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Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent
"A close analysis of five gritty leaders whose extraordinary passion and perseverance changed history . . . a gripping read on a timeless and timely topic!" Angela Duckworth, bestselling author...
The Air Raid Book Club: The most uplifting, heartwarming story of war,
'A warm and tender tale about the power and healing of friendship and community and the magic of books' - Ruth Hogan As the bombs began to fall, the book...
Parallel Lines: A Journey from Childhood to Belsen
"I have read few autobiographies more extraordinary . . . Astonishing" OBSERVER"A classic. I preferred it to Primo Levi's If This is a Man" EDWARD WILSON"A child's clear-eyed journey to...
Lost Voices of The Royal Air Force
Max Arthur, bestselling author of FORGOTTEN VOICES: THE GREAT WAR, presents this moving collection of first-hand accounts of life in the Royal Air Force, from 1918 to the present day....
The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Hums with living history, human warmth and indignation' New York Times Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept The mystery has haunted generations since the...
All the Broken Soldiers: Private Kennedy's War
To the Australian Army, Private Lawrence Nicholas Kennedy was NX21854, a soldier who served for 1907 days with the 2/4th Australian Army Field Ambulance in Australia, the Middle East, the...
Holocaust Journey: Travelling In Search Of The Past
Includes a new foreword by Rob RinderWhat readers are saying about HOLOCAUST JOURNEY:'Brilliant ... A must read for everybody' 'Devastating' 'Fascinating, thought provoking and shocking' 'Everybody should read this' 'Informative...
On the Edge: Ireland's off-shore islands: a modern history
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ONSIDE NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018The islands off the coast of Ireland have long been a source of fascination. Seen as repositories of an ancient Irish...
The Channel: The Remarkable Men and Women Who Made It the Most
'A wonderfully quirky history' SUNDAY TIMES'The perfect read while you wait for your summer holiday to begin' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Quippy anecdotes are woven with historical reference and geographical context to...
Imagining England's Past: Inspiration, Enchantment, Obsession
Imagining England's Past takes a long look at the country's invented histories, from the glamorous to the disturbing, from the eighth century to the present day. England has long built...
Paris: A Short History
A concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present, that have shaped its unique cultural legacy. Once described as 'that metropolis of dress...
The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and
Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely in history have scientific secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the midst of planning the Manhattan Project,...
Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and War
Ian Buruma's maternal grandparents, Bernard and Winifred (Bun & Win), wrote to each other regularly throughout their life together. The first letters were written in 1915, when Bun was still...
The Rise, Fall and Regeneration of the 2/7th Australian Field Ambulance, A.I.F., in World War II
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The Story of Scandinavia: From the Vikings to Social Democracy
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War: Past, Present and Future
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Looking for Trouble: 'One of the truly great war correspondents: magnificent.' (Antony Beevor)
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Emma Hamilton: Seduction & Celebrity
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Russian Eyewitnesses of the Campaign of 1807
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OST: Letters, Memoirs and Stories from Ostarbeiter in Nazi Germany
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Holocaust Heroes : Resistance to Hitler's Final Solution
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Revolution: The History of England from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo
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The Scottish Nation: A History, 1700-2000
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Illustrated A-z Directory of Military Helicopters
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Ataturk
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A Brief History of Henry VIII: King, Reformer and Tyrant
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Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell?: A powerful true story of love and survival
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It's All About Treo: Life and War with the World's Bravest Dog
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Berlin: Imagine a City
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The Hidden Lives of London Streets: A Walking Guide to Soho, Holborn and Beyond
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12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
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Lonely Courage: The true story of the SOE heroines who fought to free Nazi-occupied France
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To Win A War
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Born Survivors: The incredible true story of three pregnant mothers and their courage and determination to survive in the concentration camps
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Assassin's Price
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The Bronze Age in Europe: Gods, Heroes and Treasures
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Caledonia Australis: Scottish Highlanders on the Frontier of Australia
An extraordinary piece of history - the Scottish Highlanders on the frontier of Australia - with introduction from Inga Clendinnen. An extraordinary piece of history - the Scottish Highlanders on...
Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story
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 Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the
From one of the world's most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that US power poses to humanity's future The land of the free. The home of...
Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022
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...
We Do Not Part
Like a long winter's dream, this haunting and visionary new novel from 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang takes us on a journey from contemporary South Korea into its painful...
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
A controversial, timely intervention in world affairs from one of the most acclaimed historians of the twentieth century **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** 'A sort of survival book, a sort of...
November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second
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...
The Piano Player of Budapest: A True Story of Holocaust Survival,
One man, his piano and their miraculous survival.'Extraordinary' Baroness Julia Neuberger'Powerful and gruelling ... an almost unimaginable story of horror and survival' Mail on Sunday'Stunning. A beautiful blend of action,...
The Mammoth Book of Covert Ops: True Stories of Covert Military
Twenty true stories of covert military operations, from raids into Laos by elite unit MAC-V-SOG to cut the Ho Chi Minh trail during the Vietnam War to the US Navy...
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 Lyons...
Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s
Turn the page back to the mid-twentieth century and discover a world peopled by women with radiant smiles, clean pinafores and gleaming coiffures. A time before the Pill, when divorce...
The Boundless River: Stories from the Realm of the Rhine
"A joy to read" Times Literary Supplement"[A] stirring and accessible history of the mighty Rhine" Irish Times "It's easy to be swept away by Deen's delightful prose" New Statesman"A beautiful...