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Alesia 52 BC: The final struggle for Gaul Nic Fields 9781782009221
RRP: $32.28Booksplease Price: $23.83In 52 BC Caesar's continued strategy of annihilation had engendered a spirit of desperation, which detonated into a revolt of Gallic tribes under the leadership of the charismatic young Arvernian... -
Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II by Brown, D K 9781399020046
RRP: $32.28Booksplease Price: $25.57Winston Churchill famously claimed that the submarine war in the Atlantic was the only campaign of the Second World War that really frightened him. If the lifeline to north America had been cut,... -
Frank Sutcliffe: Photographer of Whitby by Michael Hiley
RRP: $41.80Booksplease Price: $30.59'His photographic skills enabled him to convert what he felt about Whitby and the countryside around it-the feelings he carried inside himself from the time he came from smoky Leeds as a child to... -
Kisses on a Postcard: A Tale of Wartime Childhood by Terence Frisby 9781408801062
RRP: $17.08Booksplease Price: $13.40'When you get there', our mum said, 'you find out your new address and you write it on the card. Then you post it at once. Now, the code. Our secret code ...You know how to write a kiss? Well, put... -
Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands by Richard Sakwa
RRP: $32.28Booksplease Price: $27.11The unfolding crisis in Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War. As Russia and Ukraine tussle for Crimea and the eastern regions, relations between Putin and the West have... -
The Man with Miraculous Hands: The Incredible Story of Himmler’s Physician Who Saved Thousands of Lives by Joseph Kessel
RRP: $38.00Booksplease Price: $28.96The incredible story of Heinrich Himmler's physician who saved thousands of lives. With a new introduction by bestselling author Norman Ohler, which addresses Kersten's flawed legacy. In... -
RAUCEBY HOSPITAL by Gwyneth Stratten 9780244580551
RRP: $12.35Booksplease Price: $12.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244580551Author Gwyneth StrattenFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint -
The New History of Orkney by William P.L. Thompson 9781912476459
RRP: $47.50Booksplease Price: $36.42For much of its history, Orkney had its own language, culture and institutions. The prehistoric inhabitants created monuments which are unmatched anywhere in Europe, and the medieval period saw the... -
Isandlwana 1879: The great Zulu victory by Ian Knight 9781841765112
RRP: $47.50Booksplease Price: $28.48On 20 January 1879, the Centre Column of the British invasion force under the British Commander in Chief Lord Chelmsford, reached Isandlwana. Chelmsford's spies suggested a Zulu army was on its way... -
Flying Fortress Gunner: B-17 Ball Turret Gunner Bob Harper's 35 Combat Missions over Germany by Bill Cullen
RRP: $43.68Booksplease Price: $31.22At 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing just 110 pounds, Bob Harper was below the minimum size requirements for US military service. As the demand for manpower increased, rules were bent, Harper's... -
Yugoslav Armies 1941-45 by Nigel Thomas
RRP: $24.68Booksplease Price: $22.50In March 1941, an anti-German coup in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia prompted Hitler to order an invasion using allied Italian, Hungarian, Bulgarian and Romanian forces. Operation Marita was an invasion... -
Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change by John Glassie 9781594631894
Booksplease Price: $38.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594631894Author John GlassieFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint < -
Panzer IV: 1939-1945 by Paul Thomas 9781526711281
RRP: $28.48Booksplease Price: $23.85The Panzer IV Panzerkampfwagen IV was one the foremost German fighting vehicles of the Second World War, and this volume in the TankCraft series is an ideal introduction to it. With detailed... -
Halifax History Tour by Stephen Gee
RRP: $17.08Booksplease Price: $12.56While many of Halifax's historic buildings are still present today, this Minster town has developed significantly over the last 150 years. Since the Victorian period, some scenes have altered beyond... -
Never Shaken, Never Stirred: The Story of Ann Fleming and Laura, Duchess of Marlborough by Christopher Reindorp
RRP: $43.68Booksplease Price: $26.58Glamorous, fun and packed with scandalous anecdotes and exclusive interviews, Never Shaken, Never Stirred tells the story of two extraordinary sisters, Ann and Laura Charteris, who made marrying well... -
Time Song: Searching for Doggerland by Julia Blackburn
RRP: $28.48Booksplease Price: $22.25SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE AND THE HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE A journey told through stories and songs into Doggerland, the ancient region that once joined the east coast of England to... -
America: Made in Britain by Tom Arms
RRP: $38.00Booksplease Price: $27.65A key element of the American dream is an unwavering belief in its uniqueness. Somehow, it has become an article of faith that the United States emerged from the political mists of 1776 as a fully... -
Bygone Fraserburgh by Jim Buchan 9781840332179
RRP: $22.71Booksplease Price: $21.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840332179Author Jim BuchanFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint -
God Save Texas: A Journey into the Future of America by Lawrence Wright
RRP: $20.88Booksplease Price: $17.54'This is a funny, pointed love letter to Texas, at once elegiac and clear-eyed' Ben Macintyre, The Times From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, God Save Texas is a journey... -
The Book Collectors of Daraya: A Band of Syrian Rebels, Their Underground Library, and the Stories that Carried Them Through a War by Delphine Minoui
RRP: $18.98Booksplease Price: $14.69'The Book Collectors of Daraya celebrates the political and therapeutic power of the written word . . . defiant and cautiously optimistic' Financial Times'[An] incredible chronicle . . . The book... -
