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#TuesdayBookBlog ALWAYS THE DEAD by Stephen J. Golds (@SteveGone58( (@ScatterOfAshes) A noir/pulp semi-fictional novel, dark, politically incorrect, and just perfect. A gem #Bookreview #noir

Posted on May 4, 2021 by OlgaNunez 19 Comments

Hi all: I bring you an author totally new to me today, although he writes as if he was a pulp-fiction author from the forties or fifties, so, not for everyone, but a fabulous book. Always the Dead by Stephen J. Golds “Dare you read ‘Always the Dead’? “I dared and I’ve been left reeling. “This is

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog 1940s and 1950s, mob, noir, Okinawa, PTSD, pulp fiction, startlet, tuberculosis, WWII

#Bookreview Battle of Britain Broadcaster: Charles Gardner, Radio Pioneer and WWII Pilot by Robert Gardner (@penswordbooks) For radio, aircraft and WWII enthusiasts

Posted on October 5, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a book that appealed to me for a variety of reasons. I hope you find it interesting as well. Battle of Britain Broadcaster: Charles Gardner, Radio Pioneer and WWII Pilot by Robert Gardner In 1936 Charles Gardner joined the BBC as a sub-editor in its news department. Shortly afterwards, he

Posted in Book review, Book reviews aircraft, BBC, Burma, Ceylon, France, History, journalism, media, Pen and Sword Books, pilot, radio, RAF, UK, WWII

#Bookreview THE HOME FRONT 1939–1945 IN 100 OBJECTS by Austin J Ruddy (@penswordbooks) A great gift for anybody interested in the home front #WWII

Posted on August 24, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a non-fiction book that I think will interest many of you. Fabulous. The Home Front 1939–1945 in 100 Objects by Austin J Ruddy A lifesaving gas mask. A ration book, essential for the supply of food. A shelter stove that kept a family warm whilst they huddled in their Anderson

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog documents, History, home front, non-fiction, Pen & Sword, photographies, UK, World War II, WWII

A CHAMPION CYCLIST AGAINST THE NAZIS: THE INCREDIBLE LIFE OF GINO BARTALI by Alberto Toscano (@penswordbooks) Inspiring and informative

Posted on July 27, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a book that made me think about my father quite a lot. I hope you find it as interesting as I did (and as I am sure he would have). A Champion Cyclist Against the Nazis: The Incredible Life of Gino Bartali by Alberto Toscano Italy,1943. Although allied with Hitler,

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Alberto Toscano, cycling, Gino Bartali, Italian history, Italian Resistance, Italy, Pen & Sword, WWII

#Bookreview GIRL WITH A SNIPER RIFLE: AN EASTERN FRONT MEMOIR by Yulia Zhukova (@penswordbooks) An ordinary life in extraordinary circumstances #WWII

Posted on May 25, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a book I mentioned a while back, and here it is, finally. Girl With A Sniper Rifle: An Eastern Front Memoir by Yulia Zhukova In this vivid first-hand account we gain unique access to the inner workings of Stalin’s Central Women’s Sniper School, near Podolsk in Western Russia. Luliia was

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Eastern Front, Germany, Pen&Sword, Russia, sniper, USSR, women and the war, WWII

#Bookreview CHURCHILL: A GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY by By Vincent Delmas…(@penswordbooks) A beautiful, informative and entertaining present for all ages

Posted on May 4, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you another one of Pen & Sword Books, a pretty new experience for me, and one I recommend. Churchill: A Graphic Biography by By Vincent Delmas, François Kersaudy, Foreword by Andrew. Roberts, Illustrations by Alessio Cammardella and Christophe Regnault A full and wholly fair representation of the most adventurous life in the history of British politics.

Posted in Book review, Book reviews biography, graphic biography, non-fiction, Pen & Sword, UK, Winston Churchill, WWII

#Bookreview GERMAN MILITARY VEHICLES IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR by Jose María Mata, Lucas Molina, José María Manrique (@penswordbooks) t for those interested in military vehicles and the Spanish Civil War

Posted on January 13, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: This book is unusual for me, but… German Military Vehicles in the Spanish Civil War: A Comprehensive Study of the Deployment of German Military Vehicles on the Eve of WW2 by Jose María Mata, Lucas Molina, José María Manrique A comprehensive and up-to-date study of the combat and logistics vehicles which formed part

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Non-fiction German war vehicles, military history, military vehicles, non-fiction, Spanish Civil War, WWII

#Bookreview Voices of the Second World War: A Child’s Perspective by Sheila A Renshaw (@penswordbooks). A must read for children and adults.

Posted on August 12, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you another book by Pen & Sword, one that I know will interest many of you. Voices of the Second World War: A Child’s Perspective by Sheila A Renshaw Voices of the Second World War: A Child’s Perspective is a collection of firsthand accounts from people who experienced the Second World

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Children, History, Pen & Sword, true accounts, UK, WWII

#Bookreview The Undercover Nazi Hunter: Exposing Subterfuge and Unmasking Evil in Post-War Germany by Wolfe Frank. Ed by Paul Hooley (@penswordbooks) Anybody interested in post-WWII Germany and in Wolfe Frank should read this book.

Posted on August 5, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all. I bring you a book today that I promised you I’d talk about a while back. The Undercover Nazi Hunter: Exposing Subterfuge and Unmasking Evil in Post-War Germany by Wolfe Frank. Ed by Paul Hooley Wolfe Frank was Chief Interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials where he was dubbed ‘The Voice of Doom.’

Posted in Book review, Book reviews British Intelligence, German post-WWII history, History, Pen & Sword, spies, SS, Wappenhans, Wolfe Frank, WWI, WWII

#Book review BARNSLEY AT WAR 1939–45 (YOUR TOWNS & CITIES IN WORLD WAR TWO) by Mark Green (@penswordbooks). #WWII

Posted on June 17, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you another non-fiction book from one of Pen & Sword collections that I think will interest many: Barnsley at War 1939–45 (Your Towns & Cities in World War Two) by Mark Green. A wonderful chronicle for anybody interested in local history The ‘eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Barnsley, bomb raids, bomb shelters, local history, non-fiction, Pen & Sword, Penistone, Spanish Civil War, WWII, Yorkshire