The Spies Who Never Were: The True Story of the Nazi Spies Who Were Actually Allied Double Agents (Haufler Hervie)(Paperback)

The Spies Who Never Were: The True Story of the Nazi Spies Who Were Actually Allied Double Agents (Haufler Hervie)(Paperback)

The thrilling true story of the daring double agents who thwarted Hitler's spy machine in Britain and turned the tide of World War II. After the fall of France in the mid-1940s, Adolf Hitler faced a British Empire that refused to negotiate for peace. With total war looming, he ordered the Abwehr,

Bastard Brigade - The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb (Kean Sam)(Paperback / softback)

New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean tells the incredible story of how a renegade group of spies kept Hitler from obtaining his ultimate prize: a nuclear

The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies (Fagone Jason)(Paperback)

National Bestseller NPR Best Book of the Year'Not all superheroes wear capes, and Elizebeth Smith Friedman should be the subject of a future Wonder Woman movie.' --The New York TimesJoining the ranks of Hidden Figures and In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story of the greatest

12 Seconds of Silence: How a Team of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Spies Took Down a Nazi Superweapon (Holmes Jamie)(Paperback)

The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II--and developed one of the most powerful weapons of the war 12 Seconds of Silence is the remarkable, lost story of how a ragtag group of American scientists overcame one of the

Ninja (Man John)(Paperback / softback)

The ninja were the medieval equivalent of the SAS; the original men in black. They were Japan's spies, assassins, saboteurs and secret agents - and the subject of countless legends. In 'Ninja', John Man goes in search of the true history behind the myths and

In Search of the Phoenicians (Quinn Josephine)(Paperback)

Who were the ancient Phoenicians--and did they actually exist? The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Romans, trading, establishing settlements, and refining the art of navigation. But who these legendary sailors really were has long remained a mystery. In Search of

Double Cross - The True Story of The D-Day Spies (Macintyre Ben)(Paperback / softback)

From the Number One bestselling author of Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat, comes a new true story of Second World War

Dunkirk - The Men They Left Behind (Longden Sean)(Paperback / softback)

The true story of the 41,000 British soldiers who were left behind after the evacuation of Dunkirk, May

Whispering Hope - The True Story of the Magdalene Women (Costello Nancy)(Paperback / softback)

The harrowing account of five women who were confined in Magdalene Laundries in

Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris (Kershaw Alex)(Paperback)

The best-selling author of The Liberator brings to life the incredible true story of an American doctor in Paris, and his heroic espionage efforts during World War II The leafy Avenue Foch, one of the most exclusive residential streets in Nazi-occupied France, was Paris's hotbed of daring spies,

Who Betrayed the Jews?: The Realities of Nazi Persecution in the Holocaust (Grunwald-Spier Agnes)(Paperback)

Who Betrayed the Jews? is a groundbreaking study that examines the various ways Jews were betrayed by their fellow countrymen during the Holocaust. In many cases they regarded themselves as a person of their nation first and a Jew second, so persecution came as a terrible shock to them. Many had

12 Seconds of Silence: How a Team of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Spies Took Down a Nazi Superweapon (Holmes Jamie)(Pevná vazba)

The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II--and developed one of the most powerful weapons of the war 12 Seconds of Silence is the remarkable, lost story of how a ragtag group of American scientists overcame one of the

Lonely Courage - The true story of the SOE heroines who fought to free Nazi-occupied France (Stroud Rick)(Paperback / softback)

A unique, moving narrative of the women who volunteered to be trained by SOE and dropped into Nazi-held France to support the underground

Through Gates of Splendor (Elliot Elisabeth)(Paperback)

Through Gates of Splendor is the true story of five young missionaries who were savagely killed while trying to establish communication with the Auca Indians of Ecuador. The story is told through the eyes of Elisabeth Elliot, the wife of one of the young men who was

Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars (Wallmark Laurie)(Pevná vazba)

Decode the story of Elizebeth Friedman, the cryptologist who took down gangsters and Nazi spies In this picture book biography, young readers will learn all about Elizebeth Friedman (1892-1980), a brilliant American code breaker who smashed Nazi spy rings, took down gangsters, and created the

Nine - How a Band of Daring Resistance Women Escaped from Nazi Germany - The Powerful True Story (Strauss Gwen)(Pevná vazba)

The nine were ordinary women, some still in their teens, who joined the French and Dutch Resistance in the face of Nazi horror and

They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan (Ajak Benjamin)(Paperback)

The inspiring story of three young Sudanese boys who were driven from their homes by civil war and began an epic odyssey of survival, facing life-threatening perils, ultimately finding their way to a new life in America. Between 1987 and 1989, Alepho, Benjamin, and Benson, like tens of thousands of

Game of Spies - The Secret Agent, the Traitor and the Nazi, Bordeaux 1942-1944 (Ashdown Paddy)(Paperback / softback)

Spies, bed-hopping, treachery and executions - this story of espionage in wartime Bordeaux is told for the first

And They Said It Wasn't Possible: True Stories of People Who Were Healed from the Impossible (Hurd Karen R.)(Paperback)

Forgotten Voices of the Great War: Told by Those Who Were There (Arthur Max)(Paperback)

A fascinating history of World War I in the words of the men who were there -- 'an extraordinary and immensely moving book.' --Stephen Fry In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous and important task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing WWI veterans and

Women Who Flew for Hitler - The True Story of Hitler's Valkyries (Mulley Clare)(Paperback / softback)

A riveting double biography of Nazi Germany's most highly decorated women test pilots - Hitler's personal

Hillsborough Voices - The Real Story Told by the People Themselves (Sampson Kevin)(Paperback)

The real story of the Hillsborough disaster, told by the people who were there. On April 15, 1989 the world witnessed one of the worst football disasters occur at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield: 96 people were crushed to death and another 766 injured in what later was admitted to be caused

Who Were the Vikings? (Chisholm Jane)(Paperback / softback)

Why were people so afraid of the Vikings? Why were some buried in boats? These are just two of the many questions tackled in this enjoyable look at the Vikings. This newly revised internet-linked edition is full of fun and facts about everyday Viking life and contains links to young and relevant

Red Sea Spies: The True Story of Mossad's Fake Diving Resort (Berg Raffi)(Paperback)

THE TRUE STORY THAT INSPIRED THE NETFLIX FILM THE RED SEA DIVING RESORT. In the early 1980s on a remote part of the Sudanese coast, a new luxury holiday resort opened for business. Catering for divers, it attracted guests from around the world. Little did the holidaymakers know that the staff were