Military history

Among You is the gripping real-life story of a soldier serving on the front line in Iraq and Afghanistan, and an unforgettable, unflinching account of the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder.

During the last months of Hitler's Berlin, an estimated 30,000 German teenagers perished defending their beloved Fhrer in the Russian onslaught.

The Dodger is the long-awaited story of Johnny Dodge, a wartime hero and a pivotal figure in the escapade immortalised in the legendary Hollywood film The Great Escape.

The extraordinary drama of Malta's WWII victory against impossible odds told through the eyes of the people who were there.

A major new history of the most infamous battle of the First World War, as described by the men who fought it.

The inside story of the most daring SAS rescue mission everIn September 2000 eleven British soldiers were captured by a notorious militia gang in Sierra Leone.

Why the British forces fought so badly in World War II and who was to blameGordon Corrigan's Mud, Blood and Poppycock overturned the myths that surround the First World War.

*; Presents a traditional ';cure-all' or leechbook of the ailments the Crusaders would have encountered and the remedies their mediciners would have employed, including recipes for many cures and instructions *; Includes a comprehensive herbal, listing all the medicinal plants and materials needed to make the remedies, potions, elixirs, and unctions of the cure-all *; Details the author's travels in the steps of the Crusader physicians where he met with healers still employing the mediciners' practices During the Crusades, chivalric knightly orders, such as the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller, brought along monastic mediciners to treat the sick and wounded.

See the secret and dangerous world of submarine life and warfare like never before.

When Martha Summerhayes left her cozy New England home and married a cavalry officer in the late 19th century, she had no idea what she signed up for.

The CIAs 2013 release of its book The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance 19541974 is a fascinating and important historical document.

General Robert E.

Originally published in 1941, this book of military ordnance was written in order to bring information to the non-military public during the time of uncertainty that marked the beginnings of the United States involvement in World War II.

This frontier classic is one of the best books written about the worlds greatest cattle trail, the Chisholm Trail, a trail that was approximately eight hundred miles long, running from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas.

Learn the unbelievable true history of the great warrior tribes of Mexico.

A dramatic true story of captivity on the American frontier.

The thrilling adventures of traveler, rancher, and fighter Big-Foot Wallace in a bygone era of the American frontier.

The classic journal and firsthand account of one of the most disastrous military battles of the American frontier.

First published in 1907, Military Memoirs of a Confederate is regarded by many historians as one of the most important and dispassionate first-hand general accounts of the American Civil War.

The French Foreign Legion has built a reputation as one of the worlds most formidable and colorful military institutions.

This book is a masterpiece.

Light-Horse Harry blazes across the pages of Ryan Coles narrative like a meteorand his final crash is as destructive.

Just who was Erwin Rommel?

Think You Know Everything about the death of Hitler?

Think You Know Everything about the Lincoln Assassination?

The Great Lie of the Civil War If you think the Civil War was fought to end slavery, you've been duped.

Civil War Ironclads and CommandosHere at last is an action-packed portrait of one of America's greatest but little-remembered Civil War heroes, Commander William Barker Cushing, who sank the Confederate ironclad Albemarle in a spectacular mission in 1864.

It was one of the bloodiest sieges of the wara siege that drove men, women, and children to seek shelter in caves underground; where shortages of food drove people to eat mules, rats, even pets; where the fighting between armies was almost as nothing to the privations suffered by civilians who were under constant artillery bombardmentevery pane of glass in Vicksburg was broken.

This book will delight both animal lovers and military buffs!

For men on destroyer-class warships during World War I and World War II, battles were waged ';against overwhelming odds from which survival could not be expected.

The first, comprehensive military history of armed confrontations between humans and extraterrestrials *; Includes documentation of incidents from World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the ongoing hostilities in the Middle East *; Reveals the U.

Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person account of World War II: the true story of an American paratrooper who survived D-Day, was captured and imprisoned in a Nazi work camp, and made a daring escape to freedom.

NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe Way Forward will help every reader master their own challengesthis is a must-read book!

"e;Magnificently researched, brilliantly written, Lethal Tides is immenselyentertaining and reads like an action novel.

"e;Exceptional military history worthy of its heroic subject.

"e;Poignant .

Dieses eBook: "Kriegsberichte eines Realisten: Kriegsgefangen - Erlebtes 1870 + Reisebriefe vom Kriegsschauplatz" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

"e;A remarkable and important story"e; BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour"e;Unputdownable .

'I have always been fascinated by that charismatic hero of the Resistance, Josephine Baker, but it turns out I didn't know the half of it.

'A vital and timely introduction to some of the best books I've ever read.

"e;Operation Vengeanceis colorful, intimate, eye-popping history, delivered at a breakneck pace.

THE NEW BOOK THE TRAITORS CIRCLE OUT NOW FROM JONATHAN FREEDLANDSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE, RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE, WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR AND LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE LITERARY PRIZEA MAIL ON SUNDAY, THE TIMES, THE ECONOMIST, GUARDIAN, THE SPECTATOR, TIME, AND DAILY EXPRESS/DAILY MIRROR BOOK OF THE YEAR'Thrilling' Daily Mail'Gripping' Guardian'Heartwrenching' Yuval Noah Harari'Magnificent' Philip Pullman'Excellent' Sunday Times'Inspiring' Daily Mail'An immediate classic' Antony Beevor'Awe-inspiring' Simon Sebag Montefiore'Shattering' Simon Schama'Utterly compelling' Philippe Sands'A must-read' Emily Maitlis'Indispensable' Howard JacobsonApril 1944.

'DEVASTATINGLY AFFECTING' THE TIMES'EMOTIONALLY COMPELLING' OBSERVERIn 1933, as Hitler came to power, schoolteacher Anna Essinger hatched a daring plan: to smuggle all her pupils out of Nazi Germany under the nose of the Gestapo.

An Army medic and Silver Star recipient shares a visceral firsthand account of D-Day in this acclaimed, New York Times bestselling WWII memoir.

From national bestselling author and acclaimed military historian Robert L.

"e;A truly thrilling expose of the previously unknown Nazi assassination plot that could have changed history.

In "e;a gritty, first-person account"e; from an American officer in the Pacific theater battle, "e;one can hear Shaw's voice as if he were sitting beside you"e; (Wall Street Journal).

A man uncovers his father's real-life heroism serving during World War II and saving hundreds from the Nazis-and the lasting effects of his courage today in this "e;page-turning memoir"e; (Publishers Weekly (starred review)).

The InstantNew York TimesBestseller"e;I could not put this extraordinary book down.