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When the Children Came Home
By Julie Summers
Paperback
Published 01-Mar-2012
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A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of children evacuated during the Second World War and the families they left behind
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Ian Fleming's Commandos
By Nicholas Rankin
Hardback
Published 06-Oct-2011
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In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'. Here, Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in hard with the front-line troops and steal enemy intelligence?
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Agent Zigzag
By Ben MacIntyre
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Published 02-Aug-2010
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'If you're looking for a good spy thriller, I definitely recommend this' Daily Express The thrilling real-life story of a double agent in the Second World War
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Atlantic
By Simon Winchester
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Published 07-Jul-2011
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The definitive biography of the world's most important body of water -- the Atlantic.
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Engineers of Victory
By Paul Kennedy
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Published 29-Jan-2013
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An account of how the tide was turned against the Nazis by the Allies in the Second World War. It focuses on the problem-solvers - Major-General Perry Hobart, who invented the 'funny tanks' which flattened the curve on the D-Day beaches; Flight Lieutenant Ronnie Harker 'the man who put the Merlin in the Mustang.
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Green and Pleasant Land
By Ursula Buchan
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Published 07-Mar-2013
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Tells the story of how Britain's wartime government encouraged and cajoled its citizens to grow their own fruit and vegetables.
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Greatest Traitor
By Roger Hermiston
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Published 04-Apr-2013
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Drawing on hitherto unpublished records from Blake's trial, as well as original interviews with former spies and the man himself, The Greatest Traitor sheds new light on this most complex of characters and presents a fascinating shadow history of the Cold War.
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White Mughals
By William Dalrymple
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Published 07-Apr-2003
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'White Mughals' is the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time.
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Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia, 1942
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Published 01-Sep-2006
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1 million American soldiers passed through Australia between 1942 and 1945 as part of America's strategy to defeat Japan. In the pithy prose of the soldier's pocketbook series, this guide captures the essence of Australians, their vocabulary; their attitude to the Yanks, the British, the War and the world with remarkable humour.
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Selected Poems and Songs
By Robert Burns
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Published 10-Jan-2013
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This volume offers Burns's work as it was first encountered by contemporary readers, presenting the texts in the contexts in which they were originally published. It includes the whole of Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786), a generous selection of songs with full scores, comprehensive notes, some important letters and a glossary.
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