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  • Deathly Deception: The Real Story of Operation Mincemeat

    Denis Smyth
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    Operation Mincemeat retells the story of the classic World War Two intelligence plan to pass misleading strategic information to Hitler and his Gen...

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  • Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege

    Marcus Luttrell
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    In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al-Qaeda ...

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  • Men of the Mendi: South Africa's Forgotten Heroes of World War 1

    Brenda Shepherd
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    This is the story of the sinking of the SS Mendi during WW1, the bravery of the men on board and the ensuing inquiry conducted by the Board of Trad...

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  • Omega, oor en uit: Die storie van 'n opstandige troep

    Francois Verster
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  • Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women (Paperback)

    Christina Lamb
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    SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2020 A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 ...

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  • Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women

    Christina Lamb
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    SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2020 A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 ...

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  • Recce: Kleinspan-operasies Agter Vyandelike Linies (Trade Paperback)

    Koos Stadler
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    Uit die aard van hul hoogs geheime werk heers groot geheimsinnigheid oor die Recce's, maar nou het een van hulle - Koos Stadler - sy ervarings neer...

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  • Recce: Small team missions behind enemy lines

    Koos Stadler
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  • Sabre Squadron

    Wordsworth Books
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    With the outbreak of Gulf War hostilities a unit from 22 SAS slipped quietly over the border and into the enemy's backyard. It would be six weeks b...

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  • SAS Ghost Patrol: The Ultra-Secret Unit That Posed As Nazi Stormtroopers (Paperback)

    Damien Lewis
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    The Ultra-Secret Unit That Posed As Nazi StormtroopersThe Most Daring Mission Ever UndertakenSAS Ghost Patrol is the explosive true story of the da...

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  • Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe

    Wordsworth Books
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    Gordon Corera uses declassified documents and extensive original research to tell the story of MI14(d) and the Secret Pigeon Service f...

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  • Soldier Spy

    Wordsworth Books
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    The first ever true story told by an MI5 officer - an explosive, shocking and honest account revealing never-before-seen detail into MI5's operatio...

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  • The Animal Victoria Cross: The Dickin Medal

    Wordsworth Books
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    Sixty-three animals have won the Dicken Medal, the highest award for animal bravery. Their inspiring stories are told, for the first time in one bo...

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  • The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb

    Sam Kean
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    Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely in history have scientific secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the midst of ...

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  • The Indian Empire At War: From Jihad to Victory, The Untold Story of the Indian Army in the First World War

    Wordsworth Books
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    'Essential to a proper understanding of the war and of our world of today' Michael Morpurgo1.5 million Indians fought with the British in the First...

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  • The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat

    Eric Haseltine
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    'All the power and intrigue of a cinematic thriller ... immersive, dramatic, and historically edifying' Kirkus Moscow in the late 1970s: one by on...

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  • Tornado Down: The Centenary Collection

    Wordsworth Books
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    In 1918, the RAF was established as the world's first independent air force. To mark the 100th anniversary of its creation, Penguin are publishing...

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  • Unbroken (Paperback)

    Laura Hillenbrand
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    The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ...

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  • Under the Bearskin: A junior officer's story of war and madness

    Mark Evans
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    'A fast-paced, thrilling account of British heroism, brave men surrounded and fighting against overwhelming odds. This is the real, sometimes shock...

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  • Undercover Jihadi Bride: Inside Islamic State's Recruitment Networks

    Anna Erelle
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    Previously published as 'In the Skin of a Jihadist' Twenty-year-old 'Melodie', a recent convert to Islam, meets the leader of an ISIS bri...

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  • Unexplained: Based on the 'world's spookiest podcast'

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    'A grisly treat' Financial Times on the podcast Based on the 'world's spookiest podcast' of the same name comes Unexplained: a book of ten real-lif...

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    Virusphere: Ebola, AIDS, Influenza and the Hidden World of the Virus

    Frank Ryan
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    A virologist's insight into how viruses evolve and why global epidemics are inevitable In 1993 a previously healthy young man was drownin...

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  • When We Sold God's Eye: Diamonds, Murder and a Clash of Worlds in the Amazon

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    'A first-class work of reporting [and] a work of compassion for Indigenous peoples everywhere' BENJAMIN MOSER, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of SON...

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  • Borgata: Clash of Titans: A History of the American Mafia

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    The first hundred years of the American Mafia's existence would come to be seen as a golden age. From small-town Sicily to glittering Las Vegas, th...

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