Albanian Assignment: The Memoir of an SOE Agent in World War Two (The Extraordinary Life of Colonel David Smiley #1)
By: David Smiley
3.89
Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Red Dusk and the Morrow: Adventures and Investigations in Soviet Russia
By: None , Paul Henry Dukes
4.39
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
An extraordinary true life espionage classic and a fascinating document of the horror and excesses … read more
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2. The Riddle of the Sands
By: Erskine Childers , Milton Bearden
3.63
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
While on a sailing trip in the Baltic Sea, two young adventurers-turned-spies uncover a secret Germ… read more
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3. Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany
By: Taylor Holden , Marthe Cohn
4.30
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
"[T]he amazing story of a woman who lived through one of the worst times in human history, losing f… read more
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"Spurred on by those in public life, the ordinary bigots seemed to find a voice."-Taylor Holden, Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany
"We are living history," I told my mother breathlessly one night after the radio had been turned off and we sat in complete silence. "I could do with a little less history, thank you," she replied cri…"-Taylor Holden, Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany
"War taught me many things, among them that, like anyone, I could be a coward one minute and brave the next, depending entirely on circumstance. They say that war brings out the best and the worst in …"-Taylor Holden, Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany
4. Setting the East Ablaze: Lenin's Dream of an Empire in Asia
By: Peter Hopkirk
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A DANGEROUS NEW TWIST IN THE GREAT GAME In this gripping narrative Peter Hopkirk tells how Lenin an… read more
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5. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
By: David Talbot
4.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the mo… read more
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6. Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet
By: Peter Hopkirk
3.71
Format: 192 pages,
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7. Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
By: Peter Hopkirk
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
s/t: The Search for the Lost Cities & Treasures of Chinese Central Asia The Silk Road, which linked… read more
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8. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
By: Serhii Plokhy
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political… read more
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9. The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
By: Peter Hopkirk
3.67
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Hopkirk's spellbinding account of the great imperial struggle for supremacy in Central Asia has bee… read more
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10. Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
By: Erika Fatland
4.28
Format: 477 pages, Hardcover
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the Soviet Union in… read more
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"W gruncie rzeczy nie wyobrażam sobie lepszej ilustracji szczytu melancholii niż pesymista czytający Schopenhauera w Pamirze."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"(...) a kiedy się śmiał, czynił to na ten lekko zrezygnowany, ironiczny sposób, który przyswoili sobie obrońcy praw człowieka na całym świecie."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"There are very few lazy people in Uzbekistan now" he said. "I describe as lazy those who go to Moscow and sweep its streets and squares." - President of Uzbekistan"-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"He shook his head and waved me on to his colleague, who was responsible for moral checks. "Do you have any porn with you miss?" The customs officer looked at me with interest."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
11. Independence Square (Arkady Renko, #10)
By: Martin Cruz Smith
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Detective Arkaday Renko risks his life when he heads to Ukraine shortly before the Russian invasion… read more
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12. The Darkness Knows (Detective Konrad #1)
By: Arnaldur Indriðason
3.58
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Retired detective Konrad returns to a haunting cold case in The Darkness Knows by Arnaldur Indridas… read more
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13. Go Spy the Land
By: George Alexander Hill
4.39
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The latest in Biteback's best-selling Dialogue Espionage Classics series of rediscovered spy master… read more
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14. The Roads Chosen
By: Ben Carlyle
4.12
Format: 394 pages, Paperback
Inspired by the author’s own unnerving experiences during decades spent in the former Soviet Union.… read more
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15. A Chosen Path
By: Ben Carlyle
4.43
Format: None pages, Paperback
Rebecca’s father, Edward, scoots Sam Mitchell from Bangkok to London. Boris Voikevich, only days… read more
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16. Prince of Spies (Richard Prince, #1)
By: Alex Gerlis
4.20
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
Find the truth; risk everything. A gripping WWII spy novel full of intrigue and peril from a modern… read more
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17. Death on a Distant Frontier: A Lost Victory, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)
By: Charles Whiting
4.17
Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition
“a provocative and stimulating addition to the study of World War II.” HistoryNetPerfect for reader… read more
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18. Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 4)
By: John Wooldridge
4.08
Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition
A vivid account of two Mosquito squadrons which revolutionised aerial warfare.Perfect for people wh… read more
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19. Escape From Arnhem: A Canadian Among the Lost Paratroops (Memoirs from World War Two)
By: Leo Heaps
4.25
Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition
The remarkable true story of a Canadian paratrooper’s escape from behind enemy lines following the … read more
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20. The Road to Station X: From Debutante Ball to Fighter-Plane Factory to Bletchley Park, a Memoir of One Woman's Journey Through World War Two
By: Sarah Baring
4.00
Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height… read more
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21. Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)
By: Terence Robertson
4.61
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
The astounding biography of the most successful anti-submarine commander of the Second World War.Pe… read more
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22. Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry’s Escape From Occupied France in the Summer of 1940 (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two)
By: Anthony Richardson
4.32
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
The true story of an airman’s audacious escape from occupied France in World War Two.Perfect for fa… read more
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23. The Long Road Home: An account of the author's experiences as a prisoner-of-war in the hands of the Germans during the Second World War (Memoirs from World War Two)
By: Adrian Vincent
4.21
Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition
The honest account of one prisoner-of-war’s struggle to survive through five years of Nazi imprison… read more
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24. The Long March on Rome: The Forgotten War (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)
By: Charles Whiting
4.29
Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition
A lively and highly readable study of the often-overlooked Italian Campaign, from the invasion of S… read more
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25. A House For Spies: SIS Operations into Occupied France from a Sussex Farmhouse
By: Edward Wake-Walker
4.20
Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition
An unforgettable history of French intelligence agents and courageous British pilots who risked eve… read more
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26. Crisis Convoy: The Story of HX231, A Turning Point in the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)
By: Peter Gretton
4.21
Format: 155 pages, Kindle Edition
An engrossing account by the Royal Navy commander who led the escort of convoy HX231 during the Bat… read more
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27. And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Operation Jericho and the Raid That Saved D-Day (Daring Military Operations of World War Two)
By: Jack Fishman
4.37
Format: 544 pages, Kindle Edition
The incredible account of the World War Two Allied operation to bomb Amiens Prison and free impriso… read more
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28. I Felt No Sorrow - This Was War: Burma 1942-45
By: Gordon Heynes
None
Format: 75 pages, Kindle Edition
Gordon Heynes signed up as a World War II volunteer aged thirty-seven in late 1941. He trained as a… read more
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29. Albanian Assignment: The Memoir of an SOE Agent in World War Two (The Extraordinary Life of Colonel David Smiley #1)
By: David Smiley
3.89
Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition
Albanian Assignment is one of the finest special forces memoirs to come out of the Second World War… read more
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30. Their Chosen Way (The Roads Chosen Book 3)
By: Ben Carlyle
4.26
Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition
The final episode of the trilogy depicting ‘Sam Mitchell’s war with Russian organised crime’ is aga… read more
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31. The Russian Diary Of An Englishman: Petrograd, 1915-1917 (1919)
By: Petrograd
4.00
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due … read more
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