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Eighth Airforce
Aurum Press 2013; US$ 11.67The Bomber War in World War II was waged by two forces: the Lancasters and Halifaxes of the RAF?s Bomber Command, and the Flying fortresses and Liberators of the American Eighth Air Force. Thousands of young Americans flew hundreds of raids over Germany, bombing by day in huge formations, attacking industrial plants, oil refineries and cities. These... more...
The U.S. Navy Against the Axis
Naval Institute Press 2013; US$ 36.95Naval historian Vincent O Hara recounts here the dramatic story of the U.S. Navy s surface fleet in World War II, especially its ship-to-ship combat. He suggests that the fleet s role in America s ultimate victory was far more crucial than commonly credited and holds many lessons for today s Navy and the nation as a whole. His work is the only single... more...
Hello Darling!
Allen & Unwin 2006; US$ 34.53The definitive biography of one of Australia's best loved stars of stage and screen, the fabulous and inimitable Jeanne Little. more...
Anne Frank TRG
Saddleback Publishing 2008; US$ 10.95Born in Germany in 1929, Anne Frank was a teenager during World War II. Because Anne was from a Jewish family, she and her family were forced to escape the terror of the Holocaust that swept the continent. Beginning in 1942, Anne kept a diary of the difficult journey of her family. See how Annes family tried to escape the horror of war, and how... more...
Strenthening Crisis Prevention Through Early Warning Systems
ILO Publications 2005; US$ 5.00Focuses on ways of coping with socio-economic and employment challenges of responding to crises arising from natural disaster, man-made catastrophe, or war. Reports on best practices and new avenues for crisis response and early warning, with examples from 14 developing countries around the world. more...
Encyclopedia of the Cold War
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 600.00Between 1945 and 1991, tension between the USA, its allies, and a group of nations led by the USSR, dominated world politics. This period was called the Cold War ? a conflict that stopped short to a full-blown war. Benefiting from the recent research of newly open archives, the Encyclopedia of the Cold War discusses how this state of perpetual... more...
NS-Raubgut, Reichstauschstelle und Preussische Staatsbibliothek
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 70.00The book describes the control exercised by the National Socialist state over academic libraries and analyses their collaboration, in particular in the theft of books and the identification of 'Enemies of the Reich'. In addition, it deals with aspects of the identification and restitution of books stolen and confiscated between 1933 and 1945. This... more...
In the Shadow of the Rising Sun
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2010; US$ 11.19When Mary Thomas left the shores of England for Singapore in December 1939 to live a leisurely life of an Englishwoman in a colonial outpost, she did not expect to soon find her circumstances greatly changed. After the Japanese bombs fell on 8 December 1941, Mary chose not to rush for the first boat out of Singapore and instead stayed on to serve in... more...
A Lucky Child
Profile 2009; US$ 14.38At the age of ten Thomas Buergenthal arrived at Auschwitz after surviving the Ghetto of Kielce and two labour camps, and was soon separated from his parents. Using his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck, he managed to survive until he was liberated from Sachsenhausen in 1945. After experiencing the turmoil of Europe's post-war years - from... more...
Les six mois qui ont ébranlé le monde
Presses de l''niversite du Quebec 1991; US$ 24.75Comment marier l'ancien et le nouveau ? - Gorbatchev a-t-il encore une importance essentielle pour l'avenir de la politique étrangère soviétique ? - L'URSS et l'Europe de l'Est en 1989-1990 - Europe de l'Est : ensemble ou chacun tous azimuts ? - Chronologie des événements en Europe de l'Est et en... more...









