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Auschwitz Photographer: Based on the True Story of Prisoner 3444 Wilhelm Brasse by Luca Crippa; Maurizio Onnis
$38.00 NZD
Category: War
'I looked death in the eyes. I did it fifty thousand times...' Wilhelm Brasse When Germany invaded Wilhelm Brasse's native Poland in 1939, he was asked to swear allegiance to Hitler and join the Wehrmacht. He refused. He was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp as political prisoner number 3444. A ...Show more
Hitler's Horses: The Incredible True Story of the Detective Who Infiltrated the Nazi Underworld by Arthur Brand
$35.00 NZD
Category: War
The true story of a detective, two bronze horses and the dictator who set the world on fire. When detective Arthur Brand is summoned to a meeting with one of the most dangerous men in the art world, he learns that a clue has emerged that could solve one of the Second World War's unexplained mysteries- w ...Show more
The Nine Hundred: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam; Caroline Moorehead
$27.99 NZD
Category: War
'Books such as this are essential: they remind modern readers of events that should never be forgotten' - Caroline Moorehead On March 25, 1942, nearly a thousand young, unmarried Jewish women boarded a train in Poprad, Slovakia. Filled with a sense of adventure and national pride, they left their parent ...Show more
Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from the Battlefront by James Patterson
$37.00 NZD
Category: War
Written with Matt Eversmann, the real-life hero of Black Hawk Down, James Patterson brings us true stories of life on the battlefront In Walk in My Combat Boots, men and women from all branches of the US military - Army, Navy Air Force, Marine Corps - share the moments of their service that matter most. ...Show more
Spitfire Women of World War II by Giles Whittell
$26.00 NZD
Category: War
The story of the unsung heroines who flew the newest, fastest, aeroplanes in World War II -- mostly in southern England where the RAF was desperately short of pilots. Why would the well-bred daughter of a New England factory-owner brave the U-boat blockades of the North Atlantic in the bitter winter of ...Show more
Blood Gun Money - Firearms Trafficking along America's Iron River by Ioan Grillo
$33.00 NZD
Category: War
From the author of El Narco, a searing investigation into the enormous black market for firearms, essential to cartels and gangs in the drug trade and contributing to the epidemic of mass shootings. The gun control debate is revived with every mass shooting. But far more people die from gun deaths on th ...Show more
Red Lead: The Legendary Australian Ship's Cat Who Survived the Sinking of HMAS Perth and the Thai-Burma Railway by Roland Perry
$33.00 NZD
Category: War
The legendary Australian ship's cat who survived the sinking of HMAS Perth and the Thai-Burma Railway. Just after midnight on the 1st March 1942, Australia's most celebrated cruiser, HMAS Perth, was sunk by Japanese naval forces in the Sunda Strait off the coast of Java. Of the 681 men aboard, 328 survi ...Show more
The Splendid and the Vile : A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Bombing of London by Erik Larson
$37.99 NZD
Category: War
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz "A bravura performance by one of America's greatest storytellers."--NPR NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2020 BY The ...Show more
Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John Nichol
$38.00 NZD
Category: War
'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of S ...Show more
Redeployment by Phil Klay
$0.00 NZD
Category: War | Series: Canons Ser.
The New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning story collection which takes readers to the frontline of the Iraq wars. 'A must read' - Guardian
Wings over Water - The Story of the World's Greatest Air Race and the Birth of the Spitfire by Jonathan Glancey
$45.00 NZD
Category: War
The thrilling story of the Schneider Trophy, a series of glamorous air races that captivated both sides of the Atlantic and became a driver and celebration of speed and engineering prowess.
Stories of Hope: Finding Inspiration in Everyday Lives by Heather Morris
$33.00 NZD
Category: War
Heather Morris, author of the internationally bestselling novels The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey, grew up on a farm in rural New Zealand. On her way back across the paddocks from school, Heather would visit her great-grandfather and listen to his experiences of war - stories he told only ...Show more
