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“susan ottaway”

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  • Fire over Heathrow

    The Tragedy of Flight 712

    de Susan Ottaway ...
    An in-depth account of the 1968 London air tragedy that claimed five lives—includes interviews with cabin crew, passengers, and air traffic controllers.One and a half minutes after takeoff on the clear and sunny afternoon of April 8, 1968, the Number 2 engine of BOAC Boeing 707 G-ARWE broke away from its mounting pylon and fell, tumbling in flames. Captain Cliff Taylor managed an extremely smooth ... Leer más

    $9.89 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Cool and Lonely Courage

    The Untold Story of Sister Spies in Occupied France

    de Susan Ottaway ...
    The incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, sisters who risked everything to fight for freedom during the Second World War.When elderly recluse Eileen Nearne died, few suspected that the quiet little old lady was a decorated WWII war hero. Volunteering to serve for British intelligence at age 21, Eileen was posted to Nazi-occupied France to send encoded ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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    Violette Szabo

    The Life That I Have

    de Susan Ottaway ...
    Narrado por Esther Wane ...

    Completo

    6 hora 59 minutos

    The story of Violette Szabo is one of the most extraordinary in the annals of World War II espionage and covert operations.Totally fearless and a dead shot, Violette Szabo volunteered to become part of the Special Operations Executive, Britain's premier sabotage and subversion organization of the time. On June 7, 1944, Violette left behind a two-year-old daughter to parachute into France on a ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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    A Cool and Lonely Courage

    The Untold Story of Sister Spies in Occupied France

    de Susan Ottaway ...
    Narrado por Catherine Harvey ...

    Completo

    9 hora 4 minutos

    The incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, sisters who risked everything to fight for freedom during the Second World War.When elderly recluse Eileen Nearne died, few suspected that the quiet little old lady was a decorated WWII war hero. Volunteering to serve for British intelligence at age 21, Eileen was posted to Nazi-occupied France to send encoded ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    Rise of the Rocket Girls

    The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

    de Nathalia Holt ...
    Narrado por Erin Bennett ...

    Completo

    9 hora 45 minutos

    The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space.In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • She Landed By Moonlight

    The Story of Secret Agent Pearl Witherington: the 'real Charlotte Gray'

    de Carole Seymour-Jones ...
    On the night of the 22 September 1943 Pearl Witherington, a twenty-nine-year-old British secretary and agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), was parachuted from a Halifax bomber into Occupied France. Like Sebastian Faulks' heroine, Charlotte Gray, Pearl had a dual mission: to fight for her beloved, broken France and to find her lost love. Pearl's lover was a Parisian parfumier turned ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Gardens of Stone: My Boyhood in the French Resistance

    de Stephen Grady, Michael Wright ...
    Series Libro 6 - Extraordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories of World War Two
    An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable resonance and poignancy. September 2011, Halkidiki, Northern Greece. A solitary 86 year-old man gazes across an Aegean headland, knowing that he must finally confront his past. He begins to write... September 1939, Nieppe, Northern France. 14 year-old Stephen is living with ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Churchill's White Rabbit

    The True Story of a Real-Life James Bond

    de Sophie Jackson ...
    Forest Yeo-Thomas GC was one of the bravest of the brave. A fluent French-speaker, he joined SOE and was parachuted into occupied France three times to work with the Resistance. Appalled by the lack of help the British were providing, he managed to arrange a five-minute meeting with Winston Churchill, during which he persuaded him to do more. On his third mission he was betrayed and captured by ... Leer más

    $14.09 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Behind Enemy Lines

    The Autobiography of Britain's Most Decorated Living War Hero

    de Sir Tommy Macpherson, Richard Bath ...
    With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a L�gion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army.Yet for 65 years the Highlander's story has remained untold. Few know how, aged 21, he persuaded 23,000 SS soldiers of the feared Das Reich tank column to surrender, or how Tommy ... Leer más

    $12.59 USD

  • SOE: The Scientific Secrets

    de Fredric Boyce, Douglas Everett ...
    The history of Special Operations Executive (SOE) seems to spring a never-ending run of surprises, and here are some more. This book explores the mysterious world of the tools SOE used for their missions of subversion and sabotage. An often grim reality is confronted that is more akin with the world of James Bond and Q's workshop than previously believed. Written by two scientists, one of whom ... Leer más

    $10.19 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Diary Of A RAF Lancaster Bomber Pilot

    de Les Joy ...
    My name is Leslie Joy (Les to my friends), and I was born on the 16th March 1923 in Bradford, Yorkshire. This is my true story of how at the age of 19 I joined the RAF, fell in love with a Tiger Moth, got my wings and flew as a Lancaster Bomber pilot in World War II, and survived just! ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters

    de Richard Edwards ...
    Series series British Flying Legends
    DESCRIPTION“An excellent book to read at this time during the anniversary of the bombing of the German dams by what seemed impossible odds.” Review.**Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters tells the dramatic story of a renowned British flying legend and his leadership of the infamous raid on the Ruhr dams in May 1943, providing a fitting and timely tribute to a truly courageous aviator.This short i ... Leer más

    $0.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus