Tunisgrad
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Sky Warriors and SBS, comes an epic history about the North African campaign during the Second World War. On 8 November 1942, British and American troops invaded French North Africa as part of Operation Torch, the largest amphibious operation of the war to date. The Germans responded by flooding troops into Tunisia, setting...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Sunbird
A gem-like parable about Palestine, timely and prismatic. Nabila Yasmeen is in her eighties. She lives alone with over a hundred plants that she keeps in pots because she can't bear to put them in the ground. In June of 1948, as a six-year-old girl, she was expelled with her family from their village in Palestine. Now she carries the...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2400Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War, a groundbreaking work of dissident literature drawn from vivid personal experience. There are occasions where it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all... Orwell volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War, was near-fatally wounded, and survived to write...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
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 confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support. In Amsterdam, in the summer of 1942, the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3700Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Gift
The Gift presents 12 lessons on life by celebrated therapist, Holocaust survivor, and author of the award-winning international bestseller, The Choice. 'I will be forever changed by Dr Eger's story' – OPRAH This practical and inspirational guide to healing from the bestselling author of The Choice shows us how to release your self-limiting beliefs and embrace your potential. The prison...Hardback$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Broken House
The major rediscovery of a forgotten masterpiece in the mould of Alone in Berlin and Stoner - the literary memoir of a youth in Nazi Germany. Exquisitely written... haunting... Few books, I think, capture so well the sense of a life broken for ever by trauma and guilt Sunday Times An unsparing, honest and insightful memoir, that shows how private...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
1914: The Year the World Ended
Few years can justly be said to have transformed the earth—1914 did. In July that year, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Britain, and France were poised to plunge the world into a war that would kill or wound 37 million people, tear down the fabric of society, uproot ancient political systems, and set the course for the bloodiest century in human history....Hardback$5400Elsewhere:$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
A Bunker in Kyiv
A riveting account of courageous resistance from the bestselling author of Balcony Over Jerusalem On 24 February 2022, residents of Kyiv, Ukraine, woke to the sound of explosions and gunfire as Russian forces attempted to seize Hostomel Airport. It marked the beginning of the first land war in Europe since World War II. Under the leadership of the charismatic Volodymyr...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
The Lion House
Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ... History at its most gripping' Telegraph Venice, 1522. Intelligence arrives from the east confirming Europe's greatest fear: the vastly rich Ottoman Sultan has all he needs to wage total war - and his sights are set on Rome. With Christendom divided, Suleyman the Magnificent has his hand on its throat. From the palaces...Paperback$3899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Pioneers
The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that’s “as resonant today as ever” (The Wall Street Journal)—the settling of the Northwest Territory by courageous pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would define our country. As part of the Treaty of...Paperback$3500Elsewhere:$5000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
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 history. Beginning one morning in December, We Do Not Part traces the path of Kyungha as she travels from the city of Seoul into the forests of Jeju Island, to...Hardback$3900Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
The Siege
Britain's best-selling historian writes the first definitive account of the famous televised SAS storming of the Iranian embassy in London in 1980. On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. There they took 26 hostages, including embassy staff, visitors, and three British citizens. A tense six-day siege...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
The Twins of Auschwitz
The Sunday Times Bestseller The Nazis spared their lives because they were twins. In the summer of 1944, Eva Mozes Kor and her family arrived at Auschwitz. Within thirty minutes, they were separated. Her parents and two older sisters were taken to the gas chambers, while Eva and her twin, Miriam, were herded into the care of the man who...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Philip and Alexander
Delve into the world of ancient power struggles and monumental achievements in Philip and Alexander by Adrian Goldsworthy. In this historical masterpiece, Goldsworthy meticulously explores the lives and legacies of two of history's most influential figures: Philip II of Macedon and his illustrious son, Alexander the Great. This engrossing narrative chronicles how they transformed a once-fragmented region into a mighty...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
The Forgotten Highlander
