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- |title=Hitler's Last Witness: The Memoirs of Hitler's Bodyguard ...passing of World War Two. The last-of-a-kind status bequeathed it is not the only thing to make it interesting.4 KB (773 words) - 11:31, 3 April 2022
- |title=Neville Chamberlain's War: How Great Britain Opposed Hitler, 1939-1940 ...ascinating and provocative look at the early days of World War II known as the Phoney War. Frederic Seager makes a convincing case for Neville Chamberlain4 KB (611 words) - 12:05, 29 December 2023
- |title=Defeating Hitler: Whitehall's Top Secret Report on Why Hitler Lost the War ...y=Quite an academic tome, but this look at WWII from just beyond its dying days provides a very different slant to modern volumes.4 KB (742 words) - 08:29, 12 April 2018
- ...history once again with this story about children living in Berlin in the days after Germany's defeat in WWII. A fabulous read, wonderfully researched. ...ave arrived and they are not kind - intent on wreaking revenge for the way the Nazi regime treated their countrymen. Many people have been shot. Women hav4 KB (621 words) - 10:30, 6 October 2020
- ...cessible and moving overview for teens and older studying or interested in the period. ...rom Y6, yet remains useful to GCSE students as a succinct, linear timeline of WW2.3 KB (536 words) - 08:25, 19 September 2020
- |title=Serving the Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics under Hitler ...be the definitive look at how they acted in Nazi times. It must have come the tiniest quantum leap away from that intent.5 KB (934 words) - 10:33, 13 April 2018
- |title=The Munich Art Hoard: Hitler's Dealer and His Secret Legacy |sort=Munich Art Hoard: Hitler's Dealer and His Secret Legacy5 KB (848 words) - 13:36, 6 April 2018
- ...orld War II. Every angle of the war is skilfully examined through the eyes of a different family member in a wonderfully evocative and accurate way. Grea ..., he feels like an outsider. And he takes it out on his father. And now Mr Hitler is running Germany, things can only get worse.4 KB (627 words) - 15:26, 3 April 2018
- |title=Nazi Millionaires: The Allied Search for Hidden SS Gold ...at became of the wealth looted from the Jewish populations of Europe - and the people who tried to keep it for themselves come VE Day.4 KB (774 words) - 08:20, 13 April 2018
- ...d when Hitler was tring to bring Franco and Spain into WWII on the side of the Nazis. A complex and rewarding thriller. ...een killed at Jarama but his body had never been found. The school is not the only link though. Barbara Clare was Bernie's girlfriend - she was a Red Cr3 KB (548 words) - 10:06, 20 March 2018
- |title=The Perfect Nazi: Uncovering My SS Grandfather's Secret Past and How Hitler Seduced a Generation |sort=Perfect Nazi: Uncovering My SS Grandfather's Secret Past and How Hitler Seduced a Generation5 KB (808 words) - 13:57, 9 April 2018
- |title=Berlin at War: Life and Death in Hitler's Capital, 1939-45 |summary=A social history of Berliners during wartime, which draws on the author’s own interviews with people who were there, and published and unp6 KB (1,050 words) - 10:44, 9 August 2020
- |title=The Holy Fox: The Life of Lord Halifax |sort=Holy Fox: Life of Lord Halifax, The7 KB (1,106 words) - 11:44, 3 March 2018
- |title=Hitler's First Victims: And One Man's Race for Justice |summary=Yet one more book about the Nazi hatred of their Jewish victims, that provides a compelling lesson, if not perfectly s5 KB (880 words) - 11:39, 12 April 2018
- |title=The Constant Soldier ...This crosses the gender divide mixing love with the barbaric zeitgeist as the Russians approach.5 KB (817 words) - 12:32, 24 February 2018
- |title=The Second World War in 100 Facts ...will get a lot more from these pages than you assumed had you judged it by the title alone.4 KB (650 words) - 13:03, 7 October 2020
- |title=The Last Escaper |sort=Last Escaper, The4 KB (729 words) - 09:13, 4 March 2018
- ...l Spitfire factory has been attacked. But surely the girls are wrong, and the upper class could never be so underhand? ...Sidney's first letter to her airman brother thinking it a male Sidney, but the stuffy voice was so easy to adopt – and to see across other pages.5 KB (812 words) - 08:43, 3 April 2024
- |title=Prediction: How to See and Shape the Future with Game Theory ...ents? Bruce de Mesquita thinks so and he'll even help you buy a new car on the cheap in this entertaining look at a complex subject.4 KB (634 words) - 13:14, 15 April 2018
- |title=The Unwomanly Face of War |sort=Unwomanly Face of War4 KB (668 words) - 13:28, 27 February 2018
- |title=After the Bombing ...who struggles to come to terms with her loss by clinging onto the remnants of her past.3 KB (439 words) - 14:59, 20 March 2018
- |title= Sealing Their Fate: 22 Days That Decided the Second World War ...the Allies. Not for a newcomer to this period, but packed with detail for the aficionado.4 KB (584 words) - 10:28, 13 April 2018
- |title=John Lennon: The Life ...mpartial life of the former Beatle, from his childhood in Liverpool to his last years in New York.6 KB (1,117 words) - 12:31, 26 February 2018
- |title=Shadows Of War (Traitors) ...e does go through it this time! A great excuse for a night in from one of the UK's foremost thriller writers.4 KB (683 words) - 12:13, 3 April 2018
- |title=Thinking the Twentieth Century ...orian Tony Judt in his last days, producing a fascinating investigation of the 20th century.5 KB (870 words) - 11:03, 13 April 2018
