War Stories

A superb collection of stories about war from acclaimed children's writers, compiled by former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.

Reducere. A story of telling truth from lies -- and finding out what being a hero really means.There are two things Trevor loves more than anything else: pla...

Reducere. The untold stories of bravery, triumph, and redemption in the depths of the darkest world war.Behind the great powers, global military conflict, an...

Fans of good narrative history such as Giles Milton's }Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare{ will enjoy this intimate account of instances of men and ...

Reducere. Bierce was considered a master of pure English by his contemporaries, and virtually everything that came from his pen was notable for its judicious...

Reducere. Action-packed true stories from the First World War.

Contributor(s): Author: VariousEditor: Barbara KorteEditor: Ann-Marie EinhausAn anthology of Great War short stories by British writers, both famou...

75 years on from the end of the second world war, a unique collection from veteran Commonwealth voices who tell how the war changed their lives irr...

A moving anthology of stories from various contributors inspired by objects from the First World War, illustrated by Jim Kay. Authors include: Mich...

Reducere. This collection of heroic soldier's stories relays sobering accounts of combat on the Western Front during the First World War. Evocative and vivid...

This diverse collection of short stories, all relating to aviation during WWII, is written from the perspectives of a group of disparate individual...

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Reducere. Following the success of World War II Rhode Island, author Christian McBurney returns, with new coauthors Norman Desmarais and Varoujan Karentz, to...

Reducere. DescriptionNot Every War Story is Heroic During the peak of the Afghanistan War, a group of soldiers is dropped by helicopter into the remote mount...

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Reducere. Newspaperman, short-story writer, poet, and satirist, Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) is one of the most striking and unusual literary figures America h...

Reducere. DescriptionTo read a sample chapter, go to https: //tomletchworth.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/the-rescuers-chapter-26-of-war-is-no-picnic.pdf Soldi...

Reducere. Welcome to the 1770s, years of big hats, big wigs, and big ideas. You might have learned about the American Revolution in history classes, but this...

A comprehensive illustrated history of snipers and their battlefield role in World War II, using neglected or forgotten sources to illuminate their...

A collection of great war stories! Here is a jumbo book of tales of courage and valor: 37 stories in all. * Our Classics and Greatest Stories serie...

Reducere. DescriptionApproximately 2.5 million men and women have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the service of the U.S. War on Terror. Marian Eide and ...

Publisher: Linden Publishing Co IncIllustration(s): 41 b/w photosNumber of pages: 244Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 185 x 261 x 24Cover type: Ha...

Sensational eyewitness accounts from the most heroic and legendary American aviators of World War II, never before published as a book They are voi...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this expanded edition, readers will encounter six new profiles of amazing women, as well as a new section on the Soviet Union. Noor I...

Compiling the stories of noncombat veterans, Rona Simmons follows them as they report for service, complete their training, and ship out to station...

Reducere. The Civil War Re-Lived in 40 Stories! Between the first shots fired at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, to Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse o...

Capturing the stories of ordinary human beings who lived through extraordinary times

Reducere. A digital solution for your classroom with features created with teachers and students in mind: - Perpetual license - 24 hour, 7 days a week access...

Reducere. An introduction to the brave heroes of World War 2 for kids ages 8 to 12 Sometimes all it takes to make a difference is a single person willing to ...

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Reducere. When was the last time someone around you brought up World War Two? It's a pretty popular war. Maybe you heard about it yesterday. Maybe last month...

Reducere. The author grew up in Germany during the postwar era, when the United States evolved from a military occupation force to a peacetime cultural power...

Capturing the stories of ordinary women doing extraordinary things through the turbulent years of the Second World WarPublisher: The History Press ...

Reducere. DescriptionA desperate gunman holds a planeload of innocent passengers hostage. A heavily armed cult leader refuses to leave his compound, threaten...

HOME AGAIN tells twelve moving tales of homecoming, centred around VE Day. With a foreword by Forces Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn. Produced in partner...

Reducere. Small towns. Big heroes During World War II, men from Minnesota's smallest towns gave their lives for our country. Several were awarded the Disting...

Reducere. Mountain Troops And Medics is a complete World War II Combat History of the U.S. Tenth Mountain Division written by Albert H. Meinke, Jr., M.D., wh...

Reducere. DescriptionDying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is. THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL IN THE BEST SELLING 'The Things Our Fat...

