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Experience the thrilling history of aviation, from ancient myths to modern aerospace engineering breakthroughs. Perfect for your daily commute or a focused afternoon of learning, this adventurous narrative captures the sheer human drama of conquering the skies. Watch fragile experimental gliders...

Experience the epic military history of a nation transforming raw medieval militias into a modern combat force. Perfect for an educational commute, this gripping narrative plunges you into the bloody battlefields and strategic revolutions that forged a global superpower. March alongside...

Battleship Diplomat tells the remarkable story of the USS Missouri, one of the most iconic warships ever built and an enduring symbol of peace, diplomacy, and cultural memory. From the moment Margaret Truman christened her in Brooklyn to the day she entered Tokyo Bay to host Japan's surrender...

In 1941, the fire of war met the iron of duty, and a generation of heroes was born. Iron and Fire is the newly discovered World War II memoir of Bruce McCandless—a Medal of Honor recipient, career naval officer, and firsthand witness to the United States Navy's most punishing campaigns in the...

It's January 1, 1926, 0300 hours aboard USS Idaho (BB 42) anchored in San Pedro Harbor, California. The night is dark, the midwatch duty, from midnight to 4 a.m., is long and lonely. A young ensign, E. V. Dockweiler, the Officer of the Deck, must enter the ship's deck log, an essential record that contains a chronological record of the ship, information about the ship's condition, its location, movements, and any significant events surrounding the ship. Deck logs can by mystifying to the untrained eye, a string of compass headings, military acronyms, and maritime jargon.

The thrilling life of aviation pioneer Bert Hinkler, dubbed 'the most daring man in the world' Grantlee Kieza tells the thrilling story of Bert's life and with it the bigger story of how the world was changed forever by men like Hinkler. Fast paced and revealing, this is an overdue, full blooded...

“Bombing to Win is a critically important book.” —Navel War College Review From Iraq to Bosnia to North Korea, the first question in American foreign policy debates is increasing: Can air power alone do the job? Robert A. Pape provides a systematic answer. Analyzing the results of over...

In Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Marine Corps' ground campaign up the Tigris and Euphrates was notable for speed and aggressiveness unparalleled in military history. Little has been written, however, of the air support that guaranteed the drive's success. Paving the way for the rush to Baghdad...

Bloomsbury presents Coventry by Frederick Taylor, read by Leighton Pugh On 14 November 1940 the historic city of Coventry was subjected to the longest and most devastating air raid Britain had yet witnessed. After eleven hours of relentless bombardment by the German Luftwaffe, residents emerged...

A gripping memoir by a former NZSAS commander 'Frighteningly, devastatingly real.' - The Post In 2011, following the Taliban siege on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, an SAS soldier identified only as Serviceman J was awarded New Zealand's second highest military honour by showing outstanding...

The bombs were still falling when America's future changed forever. What if the warnings had been heeded? What if one morning's catastrophic failure had permanently broken the most powerful nation on earth—rather than forged it? In Pearl Harbor, historian Dominic Haynes delivers the definitive account of the attack that shattered American innocence and ignited the most consequential military response in modern history.

Bloomsbury presents Hunt the Bismarck: The pursuit of Germany's most famous battleship by Angus Konstam, read by David Monteath Hunt the Bismarck tells the story of Operation Rheinübung, the Atlantic sortie of Nazi Germany's largest battleship, Bismarck, in May 1941 and her subsequent pursuit...

The A-10 is the Air Force's unlikely success story, an airplane designed to support the Army, and one that ground troops came to venerate. Originally conceived with the express purpose of destroying Soviet tanks, the Air Force only developed it to keep funding away from the Army’s response to...

Narración en primera persona de los días en que Gerhard Boldt asiste a las reuniones diarias entre Hitler y sus generales en el búnker de Berlín, hasta escasas horas antes del suicidio del dictador y la caída del III Reich. Refleja la atmósfera opresiva de un régimen con detalles cotidianos como las ratas rondando los pasillos, borracheras desesperadas de los más fieles, los asesinatos de los hijos Goebbels junto a Hitler.

'An adrenalin-fuelled, gritty story of heroism on the frontline in Afghanistan.' - Andy McNab The rounds were single shot from the same two enemy positions, trying to pick me off. They were kicking up the dirt around me. Then all hell broke loose as the gunship's Gatling vomited ammo right over...

Through conflicts in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, this is the vivid memoir of British sniper Craig Harrison. It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a battlefield when you yourself have...

1941. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Thousands of supply ships ferrying vital food and fuel from North America to Britain are being torpedoed by German U-boats. Prime Minister Winston Churchill is lying to the country about the number of British ships sunk. He is lying about the...

If the Second World War was Hitler's war, the vast military conflict that engulfed the Mediterranean between 1940 and 1945 was Mussolini's. In this exciting and illuminating account, Anthony Tucker-Jones explores the major campaigns across the whole Mediterranean, from the struggle for control of the Suez Canal to the Allied landings in the French Riviera in the summer of 1944. The actions of famous generals are introduced, including Erwin Rommel, Bernard Montgomery and George S. Patton, and how their strategic offensives pushed back Axis forces.

Dane Hans Tofte's remarkable career spanned covert operations in WWII, the OSS, CIA, and Cold War intelligence. When World War II broke out, Dane Hans Tofte gave up his promising career in the maritime industry to come first to the aid of his own country, and then to the assistance of several...

Examines the disastrous Allied Convoy PQ 17 of 1942, exploring how strategic errors and one critical decision led to its near-destruction. In early June 1941, few optimists would have forecast that beleaguered Britain would see victory or even be joined by new military allies. Yet on June 22...