The Royal Air Force’s No. 617 Squadron used purpose-built bouncing bombs to breach two German dams during World War II. As a result, the flooding destroyed or damaged several …
I have never served in the armed forces but have an interest in military history from World War I onwards. Ghosts of Fallujah helped me understand a bit more …
I’ve read and watched a lot about the wars in Iraq but this is a first for me. This book is about ‘Johnny Walker‘ who was a translator for …
Painting in the Sand is a first hand account by Kim Hughes, a British Army Ammunition Technical Officer – AKA bomb disposal specialist – operating in Afghanistan. Reading this …
Easy read of 200 pages, The Money Hackers – How a Group of Misfits Took on Wall Street and Changed Finance Forever the history of bank disrupters in the …
The Spider Network: How a Math Genius and a Gang of Scheming Bankers Pulled Off One of the Greatest Scams in History by David Enrich is a solid take …
Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter opened the door into the global secondhand market like no article, documentary or TV programme has ever done …