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A high-stakes adventure story full of heart from debut author Varsha Shah, featuring charming illustrations from Sonia Albert and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2023. 'Full of colour and...

Escaping the Blitz is the story of the biggest social upheaval in British history. Portrayed by the government as a positive by-product of the Second World War, civilian evacuation represented the cornerstone of Britain's civil defence strategy. In a...

A thrilling and captivating retelling of one of history's most famous space missions, publishing to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13's fateful launch. April 1970: Apollo 13 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida...

Eleven-year-old Emily doesn't think Badger Cottage will ever be home. But there is something out there that needs her; a bright pair of eyes in the darkness. In the middle of a fierce battle between conservationists, who want to to rewild the lynx in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913111267Author Paul StanbridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Galley Beggar PressPublisher Galley Beggar Press

On 22 June 1941, German forces launched Operation Barbarossa -Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. Instead of the swift knock-out blow that the Germans had anticipated, the war against the Soviets ground on relentlessly for almost four years. It was...

Does growing up have to mean growing apart? Identical twins Maya and Nikki have always agreed on the important things-their friends, the right boys, their plans for college and the future. But before senior year begins, too many things are changing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398821095Author Peter GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

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Hitler's attack on Poland in 1939 was the first brutal act in six years of world war, but the campaign is often overshadowed by the momentous struggle that followed across the rest of Europe. David Williamson, in this timely and thought-provoking study,...

'Electrifying ... A user manual for our polarized world' Adam Grant, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Think Again 'Important, compelling and wise' Johann Hari, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Stolen Focus Everyone...

Saab has gone, but its cars and its loyal band of owners remain. In this photographic album, internationally known Saab author and commentator Lance Cole celebrates all things Saab. In a collection of over 200 photographic images accompanied by a...

In 1945 the most powerful fleet in the Royal Navy's history was centred on nine aircraft carriers. This book charts the post-war fortunes of this potent strike force; its decline in the face of diminishing resources, its final fall at the hands of...

We are not all born with equal opportunities. Yet there have been countless of women who have overcome a range of barriers such as prejudice, illness, and personal tragedy to advance our understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics...

The Rolls-Royce company acquired Bentley Motors in 1931 and, although models continued to be produced with the Bentley name, they increasingly used many Rolls-Royce components. By the time the Silver Cloud and Bentley S were released in 1955, they were...

The Royal Navy of Nelson's time was such a huge organisation, that it is sometimes hard to comprehend its full scope. Indeed, during the Napoleonic Wars it was by far the largest employer in the entire world. Not only did the Royal Navy maintain a fleet...

The danger rises and the deception grows in the heart-stopping fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Impostors series! It's time to come out of hiding... Frey has spent her life in a family of...

A powerful and unsettling novella from the multi-award-winning Mal Peet, with stunning full-colour illustrations from Kate Greenaway-longlisted Emma Shoard. Sandie has been battling it since childhood: the hulking, snarling black dog of her...

_Into the Valley of Death_ tells the thrilling story of the Charge of the Light Brigade in the words of the men who fought during the most heroic and yet futile engagement of the modern era. By drawing on key evidence the author has not only provided a...

The miracle' of Dunkirk is one of the most inspiring stories of all time. The British Expeditionary Force had been all but surrounded, and, with the French armies collapsing on all sides, it appeared that Britain was about to suffer the heaviest defeat...

A seemingly straightforward investigation into marital infidelity leads a PI and his ex-con assistant on a murderous trail, in a sophisticated, riveting, cunningly plotted historical thriller set in interwar and prohibition-era Norway. 'An expertly...

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A HISTORY OF THE MEDICINES WE TAKE gives a lively account of the development of medicines from traces of herbs found with the remains of Neanderthal man, to prescriptions written on clay tablets from Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC, to pure drugs...

The evil dummy comes to life to tell his own twisted tales and scary stories! It's bad enough Ian Barker has to spend his twelfth birthday with his sister and their two annoying cousins. The four of them can't ever hang out...

As the fight for women's rights continues, and whilst men and women alike push for gender equality around the globe, this book aims to introduce readers to four women who, in their own way, challenged and defied the societal expectations of the time in...

for SATB and organ or organ, harp, and strings Maurice Ravel's popular Pavane pour une infante defunte is here arranged for mixed voices and organ or chamber ensemble, allowing choirs to perform this beautiful staple of the orchestral repertoire for the...

A comprehensive, accurate, and academically-supported reference of all of the major military and paramilitary camouflage patterns that have been in use around the world from the end of World War Two to today. This book will be a one-stop, generalized...

An in-depth history of the small arms made by the Sterling Company of Dagenham, Essex, England, from 1940 until Sterling was purchase by British Aerospace in 1989 and closed. The Lanchester and the Patchett Machine Carbines were both developed at...

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Stalin's purge of army officers in the late 1930s and disputes about tank tactics meant that Soviet armoured forces were in disarray when Hitler invaded in 1941/. As a result, during Operation Barbarossa, the Wehrmacht's 3,200 panzers ran circles round...

The Real JRR Tolkien: The Man Who Created Middle Earth is a comprehensive biography of the linguist and writer; taking the reader from his formative years of home-schooling, through the spires of Oxford, to his romance with his wife-to-be on the brink of...

When Count Henry of Anjou and his formidable wife Eleanor of Aquitaine became king and queen of England, they amassed an empire stretching 1,000 miles from the Pyrenees to the Scottish border, including half of France. Henry's grandmother Empress (of...

Flight Lieutenant Thomas Tommy' Rose, a First World War fighter ace, was a pioneer of private flying. He installed and managed the UK's first fuel pump for private aviation at Brooklands before becoming Sales Manager for Phillips and Powis Aircraft Ltd...

This second volume begins with the account of Mussolini attempting to mirror Hitler in acts of aggression by thrusting towards Egypt and capturing the important artery of the British Empire; the Suex Canal. The Italian initiative failed and when its army...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354223068Author Boria MajumdarFormat PaperbackPage Count 315Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins IndiaWeight(grams) 330gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789390294848Author Herbert George WellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Derek Parfit, who died in 2017, is widely believed to have been the best moral philosopher in well over a century. The twenty new essays in this book were written in his honour and have all been inspired by his work--in particular, his work in an area of...

It's a romantic miracle to be so into your partner that you find them fascinating even when they're asleep. But just to be clear, ahem: This card ONLY WORKS if the feeling is mutual. (If not, may we suggest a nice gift card instead?) Blank greeting card...

Birthday cards are pretty much all the same, except this one! Pass along wonderful wishes for the year ahead-like finding lost keys and having good hair days-and let 'em know you've got their best interests at heart all year round. We've boxed up 8 of...

For that fabulous human who has earned a super-special pedestal in your heart (even above cheesy garlic bread and jeans that fit exactly perfectly). Blank greeting card with matching kraft envelope A2 size (4.25 x 5.5 inches) Printed in California with...