story of the D-Day scientists who changed special operations forever. On the beaches...
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....
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...
Children Of The Ghetto (SIGNED)
$120.00 AUD
Author: Sheva Glas-Wiener; translated from the Yiddish by the author and Shirley YoungBinding: HardbackPublished: Globe Press, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis poignant narrative transports readers...
Ve Day - a Day to Remember
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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
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In Those Terrible Days: Notes From The Lodz Ghetto
$60.00 AUD
Author: Josef Zelkowicz; edited by Michal UngerBinding: SoftbackPublished: Yad Vashem Pub, 2002Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book provides a glimpse into the harrowing experiences within the...
Destined Meeting
$15.00 AUD
Author: Leslie BellBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Book Club, 1960Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA story of love and survival unfolds amidst the backdrop of World War II. A...
The Second World War: First Phase
$50.00 AUD
Author: Duff CooperBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1939Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis historical account details the initial period of the Second World War. Cooper recounts the events,...
The End In Africa
$30.00 AUD
Author: Alan MooreheadBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1944Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe book details the final campaigns of the war in North Africa during World War II. It recounts...
Second Exodus (SIGNED)
$50.00 AUD
Author: Mayer HarariBinding: SoftbackPublished: Makor Jewish Community Library, 1991Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis autobiography tells the story of Mayer Harari, likely detailing significant events and...
Nothing Over Us
$120.00 AUD
Author: David HayBinding: HardbackPublished: A. W. M. Canberra, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book tells the story of The 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion. It delves into...
Lieutenant Birnbaum: A Soldier's Story
$40.00 AUD
Author: Meyer Birnbaum With Yonason RosenblumBinding: HardbackPublished: Mesorah Publications, 1994Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis is the story of Lieutenant Birnbaum, a Jewish soldier growing up in America....