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Royal Marines Commandos by John Parker
RRP: $14.18$9.55The Royal Marines were originally formed under the auspices of the Royal Navy to guard its sailing ships from harm. They are proud of their history and origins but the Navy heritage is fading. John Parker charts how the units have moved away from their... -
SOE: Churchill's Secret Agents by Terry Crowdy
RRP: $11.60$8.32The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was one of the most innovative British creations of the Second World War. Its mission was to export resistance, subversion and sabotage to occupied Europe and beyond, disrupting the German war effort and building a... -
Abandoned Industrial Places: Factories, laboratories, mills and mines that the world left behind by David Ross
RRP: $25.79$17.61The decaying remnants of obselete industries and defunct commerce - whether coal mines, shipyards, factories, shopping centres, power plants, warehouses or mills - lie scattered in desolate locations throughout the world. These left-over structures still... -
Colonel Strutt's Daring Royal Mission: The Secret British Rescue of the Habsburg Family, 1919 by Diana Tritton
RRP: $28.38$22.73"An adventure story of daring and courage, superbly researched and written, and immensely rewarding to read." ~ Simon Heffer Four Empires were extinguished by the Great War 1914-18 - the Ottoman, German, Russian and Austro-Hungarian. This is the story... -
Wartime Women: A Mass Observation Anthology by Dorothy Sheridan
RRP: $12.89$8.77A unique document offering unrivalled insight into women's minds and lives during the Second World War.The Mass-Observation organisation was set up in 1937 with the aim of recording everyday life in Britain. Dorothy Sheridan has plundered its... -
D-Day and Normandy: A Visual History by Anthony Richards 9781912423217
RRP: $25.80$19.43Operation Overlord, the codename given to the Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe in 1944, was arguably the most challenging, complicated and risky military operation in history. It began on 6 June with Operation Neptune, the largest... -
The Taste of War: World War Two and the Battle for Food by Lizzie Collingham
RRP: $21.92$15.84In World War Two, 19 million people died in the conflicts across the globe. Yet in those same years, more than 20 million died from starvation and malnutrition. In The Taste of War Lizzie Collingham shows how food - and its lack - was central to the... -
Istanbul: Memories and the City (The Illustrated Edition) by Orhan Pamuk
RRP: $38.70$26.70Like the Dublin of Joyce and Jan Morris' Venice, Orhan Pamuk's bestselling Istanbul: Memories of a City is a triumphant encounter of place and sensibility, beautifully written and immensely moving.Since the publication of Istanbul, Pamuk has continued to... -
Pakwagen SDKFZ 234/3 and 234/4: German Army, Waffen-SS and Luftwaffe Units - Western and Eastern Fronts, 1944-1945 by Dennis Oliver
RRP: $21.92$17.56Experience in the Polish and French campaigns had convinced the German high command of the value of fast-moving, armed reconnaissance vehicles. But it was realised that many of the early designs were too lightly-armed and development of a heavy... -
Hanged at Gloucester by Jill Evans
RRP: $23.21$17.60This book gathers together the stories of the 123 prisoners who were executed at Gloucester between 1792, when the first prisoner was hanged on the roof over the entrance gate of the newly-built prison, and 1939, when the last convict was executed within... -
Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition by Nisid Hajari
RRP: $16.76$10.94After centuries of British rule, nobody expected Indian Independence and the birth of Pakistan to be so bloody - they were supposed to be the answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus. Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi's protege and the political leader of... -
Some Still Live by George Nichols 9781999654382
RRP: $16.77$13.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999654382Author George NicholsFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Clapton PressPublisher Clapton PressWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *... -
Hugh Trevor-Roper: The Historian by Blair Worden
RRP: $28.37$26.56Hugh Trevor-Roper was one of the most gifted historians of the 20th century. His scholarly interests ranged widely - from the Puritan Revolution to the Scottish Enlightenment. Yet he was also fascinated by the events of his own lifetime and wrote widely... -
