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• Men, Horses, Mud and Stew The Little Fusiliers Great WarThe narrative follows Cooky on his journey to and around France and Belgium quite literally made of men, horses, mud and stew
• Names in StoneAuthor Jonathan Falconer asks: How do you make that quantum leap from names carved in stone or cast in bronze, to the real-life stories of the living, breathing men they recall?
• For Love and CourageLieutenant Colonel Edward William Hermon died in battle on 9 April 1917. Though, unlike some soldiers, he is not in danger of becoming another forgotten hero; even though his years were cut short, he left a testament of his life in letters to his wife that give a full insight into the day-to-day life of a cavalry officer during WWI.
• Forgotten Voices of BurmaBurma was the largest land campaign that the British forces were engaged in during World War II. Yet, compared to the knowledge thats been passed down through generations about the Normandy and Africa campaigns, for example, very little is known about what went on there.
• Into enemy armsBased on a remarkable true story, Into Enemy Arms is the account of a young German girl Ditha Bruncel living in Lossen whose life is turned upside down by Hitler and his Nazi regime during WW2.
• DVD: Quest for FreedomThis privately funded DVD documentary was put together to tell the story of four airfields in south-west England and reveal the part that they played in World War II.
• Vanished ArmiesLike many soldiers who served in WWI, Haswell Miller made an account of his life in the military. What is unusual, is that he chose not to paint death and destruction, and instead painted fashion
• Godfreys GhostTo the nation, Arnold Ridley will always be remembered as Pte Godfrey, the mild mannered former conscientious objector in Capt Mainwarings Home Guard platoon, yet Dads Army is a mere chapter in the life of a man who survived two world wars, and wrote a highly acclaimed play in between.
• Suez: The Hidden TruthsFeaturing extracts from newspapers and books, as well as personal accounts, Suez: The Hidden Truth is more of a documentary publication rather than a mainstream history book.
• When the comics went to warWhen the comics went to war is a look at how boys comics have depicted wars both historical and contemporary from the latter half of the 19th century to the 1980s. Its packed with reproduced pages that youll recognise from the likes of Rover, Hotspur, Triumph and Wizard.
• If anything moves salute it!Finally published 45 years after it was originally written, and, attempting to do to the RAF what Spike Milligan did to the Army, the late authors Micky-taking memoirs shed a light hearted light on service life in the RAF.
• Attack State RedDescribed as a 21st Century Band of Brothers, and 'unputdownable' by Andy McNab - how does this account of life on the front line stand up to the hype?
• Armoured FarmerThrough the chapters of Malcolm Cleverley's memoirs, readers will discover how he evolved from a naïve young farm boy into a proud service man. He recounts his first experiences of basic training, to his adventures serving abroad at the height of the Cold War.
• The Red ArrowsThe Red Arrows unravels an amazing archive of air-to-air photography beautifully captured by world-renowned aviation photographer Jamie Hunter and accompanied snippets of information and facts to indulge an inquisitive mind.
• Escape from GermanyThe stories in Escape from Germany were originally compiled in 1951 for the Air Ministrys top-secret records. It features the true stories of those who prepared and executed the escape plans, providing an insight into the psychological challenges and practical issues that they came across.
• Normandy LandingsWritten in 2004, some 60 years after the event itself, Normandy Landings provides a first hand account of the fateful day from the young Lieutenants perception, following the narrative structure of a diary.
• From Ceylon to CorshamFrom an early age Pat Horn knew he wanted to be part of the Royal Navy and his early childhood memories of Sri Lanka and his education provide a great many stories that lead him to his first post as Midshipman in 1935
• Soldiers of Shepshed remembered 1914-1919Soldiers of Shepshed remembered 1914-1919 follows author, Russell Fishers personal enquiry into the disappearance of his great uncle, Shepsheds Freddy Smith, in the Somme in 1916.
