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  • Man's Search For Meaning
    Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is a profound, thought-provoking memoir and psychological exploration that delves into the harrowing experiences of life in Nazi concentration camps, intertwined with the author’s groundbreaking theories on existential psychology. The book is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, offering a beacon of hope and a roadmap for finding purpose...
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  • Behind Enemy Lines
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    Behind Enemy Lines
    Archie Gibson's initiation into desert warfare almost proved to be his last. Barrelling through the sand dunes at the wheel of his truck, Gibson spied a searing flash of light up ahead, the signature of a feared German 88mm gun firing ... right at him. He leapt from his speeding vehicle just before it was torn apart and turned into...
    By Damien Lewis
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  • The Wager
    THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction books I've ever read' Guardian 'The greatest sea story ever told' Spectator 'I cannot think of anyone who would not love this book... It is an extraordinary true story, beautifully...
    By David Grann
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  • Discipline
    Silence is complicity, but how do we confront the cost of speaking up? Sydney, May 2021. Ashraf is an academic whose career and personal life are in freefall. Hannah is a young journalist struggling to honour the voices of her community. When a Year 12 Al-Bayinnah College student is arrested for protesting a university's ties to an Israeli weapons manufacturer,...
    By Randa Abdel-Fattah
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  • Keep Calm – We Are Coming
    Keep Calm — We Are Coming briefly backgrounds the New Zealand Special Air Service deployment in Afghanistan — then goes into action. While primarily training Afghan forces, in Kabul the NZSAS had to respond to a series of ‘spectacular attacks’ by heavily armed Taliban fighters wearing suicide vests and determined to inflict major casualties. In the words of those who...
    By Ron Crosby
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  • All The Presidents' Wars
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    All The Presidents' Wars
    From a multiple New York Times bestselling author, here is an eye-opening history of the United States' war on terror across four presidential administrations. The year 2026 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11, the most devastating attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor. Within days, the United States began to declare its war on terror: 'Either you are with us,...
    By Peter Bergen
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  • Biological War
    Biological War
    There is an invisible weapon among us. By the time you know you are a victim, it has turned you into a killer. A blistering new non-fiction thriller from the Baillie Gifford shortlisted author of Nuclear War (200,000 copies sold). A lab accident, a bio-attack, a global pandemic, and the collapse of human society. In this essential new book, based...
    By Annie Jacobsen
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  • Saving Elli
    One child. Two years in hiding. Three lives in mortal danger. In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, near Anne Frank's house, another Jewish girl is hidden. Her name is Elli. Her father has been executed at Mauthausen concentration camp. Her mother is fleeing for her life. Elli is next. To save her, resistance couple Frits and Jo Hakkens must risk everything, concealing her...
    By Doug Gold
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    Cold Sunset
    Cold Sunset, the third novel starring accidental spy Gabriel Dax, takes you deep into a shadow-drenched world where loyalty blurs, motives darken, and every step could be fatal, in a tautly woven mystery from acclaimed bestseller William Boyd. The new stylish mystery from acclaimed bestseller William Boyd takes you deep into a shadow-drenched world where loyalty blurs, motives darken, and...
    By William Boyd
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  • Women's Prize Winner
    The Finest Hotel in Kabul
    The story of a hotel. The story of a nation. When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan's first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world. More than fifty years on, the Inter-Continental is still standing. It has endured Soviet occupation, multiple coups, a grievous civil war, a US invasion and the rise, fall...
    By Lyse Doucet
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    Redwood
    From the multi-million-selling historian, the remarkable, unknown Cold War story of how one spy saved the world from nuclear war. The year is 1981. Tehran is in violent turmoil in the wake of the Iranian Revolution. The Soviets are planning to overthrow the Ayatollah's fledgling Islamist regime. If they do so, one response from America — unknown to the public...
