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Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk by Robert Kershaw 9781472854391
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.29'Kershaw's book is a welcome rebalancing; a thoughtful, well-researched and well-written contribution to a narrative that has long been too one-sided and too mired in national mythology.' - The Times The British evacuation from the beaches of the... -
The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660-1649 by N. A. M. Rodger
RRP: €23.80Booksplease Price: €17.06Throughout Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of the nation: its navy. N. A. M. Rodger's definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength -... -
The Map That Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption by Simon Winchester
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.17THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF THE FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGYHidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a... -
Behind Enemy Lines: The Autobiography of Britain's Most Decorated Living War Hero Richard Bath 9781845967086
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.60With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a Legion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army. Yet for 65 years the Highlander's... -
Reinhard Heydrich Nine Months Riechsprotector by Tina Walford 9780244993481
RRP: €17.53Booksplease Price: €15.80Since his assassination in June 1942, the former Reich Protector, Chief of the Secret State Police and Security Service has been responsible for every outrage. In the so-called war crimes trials, the defendants blamed him for everything and everything... -
Enchanted Creatures: Our Monsters and Their Meanings Natalie Lawrence 9781474619028
Booksplease Price: €14.03The hydra rears its many heads in a flurry of teeth and poisonous fumes. The cyborg lays waste to humanity with a ruthless, expressionless stare.From ancient mythology to modern science fiction, we have had to confront the monsters that lurk in the... -
The Twelve Days of Murder: The perfect festive whodunnit to gift this Christmas Andreina Cordani 9781804182772
Booksplease Price: €8.39Find the truth. Solve the murder. Never reveal your secret.Twelve years ago, eight friends ran an exclusive group at university: The Murder Masquerade Society. The mysteries they solved may have been grisly, but they were always fictional - until their... -
Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That Shook Europe by John Guy 9781526631534
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €10.26A TLS, TIMES, PROSPECT AND WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR A groundbreaking examination of how the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn sent shockwaves across a continent and changed England forever. 'In many places, where once we had speculation, we... -
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self by Andrea Wulf 9781529392760
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €12.02'A witty, gossipy, sparkling history, full of bright jewels of anecdote... Magnificent Rebels is a triumph' THE TIMES, Book of the Week'Extraordinary... A thrilling intellectual history that reads like a racy, intelligent novel, with a cast of... -
Church Going: A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British Isles Andrew Ziminski 9781800818682
RRP: €29.75Booksplease Price: €20.68A joyous and illuminating exploration of our glorious heritage of old churches. A must for anyone who's ever stared at an apse or a misericord with no idea what they're looking at - Sir Tony Robinson Andrew Ziminski's books are treasure troves of... -
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.60I looked around and people's faces were distorted...lights were flashing everywhere...the screen at the end of the room had three or four different films on it at once, and the strobe light was flashing faster than it had been...the band was playing but... -
The New India: The Unmaking of the World's Largest Democracy Rahul Bhatia 9781408717899
Booksplease Price: €15.52This is a book of narrative reportage six years in the making. It describes how ideology and technological ambition have reshaped India's nascent democracy and follows a diverse cast of people as they navigate questions of identity and belonging.About... -
Zhou Enlai: A Life by Jian Chen 9780674659582
RRP: €35.64Booksplease Price: €29.17The definitive biography of Zhou Enlai, the first premier and preeminent diplomat of the People's Republic of China, who protected his country against the excesses of his boss-Chairman Mao.Zhou Enlai spent twenty-seven years as premier of the People's... -
No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the Seal Teams to the Bin Laden Raid by Will Chesney
RRP: €23.80Booksplease Price: €14.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250756961Author Will ChesneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
The Stonemason: A History of Building Britain by Andrew Ziminski
Booksplease Price: €6.87A stonemason's story of the building of Britain: part archaeological history, part deeply personal insight into an ancient craft. In his thirty-year career, stonemason Andrew Ziminski has worked on many of our greatest monuments. From Neolithic... -
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King
RRP: €16.65Booksplease Price: €13.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061792267Author Gilbert KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 346gDimensions(mm)... -
The Kanji Code: See the Sounds with Phonetic Components and Visual Patterns by Natalie J Hamilton 9780648488606
RRP: €27.89Booksplease Price: €21.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648488606Author Natalie J HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Ocha PressPublisher Ocha PressWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm *... -
Music: A Subversive History by Ted Gioia
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €13.79The phrase "music history" likely summons up images of long-dead composers, smug men in wigs and waistcoats, and people dancing without touching. In Music: A Subversive History, Gioia responds to the false notions that undergird this tedium. Traditional... -
Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries by Robert Harris
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.60PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024'Impossible to stop reading' OBSERVER'Thrilling, intricate and hilarious' DAILY MAILAPRIL 1945: From the ruins of Berlin, a Luftwaffe transport plane takes off... -
Motorcycles of the Wehrmacht by Horst Hinrichsen 9780887406850
RRP: €27.36Booksplease Price: €17.85Covers the various types of motorcycles used by the Wehrmacht during WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780887406850Author Horst HinrichsenFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 503g -
On Freedom (EXP) by Timothy Snyder 9780593799048
