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    • WWII Voices
      Military veterans
      May 2011

      WWII Voices

      by Hilary Kaiser

      These oral histories give voice to both American veterans who chose to reside in France after World War II and to French women who married GIs and subsequently emigrated to the United States. Author Hilary Kaiser introduces us into the lives of seventeen soldiers of various ethnicity, gender and rank, and revisits their diverse experience as American servicemen in WWII France. Ms. Kaiser elicits fascinating and candid first person narratives of the key wartime events which transformed the lives of these men and women. Each chapter constitutes an inspirational short story starting with WWII and ending with the present day status of these unsung heroes and the women who loved them. Anyone with an interest in WWII and its effects on the lives of ordinary men and women will thoroughly enjoy this book

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    • THE GENERAL ALLEY
      Children's & young adult fiction & true stories

      THE GENERAL ALLEY

      by Shi Lei

      The author sets the story in Beijing(Beiping) during WWII, telling a story in old Beijing from the perspective of the boy Dabao. The fiction depicts people from all walks of life in old Beijing with a focus on General Tu, an offspring of a royal soldier, a character with impressive bravery and devotion. Poetic language, contents full of childlike fun and rich historical and cultural details are all integrated in this piece of work.

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    • Marjorie's Journey: On a mission of her own
      Biography & True Stories
      February 2021

      Marjorie's Journey: On a mission of her own

      A World War Two Biographical Memoir

      by Ailie Cleghorn

      “[Marjorie’s] life and her own words bring us intimately into a very special world, one that was initially dangerous for her and the children, but which, in the end, and because of Marjorie’s determination to provide each one a happy childhood, became a safe and loving one.” The author Ailie Cleghorn powerfully recounts the story of Marjorie, her mother’s first cousin, as she braved the Atlantic during WWII to save 18 children by bringing them to South Africa. Through diary pages, letters, telegrams and photographs, Marjorie’s story comes to life, tackling themes such as the idea of the ‘nuclear family’, female courage, motherhood and love.

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    • Ways of the Ancestors
      Biography & True Stories

      Ways of the Ancestors

      From Manchuria to Germany, 1928-68

      by Cornelia Feye

      The project is based on the diary of the author's grandparents, which chronicles forty years of tumultuous personal and political history. She only found the diary two years ago in her brother’s basement in Berlin. It begins in Manchuria where Cornelia Feye's grandparents met in 1928, followed by their escape after the Mukden Incident in 1931 and the Japanese occupation, their dramatic journey on the Transsibirian railroad from Harbin to Moscow and Berlin, the years of unemployment during the Weimar Republic, the rise of the National Socialists, and WWII, her grandfather’s four years as POW in Siberia and finally the reconstruction and economic prosperity in post-war Germany. The diary movingly tells the great love story between two very different people – her grandfather Kornelius, a Swabian former’s son, and grandmother Frida, a twelve-year-older cultured Swiss milliner, that fate brought together for unknown reasons in Mukden. Beside the trans-generational and historical components of this project, it also touches on deeper philosophical themes such as destiny versus free will, and the role of faith in surviving insurmountable obstacles. It offers opportunities for deep-dive research into the Japanese Occupation of Manchuria, the History of the Trans Siberian Railroad in Stalinist Russia, The Black Madonna of Einsiedeln as Archetype, and Russian POW Camps in Siberia, which should be of general interest (see bibliography). Quotes from the diary are used as points of departure and to preserve the eloquent and poetic language. Select incidents will be set in-scene as historical fiction to communicate the emotional impact of this dramatic and traumatic story.

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    • WWII - A Concise History
      General & world history

      WWII - A Concise History

      by Liam McCann

      By 1938 a second war in Europe seemed inevitable. It had only been twenty years since the war to end all wars, and the horrors of conflict were still fresh in the mind, but that didn't stop all sides re-arming and preparing for yet more bloodshed. The settlement at the end of World War One was neither clean nor decisive, and it punished Germany by confiscating territory and forcing the people to pay reparations to help rebuild France and reduce the Allied debt to America. This led to deep-seated anger and resentment among its people.

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    • Technical Guide: Japanese Aircraft of World War II
      Technology, Engineering & Agriculture

      Technical Guide: Japanese Aircraft of World War II

      1937-45

      by Thomas Newdick

      Illustrated with colourful artworks of Japanese aircraft and their markings, JapaneseAircraft of World War II is a detailed guide to all the aircraft deployed by the Japanese military from the Second Sino-Japanese War to the surrender in the Pacific in August 1945. Organised alphabetically by manufacturer, this book includes every type of aircraft,from fighters to seaplanes, bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, torpedo bombers andcarrier aircraft. All the best-known types are featured, such as the Mitsubishi G4M‘Betty’, Nakajima B6N2 Tenzan, Aichi B7A2 Ryusei torpedo bomber and the worldfamous Mitsubishi A6M ‘Zero’ fighter. The entries are accompanied by exhaustive captions and specifications. The guide is illustrated with profile artworks, three-views, and special cutaway artworks of the more famous aircraft in service, such as the Aichi D3A1 ‘Val’, Mitsubishi A6M2 Reisen, and Nakajima Ki.27 ‘Nate’. Illustrated with more than 120 artworks, Japanese Aircraft of World War II is an essential reference guide

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    • Mystery of the Lost Avenger
      June 2016

      Mystery of the Lost Avenger

      An Annie Tillery Mystery

      by Linda Maria Frank

      The wreckage of a World War II plane is found in the mountains of Appalachia. It mysteriously crashed in 1943 on its way to a naval base. Inside the plane is a note, written by Annie Tillery's great-grandmother, Charlotte, who was in love with a fighter pilot. Young Charlotte tested the planes and flew them to naval bases; her fiancé flew the planes in battle. While investigating the crash site, NCIS finds the note in the plane, which they trace to Charlotte and then to her surviving family members, Annie and her mother Carol. The mystery begins. Why did the plane crash, and what does Charlotte's note mean? Annie and her mother decide to dig into Great-Grandmother's past by way of the aged family attic. There, they find love letters written by Charlotte and her Navy pilot fiancé. There is a code to be broken in those letters and The Mystery of the Lost Avenger to be solved. As they explore, Annie suspects Charlotte's ghost is reaching out to tell her something, but what? She enlists the help of her boyfriend, newly licensed pilot Ty Egan, but Annie feels she may be the key to her great-grandmother's top-secret life.

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    • The Janus Conspiracy
      Espionage & spy thriller
      January 2008

      The Janus Conspiracy

      by Michael Davies

      A conspiracy to take over the USA has been in development since soon after WWII, led by two mega-rich industrialists and a team of powerful interests in the Pentagon, Politics, the Church, Big Crime and Law Enforcement. But none of the team members knows the full intent of the leaders which is far more murderous and comprises a threat to the security of the whole world.

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    • The Postman

      The Postman

      National Award for Novel 2019

      by GEORGE N. PAPADAKIS

      A humble postman narrates his humble life in a humble, mountain village in post-WWII Crete. A sensitive observer of the harsh realities of village life, he is hostage to social norms, set-ups, unrequited love, and a marriage replete with secrets and lies – until one day he wakes up and acts, in a dramatic plot twist which skyrockets the narrative to its dazzling, cathartic end.

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    • “And the Bulgarian Jews were saved…”
      Humanities & Social Sciences
      October 2020

      “And the Bulgarian Jews were saved…”

      by Nadège Ragaru

      Bulgaria was an exception; a state allied with the Reich that refused to deport its Jewish community. This image of Bulgaria during WWII has persisted until the present day, overlooking the fact that in the Yugoslavian and Greek territories occupied by this country between 1941 and 1945, almost all the Jews were rounded up, sent to Poland, and exterminated. Deeply original in its approach and in its style, this historical investigation is an exemplary reflection on the silences of the past.

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    • A Forgotten Hero
      2019

      A Forgotten Hero

      Folke Bernadotte, the Swedish Humanitarian Who Rescued 30,000 People from the Nazis

      by Shelley Emling

      In one of the most amazing rescues of WWII, the Swedish head of the Red Cross rescued more than 30,000 people from concentration camps in the last three months of the war. Folke Bernadotte did so by negotiating with the enemy—shaking hands with Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Gestapo. Time was of the essence, as Hitler had ordered the destruction of all camps and everyone in them.To learn more about this publisher, click here: http://bit.ly/2JZ10Sb

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    • In the Shadows of the Past
      Fiction
      August 2016

      In the Shadows of the Past

      by Ricarda Konrad

      Totally surprisingly the freshly divorced, 40 year-old Caroline inherits the cottage of her stubborn great-aunt in Ireland. Spontaneously, she leaves everything behind and drives to the idyllic village where she finds new friends very fast due to the warmhearted inhabitants. Even the very attractive neighbor Damian, whom she likes more than she wants to admit, is very helpful. During the renovation works she finds old letters from WWII, and uncovers a dark family secret... Together Damian and Caroline go on the search to find answers.