    By Ben Macintyre
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  • The Templars
    The Templars by Dan Jones masterfully chronicles the extraordinary history of the Knights Templar, from their humble beginnings to their dramatic downfall. This captivating narrative delves into the enigmatic and illustrious lives of the Templars, who were the wealthiest and most influential military order in the crusading era. Dan Jones takes readers on an exhilarating journey through the medieval world,...
    By Dan Jones
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  • Serviceman J
    Serviceman J
    A new edition of the bestselling 2024 memoir by a former NZSAS commander, on serving in Afghanistan over four deployments and operating at the edge of his limits. 'Frighteningly, devastatingly real.' - The Post In 2011, following the Taliban siege on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, an SAS soldier identified only as Serviceman J was awarded New Zealand's second highest military honour...
    By Jamie Pennell
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  • Big Week
    The sky above war-torn Europe was ablaze during the third week of February 1944, as the combined Allied air forces launched an unprecedented round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. Big Week by bestselling author James Holland delves into this pivotal moment in World War II history with unmatched depth and intensity. This battle sought to cripple the main factories and production...
    By James Holland
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  • Masters of the Air
    Masters of the Air by Donald L. Miller is an electrifying narrative that delves into the lives and exploits of the men of the American Eighth Air Force during World War II. These brave airmen, piloting the renowned Flying Fortresses, played a pivotal role in crippling Nazi Germany’s grip on Europe. Their valiant efforts are brought vividly to life, taking...
    By Donald L. Miller
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  • The Gift
    The Gift by Edith Eger is a profound exploration of resilience and the human spirit, encapsulated in a series of reflections on hope, healing, and finding freedom. This poignant narrative is penned by a celebrated therapist and Holocaust survivor, who has also authored the award-winning international bestseller, The Choice. Eger's journey takes the reader from the unimaginable horrors of Auschwitz,...
    By Edith Eger
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  • Sea People
    Sea People by Christina Thompson is a riveting historical exploration that delves into the mysterious origins and epic journeys of the Polynesians—one of the world's most enigmatic and adventurous seafaring peoples. The narrative unfolds over a thousand years ago, focussing on how these master navigators discovered and colonised the far-flung islands within a vast triangle from Hawaii to New Zealand...
    By Christina Thompson
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  • Man's Search For Meaning
    Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is a profound piece of literature that delves into the depths of human resilience and the quest for purpose. This remarkable book, which is now available in a handsome gift edition featuring a new introduction and appendices, is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the human condition through the lens of...
    By Viktor E Frankl
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  • SAS Daggers Drawn
    The real story of Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, endorsed by the Mayne family Summer 1944: the SAS were charged with the most crucial D-Day missions, taking on the might of the Nazi Reich deep behind enemy lines. Facing Hitler's fearsome Panzer divisions with little more than raw courage and their nimble Willys jeeps, it would take maverick thinking and unconventional warfare...
    By Damien Lewis
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  • Nancy Wake
    The gripping true story of the woman who became the Gestapo's most wanted spy In the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War, she was the Gestapo's most wanted person. As a naïve, young journalist, Nancy Wake witnessed a horrific scene of Nazi violence in...
    By Peter FitzSimons
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  • Inferno
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    Inferno
    Inferno is a gripping history of the world wars told through twelve battles that shaped the fate of the 20th century. From Verdun and the Somme to the Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, D-Day and the fall of Berlin, this is war at full intensity: the clashes that shattered armies, toppled regimes and redrew the map of the world. Written by...
    By Dan Hill
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  • The Dressmakers of Auschwitz
    The New York Times Bestseller 'Lucy Adlington tells of the horrors of the Nazi occupation and the concentration camps from a fascinating and original angle. She introduces us to a little known aspect of the period, highlighting the role of clothes in the grimmest of societies imaginable and giving an insight into the women who stayed alive by stitching' -...
    By Lucy Adlington
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  • Moby Dick
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    By Herman Melville
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  • Churchill
    The blockbuster biography of the greatest Briton, by one of Britain's bestselling historians. Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in twentieth-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world. There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts...