Shakespeare's Local: Six Centuries of History Seen Through One Extraordinary Pub by Pete Brown
$9.38Welcome to the George Inn near London Bridge; a cosy, wood-pannelled, galleried coaching house a few minutes' walk from the Thames. Grab yourself a pint, listen to the chatter of the locals and lean back, resting your head against the wall. And then... -
The Anglo-Saxons by James Campbell
RRP: $25.80$19.72This survey, an introduction to the history of Anglo-Saxon England looks at political history, and religious, cultural, social, legal and economic themes are woven in. Throughout the book the authors make use of original sources such as chronicles,... -
Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark: Amazing Revelations of the Incredible Power of Gold by Laurence Gardner
RRP: $16.76$10.94New in paperback by Laurence Gardner, the bestselling author of Bloodline of the Holy Grail. From the tombs of pharaonic Egypt, to the laboratories of modern science, comes the extraordinary account of gravity defiance and teleportation in the ancient... -
Outrageous!: The Story of Section 28 and Britain’s Battle for LGBT Education by Paul Baker
RRP: $14.18$10.02On 23 May 1988, Paul Baker sat down with his family to eat cake on his sixteenth birthday while The Six O'Clock News played in the background. But something was not quite right. There was muffled shouting - 'Stop Section 28!' - and a scuffle. The morning... -
Spitfire, A Test Pilot's Story by Jeffrey Quill 9781910809303
RRP: $15.42$11.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809303Author Jeffery QuillFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Selected Political Speeches by Cicero
RRP: $14.18$10.02Amid the corruption and power struggles of the collapse of the Roman Republic, Cicero (106-43BC) produced some of the most stirring and eloquent speeches in history. A statesman and lawyer, he was one of the only outsiders to penetrate the aristocratic... -
By Any Other Name: A Cultural History of the Rose by Simon Morley
RRP: $32.25$20.43A beautifully illustrated history of the Queen of Flowers and her enduring power in our gardens, art, religion and imagination. 'Fascinating... I'll never look at a rose in quite the same way again.' Adrian Tinniswood The rose is bursting with... -
Wingspan Vol.5: World War One Edition by Toni Canfora 9789198842517
RRP: $29.66$21.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789198842517Author Toni CanforaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Canfora Grafisk FormPublisher Canfora Grafisk Form -
Skeletons On The Zahara by Dean King
RRP: $12.89$9.17The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub. On 28 August 1815 the US brig Commerce was dashed against Mauritania's Cape Bojador and lost, although through bravery... -
Torn Apart: Fifty Years of the Troubles, 1969-2019 by Ken Wharton
RRP: $21.92$17.21In the early twentieth century there was a war brewing on Britain's doorstep. Northern Ireland was filled with discrimination and suspicion, a sense of foreboding that would soon erupt into full-blown rioting. As the fiftieth anniversary of the Troubles... -
Capability Brown: and His Landscape Gardens by Sarah Rutherford 9781909881549
RRP: $25.80$17.72A fascinating look at the life, influences, techniques and works of 18th-century landscape gardener Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. His transformation of unpromising countryside into beautiful parks changed the face of a nation and created a landscape style... -
Wingate's Men: The Chindit Operations: Special Forces in Burma by Colin Higgs 9781526746672
RRP: $19.34$14.13Possibly the most famous fighting formations of the Burma campaign during the Second World War were the Long Range Penetration Groups, more commonly known as the Chindits. Colonel Orde Wingate was given permission to attempt long-range operations deep... -
Asian Armageddon, 1944-45 by Peter Harmsen
RRP: $32.25$28.11The last instalment of the War in the Far East trilogy, Asian Armageddon 1944-1945, continues and completes the narrative of the first two volumes, describing how a US-led coalition of nations battled Japan into submission through a series of cataclysmic... -
A Banker's Journey: How Edmond J. Safra Built a Global Financial Empire by Daniel Gross
