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Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 9780767909136
RRP: $39.00$28.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767909136Author Kareem Abdul-JabbarFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm)... -
Hammer from Above: Marine Air Combat Over Iraq by Jay A. Stout 9780891418719
RRP: $27.28$23.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891418719Author Jay A. StoutFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio Press -
Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem and Russia's Remaking of the West Luke Harding 9781783352067
RRP: $25.33$17.16**Pre-order INVASION: RUSSIA'S BLOODY WAR AND UKRAINE'S FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL now**FROM THE AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF COLLUSION A gripping investigative account of how Russia's spies helped elect Donald Trump,... -
Island at the End of the World: The Turbulent History of Easter Island by Steven Roger Fischer 9781861892829
$41.46Famed for its breathtaking isolation, Easter Island was a verdant South-Sea idyll when a small canoeful of Polynesians arrived in c. AD 700. Centuries later the island's statues were famous throughout the world. This book presents a comprehensive history... -
Juve! by Herbie Sykes
RRP: $25.33$18.21The definitive history of the iconic football club: the glory, the scandal, the stars and its enduring influence on Italian life.Juventus utterly dominates the Italian game. Home to some of the biggest names in sport, it has won title after title, trophy... -
Fey's War: The True Story of a Mother, her Missing Sons and the Plot to Kill Hitler by Catherine Bailey
RRP: $17.53$12.97**Formerly published as The Lost Boys**'Remarkable. A powerful, engrossing story of a journey into the heart of darkness and final escape from it' Sunday TimesIn September, 1944, the SS march into a remote Italian castle, arrest a mother and seize her... -
Border Wars: The conflicts of tomorrow by Professor Klaus Dodds
RRP: $25.33$18.21How are borders built in the modern world? What does Brexit mean for Ireland's border? And what would happen if Elon Musk declared himself president of the Moon?In Border Wars, Professor Klaus Dodds takes us on a journey into the geopolitical conflict of... -
The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by Ronald Hutton
RRP: $33.13$21.61'a brilliant history' The Sunday Times 'makes for riveting reading' The Independent Modern pagan witchcraft is arguably the only fully-formed religion England has given the world, and has now spread across four continents. This second... -
Command and Control by Eric Schlosser
RRP: $29.23$21.35Command and Control interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a missile silo in rural Arkansas, where a single crew struggled to prevent the explosion of the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United States, with a historical... -
Legion: life in the Roman army by Richard Abdy 9780714122939
RRP: $87.75$60.61The Roman army has been immortalised in heroic art and screen epics, but what was life really like for an ordinary soldier? 'Everything the best history books can be: erudite, entertaining and eloquent.' - Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories... -
Secret Weapons of World War II by William B. Breuer 9780471202127
$21.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471202127Author William B. BreuerFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)... -
On the Trail of William Wallace by David R. Ross 9781913025168
RRP: $17.53$13.26On the Trail of William Wallace offers a refreshing insight into the life and heritage of the great Scots hero whose proud story is at the very heart of what it means to be Scottish, and whose effect on the ordinary Scot through the ages is manifest in... -
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
RRP: $21.43$15.07_______________ WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK _______________ 'A remarkable achievement' - Sunday Times 'A classic, to my mind, of the finest documentary... -
Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth by Mike Ingram 9781912866502
RRP: $58.40$41.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866502Author Mike IngramFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
White Mountain by Robert Twigger
RRP: $21.43$9.52Home to mythical kingdoms, wars and expeditions, and strange and magical beasts, the Himalayas have always loomed tall in our imagination. Overrun at different times by Buddhism, Taoism, shamanism, Islam and Christianity, they are a grand central station... -
Liberty over London Bridge: A History of the People of Southwark by Margaret Willes 9780300272208
RRP: $39.00$33.11The first complete history of Southwark, London's stubbornly independent community over the Thames Southwark's fortunes have always been tied to those of the City of London across the river. But from its founding in Roman times through to flourishing... -
Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall by Spike Milligan
RRP: $21.43$15.58Volume one of Spike Milligan's legendary memoirs is a hilarious, subversive first-hand account of WW2'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' Sunday Express'Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command... -
The Crossing: Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race Ben Fogle 9781843545125
RRP: $35.08$25.64'Read this... Two very different men fight, play games and nearly lose their lives.' The TimesWhen James Cracknell and Ben Fogle decided to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race, they thought they knew what awaited them: nearly three thousand miles of... -
Black Friday: The Eyemouth Fishing Disaster of 1881 by Peter Aitchison 9781912476237
RRP: $19.48$17.55Black Friday is the astonishing true story of a coastal community that lost 189 men in a single afternoon. Britain's worst fishing disaster decimated the coastal community of Eyemouth, yet is an almost forgotten part of the past. One hundred and... -
I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria by Gareth Brereton
RRP: $58.50$42.51In 669 BC Ashurbanipal inherited the world's largest empire, which stretched from the shores of the eastern Mediterranean to the mountains of western Iran. He ruled from his massive capital at Nineveh, in present-day Iraq, where temples and palaces... -