    By Andrew Roberts
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  • Eichmann in Jerusalem
    One of the greatest and most controversial feats of twentieth-century journalism. Hannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi SS leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in the New Yorker in 1963. A major journalistic triumph by an intellectual of singular influence, Eichmann in Jerusalem is as shocking as it is informative...
    By Hannah Arendt
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  • D-Day
    The definitive account of D-Day from the author of international bestsellers Stalingrad and Berlin: D-Day by Antony Beevor is a landmark historical narrative that captures the epic scale and human cost of the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. Drawing from first-hand accounts, archival research, and a keen historian's eye, Beevor immerses readers in the gripping details of...
    By Antony Beevor
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  • Plunder
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    Plunder
    The last weeks of World War II on the Western Front in Europe witnessed extraordinary scenes of heroism, horror, melodrama, and pathos. In Plunder, Max Hastings presents a cast of fascinating people—British, American, and German—in a series of great events in which some distinguished themselves through wonderful deeds, others through the basest crimes. The book takes its title from Montgomery’s...
    By Max Hastings
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  • The Finest Hotel in Kabul
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    The Finest Hotel in Kabul
    The Finest Hotel in Kabul is described by Elif Shafak as "A book brimming with deep insight, courage and conscience. Astonishingly beautiful, subtle and simply unforgettable." The Finest Hotel in Kabul is the winner of the Women's Prize Non-Fiction Prize 2026 and has been recognised as Book of the Year by major publications including The Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Observer,...
    By Lyse Doucet
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  • Into the Forest
    From a little-known chapter of Holocaust history, Rebecca Frankel's Into the Forest is one family's inspiring true story of love, escape, and survival. In the summer of 1942, the Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest. They miraculously survived two years in the woods—through brutal winters, Typhus outbreaks, and...
    By Rebecca Frankel
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  • Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich
    Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer provides a compelling and comprehensive chronicle of the darkest chapter in modern history, delving into the twelve years when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime seized and held power in Germany. Shirer, a renowned journalist and historian, offers an unparalleled eyewitness account, charting the meteoric ascent and devastating collapse...
    By William L Shirer
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  • On Democracies and Death Cults
    NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Douglas Murray, international bestselling author and renowned cultural commentator confronts what he views as the most pressing issue of our time: why Western support of the Palestinian cause is ultimately playing into the hands of a much more dangerous force.Drawing from intensive on-the-ground reporting in Israel, Gaza and Lebanon, Murray presents a compelling case that places...
    By Douglas Murray
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  • The Forgotten 500
    The astonishing, never-before-told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II—when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. "An amazing, riveting tale of unsung heroes who went above and beyond." – James Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers During a bombing campaign over Romanian...
    By Gregory A. Freeman
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  • The Coming of the Third Reich
    The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans is a masterful exploration into the origins and rise of Nazi Germany, vividly recounting the transformation of a modern and culturally rich nation into the epicentre of one of history’s darkest periods. This meticulously researched work takes readers on a journey through the tumultuous years that saw Germany descend from...
    By Richard J. Evans
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  • The Spy and the Traitor
    The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre is a spellbinding Cold War thriller that unravels the true story of Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB double agent who risked everything to aid the British in the battle against Soviet oppression. In meticulously researched detail, Macintyre paints a vivid portrait of espionage, double-crossing, and unparalleled bravery, giving readers a riveting glimpse into...
    By Ben Macintyre
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  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    A beautifully designed new Clothbound Classic of le Carré's masterpiece, published to celebrate the novel's 50th anniversary. A mole, implanted by Moscow Centre, has infiltrated the highest ranks of the British Intelligence Service, almost destroying it in the process. And so former spymaster George Smiley has been brought out of retirement in order to hunt down the traitor at the...
