Kapitan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 (10) This meticulously researched, carefully documented, and lively biography examines German WWI submarine operations through the eyes of Hans Rose, a top WWI U-Boat commande... Verifica stoc
Great Train Robbery Confidential ♡ 18 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 IN 1981, Detective Inspector Satchwell was the officer in charge of the case against Train Robber Tom Wisbey and twenty others. The case involved massive
THE ART OF WAR SUN TZU ♡ 6 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.79/5 For more than 2,000 years, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and
Battle for Kharkov 1941 - 1943 ♡ 8 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 The four battles fought for Kharkov during the Second World War are often overshadowed by the battles for Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad, yet they were
Shortest Way Home ♡ 12 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 With soaring prose that celebrates a resurgent American Midwest, Shortest Way Home narrates the heroic transformation of a 'dying city' ( Newsweek ) into noth...
Let Me Tell You a Story ♡ 15 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 The spellbinding true story of a little girl's miraculous escape from the Nazis during the Second World War.
Gibraltar : The Greatest Siege in British History ♡ 15 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 Located between the Mediterranean and Atlantic, on the very edge of Europe, Gibraltar was a place of varied nationalities, languages, religions and social classes. Durin...
Ordinary Heroes ♡ 14 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 In 1982, 8,000 miles from home, in a harsh environment and without the newest and most sophisticated equipment, the numerically inferior British Task Force defeated
Speeches that Made History ♡ 7 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 Speeches that Made History is a collection of speeches, addresses, declarations and announcements that have shaped history. Some have changed the way people think, other...
The Great Rescue ♡ 12 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 Published in commemoration of the centennial of America’s entry into World War I, the story of the USS Leviathan, the legendary liner turned warship that
No God but Gain ♡ 16 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 'From 1501 to 1867 more than 12.5 million Africans were brought to the Americas in chains, and many millions died as a result of the
The 1st Household Cavalry Regiment 1943-44 ♡ 12 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 The mettle of the famous First Household Cavalry Regiment was tested to the maximum in action in the mountains of Italy in 1943-44. This book
Lessons from History ♡ 11 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 “Provocative, memorable and humorous – Deane never fails to entertain.” - Kwasi Kwarteng MP History is full to the brim with untold tales of heroics
Went the Day Well? ♡ 12 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 Drawing from the diaries, letters, reports and stories from participants and witnesses, the author describes in detail an hour-by hour account of the Battle of
Thomas Cromwell : The Rise and Fall of Henry VIII's Most Notorious Minister ♡ 7 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 The son of a brewer, Thomas Cromwell (1485-1540) rose to become Earl of Essex, Vice-Regent and High Chamberlain of England, Keeper of the Privy Seal
The Last of the Celts ♡ 14 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 Award-winning author Tanner has journeyed throughout the Celtic world--from the wilds of Northwest Scotland to the Isle of Man, and from Boston to Cape Breton--seeking
AUGUSTUS - FROM REVOLUTIONARY TO EMPEROR ♡ 13 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 Caesar Augustus schemed and fought his way to absolute power. He became Rome's first emperor and ruled for forty-four years before dying peacefully in his
Retreat ♡ 11 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 O privire asupra evacuării forțelor britanice și aliate din Dunkerque și alte porturi în timpul prăbușirii Franței în urma invaziei germane din mai 1940. A
Lucifer Rising British Intelligence and the Occult in the Second World War ♡ 9 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 Summer 1940. In the desperate fight against Nazi Germany, nothing is considered too outlandish, so the British secret services turn to figures from the occult
Pearls Before Poppies ♡ 14 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 'In February 1918, when the First World War was still being bitterly fought, prominent society member Lady Northcliffe conceived an idea to help raise funds
Lawson Lies Still in the Thames ♡ 16 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 The story of an ordinary seaman born in Scarborough who would go on to play a key role in some of the major events of
Death at Dawn ♡ 14 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 His ships delivered a crushing blow to the Nazi German squadron then occupying Narvik, the famous Arctic iron-ore port. Only moments later, a salvo of
A Brief History of the Battle of Agincourt ♡ 10 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 Few victories have been so complete, or achieved against such heavy odds, as that won by Henry V against Charles VI's army at Agincourt on
The Rise of Islamic State : ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution ♡ 14 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 Out of the failures of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Arab Spring and Syria, a new threat emerges. While Al Qaeda is weakened, new jihadi movements,
CAVE CANEM: ANIMALS AND ROMAN SOCIETY ♡ 4 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.79/5 In many ways, Roman attitudes to animals were similar to our own they kept animals as household pets, they farmed animals for meat and hunted
If It Moves, Salute It! ♡ 17 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 A series of encounters help to influence his progress from raw recruit to reluctant adulthood, encompassing his journey through the hazards of training to a
To War With Wellington: From The Peninsula To Waterloo ♡ 12 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 Using first-hand accounts written by generals, cavalrymen and foot-soldiers of the Duke of Wellington's army, Peter Snow conjures up the horror of the early 19th
Codename Suzette An Extraordinary Story of Resistance and Rescue in Nazi Paris ♡ 15 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 The thrilling and previously untold true story of Suzanne Spaak, who abandoned her life of opulence to save the Jewish children of Occupied Paris during
A Brief History of Mutiny by Richard Woodman ♡ 11 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 The notorious uprising on the Bounty has been elevated to iconic status by Hollywood, yet Richard Woodman describes it here as a mere 'pup' among
CONSPIRACY THEORIES ♡ 12 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 Enter the world of dark and sinister conspiracy theories with this engaging collection of the world's famous enigmas.