The Forgotten Highlander by Alistair Urquhart is an astonishing and deeply moving memoir of survival, resilience, and courage in the face of incomprehensible hardship. At the age of nineteen, Urquhart, a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders, was captured by Japanese forces in Singapore during World War II. His ordeal was just beginning; he was forced to labour on the infamous...Paperback$2800Elsewhere:$3199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Lancaster
From the esteemed author John Nichol comes Lancaster, a compelling, poignant, and deeply human tribute to the Avro Lancaster bomber and the courageous individuals who flew and maintained her during one of the most tumultuous times in history. Nichol, a former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran, weaves a narrative that blends meticulous historical research with gripping personal stories,...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Into the Forest
From a little-known chapter of Holocaust history, Rebecca Frankel's Into the Forest is one family's inspiring true story of love, escape, and survival. In the summer of 1942, the Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest. They miraculously survived two years in the woods—through brutal winters, Typhus outbreaks, and...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Checkmate in Berlin
'Brilliantly recapturing the febrile atmosphere of Berlin in the first four years after the Second World War, Giles Milton reminds us what an excellent story-teller he is' - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny Berlin was in ruins when Soviet forces fought their way towards the Reichstag in the spring of 1945. Streets were choked with rubble, power...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Eichmann in Jerusalem
Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt is a profound and thought-provoking examination of the trial of Adolf Eichmann, a high-ranking Nazi official responsible for orchestrating the logistics of the Holocaust. Tasked with ensuring the efficient deportation of millions of Jews to extermination camps, Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem became a pivotal moment in the global understanding of one of history's darkest...Paperback$3700Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Arnhem
Operation Market Garden, the audacious Allied plan conceived in 1944, aimed to bring World War II to a swift conclusion by capturing key bridges leading to the Lower Rhine and beyond, right into the heart of Nazi Germany. The operation was groundbreaking, representing the largest airborne operation in history as American, British, and Polish paratroopers descended behind enemy lines. Field...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Ardennes 1944
Ardennes 1944 by Antony Beevor is a masterful narrative that captures the dramatic and harrowing final offensive of Nazi Germany during World War II. Renowned for its rich and detailed historical accounts, this book delves deeply into the pivotal Battle of the Bulge, where Hitler made his desperate bid to turn the tide of the war. On 16 December 1944,...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
In the Heart of the Sea
A number one best-selling sensation, In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick, is an epic true-life tale that recounts one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century. Beautifully reissued alongside Philbrick's new paperback, Sea of Glory, this captivating narrative plunges readers into the harrowing events of November 1820, when the whaleship Essex was attacked by...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Putin
The monumental biography of the most influential leader on the world stage in the last twenty years. Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West. He has the power to reduce the West to nuclear ashes. He invades his neighbours, meddles in western elections, and orders assassinations. Yet many Russians continue to support him. Under Putin's leadership, Russia has once...Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Jakarta Method
In 1965, Indonesia witnessed one of the most horrendous events of the twentieth century: the mass killing of approximately one million innocent civilians. This massacre, covertly backed by the U.S. government and conducted by the Indonesian military, represented a crucial turning point in global geopolitics. The systematic extermination targeted the thriving Indonesian Communist Party, then the largest in the world...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Story of a Life
A remarkable new translation of Russia's most lauded lost classics, now in paperback. Discover one of Twentieth-Century Russia's most lauded lost classics, now in a remarkable new translation. Outstanding... A sparkling, supremely precious literary achievement Telegraph One of the great Russian autobiographies, as fresh now as the day it was written - and the day it was lived Julian Barnes...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3700Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Forgotten 500
The astonishing, never-before-told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II—when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. "An amazing, riveting tale of unsung heroes who went above and beyond." – James Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers During a bombing campaign over Romanian...Paperback$4500Elsewhere:$5000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
To the Edge of the World
Set in the summer of 1856 – in the midst of a ship race to deliver supplies to the California Gold Rush – captain’s wife Mary Ann Patten is forced to take the helm from her husband. Within days she has put down a mutiny and must attempt to steer a 216' clipper ship laden with the modern equivalent of...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Wars of the Roses