    By John le Carré
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  • Long Journey Home
    After her father's death, Katrina Kittel opens his old Globite suitcase and finds tiny photos, postcards in beautiful handwriting from a mysterious Swiss woman, and memorabilia from his war. Katrina Kittel's father, Colin Booth, was captured during the disastrous July 1942 attempt to take Alamein's Ruin Ridge. He was among 80,000 Allied soldiers sent to camps in northern Italy as...
    By Katrina Kittel
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  • Castles
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    From the bestselling author of The Templars and Powers and Thrones, Dan Jones returns with Castles: a gripping history of the world told through over three thousand years of iconic strongholds. Castles have been built to defend humanity for millennia – from the walls of Troy and the desert bastion of Krak des Chevaliers in Syria, to Windsor Castle and...
    By Dan Jones
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  • Band Of Brothers
    THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose is a riveting account of Easy Company, a crack rifle company in the US Army's 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. This compelling narrative follows the soldiers from their initial training in Georgia in 1942, through their harrowing parachute landings on D-Day, to their pivotal role in liberating Europe...
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  • The Traitors Circle
    A thrilling true story of courage, resistance and ultimately betrayal in the Third Reich, captured by internationally bestselling author and prize-winning journalist Jonathan Freedland. The Traitors Circle tells the true, but scarcely known, story of a group of secret rebels against Hitler. Drawn from Berlin high society, they include army officers, government officials, two countesses, an ambassador's widow and a...
    By Jonathan Freedland
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  • The Real Odessa
    As Russian forces closed in on Berlin, and Hitler's premiership drew to a close, many Nazi officials fled Germany. In this startling, meticulously researched account, acclaimed journalist Uki Goñi unravels the complex network that led them to Argentina. Relying on international support—in Scandinavia, Switzerland, and Italy—and the enthusiasm of the Vatican and President Juan Perón, Goñi shows how this 'ratline'...
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  • One Woman's War
    One of BookBub's Best Historical Fiction Books of the Fall From the author of Sisters of the Resistance comes the story of WWII British Naval Intelligence officer Victoire Bennett, the real-life inspiration for the James Bond character Miss Moneypenny, whose international covert operation is put in jeopardy when a volatile socialite and Austrian double agent threatens to expose the mission...
    By Christine Wells
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  • Homage to Catalonia
    Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War, a groundbreaking work of dissident literature drawn from vivid personal experience. There are occasions where it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all... Orwell volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War, was near-fatally wounded, and survived to write...
    By George Orwell
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  • The Gift
    Reflections on hope, healing and finding freedom by celebrated therapist, Holocaust survivor and author of the award-winning international bestseller The Choice 'An incredible human being with an extraordinary story to share' — Dr Rangan Chatterjee 'A beautiful, life-changing manifesto' — Brené Brown 'I will be forever changed by Dr Eger's story' — Oprah 'Her story is a testament to our...
    By Edith Eger
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  • Daikon
    War has taken everything from physicist Keizo Kan. His young daughter was killed in the Great Tokyo Air Raid, and now his Japanese-American wife, Noriko, has been imprisoned by the brutal Thought Police. An American bomber, downed over Japan on the first day of August 1945, offers the scientist a surprising chance at salvation. The Imperial Army dispatches him to...
    By Samuel Hawley
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  • The Western Front
    The Western Front by Nick Lloyd offers a transformative view of one of the most infamous battlegrounds in military history, the Western Front during World War I. Spanning from August 1914 to November 1918, Lloyd's narrative illuminates the strategic evolution and the human experiences that defined the Great War's main theatre of conflict. This volume, marking the first instalment of...
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  • The Savage Storm
    The most pivotal, brutal, and shattering campaign the Allies faced in World War II by bestselling historian James Holland. Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military matters - Daily Mail James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians - Sebastian Faulks With the invasion of France the following year taking shape, and hot on...
