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The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Only Surviving Veteran of the Trenches

The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Only Surviving Veteran of the Trenches

By Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Jungle Soldier: The True Story of Freddy Spencer Chapman

Jungle Soldier: The True Story of Freddy Spencer Chapman

By Quercus
Amazon UK Price: £10.68
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45

Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45

By HarperPress
Amazon UK Price: £11.25
Where the Hell Have You Been?: Monty, Italy and One Man's Incredible Escape

Where the Hell Have You Been?: Monty, Italy and One Man's Incredible Escape

By Short Books, London
Amazon UK Price: £5.94
Kisses on a Postcard: A Tale of Wartime Childhood

Kisses on a Postcard: A Tale of Wartime Childhood

By Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

By Penguin
Amazon UK Price: £4.76
Kitchener's Last Volunteer: The Life of Henry Allingham, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War

Kitchener's Last Volunteer: The Life of Henry Allingham, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War

By Mainstream Publishing
Amazon UK Price: £4.38
Seven Troop

Seven Troop

By Corgi Books
Amazon UK Price: £3.86
The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Trenches: The Life of Harry Patch, the Only Surviving Veteran of the Trenches

The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Trenches: The Life of Harry Patch, the Only Surviving Veteran of the Trenches

By Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Amazon UK Price: £11.89
From A Clear Blue Sky: Surviving the Mountbatten Bomb

From A Clear Blue Sky: Surviving the Mountbatten Bomb

By Hutchinson
Amazon UK Price: £11.97
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The books' subjects: overwhelmingly war, thrillers, espionage, science, underworld, sci-fi, sports and adventure. The only mention of gender in the children's selection is where one book is described as a "lauded release for boys". ... Your (all male) panel has clearly not sought out the recent pleasures of Janice Galloway's biography This is not about me; nor Haifa Zangana's Iraq memoir Dreaming of Baghdad; or Sara Wheeler's exploration of the Arctic Magnetic North; ...
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The Oxonian Review » Blunt Instrument
The resulting reinvigoration of debates over Blunt's espionage has raised some thorny questions—not just about Blunt's own story, but also about how we understand, recollect, and depict the Cold War. ... In an otherwise worthy biography of Blunt in 2002, Miranda Carter sought to counterpoise Blunt's defection with the inadequacy of British intelligence, which failed to unmask him despite suspicions of communist sympathies and even, rather embarrassingly, ...
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Nicholas Stix, Uncensored: The Death of a President
In Dallas 46 years ago today, Communist and dishonorably discharged ex-Marine Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated 46-year-old President John F. Kennedy, shooting him from a window in the Texas School Book Depository building, ... unequivocal supporter of West Berlin against Soviet imperialism, and risked nuclear war, when he faced down the Soviets during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. (Due to the statute of limitations, Nixon could not prosecute Hiss for treason or espionage. ...
http://nicholasstixuncensored.blogspot.com/2009/11/death-of-president.html

Vermeer's Family Secrets: Genius, Discovery, and the Unknown ...
Vermeer, The Sphinx of Delft, is famously a mystery in art: despite the common claim that little is known of his biography, there is actually an abundance of fascinating information about Vermeer's life that Binstock brings to bear on ... MI5's Director of Counter-Espionage in World War II. By Nigel West. This is the first volume of Nigel West's acclaimed presentation of these fascinating diaries from the heart of Britain's Second World War intelligence operations. ...
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Paco Enterprises: From the Shelves of the Paco Library
He wrote books ranging from comic fiction to espionage novels, and a fascinating biography of Wing Commander F.F.E. Yeo-Thomas and his exploits working with the Resistance in WWII (The White Rabbit, highlighted in a previous “Shelves” post) . ... The other novel is the cold-war classic, Vespers in Vienna. Published in 1947, the book deals with British Colonel Michael “Hooky” Nicobar, who has received the unpleasant assignment of assisting in the repatriation of displaced ...
http://pacoenterprises.blogspot.com/2009/11/from-shelves-of-paco-library_18.html

Andrew Lownie Literary Agency | A Literary Agency Week
Submit proposal by a music psychologist to a UK editor, a customised US version of a book to some American editors and a biography proposal to several UK publishers giving them the usual month's deadline though I know in my heart of hearts ... Overnight submissions include: a collection of interviews with famous writers; a romantic thriller set in Ireland in 1920s; a World War Two memoir based on transcribed tapes which I suggest be sent to a specialist military list; ...
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The Books In Sync Blog: Books In Sync Announces Mystery Thriller ...
He died in the Great War. You cannot imagine how happy she felt, my poor, dear, old mother. So she asked me—can you imagine?—to get in contact with a reliable medium—I believe that is what they call such people—and have them try to get in touch ... That is why I decided to contact you for help. The problem is, he or she would have to talk to my mother directly—she will not have it any other way—and tell her the details..." Book Details: Genre: Mystery Thriller/Espionage ...
http://booksinsync.blogspot.com/2009/11/books-in-sync-announces-mystery.html

A Pacifist's Love Of War Movies « cinephilia
General George Patton was an imposing, brash, egotistical man but a brilliant tactician and the ideal fodder for a movie biography. Francis Coppola and former military man Edmund North wrote a terrific script that perfectly captured ... start of the Second World War to give audiences a glimpse into the heretofore unknown world of the silent service, it stars Cary Grant as the skipper of a sub that has the unenviable task of sneaking into Tokyo Bay on an espionage mission, ...
http://argento2665.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/a-pacifists-love-of-war-movies/

Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: Four more new books from ...
Mixed with interesting details about Japanese history and culture, the biography traces Nagai's spiritual quest as he studied medicine at Nagasaki University, served as a medic with the Japanese army during its occupation of Manchuria, and returned to Nagasaki to dedicate himself to the science of ... It has all the hallmarks of a best-selling fictional thriller: espionage, conspiracy, a struggle against evil powers, undercover work by dark of night... but it's all true. ...
http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2009/11/four-more-new-books-from-ignatius-press.html

Haus Publishing: Mannerheim: President, Soldier, Spy (Published by ...
When the Russian Revolution broke out in 1917, he narrowly escaped St Petersburg, then led anti-Bolshevik forces during the civil war in Finland. However, his finest hour arguably came at the age of 73, when he led Finland in the 1940 ' Winter War' ... Jonathan will be speaking at the Finnish Institute at 6pm on Wednesday 18th November 2009 as part of the launch of this biography. If you would like more information about this event or the book itself, please contact Haus ...
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