No Way Out: The Untold Story of the B-24 Lady Be Good and Her Crews (Whitby Steven R.)(Pevná vazba)

No Way Out: The Untold Story of the B-24 Lady Be Good and Her Crews (Whitby Steven R.)(Pevná vazba)

It was the first and only combat mission for the B-24 Liberator 'Lady Be Good.' On April 4, 1943, she left her base on the North African coast of Libya to bomb the port city of Naples, Italy. She never returned to base. It was not until the spring of 1959 that 'Lady Be Good' was discovered by a BP

Himmler's Hostages: The Untold Story of Himmler's Special Prisoners and the End of WWII (Wall Tom)(Pevná vazba)

The dramatic adventures of inveterate escapees who tunneled their way out of Sachsenhausen concentration camp.This book tells the true story of Himmler's plan to use prominent WWII concentration camp prisoners as hostages in an attempt to engage the Western Powers in negotiations. At the center of

Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal (Lasso Marixa)(Pevná vazba)

The Panama Canal's untold history--from the Panamanian point of view. Sleuth and scholar Marixa Lasso recounts how the canal's American builders displaced 40,000 residents and erased entire towns in the guise of bringing modernity to the tropics. The Panama Canal set a new course for the modern

The Good Assassin: How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia (Talty Stephan)(Pevná vazba)

Inspiration for the hit new podcast 'Hunting the Butcher' The untold story of an Israeli spy's epic journey to bring the notorious Butcher of Latvia to justice--a case that altered the fates of all ex-Nazis. Before World War II, Herbert Cukurs was a famous figure in his small Latvian city, the

The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild (Seeley Thomas D.)(Pevná vazba)

How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world's managed bee coloniesHumans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades have biologists begun to investigate how these industrious insects live in the wild. The Lives of Bees is Thomas Seeley's

Among the Wolves of Court - The Untold Story of Thomas and George Boleyn (Mackay Lauren (Independent Historian UK))(Pevná vazba)

Lady Lucy Houston Dbe: Aviation Champion and Mother of the Spitfire (Macnair Miles)(Pevná vazba)

The life-story of Lady Lucy Houston DBE must surely be one of the most romantic and dramatic epics of the last one hundred and fifty years, yet nowadays she is a woman unknown. She was a renowned beauty with a sharp intelligence, and over the years she would exploit her charismatic charm, first as

Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House (Maddow Rachel)(Pevná vazba)

The knockdown, drag-out, untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon's White House, and reset the rules for crooked presidents to come--with new reporting that expands on Rachel Maddow's Peabody Award-nominated podcast Is it possible for a sitting vice president to direct a vast criminal

American Daughter: A Memoir (Plymale Stephanie Thornton)(Pevná vazba)

The sharp and surprising true story of a woman who finally sets out to understand her past, and the mother she had one day hoped to forget. Full of unexpected twists and unbelievable revelations, American Daughter is an immersive memoir that will have you on the edge of your seat to the very last

Beginners Cookbook (K. Mortimer)(Pevná vazba)

You will find no gourmet recipes in here. It will only be the quick and easiest way to make something edible. Quick, relating to the preparation time rather than the cooking time. It is aimed at someone leaving home for the first time to which a cooker is a stranger, or a student who has suddenly

The Generals Have No Clothes: The Untold Story of Our Endless Wars (Arkin William M.)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive book about the perpetual wars America is involved in and how the American people can take back control of the military from bestselling author, military expert, and award-winning journalist William M. Arkin. The first rule of perpetual war is to never stop, a fact which former NBC

Hidden Army - MI9's Secret Force and the Untold Story of D-Day (Richards Matt)(Pevná vazba)

Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece (Wallace William E.)(Pevná vazba)

The untold story of Michelangelo's final decades--and his transformation into one of the greatest architects of the Italian RenaissanceAs he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were past. Anguished by the death of friends and

Joan, Lady of Wales: Power and Politics of King John's Daughter (Messer Danna R.)(Pevná vazba)

This is the first book to ever be written on Joan, Lady of Wales, the first woman to be designated with such a title. Her role a political diplomat in early 13th century Anglo-Welsh relations was instrumental.The history of women in medieval Wales before the English conquest of 1282 is one largely

Diana and the Island of No Return (Saeed Aisha)(Pevná vazba)

Warrior. Princess. Hero. Diana's destiny is to be the world's greatest female super hero... if she can survive this action-packed adventure Young Princess Diana is fierce and whip-smart, and she loves her island home of Themyscira. Her deepest wish is to be able to train with the rest of the

Albert and the Good Sister: The Story of Moses in the Bulrushes (Littledale Richard)(Pevná vazba)

A heart-felt Bible story about Miriam watching over her baby brother, who would later become Moses, the leader of a nation. Her quick thinking when the Pharaoh's daughter pulls the basket he is in out of the River Nile saves his life. Maybe being a big sister to a baby isn't so

Pope Who Would Be King - The Exile of Pius IX and the Emergence of Modern Europe (Kertzer David I. (Paul Dupee Jr. University Professor of Social Science Brown University))(Pevná vazba)

The untold story of the bloody revolution that stripped the pope of political power and signalled the birth of modern

Deathless Girls (Hargrave Kiran Millwood)(Pevná vazba)

Gothic, intoxicating, feminist and romantic - this is the breathtakingly imagined untold story of the brides of Dracula, by bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave in her much-anticipated YA

I Used to Be a Fish - The Story of Evolution (Sullivan Tom)(Pevná vazba)

Discover the journey of human evolution - all the way from fish, to monkeys, to cavemen, to... You! A simple and playful picture book introduction to the theory of

Sleeping with the Lights on: The Unsettling Story of Horror (Jones Darryl)(Pevná vazba)

It's four in the morning and the lights are on. There's no way we're going to sleep, not after the film we just saw. Fear is one of the most primal human emotions, and one of the hardest to reason with and dispel. So why do we scare ourselves? It seems almost mad that we would frighten ourselves

No Going Back (Ragan T. R.)(Paperback)

The biggest story of a crime reporter's career could be her last as fury, vengeance, and justice collide in this breathtaking thriller by New York Times bestselling author T.R. Ragan.Some call it murder. Others, karma. The female vigilantes dubbed The Black Wigs call it justice. The victims? Sexual

The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise (Lalvani Kartar)(Pevná vazba)

This exciting book moves beyond and against the current postcolonial orthodoxy. Instead of arguing that all colonization is wrong and inherently unjust, Dr. Kartar Lalvani argues that Britain made a crucial contribution in providing India with its lasting physical and institutional infrastructure

Afrosurf (Mami Wata)(Pevná vazba)

Discover the untold story of African surf culture in this glorious and colorful collection of profiles, essays, photographs, and illustrations. AFROSURF is the first book to capture and celebrate the surfing culture of Africa. This unprecedented collection is compiled by Mami Wata, a Cape Town surf

Good Death (Sykes S D)(Pevná vazba)

The violent, poignant story of how Oswald de Lacy came to be lord of