    By James Holland
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  • Stalin's Wine Cellar
    Embark on the adventure of a lifetime with Stalin's Wine Cellar by John Baker and Nick Place, a tale that melds history, mystery, and the intrigue of the fine wine industry. This riveting narrative follows John Baker, a well-known dealer of rare and exquisite wines, as he is presented with a mysterious wine list that promises an adventure beyond his...
    By John Baker and Nick Place
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  • Agent Sonya
    Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre is an enthralling and meticulously researched narrative that uncovers the astonishing life of the greatest female spy in history. This gripping biography sheds light on the life of Ursula Kuczynski Burton, a woman whose espionage endeavours were pivotal during the tumultuous times of the twentieth century. Ursula Kuczynski Burton, known by her codename "Agent Sonya",...
    By Ben Macintyre
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  • Yes To Life In Spite of Everything
    Yes To Life In Spite of Everything by Viktor E. Frankl is a profound collection of lectures that illuminate the author's life-affirming philosophy about embracing life's challenges with a resilient and purposeful mindset. This exceptional book, published for the first time in English, comprises a series of talks delivered by Frankl just months after his liberation from the horrors of...
    By Viktor E Frankl
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  • SAS The Great Train Raid
    So secret was this mission, the SAS seizure of a train to raid deep into enemy territory to liberate a concentration camp, that it wasn't until 1968—twenty-seven years after the formation of the SAS—that a short mention of it was made in the Rover and Wizard annual, under the headline 'Who Dares Wins'. No further published record exists. Best-selling author...
    By Damien Lewis
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  • The Forgotten Soldier
    The Forgotten Soldier is an international bestseller that presents a German soldier's first-hand account of life on the Russian front during the second half of World War II. When Guy Sajer joins the infantry, full of ideals in the summer of 1942, the German army is enjoying unparalleled success in Russia. However, he quickly discovers that for the foot soldier,...
    By Guy Sajer
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  • Ardennes 1944
    Ardennes 1944 by Antony Beevor is a masterful narrative that captures the dramatic and harrowing final offensive of Nazi Germany during World War II. Renowned for its rich and detailed historical accounts, this book delves deeply into the pivotal Battle of the Bulge, where Hitler made his desperate bid to turn the tide of the war. On 16 December 1944,...
    By Antony Beevor
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  • Dylan's Pick
    Man's Search For Meaning
    Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is an extraordinary narrative that chronicles the harrowing experiences and intense psychological journey of its author through the Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz. Frankl, a renowned psychiatrist, presents a profound exploration of human suffering, resilience, and the quest for purpose in the face of unimaginable adversity. Throughout the book, Frankl delves into...
    By Viktor E Frankl
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  • The Last Viking
    The Last Viking is a masterful and pulse-pounding narrative that transports the reader into the middle of the action.’ Carl Gnam, Military Heritage Harald Sigurdsson burst into history as a teenaged youth in a Viking battle from which he escaped with little more than his life and a thirst for vengeance. But from these humble origins, he became one of...
    By Don Hollway
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  • Man's Search For Meaning
    A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that both he and others in Auschwitz coped (or didn't) with the experience. He noticed that it was the men who comforted others and who gave away their last piece of bread who survived the longest—and who offered proof that everything can be taken...
    By Viktor E Frankl
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  • New Release
    They Called Me Renée
    The pacing and personal voice of Ruth makes for a gripping, focused story where the stakes are high. If you loved The Nightingale, you will love They Called Me Renée. - Heather Morris, internationally bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz Extraordinary... a luminous portrait of survival and a powerful reminder of the light that can be found in humanity's...
    By Ruth Uzrad
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  • Moby Dick
    HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee…’ Few literary masterpieces cast quite as awesome a shadow as Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Captain...
    By Herman Melville
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  • Blitzed
    The sensational account of the overwhelming role of drug-taking in the Third Reich - from Hitler and his entourage to ordinary troops. The Nazis styled themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler's gripping bestseller reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs—cocaine, heroin, morphine and, most of all, methamphetamines, or crystal meth. These substances were used...
