History

The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii in A.D. 79 also buried nearby Herculaneum. Over time the location of the small town was forgotten, but shortly after its rediscovery in the 1730s, "excavations" - more properly, treasure hunts - were...

A 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 exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most readable at...

Apologies 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 *...

A mind-bending, brain-expanding cornucopia of facts for curious minds from the bestselling author of Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? and Does Anything Eat Wasps?Own the room with this hilarious collection of fact-tastic myth-busters and jaw-dropping...

The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1 podcast Atomic Hobo**A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK and A GUARDIAN BEST PAPERBACK FOR APRIL 2024 **'So entertaining' THE TIMES'Cracking' SUNDAY...

'Beautiful, like a muddy journey through time . . . a really important book' RAYNOR WINN, author of The Salt Path Lisa Woollett has spent her life combing beaches and mudlarking, collecting curious fragments of the past: from Roman tiles and Tudor...

*** The New York Times Bestseller ***'Lucy Adlington tells of the horrors of the Nazi occupation and the concentration camps from a fascinating and original angle. She introduces us to a little known aspect of the period, highlighting the role of...

Aleksandr 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908828668Author Philip MussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Token Publishing LtdPublisher Token Publishing Ltd

A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 INDIE CHAMPIONS AWARDS FOR NON-FICTION A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK 2023 'Prepare to be blown away' CHIKWE IHEKWEAZU, Assistant Director General at WHO ...

The epic story of the transformation of the American west, as seen through the eyes of the women who were there'This book is a triumph' AMANDA FOREMAN'Absolutely compelling' CHRISTINA LAMB'A blazing view of the American story' BETTANY HUGHES'Gripping,...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE With an introduction by her biographer, Mark Bostridge'Remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' GUARDIAN 'Vera Brittain's heart-rending account of the way her generation's lives changed is still...

Discover hidden gems around Liverpool, host of Eurovision 2023, with 20 walking routes. Featuring 20 walks in and around the city, including lesser-known circuits and details on popular walks. Accompanied by guided walking instructions and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735225282Author Timothy EganFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

'The Last Viking reads like the sagas on which it is based. It's Beowulf on steroids, laced with purple prose...This book is great fun. '- Gerard DeGroot, The Times Harald Sigurdsson burst into history as a teenaged youth in a Viking battle from which...

This book compiles the color profiles, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the Rolls-Royce if the Polish Commander-in-Chief. used in 1939. Scale plans are in 1/35 scale, plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also contains...

'Majestic ... [an] excitable, illuminating and sure to be enduring work' Financial Times 'Brilliant, authoritative and engaging' Country Life British architecture between the wars is most famous for the rise of modernism - the flat roofs, clean...

An authoritative 100-year overview of the fascinating history of the cargo/troop-carrying trucks, wreckers, tankers, ambulances, communications vehicles and other specialized types that provide technical support to the front-line troops. The author...

The city, a concept nearly as old as history itself, is a paradox of human innovation and intervention, order and conflict. From ancient civilizations to modern-day metropolises, maps have played a crucial role in urban progress. This book explores the...

Margaret Tudor, the elder sister of her more famous brother Henry VIII, is the single most important Tudor figure of this era that historians have consistently overlooked. Married at thirteen to the charismatic James IV of Scotland, a man more than twice...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780241419328Author Helen CastorFormat HardbackPage Count 672Imprint Allen LanePublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 750g

Does America's pro-Israel lobby wield inappropriate control over US foreign policy? This book has created a storm of controversy by bringing out into the open America's relationship with the Israel lobby: a loose coalition of individuals and...

In the years after World War I, the defeated and much-reduced German Army developed new clothing and personal equipment that drew upon the lessons learned in the trenches. In place of the wide variety of uniforms and insignia that had been worn by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739440299Author Richard DuckettFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Paul HoneywillPublisher Paul Honeywill

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734804218Author Ariel ToaffFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Clemens & Blair, LLCPublisher Clemens & Blair, LLCWeight(grams) 472g

At last, a soup for every week of the year! Packed full of vegan-friendly recipes, this new edition of Fraser Reid's cult bestseller features everything from winter favourites like Alternative Scotch Broth to such summery delights as Plum Tomato, Orzo...

At Warburg, Germany, in 1941, four British PoWs find an unexpected means of escape from the horrors of internment when they form a birdwatching society, and embark on an obsessive quest behind barbed wire.Through their shared love of birds, they overcome...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785431401Author ProcopiusFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint ConflictPublisher ConflictWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm

The Stuart light tanks were the first tanks taken into combat by US troops during WWII. Production of these vehicles can be broken into two categories: the early tanks powered by air-cooled radial engines, and late vehicles powered by twin V-8 engines...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838071981Author Mick StanleyImprint The Historic Towns TrustPublisher The Historic Towns Trust

Now a major television event from Apple TV and Steven Spielberg, and companion to Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Now a major television event from Apple TV and Steven Spielberg (starring Austin Butler, Callum Turner and Anthony Boyle) and...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Life-filled and life-affirming history, steeped in romance and written with verve' GUARDIAN'Richly entertaining and impeccably researched' Peter FrankopanIstanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and...

Several thousand ethnic Germans in Romania (the so-called Volksdeutscher) were drafted into the Waffen-SS in 1943. With these new troops, Himmler built up the new 11th Waffen-SS Division. To fill the ranks, Division "Nordland" also took over...

In 1960, SAC's B-52s began a nonstop, eight-year, nuclear-armed patrol. Fully illustrated, this study explains how one of the Cold War's most challenging operations was conceived and flown. Operation Chrome Dome was Strategic Air Command's...

Uncover the true history behind the critically acclaimed FX/Hulu series "SHOGUN" in this epic biography of the man who unified Medieval Japan. For 700 years, Japan was ruled by military commanders who waged war against one another incessantly. Shogun...

The inside story of the most daring SAS rescue mission everIn September 2000 eleven British soldiers were captured by a notorious militia gang in Sierra Leone. The so-called 'West Side Boys' had subjected their part of the country to a long reign of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774641651Author Martin BuberFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Must Have BooksPublisher Must Have BooksWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

_______________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: the remarkable true story of the exploration ship featured in The Terror In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.On the first,...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Storyland and Wild, comes a sweeping new legendary of miracles, magic, human frailty and heroic strength. Illustrated with over thirty original paper cutouts by the author.Saints' legends suffused medieval...

Jeoffry was a real cat who lived 250 years ago, confined to an asylum with Christopher Smart, one of the most visionary poets of the age. In exchange for love and companionship, Smart rewarded Jeoffry with the greatest tribute to a feline ever written...