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Devil's Own Luck, The: Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic 1944-45 by Denis Edwards 9780850528695
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79Although strictly forbidden to keep diaries, Denis Edwards managed to record his experiences throughout nearly all his time in Europe in 1944-45. He brilliantly conveys what it was like to be facing... -
Stephen King's Maine: A History & Guide by Sharon Kitchens 9781467157148
RRP: $33.49Booksplease Price: $22.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467157148Author Sharon KitchensFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint -
A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition by Bill Bryson 9780307885159
RRP: $46.90Booksplease Price: $46.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307885159Author Bill BrysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint -
The Scramble for China: Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914 by Robert Bickers
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.66In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology started to change this balance, foreigners gathered like wolves around the... -
Hampshire Buses in the 1960s and Early 1970s by Philip Wallis 9781398112513
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $14.19Bus operations across Hampshire, England's eighth largest county, are covered in this book, with the bus scene in each district, town and city in the county being fully described and illustrated... -
London's Truly Strangest Tales by Tom Quinn
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.22More extraordinary but true stories from London's history. In this fascinating follow-up to his bestselling London's Strangest Tales, Tom Quinn makes a further... -
Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History by Dr Jay Winter 9781107661653
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $22.75Jay Winter's powerful study of the 'collective remembrance' of the Great War offers a major reassessment of one of the critical episodes in the cultural history of the twentieth century. Dr Winter... -
Dublin Folk Tales by Brendan Nolan 9781845887285
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.48Have you heard the story of 'Bang Bang' Dudley, who roamed the streets of Dublin shooting anyone who caught his eye? Or of 'Lugs' Brannigan, the city's most famous detective? Do you know who the real... -
1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War by Benny Morris 9780300151121
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $24.52Benny Morris demolishes misconceptions and provides a comprehensive history of the Israeli-Arab war of 1948 This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking,... -
Waiting for War: Britain 1939-1940 Barry Turner 9781785785481
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.67At the outbreak of war in 1939, ordinary people were quickly forced to adapt to the realities of a nation under dire threat. But it soon became known as the Phoney War, a time when official... -
A Time to Speak by Helen Lewis 9780856408557
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $10.77'Helen Lewis survived the greatest nightmare ever dreamed by man. Her story is appalling, mesmerising, and one reads with increasing gratitude for her clarity, honesty and courage.' Ian McEwan ... -
The Norman Conquest: A Very Short Introduction by George Garnett
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36The Norman Conquest in 1066 was the last time England was successfully invaded, and was one of the most profound turning points in English history, cataclysmically transforming a disparate collection... -
Veteranhood: Rage and Hope in British Ex-Military Life Joe Glenton 9781913462451
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.75The military veteran is claimed by all sides. Conservatives, liberals and socialists all want to speak about and for ex-servicemen, yet far-right demonstrations are dotted with berets and medals and... -
A Woman's Work by Harriet Harman
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.37GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017**Winner of best memoir at the Parliamentary Book Awards**Now with a new epilogue for the paperback'Compelling ... She has guts to spare ... An... -
Chronicle of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds by Jocelin of Brakelond 9780199554935
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $9.45This is the first English translation for forty years of a medieval classic, offering vivid and unique insight into the life of a great monastery in late twelfth-century England. The translation... -
The Athenian Constitution by Aristotle 9780140444315
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.28Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political machinery between the seventh and fourth centuries BC, which stands as a... -
I Fought at Dunkirk: Seven Veterans Remember Their Fight For Salvation by Mike Rossiter 9780552162340
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $11.81SURVIVOR STORIES FROM DUNKIRK, NOW THE SUBJECT OF A MAJOR FILM FROM CHRISTOPHER NOLANWhen Britain declared war against Germany in September 1939, thousands of young men sailed across the English... -
The Royal Navy Officer's Jutland Pocket-Manual 1916 by Brian Lavery
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $8.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910860182Author W. M. James R.N.Format HardbackPage Count 160Imprint -
The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Divided Nation by Declan Walsh
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.50'All those interested in South Asia and its complex politics and culture should read this book' - Pankaj MishraThe demise of Pakistan - a country with a reputation for volatility, brutality and... -
Preston Pubs by Stephen R. Halliwell
