True war and combat stories

2006 in Helmand saw British forces engaged in the most ferocious fighting since the Korean War.

The final volume of Gardner's critically acclaimed biography of the Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment the sister company to the famed Band of Brothers this book traces the battalion's actions in the frantic final days of the war in Europe.

The Pointblank Directive is the result of extensive new research that creates a richly textured portrait of perhaps the last untold story of D-Day.

This antiquarian volume contains a fascinating and thrilling account of the escape of six soldiers from a prison at Danville in Virginia, America.

The shocking true story of a brutal kidnapping high in the mountains of Kashmir that marked the beginning of modern terrorism.

Aircrew on a bomber in World War II experienced a cold, tiring and perilous existence.

Alice Zwicker was the only service woman from Maine to be a prisoner of the enemy in either of the two World Wars.

This text contains Samuel Leech's fascinating account of his nautical adventures.

The first heroes of the air.

From the bestselling author of 'Fighter Boys', the true story of two ruthless adversaries and a wartime killing that shook the modern world.

'[A] tremendously evocative debut, a love story set in the hallucinatory atmosphere of war, described in translucent, fever-dream prose.

Ryuji Nagatsuka did not know, when he made an application to become a pilot in October 1943, that by the following autumn Japan's situation in the war would be so critical that the role for which he was destined would be part of the most incomprehensible phenomenon of the hostilities - that of a suicide pilot, known to the world as a kamikaze.

Forgotten is an extraordinary blend of military and social history - a story that pays tribute to the valour of an all-black battalion whose crucial contributions at D-Day have gone unrecognised to this day.

'The observer, wherever on the globe his eyes were turned, would have found no area immune from the struggle.

The Writers' War is a collection of excerpts from outstanding accounts of the First World War, a terrifying conflict that would otherwise be beyond our ability to imagine.

This book takes the reader, alongside Kipling, to the training camps of Kitchener's army in the south of England, to the lines of the French army and the villages just behind them, to sea with submarines, minesweepers and the big ships of Jutland, to the Alpine front between Italy and Austria-Hungary and alongside the Irish Guards as they fight in the first battles of the war in the summer of 1914.

First published in 1993 and now available as an ebook.

A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure - a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960sCondemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana.

"e;I looked around my cell and saw the sheet of paper taped to the door at chest height.

A gripping history of the Mediterranean campaigns from the first rumblings of conflict through the Second World War and into the uneasy peace of the late 1940s.

In 2018 the RAF is one hundred years old.

The ultimate story of escape to riches, revenge and redemption by 'the Napoleon of storytellers'.

This moving and timely book explores the way the First World War has been thought about and commemorated, and how it has affected its own, and later, generations.

Compelling and dramatic insights into crucial moments inside the cockpit.

Whicker's War and Journey of a Lifetime in one ebook for the first time.

Following on from the success of 'The Speckled People', Hugo Hamilton's new memoir recounts the summer he spent working at a local harbour in Ireland, at a time of tremendous fear and mistrust.

A rich account of the impact of the Second World War on the lives of people living in the farms and villages of Britain.

A completely original history of one of the most extraordinary movements in the world - the Girl Guides - and how they helped win the war.

A history of warfare distilled into 100 momentous battles - epic moments that have shaped our world.

In the wake of the attacks on New York and Washington many people believe we have entered a new world, but in this thought-provoking and thorough examination of the history of terrorism we can take comfort from the fact that we have been in this new world before - and survived.

Fifteen renowned authors from widely varied backgrounds examine the Vietnam War, providing a fresh insight into this controversial conflict, even for those who have 'read it all before'.

Fifteen renowned authors from widely varied backgrounds examine the Vietnam War, providing a fresh insight into this controversial conflict, even for those who have 'read it all before'.

Separating myth from reality, The Enemy Within traces the history of espionage from its development in ancient times through to the end of the Cold War and beyond.

A full and detailed history of the military sniper, from the American Civil War to the war on terror, packed with first-hand accounts.

Separating myth from reality, The Enemy Within traces the history of espionage from its development in ancient times through to the end of the Cold War and beyond.

A full and detailed history of the military sniper, from the American Civil War to the war on terror, packed with first-hand accounts.

World War II affected the lives of ordinary men and women more directly than any other conflict before or since.

Bomb Hunters tells the story of the British army's elite bomb disposal experts in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

This edition does not include illustrations.

Seventy years on, D-Day remains the greatest combined military operation of all time.

Fascinante, reveladora y poderosa, Francotirador la asombrosa autobiografía del Capitán SEAL Chris Kyle, el francotirador que tuvo el récord más alto en la historia militar estadounidense.

In a series of powerful accounts drawn from diaries, letters, sound archives and interviews recorded during the period of devastation, discovery and transformation that make the blitz such an outstanding event in Britain's recent past, "e;The Blitz"e; brings to life the intense experiences, as they happened all over Britain.

An extraordinary collection of reportage that tells the story of some of the most important world events of the past 16 years, from one of the most talented and intrepid female journalists at work today.

Every nation has its founding myth, and for modern China it is the Long March.

Personal stories from the men and women who volunteered to fight for a cause they passionately believed in.

An utterly gripping non-fiction adventure narrative, 'Lost in Shangri-La' is an untold true story of war, anthropology, survival, discovery, heroism, and a near-impossible rescue mission.

Filled with diverse letters and diary entries from the archives and rich resources across America, Don't Hurry Me Down to Hades sheds new light on the military events, politics, and personal sacrifices experienced during the War Between the States.

A legacy of an empire and a nation at war, Letters from the Front is a collection of correspondence sent by British and Commonwealth troops from the front line of war to their loved ones at home.

A legacy of an empire and a nation at war, Letters from the Front is a collection of correspondence sent by British and Commonwealth troops from the front line of war to their loved ones at home.