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The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus: 2015 by Lesley Blanch 9780993092725
Booksplease Price: $30.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993092725Author Lesley BlanchFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint -
Jessica Ennis: Unbelievable - From My Childhood Dreams To Winning Olympic Gold: The life story of Team GB's Olympic Golden Girl by Jessica Ennis
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41On 4 August 2012 Jessica Ennis kicked off what some described as the greatest night in British sporting history. For her it was the end of a long, winding, and sometimes harrowing road.Hers is an... -
Aryans Charles Allen 9789357312684
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $18.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357312684Author Charles AllenFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint -
Stasi 77: The breathless Cold War thriller by the author of Stasi Child by David Young
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.57A secret State. A dark conspiracy. A terrible crime.Karin Muller of the German Democratic Republic's People's Police is called to a factory in the east of the country. A man has been murdered - bound... -
Henry: Virtuous Prince by David Starkey 9780007247721
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.01Bestselling royal historian David Starkey's captivating biography is a radical re-evaluation of Henry VIII, the British monarchy's most enduring icon. Larger than life in every sense,... -
Giordano Bruno: Philosopher Heretic by Ingrid D. Rowland
RRP: $24.12Booksplease Price: $17.45Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) is one of the great figures of early modern Europe, and one of the least understood. Ingrid D. Rowland's biography establishes him once and for all as a peer of Erasmus,... -
One Pair of Hands: From Upstairs to Downstairs, in this charming 1930s memoir by Monica Dickens
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.42'Life was a wordless battle of wits between us, with her keeping a sharp look-out for signs of neglect, and me trying to disguise my slovenliness by subterfuge. I became an adept at sweeping dust... -
US Navy Gun Destroyers 1945-88: Fletcher class to Forrest Sherman class Mark Stille 9781472855121
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11An illustrated history of the long Cold War careers of the US Navy's last gun destroyers, from the modernized World War II-era Fletcher-class to the Forrest Sherman-class. The finest American... -
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey by Leanda de Lisle 9780007219063
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.55'Leanda de Lisle brings the story of nine days' queen, Lady Jane Grey and her forgotten sisters, the rivals of Elizabeth I, to vivid life in her fascinating biography' Philippa Gregory ... -
100 Things They Don't Want You To Know: Conspiracies, mysteries and unsolved crimes Daniel Smith 9781786488503
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.41THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE . . . Who was Jack the Ripper? Where did the Nazis stash their gold? Who are the real Men in Black? Did aliens send the 'WOW' signal? And how will the world end? 100 Things... -
Mafia, The: A Cultural History by Roberto M. Dainotto
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $13.39What makes Tony Soprano so likeable? Why would we rather leave the cannoli and take the gun? Do we truly want Scarface's Tony Montana to succeed? Is Michael Corleone a misunderstood hero or a... -
The Demon in the Ekur: Angels, Demons, Plasmas, Patristics, and Pyramids by Joseph P. Farrell 9781948803649
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $14.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948803649Author Joseph P. FarrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint -
On Sparta by Plutarch
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third... -
The Devil's Workshop: A Memoir of the Nazi Counterfeiting Operation by Burger, Adolf 9781399019156
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79One of the most remarkable episodes of the Second World War was the German attempt to forge currency and trigger the economic collapse of the Allies. The counterfeit operation was one of the largest... -
The Tennis Champion Who Escaped the Nazis: Liesl Herbst’s Journey, from Vienna to Wimbledon by Felice Hardy
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.76"Stunningly descriptive, compelling writing. I was moved close to tears on several occasions." - Peter James, international bestselling crime writer 'A fabulous story guaranteed to capture... -
Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 Frank Dikoetter 9781408886366
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.07WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'A gripping and masterful portrait of the brutal court of Mao, based on new research but also written with great narrative verve' Simon Sebag Montefiore ... -
Fighter Pilot by Robin Olds
Booksplease Price: $19.26Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army,... -
Inside the Royal Wardrobe: A Dress History of Queen Alexandra by Kate Strasdin
Booksplease Price: $41.81Queen Alexandra used clothes to fashion images of herself as a wife, a mother and a royal: a woman who both led Britain alongside her husband Edward VII and lived her life through fashion. Inside the... -
The Greek Islands by Lawrence Durrell
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65Lose yourself in this dazzling travelogue of the idyllic Greek Islands by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. 'Incandescent.' Andre Aciman'A magician.'... -
The History of Alexander by Quintus Curtius Rufus
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the most successful conqueror the world has ever seen. Yet although no other... -
Blind Mans Bluff by Christopher Drew
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.81__________________________Adventure, ingenuity, courage and disaster beneath the sea: the remarkable reality of Cold War submarine warfareIn Blind Mans Bluff, veteran investigative journalist Sherry... -
Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know by Greg Jenner 9781474618625
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $9.90'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval... -
The Peninsular War: A New History by Charles J. Esdaile 9780140273700
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $19.67For centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had the largest empire and one of the world's great navies to defend it. Nothing could have prepared the Spanish for... -
Shadows Of The Workhouse: The Drama Of Life In Postwar London by Jennifer Worth
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.75A fascinating slice of East End life, from the No.1 bestsellilng author of CALL THE MIDWIFE, soon to be a major BBC TV series.In this follow up to CALL THE MIDWIFE, Jennifer Worth, a midwife working... -
Bayern: Creating a Global Superclub by Uli Hesse
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $14.61'MASTERFUL' Raphael HonigsteinThe story of superclub Bayern Munich by the critically acclaimed author of Tor!Bayern Munich is a team of extremes. They are the most passionately supported club in... -
Buxton Through Time by Alan Roberts 9781445608174
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65Buxton's growth as an inland spa town began in the 1780s when The Crescent was built for the Duke of Devonshire. This was followed by the natural baths, thermal baths, pump room and several large... -
The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade by Benjamin T Smith
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.04Discover the secret history behind the headlines.The Mexican drug wars have inspired countless articles, TV shows and movies. From Breaking Bad to Sicario, El Chapo's escapes to Trump's tirades, this... -
Setting the Desert on Fire: T.E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-18 by James Barr 9780747585534
Booksplease Price: $19.12_______________ 'Packs as much punch as one of Lawrence's train-blowing explosives' - Sunday Times 'Barr's cogent, vividly written book puts Lawrence centre stage but does not lose sight of the... -
The Enlightened Economy: Britain and the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1850 by Joel Mokyr
RRP: $29.48Booksplease Price: $21.40Why did Western countries become so much wealthier than the rest of the world? What explains the huge rise in incomes during the Industrial Revolution - and why did Britain lead the way?In the years... -
One-hour Skirmish Wargames: Fast-play Dice-less Rules for Small-unit Actions from Napoleonics to Sci-Fi by John Lambshead
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.87Many wargamers enjoy the challenge of skirmish games where, instead of the strategy of vast armies portrayed by traditional wargames, the focus is on the tactics of a small unit. However, skirmish... -
Japan’s Indian Ocean Raid 1942: The Allies' Lowest Ebb by Mark Stille 9781472854186
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.80An detailed illustrated exploration of the Japanese raid into the Indian Ocean in April 1942 - one of the largest operations conducted by the Imperial Navy during the war. In the wake of Japan's... -
Once a Grand Duchess: Xenia, Sister of Nicolas II by John van der Kiste
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.73This biography of Xenia, sister of Nicholas II gives a new angle on the Romanov story and provides new information on relationships within the family after the Revolution. Important new letters and... -
When the Germans Came: True Stories of Life under Occupation in the Channel Islands by Duncan Barrett 9781471148163
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.28True-life recollections from the Channel Islanders who were the only British subjects to live under Nazi rule in WWII. 'An absolutely fascinating account of life under German rule in the Channel... -
The Crew: The Story of a Lancaster Bomber Crew by David Price
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.04A moving tribute to the sacrifice and bravery of the fliers of RAF Bomber Command. ****************************** The Crew, based on interviews with Ken Cook, the crew's sole surviving member,... -
The Malay Archipelago by Wallace Alfred Russel
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $14.08Of all the extraordinary Victorian travelogues, The Malay Archipelago has a fair claim to be the greatest - both as a beautiful, alarming, vivid and gripping account of some eight years' travel... -
NKJV, Value Thinline Bible, Large Print, Leathersoft, Burgundy, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780718075606
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $15.95A balance of being both easy-to-read and easy-to-carry, this Bible is an ideal choice to take with you wherever you go.This edition is published in large NKJV Comfort Print type, which was designed... -
Homer: A Beginner's Guide Elton T. E. Barker 9781780742298
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.54Widely revered as the father of Western literature, Homer was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the epic poems which immortalised such names as Achilles, Cyclops, Menelaus, and Helen of Troy... -
Early Pacific Raids 1942: The American Carriers Strike Back by Brian Lane Herder
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.96A fascinating exploration of how between February 1 and March 10, 1942, three small US task forces launched several unexpected raids across the Japanese defensive perimeter in the Central and South... -
Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq by Brigadier (retired) Ben Barry, OBE
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.94SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2021, THE BRITISH ARMY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS A FINALIST FOR THE 2020 ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARDS... -
Feminisms: A Global History by Lucy Delap
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65How has feminism developed? What have feminists achieved? What can we learn from the global history of feminism?Feminism is the ongoing story of a profound historical transformation. Despite being...