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Bloomsbury presents Estocada by Graham Hurley, read by Andrew Cullum. 'Historical fiction of a high order' The Times To avoid war across Europe, a killing strike is needed. 1937. Flying for the infamous Condor Legion over the battlefields of Spain's civil war, Merz has been able to unleash the...

The Iraq War did not end when Baghdad fell. For the soldiers who fought it, the war only changed shape.From the shock of the 2003 invasion to the violent streets of Baghdad, the brutal battles of Fallujah, the hunt for Saddam Hussein, the rise of the insurgency, and the quiet burden carried home...

Millions have passed through its doors, but few know the full story of the house in Amsterdam's Canal District that hid Anne Frank and her family. Built in 1635 by an enterprising Dutch businessman, over the next 400 years the house would welcome a cast of extraordinary characters - merchants...

The Falklands War is the period of Margaret Thatcher's premiership which still attracts the greatest attention. Mrs. Thatcher's War is a new history of the conflict, not from the military perspective but centrally from hers. Chris Collins presents the fullest account to date of the Thatcher...

Always with Honor is the gripping memoir of General Pyotr Wrangel, the last commander of the White Army during the Russian Civil War. In this vivid and unflinching account, Wrangel chronicles the chaos, courage, and tragedy of his struggle against the Bolsheviks—a fight for the soul of Russia amid the collapse of an empire. From the brutal battlefields of the Civil War to the harrowing retreat of his forces into exile, Wrangel reflects on the virtues of duty, loyalty, and the cost of honor in an era of revolution.

When Japanese imperial rule ended in August 1945, the Korean peninsula erupted with hopes that had been bottled up for forty years. New mother Chŏn Sukhŭi marveled at the news, envisioning her son growing up free in an independent Korea. Yi Ilchae, who only days before had been drafted into...

In 1997, Thao Hà’s first love took the rap for a drive-by shooting and was sentenced to sixty years in the infamous Beto Unit, the most violent maximum-security prison in Texas. His name was Vu, and like Thao, he was a Vietnamese refugee in Houston’s Little Saigon neighborhood. Though steeped in Viet Pride, neither of them remembered the country they’d been evacuated from as infants. What they did know were the Vietnamese street gangs that ran wild in Houston.

James Weatherill served as an Army helicopter pilot in Vietnam from November 1967 to November 1968. His memoir, THE BLADES CARRY ME: Inside the Helicopter War in Vietnam, takes the reader into the CH-47 Chinook helicopter cockpit and the daily life of a 22-year-old pilot.The young man must...

É impossível separar o nome de Adolf Hitler do maior genocídio da história da humanidade. Os setenta anos do início da Segunda Guerra Mundial, completados em 2009, reavivam os humores com relação ao conflito que o mundo jamais conseguiu perdoar. Filmes, livros e exposições tentam, ao...

Nesta biografia equilibrada e imparcial de Adolf Hitler, Fernando Jorge, consagrado biógrafo de Aleijadinho, Santos Dumont e Paulo Setúbal, reconstitui a trajetória do Führer em toda a sua dimensão monstruosa e também humana, desde a pobreza na sua Áustria natal, a tentativa frustrada de...

In the century since Rome's defeat of the Seleucid Empire in the 180s BC, the East was dominated by the rise of new empires: Parthia, Armenia, and Pontus, each vying to recreate the glories of the Persian Empire. By the 80s BC, the Pontic Empire of Mithridates had grown so bold that it invaded and annexed the whole of Rome's eastern empire and occupied Greece itself. But as Rome emerged from the devastating effects of the First Civil War, a new breed of general emerged with it, eager to re-assert Roman military dominance and carve out a fresh empire in the east.

Delivery Man: The Enemy-Alien Nisei Translator Who Saved His Battalion is the suspenseful, tragic, and true story of a combat translator in a pioneering American special operations force, sent into the heart of a forgotten jungle war in which he fought soldiers of his own ancestry and put his life on the line to save hundreds of his brothers.

Brought to you by Penguin. From bestselling historian Katja Hoyer comes a gripping story of life during the rise and reign of Hitler through the eyes of the people of Weimar Weimar looms large in German history: a crucible of democracy and dictatorship. This ancient town nestled in the heart of...

The War of 1812 is a conflict that history too often leaves in the margins—overshadowed by the American Revolution before it and the Civil War after. Yet, it was a war that redefined nations, betrayed allies, and laid the groundwork for modern North American identity. In Unfinished Business, former U.S. military strategist and war historian Korey Blathewick pulls this overlooked war from the shadows, exposing the complexities, contradictions, and consequences of a clash that shaped three nations and left a legacy still felt today.

The Trials of Nuremberg: Holding Evil Accountable is a powerful and lucid account of the moment the world chose justice over vengeance, truth over denial, and the rule of law over the rule of fear.

"[Narrator Erin] Bennett’s reading is never overdone; her directness neither shies away from [author Christine] Kuehn’s unpleasant revelations nor sensationalizes them...her light expression lets the dramatic details speak for themselves." — Booklist "[Narrator Erin] Bennett's enunciation...

Ho Chi Minh was more than a revolutionary leader—he was the symbol of an entire people’s struggle for independence. Known affectionately as “Uncle Ho,” he became the face of Vietnam’s resistance against colonialism, imperialism, and foreign domination. His life was a journey that spanned continents, ideologies, and decades of conflict, culminating in the creation of a unified Vietnam and a legacy that still shapes the nation today. This book explores Ho Chi Minh’s life, tracing his evolution from a young man in colonial Vietnam to one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century.

From Soldier to Statesman: The Relentless Rise of Ulysses S. Grant by Jasmine Dyggan is a sweeping, deeply human portrait of one of America’s most misunderstood heroes — a man whose quiet strength, humility, and perseverance reshaped a nation. From humble beginnings in rural Ohio to the highest office in the land, Grant’s journey was marked not by privilege or ambition, but by endurance and integrity.

The Anglo-Saxons: The Founders of EnglandWho were the Anglo-Saxons, and how did they create the foundations of England?Following the collapse of Roman Britain, waves of migrants from northern Europe crossed the North Sea and settled in a land undergoing dramatic change. Over the next six...

After years spent honoring the stories of World War II veterans, and hearing their stories, Andrew Biggio, acclaimed author of The Rifle, turned his attention to the men who fought in the jungles, mountains, and villages of Vietnam War. Armed with the same determination to preserve history...