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Warpaint: Colours and Markings of British Army Vehicles 1903-2003: Volume 2 by Dick Taylor 9788389450920
£25.38The second book in a series of four volumes devoted to the colours and markings applied during the 20th century to vehicles in the British Army, from motorcycles to tanks. This volume describes Paint and Camouflage 1939-1945 and Sub-Unit Markings and... -
Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter by Ian Mortimer 9781529920802
RRP: £10.99£7.77The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval EnglandWe tend to think of the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By... -
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
RRP: £10.99£7.77The American West, 1860-1890: years of broken promises, disillusionment, war and massacre.Beginning with the Long Walk of the Navajos and ending with the massacre of Sioux at Wounded Knee, this extraordinary book tells how the American Indians lost their... -
A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men: The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of World War II Shannon Monaghan 9780593491225
RRP: £25.00£16.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593491225Author Shannon MonaghanFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Viking Press IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Small Island: Winner of the 'best of the best' Orange Prize by Andrea Levy
RRP: £10.99£7.40Small Island by bestselling author Andrea Levy won the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Orange Prize 'Best of the Best' as well as the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Whitbread. Possibly the definitive fictional account of the experiences of the... -
Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then Took on the West by Catherine Belton
RRP: £12.99£8.48THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'An outstanding expose of Putin and his criminal pals ... [A] long-awaited, must read book' SUNDAY TIMES 'Books about modern Russia abound ... Belton has surpassed them all. Her much-awaited book is the... -
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro 9781847923653
RRP: £30.00£21.95The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro is 'simply one of the best non-fiction books in English of the last forty years' (Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times): a riveting and timeless account of power, politics and the city of New York by 'the greatest political... -
Diana: Her True Story - In Her Own Words: The Sunday Times Number-One Bestseller by Andrew Morton
RRP: £10.99£7.47THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER-ONE BESTSELLER. AS FEATURED IN SEASON 5 OF THE CROWN.When Diana: Her True Story was first published in 1992 it changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy. Never before had a senior royal spoken in such a raw,... -
Long Walk To Freedom by Nelson Mandela
RRP: £14.99£9.32These memoirs from one of the great leaders of our time are 'essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history - and then go out and change it' Barack ObamaThe riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, Long... -
Extraordinary Insects: Weird. Wonderful. Indispensable. The ones who run our world. by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson 9780008316372
RRP: £10.99£7.25*The Sunday Times Bestseller* 'Extraordinary Insects is a joy' The Times A Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year 2019 A journey into the weird,... -
The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk
RRP: £14.99£8.54For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth, Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia, fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Great Game', a phrase... -
In The Shadow Of The Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World by Tom Holland
RRP: £14.99£4.71A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER'A stunning blockbuster' Robert Fisk'A brilliant tour de force of revisionist scholarship and thrilling storytelling' Simon Sebag Montefiore'A compelling detective story of the highest order' Sunday Times'Tom Holland has... -
Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy by Ben MacIntyre
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERDiscover the incredible true story of WW2's most extraordinary spy - from the bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor. 'His best book yet' The Times________________From planning an assassination attempt on Hitler... -
Wanderers: A History of Women Walking by Kerri Andrews
RRP: £9.99£7.11Now in B-format paperback, this book describes ten women over the past three hundred years who have found walking essential to their sense of themselves, as people and as writers. Wanderers traces their footsteps, from eighteenth-century parson's... -
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer
RRP: £19.00£13.74When this book was first published it received some attention from the critics but none at all from the public. Nazism was finished in the bunker in Berlin and its death warrant signed on the bench at Nuremberg. That's Milton Mayer, writing in a foreword... -
Normandy '44: D-Day and the Battle for France by James Holland
RRP: £10.99£9.09'A devastating new account..Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military matters' Daily Mail, Book of the Week'A superb account of the invasion that deserves immense praise. To convey the human drama of Normandy requires great knowledge and... -
Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams
RRP: £9.99£7.11'It's often said that books are compulsory reading, but this book really is compulsory. You cannot understand slavery, or British Empire, without it' Sathnam Sanghera Arguing that the slave trade was at the heart of Britain's economic progress, Eric... -
Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde by John Boessenecker 9781250131591
RRP: £21.99£13.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250131591Author John BoesseneckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's GriffinPublisher Thomas Dunne Book for St... -
SAS Great Escapes by Damien Lewis
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Riveting. Extraordinary. A real-life thriller.' - Dan SnowIn SAS Great Escapes, bestselling author Damien Lewis tells the story of seven of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed during WWII by what is arguably the world's most famous military... -
East West Street: Non-fiction Book of the Year 2017 by Philippe Sands