• The Dangerous Book of HeroesFrom the same people that brought you The Dangerous Book for Boys, the latest work from the Iggulden brothers is a collection of stories of the heroes who inspire them (and this time its for girls too)
• Joint-Force HarrierCommander Orchard is one of those people who has a knack for picking out lifes ironies and paradoxes. Perhaps its not surprising given that he flies a plane for the Royal Navy
• The Age of the Warrior: Selected WritingsTo the cynic, this is lazy book writing, being a collection of articles that have previously been published in the Independent newspaper over the past few years
• Home Was A Grand HotelIn her memoirs Home was a Grand Hotel, Pamela recalls how the hotel - of which her father, Sidney Smith, was the manager - played a significant role throughout her entire life
• Munich: the 1938 appeasement crisisMunich is a thorough, entertaining, if ultimately depressing, book that recounts the diplomatic debacle that led to WWII
• Forgotten Voices of D-DayPublished to coincide with the 65th anniversary of D-Day, the latest title in the 'Forgotten' series features masses of previously-unpublished material
• The Lost SpyUntil the turn of the 21st century, very little was known about the life of American professor Isiah Cy Oggins. Even his own son was unaware that he led a double life
• The Russian PatriotOne mans account of an erratic wartime experience, and the long, public, and spiritual struggle he has had between loyalty to his country, and devotion to his ancestry and personal values
• National Service RevisitedThe fact that more than two million young national servicemen contributed to Britains armed forces between January 1949 and June 1963, it seems fitting that their tales should be told
• Battle of Berlin 1945In 1945, Berlin was turned into rubble by allied aerial bombardment and attacked from the south and east by Soviet armies
• The War on Hospital Ships 1914-18In his latest book, The War on Hospital Ships 1914-18, amateur historian Stephen McGreal uncovers a dark and largely forgotten chapter of WW1 - and, in doing so, produces some of the most important work on naval warfare to date
• The Glorious Book of Great British WeaponsThe Glorious Book of Great British Weapons presents a spectacular inventory of the weapons that have defined Britain and contributed to its history through the ages
• Thetis Down - The Slow Death of a SubmarineThetis Down is the true story of a vessel which sank in Liverpool Bay, and became one of the worst submarine disasters in British history during peacetime
• Dowding Of Fighter Command: Victor of the Battle of BritainA biography covering Air Marshal Hugh Dowding's life, as a soldier, pilot, wireless pioneer, squadron commander, spiritualist, skier and anti-vivisectionist.
• Panther SoupAward-winning travel writer John Gimlette's ambitious and entertaining travelogue takes American war veteran Putman Flint back to the battlefields of France and Germany in WWII
• When the Whistle Blows: the Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great WarThis fascinating book takes us back to a time when footballs contribution to the war effort was openly criticised.
• 1940s Britain in picturesThe Press Association takes a chronological look at a decade of life in Britain.
• The Peoples WarFelicity Goodall portrays how ordinary people survived during WWII.
• Codename Valkyrie: General Friedrich Olbricht and the plot against HitlerHelena Schrader argues the case for the 'true hero' of assassination plot
• One Dog at a Time: saving the strays of HelmandIf youre a dog-lover youll treasure this book...
• Bonner VC: The Biography of Gus BonnerThe Biography of Gus Bonner: VC and Master Mariner
• Churchills Underground ArmyA history of the Auxiliary Units in WWII
• Kitcheners Last VolunteerThe life and times of Henry Allingham - the oldest surviving veteran of the Great War.
• Dambusters A Landmark Oral HistoryHistorian and ex-RAF pilot Max Arthur has collected the oral accounts of the pilots who completed the famous Dambuster raid of WWII
• Ripples of WarThe true story of a pair of twins given up for adoption during WWII and how one of them tracked down the other after the wartime mother who had to give them away
• Shrapnel and Whizzbangs: a Tommy in the trenches, 1914-18Jeremy Mitchell has published extracts from his father's diary which describe - with remarkable detail - life in the trenches
• Growing RemembranceThe story of how the National Memorial Arboretum was created, by its founder, David Childs
• The World at War - the landmark oral historyThe epic 1970s television documentary is now available as a book that includes a wealth of material that never made it onto the screen
• Love Letters from a Desert Rat: Alex and NanWhen author Liz McIntyre found more than 300 love letters from her father to her mother that were written over the course of WWII, she decided to publish them