The author of Powers and Thrones and presenter of Netflix’s Secrets of Great British Castles offers a vivid account of the events that inspired Game of Thrones and Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Richard III. Discover the real history behind The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses, the PBS Great Performance series of Shakespeare's plays, starring Judi Dench, Benedict Cumberbatch,...Paperback$5400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks-
Aftermath
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 Times Top 10 Bestseller Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize A Book of the Year...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
At once a heart-wrenching personal narrative and a unique historical document, The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt is the ultimate example of the personal as political. Eleanor Roosevelt stands as one of the world’s greatest humanitarians, having dedicated her remarkable life to the liberty and equality of all people. In this sincere and frank self-portrait, she recounts her childhood—marked by the...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Dylan's PickMan's Search For Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is an extraordinary narrative that chronicles the harrowing experiences and intense psychological journey of its author through the Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz. Frankl, a renowned psychiatrist, presents a profound exploration of human suffering, resilience, and the quest for purpose in the face of unimaginable adversity. Throughout the book, Frankl delves into...Paperback$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Mark of the Lion: the Story of Charles Upham VC & Bar
Mark of the Lion: the Story of Charles Upham VC & Bar is an engrossing biography that explores the life of Charles Upham, one of the most astonishing war heroes of New Zealand. Authored by Kenneth Sandford, this monumental work delves into the extraordinary narrative of a man who displayed unparalleled bravery and strategic genius during World War II. Charles...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid October-
The Unwomanly Face of War
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich is a hauntingly powerful oral history that delves into the seldom-heard experiences of Soviet women during the Second World War. Through meticulous storytelling and unwavering commitment to truth, Alexievich illuminates the profound and often heart-wrenching realities faced by these women, transcending the boundaries of conventional war narratives. This extraordinary book presents the...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Serviceman J
A gripping memoir by a former NZSAS commander on serving in Afghanistan over four deployments and operating at the edge of his limits. 'Frighteningly, devastatingly real.' - The Post In 2011, following the Taliban siege on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, an SAS soldier identified only as Serviceman J was awarded New Zealand's second highest military honour by showing outstanding gallantry in...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
The Bells of Nagasaki
A harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of one of the most infamous events in history—the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. A book that everyone should read The Times A harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of the bombing of Nagasaki—and the acts of human kindness left in its wake. On 9th August 1945, the Japanese city of Nagasaki is hit by an atomic bomb....Hardback$4500Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips early October-
Overlord
A compelling and masterly account of the D-Day landings from the No. 1 bestselling historian Max Hastings, author of Vietnam and Operation Pedestal. 'Max Hastings stands in the first rank of writers on modern war' - Financial Times On 6 June 1944 - D-Day - British, Canadian and American troops staged the greatest amphibious landing in history. It was the...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
The Battle of the Bismarck Sea
'Readers look for and admire good writers and great writing. They will find it, in spades, in The Battle of the Bismarck Sea.' -The Canberra Times In the thick of World War II, during the first week of March 1943, Japan made a final, desperate lunge for control of the South West Pacific. In the ensuing Battle of the Bismarck...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Bloody Dangerous
A thrilling memoir from one of the last living WW2 pilots, published to mark his 105th birthday 'Colin Bell DFC is one of the most remarkable people I've ever met' JAMES HOLLAND 'A terrific read, combining laugh-out-loud reminiscences with jaw-dropping accounts of aerial warfare' JOHN NICHOL 'Stirring' The Times 'Brimming with quiet courage and patriotism' Daily Mail 'They don't make...Hardback$7000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Heroes and Monsters People of the Edwin Fox
Built in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, in 1853, the Edwin Fox is the only remaining vessel of her kind and has made a unique and unmatched contribution to world maritime history. The ship's importance is acknowledged by Heritage New Zealand, which has designated it as Category 1—the highest level of protection. Built in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, in 1853, the ship is...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Worse Things Happen At Sea
MISHAP 1968 – Caught in a sudden violent storm, the Wahine ferry foundered after running aground on Barrett’s Reef, attempting to enter Wellington Harbour. Battered mercilessly by the elements, the Wahine was listing heavily to starboard when the order to abandon ship was given. The tragic events that followed became our nation’s worst modern maritime disaster. MISERY 1945 – Struck...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
A Short History of the New Zealand Wars
