The book of the major events, the major players and the consequences of this historic moment in Irish history are illuminated by Tim Pat Coogan¿s...

Doug Beattie MC returns to Helmand Province for one final tour before retiring - and it's the most bloody and brutal conflict yet. This book...

Children of the Rising is the first ever account of the young lives violently lost during the week of the 1916 Rising: long-forgotten and never...

In the eight years since the third edition of this reference was published, careers have waxed and waned, reputations been made and lost, great movies...

In May 1943, a young Frenchwoman called Lucie Aubrac engineered the escape of her husband Raymond from the clutches of Klaus Barbie, the feared Gestapo...

The true story of Edward Windsor and Wallis Simpson's involvement with the Nazi regime, and the post-war cover-up.

Jumping from his aircraft on D-Day while under fire, Dick Winters landed behind enemy lines with nothing but a knife for protection. From this chaotic...

This "New York Times" bestseller draws on interviews with scores of Kennedy intimates and letters and personal papers to paint a detailed picture of the...

While the letters exchanged between the man who was to become King Edward VIII/ Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson/ Duchess of Windsor have been...

Michael Asher - a former soldier in 23 SAS Regiment - examines the evolution of the special forces idea and investigates the real story behind...

'A triumph of family story-telling' Hugo Hamilton, author of The Pages. A tale of three journeys, the final one a successful pursuit of shadows' Myles...

Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the abdication of Edward VIII when the former king was kept...

"A Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.

The very young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II against terrible odds were yet another exceptional band of brothers, and,...

A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an award-winning journalist who has covered the region...

Draws on thousands of recently released official documents and new interviews to present a report on the September 11 attacks that examines why the crisis...

In an irresistible tale of a life lived fully, if not always wisely, Liam Clancy of the legendary Irish group The Clancy Brothers describes his...

"There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers." (Phillip Franklin, White...

From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kennedy Curse--the family's generations-long legacy of misogyny, murder, and mayhem--and the...

France's great heroine and England's great scourge: whether a lunatic, a witch, a religious icon, or a skilled soldier and leader, Joan of Arc's contemporaries...

The true story of a woman's incredible journey into the heart of the Third Reich to find the man she loves. When the Gestapo seize...

A provocative examination of the German search for self-understanding, at just the time when Europe again faces the threat of a united, peaceful, powerful, and...

All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, to understand world events you need to understand...

'Excellent ... a raw and visceral, bird's-eye view of the action from the men who were there' The Times This is the story of a...

Chronicles the Korean War with over 200 interviews of veterans, including the Chinese.

The 15:17 to Paris is the amazing true story of friendship and bravery, and of near tragedy averted by three heroic young men who found...

This is a history of the greatest infantry bayonet charges that won an attack or beat off assaults, where raw courage and cold steel have...

A narrative history of the war in the Pacific between the United States and Japan, which began with Pearl Harbour in December 1941 and concluded...

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'A heartwarming spectacle of desolation.' THE SPECTATOR 'Deeply enjoyable ... a celebration of both the ordinary and the extraordinary.' THE SCOTSMAN An evocative social history...

Based on information from oligarchs, spies and classified sources, this title describes how all power was taken away from the businessmen; who thrived on the...

Reviled Nazi war criminal Dr Aribert Heim was infamous for carrying out grotesque, sadistic medical experiments on Jewish prisoners at the Mauthausen concentration camp. This...

The Pocket Encyclopedia of Ireland is a comprehensive, illustrated A-Z encyclopedia, specifically devoted to subjects of Irish interest.

This is the story of 1970s and 80s pirate radio in Cork, Ireland, as told by the main players involved.

A former SAS sergeant reveals the devastating and extraordinary details of the most horrifying assignment ever undertaken by the regiment.