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Hitler as Military Commander

Hitler as Military Commander

Author: John Strawson
ISBN: 9781804364352
Format: Paperback
$33.61

Was Hitler 'the greatest strategic genius of all time' as Nazi propaganda had it, or just an amateur?Why was the...  Read More >>

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ANGELS

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ANGELS

Author: Jon Matthews
ISBN: 9781800163881
Format: Paperback
$15.50

I wrote this book because I wanted to convey a sense of reality, by taking the reader into a spiritual dimension...  Read More >>

The Wrongly Executed Airman: The RAF's Darkest Hour

The Wrongly Executed Airman: The RAF's Darkest Hour...

Author: Alan Strachan
ISBN: 9781399041034
Format: Hardback
$75.00

Utilizing forensic evidence that was ignored by the police, and documents that have never before been released to...  Read More >>

The Wild Night Sky: space stories and poetry, new worlds and earth

The Wild Night Sky: space stories and poetry, new worlds...

Author: Harriet Hitchen ,  Michael Bartlett
ISBN: 9781915067258
Format: Paperback
$23.26

Stars and planets, vast skies and new horizons. A distant future with secrets in its past. A house sitter intercepts...  Read More >>

The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go Deeper Underwater

The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of...

Author: Jeff Maynard
ISBN: 9780008532734
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom...  Read More >>

The Royal Within: Twisted Branches - Volume I

The Royal Within: Twisted Branches - Volume I

Author: House of Coningsby
ISBN: 9781803813981
Format: Hardback
$105.57

Rediscover key characters lost from history. A genealogical research on ancestors and cousins, who shaped the past...  Read More >>

The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go Deeper Underwater

The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of...

Author: Jeff Maynard
ISBN: 9780008532727
Format: Hardback
$55.00

Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom...  Read More >>

1926: American Scenes

1926: American Scenes

Author: Gene Andrew
ISBN: 9798987624586
Format: Paperback
$29.01

LARGE PRINT EDITION. This short read is an entertaining memoir of an American farmer's mid-20th Century escapades....  Read More >>

1926: American Scenes

1926: American Scenes

Author: Gene Andrew
ISBN: 9798987624579
Format: Paperback
$23.73

. Gene remembers growing up in rural America on a small farm (1926-1970.)  Read More >>

1926: American Scenes

1926: American Scenes

Author: Gene Andrew
ISBN: 9798987624562
Format: Hardback
$68.61

Gene remembers growing up in rural America on a small farm (1926-1970.)  Read More >>

Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age

Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey,...

Author: Reid Mitenbuler
ISBN: 9780358468325
Format: Hardback
$55.00

Chronicles the life of Peter Freuchen, a wildly eccentric Dane whose insatiable curiosity and unquenchable thirst...  Read More >>

Ghosts of the Orphanage

Ghosts of the Orphanage

Author: Christine Kenneally
ISBN: 9780733646058
Format: Paperback
$34.99

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 WALKLEY BOOK AWARD A shocking expose of the dark, secret history of Catholic orphanages...  Read More >>

Empress of the Nile: the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt’s ancient temples from destruction

Empress of the Nile: the daredevil archaeologist who...

Author: Lynne Olson
ISBN: 9781911344261
Format: Hardback
$64.69

The riveting story of a true-life female Indiana Jones: an archaeologist who survived the Nazis and then saved Egypt’s...  Read More >>

Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History

Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown,...

Author: Rozella Kennedy ,  Joelle Avelino
ISBN: 9798212274265
Format: Audio
$124.05

Inspired by her own foremothers’ legacies, debut author Rozella Kennedy centers and celebrates the life stories...  Read More >>

Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History

Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown,...

Author: Rozella Kennedy ,  Joelle Avelino
ISBN: 9798212274272
Format: Audio
$110.85

Inspired by her own foremothers’ legacies, debut author Rozella Kennedy centers and celebrates the life stories...  Read More >>

Empress of the Nile: the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt's ancient temples from destruction

Empress of the Nile: the daredevil archaeologist who...

Author: Lynne Olson
ISBN: 9781922585998
Format: Paperback
$36.99

The fascinating story of the feisty French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian...  Read More >>

Coronation Streets: England Then and Now

Coronation Streets: England Then and Now

Author: Chris Arnot
ISBN: 9781908837288
Format: Paperback
$38.28

In Coronation Streets, England Then and Now, British citizens of a certain age look back on their childhoods in...  Read More >>

Snow Widows: Scott’S Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women Left Behind

Snow Widows: Scott’S Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the...

Author: Katherine MacInnes
ISBN: 9780008394691
Format: Paperback
$22.99

‘An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry … A welcome contribution to polar studies.’ Sara Wheeler, Spectator...  Read More >>

Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy...

Author: Jeff Guinn
ISBN: 9781982186104
Format: Hardback
$49.99

The definitive account of the disastrous siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, featuring never-before-seen...  Read More >>

The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century: A Celebration of Outstanding Travel Storytelling from Around the World

The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century:...

Author: Jessica Vincent
ISBN: 9781800079960
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Travel writing matters This anthology is a collection of the 30 best travel stories published in British...  Read More >>

Viking Women: Life and Lore

Viking Women: Life and Lore

Author: Lisa Hannett
ISBN: 9781760761998
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Let's travel in time together, a thousand or so years back, and meet Viking women in their hearth-lit world. How...  Read More >>

No Earthly Pole: The Search for the Truth about the Franklin Expedition 1845

No Earthly Pole: The Search for the Truth about the...

Author: E. C. Coleman
ISBN: 9781398115446
Format: Paperback
$33.61

New in paperback - The recent discovery and filming of Franklin's HMS 'Terror' has brought the tragic story of the...  Read More >>

Trusted: Children and Aspirin, a Deadly Dance of Science, Business, and Politics

Trusted: Children and Aspirin, a Deadly Dance of Science,...

Author: Karen Starko
ISBN: 9781743059579
Format: Paperback
$45.00

Before Covid-19, before Flint, before AIDS, a deadly brain-swelling illness called Reye's syndrome was striking...  Read More >>

Trip Hazard

Trip Hazard

Author: Andrew Drury
ISBN: 9781915439451
Format: Paperback
$25.85

Trip Hazard tells the story of how a working-class boy, turned successful businessman, has become the world's most...  Read More >>

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