Many of the 617 Squadron crews who took part in the famous attacks on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams and also the raids on the Dortmund-Ems Canal did not return.
'A book about London; in other words, a book about everything' Peter Ackroyd, The TimesWalking the streets of London, Iain Sinclair traces nine routes across the territory of the capital.
A collection of British cartoons featuring Old Bill, "e;one of the best-loved characters of World War I,"e; created by a solider on the front lines (Warfare History Network).
Lost San Francisco takes readers on a journey back to the buildings, parks, stadia, ferries - even cemetaries and prisoners - that time and progress have swept aside.
Cornwall, so wird behauptet, sei mit seiner zerklüfteten Steilküste, den einsamen Buchten mit goldenem Sand, dem wild-romantischen Bodmin Moor und unzähligen immergrünen Flusstälern der schönste Landstrich Großbritanniens.
Along the way he met the people whose enthusiasm for the game has made it so durable - current and former internationals as well as others involved at all levels - as well as a few miserable old gits for balance.
The Day of the Dead Celebration is the most important holiday of the year in Mexico and parts of the American Southwest, a joyful time when families remember their dead.
Mit Frau und Baby nach Bullerbü – als Gunnar Herrmann das Angebot erhält, für die Süddeutsche Zeitung nach Stockholm zu gehen, klingt das für die junge Familie paradiesisch: Schweden mit seiner unberührten Natur und den roten Holzhäuschen.
A handy guide to around 140 of Ireland's most dramatic castles and strongholds, all of which are open to the public, with structures from across the whole island of Ireland.
Zehntausende zieht es jährlich auf Deutschlands größte Insel an die Küste, nach Binz, Göhren und Sellin, Kap Arkona, zur Stubbenkammer und zum Jagdschloss Granitz, nach Putbus und in den Rasenden Roland, nach Altenkirchen, Schloss Spycker und Ralswieck.
Follow Sue Perkins' extraordinary adventures across southern Asia in this fabulously funny travelling tale - inspired by her BBC 1 documentary series 'The Ganges with Sue Perkins' 'Vivid, laugh-out-loud, moving' Sunday Express'A few years ago I was asked if I'd like to make a documentary on the Mekong River, travelling from the vast delta in Vietnam to the remote and snowy peaks of Tibet.
