Together We Stand - North Africa 1942-1943: Turning the Tide in the West (Holland James)(Paperback / softback)

War in the West: A New History - Volume 2: The Allies Fight Back 1941-43 (Holland James)(Paperback / softback)

Examines the momentous turning points of 1941-1943: Hitler's invasion of Russia; America's entry into the conflict; the devastating Thousand Bomber Raids over Germany; the long struggle in the deserts of North Africa; and the defeat of the U-boats in the crucial Battle of the

Army At Dawn - The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (Atkinson Rick)(Paperback / softback)

* First volume of Rick Atkinson's monumental trilogy about the Liberation of Europe in the Second World War. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (Atkinson Rick)(Paperback)

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A splendid book... The emphasis throughout is on the human drama of men at war.--The Washington Post Book WorldThe liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is an epic story of courage and calamity, of miscalculation and

The Kuban 1943: The Wehrmacht's Last Stand in the Caucasus (Forczyk Robert)(Paperback)

In the summer of 1942, the Wehrmacht invaded the Caucasus in order to overrun critical oil production facilities at Maikop, Grozny, and Baku. However, the Red Army stopped the Germans short of their objectives and then launched a devastating winter counteroffensive that encircled them at

Dam Busters - The Race to Smash the Dams, 1943 (Holland James)(Paperback / softback)

The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the

Glory Boys (Reeman Douglas)(Paperback / softback)

The tide of defeat is thought to be turning, the enemy no longer advancing along the North African coast with Egypt and India as final objectives, and Kearton's is a new war of stealth, subterfuge, and daring, in which the Glory Boys are only too

The Invasion of Sicily 1943 (Diamond Jon)(Paperback)

With victory in North Africa complete, the Allies had a choice. The Americans wanted an early cross channel attack from Britain on North West Europe. Churchill favored invading the soft underbelly of Italy to weaken the Axis forces and gain Italian surrender. With Eisenhowers army and

Turning the Tide - The Battles of Coral Sea and Midway(Paperback / softback)

Skye and North West Highlands Sea Kayaking (Cooper Doug)(Paperback / softback)

On the north west coast of Scotland and around Skye there are islands galore, hidden beaches, tide races, great places to enjoy the local seafood and amazing people to meet. Fifty great voyages are described in a way that is both inspirational and

The Desert Air War 1940-1943 (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Paperback)

The war in air over North Africa and the Mediterranean during the Second World War has long been overshadowed by the battle on the ground. Between 1940 and 1943 Italy's Regia Aeronautica and then Germany's Luftwaffe waged a concerted aerial campaign against the British, yet apart from the bitter

Reflections: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa (Porter Venetia)(Paperback)

Reflections: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa brings together an extraordinary collection of work from the British Museum for the first time. The contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa is rich and vibrant. Whether living in their countries of birth or in diaspora,

Jihad in West Africa During the Age of Revolutions (Lovejoy Paul)(Paperback)

In Jihād in West Africa during the Age of Revolutions, a preeminent historian of Africa argues that scholars of the Americas and the Atlantic world have not given Africa its due consideration as part of either the Atlantic world or the age of revolutions. The book examines the jihād movement in

The Eighth Army in North Africa (Forty Simon)(Paperback)

The British Eighth Army, which played a decisive role in defeating the Axis in North Africa, was one of the most celebrated Allied armies of the Second World War, and this photographic history is the ideal introduction to it. The carefully chosen photographs show the men, weapons and equipment of

War in the West - A New History - Volume 1: Germany Ascendant 1939-1941 (Holland James)(Paperback / softback)

The Second World War is the most cataclysmic and violent sequence of events in recent times. Are you ready for the truth about World War Two? This title features the experiences of dozens of individuals, from civilians and soldiers, to sailors, pilots, leading military strategists, industrialists

Fortress Malta - An Island Under Siege 1940-1943 (Holland James)(Paperback / softback)

The extraordinary drama of Malta's WWII victory against impossible odds told through the eyes of the people who were

Empires in the Sun - The Struggle for the Mastery of Africa (James Lawrence)(Paperback / softback)

How in a hundred years Europeans coerced Africa into their various empires - and how Africa decolonised

Scottish Rock Volume 2 - North (Latter Gary)(Paperback / softback)

A selected guide to over 2,550 climbing routes in the North-West, the Far North, the Hebrides and

North Cape 1943: The Sinking of the Scharnhorst (Konstam Angus)(Paperback)

A beautifully illustrated study of the Battle of North Cape in 1943, a dramatic clash of British and German battleships in the North Sea which resulted in the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst.The German battleship Scharnhorst had a reputation for being a lucky ship. Early in the war,

Apartment (Steel Danielle)(Paperback / softback)

They come together by chance in the heart of New York City, four young women at turning points in their lives. And so the sprawling space, with its exposed brick and rich natural light, becomes a home to friends about to embark on new exhilarating adventures. Their shared life in the apartment

Winds of Change: The Challenge of Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa (Sabet Behrooz)(Paperback)

Recent developments in the Middle East and North Africa have radically destabilised the region, which is beset with rising religious and political tensions, sectarian conflict and terrorism. Though in crisis and suffering from a paralysis of will, the region is also vastly rich in culture, and

Black Ivory 2e (Walvin James)(Paperback)

The terrible story of African slavery in the British colonies of the West Indies and North America is told with clarity and compassion in this classic

Holland 1940: The Luftwaffe's First Setback in the West (Noppen Ryan K.)(Paperback)

The history of how the Luftwaffe planned to knock out Holland in a surgical, lightning campaign, but instead suffered wounds against the outnumbered but effective Dutch that would come to haunt them in the Battle of Britain. From the perspective of the German High Command, its invasion of the

The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 (Toll Ian W.)(Paperback)

This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War--the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944--when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a 'conquering tide,' concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic

Loneliest Girl in the Universe (James Lauren)(Paperback / softback)

A romance set in space from the beloved author of The Next Together