Hitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis by Ian Kershaw
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Category: Third Reich | Series: Allen Lane History Ser.
Following the enormous success of "Hitler: Hubris" this book triumphantly completes one of the great modern biographies. No figure in twentieth century history more clearly demands a close biographical understanding than Adolf Hitler; and no period is more important than the Second World War. Beginning ...Show more
Storms and Dreams: Louis De Bougainville: Soldier, Explorer, Statesman by John Dunmore
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Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) is best known for his circumnavigation of the globe from 1766 to 1769. Throughout a long and distinguished life, however, he participated in many of the turning points of world history: the birth of the United States, the fall of French Canada, the opening ...Show more
Recollections of Rifleman Bowlby, the by Alex Bowlby
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Storm Command by Peter de la Billière
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Category: Biographies
'My primary aim in writing this book is to demonstrate the importance of individual human beings in modern warfare. In the battle to drive the Iraqi army out of Kuwait, Coalition forces used every form of high-technology weapon available; yet in the end success depended on the performance of individuals ...Show more
Chink - A Biography by Lavinia Greacen
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A Sunday Times Book of the Year selection. 'An unexpected and utter joy to read.' - Financial Times 'Enthralling.' The Mail on Sunday 'Friend of Hemingway, dandy, lover and tactician, Chink is marvellously retrieved here.' - Sunday Times Books of the Year 'Chink, at the heart of the internat ...Show more
Celebrated Captain Barclay by Peter Radford
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Category: Biographies
On 1st June 1809 Captain Robert Barclay undertook what was then the greatest sporting feat ever attempted - to walk 1000 miles in 1000 hours for 1000 guineas. Six weeks later, exhausted and on the verge of collapsing, he completed his challenge and instantly became the most famous sporting figure of Reg ...Show more
Stay the Distance: The Life and Times of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Michael Beetham by Peter Jacobs
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Category: Biographies
Sir Michael Beetham enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the Royal Air Force. He joined the RAF as a pilot in 1941 and was awarded the DFC whilst serving with Bomber Command during 1943/44. Remaining in the post-war RAF, a number of flying and staff appointments followed. Notably he drafted the fi ...Show more
Shoot to Kill: A Soldier's Journey Through Violence by Michael Asher
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Category: Biographies
Michael Asher reveals what he went through to join 2 Para and the SAS.
Alexander the Great: The Invisible Enemy - A Biography by John Maxwell O'Brien
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Category: Biographies
Alexander and Dionysus:The Invisible Enemy differs from other biographies of Alexander in its assessment of the role of alcohol in his life. O'Brien uses the figure of Dionysus as a symbol of the destructive effects of alchohol on Alexander's psyche. The deity serves as an agent through whom a cluster o ...Show more
Their Promised Land My Grandparents in Love and War by Ian Buruma
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Ian Buruma's maternal grandparents, Bernard and Winifred (Bun Win), wrote to each other regularly throughout their life together. The first letters were written in 1915, when Bun was still at school at Uppingham and Win was taking music lessons in Hampstead. They were married for more than sixty years, ...Show more
Willie Apiata VC: the Reluctant Hero by Paul Little
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Corporal Willie Apiata became the first New Zealander since the Second World War to be awarded the Commonwealth's highest military award for his actions with the NZ SAS in Afghanistan. From his early life in small town East Coast New Zealand to his actions in the deserts of Afghanistan, this is his stor ...Show more