Skip to main content
Search Button
Canada Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Showing 1 - 12 of 61 results for “r j overy”
Skip side bar filters

  • War and Economy in the Third Reich

    by R. J. Overy ...
    War and Economy in the Third Reich examines the nature of the German economy in the 1930s and the Second World War. Richard Overy's essays, collected here for the first time with a substantial new introduction, explore the tension between Hitler's vision of an armed economy and the reality of German economic and social life. Often thought-provoking, always informed, War and Economy opens a window ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Scramble!

    The Memoir of Britain's Most-Decorated RAF Fighter Pilot

    by J.R.D Braham, Richard Overy ...
    J. R. D. 'Bob' Braham was Britain's most-decorated fighter pilot and one of the most successful fighter pilots of World War II. Joining the RAF in 1938 at the age of 18, he was posted to No. 29 Squadron at Debdon, where he learned to fly the Hawker Hurricane and Bristol Blenheim. By 1939, the squadron had become a specialised night fighting unit and Braham gained his first victory in August 1940. ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Air War, 1939-1945

    by Richard J. Overy ...
    The Air War, 1939-1945 was first written in the late 1970s when there was very little academic interest in the history of air power. What there was focused largely on combat. The book was intended to provide a global history of the air war by looking at combat, but also the broader context of technology, production, intelligence and leadership. The book sought to address the question of why the ... Read more

    $17.85 CAD

  • Audiobook

    I Flew for the Führer

    The Memoirs of a Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot

    by Heinz Knoke ...
    Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 8 min

    Heinz Knoke was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of the Second World War. This vivid firsthand record of his experiences has become a classic among aviation memoirs and is a fascinating counterbalance to the numerous accounts written by Allied pilots.Knoke joined the Luftwaffe on the outbreak of war, and eventually became commanding officer of a fighter wing. An outstandingly brave and ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    So You're Dead...This Is What Happens Next

    by Jocasta Jones ...
    Narrated by Sam Emmerson, Christopher J Railton, and Emma Overy ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 23 min

    It's hard being a Demon especially when corruption and bureaucracy are rife in Hell. Imagine how bored you would be doing the same job for the last 2000 years. Simon, the Demon's next soul delivery client is petrified to find himself in Hell especially as he is in the charge of the sarcastic, couldn’t care less Demon who is on a performance improvement plan. Simon, and the Demon have to travel ... Read more

    $6.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blood and Ruins

    The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945

    by Richard Overy ...
    **“Monumental… [A] vast and detailed study that is surely the finest single-volume history of World War II. Richard Overy has given us a powerful reminder of the horror of war and the threat posed by dictators with dreams of empire.” – The Wall Street JournalA thought-provoking and original reassessment of World War II, from Britain’s leading military historianA New York Times bestseller**Richard ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Bombers and the Bombed

    Allied Air War Over Europe 1940-1945

    by Richard Overy ...
    The ultimate history of the Allied bombing campaigns in World War IITechnology shapes the nature of all wars, and the Second World War hinged on a most unpredictable weapon: the bomb. Day and night, Britain and the United States unleashed massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize occupied Europe, destroying its cities. The grisly consequences call into question how “moral” a war the Allies ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Battle of Britain

    Myth and Reality

    by Richard Overy ...
    The Battle of Britain tells the extraordinary story of one of the pivotal events of the Second World War - the struggle between British and German air forces in the late summer and autumn of 1940. Exposing many of the myths surrounding the conflict, the book provides answers to important questions: how close did Britain really come to invasion? What were Hitler and Churchill's motives? And what ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Russia's War

    A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945

    by Richard Overy ...
    **"A penetrating and compassionate book on the most gigantic military struggle in world history."--The New York Times Book Review"An extraordinary tale... Overy's engrossing book provides extensive details of the slaughter, brutality, bitterness and destruction on the massive front from the White Sea to the flank of Asia."--Chicago Tribune**The Russian war effort to defeat invading Axis powers, an ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Times History of the World

    by Richard Overy ...
    Discover the scope of the world’s history* With exclusive article by Richard Overy *Beginning with the story of early man, and culminating in the rise of global terrorism and environmental issues, the text is a breathtaking and unrivalled narrative which includes voyages of discovery, revolutions and wars, dynasties and empires.Richard Overy, with a team of historians, presents a factual ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Dictators

    Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia

    by Richard Overy ...
    Half a century after their deaths, the dictatorships of Stalin and Hitler still cast a long and terrible shadow over the modern world. They were the most destructive and lethal regimes in history, murdering millions. They fought the largest and costliest war in all history. Yet millions of Germans and Russians enthusiastically supported them and the values they stood for. In this first major study ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Third Reich

    A Chronicle

    by Richard Overy ...
    Defined by the messianic, iconic figure of Adolf Hitler, the twelve years of the Third Reich were one of the pivotal periods of the modern age. From small beginnings in the 1920s, the Nazi Party rose to a position of absolute power in Germany, bringing with it the militarization of society, the apparatus of state terror and vicious discrimination against political opponents, the gypsies, ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD