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The Great Escape (Paperback, New Ed): Paul Brickhill The Great Escape (Paperback, New Ed)
Paul Brickhill
R338 R276 Discovery Miles 2 760 Save R62 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The famous story of mass escape from a WWII German PoW camp that inspired the classic film. One of the most famous true stories from the last war, The GREAT ESCAPE tells how more than six hundred men in a German prisoner-of-war camp worked together to achieve an extraordinary break-out. Every night for a year they dug tunnels, and those who weren't digging forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes to wear once they had escaped. All of this was conducted under the very noses of their prison guards. When the right night came, the actual escape itself was timed to the split second - but of course, not everything went according to plan...

Immediate Action (Paperback, New Ed): Andy McNab Immediate Action (Paperback, New Ed)
Andy McNab 2
R344 R283 Discovery Miles 2 830 Save R61 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Immediate Action is a no-holds-barred account of an extraordinary life, from the day Andy McNab was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy's Hospital to the day he went to fight in the Gulf War. As a delinquent youth he kicked against society. As a young soldier he waged war against the IRA in the streets and fields of South Armagh. As a member of 22 SAS Regiment he was at the centre of covert operations for nine years - on five continents. Recounting with grim humour and in riveting, often horrifying, detail his activities in the world's most highly trained and efficient Special Forces unit, McNab sweeps us into a world of surveillance and intelligence-gathering, counter-terrorism and hostage rescue.There are casualties: the best men are so often the first to be killed, because they are in front. By turns chilling, astonishing, violent, funny and moving, this blistering first-hand account of life at the forward edge of battle confirms Andy McNab's standing in the front rank of writers on modern war.

Confessions of a Recovering Racist - What White People Must Do to Overcome Racism in America (Paperback): Lou Snead Confessions of a Recovering Racist - What White People Must Do to Overcome Racism in America (Paperback)
Lou Snead
R395 R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Save R60 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sisters of the Resistance - The Nuns Who Defied the Nazis (Paperback): Dennis J. Turner Sisters of the Resistance - The Nuns Who Defied the Nazis (Paperback)
Dennis J. Turner
R278 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R51 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Throughout the occupied territories, Catholic sisters were active in resistance to the Nazis Based on letters and documents - not seen for seventy years - written by the Catholic Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur during the Nazi occupation of Belgium, this book tells the remarkable story of these brave and faithful women, and how they resisted the German forces. In great detail, these letters document the lives of the sisters and convents under the Nazi regime, revealing the hardships of being bombed and constant hunger, and the executions of innocents. But they also tell the story of how these remarkably courageous women worked to help defeat the Nazis. Throughout the occupied territories, Catholic sisters were active members of the resistance. From running contraband to hiding resisters and Jews, and from spying for the allies to small acts of sabotage, these extraordinary women risked their lives to save others and to help bring an end to the war. This is a story that deserves to be told.

Escape from Tyranny - The Story of Four Brothers (Paperback): Geoff Trigg Escape from Tyranny - The Story of Four Brothers (Paperback)
Geoff Trigg
R721 Discovery Miles 7 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Man with the Poison Gun - A Cold War Spy Story (Paperback): Serhii Plokhy The Man with the Poison Gun - A Cold War Spy Story (Paperback)
Serhii Plokhy 1
R373 R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Save R68 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

1961. The height of the Cold War. Just hours before work begins on the Berlin Wall, a KGB assassin and his young wife flee for the West before the Iron Curtain comes down and traps them in the East forever. This gripping story of real-life espionage and intrigue began when the Soviets invented a special weapon that killed without leaving a trace and put it in the hands of Bogdan Stashinsky. It is a tale of exploding parcels, fake identities, forbidden love and a man who knew the truth about the USSR's most classified programme. By the time Stashinsky had his day in court, the whole world was watching.

The Goldfish Club (Paperback, Digital original): Danny Danziger The Goldfish Club (Paperback, Digital original)
Danny Danziger
R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Mayday. Mayday. Mayday . . . Every member of the Goldfish Club has been forced to broadcast these terrifying words from a stricken aircraft, making them one of the most unusual fellowships in the world. Formed during the Second World War to foster comradeship among pilots who had been forced to bail out over water, the Goldfish Club has taken on new airmen (and one woman) ever since and there are hundreds of tales to be told. All are different. All are utterly gripping. Award winning journalist and author Danny Danziger has brought together some of the most powerful stories of this extraordinary brotherhood. A few will leave you open-mouthed, others may reduce you to tears, but all are a fascinating testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

