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Britain'S 'Brown Babies': The Stories of Children Born to Black GIS and White Women in the Second World War by Lucy Bland 9781526133267
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $26.18This book recounts a little-known history of the estimated 2,000 babies born to black GIs and white British women in the second world war. The African-American press named these children 'brown... -
Charles I and the People of England by David Cressy 9780198708308
RRP: $23.44Booksplease Price: $19.00The story of the reign of Charles I -- told through the lives of his people. Prize-winning historian David Cressy mines the widest range of archival and printed sources, including ballads,... -
Betrayal in Berlin: George Blake, the Berlin Tunnel and the Greatest Conspiracy of the Cold War Steve Vogel 9781473647510
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $11.95'Riveting and vivid ... At the heart of the book is Blake's own remarkable story, which Vogel tells with some sympathy, if not approval. It reads like a Hollywood screenplay' Foreign Affairs'A... -
The Suffragettes In Pictures by Diane Atkinson
RRP: $30.15Booksplease Price: $18.20This book draws extensively on the little-known but important Suffragette Fellowship Collection of archive photographs, newspapers, personal correspondence, artefacts and memoirs, to present a vivid... -
Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege by Marcus Luttrell 9780316067591
Booksplease Price: $24.46In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al-Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold... -
Samurai: A Concise History by Michael Wert
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $13.39The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century,... -
Echoes from the Sky: Acoustic Detection of Aircraft Richard Newton Scarth 9781872836171
RRP: $20.03Booksplease Price: $14.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872836171Author Richard Newton ScarthFormat PaperbackPage Count 448 -
Harry's Last Stand: How the world my generation built is falling down, and what we can do to save it Harry Leslie Smith 9781848317369
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $8.86'A kind of epic poem, one that moves in circular fashion from passionate denunciation to intense autobiographical reflection ... should be required reading for every MP, peer, councillor, civil... -
The Bombing of London 1940-41: The Blitz and its impact on the capital by John Conen
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $14.02This is the story of the London Blitz of 1940-41 and is a combination of social and military history of this time. The title emphasises bombing over blitz as the word 'Blitz' has now taken on a much... -
Royal Observer Corps: The Eyes and Ears of the RAF in WWII by History, An Official 9781399019798
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $13.59The key roles played by the Royal Observer Corps in the Second World War have, all too often, been overshadowed by more glamourous arms of the defence forces. The teams in the Sector Stations,... -
Boulton Paul Defiant: An Illustrated History by Alec Brew
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.51Fighting over the beaches of Dunkirk and in the Battle of Britain, guarding the night skies during the perilous months of the Blitz, pioneering electronic countermeasures, and serving air-sea rescue... -
The Queen's Castle at Windsor: Fortress, Palace, Home by Elizabeth Newbery
RRP: $9.31Booksplease Price: $7.28The official children's guide to Windsor Castle, containing fun activities to break up the commentary or enhance a visit -Combines historical accuracy with humor and a lightness of touch appropriate... -
Xenophon's Retreat: Greece, Persia and the end of the Golden Age by Robin Waterfield
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.05It is 401 BC. After an epic battle in Persia, Xenophon is elected general of the defeated Greek army and must lead the men on a fraught journey back home - a journey of hundreds of miles, north from... -
White Hart Lane: The Spurs Glory Years 1899-2017 Martin Lipton (Chief Football Writer) 9781409169277
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.24A complete history of White Hart Lane, the home of Tottenham Hotspur from 1899 to 2017 and the setting for some of their greatest successes.For a football supporter, a real fan, there is nothing more... -
Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change, 1970-2000 by R. F. Foster
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37R.F. Foster's Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change, 1970-2000 examines how the country has weathered thirty years of rapid transformation, and what these changes may mean in the long run. ... -
Building Durham Cathedral by Brian K. Roberts 9781803991184
RRP: $24.11Booksplease Price: $18.55Durham Cathedral was completed nearly 900 years ago, after 40 years of construction. Inevitably it has suffered from the effects of time: physical erosion, from the weather and increasing pollution... -
The Legacy of Rome: How the Roman Empire Shaped the Modern World by Simon Elliott
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.08The world of the Roman Republic and Empire is still very much with us, alive and a key companion as we negotiate the trials and tribulations of modern life. We don't just walk in the footsteps of... -
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the American War of Independence by Digby Smith
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $21.48The uniforms of the fighting men of the American War of Independence are a vivid illustration of the difficulties and complexities of the conflict, and this book brings together for the first time a... -
The Knight Who Saved England: William Marshal and the French Invasion, 1217 by Richard Brooks 9781849085502
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79In 1217 England was facing her darkest hour, with foreign troops pillaging the country and defeat close at hand. But, at the battle of Lincoln, the seventy-year-old William Marshal led his men to a... -
