The Second World War: The Hinge Of Fate - Volume IV
THE HINGE OF FATE marks in Sir Winston ChurchillÂ’s words, Â...
Triumph and Tragedy - The Second World War
Winston ChurchillÂ’s six-volume history of the cataclysm tha...
Their Finest Hour - The Second World War
Winston ChurchillÂ’s six-volume history of the cataclysm tha...
Closing the Ring - The Second World War
Winston ChurchillÂ’s six-volume history of the cataclysm tha...
The Gathering Storm - The Second World War
Winston ChurchillÂ’s six-volume history of the Second World ...
Voices From the Air - The ABC war correspondents who to...
An untold tale of Australians at war: the first ABC war corr...
Voices From The Air - The ABC war correspondents who to...
With the outbreak of the Second World War, a new breed of re...
Making History: The Second World War Steam CD Key
Making History: The Second World War is the 4th title of a s...
Total War: Causes and Courses of the Second World War: ...
Total War: Causes and Courses of the Second World War: v. 2:...
Shanghai Grand - Forbidden Love and International Intri...
A vivid account of the love triangle between an American jou...
The Second World War: The Hinge Of Fate - Volume IV
Zero Night - The Untold Story of the Second World War's Most Daring Great Escape
Oflag VI-B, Warburg, Germany: On the night of 30 August 1942 – ‘Zero Night’ – 40 officers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa staged the most audacious mass escape of the Second World War. It was the first ‘Great Escape’ – but instead of tunnelling, the escapers boldly went over the huge perimeter fences using wooden scaling contraptions. This was the notorious ‘Warburg ...
The Girl Who Rode the Wind
An epic, emotional story of two girls and their bond with beloved horses, the action sweeping between Italy during the Second World War and present day. When LolaÂ’s grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola learns of her familyÂ’s history of heartbreak and adventure, stretching back to the Second World War. In 1945, LorettaÂ’s nickname was `The DaredevilÂ’ due to her fe...
Second World War Stories for Boys
These thrilling wartime adventures transport the reader to the heat of battle. ‘Deadly Skies’ sees John Smith, Spitfire pilot, in the throes of the Battle of Britain. ‘Tank Attack’ takes the action to the deserts of North Africa as John witnesses the Battle of El Alamein from behind a tank. ‘Behind Enemy Lines’ takes us forward to 1943 to the jungles of South-East Asia, as John undertakes a ...
The Girl Who Rode the Wind
An epic, emotional story of two girls and their bond with beloved horses, the action sweeping between Italy during the Second World War and present day.When LolaÂ’s grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola learns of her familyÂ’s history of heartbreak and adventure, stretching back to the Second World War. In 1945, LorettaÂ’s nickname was `The DaredevilÂ’ due to her fear...
A Time to Remember - Book One in the the gripping, uplifting Rivenshaw Saga set at the close of World War Two
The first book in a heartwarming new Lancashire-based series by beloved and bestselling saga writer Anna Jacobs, set at the end of World War Two. 1945 – the war in Europe is over. It should be a time of utter joy and celebration.Most women can’t wait for their men to return, but in the small town of Rivenshaw in Lancashire, Judith Crossley fears having her husband back in the house. He’d grown ...
The London Cage - The Secret History of Britain's World War II Interrogation Centre
The first complete account of the fiercely guarded secrets of LondonÂ’s clandestine interrogation center, operated by the British Secret Service from 1940 to 1948 Behind the locked doors of three mansions in LondonÂ’s exclusive Kensington Palace Gardens neighborhood, the British Secret Service established a highly secret prison in 1940: the London Cage. Here recalcitrant German prisoners of war we...
World War II
This engaging and educational book for children age 9 and over describes the events and key players leading up to, during, and after World War 2. Put together in collaboration with the Imperial War Museum in London, Eyewitness World War II has sold more than 600,000 copies worldwide. Starting from a world divided in the early 20th century, you will understand how and why certain alliances forme...
A Higher Call - The Incredible True Story of Heroism and Chivalry during the Second World War
Five days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a twenty-one-year-old pilot. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. Suddenly a German Messerschmitt fighter pulled up on the bomber’s tail – the German pilot was an ace, a man able to destroy the American bomber with the squeeze of a trigger. This is the true story of the two p...
Shanghai Grand - Forbidden Love and International Intrigue on the Eve of the Second World War
A vivid account of the love triangle between an American journalist and adventurer, a wealthy expatriate businessman and a Chinese poet in Shanghai in the late 1930s. On the eve of the Second World War, the foreign-controlled port of Shanghai was the rendezvous for the twentieth century’s most outlandish adventurers, all under the watchful eye of the illustrious Sir Victor Sassoon. Emily ‘Mick...
World War I Tales - The War Game
Stories of the First World War from the bestselling Terry Deary, author of the hugely successful Horrible Histories. Flanders, 1914. The German and British soldiers in the trenches make an unofficial Christmas truce, with carols and a football match. But the officers aren’t happy… A veteran soldier and a young recruit are ‘celebrating’ Christmas in the trenches of Flanders in 1914. They hear ...
The Red Line - The Gripping Story of the RAF's Bloodiest Raid on Hitler's Germany
From best-selling author of Tail-End Charlie and Tornado Down comes this powerful and deeply moving account of Bomber Command’s 1944 Nuremberg Raid – the RAF’s bloodiest night of the Second World War More men from Royal Air Force Bomber Command died on one single night of the Second World War than the total RAF aircrew losses during the whole of the four-month-long Battle of Britain. 30 March ...
God's Philosophers - How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science
The adjective ‘medieval’ has become a synonym for brutality and uncivilised behaviour. Yet without the work of medieval scholars there could have been no Galileo, no Newton and no Scientific Revolution. In God’s Philosophers, James Hannam debunks many of the myths about the Middle Ages, showing that medieval people did not think the earth was flat, nor did Columbus prove that it is a sphere; th...
The Collected Short Stories Of Louis L'amour, Volume 5
Louis LÂ’AmourÂ’s world is built on those dramatic moments when men and women cast their fears, doubts, and pasts behind them and plunge into the unknown-into split-second decisions with life-and-death consequences. Nowhere is that more evident than in this latest collection of stories set on the American frontier. Here LÂ’Amour takes us across a bold, beautifully rendered landscape where stranger...
The Second World War: The Hinge Of Fate - Volume IV
THE HINGE OF FATE marks in Sir Winston Churchill’s words, ‘the turning-point of the Second World War.’ It details a period during which almost uninterrupted defeat gave way to almost unbroken success for the Allies. While the Afrika Korps advanced almost to the outskirts of Alexandria and the Japanese struck by land and by sea, despair came to all but the most resolute. However, from this nad...
The Tank War - The British Band of Brothers - One Tank Regiment's World War II
From the evacuation of France in 1940 to the final dash to Hamburg in 1945, the 5th Royal Tank Regiment were on the front line throughout the Second World War. Theirs was a war that saw them serve in Africa as part of the Desert Rats, before returning to Europe for the Normandy landings. Wherever they went, the notoriety of the ‘Filthy Fifth’ grew – they revelled in their reputation for fightin...
The Proud Tower - A Portrait of the World before the War, 1890-1914
“The diplomatic origins, so-called, of the War are only the fever chart of the patient; they do not tell us what caused the fever. To probe for underlying causes and deeper forces one must operate within the framework of a whole society and try to discover what moved the people in it.”—Barbara W. TuchmanThe fateful quarter-century leading up to the World War I was a time when the world of Privi...
The Shadow World - Inside the Global Arms Trade
A gripping and urgent investigation into the secretive world of the global arms trade – from a former member of the African National Congress Revealing the corruption and the cover-ups at the heart of ex-President Jacob Zuma’s South Africa Andrew Feinstein delves behind BAE’s controversial transactions in South Africa, Tanzania and eastern Europe and the revolving-door relationships that char...
Secret Heroes of World War II - Tales of Courage from the Worlds of Espionage and Resistance
Many of the heroes of World War II are well-known, larger-than-life figures. This book is a tribute to the lesser-known but equally amazing individuals – some working secretly behind the scenes on the home front and others behind enemy lines – who made just as significant a contribution to the wartime story. It sheds new and timely light on more than 50 of the often unsung heroes and heroines of...
Children's Book of the Movies - Explore the Magical, Behind-The-Scenes World of the World
Now kids can explore the magical, behind-the-scenes world of cinema in the “Children’s Book of the Movies.” Exploring the glamorous world of the movies with child-friendly text and pictures, this definitive guide to cinema reveals how movies work: who makes them, the jobs they have, and the tools and techniques they use. It showcases top movie stars and characters, introduces groundbreaking mus...
Great Australian World War II Stories
True stories of Aussie courage and mateship during World War II From the annals of the RSL come these riveting true stories, written by a host of ordinary Australians – Diggers, POWs, nurses, entertainers, sailors, airman and many more – that capture the impact of war on those who took part.With eyewitness accounts ranging from the Fall of Singapore to the Kokoda Track and from Europe to the M...
World War I - The Definitive Visual Guide
Engaging and entertaining reference guide to World War I From disaster to victory, Eyewitness World War I captivates readers and gives an insight into life in the muddy trenches, and what it was like to be a soldier, along with a broader picture of the world-changing events that led to the start of the conflict. Stunning real-life photographs, illustrating the people, places and stories, give you...