UNDER A FEATHERED SKY - THE UNTOLD STORY OF NATO'S ROLE IN NEWLY INDEPENDENT KOSOVO (Paperback): Ade Clewlow UNDER A FEATHERED SKY - THE UNTOLD STORY OF NATO'S ROLE IN NEWLY INDEPENDENT KOSOVO (Paperback)
Ade Clewlow
R342 Discovery Miles 3 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Setting the Med Ablaze - Churchill's Secret North African Base (Paperback): Peter Dixon Setting the Med Ablaze - Churchill's Secret North African Base (Paperback)
Peter Dixon
R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

It was Christmas 1942 when eleven young women boarded the troopship Strathaird and braved the attentions of U-Boats in the deep Atlantic. Borrowing a cricketing phrase, they called themselves the First Eleven. But they were not the first to arrive at the Special Operations Executive's secret North African base near Algiers. Code-named Massingham, it was formed by SOE to spearhead subversion and sabotage in what Winston Churchill called 'the soft underbelly' of Europe. Massingham was hidden away at the Club des Pins, a former luxury resort nestling among pines next to a Mediterranean beach. By the time SOE had got to work, there was little luxury left. Setting the Med Ablaze tells the true stories of the men and women of Churchill's secret base. Its life was short. Less than two years after its formation, its job was done. But Massingham played a key role in the Allied offensive in the Mediterranean islands, Italy and France. If you enjoy historical nonfiction, this book is for you.

Pamela's War - A Moving Account of a Young Girl's Life in the Midlands during the Second World War (Paperback, New):... Pamela's War - A Moving Account of a Young Girl's Life in the Midlands during the Second World War (Paperback, New)
Cherryl Vines
R243 R199 Discovery Miles 1 990 Save R44 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is the third of September 1939. It is just after half past eleven in the morning. I am fifteen years and sixteen days old. The radiogram at my home, the Woodman Hotel in Clent, has just been switched off, the silence resonates around the room, and a deathly hush has fallen. The Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, has declared that, despite the best efforts of the politicians of the day to secure 'peace in our time', the inevitable has befallen us; despite pledges to the contrary, Germany has invaded Poland, Hitler has ignored requests to back down and so, therefore, 'Britain is now at war with Germany'. Minutes after the broadcast ends, my Father, Sidney Wheeler, goes quietly up to his room where he methodically loads three bullets into his First World War revolver. This is the true story of a fifteen-year-old girl's experience of the Second World War, based around her parent's hotel in a sleepy Worcestershire village. As war is declared, her father prepares three bullets for the invasion. He will shoot the family and himself when the Germans come. In their village, local Germans are imprisoned (guilty or not). The blackout is immediate and has tragic consequences. There is a court case over an alleged poker game. An abortion nearly results in tragedy. Handsome young airmen fly low over the hotel. Pamela has a premonition of death. The business fails. An air raid very nearly kills them all. She is called up first to factory work and then to the Land Army. She marries by special licence. As the war comes to an end she is living at home with her parents and a small baby, at which point she is just twenty-one years of age. Amusing and entertaining, surprising and often moving, Pamela's account vividly captures one family's life on the home front in Worcestershire.

Chasing Alexander - A Marine's Journey Across Iraq and Afghanistan (Hardcover): Christopher Martin Chasing Alexander - A Marine's Journey Across Iraq and Afghanistan (Hardcover)
Christopher Martin
R785 R658 Discovery Miles 6 580 Save R127 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Scouts Out! - A Kiowa Warrior Pilot's Perspective of War in Afghanistan (Paperback): Ryan Robicheaux Scouts Out! - A Kiowa Warrior Pilot's Perspective of War in Afghanistan (Paperback)
Ryan Robicheaux
R512 R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Save R69 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
War Is Personal - Hell, Luck, and Resilience-A WWII Combat Marine's Accounts of Okinawa and China (Paperback): Roy Wilkes War Is Personal - Hell, Luck, and Resilience-A WWII Combat Marine's Accounts of Okinawa and China (Paperback)
Roy Wilkes; Compiled by Elaine Wilkes
R339 R281 Discovery Miles 2 810 Save R58 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ten Thousand Shells and Counting - A Memoir (Paperback, 2nd ed.): Nadija Mujagic Ten Thousand Shells and Counting - A Memoir (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Nadija Mujagic
R429 R359 Discovery Miles 3 590 Save R70 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hill - A Memoir of War in Helmand Province (Hardcover): Aaron Kirk The Hill - A Memoir of War in Helmand Province (Hardcover)
Aaron Kirk
R729 Discovery Miles 7 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dogfight - True Stories of Dramatic Air Actions (Paperback): Alfred Price Dogfight - True Stories of Dramatic Air Actions (Paperback)
Alfred Price
R405 R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Save R70 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Dogfight tells the story of some of the most incredible air battles of modern warfare. Alfred Price's action-packed accounts place you in the cockpit, offering a rare insight into what it was like to face the enemy thousands of feet above the frontline. From operations over the fields of France during the First World War, through to accounts of the indomitable spirit of the RAF during the Battle of Britain, to the horrifying loss of life inflicted by Hitler's Blitzkrieg offensive, when more than 300 aircraft fell in air-to air combat during a single day of fighting; this book details the battles and the men who fought in them. The jet age is also heralded in by accounts of the air force's role in the Vietnam War and the Falkland. The role of reconnaissance aircraft in modern warfare is described alongside the precision of attacking pin-point targets during the Gulf War in Iraq. This book not only uncovers how the tactics of aerial warfare have changed through each major conflict of modern times, but also the dramatic narrative allows the reader to feel like they were there in the skies, flying alongside these incredible pilots.

