As the United States enters World War II, seventeen-year-old Eleanor wants to do something to help her Jewish relatives in Poland, so she puts her brilliant math skills to work for the US army to fine-tune a top-secret weapon that will help defeat the enemy.

"This novella was inspired by little-known events that occurred during WWII. The story takes the reader on an exhilarating and gripping journey. A journey that includes the incredible happenings at a spy station in Rhode Island, a daring rescue mission at a luxurious Paris hotel, and the infiltration of a Nazi spy ring operating within the city of London."

"The story of Irish fighter pilot Brendan "Paddy" Finucane, who at the age of just 21, became the youngest ever Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force, and one of its greatest and most celebrated fighter aces during World War Two"--

"Recalls the experiences of a young army half-track driver & technician during the largest land battle ever fought by U.S. forces. As part of the 11th Armored Division, 63rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 'hard' describes the intense combat along the Belgium/German border, as they endure heavy artillery and the worst weather conditions ever recorded. Follow Howard F. Tucker, Jr.'s personal journey from training in the swamps of Louisiana to the rebuilding...

"A revelatory portrait showing how the famed British statesman created a network of American colleagues and friends who helped push our foreign policy in Britain's favor during World War II."

The story of how Harry Truman overcame the shadow of Franklin Roosevelt to lead America through the tumultuous post-war period of 1944-1948, which saw the revival of Western Europe, the reform of Japan and the birth of Israel.

"From bestselling and award-winning author-illustrator Marissa Moss, praised for her accessible blend of narrative nonfiction with graphic novel-style chapter openers in The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner, comes another fascinating story of a groundbreaking woman in STEM. One of the founders of U.S. cryptology who would eventually become one of the world's greatest code breakers, Elizebeth Smith Friedman (1892-1980) was a brilliant...

As a child, Luke Turner was obsessed with the Second World War. He spent hours painstakingly constructing models of his favourite aircraft, watching Sunday afternoon war films, pouring over stories of derring-do and relishing in birthday trips to air museums. Lying in bed beneath Airfix bombers and fighter planes suspended from his bedroom ceiling, he would often think about the men that might sit in their cockpits, and whether he could ever be one...

"In this intergenerational graphic memoir, renowned video game designer Jordan Mechner traces his family's journey through war, Nazi occupation, and everyday marital strife. 1914. A teenage romantic heads to the enlistment office when his idyllic life in a Jewish enclave of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is shattered by World War I. 1938. A seven-year-old refugee begins a desperate odyssey through France, struggling to outrun the rapidly expanding Nazi...