RRP: £9.99£7.40THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERWhen he receives an invitation to deliver a lecture in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, international lawyer Philippe Sands begins a journey on the trail of his family's... -
Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts
RRP: £18.99£14.01'A Napoleonic triumph of a book, irresistibly galloping with the momentum of a cavalry charge' Simon Sebag Montefiore'Simply dynamite' Bernard CornwellFrom Andrew Roberts, author of the bestsellers The Storm of War and Churchill: Walking with Destiny,... -
Circe: The No. 1 Bestseller from the author of The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 9781526664587
RRP: £20.00£15.42A FIFTH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION, FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a... -
The Gift: A survivor's journey to freedom by Edith Eger
RRP: £12.99£9.09'An incredible human being with an extraordinary story to share' Dr Rangan Chatterjee'A beautiful, life-changing manifesto' Brene Brown'I will be forever changed by Dr Eger's story' Oprah'Her story is a testament to our true human potential. She's a... -
Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold by Stephen Fry 9781405944465
RRP: £10.99£8.43AN EPIC BATTLE THAT LASTED TEN YEARS. A LEGENDARY STORY THAT HAS SURVIVED THOUSANDS.'An inimitable retelling of the siege of Troy . . . Fry's narrative, artfully humorous and rich in detail, breathes life and contemporary relevance into these ancient... -
War Comes to the Dales: An uplifting, heart-warming and emotional World War Two rural saga by Betty Firth 9781804361924
RRP: £8.99£5.87'Heartwarming, moving, heartbreaking, powerful, and so much more.' Reader ReviewCan she help the village survive the war?April 1941. When Bobby Bancroft arrived in Silverdale to take a job as a reporter on The Tyke magazine, the sleepy Yorkshire... -
The Restless Republic: Britain without a Crown by Anna Keay 9780008282059
RRP: £10.99£7.25THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 WINNER OF THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE Eleven years when Britain had no king. ... -
Hauntings: A Book of Ghosts and Where to Find Them Across 25 Eerie British Locations by Neil Oliver 9781787636347
RRP: £25.00£18.02' Haunted is a wonderful book: part history, part rumination on life, and, of course a haunting book about ghosts .... beautifully written, fascinating, deeply moving and thought-provoking.' - James Holland'A proper page-turner .... A fascinating tangle... -
Luck of the Draw: My Story of the Air War in Europe - A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER by Frank Murphy 9781783967353
RRP: £25.00£16.53The captivating story of WWII Airman Frank Murphy, who features in new TV miniseries Masters of the Air. THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "In the pursuit of authenticity, of accurate history and undeniable courage, no words matter more... -
Farewell To The East End by Jennifer Worth
RRP: £9.99£6.80The third and final book in the bestselling CALL THE MIDWIFE series, the basis of the major BBC TV series.This final book in Jennifer Worth's memories of her time as a midwife in London's East end brings her story full circle. As always there are... -
A-Z Liverpool Hidden Walks: Discover 20 routes in and around the city by Claire E Rider
RRP: £6.99£4.80Discover 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... -
Apollo Remastered by Andy Saunders 9780241508695
RRP: £60.00£44.95AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERDiscover space as you've never seen it before, with these awe-inspiring, breathtakingly restored images of our first missions to the Moon'The next best thing to being there' Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 astronautIn a frozen... -
Tavistock Institute: Social Engineering the Masses by Daniel Estulin 9781634240437
RRP: £21.95£13.93The real story behind the Tavistock Institute and its network, from a popular conspiracy expert The Tavistock Institute, in Sussex, England, describes itself as a nonprofit charity that applies social science to contemporary issues and problems. But this... -
The One Impossible Labyrinth: Pre-order the Final Jack West Thriller Now by Matthew Reilly
RRP: £9.99£6.80THE BRAND NEW JACK WEST THRILLER AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Spectacular...Part-Jack Reacher, part-Indiana Jones' SMHTHE END IS HEREJack West Jr has made it to the Supreme Labyrinth.Now he faces one last race - against multiple rivals, against time,... -
History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
RRP: £14.99£10.95'With icy remorselessness, it puts paid to any notion that the horrors of modern history might be an aberration - for it tells of universal war, of terrorism, revolution and genocide' Tom HollandThe long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta... -
Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland
RRP: £12.99£5.31Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared to the glittering empires of Byzantium or Islam, the splintered kingdoms on the edge of the Atlantic appeared... -
Lessons of History by Will Durant
RRP: £9.99£7.11In this illuminating and thoughtful book, Will and Ariel Durant have succeeded in distilling for the reader the accumulated store of knowledge and experience from their five decades of work on the eleven monumental volumes of The Story of Civilization... -
A 1960s Childhood: From Thunderbirds to Beatlemania by Paul Feeney 9780752450124
RRP: £9.99£7.55Do you remember Beatlemania? Radio Caroline? Mods and Rockers? The very first miniskirts? Then the chances are you were born in the or around 1960.To the young people of today, the 1960s seems like another age. But for those who grew up in this decade,... -
Sicily: A Short History, from the Greeks to Cosa Nostra by John Julius Norwich
RRP: £14.99£9.80'Sicily is the key to everything' Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The author of the classic book on Venice turns his sights to Sicily in this beautiful book full of maps and colour photographs.'I discovered Sicily almost by mistake . . .We drove as far as... -
Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff
RRP: £8.99£6.45Hailed by George Bernard Shaw as 'useful [corrective] to the romantic conception of war', R.C. Sherriff's Journey's End is an unflinching vision of life in the trenches towards the end of the First World War, published in Penguin Classics.Set in the... -
Legion: life in the Roman army by Richard Abdy 9780714122939
RRP: £45.00£30.85The 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...