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51 produkter
Dresden
The Fire and the Darkness
Häftad, 2020
160 kr
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A Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year'Powerful . . . there is rage in his ink. McKay's book grips by its passion and originality. Some 25,000 people perished in the firestorm that raged through the city. I have never seen it better described' Max Hastings, Sunday TimesIn February 1945 the Allies …
Bletchley Park
The Secret Archives
Av Sinclair McKay, Bletchley Park
Inbunden, 2016
334 kr
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This is beautifully slipcased presented collector’ s edition of the best selling title, The Lost World of Bletchley Park, a comprehensive illustrated history of this remarkable place, from its pre-war heyday as a country estate, its wartime requisition and how it became the place where modern …
Secret Listeners
The Men and Women Posted Across the World to Intercept the German Codes for Bletchley Park
Häftad, 2013
160 kr
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Behind the celebrated code-breaking at Bletchley Park lies another secret…The men and women of the ‘ Y’ (for Wireless’ ) Service were sent out across the world to run listening stations from Gibraltar to Cairo, intercepting the German military’s encrypted messages for decoding back at the …
50 Codes that Changed the World
. . . And Your Chance to Solve Them!
Häftad, 2023
125 kr
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A CUNNING CHRONICLE OF THE 50 CODES THAT ALTERED THE COURSE OF HISTORY AND CHANGED THE WORLDFrom the bestselling author of Bletchley Park Brainteasers and The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book. There have been secret codes since before the Old Testament, and there were secret codes in the Old Testament …
Ramble On
The Story of Our Love for Walking Britain
E-bok, 2012
96 kr
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A history of walking over the British countryside.Published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Ramblers’ Association, `Ramble On’ tells the story of how country walks were transformed from a small and often illegal pastime to the most popular recreational activity in the country.From the …
Berlin
Life and Loss in the City That Shaped the Century
Häftad, 2023
160 kr
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The Sunday Times-bestselling author of Dresden returns with a monumental biography of the city that defined the twentieth century - BerlinThroughout the twentieth century, Berlin stood at the centre of a convulsing world. This history is often viewed as separate acts: the suffering of the First …
Ramble On
The Story of Our Love for Walking Britain
Häftad, 2013
159 kr
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This fascinating ramble through the history of walking delves into our relationship with the British countryside.‘Ramble On’ tells the story of how country walks were transformed from a small and often illegal pastime to the most popular recreational activity in the country.From the brave band of …
Ramble On
Ljudbok, 2012
231 kr
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A history of walking and our relationship with the British countryside.On the afternoon of Sunday April 24, 1932, a group of approximately five hundred men and women set out for the summit of Kinder Scout, the highest point in Derbyshire''s Peak District. They were not here to take in the fresh air …
Dresden
The Fire and the Darkness
Ljudbok, 2020
171 kr
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The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller, b rought to by Penguin and p ublished for the 75th anniversary ''Powerful . . . there is rage in his ink. McKay''s book grips by its passion and originality. Some 25,000 people perished in the firestorm that raged through the city. I have never seen it better …
Berlin
Life and Loss in the City That Shaped the Century
Inbunden, 2022
225 kr
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The Sunday Times- bestselling author of Dresden returns with a monumental biography of the city that defined the twentieth century - Berlin 'I loved this book . . . apposite and wise . . . To anyone who knows Berlin a little and is fascinated by it, but would like to understand it better, this is a …
Saint Petersburg
Sacrifice and Redemption in the City That Defied Hitler
Inbunden, 2025
280 kr
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'One of my favourite historians' Dan Snow'McKay is a gifted writer; his prose has the cadence, tone and power of a Shostakovich symphony. Horror is majestically conveyed’ Gerard DeGroot, The Times ‘Richly-layered and packed with insight, this riveting account of terrible events tells us as much …
Churchill’s Boffins
The Remarkable True Story of the Scientists Who Defeated Hitler
Inbunden, 2027
280 kr
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The incredible story of the unsung heroes whose scientific discoveries helped defeat the Nazis, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Dad’s ArmyChurchill's Boffins were a fascinating group of intellectuals who harnessed the latest scientific advancements – including their own innovations – to …
Dad’s Army
The Glorious True Story of the Home Guard
Inbunden, 2026
247 kr
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe remarkable story of the real 'Dad's Army' in wartime Britain, from the bestselling historian of The Secret Life of Bletchley Park'Impeccably researched and deliciously entertaining, Dad's Army shines a bright searchlight on to an organization dismissed for far too …
History of the World in 22 Traitors
Inbunden, 2026
171 kr
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'Murderers who struck out for personal gain.Seducers who used deceit between the sheets to fool their targets.Spies who smuggled secrets to the opposing power . . .'History is filled with traitors, from medieval pretenders to thrones to Nazi sympathisers, legends of antiquity to fables of the Old …
Dresden
The Fire and the Darkness
E-bok, 2020
125 kr