The Grimoire Encyclopaedia: Volume 1: A convocation of spirits, texts, materials, and practices by David Rankine 9781914166365
Booksplease Price: $72.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914166365Author David RankineFormat PaperbackPage Count 756Imprint -
Women in Thirteenth-Century Lincolnshire by Louise J. Wilkinson 9780861933341
RRP: $51.28Booksplease Price: $45.94A detailed investigation of the place of women in thirteenth-century society, using individual case studies to reappraise orthodox opinion. This book offers the first regional study of women in... -
How to Be a Texan: The Manual by Andrea Valdez 9781477309315
RRP: $36.08Booksplease Price: $31.69There are certain things every Texan should know how to do and say, whether your Lone Star roots reach all the way back to the 1836 Republic or you were just transplanted here yesterday. Some of... -
A Brief History of Roman Britain Joan P. Alcock 9781845297282
RRP: $24.68Booksplease Price: $17.59In BC 55 Julius Caesar came, saw, conquered and then left. It was not until AD 43 that the Emperor Claudius crossed the channel and made Britain the western outpost of the Roman Empire that would... -
Modern Brazil: A Very Short Introduction by Anthony W. Pereira 9780198812081
RRP: $18.98Booksplease Price: $13.78Brazil is associated in many people's minds with conviviality, sensuality, and natural beauty. Yet the country behind these images and associations is something of an enigma. It is alternately... -
The Oxford History of World War II by Richard Overy 9780192884084
RRP: $27.53Booksplease Price: $20.18Histories you can trust. World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandably left a long and dark... -
British Escort Carriers 1941-45 by Angus Konstam
RRP: $24.68Booksplease Price: $18.58In 1941, as the Battle of the Atlantic raged and ship losses mounted, the British Admiralty desperately tried to find ways to defeat the U-Boat threat to Britain's maritime lifeline. Facing a... -
Neomedievalism, Neoconservatism and the War on Terror by Bruce Holsinger 9780976147596
RRP: $19.00Booksplease Price: $16.26President Bush was roundly criticized for likening America's antiterrorism measures to a "crusade" in 2001. Far from just a gaffe, however, such medievalism has become a dominant paradigm for... -
Victorian Recipes by Pitkin 9781841653655
RRP: $9.50Booksplease Price: $8.23This charming little book provides a feast of original recipes from Victorian times, which are still perfectly reliable today. How about spring soup or mayonnaise of chicken in shells to start?... -
South Sudan: A New History for a New Nation by Douglas H. Johnson
RRP: $28.48Booksplease Price: $24.68Africa's newest nation has a long history. Often considered remote and isolated from the rest of Africa, and usually associated with the violence of slavery and civil war, South Sudan has been an... -
The Book of Five Rings Miyamoto Musashi 9781611806403
RRP: $18.98Booksplease Price: $14.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806403Author Miyamoto MusashiFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint
SAS Combat Vehicles 1942-91 by Gavin Mortimer
RRP: $24.68Booksplease Price: $19.49A concise illustrated history of the Special Air Service's lightweight, heavily armed vehicles and their combat use. The SAS, the world's most famous special operations unit, made its name in the...
Hitler's Last Secretary: A Firsthand Account of Life with Hitler by Traudl Junge 9781611453232
RRP: $37.98Booksplease Price: $25.23In 1942 Germany, Traudl Junge was a young woman with dreams of becoming a ballerina when she was offered the chance of a lifetime. At the age of twenty-two she became private secretary to Adolf...
Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War: 1938-1941 by Alan Allport 9781781257821
RRP: $20.88Booksplease Price: $15.49WINNER OF THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN A TIMES AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Britain's wartime story has been told many times, but never as cleverly as this.' Dominic Sandbrook In the bleak...
Medieval Military Medicine: From the Vikings to the High Middle Ages by Burfield, Brian 9781526754745
RRP: $38.00Booksplease Price: $28.96Soldiers of the Middle Ages faced razor-sharp swords and axes that could slice through flesh with gruesome ease, while spears and arrows were made to puncture both armour and the wearer, and even...
The Pianist of Yarmouk by Aeham Ahmad
RRP: $20.88Booksplease Price: $15.11The incredible and inspirational true story of one young man's struggle to find peace during war, and the power of music to bring hope to a desperate nation. 'Ahmad has created a moving and visceral...
Germanic Warrior, AD 236-568 by Simon MacDowall 9781855325869
RRP: $28.48Booksplease Price: $22.78The 3rd to the 6th centuries saw the collapse of the classical Mediterranean civilization and the emergence of new states in western Europe based on the Germanic warrior society. This book focuses...
In The Steps Of The Master by H. Morton 9780306810817
RRP: $38.00Booksplease Price: $35.72Here, in the spirit of Bruce Feiler's beloved bestseller Walking the Bible , is a portrait of the Holy Land as a physical embodiment of faith. Dramatically conjuring the beauty of Israel's...
The Roman Invasion of Britain: Archaeology versus History by Hoffmann, Birgitta 9781526756633
RRP: $28.48Booksplease Price: $22.38The purpose of this book is to take what we think we know about the Roman Conquest of Britain from historical sources, and compare it with the archaeological evidence, which is often contradictory...
Big Chief Elizabeth: How England's Adventurers Gambled and Won the New World by Giles Milton
RRP: $24.68Booksplease Price: $18.77In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of North American Indians had made her their weroanza - 'big chief'.The news was received with great joy, both by the Queen...