Following the ongoing success of A Short History of New Zealand, Great Tales of New Zealand History, and Great Tales of Rural New Zealand — all reprinted and still going strong — Gordon McLauchlan has turned his masterful storytelling skills to one of the most important periods in this country's history. Published to coincide with New Zealand's first national day...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
The Secret War
Written by British former intelligence officer, Anthony Tucker-Jones, this fascinating, illustrated guide takes a deep dive into the secret operations which shaped World War II. Most of the great military campaigns and breakthroughs of World War II would not have been successful without the efforts of teams of people working unsung and undercover. The codebreakers of Bletchley Park cracked codes...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
New ReleaseAge of Security
Propulsive and urgent … a panoramic exploration of our world’ Martha Spurrier What would you give up to feel safe? The security industry has captured our politics and our private lives. From rogue states to Ring doorbells, someone is always keeping a watchful eye – and we’re paying a heavy price. Anthropologist Ruben Andersson shows how Big Security rose to...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
New Release
Allies at War
Allies at War by Tim Bouverie, is a Sunday Times bestselling landmark history of the alliance that won the war and made the peace, from the author of the acclaimed Appeasing Hitler. After the fall of France in June 1940, only Britain stood between Hitler and total victory. Desperate for allies, Winston Churchill did everything he could to bring the...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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My Long War
Six deployments. Twenty-six years. A soldier’s account of Australia’s long wars. For more than a quarter of a century, Major General Roger Noble stood at the centre of Australia’s contribution to the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor. His career spans the evolution of Coalition warfare from the immediate aftermath of the Cold War to the brutal fight against...Paperback$4199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Reach for the Sky
Douglas Bader was a legend in his lifetime. After losing both legs in an air crash in 1931 and being dismissed as a cripple by the Royal Air Force, he fought his way back into the cockpit of a Spitfire to become one of the great heroes of the Battle of Britain. This inspiring biography of the famous World War...Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Scott on Waterloo
As we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, read Sir Walter Scott's firsthand accounts of his travels to the battlefield, in fascinating and bloody detail. On the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, discover a fascinating primary source – Sir Walter Scott's accounts of his journey to the battlefield. In the immediate aftermath of the Battle...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Last of the Just
The book - In every generation, according to Jewish tradition, thirty-six just men, the Lamed-waf, are born to take the burden of the world's suffering upon themselves. At York in 1185, the just man was Rabbi Yom Tov Levey, whose sacrifice so touched God that he gave his descendants one just man each generation, all the way down to Ernie...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Russia's War Against Ukraine
In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a fellow East Slav state with much shared history. Russia's War Against Ukraine by Mark Edele, a world authority on the history of the Soviet Union, explains why and how this conflict came about. Edele considers competing historical claims and arguments with authority and lucidity. His primary focus, however, is...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
SAS Ghost Patrol
Meet the unit that posed as Nazi stormtroopers in the most daring mission ever undertaken SAS Ghost Patrol is the explosive true story of the day in 1942 when the SAS donned Nazi uniforms to perpetrate the most audacious and daring mission of the war. Beyond top secret, deniable in the extreme (and of course enjoying Churchill's enthusiastic blessing), this...Paperback$1999Elsewhere:$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Save Our Souls
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of The Taking of Jemima Boone, the unbelievable true story of a real-life Swiss Family Robinson (and their dog) who faced sharks, shipwreck, and betrayal. On December 10, 1887, a shark fishing boat disappeared. On board the doomed vessel were the Walkers—the ship’s captain Frederick, his wife Elizabeth, their three teenage sons, and their...Paperback$5200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Testament Of Youth
'Remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' GUARDIAN 'Vera Brittain's heart-rending account of the way her generation's lives changed is still as shocking and moving as ever' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'A heartbreaking account of the impact of the First World War on a stout-hearted, high-minded young woman' SUNDAY TIMES'Should be compulsive reading' DAILY MAILWhat...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The First Anzacs
They were airbrushed out of history. Official historian Charles Bean claimed the first Australian ashore at the Gallipoli landing on 25 April 1915 was an infantry officer. But Bean wasn't there, and a group of Australian and New Zealand army engineers were. Even today, the army is reluctant to accept that sappers were among the very first ANZACs ashore. This...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Searching For Charlie