- |title=The Satanic Diaries |sort=Satanic Diaries, The4 KB (703 words) - 19:47, 29 August 2020
- |title=Lazy Days |summary=A cleverly different account of a family holiday that's definitely not for family reading but will keep adu4 KB (654 words) - 16:06, 5 September 2020
- |title=Whisperers: The Secret History of the Spirit World ...ly appears, but this is nevertheless a decent read for those interested in the subject matter.4 KB (630 words) - 09:50, 16 April 2018
- |summary=The edited letters of Hugh Trevor-Roper to Bernard Berenson are beautifully written, deeply inter ...hat continued until Berenson's death in 1959. Despite a difference in ages of nearly half a century this was a profound and moving friendship by two peop4 KB (621 words) - 14:24, 10 May 2018
- ...t have heard about but there are quite a few gems which have slipped under the media radar. Here they are, in alphabetial order by author: |title=The Boys In The Boat: An Epic Journey to the Heart of Hitler's Berlin7 KB (1,228 words) - 11:09, 2 February 2024
- |title=The Last Debutante |sort=Last Debutante4 KB (623 words) - 15:18, 27 September 2020
- ...m its Norman beginnings as a prestigious fortress and palace, to its years of service as prison and torture chamber, and eventually premier tourist attra ...cution site, an armoury, and is now the most visited tourist attraction in the nation.5 KB (901 words) - 10:19, 24 September 2020
- |title=Russia: A 1,000-Year Chronicle of the Wild East |summary=A solidly-researched history of Russia, concentrating largely on the 20th century, by a former BBC correspondent in Moscow, published to accompa5 KB (861 words) - 12:39, 27 February 2018
- |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Matthew Tree ...n Matthew Tree popped ino Bookbag Towers she had quite a few questions for the author.6 KB (1,141 words) - 08:50, 14 October 2014
- |summary=The name's Bond, Young Bond. Before James became Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, he wa ...write about him since Ian Fleming’s death, so there is no reason to think the quality would suddenly drop after a new author comes on board. In fact, Co4 KB (764 words) - 09:59, 24 April 2018
- ...lengthy junior read could well give much more than countless textbooks on the Nazi camp system. ...of ''The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz'' in full ignorance of the original, adult version.6 KB (1,090 words) - 00:52, 2 April 2024
- ...really good self-published books this year: they're up there with the best of traditional publishing. Here's our top ten, in alphabetical order, by auth |title=Children of the Sun7 KB (1,180 words) - 12:00, 29 December 2023
- |title= Taking the Medicine ...ry= A fascinating history of pharmacology and medicine and the development of evidence based research.6 KB (1,009 words) - 08:38, 29 September 2022
- |title= Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone - 125 Years of Pop ...ugh the history of popular music from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day, from wax cylinders to streaming services, from Edison and Berl6 KB (1,044 words) - 11:28, 27 February 2018
- ...the research process, including Michael's love of libraries and admiration of JBS Haldane. ...the research process, including Michael's love of libraries and admiration of JBS Haldane.5 KB (749 words) - 09:12, 8 July 2011
- |title=A Parachute in the Lime Tree |sort=Parachute in the Lime Tree4 KB (754 words) - 11:29, 25 September 2020
- |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Giles Milton ...latest [[Wolfram: The Boy Who Went To War by Giles Milton|history book]]. The chance to talk to him was just too good to miss.8 KB (1,388 words) - 11:50, 1 March 2011
- |title=Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Very British Coup ...a coup to remove him. Very useful reading for those wanting background on the current Iranian situation.6 KB (1,061 words) - 12:34, 27 February 2018
- |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Rob Keeley ...pleasure to read [[The (Fairly) Magic Show and Other Stories by Rob Keeley|The (Fairly) Magic Show and Other Stories]]. We had quite a few questions to a8 KB (1,365 words) - 14:04, 26 November 2012
- |title=The Remarkable Lives of Bill Deedes ...world issues, from the Abyssinian war in the 1930s to the Darfur crisis of the 21st century.5 KB (873 words) - 12:37, 23 August 2020
- |title=Newcomers' Lives: The Story of Immigrants as Told in Obituaries from The Times ...abroad who settled in Britain, made notable contributions in various walks of life, and died between 1861 and 2011.6 KB (952 words) - 13:36, 9 April 2018
- |title=Deadly Days in History (Horrible Histories) |sort=Deadly Days in History (Horrible Histories)9 KB (1,663 words) - 16:00, 24 February 2018
- ...t icon of the silver screen, and who attracted controversy throughout much of his long life and career. ...l have my name on their lips!’ Within a few years he had indeed conquered the entire movie-going world.6 KB (1,045 words) - 15:12, 8 April 2018
- |summary=A 'counterfactual', or alternative history of the twentieth century which visualises how it might have been if Archduke Franz ...ife Sophie at Sarajevo in June 1914, the final catalyst which precipitated the First World War.6 KB (990 words) - 13:03, 2 September 2020
- |title=In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind ...ons on the future of neuroscience as well as an excellent insight into how the science is done. Highly recommended.9 KB (1,376 words) - 12:55, 3 October 2020