Swords, Spears & Maces (The Illustrated History of Weapons) by Chuck Wills
$16.98 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography | Series: The Illustrated History of Weapons
Discover the history and development of weaponry through the ages with The Illustrated History of Weapons series. These comprehensive visual reference books explore the craftsmanship and progression of weaponry and cover the many important conflicts and historical events that have shaped the world we li ...Show more
The U. S. Army Cooks' Manual - Rations, Preparation, Recipes, Camp Cooking by R. Sheppard (Contribution by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography | Series: The\Pocket Manual Ser.
An army marches on its stomach-so the classic saying goes. This book brings together excerpts from contemporary manuals to show how the U.S. Army fed and provisioned its troops in the 19th and early 20th century, lifting the lid on what daily life must have been like both for those preparing and consumi ...Show more
The Battle of Britain Pocket Manual by Chris McNab (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography | Series: The\Pocket Manual Ser.
In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone. For three long months, brave young RAF pilots took off every day, ready to defend British skies against large-scale Luftwaffe raids. 'The Few' were young, but they were trained and they were determined. Eighty years on the last of the pilots to fly in the Batt ...Show more
Lancaster Down! by Stephen Darlow
$7.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography | Series: Transport Ser.
Lancaster Down tells the incredible story of seven young airmen at war - the Lancaster crew in 405 RCAF Sqn, made up of British and Canadians. They were one of the legions of RAP bomber crews that took the offensive against Germany for most of the war. This booktraces their preparations, air combats and ...Show more
Attacked at Sea by Michael J. Tougias, Alison O'Leary
$16.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography | Series: True Rescue
On May 19, 1942, during WWII, a U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico stalked its prey fifty miles from New Orleans. The submarine set its sights on the freighter Heredia. Most onboard were merchant seamen, but there were also civilians, including the Downs family: Ray and Ina and their two children. Fast asleep ...Show more
The War that Ended Peace: How Europe Abandoned Peace for the First World War by Margaret MacMillan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography | Series: WARTHE
WINNER of the International Affairs Book of the Year at the Political Book Awards 2014Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2013The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with confidence of prosperity, progress and hope. But in 1914, Europe walked int ...Show more
Gallipoli (WWI Chronicles)
$14.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography | Series: WWI Chronicles
This unique boxed set provides the complete story of the Gallipoli campaign; Turkey, 1915. It includes a detailed, fully-illustrated book that chronicles and presents in the build up to the campaign, the desperate months of combat and the long and painful march to defeat. The boxed set includes a full c ...Show more
Blitzed : Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography | Series: WWII
New York Times Bestseller" A] fascinating, engrossing, often dark history of drug use in the Third Reich." -- Washington PostThe Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. Yet as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs: coc ...Show more
The Mighty Krait by Ian McPhedran
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography | Series: WWII
Over many years, thousands of people have walked past a modest black timber fishing boat bobbing in the waters of Sydney's Darling Harbour, paying it little attention. But appearances can be deceptive.The humble little Japanese-built trawler called the Krait played a crucial role in one of World War II' ...Show more
Women Heroes of World War II - 32 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue by Kathryn J. Atwood; Muriel Phillips Engelman (Foreword by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography | Series: Women of Action Ser.
Noor Inayat Khan was the first female radio operator sent into occupied France and transferred crucial messages to the Resistance. Johtje Vos, a Dutch housewife, hid Jews in her home and repeatedly outsmarted the Gestapo. Law student Hannie Schaft became involved in the most dangerous resistance work--s ...Show more
The Violinist of Auschwitz by Jean-Jacques Felstein
$59.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
Arrested in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz, Elsa survived because she had the 'opportunity' to join the women's orchestra. But Elsa kept her story a secret, even from her own family. Indeed, her son would only discover what had happened to his mother many years later, after gradually unearthing her unbe ...Show more