Alarms and Excursions in Arabia - The Life and Works of Bertram Thomas in Early 20th Century Iraq and Oman. (Paperback): Ibn Al... Alarms and Excursions in Arabia - The Life and Works of Bertram Thomas in Early 20th Century Iraq and Oman. (Paperback)
Ibn Al Hamra; Thomas Bertram
R983 Discovery Miles 9 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Alarms and Excursions in Arabia - The Life and Works of Bertram Thomas in Early 20th Century Iraq and Oman (Paperback,... Alarms and Excursions in Arabia - The Life and Works of Bertram Thomas in Early 20th Century Iraq and Oman (Paperback, Annotated edition)
Ibn Al Hamra; Thomas Bertram
R590 Discovery Miles 5 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rescue in the Valley of the Tigers (Hardcover): thomas A ross Rescue in the Valley of the Tigers (Hardcover)
thomas A ross
R808 Discovery Miles 8 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hill - A Memoir of War in Helmand Province (Paperback): Aaron Kirk The Hill - A Memoir of War in Helmand Province (Paperback)
Aaron Kirk
R474 Discovery Miles 4 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Spitfire Leader - Robert Bungey DFC, Tragic Battle of Britain Hero (Hardcover): Dennis Newton, Richard Bungey Spitfire Leader - Robert Bungey DFC, Tragic Battle of Britain Hero (Hardcover)
Dennis Newton, Richard Bungey
R622 R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Save R112 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Robert Wilton Bungey was unquestionably an RAF hero. From the very beginning of the Second World War he was patrolling Germany's border with the AASF. In the retreat from France he survived frantic day and night bombing missions flying obsolete, outclassed Fairey Battles against overwhelming odds. Many others didn't survive. When Fighter Command desperately needed pilots in the Battle of Britain, he volunteered. He survived again when his Hurricane was shot down near the Isle of Wight. Converting to Spitfires, he commanded such aces as Jean 'Pyker' Offenberg, Paddy Finucane and Bluey Truscott, his leadership from-the-front gaining their trust and respect. While he was CO of 452 (RAAF) Squadron, it topped Fighter Command's monthly tallies three times in a row. Later, commanding RAF Hawkinge, he was linked with air-sea rescue and Combined Operations Command. After more than three years of active war service, he returned to Australia for Sybil, his English bride waiting with a son he had never seen. But this story of triumph against all the odds has an extraordinary ending: at once a terrible tragedy and something of a miracle... Spitfire Leader is illustrated with many photographs never before published.

A Crowd Is Not Company (Paperback): Robert Kee A Crowd Is Not Company (Paperback)
Robert Kee 1
R274 Discovery Miles 2 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Journalist and broadcaster Robert Kee was an RAF bomber pilot in the Second World War. When his plane was shot down over Nazi-occupied Holland, he was captured and spent three years and three months in a German POW camp. From the beginning he was intent on escape. After several false starts, he finally made it. First published in 1947 as a novel, but now revealed to be an autobiography, A Crowd Is Not Company recounts Kee's experiences as a prisoner of war and describes in compelling detail his desperate journey across Poland - a journey that meant running the gauntlet of Nazism.

Abraham Lincoln Was A Badass - Crazy But True Stories About The United States' 16th President (Paperback): Bill... Abraham Lincoln Was A Badass - Crazy But True Stories About The United States' 16th President (Paperback)
Bill O'Neill
R315 R262 Discovery Miles 2 620 Save R53 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
George Washington Was A Badass - Crazy But True Stories About The United States' First President (Paperback): Bill... George Washington Was A Badass - Crazy But True Stories About The United States' First President (Paperback)
Bill O'Neill
R315 R262 Discovery Miles 2 620 Save R53 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nine Lives and Counting - A Memoir of Adventure, Self-Discovery and Bouncing Back (Paperback): John P Culnane Nine Lives and Counting - A Memoir of Adventure, Self-Discovery and Bouncing Back (Paperback)
John P Culnane
R316 R277 Discovery Miles 2 770 Save R39 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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