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  • The Madam and the Spymaster

    The Secret History of the Most Famous Brothel in Wartime Berlin

    by Nigel Jones, Dr. Julia Schrammel, Urs Brunner ...
    This extraordinary story of a high-class Berlin brothel—taken over by the Nazi secret service—is one of the last untold tales of World War II.There is no book in English about the wartime Berlin ‘salon’ run by Kitty Schmidt under the secret control of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the architects of the Final Solution."Salon Kitty" was the most notorious brothel in the decadent Berlin of the Weimar ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Tower

    An Epic History of the Tower of London

    by Nigel Jones ...
    A "marvelous, authoritative, and entertaining" history of the storied castle in central London, and the people who populated it ( Publishers Weekly )."A riveting, pacy, and vivid chronicle of the Tower's turbulent past." —Alison Weir, New York Times– bestselling author of The Lady ElizabethCastle, royal palace, prison, torture c... ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Countdown to Valkyrie

    The July Plot to Assasinate Hitler

    by Nigel Jones, Berthold Schenk von Stauffenberg ...
    There were over forty plots to assassinate Hitler— This is the "compelling, fast-paced account" of the one that came closest to succeeding ( Publishers Weekly).The July Plot of 1944 was masterminded by Count Claus von Stauffenberg, a member of the German General Staff, who had been rushed back from Africa after losing his left eye and right hand. For his injuries, he had been decorated as a war ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rupert Brooke

    Life, Death and Myth

    by Nigel Jones ...
    Paragon of youthful beauty, romantic symbol of a lost England, and precociously gifted poet, Rupert Chawner Brooke died in a hospital ship off the Aegean island of Skyros in April 1915, aged just 27. All England mourned his passing.But behind the glow of myth lies a darker reality. At the height of his promise a disappointment in love triggered a mental and physical collapse that brought his inner ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Venlo Incident

    A True Story of Double-Dealing, Captivity, and a Murderous Nazi Plot

    by Nigel Jones ...
    In November 1939, the Nazis used the so-called Venlo Incident as a pretext for invading the Netherlands. Following orders from Himmler, two British intelligence officers, Sigismund Payne Best and Richard Stevens, were captured from the Café Backus in the town of Venlo.Best had been trying to contact German officers plotting against Hitler. The Netherlands had been an ideal ground for operations, ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Pagan Europe

    by Prudence Jones, Nigel Pennick ...
    The first comprehensive study of its kind, this fully illustrated book establishes Paganism as a persistent force in European history with a profound influence on modern thinking.From the serpent goddesses of ancient Crete to modern nature-worship and the restoration of the indigenous religions of eastern Europe, this wide-ranging book offers a rewarding new perspective of European history.In this ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Operations Management

    by Nigel Slack, Alistair Brandon-Jones ...
    Operations may not run the world but make the world run! Learn how a business operates and improves its processes from some of the leading experts in the field.Operations Management, 10th edition is the ultimate guide on the subject, providing you with the best ways and strategies to learn, explore and make sense of how a business works, coming from world-leading experts Nigel Slack, Alistair ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Ancient Egypt

    A Photographic History

    by Nigel Fletcher-Jones ...
    Series series History in Photographs
    First appearing around the mighty River Nile in the fourth millennium BC, Ancient Egypt is one of the great wellsprings of human civilization. Egyptian culture developed around a complex system of religious rituals tied to the agricultural seasons, with the pharaoh a living deity at the centre. Mighty pyramids, tombs and monuments were built to celebrate the pharaohs, many of which can still be ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Peace and War

    Britain in 1914

    by Nigel Jones ...
    1914 dawned with Britain at peace, albeit troubled by faultlines within and threats without: Ireland trembled on the brink of civil war; suffragette agitation was assuming an ever more violent hue; and suspicions of Germany's ambitions bred a paranoia that was expressed in a rash of 'invasion scare' literature.Then when shots rang out in Sara-jevo on 28 June, they set in train a tumble of ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Samuel, the Boy

    Life Lessons from the First Four Chapters of 1 Samuel

    by Nigel A. Jones ...
    It is tempting, but wrong, to designate some events documented in scripture as just historical records. That is not the purpose of any part of the Bible. The birth and life of Samuel may seem remote, being more than three thousand years ago in a land and culture very different from ours today, but it would be a mistake to treat them as just events in history.Samuel, the Boy is a story of heartache ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Operations and Process Management

    Principles and Practice for Strategic Impact

    by Nigel Slack, Alistair Brandon-Jones ...
    New! Over 20 new and updated examples and cases demonstrating how operations work in practiceNew! Restructured treatment of the scope and structure of operations activities to emphasise the importance of supply network issuesNew! Fresh coverage of topical issues such as behavioural operations, valuable operations capabilities, surge pricing, ‘digital twins’... ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

  • Raiders from the Sea

    The Story of the Special Boat Service in WWII

    by John Lodwick ...
    The Special Boat Service was a small force during World War II, never more than about 300 men. But that did not stop it from inflicting great damage on the enemy. In the Mediterranean arena and in the Aegean, which the Germans controlled after the fall of Greece and Crete, this small commando force kept up a constant campaign of harassment, thus pinning down enemy forces and preventing their ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus