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  • The Island of Dread In the Channel

    by Brian Bonnard ...
    Georgi Kondakov was sixteen years old when he was brought to Alderney in August 1942 with about 1,000 other young Russians to build part of Hitler's Atlantic Wall defences. During this time he suffered the hardships of having little nourishing food, inadequate clothing, occasional beatings, no medical attention and hard manual work twelve hours a day; under such harsh conditions many people died. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Alderney From Old Photographs

    by Brian Bonnard ...
    Series series From Old Photographs
    Alderney From Old Photographs offers a fascinating glimpse into life on this beautiful island over the last hundred years or so. More than 200 images illustrate the changes that have overtaken the island of Alderney and its towns and villages. Drawing upon an eclectic collection of photographs, the author offers a charming glimpse into the history and natural beauty of this island. There is ... Read more

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  • The Last Days of the Romanovs

    Tragedy at Ekaterinburg

    by Helen Rappaport ...
    Rappaport, an expert in the field of Russian history, brings you the riveting day-by-day account of the last fourteen days of the Russian Imperial family, in this first of two books about the Romanovs. Her second book The Romanov Sisters, offering a never-before-seen glimpse at the lives of the Tsar's beautiful daughters and a celebration of their unique stories, will be published in 2014.The ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Sniper Ace

    From the Eastern Front to Siberia

    by Sutkus, Bruno ...
    Throughout World War II, German snipers were obliged to carry a 'Scharfshützen Buch' which recorded every kill. Each success noted had to be verified by a witness and signed by a superior officer.The journal of Sutkus is one of only a few such books to have survived the war. It records more than 200 kills, placing him as one of the war's most successful snipers. A large part of his journal is ... Read more

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  • When Did Big Ben First Bong?

    101 Questions Answered About the Greatest City on Earth

    by David Long ...
    Millions live there, millions more visit each year – but how many really know London?Find out:How New York's famous Central Park came to be modelled on a seventeenth-century London squareWhen Primrose Hill almost gained a pyramid even larger than the Great Pyramid of CheopsWhy about 640 people came to be drowned in the Thames in a single nightWhat the royal family might do to escape London if the ... Read more

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  • Lenin's Roller Coaster

    by David Downing ...
    Series Book 3 - A Jack McColl Novel
    In Russia the Bolshevik revolution is in full-swing while the supposed Great War is destroying Europe in ways never before imagined. Fulltime lovers and part-time enemies, British spy Jack McColl and progressive American journalist Caitlin Hanley, have seen their relationship survive this far but in a world defined by “win at all cost” attitudes how much longer can they hold out?Winter 1917: As a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Speen for Donnington - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR

    Stations of the Great Western Railway, #2

    by Charles Darvelle ...
    Series Book 2 - Stations of the Great Western Railway
    A dedicated history of one of the vanished Great Western Railway stations that closed in the 1960s.Speen for Donnington Station is no more. This small rural station once had its own full time staff and a thriving traffic of passengers and agricultural produce. Some of the older residents in the villages can still remember the trains rattling through the station, over the level crossing and through ... Read more

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  • The Murder of the Romanovs

    by Andrew Cook ...
    The overthrow and execution of Tsar Nicholas II and the Russian Imperial family is a cause célèbre of 20th century history. Andrew Cooks re-investigation of the story finally solves one of the greatest mysteries of world history. The author draws upon new forensic evidence and newly discovered British and Russian Secret Service records reveal the truth about the familys murder, the proposed ... Read more

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  • Guernsey Evacuees

    The Forgotten Evacuees of the Second World War

    by Gillian Mawson ...
    In June 1940, 17,000 people fled Guernsey to England, including 5,000 school children with their teachers and 500 mothers as 'helpers'. The Channel Islands were occupied on 30 June - the only part of British territory that was occupied by Nazi forces during the Second World War. Most evacuees were transported to smoky industrial towns in Northern England - an environment so very different to their ... Read more

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  • Whitby Through Time

    by Robin Cook ...
    Series series Through Time
    Famous for its attractive scenery, abbey, trademark jet jewellery and Dracula, it could be argued that Whitby needs little introduction. But as this volume sets out to show, there is far more to Whitby. The Abbey, of course, is the best-known and loved building here, but perhaps fewer people know of the important role it played in shaping the development of the church in England. And while the jet ... Read more

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  • Moonless Night

    The Second World War Escape Epic

    by B A 'Jimmy' James ...
    "James is the sort of person they write legends about. A participant in the mass escape that was the basis for the movie The Great Escape." — AudioFileFrom the moment he was shot down to the final whistle, Jimmy James' one aim as a POW of the Germans was to escape. Moonless Night describes his experiences and those of his fellow prisoners in the most gripping and thrilling manner. The author made ... Read more

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  • Welford Park - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR

    Stations of the Great Western Railway, #9

    by Charles Darvelle ...
    Series Book 9 - Stations of the Great Western Railway
    A well researched history of one of closed branch line stations on the Great Western Railway.Welford Park Station is no more. This was once the busiest of all the stations on the Lambourn Valley Line serving as it did the huge RAF base nearby as well as the village of Welford. But now there is little left on the ground to show where this railway station once stood. Some of the older residents can ... Read more

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