A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII.
By: Sarah Helm
3.71
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Once rumored to have been the inspiration for Ian Fleming's Miss Moneypenny, Vera Atkins climbed he…
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1. Auschwitz
By: Laurence Rees
4.30
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
Auschwitz-Birkenau is the site of the largest mass murder in human history. Yet its story is not fu… read more
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"A diferencia del estalinismo y otras dictaduras que se apropiaron, sin más, del poder, el nazismo se sustentó en una base popular."-Laurence Rees, Auschwitz
2. Accordion Crimes
By: Annie Proulx
3.60
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Annie Proulx brings the immigrant experience to life in this stunning… read more
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3. To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949
By: Ian Kershaw
3.98
Format: 574 pages, Hardcover
The Penguin History of Europe series reaches the twentieth century with acclaimed scholar Ian Kersh… read more
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4. Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II
By: William Stevenson
3.61
Format: 160 pages,
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5. A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII.
By: Sarah Helm
3.71
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Once rumored to have been the inspiration for Ian Fleming's Miss Moneypenny, Vera Atkins climbed he… read more
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6. Flames in the Field: The Story of Four SOE Agents in Occupied France
By: Rita Kramer
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
The true story of women agents of the secret World War II Special Operations Executive, mandated by… read more
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7. A Coffin for Dimitrios
By: Eric Ambler
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel with a penchant for British crime novels leads mystery wr… read more
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8. Spies
By: Michael Frayn
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
There is very little evidence of the war where Keith and Stephen live. But the two friends suspect … read more
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9. Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
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4.75
Format: None pages,
A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny qu… read more
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4.06
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11. Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
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4.00
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4.45
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4.22
Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition
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15. Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4)
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4.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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16. Murder in Williamstown (Phryne Fisher, #22)
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3.97
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17. In Sunshine or in Shadow (Molly Murphy Mystery #20)
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4.22
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18. Killing Time (The Time Police, #5)
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4.56
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19. Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power
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4.18
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20. Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic
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4.21
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4.10
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