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In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights for books the postage maybe adjusted at checkout.This is an illustrated notebook on the life of Australians in the Middle Eastern theatre of war. Almost all of the contents are the work of men on active service. Reports are included on most of the actions in which Australian forces have so far taken part. It has been possible to include in these reports much detail which has not hitherto been available to the public. Similarly among the photographs, there are some which have already been published and many which now emerge from military and other official sources for the first time. They have been selected primarily for their value as graphic records of fact. It is hoped that the result, in text and photography, may be a more intimate if still fragmentary understanding of the campaigns. The balance and perspective of true history cannot yet be brought to bear on events.The contributions published are necessarily a very small… Read More

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In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.In a world that has already felt the soul-shattering blow of the Great War, North America in 1934 is the powder keg that could ignite another global conflict - complete with a new generation of killing machines.Jake Featherston, leader of the Freedom Party, now rules the Confederate States of America and is taking his country and the world to the edge of an abyss.Charismatic, shrewd and addicted to conflict, Featherston is whipping the Confederate States into a frenzy of hatred. Blacks are being rounded up and sent to prison camps and the persecution has just begun.The North stumbles through a succession of leaders, still locked in a bitter, bloody occupation of Canada, facing an intractable rebellion in Utah and fatigued from a war in the Pacific against Japan. Is the USA strong enough now to endure if Featherston seizes his chance and declares war?

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The Australian War Memorial's art collection numbers many thousands of works - sketches, paintings and sculpture - which represent the output of war artists both official and unofficial during a span of more than eighty years. Begun by C.E.W. Bean after the First World War, the collection is now the most comprehensive in Australia and reveals a facet of Australian history and culture all too frequently overlooked.Volume I surveys the artists and their war art from 1885 up to and including the Great War. Some of the most famous names in Australian painting are represented here in an entirely different light, including Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and other 'Heidelberg School' painters, as well as artists best known for their imposing First World War battle pictures, such as George Lambert and H. Septimus Power. In addition to major artists and art works depicting and recording primarily the… Read More

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights for books the postage maybe adjusted at checkout.A battle is an awe-inspiring and a terrible event, no matter whether it be fought with sword, lance, pike and cross-bow; musket, sabre and cannon; or machine-gun, high velocity shells and tanks and aircraft. In battle a large number of men fight each other to the death; many are killed, many wounded. War is ugly, battle is brutal.Yet there is another side to it, which does not alter the main fact that war and battle are horrible. In battle men willingly risk death or mutilation for what they believe to be right. One would not say that every soldier who has fought in battle went voluntarily, or even understood what he was fighting for. Yet there are always some, often many, who fight and kill for what they believe to be a just cause. Ordinary men become inspired to unexpected heights of courage and become selfless. Many a man has fought willingly, and died without complaining, because… Read More

In very good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Sergeant Mark Bayley was a flying ace before he was shot down over German lines in 1918. As he falls in love with German nurse Karolina, things look perfect - even for his motherless son John, whom Karolina adopts.As long as Karolina lives there is harmony, but after her death, their son Max finds himself seduced by the German Fatherland. The brothers will fight on opposite sides of the coming war...

In good condition - has markings from use - personal inscription inside - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Australian horse-breaker and balladist Harry Morant was executed in South Africa in 1902 after service in the Boer War. Breaker Morant shows that Morant's shooting of Boer prisoners was probably the result of a command inciting his patrol to vengeance. Lord Kitchener, who signed Morant's death warrant, was possibly appeasing the German Emperor, since a German missionary also died...but Morant had advised this missionary to defend himself from the dangerous Boers. Undoubtedly the brave Morant suffered questionable British justice.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.In Burgundy, France in 1926, a famed archaeologist dies a terrible death in a country not his own...Thus begins CWA Historical Dagger Award winner Barbara Cleverly's dazzling new mystery novel. And soon aspiring archaeologist Laetitia Talbot will find herself embroiled in a murderous conspiracy centuries in the making.Letty's joy at snaring a place in the excavation of an ancient church in Burgundy is dimmed by the tragedy of her godfather Daniel's violent death. But when Letty receives a posthumous encoded message, she begins to believe that Daniel's death was not a random act. Her investigation into Daniel's murder sends her on a journey into a country's remote history...into the orbit of a privileged French family harbouring its own damning secret...into ancient Celtic mysteries and one sacred truth kept through the ages. It is an explosive revelation that could rock modern… Read More

Quality Book Club edition - in good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights for books the postage maybe adjusted at checkout.This is the drama of 24 hours of war, the revealing story of the sensational breakout of the German cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau from Brest, their passage through the Straits of Dover and eventual arrival in German waters. Terence Robertson, who served in the Navy during the war, tells an amazing story and examines the events which led up to a climax which shocked the British public who had hitherto regarded the Channel as ours. He describes the superb courage of Esmonde, v.c. who led his squadron of obsolete Swordfish in a gallant but hopeless attack on the cruisers.Channel Dash will arouse keen controversy in the Services and among the general public.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Germany 1941.It was the most incredible plan. No one gave them a chance. British officers Hugh Hartley and Malcolm Royce achieved what some believed to be impossible and escaped from the infamous Oflag IVc - Colditz Castle. But as they are about to cross the Swiss border Royce is shot. He begs Hartley to save himself and, wracked with guilt, Hartley leaves his friend behind.London 1973.Hartley is a senior MI6 officer and a shadowy contact tips him off that Royce could still be alive and being held in Colditz - now a lunatic asylum. Desperate to know what really happened to his comrade, Hartley sets out on a perilous mission. He's back in Colditz, and about to discover that Royce may have been involved in something far more sinister than trying to escape...