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    • DARK PERSUASION: The Story of Brainwashing in the 20th Century
      Society & culture: general
      September 2021

      DARK PERSUASION: The Story of Brainwashing in the 20th Century

      by Joel Dimsdale

      DARK PERSUASION tells the captivating history of brainwashing through a psychological lens. With its beginnings in torture and religious conversion, brainwashing was transformed when Pavlov, in the age of Stalin and Lenin, introduced a scientific approach to brainwashing. Persuasion techniques became a key part of WWII interrogations and the Cold War, and would expand to the wider culture with the creation of cults. Whether at the hands of governments or cult leaders, brainwashing could be shatteringly destructive. As Dimsdale writes, “History is shaped by individuals acting in the context of vast impersonal forces. Who were the people who molded brainwashing? What did they think they were doing? And how will brainwashing evolve in the 21st century?”

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    • The Power of a Paintbrush
      October 2020

      The Power of a Paintbrush

      by Barbara Stehwien

      While it may be difficult to picture a mild mannered artist being forced to don a military uniform and go into war, this man’s post-WWII escape story is definitely worth reading. Being held prisoner in Poland by the Russian Allied forces, Fritz Stehwien resorted to ingenious tactics to escape and make his way back home in 1946. This book tells the story of the power of a paintbrush across his journey, along with the unexpected kindness shown by supposed enemies -- revealing a level of humanity in times of war that is often left unreported. This 30 page hardcover includes high resolution images of surviving original artworks by German/Canadian artist Fritz Stehwien, a map of the European locations, photos and more. Also available in the German language, on demand.

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    • The Lost Collection
      True stories: discovery / historical / scientific
      September 2020

      The Lost Collection

      by Pauline Baer de Perignon

      Paintings by Monet, Degas, and Renoir… Imagine a magnificent family collection mysteriously vanishing during WWII! The narrator, Pauline, knows from family rumours that one of her great-grandfathers, Jules Strauss, was an art collector. A considerable aura has grown up around this figure. Despite his unfailing eye, he sold his acquisitions too soon. One day, a distant cousin hands Pauline a scribbled list of the paintings that once belonged to Strauss. There is no trace of these pieces in the family apartment. Where are they now? What happened in 1942? Pauline, a homemaker looking for a subject for a book, is no art historian. But, driven by insatiable curiosity that soon borders on obsession, she develops a passion for these missing paintings. Her search takes her from the Louvre to a museum in Dresden, via Gestapo archives.

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    • Knight: Yorkshireman, Storyteller, Spy
      Biography: general
      June 2018

      Knight: Yorkshireman, Storyteller, Spy

      by Greg Christie

      Biography of best-selling novelist, Eric Knight whose work was praised by the literary establishment of the 1930s, but whose greatest acheivements were overshadowed by his biggest hit - he was the author of 'Lassie Come-Home'. A child immigrant to the USA, Eric Knight enlisted in Canada and returned to England to face the horrors of WWI, having already escaped once from the deprivation of the Yorkshire mill towns His biography is an epic account that spans some of the key historical moments early in the last century. With a creative mind, and a formidable spirit that sustained him from the trenches of Ypres, and through the Depression, to literary success and acclaim, he did not shy away from defending his native England once more – as confidant to the US President, he supported the efforts to bring the US into WWII which led to his untimely death in the service of the OSS, the forerunner to the US Central Intelligence Agency.

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    • The Don't Touch Garden
      Poetry by individual poets
      October 2015

      The Don't Touch Garden

      by Kate Foley (Author)

      ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall’ the old joke says ‘I am my mother after all’ but which? Born in 1938 and adopted soon after, Kate Foley grew up in London during WWII. The Don’t Touch Garden explores what it is to be adopted, both for the child and the adoptive parents, through a wide range of poetic styles and complex emotions. Sometimes autobiographical and narrative, sometimes oblique, brought together for the first time, these poems trace a search for identity and for the meaning of family which everyone can relate to, whatever kind of family brought them up.This is NOT a misery memoir! Some terrible things happen, but the voice of Kate’s young self, deeply unimpressed by all the drama around her, holds the story together.

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    • The Girl on the Roof
      Fiction
      March 2020

      The Girl on the Roof

      by Debra Moffitt

      As the people of Annecy in the French Alps meet the Gestapo’s brutality with surprising resistance, a teen-aged girl cannot rest until she solves the mystery of a death in her family. Aurelie watches as her father places a shrouded body on the North side of the roof of their home. It’s winter, under a Nazi-declared state of siege, and they must wait until the spring thaw for the burial. But who died? And why is no one speaking to her anymore? Aurelie must discover the truth and fight to prevent the same terrible fate from happening to her best friend.

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