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  1. A Bridge Too Far

    Bowman, Martin W.
    Pen and Sword

    This, the fourth and final volume of the series on Market-Garden in September 1944 reveals the final fate of the troops at Oosterbeek and the decision to evacuate all able bodied m...

  2. Bringing Up Bébé : One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (now with Bébé Day by Day: 100 Keys to French Parenting)

    Druckerman, Pamela
    Penguin Publishing Group 2014

    “On questions of how to live, the French never disappoint. . . . Maybe it all starts with childhood. That is the conclusion that readers may draw from Bringing Up Bébé.” —The Wall...

  3. Brinnande fält

    Lindbäck, Lill
    Vulkan Bokförlag

    Journalisten Karin är hos sin väninna Anna på tjejfest. Alla ska sova över. Under festen kommer det fram att Anna har gjort en upptäckt i skogen. Nästa dag undersöker tjejerna dett...

  4. Britain's Wartime Evacuees

    Mawson, Gillian
    Pen and Sword

    With the declaration of war in September 1939, the Government Evacuation Scheme was implemented, in which almost one and a half million civilians, mostly children, were evacuated f...

  5. Britain’s Last Tommies

    Van Emden, Richard
    Pen and Sword

    The First World War as a living history is to all intents and purposes over. As of today February 2005, there are only twelve veterans from six million alive who served on the Wes...

  6. Britannian kohtalonhetket

    Historia, Maailman
    Saga Egmont

    Eletään vuotta 1940. Ranska on antautunut, Pohjola miehitetty, ja Iso-Britannia on Euroopan viimeinen toivo. Natsi-Saksan Luftwaffe on kuitenkin huimasti Britannian kuninkaallisia...

  7. A British Achilles

    Almonds Windmill, Lorna
    Pen and Sword

    Son of the victor of Jutland, George Jellicoe has enjoyed power and privilege but never shirked his duty. His war exploits are legendary and, as a founder member of Stirling’s SAS...

  8. British Admirals of the Fleet

    Heathcote, T.A.
    Pen and Sword

    A companion volume to the same author's "The British Field Marshals 1736-1997", this book outlines the lives of the 115 officers who held the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in the Ro...

  9. The British Army Guide

    Heyman, Charles
    Pen and Sword

    In 1984 the first edition of the British Army Guide was published and in May 2011 the 12th edition will be on sale. This invaluable information resource which deals with all aspect...

  10. The British Army in France After Dunkirk

    Takle, Patrick
    Pen and Sword

    Although over 330,000 British and French soldiers were evacuated from the Dunkirk beaches between 26 May and 4 June, many thousands remained in France, most under French command. C...

  11. The British Invasion of the River Plate 1806-1807

    Hughes, Ben
    Pen and Sword

    In 1806 a British expeditionary force captured Buenos Aires. Over the next eighteen months, Britain was sucked into a costly campaign on the far side of the world. The Spaniards we...

  12. British Nannies and the Great War

    Heren, Louise
    Pen and Sword

    In 1912, Norland children’s nurse Kate Fox was travelling by train heading to the British military station at Nowshera on the Afghan border to care for the premature baby born to t...

  13. Brittisk blick - Författarintervjuer med Denise Mina, Jeanette Winterson, Jenny Diski

    Persson, Annika
    Telegram Förlag

    Denise Mina sadlade om från kriminolog till deckarförfattare hemma i Glasgow. Och har tagit upp kampen mot kollegan Ian Rankins Edinburgh. Annika Persson följde henne under en rekl...

  14. Brittiska humorgiganter - Två intervjuer med Ricky Gervais och Eddie Izzard

    Hellman, Cyril
    Telegram Förlag

    De här intervjuerna publicerades ursprungligen i Rocky nr. 2 2006 och Rocky 2005 Ricky Gervais och Stephen Merchant är med tv-serierna The Office och Extras Storbritanniens genom t...

  15. Broad Strokes : 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order)

    Quinn, Bridget
    Chronicle Books LLC 2017

    Historically, major women artists have been excluded from the mainstream art canon. Aligned with the resurgence of feminism in pop culture, Broad Strokes offers an entertaining cor...

  16. Broder Daniel : When we were winning

    Norberg & Klas Ekman, Martin
    Telegram Förlag

    För femton år sedan tog Martin Norberg de första professionella bilderna på Broder Daniel under en blöt natt i hans studio. Bland resultatet fanns den famösa nakenbilden som strax...

  17. Brödlösudden: Skog och Gammelhemmet

    Hult, Edith
    Books on Demand

    Vad döljer sig bakom skylten Brödlösudden? Historien börjar med Fader okänd i kyrkboken och kunde ha slutat där om inte olika omständigheter ledde till att Hultsläkten kom att ro...

  18. Broken Sword

    Messenger, Charles
    Pen and Sword

    Brigadier General Frank Crozier (1879- 1937) was a highly controversial figure in his day. As a young soldier he saw active service in the Boer War and West Africa before being for...

  19. Brontësta Lagerlöfiin : maailmankirjallisuuden suurimpien mestarien elämäkertoja

    Palola, Eino
    Saga Egmont 2022 1. edition

    Kiehtova kirja merkittävistä kirjailijoista ja heidän elämistään. Brontën sisarukset, Charles Baudelaire, Henrik Ibsen, Selma Lagerlöf... Millaista elämää Euroopan rakastetuimmat k...

  20. Bror Kronstrand: målare och resenär

    Söderberg, Sten
    Saga Egmont

    Konstnär. Hovintendent. Resenär. Alla är de ord som beskriver Bror Kronstrand, en porträttmålare vars talang var så stor att han anlitades av både svenska kungligheter och en ameri...