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The Cold War Norman Friedman 9780233005911
RRP: £7.99£5.78A graphic account of this long-running global drama, The Compact Guide: The Cold War is published in a new era of fear and uncertainty. It encompasses moments of high tension, such as the Berlin Crisis of 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the... -
Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill's Cook by Annie Gray
RRP: £9.99£7.21This is the story of a woman who was not a royal, not rich, not famous; someone who simply worked hard and enjoyed her life. But while Georgina Landemare saw herself as ordinary, her accomplishments were anything but. Georgina started her career as a... -
1913: The Year before the Storm by Florian Illies
RRP: £10.99£7.87A witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched biographical fragments, 1913 is an intimate vision of a world that is about to change forever. The stuffy conventions of the nineteenth century are receding into the past, and 1913 heralds a new age... -
In the Service of the Sultan by Ian Gardiner 9781844154678
RRP: £19.99£14.28While the Americans were fighting in Vietnam, a struggle of even greater strategic significance was taking place in the Middle East: the Sultanate of Oman guards the entrance to the Arabian Gulf, and thus controls the movement of oil from that region... -
Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul by Stuart Cosgrove
RRP: £14.99£10.06FULLY REVISED AND EDITED PAPERBACK EDITION Shortlisted for Penderyn Music Prize Detroit 67 is the story of Motor City in the year that changed everything. Twelve chapters take you on a turbulent year-long journey through the drama and chaos that... -
The Guv'nor Revealed: The Untold Story of Lenny McLean by Lee Wortley 9781786064493
RRP: £8.99£6.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786064493Author Lee WortleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint John Blake Publishing LtdPublisher John Blake Publishing Ltd -
Long Road from Jarrow: A journey through Britain then and now by Stuart Maconie
RRP: £12.99£9.19The Sunday Times Bestseller'A tribute and a rallying call' - GuardianThree and half weeks. Three hundred miles. I saw roaring arterial highway and silent lanes, candlelit cathedrals and angry men in bad pubs. The Britain of 1936 was a land of beef paste... -
Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton
RRP: £13.99£9.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143105329Author Huey P. NewtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 419g -
ShipCraft 18: Titanic and Her Sisters Olympic and Britannic by Peter Davies-Garner
RRP: £14.99£12.28The '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 subject class, highlighting differences between... -
Tribes: How Our Need to Belong Can Make or Break Society by David Lammy
RRP: £12.99£8.70'A superb book about the tribalism gripping British politics. Tribes is measured, searching, pitilessly self-scrutinising and would probably amaze anyone who knows its author only from his Twitter persona' Decca Aitkenhead, Sunday TimesDavid was the... -
The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars by Geoff Stray 9781904263609
RRP: £5.99£4.27Ever since humans first began to count, people have clocked days, moons and years, tried to make sense of them in terms of each other, and formed calendars to order their lives. In an amazing leap, the ancient Maya managed to synchronize all the visible... -
The Battleship Bismarck by Stefan Draminski
RRP: £35.00£28.12The Bismarck is perhaps the most famous - and notorious - warship ever built. Completed in 1941, the 45,000-ton German battleship sank HMS Hood, the pride of the British Navy, during one of the most sensational encounters in naval history. Following the... -
Empires at War: 1911-1923 by Robert Gerwarth 9780198702511
RRP: £85.00£77.00Empires at War, 1911-1923 offers a new perspective on the history of the Great War, looking at the war beyond the generally-accepted 1914-1918 timeline, and as a global war between empires, rather than a European war between nation-states. The volume... -
British Frigates and Escort Destroyers 1939–45 by Angus Konstam
RRP: £12.99£9.19A history of the small, mass-produced warships that defended the Atlantic convoys from U-boats and secured Britain's lifeline to the United States. As the Battle of the Atlantic grew fiercer, Britain and the Commonwealth needed large quantities of... -
Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor by Yossi Klein Halevi 9780062844927
RRP: £18.99£9.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062844927Author Yossi Klein HaleviFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint HarperPaperbacksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Ruin and Renewal: Civilising Europe After the Second World War by Paul Betts
RRP: £25.00£16.53'Excellent ... much to ponder' Financial Times In 1945, Europe lay in ruins - its cities and towns destroyed by conflict, its economies crippled, its societies ripped apart by war and violence. In the wake of the physical devastation came profound... -
The Colditz Myth: British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War in Nazi Germany by S. P. MacKenzie 9780199203079
£22.48Though only one among hundreds of prison camps in which British servicemen were held between 1939 and 1945, Colditz enjoys unparalleled name recognition both in Britain and in other parts of the English-speaking world. Made famous in print, on film, and... -
The War with Catiline. The War with Jugurtha by Sallust
RRP: £24.95£23.60Two military monographs.Sallust, Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86-35 BC), a Sabine from Amiternum, acted against Cicero and Milo as tribune in 52, joined Caesar after being expelled from the Senate in 50, was restored to the Senate by Caesar and took part in... -
To Redeem the Soul of America: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King, Jr. by Adam Fairclough
£34.16To Redeem the Soul of America looks beyond the towering figure of Martin Luther King, Jr., to disclose the full workings of the organization that supproted him. As Adam Fairclough reveals the dynamics within the Southern Christian Leadership Conference... -
For Two Thousand Years by Mihail Sebastian
RRP: £9.99£7.32'Nothing I have read is more affecting than Mihail Sebastian's magnificent, haunting 1934 novel, For Two Thousand Years' - Philippe Sands, Guardian Books of the YearA prescient interwar masterpiece, available in English for the first time'Absolutely,... -