A paperback edition of the massive bestselling HB. Charles Upham was the most highly decorated soldier in the Commonwealth forces of WWII, and could arguably be called the bravest soldier of the war. An unassuming stock worker/ valuer at the beginning of the war, he stormed through Crete and the Western Desert amazing and confounding his comrades with his exploits....Paperback$3499Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Guadalcanal's Longest Fight
"Drawing from previously unknown and unused sources, Holland paints a vivid picture of the desperate fights that broke the back of the Japanese forces ashore during that pivotal period of 1942. Holland’s ground-breaking account is vital to the understanding of the struggle to secure America’s first major land victory in the Pacific.” – Seth Paridon, Historian, Deputy Director, Mississippi Armed...Paperback$3300Elsewhere:$4199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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 history. Beginning one morning in December, We Do Not Part traces the path of Kyungha as she travels from the city of Seoul into the forests of Jeju Island, to...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Unknown Enemy
'Riveting, timely and truly revelatory. The Organisation Todt is the Nazi-era secret that still needs to emerge from the shadows' — DAMIEN LEWIS, author of SAS Brothers in Arms and The Nazi Hunters 'Charles Dick has done a major service to the history of the Third Reich. The Organisation Todt exploited camp prisoners and forced labourers as ruthlessly and murderously...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
KL
In March of 1933, a disused factory surrounded by barbed wire held 223 prisoners in the town of Dachau. By the end of 1945, the SS concentration camp system had become an overwhelming landscape of terror. Twenty-two large camps and over one thousand satellite camps throughout Germany and Europe were at the heart of the Nazi campaign of repression and...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Miracle
An unforgettable testament to hope and the bonds of brotherhood, Miracle reveals the untold story of the boys who escaped the gas chamber in Auschwitz, the only known Holocaust survivors to walk away from the jaws of the Nazi killing machine. Early on the morning of October 9, 1944, eight-hundred boys, aged between 13 and 17, were taken out of...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
The Art of War Book & Card Deck
The Art of War Book & Card Deck by Sun Tzu is a timeless classic that continues to influence modern strategies across various fields. Revered by those who seek success, this ancient tome has been referenced in pop culture and utilised in business strategies, politics, football tournaments, and more. It serves as a vital tool for anyone who wishes to...Paperback$4499Elsewhere:$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Napoleon's Military Machine
The Grande Armée of Napoleon Bonaparte is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest fighting forces ever deployed. With it, the French scored a streak of historic victories that gave them an unprecedented grip on power over the European continent. At its peak, it was made up of 680,000 men, a huge multinational force of officers, infantry and cavalry,...Hardback$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Indianapolis
Indianapolis is the thrilling true story of the greatest naval disaster in United States history – the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis during World War II – and the fight for survival and redemption that followed. Four days after delivering the components of the world’s first atomic bomb to the island of Tinian, the Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Hell Ship
Meticulous research... Veitch fleshes out a tale of courage and tragedy and brings it to life with drama, passion and detail. Herald Sun For more than a century and a half, a grim tale has passed down through Michael Veitch's family: the story of the Ticonderoga, a clipper ship that sailed from Liverpool in August 1852, crammed with poor but...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Fortress Malta
In March and April 1942, more explosives were dropped on this tiny Mediterranean island—smaller than the Isle of Wight—than on the whole of Britain during the first year of the Blitz. Malta had become one of the most strategically important places in the world. From there, the Allies could attack Axis supply lines to North Africa; without it, Rommel would...Paperback$3199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
D-Day
Compellingly authentic, revelatory and beautifully written. A gripping tour de force - Damien Lewis Almost seventy-five years have passed since D-Day, the day of the greatest seaborne invasion in history. The outcome of the Second World War hung in the balance on that chill June morning. If Allied forces succeeded in gaining a foothold in northern France, the road to...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
The Sisters of Auschwitz
Perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and The Librarian of Auschwitz - this is the international bestselling and life-affirming true story of female bravery and surviving the horrors of Auschwitz. NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller and WINNER of the Opzij Literature Prize 2019 They knew their survival depended on each other.They had to live for each other....Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
The Greatest Comeback: From Genocide to Football Glory
Before Pep Guardiola and before José Mourinho, there was Béla Guttmann: the first superstar football coach, and the man who paved the way for the celebrated coaches of the modern age. He was also a Holocaust survivor. In 1944, much of Europe had wanted Guttmann dead. He hid for months in an attic near Budapest as thousands of fellow Jews...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
