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The three lives of Alix St Pierre
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Sphere, 2023
Alix St. Pierre was an ordinary woman. Until she became a spy for the American government. 1943. War is raging, and after developing a successful propaganda...
The operators: the wild and terrifying inside story of America's war in Afghanistan
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Phoenix, 2013
General Stanley McChrystal resigned as commander of the US forces in Afghanistan after unflattering remarks - attributed to the four-star general - appeared...
The Ritchie boys: the untold story of the Jews who escaped the Nazis and returned to fight Hitler
Paperback. English.
Published
London: William Collins, 2018
The story of young German Jews who escaped the Nazis, most often without their families, only to return a few years later to war-torn Europe as members...
Secret Founding of America: The Real Story of Freemasons, Puritans, and the Battle for the New World
Hardback. English.
Published
Watkins Publishing, 2007
Introduces the two groups of founders of America - the Planting Fathers, who established the earliest settlements along essentially Christian lines, and...
Ghost fire
Hardback. English.
Published
London: Zaffre, 2019
1754. Inseparable since birth and growing up in India, Theo and Connie Courtney are torn apart by the tragic death of their parents. Theo, wracked with...
Lincoln in the bardo
Hardback. English.
Published
London: Bloomsbury, 2017
The American Civil War rages while President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son lies gravely ill. In a matter of days, Willie dies and is laid to rest...
All the way to Berlin: a paratrooper at war in Europe
Book. English.
Published
New York: Presidio, 2003
Megellas was the most highly decorated soldier of the 82nd Division and saw more action during the war than most other junior officers. This book is his...
The bloody ground
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Harper, 2013
This novel continues the story of a nation torn apart by civil war, and the life of Nathaniel Starbuck, a Northerner fighting for the Southern cause....
The Indian world of George Washington: the first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation
Hardback. English.
Published
[New York, NY]: Oxford University Press, [2018]
"An authoritative, sweeping, and fresh new biography of the nation's first president, Colin G. Calloway's book reveals fully the dimensions and depths...
Smoky the brave: the world's smallest dog, the world's biggest heart
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Quercus, 2019
In February 1944, as Japanese military advances threatened to engulf Australasia, a tiny, four-pound Yorkshire terrier was discovered hiding in a Japanese...