The Greatest Raid: St. Nazaire, 1942
By: Giles Whittell
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
The definitive account of one of the most desperately heroic missions launched during World War Two…
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1. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
By: Donald L. Miller
4.18
Format: 671 pages, Hardcover
Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more
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"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
2. Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain
By: Len Deighton
3.91
Format: 736 pages,
It was the battle that proved Great Britain was a vital force in World War II. It inspired Churchil… read more
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3. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
By: Edmund Conway
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more
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"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
4. Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth cen… read more
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5. The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream
By: Charles Spencer
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The sinking of the White Ship is one of the greatest disasters in English history. Here, Sunday Tim… read more
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6. The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
By: Barry S. Strauss
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A “splendid” ( The Wall Street Journal ) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-… read more
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7. The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943
By: James Holland
4.33
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign a… read more
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8. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't
By: Ian Dunt
4.45
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more
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9. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
By: Ben Macintyre
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more
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10. Sanctuary
By: Garry Disher
3.99
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.… read more
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11. Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space
By: Stephen Walker
4.57
Format: 512 pages, ebook
09.07 am. April 12, 1961. A top secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny … read more
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12. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
13. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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14. Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties
By: David de Jong
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors… read more
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15. Munich Wolf
By: Rory Clements
4.24
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more
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16. Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War
By: Al Murray
4.10
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run para… read more
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17. A Village in the Third Reich
By: Julia Boyd
4.25
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New from the author of Travellers in the Third Reich—the Sunday Times Top Three bestseller and Wate… read more
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18. Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror
By: John Sweeney
4.24
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, e… read more
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19. British Rail
By: Christian Wolmar
4.19
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The rise and fall of the state-owned British Rail, from "the greatest expert on British trains" Chr… read more
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20. The Stasi Poetry Circle: The Creative Writing Class that Tried to Win the Cold War
By: Philip Oltermann
3.52
Format: 212 pages, ebook
The extraordinary true story of the Stasi's poetry Stasiland and The Lives of Others crossed with … read more
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21. Operation Jubilee: Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and The Sacrifice
By: Patrick Bishop
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A GRIPPING TALE OF HEROIC FAILURE DURING THE DIEPPE RAID OF 1942'A deeply humane, lucidly written a… read more
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22. Viper's Blood (Master of War #4)
By: David Gilman
4.53
Format: 563 pages, Kindle Edition
PRE-ORDER THE NEW MASTER OF WAR NOVEL BY DAVID GILMAN, TO KILL A KING – COMING IN FEBRUARY 2024'A g… read more
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23. Red Devils: The Trailblazers of the Parachute Regiment in WW2: An Authorized History
By: Mark Urban
4.28
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
On the 80th anniversary of their first crucial campaign, in Operation Torch in North Africa, Mark U… read more
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24. The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
4.01
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An old friend of Kosuke Kindaichi's invites the scruffy detective to visit the remote mountain vill… read more
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25. The Curse of Brink's-Mat: The story of the real-life robbery that inspired BBC drama ‘The Gold'
By: Wensley Clarkson
4.08
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
On 26 November 1983 six armed robbers escaped with £28 million worth of gold bullion from a Brink's… read more
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26. Blood Roses (The Warsaw Quartet #1)
By: Douglas Jackson
4.35
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
As the Nazis roll into Warsaw, a serial killer is unleashed… September 1939. A city ruled by fear. … read more
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27. The Greatest Raid: St. Nazaire, 1942
By: Giles Whittell
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
The definitive account of one of the most desperately heroic missions launched during World War Two… read more
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28. Hill 112
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.52
Format: 495 pages, Kindle Edition
A gripping story of friendship and division in the midst of warfare, set against one of the most dr… read more
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29. How to Build an Aircraft Carrier
By: Chris Terrill
4.24
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
65,000 tons. 280 metres long. A flight deck the size of sixty tennis courts. A giant piece of Sover… read more
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30. Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler's Radar
By: Max Hastings
3.87
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably… read more
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31. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
By: Ben Macintyre
4.51
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more
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