Spitfire Pilot

This is the Battle of Britain memoir of Roger Hall, a 152 Squadron Spitfire pilot based in southern England, the heart of the fighting during the epic battle. Roger recounts in harrowing detail his ow...

Meer nostalgie

Na het succes van Pure nostalgie, waarvan er zo’n 10.000 exemplaren zijn verkocht, volgt nu Meer nostalgie, want dat de jaren tussen 1930 en 1980 een bron aan warme herinneringen opleveren, staat buit...

Bombs Away! Dramatic First-hand Accounts of British and Commonwealth Bomber Aircrew in Wwii

This is a unique selection of wide-ranging experiences of British and Commonwealth Bomber Command aircrew during World War II. Their endearing bravery and fortitude and sometimes their despondency and...

Suffering from Cheerfulness

Subtitled, The Best Bits Of The Wipers Times. A collection of forgotten poetic gems and mini literary masterpieces featured in the satirical WWI trench newspaper

Der Sozialstaat

Brooks'S 1764-2014

One of the many aspects of London that never failed to attract comment from foreign visitors in the late 18th and early 19th century was the Clubland that sprouted along Pall Mall and St James's. Pari...

The Seventies Unplugged

'We all disappeared,' wrote the Sixties flower child Andrea Adam of her friends who once marched for peace and love. 'Suddenly ... everybody had gone their own way. Suddenly everyone was knee-deep in...

1914 The Year The World Ended

In August 1914, the European powers plunged the world into a war that would kill or wound 37 million people, tear down the fabric of society, uproot ancient political systems and set the world on cour...

Firing On Fortress Europe

On 6 June 1944, HMS Belfast supported troops in action on the beaches of Normandy in the campaign to liberate Europe from Nazi Germany. HMS Belfast at D-Day recounts this extraordinary story, focusing...

Decolonisation

This updated Seminar Study provides an overview of the process of British decolonisation. The eclipse of the British Empire has been one of the central features of post-war international history. At t...

Postcards of Political Icons

Opening in the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II and continuing to the eve of the second Gulf War, Postcards of Political Icons tells the story of the twentieth century through images of its most recognizabl...

Montefiore, S: Young Stalin

Stalin remains one of the creators of our world - like Hitler, the personification of evil. Yet Stalin hid his past and remains mysterious. This enthralling biography that reads like a thriller finall...

The Royal Hungarian Armed Forces 1919-1945

Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for over forty years, concentrating on Germany and her Axis allies, using resources that span the globe. This book, "The Royal Hungarian Arme...

1917

How did two men move the world away from wars for land and treasure to wars over ideas and ideologies-a change that would go on to kill millions? In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson-champion of American...