Following the events of Kristallnacht in 1938, Peter Fleischmann evaded the Gestapo's roundups in Berlin by way of a perilous journey to England on a Kindertransport rescue, an effort sanctioned by the UK government to evacuate minors from Nazi-controlled areas.  Meer

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New updated and extended edition in autumn 2025 with additional games. Charts the evolution of videogames through the most influential titles, with hundreds of photographs and screenshots.  Meer

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A gripping tale of war at sea about how a game of battleships, and a group of exceptional young women, won the Second World War.  Meer

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What makes video games so compelling, comforting and irresistible to the human mind?  Meer