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Heading Inland
by Nicola BarkerHeading Inland is a funny, broody, saucy collection of stories about the kind of people you sometimes meet but might prefer to ignore.
Eye of the Storm (Sean Dillon Series #1)
by Jack HigginsIntroducing IRA enforcer and deadly assassin, Sean Dillon, in his explosive debut from number one bestselling author, Jack Higgins.
Empires of the Dead: How One Man's Vision Led to the Creation of WWI's War Graves (PDF)
by David CraneIn the wake of the First World War, Britain and her Empire faced the enormous question of how to bury the dead. Critically-acclaimed author David Crane describes how the horror of the slaughter motivated an ambulance commander named Fabian Ware to establish the Commonwealth war cemeteries. Behind these famous monuments – the Cenotaph, Tyne Cot, Menin Gate, Etaples amongst them – lies a deeply moving story; ‘Empires of the Dead’ chronicles a generation coming to terms with grief on a colossal scale.
Empires of the Dead: How One Man's Vision Led To The Creation Of Wwi's War Graves
by David CraneShortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; the extraordinary and forgotten story of the building of the World War One cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable man, Fabian Ware.
Soldiers: Army Lives And Loyalties From Redcoats To Dusty Warriors
by Richard HolmesFrom the redcoat who served Charles II to the modern, camouflage-clad guard at Camp Bastion, from battlefield to barrack-room, this is a magisterial social history of the British soldier.
Birdy (Vintage Contemporaries Ser.)
by William WhartonAn extraordinary story of war and friendship from one of America’s most revered authors of the 20th Century
Pride
by William WhartonWhen a 10-year-old boy befriends a carnival stuntman and his lion cub, he learns the true meaning of family, loyalty, love, and survival.
Shrapnel: A Memoir
by William WhartonA previously unpublished wartime memoir from the acclaimed author of Birdy and A Midnight Clear.
Spy Story: An Expensive Place To Die, Spy Story, Yesterday's Spy, Twinkle Twinkle Little Spy
by Len DeightonComputer games run in a classified war studies centre in London. Nuclear submarines prowl beneath Arctic ice. And war games go into real time. Patrick Armstrong - possibly the same reluctant hero of The Ipcress File - is sent to investigate.
Yesterday’s Spy: An Expensive Place To Die, Spy Story, Yesterday's Spy, Twinkle Twinkle Little Spy
by Len DeightonSinister rumours link clandestine Arab arms dealing with the man who led the old anti-Nazi Guernica network. Time to reopen the master file on yesterday’s spy…
Absolute Midnight: Absolute Midnight (Books of Abarat #3)
by Clive BarkerA dazzling fantasy adventure for all ages, the third part of a quartet appearing at two yearly intervals, richly illustrated by the author.
The Inheritance: Orders From Berlin, The Inheritance, The King Of Diamonds (Inspector Trave Ser. #1)
by Simon TolkienWhen an eminent art historian is found dead in his study, all the evidence points to his estranged son, Stephen. With his fingerprints on the murder weapon, Stephen’s guilt seems undeniable.
Orders from Berlin
by Simon TolkienAn ingenious thriller in which young Detective Constable Trave uncovers a sophisticated plot at the heart of MI6 to assassinate Churchill and bring the Second World War and the whole Allied effort to an untimely end.
The New Republic: A Novel (P. S. Ser.)
by Lionel ShriverA scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk About Kevin.
Naked Angels
by Judi JamesEvangeline is at the pinnacle of her career as a famous fashion photographer when she meets Mik, a moody Hungarian war-photographer driven by ruthless ambition. Though they are drawn to one another as lovers, their professional rivalry spells doom.
The Key: In Discussion With Simon Toyne (Sancti Trilogy Ser. #28)
by Simon ToyneConspiracy thrillers don’t come any bigger or better than THE KEY – from the author of the bestselling thriller debut of 2011, SANCTUS: ‘Plenty of action, plenty of intrigue and wonderfully imaginative. The sort of novel to devour in one sitting' Kate Mosse.
Life in the West: Life In The West, Forgotten Life, Remembrance Day, And Somewhere East Of Life (The Squire Quartet #1)
by Brian AldissThe first volume in the acclaimed Squire Quartet., available for the first time on ebook.
Forgotten Life: Life In The West, Forgotten Life, Remembrance Day, And Somewhere East Of Life (The Squire Quartet #2)
by Brian AldissThe second volume in the acclaimed Squire Quartet, available for the first time as an ebook.
Somewhere East of Life: Life In The West, Forgotten Life, Remembrance Day, And Somewhere East Of Life (The Squire Quartet #4)
by Brian AldissThe final volume of the critically acclaimed Squire Quartet, available for the first time as an ebook.
Five Miles from Outer Hope
by Nicola BarkerThe sly and subversive sixth book from Nicola Barker, one of our most funny and anarchic writers.
A Rude Awakening (Horatio Stubbs #3)
by Brian AldissThe final volume of the Horatio Stubbs trilogy, available as an ebook for the first time.
A Soldier Erect: or Further Adventures of the Hand-Reared Boy (Horatio Stubbs #2)
by Brian AldissThe second book in the Horatio Stubbs Trilogy, available for the first time on ebook.
Sharpe 3-Book Collection 1: Sharpe's Tiger; Sharpe's Triumph; Sharpe's Fortress
by Bernard CornwellThree classic Richard Sharpe adventures.