If Russia Wins
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER March 2028: Russian troops capture the small Estonian town of Narva and the island of Hiiumaa in the Baltic Sea. After victory in Ukraine, Putin's long-mooted encroachment into the Baltic states has begun. Europe's slow rearmament and its compromised military and intelligence capabilities are now clear for its enemies to exploit. Does Article 5 of NATO apply?...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Stable Boy of Auschwitz
The instant Sunday Times and Amazon charts bestseller I found myself in the Auschwitz stables, and I felt an ember of hope. If I could make myself useful, helping these horses, maybe I could stay alive. In the darkest moment of history, one child found the courage and strength to survive the unimaginable. This is Henry's true story. One hot,...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
The Lost Boys
In the First World War of 1914-1918, thousands of boys across Australia and New Zealand lied about their age, forged a parent's signature, and left to fight on the other side of the world. Though some were as young as thirteen, they soon found they could die as well as any man. Like Peter Pan's lost boys, they have remained...Paperback$3499Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Repair Shop: World War II
The latest book based on the BBC's BAFTA Award-winning show, The Repair Shop: World War II marks the 80th anniversary of the international ending of World War II by sharing objects from the era and the stories behind them. Chapters include Secrets and Spies; The Home Front; Children and the War; War in the Skies and Seas; The War Abroad;...Hardback$4999Elsewhere:$6000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Born Survivors
Among millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944, Priska, Rachel, and Anka each passed through its infamous gates with a secret. Strangers to each other, they were newly pregnant, and facing an uncertain fate without their husbands. Alone, scared, and with so many loved ones already lost to the Nazis, these young women were privately determined to...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Always Remember Your Name
‘These two sisters might be some of our final living first-hand witnesses to the horrors of the Holocaust. With this book, they break the silence and give us the immeasurable gift of their story.’ - Gwen Strauss, author of The Nine On 28 March 1944, Italian sisters Tati (six) and Andra (four) were roused from their sleep and taken to...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
A Historian in Gaza
Nothing could prepare historian Jean-Pierre Filiu for what he encountered in Gaza. Noted historian of Gaza, Jean-Pierre Filiu, spent a month there between December and January 2025. This is his up-close, immersive documentary of reality inside the Palestinian enclave.Filiu is a historian who specialises in Gazan history, and has travelled there regularly since 1980. He also knows the Arabic...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3700Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Milena and Margarete
From the moment they met in 1940 in Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena Jesenská and Margarete Buber-Neumann were inseparable. Czech Milena was Kafka's first translator and epistolary lover, and a journalist opposed to fascism. A non-conformist, bisexual feminist, she was way ahead of her time. With the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, her home became a central meeting place for Jewish refugees....Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Tank
An authoritative history of the tank and the remarkable individuals who designed them and fought in them, from a former soldier and best-selling historian. Tanks are the ultimate embodiment of industrial age warfare. In the popular imagination, they represent both a terrifying beast of destruction and a potent symbol of liberation. The technology behind these war machines has evolved relentlessly,...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
The Book of Dirt
They chose not to speak and now they are gone… What’s left to fill the silence is no longer theirs. This is my story, woven from the threads of rumour and legend. Jakub Rand flees his village for Prague, only to find himself trapped by the Nazi occupation. Deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, he is forced to sort through...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The People’s War
The first book to be published from the BBC's archive of forgotten voices and untold stories from the six years of World War Two. There was a German bomber flying right towards us - a Dornier, one of their biggest. It was so low we could see the pilot flying it and the gunner in the nose of the bomber...Hardback$5400Elsewhere:$6000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Letters from Gaza
Letters from Gaza: A Collection by the People; Unveiling their Stories and Emotions from the Year that has been. As the year 2023 came to an end, and wistfulness filled the air with hopes for the new tidings; the whole world was left startled with the unfolding of the largest humanitarian crisis of this century. While we lamented at the...Hardback$3200Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Images of War
In a major research project, Glyn Harper and the National Army Museum combined official war photographs with more informal images to provide a moving visual history. Originally published in 2008, Images of War has now been beautifully redesigned as a stunning large-format hardback. While primarily drawn from the Museum's collection, many photographs from private sources were included. From more than...Hardback$9000Elsewhere:$9999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
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