Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II (Zuckoff Mitchell)(Paperback)

Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II (Zuckoff Mitchell)(Paperback)

A New York Times bestseller, the extraordinary World War II mission to rescue survivors of a U.S. military plane crash in an isolated corner of the South Pacific, and the ancient indigenous tribe members that aided those stranded on the ground in this 'Shangri-La.' Award-winning former Boston Globe

Liberation - Inspired by the incredible true story of World War II's greatest heroine Nancy Wake (Kealey Imogen)(Paperback / softback)

Inspired by the incredible true story of the most decorated servicewoman of the second world war. Nancy Wake was an Australian girl who, aged, 16 ran away from her abusive mother to the other side of the world. Nancy Wake was a wife who, when her husband was snatched by the Gestapo, fought to be

Operation Mincemeat - The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II (Macintyre Ben)(Paperback / softback)

From the bestselling author of Agent Zigzag. The thrilling true story of the greatest and most successful wartime deception ever attemptedA Richard & Judy Book Club

Heart of the World - A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise (Baker Ian)(Paperback / softback)

Ian Baker's memoir of his journey to the long-hidden source of the Shangri-La myth - 'one of the most extraordinary tales of adventure and discovery ever told' (San Francisco

Survival & Rescue Equipment of World War II-Army Air Forces and U.S. Navy Vol.2 (Clingenpeel Dustin)(Pevná vazba)

Wolf - A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West (Blakeslee Nate)(Paperback / softback)

A New Statesman Book of the Year: The story of the one of the world's most famous animals and its reintroduction to Yellowstone

The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Spitfire: The History of Britain's Most Iconic Aircraft of World War II, in Over 250 Photographs (Cawthorne Nigel)(Paperback)

This title retells the story of the iconic aircraft of World War II. It goes to the heart of the action, showing what it was like to fly a spitfire in the Battle of Britain, and tells the moving stories of the brave young pilots who flew this all-conquering

Operation Garbo: The Personal Story of the Most Successful Spy of World War II (Pujol Juan)(Paperback)

Juan Pujol Garcia, better known as Garbo, was perhaps the most influential spy of World War II. By feeding false information to the Germans on the eve of the D-Day landings he ensured their absence in great numbers from Normandy's beaches. This allowed the Allied push against Hitler to begin

Wojtek the Bear: Polish War Hero (Ascherson Neal)(Paperback)

This is the inspiring and charming true story of one of the Second World War's most unusual combatants - a 500-pound cigarette smoking, beer-drinking brown bear. Originally adopted as a mascot by the Polish Army in Iran, Wojtek soon took on a more practical role, carrying heavy mortar rounds for

Catalpa Rescue - The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison story in Australian and Irish history (FitzSimons Peter)(Paperback / softback)

The Catalpa Rescue is the gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history by the much-loved Peter

Port of No Return: Enemy Alien Internment in World War II New Orleans (Miller Marilyn G.)(Paperback)

While most people are aware of the World War II internment of thousands of Japanese citizens and residents of the United States, few know that Germans, Austrians, and Italians were also apprehended and held in internment camps under the terms of the Enemy Alien Control Program. Port of No Return

Alive - The True Story of the Andes Survivors (Read Piers Paul)(Paperback / softback)

The passengers are hopelessly lost in one of the most isolated places on earth. ABANDONEDAlmost three months later, two of the survivors, emaciated and frozen, reach the authorities and lead a rescue team to the remaining fourteen passengers. ALIVEThe rescue team are shocked when they reach the

Escobar, Drugs, Guns, Money,Power

The incredible bestselling true story of the rise and reign of the most wanted criminal in history, told by the one man who was with him every step of the way – his brother Roberto.Murderer, philanthropist, drug dealer, politician, devil, saint: many words have been used to describe Pablo

Who Will Believe You? - My story of survival, and finding the courage to fight back (Chown Kim)(Paperback / softback)

The most shocking true story of child abuse ever

Confidence Men - How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History (Fox Margalit)(Pevná vazba)

The astonishing true story of two First World War prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all

Wonders All Around: The Incredible True Story of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II and the First Untethered Flight in Space (McCandless III Bruce)(Pevná vazba)

The Man You Never Knew You KnewIt's one of the most powerful and popular images in the history of space exploration: an astronaut in a snow-white spacesuit, untethered and floating alone in an expanse of blue. Bruce McCandless II is the man in that spacesuit, and Wonders All Around: The Incredible

A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies (Taithe Bertrand)(Paperback)

A history of the Greek resistance in the Second World War discusses one of the most troubled and fascinating aspects of modern Greek and European history: the anti-axis resistance. It is a pioneering history of the men and women who waged the struggle against the axis as members of the armed

The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon (Kershaw Alex)(Paperback)

The epic story of the vastly outnumbered platoon that stopped Germany's leading assault in the Ardennes forest and prevented Hitler's most fearsome tanks from overtaking American positions On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under the command

Reykjavik Confessions - The Incredible True Story of Iceland's Most Notorious Murder Case (Cox Simon)(Paperback / softback)

War Doctor - Surgery on the Front Line (Nott David)(Paperback / softback)

The gripping true story of a front-line trauma surgeon in the world's most dangerous war

Winston Churchill's Toyshop: The Inside Story of Military Intelligence (Research) (MacRae Stuart)(Paperback)

The inside story of one of the most famous of all the 'back rooms' of the Second World War - and of the men and women who worked for it. Conceived by Winston Churchill to circumvent the delays, frustrations and inefficiencies of the service ministries, Department M.D.1. earned from its detractors

Spartacus War (Strauss Barry)(Paperback / softback)

The story of the most famous revolt of the ancient world, and its legendary leader, Spartacus the

Irishman - Originally published as I Heard You Paint Houses (Brandt Charles)(Paperback / softback)

The incredible true story of the death of Jimmy Hoffa, the most famous hit in Mafia history. Now a major motion

Then They Came For Me - A Story of Injustice and Survival in Iran's Most Notorious Prison (Bahari Maziar)(Paperback / softback)

The gripping story of a UK journalist imprisoned and tortured in Iran and the global campaign for his