That Others May Live: The True Story of a Pj, a Member of America's Most Daring Rescue Force by Jack Brehm, Sgt
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
The remarkable true story of the military's most elite corp, the para-rescue jumpers (PJs), as told by a 20-year veteran still on active duty. 8-page photo insert.
Ataturk by Patrick Kinross
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Category: Biographies | Series: Phoenix Giants Ser.
The definitive biography of the father of modern Turkey, a powerful figure in the still-unfolding drama of the Middle East. With the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War came the emergence of new nations, chief among them Turkey itself. It was the creation of one man, the soldier-st ...Show more
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History by Boris Johnson
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Category: Biographies
From London's inimitable mayor, Boris Johnson, the New York Times-bestselling story of how Churchill's eccentric genius shaped not only his world but our own. On the fiftieth anniversary of Churchill's death, Boris Johnson celebrates the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the tw ...Show more
Barefoot Soldier - A Story of Extreme Valour by Johnson Beharry; Nick Cook; Hachette Staff
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Category: Biographies | Series: Carolus Deene Ser.
Born in 1979 in Grenada as one of eight children, living in a two-bedroom hut, surviving on meager meals of beans and rice and walking barefoot, three miles to school. At 13 Johnson Beharry quit school and worked as a decorator and laborer. In 1999 he scraped together the airfare for England and joined ...Show more
Churchill As a War Leader by Lamb
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Category: Biographies
Winston Churchill's leadership during World War II allowed Britain and Europe to escape the threat of a Nazi take-over. However, the author of this book claims that he also made serious blunders which he later tried to cover up and reveals secrets unmentioned in the official war histories.
'May You Never be Weary': Life on the North West Frontier of the Raj and Tamer Places by John Auret
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
John Auret was born on the North West Frontier of India, the son of a British Army officer stationed there. He expected to follow in his father's footsteps - but history would decree otherwise. After many adventures and skirmishes John rose to the rank of Major in the British Indian Army and also worked ...Show more
Live from the Battlefield : From Vietnam to Baghdad 35 Years in the World's War Zones by Peter Arnett
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Category: Biographies
Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment by HAMISH ROSS
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Category: Biographies and memoirs
The definitive biography of Paddy Mayne, and the true story behind the hit TV show SAS Rogue Heroes. 'Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War. Hamish Ross's authoritative study follows Mayne from solicitor and a rugby international to troop commander ...Show more
Shake Hands With the Devil : The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire with Major Brent Beardsley
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Category: Biographies
When Lt. General Romeo Dallaire received the call to serve as force commander of the UN mission to Rwanda, he thought he was heading off to Africa to help two warring parties achieve a peace both sides wanted. Instead, he and members of his small international force were caught up in a vortex of civil w ...Show more
Hermann Goring Fighter Ace by Peter Kilduff
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Category: First World War
Over the last 70 years, in countless books and essays, Hermann Goring has been defined by his crimes and excess during the Third Reich and the Second World War. But his activities as a young career military officer in World War-I have invariably been glossed over - until now. "Hermann Goring - Fighter A ...Show more
Explaining Hitler - The Search for the Origins of His Evil by Ron Rosenbaum
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Category: Third Reich
In Explaining Hitler, Ron Rosenbaum investigates the meanings and motivations people have attached to Hitler and his crimes against humanity. What does Hitler tell us about the nature of evil? In often dramatic encounters, Rosenbaum confronts historians, scholars, filmmakers, and deniers as he skeptical ...Show more
The Forgotten General: New Zealand's World War I Commander Major-General Sir Andrew Russell by Jock Vennell
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Category: Biographies
Major General Sir Andrew Russell commanded the NZ Mounted Rifles Brigade at Gallipoli. He then went on to serve as commander of the New Zealand Division on the Western Front. He has been called 'the one military commander of genius that New Zealand produced in the twentieth century'. Yet his story remai ...Show more