Chronological Period/1940's
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Two Navies Divided: The British and United States Navies in the Second World War
$60.00 Read moreThe title is derived from George Bernard Shaw’s comment that “England and America are two countries divided by a common language.” It is not intended to imply that the two navies were seriously at odd… [more below]
- Author: Lavery, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1682474720
- Language: English
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Ultimate Allied Fighters of the Second World War
$60.00 Read moreProfusely illustrated with technical drawings and provides exhaustive coverage on different models and variants.
During the five years of the Second World War, the power of engines and speed of aircraf… [more below]
- Author: Miranda, Justo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: March 31 2024
- ISBN10: 1781558884
- Language: English
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La EspÃa / Spy
$14.95 Read moreDanielle Steel nos transporta desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial hasta los años de la Guerra FrÃa en esta historia repleta de emoción y aventura.
A los dieciocho años, Alexandra Wickham se presenta a- Author: Steel, Danielle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 8466358714
- Language: Spanish
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The Inconvenient German
$29.99 Read moreWilli Geismeier is proving to be a headache for the Nazis yet again as leader of the Flower Gang – a secret organisation helping people flee Germany. But is his cover about to be blown?
1944. Captain- Series: A Willi Geismeier Thriller #3
- Author: Steiner, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1448306418
- Language: English
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The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
$19.95 Read moreThis book chronicles the history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and the stories of the first women to play professional baseball in a league of their own.
“In 1941, the world w- Author: Orrock, Anika
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1452173648
- Language: English
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The Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York
$24.95 Add to cartForget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime.Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this… [more below]
- Author: Hortis, C. Alexander
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 161614923X
- Language: English
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Hoover vs. Roosevelt: Two Presidents’ Battle Over Feeding Europe and Going to War
$34.95 Read moreHerbert Hoover, out of office since his defeat in 1932 by Franklin Roosevelt, maintained a strong international reputation due to his achievements as an engineer and his success during World War I and
- Author: Wert, Hal Elliott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0811739724
- Language: English
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Still Life: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
$38.00 Add to cartFrom acclaimed author of Tin Man, Sarah Winman, comes a captivating new novel of people brought together across four decades of love, war, art, flood, and the ghost of E. M. Forster.
Tuscany, 1944: As- Author: Winman, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0593459679
- Language: English
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From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg: Memoir and Testimony
$49.93 Read moreIn 1944, the Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever was airlifted to Moscow from the forest where he had spent the winter among partisan fighters. There he was encouraged by Ilya Ehrenburg, the most famous So… [more below]
- Author: Sutzkever, Abraham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: October 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0228008999
- Language: English
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Her Secret War
$16.99 Read more“A great WWII-era historical fiction that has it all: mystery, suspense, history, espionage, action, and a dash of romance all wrapped up into an addictive and intriguing novel.” Goodreads reviewer,
- Author: Lecky, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0008464847
- Language: English
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The Last Stand of Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour
$29.95 Add to cartAdapted from the naval history classic and New York Times bestseller, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors pieces together the action of the Battle off Samar, bringing to life a riveting story of her… [more below]
- Author: Sanders, Steven Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1682473384
- Language: English
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Audrey Under the Big Top: A Hartford Circus Fire Survival Story
$27.99 Read moreTwelve-year-old Audrey wants nothing more than to be a dance performer and aerialist, but that feels far from reality in 1944 Hartford, Connecticut. So when she learns the Ringling Brothers and Barnum… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Gunderson, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1663990557
- Language: English
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China at War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China
$35.00 Read moreChina’s mid-twentieth-century wars pose extraordinary interpretive challenges. The issue is not just that the Chinese fought for such a long time–from the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 1937 unti
- Author: Van de Ven, Hans
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0674983505
- Language: English
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Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War
$21.00 Read moreA groundbreaking account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler, from the New York Times bests… [more below]
- Author: Olson, Lynne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0812987160
- Language: English
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Staff Cars in Germany Ww2: Volume 3 – Mercedes
$22.00 Read moreA collection of photographs highlighting the Mercedes models used by Germany during World War II.
In the third volume of this publication, the cars of the Mercedes motor company major production types … [more below]
- Series: Camera on
- Author: Ranger, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: March 08 2024
- ISBN10: 8367227190
- Language: English
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The Lace Weaver
$12.95 Read more1941, Estonia. As Stalin’s brutal Red Army crushes everything in its path, Katarina Rebane is desperate to protect her grandmother’s precious legacy: the weaving of gossamer-fine shawls and the intric
- Author: Chater, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 19 2023
- ISBN10: 074902920X
- Language: English
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K5 Rail Gun: Krupp’s WWII Behemoth
$24.99 Read moreAnzio Annie, Anzio Express, “Leopold”; known by many names, the German 8 cm Kanone 5 Eisenbahngesch?z (railway gun), commonly abbreviated K5(E), was the most successful and widely used of Germany’s ra… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Ground #38
- Author: Doyle, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764366440
- Language: English
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The Blitz 1940-41: The Luftwaffe’s Biggest Strategic Bombing Campaign
$25.00 Read moreAn illustrated history of how the Luftwaffe intended ‘the Blitz’ to knock Britain out of the war, emphasising the German point of view and detailing how Britain’s defences and civilians responded.
The- Series: Air Campaign #38
- Author: Hale, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1472857887
- Language: English
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Knife’s Edge: South Pacific Carrier Battles from the Eastern Solomons to Santa Cruz
$41.95 Read moreWhile the resounding American victory at Midway in June 1942 blunted Japanese momentum to a great extent, it left the opposing forces precariously balanced, particularly in the South Pacific. In Knife… [more below]
- Author: Stern, Robert C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1682475689
- Language: English
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The Tragedy of Patton a Soldier’s Date with Destiny: Could World War II’s Greatest General Have Stopped the Cold War?
$27.99 Read more“Better to fight for something than live for nothing.” — General George S. Patton
It is 75 years since the end of WW II and the strange, mysterious death of General George S. Patton, but as in life, P
- Author: Orlando, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 191
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1630061751
- Language: English