Booksplease Price: €15.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593799048Author Timothy SnyderFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA... -
The Battlecruiser Hood by John Roberts
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €16.08The destruction of the HMS Hood by the Bismarck in 1941 was one of the most shocking episodes in the history of the Royal Navy. Built during World War I, the Hood was the largest, fastest and one of the most handsome capital ships in the world. For... -
The Wagner Group: From Savage Global Mercenaries to Vladimir Putin's Unlikely Nemesis by Owen Wilson 9781783342563
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €14.99This is the first book on the Wagner Group, the shadowy Russian paramilitary organisation that fought in Ukraine and staged a surprise uprising against Vladimir Putin on 23-24 June. It has been involved in conflicts in Syria, Libya, the Central African... -
Heaven and Hell by Jon Kalman Stefansson
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.45"The first of an extraordinary trilogy" DANIEL MASON, author of North WoodsIn a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his friend Bardur join a boat to fish for cod. A winter storm surprises them out at sea and Bardur, who has forgotten his waterproof as he... -
The Accidental Detectorist: Uncovering an Underground Obsession by Nigel Richardson 9781788403726
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.16'Richardson writes beautifully about his return to the land, about listening to the soil and about understanding the ancient world.' - The Spectator Each new field is hope, each old one reality.There are things below the surface that pull people together... -
Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life by Edith Hall
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.60'Wonderful and timely ... Hugely recommended' STEPHEN FRYWhat do you and an ancient philosopher have in common? It turns out much more than you might think... Aristotle was an extraordinary thinker yet he was preoccupied by an ordinary question: how to... -
Much Ado About Numbers by Rob Eastaway 9781805460275
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €13.41"A spectacular journey... Highly recommended!" Dr Simon Smith, The Shakespeare Institute "A fascinating and hugely entertaining guide to Shakespearean mathematics." Prof Sarah Hart, author of Once Upon A Prime"A playful and engaging book ... bound to... -
The Eighty Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €10.59Harry de Leyer first saw the horse he would name Snowman on a truck bound for the slaughterhouse. The recent Dutch immigrant recognized the spark in the eye of the beaten-up nag and bought him for eighty dollars. On Harry's modest farm on Long Island, he... -
Flight Craft Special 3: RAF Fighters Before the Storm Martin Derry 9781526786180
RRP: €21.41Booksplease Price: €16.55When the First World War ended the then recently established Royal Air Force was awash with aircraft of all descriptions. More surprising, perhaps, was the fact that despite an ongoing cull of obsolescing types, on the last day of 1919, the RAF still... -
The Daughter of Auschwitz: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - a heartbreaking true story of courage, resilience and survival by Tova Friedman
RRP: €5.94Booksplease Price: €4.59A Sunday Times bestseller (May 2023) - the incredible story of courage, resilience and survival. 'I am a survivor. That comes with a survivor's obligation to represent one and half million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis. They cannot speak. So I... -
Precolonial Black Africa by Cheikh Anta Diop 9781556520884
RRP: €16.60Booksplease Price: €10.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556520884Author Cheikh Anta DiopFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint A Cappella BooksPublisher A Cappella BooksWeight(grams) 303g -
A Victorian Christmas by Brenda Williams 9781841658056
Booksplease Price: €5.64At the darkest moment of the year, when the nights seem endless and the days very short, comes that most joyful of festivals. Christmas is a truly magical season, bringing families and friends together to share the much-loved customs and traditions that... -
Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy by Judith C. Brown
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €15.92The discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, by Judith C. Brown was an event of major historical importance. Not only is the story revealed in Immodest Acts that of... -
Into the Lion's Mouth: The True Story of Dusko Popov: World War II Spy, Patriot, and the Real-Life Inspiration for James Bond by Larry Loftis 9780593473979
RRP: €23.79Booksplease Price: €16.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593473979Author Larry LoftisFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Kings & Queens of England and Scotland by Plantagenet Somerset Fry
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.12Discover the vivid stories of Britain's iconic rulers, from 600 CE to the present day.From the Saxons to the Windsors, Britain's royal lineage is brought to life in the pages of this visual guide. Confused about which Henry had six wives and which was... -
The Greeks and the Irrational by E R Dodds 9781773239187
Booksplease Price: €15.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781773239187Author E R DoddsFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Must Have BooksPublisher Must Have BooksWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets: Life in the village hardware shop by Tom Fort 9781472291950
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €10.15'A hymn to hardware, charming, lyrical' - The Sunday Times, BOOK OF THE WEEK'A paean to DIY' - The Times'Strung together very agreeably, with dry wit and, dare I say it, considerable polish' - Country LifeIn 2018 Tom Fort's daughter-in-law took over a... -
Paul Foot: A Life in Politics by Margaret Renn 9781804291900
RRP: €35.70Booksplease Price: €28.58Paul Foot was one of the most influential investigative reporters of his generation. For nearly fifty years, he was the scourge of corrupt politicians and dodgy businessmen, a champion of the underdog.In this, the first biography of Paul Foot, journalist... -
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins
Booksplease Price: €14.80'Masterful and entrancing - this is big history at its best.' Professor Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors'A real-life Indiana Jones takes readers on a dive through these underwater museums, revealing the sunken secrets of the past' The Times'Fascinating... -
The Fall of Roman Britain: and Why We Speak English by Lambshead, John 9781399075565
RRP: €23.80Booksplease Price: €17.06The end of empire in the island of Great Britain was both more abrupt and more complete than in any of the other European Roman provinces. When the fog clears and Britain re-enters the historical record, it is, unlike other former European provinces of...