RRP: $32.24$22.08Who was Edmond J. Safra? "The greatest banker of his generation," in the estimation of a former World Bank President. The founder of four massive financial institutions on three continents, and a proud child of Beirut's Jewish quarter. An... -
The Highlands by Paul Murton
RRP: $23.21$16.25Paul Murton journeys the length and breadth of the spectacularly beautiful Scottish Highlands. In addition to bringing a fresh eye to popular destinations such as Glencoe, Ben Nevis, Loch Ness and the Cairngorms, he also visits some remote and... -
Bela Bartok by David Cooper
RRP: $29.03$24.96The definitive account of the life and music of Hungary's greatest twentieth-century composer This deeply researched biography of Bela Bartok (1881-1945) provides a more comprehensive view of the innovative Hungarian musician than ever before. David... -
Sisters in Resistance: how a German spy, a banker's wife, and Mussolini's daughter outwitted the Nazis by Tilar J. Mazzeo
RRP: $25.80$17.88The extraordinary true story of the unlikely friendship between three women - Mussolini's daughter, a German spy, and an American socialite - who conspired to assist the Allies. In 1943, Edda Mussolini, daughter of the fascist dictator, gave her father... -
Access to History for the IB Diploma: Authoritarian states Second Edition by Michael Lynch
RRP: $36.12$35.51The renowned IB Diploma History series, combining compelling narratives with academic rigor.A new edition for World History Topic 10: Authoritarian states (20th Century)An authoritative and engaging narrative, with the widest variety of sources at this... -
BAPTISM OF FIRE: A year living and working with Duran Duran: 2022 by Ian Little 9781916039643
$26.19Ian Little, a young musical novice, lucked into minding Roxy Music's studio while the band were on the road. By the time they returned, he had a record contract and was promoted to production assistant for their swansong Avalon. And that's just the... -
Regicide: The Trials of Henry Marten by John Worthen 9781913368357
RRP: $25.80$18.14The Civil War, the Protectorate, and the Restoration - the extraordinary upheavals at the fulcrum of English history - are embodied here in the story of a remarkable man, politician, and prisoner: the regicide Henry Marten. As an organiser of the trial... -
The Man Who Killed Richard III: Who Dealt the Fatal Blow at Bosworth? by Susan Fern
RRP: $12.89$8.57On 22 August 1485 on a battlefield in Bosworth, Leicestershire, King Richard III, the last of the Plantagenet kings, was dealt a death blow by the man who had sworn loyalty to him only a few months earlier. That man was Rhys ap Thomas, a Welsh lord,... -
An Historical Map of Kingston Upon Hull by David Neave 9780993469824
RRP: $14.18$9.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993469824Author David NeaveImprint The Historic Towns TrustPublisher The Historic Towns Trust -
The Rivers of Cumbria by Beth & Steve Pipe 9781398101159
RRP: $20.63$14.00Cumbria has been explored in many books over the years, but very little has been written about its rivers and yet, without them, the county would not have evolved in the way that it has. From the high fells to the extensive coastline, these rivers... -
From Beirut to Jerusalem: One Man's Middle Eastern Odyssey by Thomas L. Friedman
RRP: $21.92$14.80A Second Edition of Thomas Friedman's stunning book, the first edition of which won the American National Book Award. 'If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it.' Seymour Hersh In this lucid, incisive and... -
Hellenistic Lives: including Alexander the Great by Plutarch
RRP: $18.05$12.58Alexander * Demosthenes * Phocion * Eumenes * Demetrius * Pyrrhus * Agis and Cleomenes * Aratus * Philopoemen * Flamininus This selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexander's conquest of the... -
Julius Caesar's Invasion of Britain: Solving a 2,000-Year-Old Mystery by Roger Stephen Nolan 9781526747914
$27.80The two invasions of Britain by Julius Caesar in 55BC and 54BC have never been satisfactorily investigated and in particular no evidence has ever been found of the temporary marching camps his army would undoubtedly have constructed in their progress... -
The Greeks by H. D. F. Kitto
RRP: $14.18$10.02The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved "a totally new conception of what human life was for". Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece.About the AuthorHumphrey Kitto...