I, Rene Tardi, Prisoner of War at Stalag Iib Vol. 3: After the War (Tardi)(Pevná vazba)

I, Rene Tardi, Prisoner of War at Stalag Iib Vol. 3: After the War (Tardi)(Pevná vazba)

After five agonizing years as a prisoner of war and five months on a grueling march homeward, Rene Tardi, the legendary cartoonist's father, is awarded fifteen days of military leave. Rene struggles to rebuild his health, reconnect with his family, and imagine his future. With limited job

I, Rene Tardi, Prisoner of War in Stalag Iib Vol. 2: My Return Home (Tardi)(Pevná vazba)

The second volume of Stalag IIB begins when captured French soldier Rene Tardi finally gets a taste of freedom, as prisoners and German officers alike are forced to evacuate the POW camp he has languished in for the past four years. Thus begins the long, grueling journey eastward, where Tardi and

Stalag 383 Bavaria: A History of the Camp, the Escapes and the Liberation (Wynn Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

Stalag 383 was somewhat unique as a Second World War prisoner of war camp. Located in a high valley surrounded by dense woodland and hills in Hofenfels, Bavaria, it began life in 1938 as a training ground for the German Army. At the outbreak of war it was commandeered by the German authorities for

Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder: The Complete Noir of Manchette and Tardi Vol. 2 (Tardi)(Pevná vazba)

The second of two volumes presenting all four hardboiled graphic crime novels by Jean-Patrick Manchette and Tardi. Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot -- Martin Terrier, killer-for-hire, needs just one more big job so that he can turn in his guns for good and return home to marry his childhood

Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder: The Complete Graphic Noir of Manchette & Tardi Vol. 1 (Tardi)(Pevná vazba)

In the never-before-collected Griffu, the titular character is a legal advisor, not a private eye, but even he knows that when a sultry blonde appears in his office after hours, he shouldn't trust her -- and she doesn't disappoint. Griffu is soon ensnared in a deadly web of sexual betrayal, real

Tunnelling to Freedom - The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III (Yomtov Nel)(Pevná vazba)

Experience the incredible story of the brave men who tunnelled to escape a German prisoner-of-war camp. Readers will learn about the planners, task leaders and key players of the escape from Stalag Luft

Survival at Stalag Ivb: Soldiers and Airmen Remember Germany's Largest POW Camp of World War II (Vercoe Tony)(Paperback)

In addition to concentration camps, World War II Germany was also home to 54 prisoner-of-war camps, the largest of which was Stalag IVB. Throughout the more than five years of its existence, Stalag IVB supported numerous satellite camps, eventually housing thousands of prisoners of many

The Solitary Spy: A Political Prisoner in Cold War Berlin (Boyd Douglas)(Pevná vazba)

Of the 2.3 million National Servicemen conscripted during the Cold War, 5,000 attended the secret Joint Services School for Linguists, tasked with supplying much-needed Russian speakers to the three services. The majority were in RAF uniform, as the Warsaw Pact saw air forces become the greatest

Firefly: The Unification War Vol. 1 (Whedon Joss)(Pevná vazba)

A new era of Firefly starts here, as the secret history of the Unification War is revealed at last From Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Avengers) comes a new era of Firefly, as the definitive story of the Unification War is told at last Captain Malcolm Reynolds thought he could outrun his

The Medic: A World War II Story of Imprisonment, Hope, and Survival (Swedberg Claire E.)(Pevná vazba)

Henry Chamberlain was one of the longest-term prisoners of war in World War II. Taken prisoner in the American surrender at Bataan in April 1942, he remained in Japanese captivity until September 1945. During three and a half years of imprisonment, as a medic he was a unique and unfortunate witness

Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal After World War II (Hirsch Francine)(Pevná vazba)

Organized in the immediate aftermath of World War Two by the victorious Allies, the Nuremberg Trials were intended to hold the Nazis to account for their crimes -- and to restore a sense of justice to a world devastated by violence. As Francine Hirsch reveals in this immersive, gripping, and

Stalinism at War: The Soviet Union in World War II (Edele Mark)(Pevná vazba)

Stalinism at War tells the epic story of the Soviet Union in World War Two. Starting with Soviet involvement in the war in Asia and ending with a bloody counter-insurgency in the borderlands of Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltics, the Soviet Union's war was both considerably longer and more

The War Beat, Pacific: The American Media at War Against Japan (Casey Steven)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive history of American war reporting in the Pacific theater of World War II, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After almost two years slogging with infantrymen through North Africa, Italy, and France, Ernie Pyle immediately realized he was

From the Ashes - Reconstruction of Flanders Fields after the Great War(Pevná vazba)

A historical overview of the revival of a region so heavily scourged by the Great War and new insights a century

Ruin and Renewal - Civilising Europe After the Second World War (Betts Paul)(Pevná vazba)

A major new history of post-war

From Shanghai to the Burma Railway: The Memoirs and Letters of Richard Laird, a Japanese Prisoner of War (Laird Rory)(Pevná vazba)

Richard Laird's previously unpublished record of his wartime experience as a Japanese prisoner of war ranks among the most graphic of this shocking and deservedly popular genre.Captured after fighting in the Malayan Campaign he was incarcerated in Changi before being drafted as slave labor with 'F'

Wrath of the Dragon King, Volume 2 (Mull Brandon)(Pevná vazba)

Dragons have declared war on humanity After a humiliating defeat at the hands of Kendra and Seth, Celebrant, King of Dragons, prepares to unleash his fury and take control of his native preserve. Two of the seven dragon sanctuaries have already fallen. Will Wyrmroost be next? Armed with secret

Rations of the German Wehrmacht in World War II: Vol 2 (Pool Jim)(Pevná vazba)

Gods at War - Understanding Three Millennia of Religious Conflict (Thomson Oliver)(Pevná vazba)

The use and abuse of religious belief in the age-old history of conflict. Gods at War examines the role played by

The Investigator: Demons of the Balkan War (Dzuro Vladimr)(Pevná vazba)

The war that broke out in the former Yugoslavia at the end of the twentieth century unleashed unspeakable acts of violence committed against defenseless civilians, including a grizzly mass murder at an Ovčara pig farm in 1991. An international tribunal was set up to try the perpetrators of crimes

After Stalingrad: Seven Years as a Soviet Prisoner of War (Holl Adelbert)(Paperback)

Eyewitness account by a German soldier of seven years in Soviet captivity after the Battle of

Champagne, Uncorked: The House of Krug and the Timeless Allure of the World's Most Celebrated Drink (Tardi Alan)(Pevná vazba)

The epitome of effervescence and centerpiece of celebration, Champagne has become a universal emblem of good fortune, and few can resist its sparkle In Champagne, Uncorked, Alan Tardi journeys into the heartland of the world's most beloved wine. Anchored by the year he spent inside the prestigious

A Falklands Family at War: Diaries of the 1982 Conflict (Bennett Neville)(Pevná vazba)

The Welsh at War: Through Mud to Victory: Third Ypres and the 1918 Offensives (John Steven)(Pevná vazba)

The Welsh at War trilogy is the culmination of over twelve years of painstaking research by the author into the Welsh men and infantry units who fought in the Great War. These units included the four regular regiments - the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers Welsh Regiment and Welsh