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A Good War by Patrick Bishop
28.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Adam Tomaszewski is a Polish airman, flying Hurricanes alongside British pilots as the Battle of Britain rages in the summer skies over Kent and Sussex. Facing death daily and far from his friends and family, Adam finds himself drawn to a maverick Irish soldier called Gerry Cunningham. 'You're out of lu ...Show more
Air Force Blue by Patrick Bishop
37.00 NZD
Category: History
In a return to sweeping social history of wartime, Patrick Bishop - author of bestselling Fighter Boys and Bomber Boys - explores the lives and wartime experience of thousands of men and women who served in all units of the airforce. To mark the centenary of the RAF in 2018. On 1 April 2018, the Royal A ...Show more
Air Force Blue: The RAF in World War Two - Spearhead of Victory by Patrick Bishop
25.00 NZD
Category: History
In 2018 the RAF is one hundred years old. In his new book, destined to be a classic, Patrick Bishop examines the high point of its existence - the Second World War, when the Air Force saved the nation from defeat then led the advance to victory.A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAir warfare was a terrible novelty ...Show more
Battle of Britain - A Day-To-day Chronicle, 10 July-31 October 1940 by Patrick Bishop
28.00 NZD
Category: History
From the bestselling author of Fighter Boys and Bomber Boys, this is a magisterial chronicle of a defining episode in British history: the epic struggle of the Royal Air Force with the Luftwaffe. Patrick Bishop's Battle of Britain is a compelling account of Britain's fight for national survival, from t ...Show more
Busy Diggers: A Things-That-Go Activity Book (With Googly-Eye Stickers) by PATRICK BISHOP
11.99 NZD
Category: Activity Books
Join the cool vehicle characters in this things-that-go activity book. Put the pedal to the metal as you complete the action-packed activities, create awesome card press-outs and have fun with googly-eye vehicle stickers. A Things-That-Go activity book featuring cool characters and googly-eye stickers! ...Show more
Fighter Boys : Saving Britain 1940 by Patrick Bishop
25.00 NZD
Category: History
A remarkable, intimate portrait of the young men of Fighter Command, whose skill, temperament and morale determined the fate of Britain and arguably the free world. The Battle of Britain, fought in the skies over Britain during the sweltering summer of 1940, was one of the most crucial battles ever foug ...Show more
Ground Truth : 3 Para Return to Afghanistan by Patrick Bishop
28.00 NZD
Category: History
Afghanistan, 2008. After their eighteen-month epic tour of Helmand Province, the troops of 3 Para are back. This time, the weight of experience weighs heavily on their shoulders. In April 2006 the elite 3 Para Battle Group was despatched to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on a tour that has become a lege ...Show more
Operation Jubilee: Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and The Sacrifice by Patrick Bishop
26.00 NZD
Category: History
A GRIPPING TALE OF BRAVERY DURING THE DIEPPE RAID OF 1942 'An exemplary account of this wartime fiasco' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'well-researched, crisply written and utterly absorbing . . . will live for the reader long afterwards' Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny _________ ...Show more
Operation Jubilee: Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and The Sacrifice by Patrick Bishop
40.00 NZD
Category: History
A grand tale of heroic failure during the Dieppe raid of 1942, grippingly told by the bestselling author of Bomber BoysOn the warm night of 18 August 1942, a flotilla pushed out into the flat water of the Channel. They were to seize the German-held port of Dieppe, destroy key installations, seize intell ...Show more
Target Tirpitz: X-Craft, Agents and Dambusters - the Epic Quest to Destroy Hitler's Mightiest Warship by Patrick Bishop
25.00 NZD
Category: History
A gripping account of the epic hunt for Hitler,s most terrifying battleship - the legendary Tirpitz - and the brave men who risked their lives to attack and destroy this most potent symbol of the Nazi,s fearsome war machine. Tirpitz was the pride of Hitler,s navy, the largest and most powerful battleshi ...Show more
The Cooler King: The True Story of William Ash - The Greatest Escaper of World War II by Bishop, Patrick
25.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
"The Cooler King tells the astonishing story of William Ash, an American flier brought up in Depression-hit Texas, who after being shot down in his Spitfire over France in early 1942 spent the rest of the war defying the Nazis by striving to escape from every prisoner of war camp in which he was incarce ...Show more
The Reckoning: Death and Intrigue in the Promised Land by Patrick Bishop
23.00 NZD
Category: History
From the bestselling author of 'Fighter Boys', the true story of two ruthless adversaries and a wartime killing that shook the modern world. On a cold, bright morning in February 1942, fugitive Avraham Stern was cornered in a flat in Tel-Aviv and shot dead. His killer, Assistant Superintendent Geoffrey ...Show more