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  • The Lost World of Bletchley Park

    An Illustrated History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre

    An illustrated history of the English manor house and grounds that were home to the famous World War II codebreakers.The huge success of Sinclair's The Secret Life of Bletchley Park—a quarter of a million copies sold to date—has been symptomatic of a similarly dramatic increase in visitors to Bletchley Park itself, the Victorian mansion in Buckinghamshire now open as an engrossing museum of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret Life of Bletchley Park

    The WWII Codebreaking Centre and the Men and Women Who Worked There

    Bletchley Park has played a vital role in British history. This Victorian country house in the Buckinghamshire countryside was was where one of the war’s most famous – and crucial – achievements was made: the cracking of Germany’ s 'Enigma' code in which its most important military communications were couched.It was home to some of Britain’s most brilliant mathematical brains, such as Alan Turing, ... Read more

    Was $7.19 USD Now $3.99 USD

  • The Secret Listeners

    How the Y Service Intercepted the German Codes for Bletchley Park

    Behind the celebrated code-breaking at Bletchley Park lies another secret…The men and women of the ‘Y’ (for Wireless’) Service were sent out across the world to run listening stations from Gibraltar to Cairo, intercepting the German military’s encrypted messages for decoding back at the now-famous Bletchley Park mansion.Such wartime postings were life-changing adventures – travel out by flying ... Read more

    Was $9.59 USD Now $4.99 USD

  • The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book

    Test Your Inner Detective by Solving Some of the World's Most Difficult Cases

    Pit your wits against the brilliant minds of Scotland Yard and see if you have what it takes to solve dozens of the world's toughest crimes."Scotland Yard" conjures up so much more than just London's Metropolitan Police. Since it opened its doors in 1829, Scotland Yard has been synonymous the world over with the highest level of detective work and famous for its ability to solve the most macabre ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Dunkirk

    From Disaster to Deliverance - Testimonies of the Last Survivors

    From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Secret Life of Bletchley ParkWhen Churchill made one of the most inspiring speeches of the 20th century - 'we will fight them on the beaches' – he was giving thanks for the miracle of deliverance, the harrowing and breathless evacuation of over 338,000 troops from the beaches and harbour at Dunkirk.Churchill was determined it shouldn’ t be ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Meeting Churchill

    An insightful biography and history of the British Prime Minister through the eyes of those who knew him

    This insightful portrait of Winston Churchill delves beyond well-known political moments, incorporating perspectives from various individuals who encountered him throughout his life.From Bletchley Park codebreakers and Hollywood stars such as Charlie Chaplin, through writers as varied as H. G. Wells and P. G. Wodehouse, to the likes of Harold Wilson, Mahatma Gandhi and Queen Elizabeth II, these ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Murder at No. 4 Euston Square

    The Mystery of the Lady in the Cellar

    A chilling true crime story of a baffling boarding house murder in Victorian London and the stunning secrets revealed by the investigation.Someone must have known what happened to Matilda Hacker. For someone in that house had killed her. So how could the murderer prove so elusive?Standing four storeys tall in an elegant Bloomsbury terrace, No. 4, Euston Square was a well-kept, respectable boarding ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret Lives of Codebreakers

    The Men and Women Who Cracked the Enigma Code at Bletchley Park

    **INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERGo behind the scenes of Bletchley Park, where everyday men and women risked everything for Queen and Country.**A remarkable look at day-to-day life of the codebreakers whose clandestine efforts helped win World War IIBletchley Park looked like any other sprawling country estate. In reality, however, it was the top-secret headquarters of Britain’s Government Code and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Saint Petersburg

    Sacrifice and Redemption in the City that Defied Hitler

    The epic story of the "900 days and nights” of the Siege of Leningrad, set within the history of the iconic city from Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin.In the crucible of World War II, Saint Petersburg—then known as Leningrad—stands as a testament to human endurance. As the Nazis encircle the city, intent on annihilating its 1.5 million inhabitants, the narrative plunges into the harrowing nine ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Berlin

    Life and Death in the City at the Center of the World

    Sinclair McKay's portrait of Berlin from 1919 forward explores the city's broad human history, from the end of the Great War to the Blockade, rise of the Wall, and beyond.Sinclair McKay's Berlin begins by taking readers back to 1919 when the city emerged from the shadows of the Great War to become an extraordinary by-word for modernity—in art, cinema, architecture, industry, science, and politics ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bletchley Park Brainteasers

    The bestselling quiz book full of puzzles inspired by Bletchley Park code breakers

    Bestselling Bletchley Park Brainteasers continues to delight hundreds of thousands of devoted puzzlers with its fiendish puzzles, riddles and enigmas. It's never to late to join the code breakers of Bletchley Park in their enjoyment of a devilish challenge!Would you love to master morse code? Could you have have outsmarted an enigma machine? Would your love of chess have seen you recruited into ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Saint Petersburg

    Sacrifice and Redemption in the City that Defied Hitler

    Narrated by Sinclair McKay ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 43 min

    In the crucible of World War II, Saint Petersburg—then known as Leningrad—stands as a testament to human endurance. As the Nazis encircle the city, intent on annihilating its 1.5 million inhabitants, the narrative plunges into the harrowing nine hundred days and nights of relentless hardship and unyielding resilience.Starving residents, horrified by their own gaunt reflections, resort to bulking ... Read more

    $24.99 USD