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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
RRP: £10.99£5.48Discover the truth about ENDURANCE in this superb true story of adventure, shipwreck, storms and survival on the high seas.'Superb ... the greatest survival story of all time' Sir Chris Bonington'One of the most remarkable tales of human courage and... -
The Cambridge Five: The History and Legacy of the Notorious Soviet Spy Ring in Britain During World War II and the Cold War by Charles River Editors 9781983944260
RRP: £10.24£8.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781983944260Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 11 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher R. Browning
RRP: £10.99£7.87Ordinary Men has been admired all over the world and is now published in the UK for the first time. It takes as its basis the detailed records of one squad from the Nazis' extermination groups and explores in detail its composition, its actions, andthe... -
MiG Aces of the Vietnam War by Istvan Toperczer 9780764348952
RRP: £40.99£27.88Based on research and personal interviews, this book presents the most successful North Vietnamese pilots' careers from their training years to their missions and aerial victories. There were nineteen aces in the Vietnamese People's Air Force during the... -
The Man from the Train: Discovering America's Most Elusive Serial Killer by Bill James
RRP: £20.00£12.56An Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime, this "impressive...open-eyed investigative inquiry wrapped within a cultural history of rural America" (The Wall Street Journal) shows legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applying his... -
By These Hands: A Documentary History of African American Humanism by Anthony B. Pinn 9780814766729
RRP: £24.99£22.01The Black church is often praised for its contribution to Black culture and politics. More recently Islam has been recognized as an important force in African American liberation. Anthony Pinn's new anthology By These Hands demonstrates the crucial,... -
Sea Dog Bamse: World War II Canine Hero by Angus Whitson
RRP: £8.99£6.28This is the remarkable story of one of the Second World War's most unusual animal heroes - a 14-stone St Bernard dog who became global mascot for the Royal Norwegian Forces and a symbol of freedom and inspiration for Allied troops throughout Europe. From... -
The Traitor of Colditz: The Untold Story of Britain's Bravest Double Agent by Robert Verkaik 9781802795196
RRP: £9.99£5.78THE GRIPPING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A vastly entertaining tale, bursting with astonishing stories and extraordinary characters ... A fascinating read' Sunday Telegraph'Brilliant ... An amazing story, one I hadn't heard too much about' Dan SnowIT IS THE... -
I Know You Did It by Sue Wallman 9780702302701
RRP: £8.99£4.86'I Know You Did It is a fantastic, gripping crime thriller from Sue Wallman which never lets up in pace and excitement - young readers will tear through its pages.' BookTrust There's a killer at Ruby's new school. ... -
Socialism and Man in Cuba by Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
£4.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604880229Author Ernesto 'Che' GuevaraFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Pathfinder PressPublisher Pathfinder Press -
The New Cold War: How the Contest Between the US and China Will Shape Our Century by Robin Niblett 9781805462118
RRP: £12.99£8.80'An illuminating book for the interested citizen as well as for those making policy' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'An important, crystal-clear account of contemporary global geopolitics... Essential reading' PETER FRANKOPAN'An excellent short guide: concise,... -
Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany by Harald Jähner 9780753559963
RRP: £25.00£18.30'This is one of the most gripping accounts of an era spanning war defeat, humiliation and failed revolution in 1918 to the violence, intimidation and propaganda of the Nazis' rise to power in 1933. It contains many lessons for the world now.' - John... -
Where the Ashes Are: The Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family by Nguyen Qui Duc 9780803226982
RRP: £15.99£13.65In 1968 Nguyen Qui Duc was nine years old, his father was a high-ranking civil servant in the South Vietnamese government, and his mother was a school principal. Then the Viet Cong launched their Tet offensive, and the Nguyen family's comfortable life... -
Next Stop Execution: The Autobiography of Oleg Gordievsky by Oleg Gordievsky 9781839014901
RRP: £16.99£13.29Oleg Gordievsky was the highest ranking KGB officer ever to work for Britain.For eleven years, from 1974 to 1985, he acted as a secret agent, reporting to the British Secret Intelligence Service while continuing to work as a KGB officer, first in... -
Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism by Michael Parenti
RRP: £12.99£8.87Blackshirts & Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, revolution, democracy, and ecology--terms often bandied about but seldom explored in the original and exciting way that has become Michael Parenti's trademark... -
Picts, Gaels and Scots: Early Historic Scotland by Sally M. Foster 9780859767224
RRP: £17.99£12.93Early historic Scotland - from the fifth to the tenth century AD - was home to a variety of diverse peoples and cultures, all competing for land and supremacy. Yet by the eleventh century it had become a single, unified kingdom, known as Alba, under a... -
The Mystery of Doggerland: Atlantis in the North Sea by Graham Phillips 9781591434238
RRP: £16.99£11.25A scientific exploration of the advanced ancient civilization known as Doggerland or Fairland that disappeared 5,000 years ago. New marine archaeological evidence has revealed the remains of a large land mass to the north of Britain that hosted an... -
A History of Women in 101 Objects: A walk through female history by Annabelle Hirsch 9781805300878
RRP: £25.00£17.25A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A single journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating,... -
Truth, Lies and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle `Challenger' Disaster by Allan J. McDonald
RRP: £29.95£18.74On a cold January morning in 1986, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Challenger, despite warnings against doing so by many individuals including Allan McDonald. The fiery destruction of Challenger on live television moments after launch remains an... -
Germany’s French Allies 1941–45 by Massimiliano Afiero 9781472862983
RRP: £12.99£9.34A fully illustrated study of the Wehrmacht's French volunteer units and their actions on the Eastern Front and in North Africa during World War II. It is little known that, in late 1941, French volunteer units were among Wehrmacht troops defending... -
