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True war & combat stories
Hardcover. "I am just one of many who experienced life on a submarine during World War II. Silent Running is a story sincerely told--free of any revisionism or cynicism--and I commend Vice Admiral Calvert for sharing this dramatic personal account of that difficult and exciting time. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations facsim., maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471127789
- ISBN
- 9780471127789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.72
€ 40.99
€ 31.72
Paperback. "I am just one of many who experienced life on a submarine during World War II. Silent Running is a story sincerely told--free of any revisionism or cynicism--and I commend Vice Admiral Calvert for sharing this dramatic personal account of that difficult and exciting time. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations facsim., maps., portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471197058
- ISBN
- 9780471197058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.73
€ 23.99
€ 19.73
Paperback. 'Heroes' is the story of an extraordinary generation of young men, mostly British, who came of age in the Second World War. These young men - and women - found themselves facing life-threatening danger and the kind of responsibility few would be prepared to shoulder today. Num Pages: 400 pages, 17 b/w illus, 50 b/w plates (16pp). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007213818
- ISBN
- 9780007213818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.61
€ 16.99
€ 12.61
hardcover. Num Pages: 243 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 186 x 21. Weight in Grams: 620. Valley Veterans Remember World War II. 243 pages, b/w photos. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTM. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 21. Weight: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Craven Street Books
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933502083
- ISBN
- 9781933502083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 24.88
€ 34.99
€ 24.88
Paperback. The nearly half-million American airmen who served during World War II have almost disappeared. And so have their stories. In Unsung Eagles, award-winning writer and former fighter pilot Jay Stout has saved an exciting collection of those accounts from oblivion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32pp photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Casemate Books United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612003948
- ISBN
- 9781612003948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.45
€ 20.45
Paperback. Most of us never get to test ourselves in combat. As a UH-1 Helicopter pilot flying in the jungle highlands of South Vietnam, Jim Crigler and the men he flew with were tested daily. This true story is a raw, bold, introspective autobiography where the author openly wrestles with his personal moral dilemma to find meaning and purpose in his life. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTM; BTP; HBW; HBWS2; VFV; VSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Panoma Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784521080
- ISBN
- 9781784521080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.66
€ 19.99
€ 15.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTM; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Christian Focus Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845500931
- ISBN
- 9781845500931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.88
€ 11.88
Paperback. A celebrated warrior who led his people to victory on the battlefield, Red Cloud was also a skilled diplomat who transitioned the Oglala Sioux to reservation life. In Red Cloud: Oglala Legend , John D. McDermott examines Red Cloud's early years, his rise to prominence, and his struggle to protect his people from cultural domination. Series: South Dakota Biography Series. Num Pages: 194 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BTM; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 121 x 7. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- South Dakota State Historical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941813027
- ISBN
- 9781941813027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.88
€ 24.88
Paperback. Tells the story of John F. Kinney - hero, POW escapee, and aviation pioneer. It contains the first full-length account of a successful escape by a Marine captured in one of the great battles of World War II. Series: Memories of War. Num Pages: 220 pages, 17ill.M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887365
- ISBN
- 9781574887365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.17
€ 17.17
Paperback. One of the Remarkable True Stories of WWII series. A tale of a fascinating life of courage, wild escapades and a dark secret Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BTM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755316120
- ISBN
- 9780755316120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.61
€ 14.99
€ 11.61
Paperback. RAF Flight lieutenants John Peters and John Nichol were shot down over enemy territory on their first airborne mission of the Gulf War. This book tells the story of their part in the war against Saddam Hussien's regime. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BTM; BTP; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 182 x 24. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140270815
- ISBN
- 9780140270815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.87
€ 13.99
€ 13.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Peanut Butter Publishing,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897168151
- ISBN
- 9780897168151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.47
€ 20.99
€ 15.47
Paperback. In the words of Malcolm Brown 'a rediscovered classic'. Sixty first-hand accounts of what life was really like in the Great War. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BTM; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781849010672
- ISBN
- 9781849010672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.73
€ 16.99
€ 15.73
Paperback. This is the true story of 450 US soldiers, early in the Vietnam War, who found themselves surrounded by 2000 North Vietnamese regulars in the Ia Dang Valley, in what became the first major battle of the extended conflict. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BTM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552150262
- ISBN
- 9780552150262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753807576
- ISBN
- 9780753807576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.68
€ 4.68
Paperback. The gripping true story of bomb disposal work that won Ivison a George Medal - and started a living nightmare.. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF1; HBWS5; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828304
- ISBN
- 9780753828304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. What is it like to kill? What is it like to be under fire? How do you know what's right? What can you never forget? The author asks the difficult questions of these combatants, many of whom he first met while in Afghanistan and Iraq and others he sought out from different wars. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061990526
- ISBN
- 9780061990526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.21
€ 18.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 50+ b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BTM; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Ronsdale Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780921870333
- ISBN
- 9780921870333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.25
€ 21.99
€ 16.25
Paperback. Presents an account from soldiers who turned their back on what they viewed as an immoral and illegal mission, and who refused to sacrifice themselves and their humanity in the conflict in Iraq. This title reflects the frontline truth behind the moral conundrum that is the Iraq War. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: BTM; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 168. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTG0000050
- ISBN
- 9781844545940
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations (black and white), map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JJH; BTM; BTP; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Film tie-in edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007580576
- ISBN
- 9780007580576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.16
€ 14.99
€ 11.16