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1989 The Berlin Wall: My Part in Its Downfall

By Peter Millar

Dilly: The Man Who Broke Enigmas

By Mavis Batey

The Spitfire Smiths: A Unique Story of Brothers in Arms

By Rod Smith, Christopher Shores

Mannock: The Life and Death of Major Edward Mannock VC, DSO, MC, RAF

By Norman L.R. Franks, Andy Saunders

Tally Ho!: From the Battle of Britain to the Defence of Darwin

By R.W. Foster, Norman L.R. Franks

A Pathfinder's War: An Extraordinary Tale of Surviving Over 100 Bomber Operations Against All Odds

By Flt Lt Ted Stocker, Sean Feast

Brotherhood of the Skies: Wartime Experiences of a Gunner Officer and Typhoon Pilot: Wartime experiences of a gunnery officer and Typhoon pilot

By David Ince

Dowding of Fighter Command

By Vincent Orange

Churchill's Navigator: Stories from Air Commodore John Mitchell's career including his time as Churchill's navigator

By John Mitchell, Sean Feast

My Golden Flying Years: From 1918 Over France, Through Iraq in the 1920s, to the Schneider Trophy Race of 1927

By D. D'arcy A. Greig, Norman L.R. Franks, Simon Muggleton

Shot Down in Flames: A WW2 Fighter Pilot's Remarkable Take of Survival: A WWII Fighter Pilot's Remarkable Tale of Survival

By Geoffrey Page

Be Bold

By Frederick Rosier, David Rosier

Journal

By Helene Berr, David Bellos

Call Of The Litany Bird: Surviving the Zimbabwe Bush War

By Susan Gibbs, Lord Carrington

Raw Courage: The Extraordinary and Tragic Story of Four RAF Brothers in Arms

By Norman L.R. Franks, Simon Muggleton

Test Pilot: My Extraordinary Life in Flight

By Tony Blackman

Churchill and His Airmen: Relationships, intrigue and policy-making, 1914-1945

By Vincent Orange

Warrior: The Amazing Story of a Real War Horse

By General Jack Seely, Brough Scott, Sir Alfred Munnings

Galloper Jack: The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Rode a Real War Horse

By Brough Scott

Finding the Few: Some outstanding mysteries of the Battle of Britain investigated and solved

By Saunders, Andy

The Last of the 39ers: The Extraordinary Wartime Experiences of Squadron Leader Alfie Fripp

By Sean Feast

Billy Bishop Lone Wolf Hunter: The RAF Ace Re-examined

By Peter Kilduff

An Alien Sky: The story of one man's remarkable adventure in Bomber Command during the Second World War

By Andrew Wiseman

Berlusconi's Shadow: Crime, Justice and the Pursuit of Power

By Lane, David

Court Number One: The Trials and Scandals that Shocked Modern Britain

By Grant, Thomas

About Time: Surviving Ireland's Death Row

By Pringle, Peter

Lord Hailsham: A Life

By Lewis, Geoffrey M

I Will Bear Witness 1933-1941: A Diary of the Nazi Years (Modern Library) (Living Language Series): A Diary of the Nazi Years: 1933-1941

By Victor Klemperer

Ferguson's Gang: The Remarkable Story of the National Trust Gangsters (National Trust History & Heritage)

By Bagnall, Polly, Beck, Sally

Mrs Simpson: Secret Lives of the Duchess of Windsor

By Higham, Charles