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Brotherhood of the flying coffin
£14.99Brotherhood of the flying coffin
A major history of the American glider pilots, the forgotten heroes of World War II, by New York Times bestselling author Scott McGaugh.
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How good it is I have no fear of dying
£20.00How good it is I have no fear of dying
In 2022, Lara Marlowe travelled to Ukraine to report for the Irish Times on the experiences of women in the military. It was there that she met Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko, who she described as ‘one of the most extraordinary people I have interviewed in 42 years of journalism’. Mykytenko has been at the heart of the Ukraine War. She has seen great tragedy, having suffered the loss of her husband, her father and fellow soldiers, and witnessed the devastation of her home country. Yet she fights on. In October 2022, she was awarded the Order for Courage by decree of the President of Ukraine. Over a series of interviews, Lara Marlowe builds an intimate account of Mykytenko’s experiences on the frontline, as well as her life before the conflict and her hopes for the future. The result is this book, a compelling story of a country at war and an inspirational woman fighting for its survival.
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Love letters of the Great War
£12.99Love letters of the Great War
A powerful collection of love letters shared between soldiers and their sweethearts during World War One.
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Night train to Odesa
£17.99Night train to Odesa
When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, Jen Stout left Moscow abruptly, ending up on a border post in southeast Romania, where she began to cover the human cost of Russian aggression. Night Train to Odesa begins in Russia and continues to focus on people in Ukraine. It is the account of a young female reporter with no backup or security.
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November 1942
£12.99November 1942
An intimate history of the most important month of World War II, as experienced by the people who lived through it, completely based on their diaries, letters and memoirs.
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Occupational Hazards
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Putin’s prisoner
£20.00Putin’s prisoner
Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian marines in 2018, compelled to defend his adopted homeland from the growing threat of Russian invasion. In February 2022, as Russia mounted a full-scale offensive, Aiden and his unit were stationed at the frontline at Mariupol. Pinned down at a Mariupol steelworks, after a month-long siege and running out of supplies, Aiden was part of the mass surrender of over a thousand Ukrainian troops, in April 2022. Then his real ordeal began. Singled out for his British passport, Aiden was interrogated, tortured, stabbed, turned into a propaganda zombie, tried by a kangaroo court and then sentenced to death. A victim of a catalogue of abuses of international law, Aiden struggled to cling on to any hope of survival. Certain that he was going to be executed, he was eventually freed in a prisoner exchange and permitted to return home.
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Sky warriors
£25.00Sky warriors
From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War.
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Soldiers don’t go mad
£10.99Soldiers don’t go mad
A personal history of the friendship between the great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, ‘Soldiers Don’t Go Mad’ tells the story of psychiatry, the traumatic effects of war, and the healing properties of poetry.
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The rest is history
£10.99The rest is history
Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys – there’s a new history book in town. From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past – from Alexander the Great to Tolkien, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate. The nation’s favourite historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook take on the most curious moments in history, answering the questions we didn’t even think to ask: Did the Trojan War actually happen? What was the most disastrous party in history? Was Richard Nixon more like Caligula or Claudius? How did a hair appointment almost blow Churchill’s cover? Why did the Nazis believe they were descended from Atlantis?
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Ukraine, remember also me
£20.00Ukraine, remember also me
While reporting on the war in Ukraine, George Butler has created striking and intimate illustrations to introduce us to the people behind the headlines. His drawings, made in a variety of places, from missile-scarred streets to nursing homes, vividly capture stories of family, tragedy and perseverance. These powerful portraits of war and conflict are a timely reminder of the humanity we all share and our universal need for peace.
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War Diary
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