Henrietta Maria: Conspirator, Warrior, Phoenix Queen by Leanda de Lisle
RRP: $48.75$35.69***A Best Book of 2022, The Times******Book of the Year, Spectator***A myth-busting biography of Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, which retells the dramatic story of the civil war from her perspectiveHenrietta Maria, Charles I's queen, is the most... -
A Century of Hull: Events, People and Places Over the 20th Century by David Gerrard
RRP: $29.23$22.85This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Hull during the 20th century. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader... -
Tudor Houses Explained Trevor York 9781846741500
RRP: $11.60$10.26The book is divided into six sections. First, Trevor Yorke looks at the changes in Tudor society and how this affected the housing of the period. The next chapter explains their structure and the different materials used. He goes on to explore the... -
Blenheim: Battle for Europe by Earl Charles Spencer
RRP: $21.43$14.84How two men brought about the defeat of Louis XIV's previously unbeaten army and saved Europe from French domination - A Sunday Times BestsellerBy the summer of 1704 Louis XIV's vast armies dominated Europe. France defeated every alliance formed against... -
War before Civilization by Lawrence H. Keeley
RRP: $32.16$24.53The myth of the peace-loving "noble savage" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, unimportant, and, like smallpox, a disease of civilized... -
The Freedom to Be Free by Hannah Arendt
RRP: $15.58$11.66'People can only be free in relation to one another.'Three exhilarating and inspiring essays in which the great twentieth-century political philosopher argues that there can be no freedom without politics, and no politics without freedom.One of twenty... -
The Rise of the Labour Party 1880-1945 by Paul Adelman 9780582292109
$69.69This popular study covers two major topics: the formation of the Labour Party and its emergence as the main rival to the conservatives. This transformation of the British political scene has been accounted for in a variety of ways. Dr Adelman examines... -
The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation by Jim Cullen
RRP: $31.18$22.64"The American Dream" is one of the most familiar and resonant phrases in our national lexicon, so familiar that we seldom pause to ask its origin, its history, or what it actually means. In this fascinating short history, Jim Cullen explores the... -
Samuel Pepys: The Diaries by Samuel Pepys
RRP: $39.00$29.07When Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) began writing in 1660 he was a young clerk living in London, struggling to pay his rent. Over the next nine years as he kept his journal, he rose to be a powerful naval administrator. He became eyewitness to some of the most... -
A Bradford Pal: `It was Simply Heart Breaking' - From Mill Town to the Battlefields of France by John Broadhead
RRP: $39.00$28.63In 1914 the City of Bradford was the world's leading manufacturer of fine woollen goods. On the outbreak of war, at the urging of the city's wealthy industrialists, thousands of young men rushed to join the colours and within a matter of months two... -
The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability Annette Kehnel 9781800816251
RRP: $48.75$34.91WINNER OF THE 2021 NDR BOOK PRIZE IN GERMANY 'A must-read' Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History at Oriel College, Oxford Fishing quotas on Lake Constance. Common lands in the UK. The medieval answer to Depop in the middle of Frankfurt. These are all... -
Blood, Class and Empire: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship by Christopher Hitchens 9781838952310
RRP: $25.33$17.16Since the end of the Cold War so-called experts have been predicting the eclipse of America's "special relationship" with Britain. But as events have shown, especially in the wake of 9/11, the political and cultural ties between America and Britain... -
If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution: 'as good as journalism gets' - Rob Delaney by Vincent Bevins 9781035412273
RRP: $48.75$29.02This book is phenomenal ... It's about as good as journalism gets ...The highest praise I can give If We Burn is to say that it would be criminally negligent not to read it if you'd like to change the world. - ROB DELANEY Bevins's clear-eyed,... -
A Brief History of the Freemasons Jasper Ridley 9781845296780
RRP: $21.43$13.01The history of the Freemasons has been often shrouded in mystery and suspicion. Since 1717, with the establishment of the Grand Lodge in London, the Freemasons have been a power within the nation, withstanding attacks from the Catholic Church, Hitler... -
The Philosophy of History by G. W. F. Hegel 9780486437552
RRP: $24.36$19.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486437552Author Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Christopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood
RRP: $19.48$14.27In November 1929, Christopher Isherwood - determined to become a 'permanent foreigner' - packed a rucksack and two suitcases and left England on a one-way ticket for Berlin. With incredible candour and wit, Isherwood recalls the decadence of Berlin's... -
Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914 by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: $25.33$16.98The Amazon History Book of the Year 2013 is a magisterial chronicle of the calamity that befell Europe in 1914 as the continent shifted from the glamour of the Edwardian era to the tragedy of total war. In 1914, Europe plunged into the 20th... -
A new focus on...The British Empire, c.1500–present for KS3 History by Richard Kennett
$36.39It's time to tell the story of the Empire from the perspectives of peoples who were colonised.Understand the nuances of the British Empire in different periods and places as you examine this complex, controversial history with respect and rigour.>... -
Charles II's Illegitimate Children: Royal Bastards by Sarah-Beth Watkins 9781399000949
RRP: $42.90$30.95Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Writing History Essays by I. W. Mabbett 9781137543660
RRP: $44.83$44.56To write history successfully, it is essential to understand the nuts and bolts of technique as well as the underlying principles which govern the whole process. Writing History Essays takes you step by step through the process of writing an assignment,...