Traces of Enayat by Iman Mersal 9781913505721
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.89When Iman Mersal stumbles upon a great - yet forgotten - novel written by Enayat al-Zayyat, a young woman who killed herself in 1963, four years before her book was published, Mersal begins to... -
Convair B-36 Peacemaker Manual: 1948-59 (all marks and models) by David Baker
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $23.29With six powerful radial engines and four turbojets paired in pods, the B-36 was the largest American aircraft to enter volume production, joining the US Air Force in 1948 as the world's first... -
Cold War Scotland Samuel J.M.M. Alberti 9781910682524
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.07Scotland’s unique geography and topography provided a useful base for Allied military preparations during the Cold War, a 40-year nuclear stand-off between the USA and the Soviet Union ending with... -
The Story of Greece and Rome by Tony Spawforth 9780300251647
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.39The extraordinary story of the intermingled civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, spanning more than six millennia, from the late Bronze Age to the seventh century The magnificent civilization... -
Bearing Witness: Prison Stories from a Woman's Fight Against Fascism Mercedes Núñez Targa 9780745349084
RRP: $24.11Booksplease Price: $21.43'Thanks to this superb translation, English-language readers finally have access to a classic work of prison literature that has played a major role in keeping alive the memory of the crimes of... -
Latin Inscriptions Dirk Booms 9780714122885
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41Latin inscriptions can appear daunting - a jumble of letters without any structure or meaning. However, once you know how, most are easy to read as they follow strict rules of grammar and... -
Great Yarmouth: Photographic Memories by Clive Tully 9781859374269
RRP: $20.10Booksplease Price: $12.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859374269Author Clive TullyFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint -
Covert Regime Change: America's Secret Cold War by Lindsey A. O'Rourke 9781501761737
RRP: $33.49Booksplease Price: $26.79O'Rourke's book offers a onestop shop for understanding foreignimposed regime change. Covert Regime Change is an impressive book and required reading for anyone interested in understanding hidden... -
The Royal Dragoon Guards: A Regimental History, 1685-2018 by Peter MacFarlane 9781472838599
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $17.41The Royal Dragoon Guards have a long and distinguished history dating from 1685.Originally raised as regiments of horse and dragoons, they were subsequently designated as the 4th, 5th and 7th Dragoon... -
The Witches of Fife: Witch-Hunting in a Scottish Shire, 1560-1710 by Stuart MacDonald
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.37Along the coast of Fife, in villages like Culross and Pittenweem, history records that some women were executed as witches. Nevertheless, the reality of what happened the night that Janet Cornfoot... -
Someone Else's Empire: British Illusions and American Hegemony by Tom Stevenson 9781804291481
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $17.26SOMEONE ELSE'S EMPIRE dispels the myth of a 'Global Britain' that punches above its weight in the world. The reality, argues Tom Stevenson, is that Britain lacks even the barest outline of an... -
Asquith by Stephen Bates 9781904950578
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37Asquith's administration laid the foundation of Britain's welfare state, but he was plunged into a major power struggle with the House of Lords. The budget of 1909 was vetoed by the hereditary upper... -
Island Infernos: The Us Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944 by John C McManus
RRP: $44.21Booksplease Price: $31.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451475060Author John C. McmanusFormat HardbackPage Count 656Imprint -
Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000 by Claudia Kinmonth 9781782054054
Booksplease Price: $82.57This major illustrated study investigates farmhouse and cabin furniture from all over the island of Ireland. It discusses the origins and evolution of useful objects, what materials were used and... -
St. Aubin - Sword and Juno Beaches 1944 by Tony Painter
Booksplease Price: $6.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841516929Author Tony PainterImprint -
China's Second Continent by Howard W. French
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307946652Author Howard W. FrenchFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint
Hope and Glory: A People's History of Modern Britain by Stuart Maconie
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.15In Hope and Glory Stuart Maconie goes in search of the days that shaped the Britain we live in today. Taking one event from each decade of the 20th century, he visits the places where history...
Memoirs Of A Revolutionary by Victor Serge
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $13.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590174517Author Victor SergeFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint <
Facing The Mountain: The Forgotten Heroes of World War II by Daniel James Brown
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes the gripping untold story of one of the most heroic units that fought in World War II On December 7th 1941, the Japanese...
The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb by Neal Bascomb
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63It's 1942 and the Nazis are racing to build an atomic bomb. They have the physicists, but they don't have enough 'heavy water' - essential for their nuclear designs. For two years, the Nazis have...
Cartier: The Story Behind the Style by Rachael Taylor
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $12.85Cartier: The Story Behind the Style is a beautifully illustrated, handbag-sized visual history of one of the world's most iconic brands. From the brand's inception in Paris in 1847, Cartier has been...