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65Over the past 400 years more than 800 pubs have opened in the city of Preston. While many have been lost due to time, money or misfortune, the stories and memories live on. Preston Pubs offers a... -
The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View by Ellen Meiksins Wood
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.56In The Origin of Capitalism, a now-classic work of history, Ellen Meiksins Wood offers readers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories and debates concerning the birth of capitalism,... -
Women Warriors: An Unexpected History by Pamela D. Toler
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807028339Author Pamela D. TolerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint -
50 Gems of Lincolnshire: The History & Heritage of the Most Iconic Places by Michael Smith 9781398110694
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65Lincolnshire is a county of contrasts, ranging from the seaside resorts on the east coast to the rolling chalk hills of the Lincolnshire Wolds and the fenland area of the south-east. The area has... -
The Little Book of Mayo by Eamonn Henry
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.20The Little Book of Mayo is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about County Mayo. Here you will find out about Mayo's natural history, its myth and legend, its proud... -
Empress of Rome: The Life of Livia Matthew Dennison 9780857381637
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41Empress of Rome is the fascinating biography of one of the most perplexing and powerful figures of the ancient world: the empress Livia. Second wife of the emperor Augustus and the mother of his... -
The Science Of Discworld II: The Globe by Terry Pratchett
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.69Acclaimed The Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot... -
The Dive: The untold story of the world's deepest submarine rescue by Stephen McGinty
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.22The Dive is a thrilling narrative nonfiction in the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Apollo 13. They were out of their depth, out of breath, and out of time. It... -
Haunted Canterbury by John Hippisley 9780752449982
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79Journey through the dark side of Canterbury, a medieval city steeped in history and ghostly goings-on. A designated Ancient World Heritage site with numerous old landmarks, Canterbury is riddled with... -
Shipcraft 6: German S Boats by Steve Wiper 9781848321229
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the... -
Siege of Budapest 1944-45: The Brutal Battle for the Pearl of the Danube by Balazs Mihalyi
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.07A gripping and detailed study of the brutal urban battle for Budapest, which saw German and Hungarian troops struggling to halt the joint Soviet-Romanian offensive to take the key city on the Danube... -
Napoleon: v. 1: The Path to Power 1769 - 1799 by Philip Dwyer 9780747566779
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.42Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power was neither inevitable nor smooth; it was full of mistakes, wrong turns and pitfalls. During his formative years his identity was constantly shifting, his character... -
The Great Wood: The Ancient Forest of Caledon by James Crumley
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.80The Great Wood of Caledon - the historic native forest of Highland Scotland - has a reputation as potent and misleading as the wolves that ruled it. The popular image is of an impassable,... -
German Medieval Armies, 1300-1500 by Christopher Gravett 9780850456141
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $13.39The German rulers were forceful and powerful men, and, surrounded by potential enemies, circumstances dictated the necessity of rule by strength based on military capacity. In the later 15th century,... -
MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman by Ben Hubbard
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.84A Financial Times Book Best Book of the Year 2020 A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year 2020 The gripping,... -
Josephine: Desire, Ambition, Napoleon by Kate Williams
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.71This is the incredible rise and unbelievable fall of a woman whose energy and ambition is often overshadowed by Napoleon's military might. In this triumphant biography, Kate Williams tells... -
Little Bird of Auschwitz: How My Mother Escaped Death and Found Our Family Jacques Peretti 9781473646452
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.36'That nickname . . .''"Little bird." It wasn't mine. I found out later he gave it to every little girl that came in to be injected. "Little Bird" didn't mean anything. It was a trick. There were... -
Manchester's Finest: How the Munich air disaster broke the heart of a great city by David Hall
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.68On 6 February 1958, British European Airways flight 609 crashed in a blizzard on its third attempt to take off from an icy runaway in Munich. On board were the Manchester United football team as well... -
Hero of the Empire: The Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.08'Thrilling, tremendously enjoyable' The New York Times'A nail-biting escape story' Financial TimesAt the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill already believed he was destined for greatness. This is... -
Everton FC 1890-91: The First Kings of Anfield by Mark Metcalf
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65As one of the twelve founding Football League clubs in 1888/89, Everton Football Club has a long, proud history. Having played more top-flight League games than any other English team, the Toffees... -
Special Forces Land Vehicles by Alexander Stilwell
RRP: $24.11Booksplease Price: $15.66Over the last 30 years, Special Forces have become a key component of the world's armed forces, often employing unconventional tactics as part of airborne operations, counterinsurgency,...