Reducere. Description"For all of us to be free, a few of us must be brave, and that is the history of America." But dying for freedom isn't the worst that co...

Reducere. Description"For all of us to be free, a few of us must be brave, and that is the history of America." Read how a generation of young Americans save...

Reducere. DescriptionThis provocative account of the persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico in the 1920s and 1930s tells the stories of eight pivotal p...

Reducere. DescriptionDying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is.(The War in the Air Book Two) VOLUME 3 IN THE BEST SELLING 'The ...

Reducere. DescriptionDying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is.(The War in the Air Book Two) VOLUME 3 IN THE BEST SELLING 'The ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bill O'NeillWhen was the last time someone around you brought up World War Two? It's a pretty popular war. Maybe you heard ...

Reducere. The world suddenly changed into hell as the rivers and lakes turned into blood. The Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean could not be left behind. ...

Reducere. Stories of Elke McKee's WWII German soldier father who was captured and spent ten years as a Russian prisoner, his impression of the kind Russian p...

'A fascinating collection of military stories ... The sort of book that can be picked up at intervals ... [but] once tasted, is hard to put down' W...

Reducere. Something is happening. Wars, both national and internal, are being waged in jungles, across borders, in the streets of Lima, in the intimacy of Ne...

Reducere. Fire and Forget includes the title story from Redeployment by Phil Klay, 2014 National Book Award Winner in Fiction These stories aren't pretty and...

Reducere. In The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce defined "war" as "a by-product of the arts of peace." A Civil War veteran, Bierce had absolutely no illusi...

Reducere. In "War at the Snow White Motel, " Rex and his family are vacationing in Vermont. A thoughtless act launches him into war with an older teenager at...

Reducere. From early childhood, we are taught to pledge allegiance to the American flag. The flag, with its undulating movements of stars and stripes, is a s...

Reducere. Incredible Stories And Accounts Of World War 2 Women Spies, Heroes And Informers... Clich d though it may be, a human being's true strength of char...

Reducere. The United States Naval Academy has no monopoly on heroes - naval, marine, or otherwise. But over the last ten years, the most popular living autho...

Reducere. VOLUME 7 OF THE BEST SELLING 'THE THINGS OUR FATHERS SAW' SERIESFrom the Great Depression to Pearl Harbor, from high school to the combat zone, fro...

For fans of The Century Girls and The Bletchley Girls comes a new book by Tessa Dunlop.Publisher: Headline Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Tessa DunlopN...

For fans of Century Girls comes a new book by Tessa Dunlop.Publisher: Headline Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Tessa DunlopNumber of pages: 384Publicati...

Reducere. THE NEW BOOK from MATTHEW ROZELL in the best-selling 'THE THINGS OUR FATHERS SAW' World War II oral history series.In THE BULGE AND BEYOND, you wil...

Reducere. THE NEW BOOK from MATTHEW ROZELL in the best-selling 'THE THINGS OUR FATHERS SAW' World War II oral history series.In THE BULGE AND BEYOND, you wil...

Reducere. D-Day, June 6, 1944-a day never to be forgotten. More than 156, 000 troops crossed the English Channel from England to Normandy, making it the larg...

Publisher: Sourcebooks, IncAuthor(s): Mari K. EderNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 143 x 210 x 35Cover type: Paperback / softb...

Reducere. Illuminating the intimate, human faces of war, this unique series of short stories by award-winning author Katey Schultz questions the stereotypes ...

Reducere. There are many books out there on all the different aspects of preparedness and survival that can provide you with information, checklists, and the...

Publisher: UnboundNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 195 x 36Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Hardeep MatharuRed...

Reducere. From the bloody beach at Omaha through the hedgerow country of Normandy and beyond, American veterans of World War II--Army engineers and infantrym...

Reducere. From the bloody beach at Omaha through the hedgerow country of Normandy and beyond, American veterans of World War II--Army engineers and infantrym...

When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March 1945, 19, 000 American Marines had been wounded and 7, 000 were dead, a casualty rate of nearly 39 perc...

Sometimes a war's greatest heroes are its survivors, those who manage to forge new lives despite the tragedy they have experienced. For the sixteen...

With visceral, previously unpublished photographs and eyewitness accounts from the front lines, three dozen of the world's leading photojournalists...

Publisher: Sweet Cherry PublishingPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 136 x 208 x 102Cover type: Boxed packIllustrator: Helen PanayiRedescopera farme...