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A Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year'Powerful . . . there is rage in his ink. McKay's book grips by its passion and originality. Some 25,000 people perished in the firestorm that raged through the city. I have never seen it better described' Max Hastings, Sunday TimesIn February 1945 the Allies …
Berlin
Life and Loss in the City That Shaped the Century
E-bok, 2022
125 kr
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The Sunday Times-bestselling author of Dresden returns with a monumental biography of the city that defined the twentieth century - BerlinThroughout the twentieth century, Berlin stood at the centre of a convulsing world. This history is often viewed as separate acts: the suffering of the First …
The Secret Lives of Codebreakers: The Men and Women Who Cracked the Enigma Code at Bletchley Park
Häftad, 2012
344 kr
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The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book: Test Your Inner Detective by Solving Some of the World's Most Difficult Cases
Häftad, 2020
283 kr
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Meeting Churchill
A Life in 90 Encounters
Häftad, 2024
160 kr
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This insightful portrait of Winston Churchill delves beyond well-known political moments, incorporating perspectives from various individuals who encountered him throughout his life.From Bletchley Park codebreakers and Hollywood stars such as Charlie Chaplin, through writers as varied as H. G. …
Meeting Churchill
A Life in 90 Encounters
E-bok, 2023
125 kr
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This insightful portrait of Winston Churchill delves beyond well-known political moments, incorporating perspectives from various individuals who encountered him throughout his life.From Bletchley Park codebreakers and Hollywood stars such as Charlie Chaplin, through writers as varied as H. G. …
Saint Petersburg
Sacrifice and Redemption in the City That Defied Hitler
E-bok, 2025
125 kr
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‘Richly-layered and packed with insight, this riveting account of terrible events tells us as much about the present as it does the past’ Patrick Bishop, author of Paris '44From Peter the Great to Putin, a biography of the city Hitler tried - and failed - to wipe off the mapThe siege of Saint …
Saint Petersburg
The City That Defied Hitler
Häftad, 2026
157 kr
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‘Richly-layered and packed with insight, this riveting account of terrible events tells us as much about the present as it does the past’ Patrick Bishop, author of Paris '44From Peter the Great to Putin, a biography of the city Hitler tried - and failed - to wipe off the mapThe siege of Saint …
Saint Petersburg
Sacrifice and Redemption in the City That Defied Hitler
Ljudbok, 2025
210 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. Built by slave labour in the early years of the eighteenth century, Saint Petersburg was Peter the Great’s so-called ‘window on to Europe’, a city that would outdo all of Europe in its splendour. But a window works both ways, and as bestselling historian Sinclair McKay …
Dad’s Army
The Glorious True Story of the Home Guard
Häftad, 2027
137 kr
Kommande
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe remarkable story of the real 'Dad's Army' in wartime Britain, from the bestselling historian of The Secret Life of Bletchley ParkWith the threat of invasion from Hitler's forces looming large in 1940, British men of all ages and backgrounds assembled under the banner …
Dad’s Army
The Glorious True Story of the Home Guard
E-bok, 2026
170 kr
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe remarkable story of the real 'Dad's Army' in wartime Britain, from the bestselling historian of The Secret Life of Bletchley Park'Impeccably researched and deliciously entertaining, Dad's Army shines a bright searchlight on to an organization dismissed for far too …
History of the World in 22 Traitors
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Dad's Army
E-bok, 2026
170 kr
Kommande
'Murderers who struck out for personal gain.Seducers who used deceit between the sheets to fool their targets.Spies who smuggled secrets to the opposing power . . .'History is filled with traitors, from medieval pretenders to thrones to Nazi sympathisers, legends of antiquity to fables of the Old …
Bletchley Park Brainteasers
The bestselling quiz book full of puzzles inspired by Bletchley Park code breakers
E-bok, 2017
45 kr
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Bestselling Bletchley Park Brainteasers continues to delight hundreds of thousands of devoted puzzlers with its fiendish puzzles, riddles and enigmas. It''s never to late to join the code breakers of Bletchley Park in their enjoyment of a devilish challenge! Would you love to master morse code? …
Bletchley Park Brainteasers
The bestselling quiz book full of puzzles inspired by Bletchley Park code breakers
Häftad, 2017
202 kr
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Bestselling Bletchley Park Brainteasers continues to delight hundreds of thousands of devoted puzzlers with its fiendish puzzles, riddles and enigmas. It's never to late to join the code breakers of Bletchley Park in their enjoyment of a devilish challenge!Would you love to master morse code? Could …
Secret Service Brainteasers
Do you have what it takes to be a spy?
E-bok, 2018
45 kr
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You''ve already broken codes in Sinclair McKay''s bestselling Bletchley Park Brainteasers , now it''s time to pit your wits against the secret heroes of MI5 and MI6 and find out if YOU have what it takes to be a spy! If you cracked the GCHQ Puzzle Book and followed the Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book , …
Secret Service Brainteasers
Do you have what it takes to be a spy?
Häftad, 2018
168 kr
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You've already broken codes in Sinclair McKay's bestselling Bletchley Park Brainteasers, now it's time to pit your wits against the secret heroes of MI5 and MI6 and find out if YOU have what it takes to be a spy!If you cracked the GCHQ Puzzle Book and followed the Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book, you …