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.'I wasn't happy. I wasn't unhappy. I was there at that time and that was all. I didn't involve myself in philosophical reflections, but my mind was like a camera, imprinting forever the idyllic beauty of the European summer of 1939.'The idyll does not last long. Within days a young Jewish girl and her family are engulfed by the Second World War in Warsaw, Poland. Outside the concentration camps and mostly outside the ghetto, the adolescent heroine and her family experience the war as civilians with a secret.Living in a country house, they survive on false papers and 'good looks', while hiding four of their close relatives in the cellar. One day, they have to cope with waves of German soldiers bursting through their houses; the next moment, the Warsaw ghetto burns; another day, they wake to find the front line in their front garden.The author recreates this inhuman world… Read More

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Based on the true story of the Nazi massacre of a French village in 1944, an unforgettable tale of love and redemption from the bestselling author of The German Girl.
Inspired by one of the most shocking atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis, the 1944 massacre of all the inhabitants of the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in the south of France, The Daughter's Tale is a beautifully crafted family saga of love, survival and hope against all odds.

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In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Sally Downing contributes to the war effort by flying new aircraft to the airfields. When she is attacked by a Messerschmitt, she is mortified at the idea of losing the plane, as much as she is terrified of losing her life - but at the last minute an RAF Hurricane swoops from the clouds to rescue her.The hero is Vaclav Capkova, a Czech pilot based in Britain. They become close, but at the end of the war he returns to his homeland and the fiancée he left behind. However, things have changed and Vaclav can't forget Sally, who finds herself feeling the same. Unhappy with the Communist regime, Vaclav plans to 'borrow' a plane, and escapes to meet up with his old love.

Quality Book Club Edition - in good condition - has markings from use - due to weights differing for books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.For the first time the full story is told here of the birth and growth of that strange band of under-water operators - the Frogmen. First came the long and arduous training which united those who passed the searching tests in a close camaraderie. Then, clad in fantastic rubber suits, some crawled on the muddy bottoms of harbours looking for mines, some bestrode torpedoes, others slipped through the darkness in midget submarines. Lockgates were blown, patriots spirited away, the only clue an occasional bubble on the surface of the water. The Frogmen operated in a new world, a world of mystery and unseen dangers, the weird under-water world.The Frogmen is a magnificent tribute to the almost fantastic courage and skill of officers and men of the Royal Navy and to our scientists. But "courage knows no international frontiers" and the authors have paid full tribute… Read More

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights for books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout."They rode death as they once rode horses."September 1942. Here is the unforgettable story of the gallant men of the A.I.F. - the hard-bitten, fatalistic Diggers of the Western Desert. Eric Lambert, who has himself shared their bitter experiences, skilfully depicts the men and their reactions as they come face to face with death and all its gruesome, shocking reality.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Before the Second World War breaks, Chevrons, the idyllic country house where the Garlands have lived for centuries, has already been touched by events in Europe. To the horror of her family, Katherine, the eldest daughter, has run off to join the Nazis. On the outbreak of war, Caro, her younger sister, her friend Robyn, and the maids, Trixie and Betty, leave Chevrons to help the war effort, and the old house is left to be managed by men too old to fight.In London, Caro and Robyn are joined by Edwina, a beautiful Irish girl with such striking looks that she catches the eye of the future Prime Minister. While Caro and Robyn join the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, Edwina is singled out for undercover work of a most glamorous nature.All the girls meet and fall in love with a succession of young men, most of whom, it seems to them, are fated to die young, - even Walter, the witty… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.When World War II is declared, wealthy banker Henry Granville moves his family away from the dangers of bomb-torn London to Hartley Hall in Surrey. But even away from the city, life at home remains turbulent.Eldest daughter, Rosie, lives nearby with her two children, but her marriage is far from happy, and the temptations that come with her husband's absence lead to regret and heartache. Juliet, on the other hand, faces the greatest tragedy a woman can experience, without the support of the only man she ever loved, Daniel Lawrence.Desparate to forget her past, Juliet becomes a Red Cross nurse, braving the carnage of the Blitz. Fifteen-year-old Louise gets fatefully involved with East End refugee Jack, while Amanda and little Charlotte strive to help with food rationing by keeping stock. Only their mother, Liza, seems unable to lose her regrets at the loss of their privileged… Read More

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights for books postage maybe adjusted at checkout.This, as its name shows, is a collection of prophecies about the present war, gathered from various sources. It is introduced by a discussion of prophecy in general, including a chapter on the predictions of Nostradamus, of which there are naturally a good many relating to the present time; but there are also prophecies from Poland, Lorraine, and other places, some of which are relatively ancient, others modern. It is remarkable to note the agreement between them about the way in which, and the time when, the war will end.

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The U-Boat was the pride of the German fleet, and the Nazi leaders knew how important was the success of their underwater warfare. Hitler gave orders that every U-Boat loss should be reported to him immediately. In August 1941, however, there was a loss for which Doenitz could not account. The submarine U-570 suddenly vanished off the face of the ocean. Some time later, German Intelligence received alarming reports that a ghost U-Boat was operating against her sister ships! U-570 had, in fact been "captured" by a British aircraft - one of the only two German submarines that ever surrendered - and she was now fighting the wolf packs as H.M.S. Graph. She actually sank another U-Boat.The author, peace-time writer and war-time naval officer, has had access to both British and German official records, and by tracking down survivors and hearing their first-hand accounts, has pieced together the… Read More