Hide and Seek: The Irish Priest in the Vatican who Defied the Nazi Command. The dramatic true story of rivalry and survival during WWII. by Stephen Walker
RRP: £12.99£9.06Irish Sunday Times Bestseller A true story of war, peace and friendship: a Nazi colonel and an Irish priest The story begins in Rome at the outbreak of WWII, when ardent Nazi Herbert Kappler, SS Obersturmbanfuhrer, and Monsignor... -
The Myth of the Jacobite Clans: The Jacobite Army in 1745 by Professor Murray Pittock 9780748627578
RRP: £27.99£22.97The Myth of the Jacobite Clans was first published in 1995: a revolutionary book, it argued that British history had long sought to caricature Jacobitism rather than to understand it, and that the Jacobite Risings drew on extensive Lowland support and... -
SAS Forged in Hell: From Desert Rats to Dogs of War: The Mavericks who Made the SAS by Damien Lewis 9781529413847
RRP: £9.99£5.78The incredible true story of the SAS's mission to liberate Europe, featuring never-before-seen archive materialFROM BESTSELLING MILITARY HISTORIAN DAMIEN LEWISSummer, 1943: the largest invasion fleet ever assembled sailed for Europe, aiming to bulldoze... -
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
RRP: £12.99£7.76**THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**Sapiens showed us where we came from. In our increasingly uncertain times, Homo Deus shows us where we're going.'Spellbinding' GuardianThe world-renowned historian and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future... -
Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China by Yuan Yang 9781526655905
RRP: £16.99£13.20'As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary' VOGUE 'Private Revolutions could be a Netflix series, for family, violence and romance abound' IRISH TIMES 'A portrait of China through four women who refused to accept the life laid out for... -
Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion by Nicholas Spencer 9780861547302
RRP: £11.99£8.23Most things you 'know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today. 'A deeply researched history of the interplay between the two ways of understanding the... -
The Lost City of Z: A Legendary British Explorer's Deadly Quest to Uncover the Secrets of the Amazon by David Grann 9781471164910
RRP: £8.99£6.01**NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ROBERT PATTINSON, CHARLIE HUNNAM AND SIENNA MILLER**'A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure' JOHN GRISHAMThe story of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle's The Lost... -
Motherwell: The moving memoir of growing up in 60s and 70s working class Scotland by Deborah Orr
RRP: £9.99£7.00THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE'A fitting legacy left by a blazing talent' Observer'A masterpiece' Andrew O'Hagan, Guardian'Completely amazing' Lucy Mangan, Stylist'A modern classic' Daily... -
The Science of Spice: Understand Flavour Connections and Revolutionize your Cooking by Dr. Stuart Farrimond
RRP: £22.00£15.78It's time to spice up your home cooking and transform your dishes from bland and boring to punchy and flavoursome with this definitive guide to spices!Taking the periodic table of spices as a starting point, this adventurous recipe book explores the... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: The Making of a Superpower: USA 1865-1975 by Sally Waller 9780198354697
RRP: £34.99£30.76Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining all the well-loved features from the previous editions, The Making of a... -
July Crisis: The World's Descent into War, Summer 1914 by T. G. Otte 9781107695276
RRP: £22.99£19.44This is a magisterial new account of Europe's tragic descent into a largely inadvertent war in the summer of 1914. Thomas Otte reveals why a century-old system of Great Power politics collapsed so disastrously in the weeks from the 'shot heard around the... -
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek 9780670923175
RRP: £10.99£7.87Leadership is not a rank, it is a responsibility. Leadership is not about being in charge, it is about taking care of those in your charge.When we take care of our people, our people will take care of us. They will help see that our cause becomes a... -
Mein Kampf (vol. 1): Dual English-German Translation by Adolf Hitler 9781732353282
RRP: £27.00£20.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732353282Author Adolf HitlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 692Imprint Clemens & Blair, LLCPublisher Clemens & Blair, LLCWeight(grams) 998g -
March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 2 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
RRP: £31.00£28.57Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's March 1917, Book 2, covers three days of the February Revolution when the nation unraveled, leading to the Bolshevik takeover eight months later. The Red Wheel is Nobel Prize-winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's multivolume epic work... -
The Secret Dossier of a Knight Templar of the Sangreal: Revised Edition by Gretchen Cornwall 9781912971008
RRP: £29.99£21.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912971008Author Gretchen CornwallFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Grapevine Press LtdPublisher Grapevine Press LtdWeight(grams) 726gDimensions(mm)... -
A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel
RRP: £12.99£7.32From the double Man Booker prize-winning author of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light comes an extraordinary work of historical imagination - this is Hilary Mantel's epic novel of the French Revolution. ... -
These Colours Don't Run: Inside the Hibs Capital City Service by Derek Dykes 9781905769124
RRP: £11.99£9.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905769124Author Derek DykesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Fort Publishing LtdPublisher Fort Publishing Ltd -
The CIA: An Imperial History by Hugh Wilford 9781399816847
RRP: £25.00£17.03Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Marcel Dassault Mirage III by Pere Redon 9780764343704
RRP: £11.99£7.81This book is a concise, illustrated history of the legendary Dassault Mirage III. Covered are its technical developments, markings, and use by French, Spanish and other forces.Book InformationISBN 9780764343704Author Pere RedonFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners shaped global style by Bethan Bide 9781781301241
RRP: £20.00£15.96Discover the extraordinary stories of the Jewish people who designed, made and sold fashion in twentieth-century London, revealing their vital role in making it an iconic fashion city. While Jewish people have long been associated with making clothes,...