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Is SAS Rogue Heroes based on a true story? SAS: Rogue Heroes tells the story of the men who founded the unit during World War Two...

David Stirling (pictured) led a force that wreaked havoc behind enemy lines. It was created in 1941, when Britain was being hammered by German troops in North Africa.

These new book releases available at Barnes & Noble feature a mix of fantasy, inspiration, science, and mystery.

As Shepherd's Bush tube station opens to visitors for the first time in 200 years, our writer explores Europe’s most intriguing rail relics

New books consider today's political scene, of course, but there are works by Ben Macintyre, Nina Totenberg (on Justice Ginsburg), Buzz Bissinger and Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner — and, as always, Jim Patterson and Stephen King. These hardcover rankings reflect sales for the week ended Sept. 17.

From The Shawshank Redemption to Chicken Run, there have been dozens of films throughout the years that show the intricate planning and sheer bravado

Two weeks after being released from Colditz in 1945 and returning home to Scotland, Private Alex Ross was summoned to his local post office to take a long-distance telephone call.

Ben Macintyre will discuss his latest nonfiction book about World War II Allied prisoners of war and sign copies of his latest work.

In September 1941, a fresh batch of prisoners arrived to join the British contingent of officers at Colditz castle. One in particular stood out among all the white faces. He was Indian.

The legend of Colditz has stood unchanged and unchallenged for more than 70 years - heroic British officers in a Gothic castle on a German hilltop, tunnelling through the walls to escape.