    By Norman Ohler
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  • The Cut Out Girl
    A harrowing true story about a young girl's struggle to survive Nazi persecution, and a man's attempt to unveil his family's secrets. The last time Lien saw her parents was in the Hague, where she was collected at the door by a stranger and taken away to be hidden from the Nazis. She was raised by her foster family as...
    By Bart van Es
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  • The World After Gaza
    From one of our foremost public intellectuals, an essential reckoning with the war in Gaza, its historical conditions, and moral and geopolitical ramifications. Memory of the Holocaust, the ultimate atrocity of Europe's civil wars and the paradigmatic genocide, has shaped the Western political and moral imagination in the postwar era. Fears of its recurrence have been routinely invoked to justify...
    By Pankaj Mishra
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  • Facing The Mountain
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes the gripping untold story of one of the most heroic units that fought in World War II. On December 7th 1941, the Japanese Navy bombed Pearl Harbor. For many Americans, the surprise attack was a call to arms - but for the soldier sons of...
    By Daniel James Brown
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  • Dylan's Pick
    The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy
    The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy offers an enchanting journey through the timeless wisdom of ancient Chinese philosophers. This anthology includes translations of Sun Tzu's Art of War, Lao-Tzu's Tao Te Ching, the teachings of Confucius, and the writings of Mencius. Each work delivers profound insights into the human condition, the art of leadership, social harmony,...
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  • Midnight in Chernobyl
    Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham is the definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. This masterful non-fiction thriller brings the 1986 disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it first-hand, offering a gripping narrative that reads with all the immediacy of...
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  • A Woman of No Importance
    A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell is a gripping and meticulously researched biography that unveils the untold story of Virginia Hall, an American woman who became one of the most formidable spies of World War II. In September 1941, Virginia Hall, disguised as a journalist, arrived in Lyon, Vichy France. Despite the wooden leg she acquired from a...
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  • The Myth of American Idealism
    From the brilliant minds of Noam Chomsky and Nathan J. Robinson comes The Myth of American Idealism, a powerful examination of the profound discrepancies between America's democratic ideals and its foreign policy actions. This compelling book shatters the facade of altruism that has long been associated with US global operations, offering readers an unflinching look at the realities behind American...
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  • Madhouse at the End of the Earth
    A new classic of extreme endurance - Into Thin Air meets The Perfect Storm in 19th century Antarctica **A Times Best Book of 2021** The harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter August 1897: The Belgica set sail,...
    By Julian Sancton
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  • We will not cease
    We Will Not Cease is the harrowing, true memoir of Archibald Baxter, a stalwart New Zealander who stood firm in his convictions during the brutal times of World War I. Arrested in 1915 at the age of 33 for his steadfast refusal to bear arms, Baxter's journey is one of relentless suffering, resilience, and unyielding spirit. Transported under confinement from...
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  • Night
    Elie Wiesel's Night is a harrowing autobiographical account that follows his experiences as a young Jewish boy during one of history's most brutal chapters. Transported from a Jewish ghetto in Hungary to the unforgiving confines of Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Wiesel's narrative is filled with the escalating horrors he faced. The book captures his profound loss of...
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  • Heroes and Monsters People of the Edwin Fox
    Built in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, in 1853, the Edwin Fox is the only remaining vessel of her kind and has made a unique and unmatched contribution to world maritime history. The ship's importance is acknowledged by Heritage New Zealand, which has designated it as Category 1—the highest level of protection. Built in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, in 1853, the ship is...
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  • The Choice
    The incredible, bestselling memoir of survival, hope and empowerment THE AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Even in hell, hope can flower 'I'll be forever changed by her story' - Oprah Winfrey 'Extraordinary ... will stick with you long after you read it' - Bill Gates 'One of those rare and eternal stories you don't want to end' - Desmond Tutu 'A masterpiece...
