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Rachel Chin

War of Words

War of Words analyses Franco-British relations during the Second World War through the lens of rhetoric and empire. Through a comparative and transnational perspective, Rachel Chin shows how conflicts ove…

Thin Lizzy

Vagabonds Of The Western World

Das Album »Vagabonds Of The Western World«, das weithin als der Durchbruch von Thin Lizzy gilt, wird dieses Jahr 50 Jahre alt. Das Album enthält die erste britische Top-Ten-Single der Band »Whiskey In The…

Tim Kendall

Poetry of the Second World War

This new anthology brings together a generous selection of famous wartime poets alongside works by civilians and soldiers, offering a symphony of different voices, all connected in their shared experience…

Miranda Carter

George, Nicholas and Wilhelm

In the years before World War I, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Tsar Nicholas II. Carter uses the cousins' correspondence and a host of …

Catherine Osborne Decesare

Risk in the Anglo-Atlantic World

Tracing the micro-history of the John Jay through legal records, this book illustrates the political and legal challenges faced by U.S. maritime businesses in the Atlantic during the Napoleonic Wars.

Douglas Brunt

The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel

The instant New York Timesbestseller, now in paperback! The hidden history of one of the world's greatest inventors, a man whose work changed the course of history and who then disappeared into thin air o…

Gary J Bass

Judgment at Tokyo

In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, the victorious powers turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. For the Allied powers,…

Mark Sandle

Humanity and Inhumanity in the Second World War

This is a new and original approach to the study of the Second World War, one of the most tragic periods of modern history, exploring the its human dimensions- such as courage, solidarity, resilience, ven…

Tonya Abari,

The Six Triple Eight

A powerful and vibrantly illustrated account of the resilience and dedication of the unsung Black heroines who played a major role in World War II. Perfect for fans of Hidden Figures, Opal Lee and What It…

Days Of Jupiter

The World Was Never Enough

Rainer Karlsch, Manfred Grieger

Fueling the second world war

Deutsche Erdöl AG (DEA) was Germany's leading oil corporation prior to the First World War; after the resulting loss of its foreign interests and oil concessions the company morphed into a coal and lignit…

Henry de la Falaise

Through Hell to Dunkirk

A dramatic firsthand account of the miraculous evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk, a pivotal moment of World War II.

Deborah Hopkinson

World War II Close Up: They Saved the Stallions

"As World War II drew to a close, unlikely allies, including the director for the Spanish Riding School in Vienna and a group of daring American soldiers, banded together in order to save Austria's b…

Jeremy Eichler

Time's Echo

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES, NPR • WINNER OF THREE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS • Finalist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction • A stirring account of how music bears witness to h…

Elyse Graham

Book and Dagger

The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the warAt the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency…

Mark Sandle

Humanity and Inhumanity in the Second World War

This is a new and original approach to the study of the Second World War, one of the most tragic periods of modern history, exploring the its human dimensions- such as courage, solidarity, resilience, ven…

Annabelle Thorpe

The Enemy of Love

1943. Wartime Italy.Casa Maria sits at the heart of the small Umbrian town of Amatino, famous for its food, wine and the di Luca and Capaldi families who run it. But now Italy is consumed by war and every…

Hal Brands

The Eurasian Century

We often think of the modern era as the age of American power. In reality, we're living in a long, violent Eurasian century. That giant, resource-rich landmass possesses the bulk of the global population,…

Michael J Tougias, Alison O'Leary

Abandon Ship!

An incredible World War II account of a maritime attack off the West African coast, for fans of Steven Sheinkin and Deborah Heiligman.At the height of World War II, the RMS Laconia was torpedoed by a Germ…