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Killester Garden Village
The Lives of Great War Veterans and Their Families
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9781739789282
Pub Date: 2023-11-09
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The Liffey Press
336 Pages
One hundred years ago this year, the largest Irish WWI ex-servicemen housing estate on the island of Ireland was completed, the Killester Garden Village. Comprising 247 bungalows, it was the flagship...
Wales' Unknown Hero: Soldier, Spy, Monk
The Life of Henry Coombe-Tennant, MC, of Neath
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 9781912631339
Pub Date: 2021-12-22
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
352 Pages
The astonishing story of Henry Coombe-Tennant (1913–89), who served in the British Army in World War II, escaping from a POW camp, joining Special Forces and aiding the French Resistance before working for the British Secret Service in Baghdad and ending his days as a Benedictine monk!
Ranger 22
Lessons From the Front
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9780717192496
Pub Date: 2021-10-22
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Gill Books
304 Pages
Chief instructor on RTÉ’s Special Forces Ultimate Hell Week tells all about life in the elite Army Ranger Wing.
Valour Beyond Measure
Captain Richard William Leslie Wain V.C. - The Tank Corps at Cambrai, 1917
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 9781912631261
Pub Date: 2020-11-23
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
272 Pages
Biography of Richard Wain from Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales, who won the Victoria Cross for his heroic actions at the Battle of Cambrai in the First World War, aged only 20. Also traces in detail the history of the British Army Tank Corps and its contribution to the winning of the war, looking at personnel training and the development of early tanks.
Prisoner 1082
Escape from Crumlin Road, Europe's Alcatraz
Price: $22.00
ISBN: 9781848893146
Pub Date: 2017-05-05
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Collins Books
232 Pages
An autobiography from an Irish prisoner turned social justice campaigner who escaped from one of Ireland's toughest prisons, spend years on the run and went on to have a happy life.
The Forgotten Hero of Bunker Valentin
The Harry Callan Story
Price: $19.50
ISBN: 9781848893016
Pub Date: 2017-03-10
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Collins Books
320 Pages
In 1943, 32 Irish POWs refused a Gestapo request to work for Germany. They were sent to a labor camp, where they were starved, beaten, and forced to dig the foundations for a Nazi super-structure. This is the gripping story of Harry Callan's capture, resistance and liberation and his quest to honor the forgotten heroes of Bunker Valentin.
Sikunder Burnes
Master of the Great Game
Price: $40.95
ISBN: 9781780273174
Pub Date: 2016-12-26
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Birlinn
428 Pages
This is an astonishing true tale of espionage, journeys in disguise, secret messages, double agents, assassinations and sexual intrigue. Alexander Burnes was one of the most accomplished spies Britain...
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Diary of a War Correspondent
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 9781909718920
Pub Date: 2016-08-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Liberties Press
266 Pages
Numb thrusts us into the memoir of Alan Buckby*, as told in his own words. A war correspondent for more than two decades, he led a double life, appearing to be a regular family man while at home in London, but immersed in sadism and depravity while on overseas assignments. He didn't just document the violence - he became directly involved in it.
Killester Garden Village
The Lives of Great War Veterans and Their Families
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9781739789282
Pub Date: 2023-11-09
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The Liffey Press
336 Pages
Wales' Unknown Hero: Soldier, Spy, Monk
The Life of Henry Coombe-Tennant, MC, of Neath
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 9781912631339
Pub Date: 2021-12-22
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
352 Pages
Ranger 22
Lessons From the Front
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9780717192496
Pub Date: 2021-10-22
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Gill Books
304 Pages
Valour Beyond Measure
Captain Richard William Leslie Wain V.C. - The Tank Corps at Cambrai, 1917
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 9781912631261
Pub Date: 2020-11-23
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
272 Pages
Prisoner 1082
Escape from Crumlin Road, Europe's Alcatraz
Price: $22.00
ISBN: 9781848893146
Pub Date: 2017-05-05
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Collins Books
232 Pages
The Forgotten Hero of Bunker Valentin
The Harry Callan Story
Price: $19.50
ISBN: 9781848893016
Pub Date: 2017-03-10
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Collins Books
320 Pages
Sikunder Burnes
Master of the Great Game
Price: $40.95
ISBN: 9781780273174
Pub Date: 2016-12-26
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Birlinn
428 Pages
Numb
Diary of a War Correspondent
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 9781909718920
Pub Date: 2016-08-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Liberties Press
266 Pages