Flight By Elephant: The Untold Story of World War II’s Most Daring Jungle Rescue
The incredible story of Gyles Mackrell and his Burmese, elephant-assisted wartime rescue mission.
Warfare & defence
Flight By Elephant: The Untold Story of World War II’s Most Daring Jungle Rescue
The incredible story of Gyles Mackrell and his Burmese, elephant-assisted wartime rescue mission.
I Didn’t Do It For You: How the World Used and Abused a Small African Nation (Text Only)
One small East African country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists, riven by civil war, confused by Cold War manoeuvring, proud, colorful, with Africa’s best espresso and worst rail service. Michela Wrong brilliantly reveals the contradictions and comedy, past and present, of Eritrea.
Public Servant, Secret Agent: The elusive life and violent death of Airey Neave (Text Only)
The first biography of Airey Neave, Colditz escapee, MI6 officer, mastermind of Margaret Thatcher’s leadership campaign and on the verge of being her first Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he was brutally murdered in the palace of Westminster by the INLA.
Dynamo: Defending the Honour of Kiev (Text Only)
In 1942 at the centre point of World War II an extraordinary event took place not on the battlefield but in a municipal stadium in Kiev. This is the true story of courage, team loyalty and fortitude in the face of the most brutal oppression the world had ever seen.
The Mulberry Empire
The bestselling novel from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Northern Clemency and King of the Badgers.
Unbroken
The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie.
One Shot, One Kill: A History of the Sniper: Text only edition
Previously published as The Hunting of Man
One shot, one kill: a cultural and military history of the sniper since 1643, when the first shot was fired by a sniper during the battle for Litchfield in the English Civil War, to the present day, when the sniper has become the embodiment of contemporary military strategy and technology.
War
From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger’s almost fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army.
Unbroken
The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie.
War
From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger’s almost-fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army.
SS 1: The Unlikely Death of Heinrich Himmler
First serious examination of the curious demise of Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler that also investigates an extraordinary web of secret deals and international intrigue.
Comrade Jim: The Spy Who Played for Spartak
The true and remarkable story of the English double agent who ended up playing for Spartak Moscow.
MI6: Fifty Years of Special Operations
The first comprehensive history of the UK government overseas intelligence service, MI6, by an acknowledged expert and author of the highly acclaimed Smear!