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The Terrible Hours: The Epic Rescue Of Men Trapped Beneath The Sea by Peter Maas
On the eve of WW2 The Squalus America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Miraculously 33 crew members still survived - The extraordinary story of the rescue attempt that was made
Conspiracy by Anthony Summers
22 November 1963 President Kennedy Murdered This book search for who killed and why
Joe's War - My Father Decoded: A Daughter's Search For Her Father's War by Annette Kobak
'It didn't occur to me to ask my father as I grew up why he had nothing from his past before the war - no pictures of himself when young, no family photographs, no mementos of any kind. He was a man without a past, and I failed to notice.' Annette Kobak's father, born in Czechoslovakia, escaped as a
Daughters Of Britannia by Katie Hickman
The well told history of the wives, daughters and sisters of our Ambassadors from 1661-1995. The book is written by the daughter of a Diplomat and describes the conditions in which these stalwart women prevailed.
Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
Alexandra Fuller was the daughter of white settlers in 1970s war-torn Rhodesia. "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" is a memoir of that time, when a schoolgirl was as likely to carry a shotgun as a satchel. Fuller tells a story of civil war; of a quixotic battle against nature and loss; and of her
The National Dream: The Great Railway, 1871-1881 by Pierre Berton
The Great railway 1871-1881, a stirring story of a newly formed nation (Canada) country's determination to build the worlds longest and costliest railway
The Mammoth Book Of How It Happened by Jon E. Lewis
This collection of first-hand experiences from the whole of history enables the reader to relive some of the world's greatest moments. Writers from Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plutarch, to Tom Wolfe, Primo Levi, Lillian Hellman, and Ernest Hemingway cover great tragedies from Pompeii to the Titanic,
The Gunpowder Plot: Terror And Faith In 1605 by Antonia Fraser
Britain's most popular historian uncovers the truth about Guy Fawkes' plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
Modern Britain: Life And Work Through Two Centuries Of Change by T.k. Derry and M.a. Jarman
The story of 3 modern Britains, firstly the transformation of a country of villages by the coming of the machine, and the transofrmation of life and work which came about by the impact of 2 world wars. Lastly its covers the gains and losses of two centurys of British history
The Bay Of Pigs And The Cia: Cuban Secret Files Reveal The Story Behind The 1961 Invasion by Juan Carlos Rodriguez
v class="productDescriptionWrapper"> For the first time, key Cuban files on the Bay of Pigs are published, in this dramatic enterpretation of a key episode in the Cold War. This version of the story is based on Cuban counterintelligence archives.
English Civil War (phoenix Giants) by Robert Ashton
Conservatism and Revolution 1603 - 1649, and excellent history
Railroad To Burma by James Boyle
A 25 year old Australian, James Boyle, was one of thousands of prisoners of war who worked in inhuman conditions to build the Thailand/Burma railway. He was determined to record his experiences, and those of his mates, at the limits of human endurance. Boyle sacrificed precious scraps of food for a
On His Majesty's Service (memoirs Of A Non-combatant Warrior) by Frank Foden
Malta during WW2
The Early Church From The Beginnings To 461 by W.h.c. Frend
Classic history of the formative period of the church - simple straightforward and un cluttered
Mid-victorian Britain, 1851-75 by Geoffrey Best
In this readable and informative study Professor Best places mid-Victorian Britain in its social, ecomonic and political context
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