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A Brief History of the First World War: Eyewitness Accounts of the War to End All Wars, 1914-18 by Jon E. Lewis
Category: Military
Even 100 years on from the First World War it haunts us still. No other conflict has revealed so dramatically the senselessness of war, and none has shaped the modern world to the same extent, from its impact on the Russian Revolution and the rise of Hitler to the final break-up of the British Empire an ...Show more
Combat: Reports From The Frontline by Alex (FRW) Jon E. (EDT); Kershaw Lewis
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
D-Day as They Saw it: The Story of the Battle by Those Who Were There by Jon E. Lewis
Category: Military
<p>'D-Day As They Saw It', edited by Jon E. Lewis, provides a true account of 6 June 1944 and after, by those who were there.</p>
London by Jon E. Lewis
Category: History
In "London: The Autobiography" the life of the capital is told, for the first time, by those who made it and saw it at first hand. From Roman times to the 21st century, Londoners and visitors to the city have recounted the extraordinary events, everyday life and character of this unique and influential ...Show more
Mammoth Book of Covert Ops: True Stories of Covert Military Operations, from the Bay of Pigs to the Death of Osama Bin Laden by Jon E. Lewis
Category: Military | Series: Mammoth Books
Twenty true stories of covert military operations, from raids into Laos by elite unit MAC-V-SOG to cut the Ho Chi Minh trail during the Vietnam War to the US Navy SEAL 6 operation Neptune's Spear in Abbottabad which resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. Lewis shines a light on the 'shadow war' units ...Show more
Mammoth Book of Modern Battles by Jon E. Lewis (Editor)
Category: Military | Series: Mammoth Books
From the start of the 20th century to the most recent major offensives, here are fifty accounts of the battles that made the modern world, described in superb detail by historians and writers including John Keegan, Alan Clark, John Strawson, Charles Mey, John Pimlott, and John Laffin. All the major conf ...Show more
Mammoth Book of Special Forces Training: Physical and Mental Secrets of Elite Military Units by Jon E. Lewis
Category: Military
In this encyclopedic book, Lewis provides insights into the origins, training, tactics, weapons and achievements of special forces and special mission units throughout the world, focusing particularly on US and UK forces. He also looks at the codes that that bind the members of these elite units togethe ...Show more
On the Front Line by Jon E. Lewis
Category: Military
In 1930, the editor of "Everyman" magazine requested entries for a new anthology of Great War accounts. The result was a revolutionary book unlike any other of the period; for as Malcolm Brown notes in his introduction 'I believe it might fairly be described as a rediscovered classic'. It was the very f ...Show more
SAS: Britain's Elite Special Forces in Their Own Words by Jon E Lewis
Category: Military
A stunning anthology of over 100 eyewitness accounts from the men of the SAS to tie in with the 70th anniversary of the founding of the regiment. S"AS: Britain's Elite Special Forces in Their Own Words" is the story of the world's most famous special forces regiment, written by the troopers and officers ...Show more
SAS: The Autobiography by Jon E. Lewis
Category: Military | Series: Brief Histories
"SAS: The Autobiography" is the story of the world's most famous special forces regiment by those who truly know it - the troopers and officers themselves. From the dust of the wartime desert and raids on harboured Luftwaffe aircraft to sniping al-Qaeda in the far mountains of Afghanistan
Spitfire: The Autobiography by Jon E. Lewis
Category: Military
The plane and the men that saved Britain in 1940 in their own words. This is a celebration of the machine and the men who took to the skies in defence of Britain. It is also the dramatic illustration of a little understood truth: the Spitfire did more than win the Battle of Britain - it won the war. I ...Show more
The Mammoth Book of Antarctic Journeys: 32 Eye-witness Accounts of Adventure in the Antarctic by Jon E. Lewis (Editor)
Category: Travel
This is the very best writing on the Antarctic, from James Cook's eighteenth-century assertion that 'no man will ever venture further than I have done' to Lynne Cox's description of her epic, icy swim in the twenty-first century - 32 first-hand accounts of men and women challenging one of the Earth's la ...Show more