No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy Seal by Mark Owen
$18.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
The companion volume to the multimillion-copy classic "No Easy Day" by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen reveals the evolution of a SEAL Team Six operator Mark Owen's instant #1 "New York Times" bestseller, "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden," focused on the high-pro ...Show more
Honour, Duty, Courage by Mohamed Khadra
$15.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
From the author of the bestselling The Patient and Making the Cut comes the compelling story of two doctors on the front line. When old friends Jack and Tom volunteer for the army medical corps, both men are unaware that their lives are about to change forever. Jack is a first-class vascular surgeon wit ...Show more
The March Up by Ray Smith
$12.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
In the first book to come directly from the front lines of the war in Iraq, this is an insider's look at the dramatic sequence of events that unfolded during the 1st Marine Division's 22-day assault from Kuwait to Baghdad. Taking us straight to the front lines, The March Up follows the famed 1st Mar ...Show more
One Crowded Hour - Neil Davis, Combat Camerman 1934-1985 by Tim Bowden
$12.00 NZD
Category: Military & War | Reading Level: very good
One Crowded Hour is the bestselling biography of one of the world's greatest combat cinecameramen and an extraordinary Australian. First published in 1987, One Crowded Hour remains a must-read for aspiring photographers, cinematographers, journalists and war buffs. For over twenty years, from the early ...Show more
American Sniper [Film Tie-in Edition]: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen
$14.00 NZD
Category: Military & War | Reading Level: very good
The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood's blockbuster movie which was nominated for six academy awards, including best picture. From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military h ...Show more
True War Stories by Jon E. Lewis
$10.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
War, as the general said, is hell. But in a few it also brings out the best. Heroism and horror are the keynotes of this gripping new collection of war writing. From the Siege of Troy to the present day, The Mammoth Book of True War Stories includes battle analyses by celebrated historians, letters ho ...Show more
Britain at War
$12.00 NZD
Category: Military & War | Series: Unseen Archives
Maureen Hill's BRITAIN AT WAR is an impressive, richly-illustrated photographic history of the English people during World War II. Using over 800 photographs from the DAILY MAIL newspaper archives, Hill presents a moving history of England's darkest days. If you're an Anglophile or a World War II buff, ...Show more
The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War by Denise Chong
$10.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War. Th ...Show more
Mates and Mayhem - Frontline Kiwis Remember by Lawrence Watt
$14.00 NZD
Category: Military & War | Reading Level: very good
What's it like to be called up to war? What goes through your mind as you march, sail or fly into battle? In this collection of oral histories, seven men and one woman tell exactly how it felt to be in the fighting zones of the last global conflict. Their stories cover much of World War II, from retreat ...Show more
New International No. 7 - Opening Guns of World War III: Washington's Assault on Iraq by Jack Barnes; Mary-Alice Waters; Samad Sharif
$10.00 NZD
Category: Military & War | Series: New International Ser.
The murderous assault on Iraq in 1990–91 heralded increasingly sharp conflicts among imperialist powers, growing instability of international capitalism, and more wars.Also includes: * 1945: When U.S. Troops said "No!" by Mary-Alice Waters* Lessons from the Iran-Iraq War by Samad Sharif.Photos, maps, ch ...Show more
Wine and War - The French, the Nazis and France's greatest treasure by Don Kladstrup; Petie Kladstrup
$10.00 NZD
Category: Military & War | Series: The\Hungry Student Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
In the vineyards, wine caves, and cellars of France as war and occupation came to the country winemakers acted heroically not only to save the best wines but to defend their way of life.
Churchill's Triumph by Michael Dobbs
$10.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
At the close of World War Two, in 1945, the most powerful men alive - Winston Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin - gather to survey the smoking ruins of Europe at the famous Yalta Conference. They must try and create a future where the atrocities of the last few years could never happen again. But as the n ...Show more