Welsh Folk Tales by Peter Stevenson 9780750966047
RRP: £12.99£11.72This book, a selection of folk tales, true tales, tall tales, myths, gossip, legends and memories, celebrates and honours unique Welsh stories. Some are well known, others from forgotten manuscripts or out-of-print volumes, and some are contemporary oral... -
The Service by Frankie Miren 9781910312872
RRP: £9.99£6.90Lori works illegally in a rented flat in central London, living in fear of police raids which could mean losing her small daughter and her dream of a new life. Freya is a student who finds she can make far more money as an escort than she could in an... -
Home and Homeland: The Dialogics of Tribal and National Identities in Jordan by Linda L. Layne 9780691194776
RRP: £35.00£27.95In this provocative examination of collective identity in Jordan, Linda Layne challenges long-held Western assumptions that Arabs belong to easily recognizable corporate social groups. Who is a "true" Jordanian? Who is a "true"... -
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown 9780061774737
£18.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061774737Author Daniel James BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 554Imprint HarperLuxePublisher HarperLuxeWeight(grams) 626g -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: The Cold War c1945-1991 by John Aldred
£33.77Please 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 well-loved features from the previous editions,The Cold War has been approved... -
Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: £14.99£9.96A companion volume to his bestselling 'Armageddon', Max Hastings' account of the battle for Japan is a masterful military history. Featuring the most remarkable cast of commanders the world has ever seen, the dramatic battle for Japan of... -
How To Survive (Almost) Anything: The Special Forces Guide To Staying Alive by Ollie Ollerton 9781788704984
RRP: £20.00£13.10THE MODERN-DAY SURVIVAL BIBLE FROM EX-SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER AND NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OLLIE OLLERTONDo you know how to thrive, not just survive?Can you build a fire? Administer critical first aid?Could you stay alive out in the wilderness? Fend... -
Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw by Norman Davies
RRP: £20.00£14.88Rising '44 is a brilliant narrative account of one of the most dramatic episodes in 20th century history, drawing on Davies' unique understanding of the issues and characters involved. In August 1944 Warsaw offered the Wehrmacht the last line of defence... -
DK Eyewitness Sydney by DK
RRP: £13.99£10.01The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring Sydney.Marvel at the iconic silhouette of the Sydney Opera House, take surfing lessons on Bondi Beach or sip coffee... -
Rosa Luxemburg: The Incendiary Spark: Essays by Michael Löwy 9781642599824
RRP: £19.99£13.85Renowned Marxist scholar Michael Loewy offers an indispensable assessment of an enduringly fascinating revolutionary.Vibrant, insightful, and wide-ranging, Loewy's essays illuminate the heroic, tough-minded idealist and martyr, Rosa Luxemburg. Active in... -
Coming Apart by Charles Murray
RRP: £14.99£10.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307453433Author Charles MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA... -
Le Mans Winning Colours: A Visual History of 100 Years of the 24-Hour Race by Mick Hill
RRP: £25.00£18.94Celebrating 100 years of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, motorsport's iconic endurance race, technical illustrator Mick Hill takes us on a potted history of this world-famous event. The follow-on book to his successful Grand Prix's Winning Colours, Mick once... -
Notes From the Warsaw Ghetto: The Unflinching, Classic First-Hand Account by Emmanuel Ringelblum 9781596873315
£15.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596873315Author Emmanual RingelblumFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Milk and Cookies PressPublisher ibooks IncWeight(grams) 396g -
Men at War: Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 Luke Turner 9781474618861
RRP: £18.99£14.01As a child, Luke Turner was obsessed with the Second World War. He spent hours watching Sunday war films, poring over stories of derring-do and relishing in birthday trips to air museums. Lying in bed beneath Airfix fighter planes suspended from his... -
Counting: Humans, History and the Infinite Lives of Numbers Benjamin Wardhaugh 9780008436469
RRP: £25.00£16.43WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COUNT? WHY ARE HUMANS THE ONLY SPECIES ON EARTH THAT CAN DO IT? WHERE DID COUNTING COME FROM? HOW HAS IT SHAPED SOCIETIES ALONG THE WAY? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? Counting is an innovative, erudite, world-wrapping journey through... -
Diet for a Large Planet: Industrial Britain, Food Systems, and World Ecology by Chris Otter 9780226826530
RRP: £32.00£31.11A history of the unsustainable modern diet-heavy in meat, wheat, and sugar-that requires more land and resources than the planet is able to support. We are facing a world food crisis of unparalleled proportions. Our reliance on unsustainable dietary... -
Lost in Shangri-La: Escape from a Hidden World - A True Story by Mitchell Zuckoff 9780007410958
RRP: £11.99£9.10An utterly gripping nonfiction adventure narrative, Lost in Shangri-La is an untold true story of war, survival, discovery, heroism, and a near-impossible rescue mission. Three months before the end of World War II, a U.S. Army plane flying... -
Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood by Robyn Scott 9780747596561
RRP: £12.99£9.34When Robyn Scott was six years old her parents abruptly exchanged the tranquil pastures of New Zealand for a converted cowshed in the wilds of Botswana. Once there, Robyn and her siblings, mostly left to amuse themselves, grew up collecting snakes,... -
Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood by Justin Marozzi
RRP: £16.99£12.28Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights... -
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport by Deborah Oppenheimer
RRP: £14.99£10.95___________________ BASED ON THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY ___________________ 'Wonderfully moving ... a noble story, beautifully told' - Daily Mail With a preface by Lord Richard Attenborough, this is a moving collection of...