Return ♡ 11 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 'After growing up in Britain following exile from Palestine in 1948, Karmi returns to her homeland in the hope of helping with the peace process
Women of Westminster ♡ 11 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 In 1919 Nancy Astor was elected as the Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton, becoming the first woman MP to take her seat in the
Hero on the Western Front ♡ 15 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 The US effort in 1918, in what became known as the Hundred Days Offensive, was focused on the Argonne Forest. It was there that 1,200,000
Race for Tomorrow ♡ 11 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 HOW is China's green energy push driving a hazardous mining rush in Congo? WHY is a maverick scientist building a home for engineered mammoths in
Mythology of The Americans Nations ♡ 5 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.79/5 This is a reference guide to the mythology of the native North American, Maya, Aztec, Inca and earlier civilizations and cultures of the Americas. It
Holocaust Child : Lalechka ♡ 12 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 A little girl is smuggled out of a Jewish ghetto. Two courageous women. And an inspirational story of survival. In 1941 at the height of
The Devil In The White City ♡ 8 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 The author of In the Garden of Beasts brings turn-of-the-century Chicago to vivid life in this gripping history, a finalist for the National Book Award.
Combat Over the Trenches ♡ 15 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 Already an experienced combat pilot, he rose quickly through the ranks of the Australian Flying Corps, becoming a squadron leader and leading his unit at
Lincoln ♡ 13 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 This interactive biography of one of America's greatest presidents covers the entire life of Abraham Lincoln and includes a host of family photographs, official portrait...
Renegade Hero ♡ 11 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 Cold war helicopter ace Terry Peet lived for flying. He was a 'go anywhere, do anything,' Royal Air Force pilot with a reputation for 'sheer
A Brief History of Britain 1851-2021 ♡ 10 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 From the Great Exhibition's showcasing of British national achievement in 1851 to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Stratford in 2012 and on to
Valkyrie's Song ♡ 10 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 M.D. Lachlan's brooding and powerful tales of Vikings, Norse gods and werewolves have already won praise from, amongst others, Joe Abercrombie, Adam Roberts, Mike Carey
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy Of The Mass Media ♡ 5 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.79/5 O evaluare puternică a modului în care mass-media din SUA nu reușesc să ofere tipul de informații de care avem nevoie pentru a înțelege lumea.
Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump ♡ 13 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 After serving the highest office of American government, five men - Jimmy Carter, the late George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and
Sovereign of the Isles ♡ 12 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 This is the story of how the territory of the British nation was won and parts of it were lost. It was the English who
LENIN: A BIOGRAPHY ♡ 18 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 The critically acclaimed biography of Lenin by one of the greatest Russian history experts and bestselling author of Trotsky, Stalin and Comrades. Lenin is a
The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia ♡ 8 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 Peter Hopkirk's now classic work tells the extraordinary story of the Great Game, one of the most gripping sagas in imperial history, largely through the
On Intelligence: The History of Espionage and the Secret World ♡ 12 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 In this ground-breaking volume, Colonel John Hughes-Wilson charts the history of intelligence- from its biblical origins to the onset of the surveillance state in the
Spend Spend Spend ♡ 13 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 A History of Shopping tells the history of Britons as shoppers, from the Middle Ages to present day.
The War We Never Fought ♡ 14 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 Again and again British politicians, commentators and celebrities intone that 'The War on Drugs has failed'. They then say that this is an argument for
Action Stations Revisited ♡ 10 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 Military airfields in Kent, through Sussex, Hampshire up to Swindon in Wiltshire are all in this new third volume of the Action Stations Revisited series.
In a Time of Monsters ♡ 19 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 Returning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top American general, Emma Sky felt no sense
Code Name Caesar ♡ 11 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 In the waning days of World War II, a little-known battle took place under the frozen seas off the coast of Norway . . .
Empty Sky ♡ 12 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 One moment the sky would be full of aircraft wheeling and positioning for the best shot at the enemy a sky full of danger and
My Husband and I ♡ 12 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 When a young Princess Elizabeth met and fell in love with the dashing Naval Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, it wasn’t without complications.
D-Day The Soldiers' Story ♡ 10 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 'Compellingly authentic, revelatory and beautifully written. A gripping tour de force' Damien Lewis Almost seventy-five years have passed since D-Day, the day of the grea...
Read Dirt on America's Frontier Legends ♡ 13 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 The first in a new Wild West series: Learn the real stories behind the larger-than-life characters of the West. Characters like Daniel Boone, Davy Crocket,
The D-Day Experience ♡ 16 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 The 60th anniversary of D-Day will take place on 6 June 2004. Endorsed by the Imperial War Museum, and officially tied in with their D-Day
It All Adds Up ♡ 14 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A brief history of the mathematical ideas that have forever changed the world and the everyday people and pioneers behind them. Full
Eleven Days in August ♡ 10 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 'I had thought that for me there could never again be any elation in war. But I had reckoned without the liberation of Paris -