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Fighting Through to Kohima: a Memoir of War in India and Burma

Fighting Through to Kohima: a Memoir of War in India...

Author: Michael Lowry
ISBN: 9781844150038
Format: Hardback
$97.55

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The Rescue: A True Story of Courage and Survival in World War II

The Rescue: A True Story of Courage and Survival in...

Author: Steven Trent Smith
ISBN: 9780471423515
Format: Paperback
$47.39

Praise for The Rescue ""Steven Trent Smith grapples boldly with several big subjects: the Japanese occupation of...  Read More >>

The Legend of Three-Finger Willie

The Legend of Three-Finger Willie

Author: T. O. McFarland
ISBN: 9781931456517
Format: Paperback
$26.27

A local Civil War hero, admired by the townspeople, is found dead in the cold, swirling waters under the Federal...  Read More >>

The Air-Raid Warden Was a Spy: And Other Tales from Home-front America in World War II

The Air-Raid Warden Was a Spy: And Other Tales from...

Author: William B. Breuer
ISBN: 9780471234883
Format: Hardback
$85.80

Critically acclaimed author and historian William B. Breuer presents more than fifty little-known tales from the...  Read More >>

The Reminiscences of Cdr. Thomas B. Buell, USN (Ret.): 1936-2002

The Reminiscences of Cdr. Thomas B. Buell, USN (Ret.):...

Author: Thomas B. Buell ,  Paul L Stillwell, USNR (Ret.)
ISBN: 9781682690772
Format: Hardback
$150.00

Based on five interviews conducted by Paul Stillwell in May 2002. The volume contains 455 pages of interview transcript...  Read More >>

Mitsui Madhouse: Memoir of a U.S. Army Air Corps POW in World War II

Mitsui Madhouse: Memoir of a U.S. Army Air Corps POW...

Author: Herbert Zincke ,  Scott A. Mills
ISBN: 9780786414284
Format: Paperback
$92.40

The story of Herbert Zincke's survival as a prisoner of war in World War II, drawn from the secret diary he managed...  Read More >>

Get Some In!!!

Get Some In!!!

Author: Ron Kyle
ISBN: 9781844010189
Format: Paperback
$28.44

Ron Kyle's vividly narrated personal memoir is a valuable document for students of World War II and the story of...  Read More >>

Dead Leaves: Two Years in the Rhodesian War

Dead Leaves: Two Years in the Rhodesian War

Author: Dan Wylie
ISBN: 9781869140052
Format: Paperback
$42.90

Presents a memoir in which an ordinary troopie grapples with unique dilemmas presented by an extraordinary period...  Read More >>

Stalingrad: Memories and Reassessments

Stalingrad: Memories and Reassessments

Author: Joachim Wieder ,  Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel
ISBN: 9780304363384
Format: Paperback
$26.27

A memoir of the German struggle for Stalingrad, by one of the few who survived.  Read More >>

Rumours: A Memoir of a British POW in WWII

Rumours: A Memoir of a British POW in WWII

Author: Chas Mayhead
ISBN: 9781929355068
Format: Paperback
$42.24

In this book, Chas describes life as a prisoner during that nightmarish period of world history. He tells of the...  Read More >>

World War II Through Polish Eyes: In the Nazi-Soviet Grip

World War II Through Polish Eyes: In the Nazi-Soviet...

Author: Maria Szonert-Binienda
ISBN: 9780880335027
Format: Hardback
$125.40

Intertwining the fate of a country with the life of one Polish family, this book tells the story of a Polish girl...  Read More >>

Autobiography of Commodore Charles Morris, U.S. Na

Autobiography of Commodore Charles Morris, U.S. Na

Author: Charles Morris ,  Frederick Leiner
ISBN: 9781557504791
Format: Hardback
$97.55

Introduction by Frederick C. Leiner. During his distinguished fifty-seven year naval career, Charles Morris was...  Read More >>

633 Squadron: Operation Cobra

633 Squadron: Operation Cobra

Author: Frederick E. Smith ,  Michael Wade
ISBN: 9781859035160
Format: Audio
$145.07

Reports had been coming in of a deadly new nerve gas being manufactured by the Germans which, if allowed to go unchecked,...  Read More >>

The Reminiscences of Adm. Frank B. Kelso II, USN (Ret.): 1933-2013

The Reminiscences of Adm. Frank B. Kelso II, USN (Ret.):...

Author: Frank B. Kelso, II, USN (Ret.) ,  Paul L Stillwell, USNR (Ret.)
ISBN: 9781682691397
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Based on 16 interviews conducted by Paul Stillwell from October 2001 to May 2002. The volume contains 772 pages...  Read More >>

Shadows on the Wall

Shadows on the Wall

Author: Stan Krasnoff
ISBN: 9781865088877
Format: Paperback
$29.99

The adrenalin-pumping, heart-yammering true story of Project Rapid Fire.  Read More >>

Codebreaker in the Far East

Codebreaker in the Far East

Author: Stripp
ISBN: 9780192803863
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Codebreaker in the Far East describes how Bletchley Park and its...  Read More >>

A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia

A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia...

Author: Burnaby ,  Peter Hopkirk
ISBN: 9780192803672
Format: Paperback
$55.95

Captain Frederick Burnaby's secret unofficial mission was to discover if the caravan city of Khiva, closed to all...  Read More >>

Classics in World Literature: The Best of World Tales

Classics in World Literature: The Best of World Tales...

Author: J.A. Hammerton
ISBN: 9788186830215
Format: Hardback
$71.95

Two ancient Chinese political classics, The Art of War and The Book of Lord Shang, written during a time of turmoil,...  Read More >>

To Hell and Back: True Life Experiences of Bomber Command at War

To Hell and Back: True Life Experiences of Bomber Command...

Author: Mel Rolfe
ISBN: 9781902304366
Format: Paperback
$47.39

Following Looking into Hell, published in 1995, Mel Rolfe has researched another twenty stories of gallantry in...  Read More >>

To the Last Ridge

To the Last Ridge

Author: W.H. Downing
ISBN: 9781904010203
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Written just after the heat of battle and in the language of the time, this extraordinarily moving account expresses...  Read More >>

The Gladiator: The Secret History of Rome's Warrior Slaves

The Gladiator: The Secret History of Rome's Warrior...

Author: Alan Baker
ISBN: 9780091886547
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Alan Baker weaves an extraordinary, vivid picture of Roman life as his compelling and evocative history tells the...  Read More >>

A Stranger and Afraid

A Stranger and Afraid

Author: Arthur Allwright
ISBN: 9781904224310
Format: Paperback
$37.22

A recollection of the experiences of an eight-year-old London boy evacuated to Somerset at the outset of World War...  Read More >>

Loos 1915: The Northern Battle and Hohenzollern Redoubt

Loos 1915: The Northern Battle and Hohenzollern Redoubt...

Author: Andrew Rawson
ISBN: 9780850529036
Format: Paperback
$28.44

In September 1915 Kitcherner's men were in action for the first time in the largest offensive of the year. Using...  Read More >>

Salient Points IV: Cameos of the Western Front

Salient Points IV: Cameos of the Western Front

Author: Ted Smith
ISBN: 9780850529326
Format: Paperback
$28.99

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Unreasonable Behaviour: An Autobiography

Unreasonable Behaviour: An Autobiography

Author: Don McCullin
ISBN: 9780099437765
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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