personal narratives, british

"On July 17th 1939, Eileen Alexander, a bright young womanrecently graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, begins a . . . correspondence with fellow Cambridge student Gershon Ellenbogen that lasts five years and spans many hundreds of letters. But as Eileen and Gershon's relationship flourishes from friendship and admiration into passion and love, the tensions between Germany, Russia, and the rest of Europe reach a crescendo. When war is declared, Gershon heads for Cairo and Eileen forgoes her studies to work in the Air Ministry. [This book] is a . . . glimpse of life in London during World War II and a . . . portrait of an ordinary young woman trying to carve a place for herself in a time of uncertainty. As the Luftwaffe begins its bombardment of England, Eileen, like her fellow Britons, carries on while her loved ones are called up to fight, some never to return home. Written over the course of the conflict, Eileen's letters provide a . . . glimpse of this historic of this historic era"--OCLC.

A true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS City of Benares, which was evacuating children from England during WWII.

"A true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS 'City of Benares,' which was evacuating children from England during WWII"--Provided by publisher.

Alistair Urquhart, conscripted into the Gordon Highlanders in 1939 and sent from his home in Scotland to the British outpost of Singapore, tells of his experiences as a prisoner of war after being captured by the Japanese.

"... an intimate insider's portrait of how and why the Iraq adventure failed and contains a unique analysis of the course of the war. Highlighting how nothing that happened in Iraq after 2003 was inevitable, ... exposes the failures of the policies of both Republicans and Democrats, and the lessons that must be learned about the limitations of power."--Dust jacket.

Craig Harrison holds the world record for a long-distance kill. In November, 2009, in Afghanistan, under intense pressure, he saved the lives of his comrades with the longest confirmed sniper kill: 2,475 meters. He has seen active service in the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan. When he was blown up by an IED in Afghanistan, he was left battling severe PTSD. When his identity was revealed in the press, he also had to cope with threats from Al Qaeda against him and his family. For Craig, the price of heroism has been high.

Tells the true story of a British soldier who was held in a POW labor camp in the summer of 1944 and willingly smuggled himself into the Buna-Monowitz concentration camp--known as Auschwitz III--to witness firsthand the cruelty there.