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  • World War II: Infographics
    The mass of available data about World War II has never been as large as it is now, yet it has become increasingly complicated to interpret it in a meaningful way. Packed with cleverly designed graphics, charts and diagrams, World War II: Infographics offers a new approach by telling the story of the conflict visually. Encompassing the conflict from its...
    By Nicolas Guillerat and Jean Lopez and Vincent Bernard and Nicolas Aubin
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  • Children of the Third Reich
    Every mother of good blood will be sacred to us, wrote Heinrich Himmler, as he founded his Lebensborn ('Fount of Life') programme in 1935. The Lebensborn programme was founded in Nazi Germany to breed racially pure Aryans, from mothers who believed it was their national duty to provide 'A Child for Hitler', and fathers who served in the SS, selected...
    By Catrine Clay
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  • The Death of Trotsky
    THE PULSE-POUNDING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY 'Breathtaking . . . This is lucid, kaleidoscopic history' - RORY CARROLL 'As good as any thriller' - HELEN RAPPAPORT 'Hugely compelling' - ROGER MOORHOUSE In August 1940, a man walked into Leon Trotsky's study in Mexico City and drove an ice pick into his skull. The...
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  • Pearl Harbor
    Hawaii, 7th December 1941, shortly before 8 in the morning: Japanese torpedo bombers launch a surprise attack on the US Pacific fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor. The devastating attack claims the lives of over 2,400 American soldiers, sinks or damages 18 ships, and destroys nearly 350 aircraft. The US Congress declares war on Japan the following day. In this vivid...
    By Takuma Melber
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  • The Chipilly Six
    Shortlisted, 2024 NSW Premier's History Awards, Anzac Memorial Trustees Military History Prize On 9 August 1918, at Chipilly Spur overlooking the Somme River, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 men have fallen. Then, two Australian sergeants, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews, go absent...
    By Lucas Jordan
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  • The Nazi Mind
    A propulsive narrative history of the motivation and mentality behind the Nazis and their supporters. How could the Nazis have committed the crimes they did? Why did commandants of concentration and death camps willingly—often enthusiastically—oversee mass murder? How could ordinary Germans have tolerated the removal of the Jews? In The Nazi Mind, bestselling author Laurence Rees combines history and the...
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  • The Bells of Nagasaki
    A harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of one of the most infamous events in history—the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. A book that everyone should read The Times A harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of the bombing of Nagasaki—and the acts of human kindness left in its wake. On 9th August 1945, the Japanese city of Nagasaki is hit by an atomic bomb....
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  • A Moment of War
    90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books In one of the great English war memoirs, we learn what it is to cross the Pyrenees through freezing snow to fight fascism in Spain; to narrowly escape execution by your own side; to kill a man with a borrowed rifle and feel nothing but shame. Moving and shrapnel-sharp, A Moment...
    By Laurie Lee
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  • Child of the Ruins
    People are disappearing. I spoke to my neighbour yesterday, we laughed at some nonsense, and today he is gone. We only discovered he was missing because the dog wouldn't stop howling and we all knew he would never leave his beloved pet. So I am careful, extremely careful. Two families divided by war. An entire city on the edge of...
    By Kate Furnivall
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  • World War II The Definitive Visual Guide
    This defining period in world history is explored and explained as never before. World War II- The Definitive Visual Guide is captured in hundreds of compelling images, presenting the people, places, and politics involved in the epic conflict. Inside this complete visual guide is chronological coverage of the lead up to war, major military battles around the globe, and the...
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Military History

Explore the evolution of conflict with Book Hero’s Military History collection. Covering significant events from ancient battles to World Wars I and II, this selection delves into key strategies, naval battles, and air warfare. Discover the tactics and technologies that shaped military outcomes and the impact of warfare on societies. Ideal for history buffs and military enthusiasts, these books provide an insightful look into the complexities of warfare throughout history.