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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.

|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 Chamberlain

|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.

...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 hav

...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.

|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.

|title=The Munich Art Hoard: Hitler's Dealer and His Secret Legacy |sort=Munich Art Hoard: Hitler's Dealer and His Secret Legacy

...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.

|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.

...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 Cr

|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 Generation

|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 unp

|title=The Holy Fox: The Life of Lord Halifax |sort=Holy Fox: Life of Lord Halifax, The

|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 s

|title=The Constant Soldier ...This crosses the gender divide mixing love with the barbaric zeitgeist as the Russians approach.

|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.

|title=The Last Escaper |sort=Last Escaper, The

...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.

|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.

|title=The Unwomanly Face of War |sort=Unwomanly Face of War

|title=After the Bombing ...who struggles to come to terms with her loss by clinging onto the remnants of her past.

|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.

|title=John Lennon: The Life ...mpartial life of the former Beatle, from his childhood in Liverpool to his last years in New York.

|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.

|title=Thinking the Twentieth Century ...orian Tony Judt in his last days, producing a fascinating investigation of the 20th century.

|title=The Satanic Diaries |sort=Satanic Diaries, The

|title=Lazy Days |summary=A cleverly different account of a family holiday that's definitely not for family reading but will keep adu

|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.

|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 peop

...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 Berlin

|title=The Last Debutante |sort=Last Debutante

...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.

|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 accompa

|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Matthew Tree ...n Matthew Tree popped ino Bookbag Towers she had quite a few questions for the author.

|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, Co

...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.

...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 Sun

|title= Taking the Medicine ...ry= A fascinating history of pharmacology and medicine and the development of evidence based research.

|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 Berl

...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.

|title=A Parachute in the Lime Tree |sort=Parachute in the Lime Tree

|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.

|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.

|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 a

|title=The Remarkable Lives of Bill Deedes ...world issues, from the Abyssinian war in the 1930s to the Darfur crisis of the 21st century.

|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.

|title=Deadly Days in History (Horrible Histories) |sort=Deadly Days in History (Horrible Histories)

...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.

|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.

|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.

|title=Charging Around: Exploring the Edges of England by Electric Car ...ravel. As he neared his eightieth birthday the idea of exploring the edges of England in an electric car was not totally outrageous. In fact, it should b

|title=Wallace of the Secret Service |summary=A decent read, more of historical appeal than for its own sake this time.

...ck Bo up from school are occasions when Jamie can be controlled and put in the wrong. It was going to come to a head. ...a bit of a mid-life crisis. Catharsis is key and Gwen has decided now is the time to take back her life'

...spring from its pages and rack its brains as it might, Bookbag can't think of a single bad thing to say about it. ...-wingers from countries across Europe went to Spain as individuals to join the fight against Franco.

|title=A World of Dogs ...legged friends. Author Carlie Sorosiak found herself the accidental owner of an American Dingo - she's learned quite a lot about dogs since then.

|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To C E Robinson ...as impressed by the world building in [[Lilith: Eden's Planetary Princess (The Michael Archives Book 1) by C E Robinson|Lilith: Eden's Planetary Princess]

|title=Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee ...ect is the Reverend Willie Maxwell. Over seven years, six people close to the Reverend had died, with Maxwell benefiting substantially from insurance pol

|title=Charles, The Alternative Prince: An Unauthorised Biography ...pport has done considerable damage to the reputation of a man who is proud of his refusal to apply evidence-based, logical reasoning to his ambitions.

...r lists, but we like to suggest more unusual books that we've enjoyed over the year. Hopefully you'll find something for everyone here. ...he latest fads, and we're supposed to prick our ears up and take note when the proverbial 'they' change their minds about what we're supposed to eat.

|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Guy Booth |summary=Sue realised that [[The Arthur Moreau Story by Guy Booth|The Arthur Moreau Story]] by Guy Booth could be read on two levels - and that b

|title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Pauline Fisk ...to write the book. We were lucky enough to chat to Pauline about the book, the reissue and about writing in general.