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Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016 by Steve Coll
RRP: $24.50$17.56Winner of the the National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction'Spellbinding ... a magisterial account of the great tragedy of our age ... it is a classic' Evening Standard'In the finest traditions of American investigative journalism' The... -
A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History by Edward Wilson-Lee
RRP: $32.25$21.71A Times History Book of the Year 2022 A TLS Book of the Year 2022 'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMES From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective... -
Brazilian Adventure Peter Fleming 9781780602004
RRP: $19.34$11.95It began with an advertisement in the agony column of The Times: Leaving England June, to explore rivers Central Brazil, if possible ascertain fate Colonel Fawcett; abundance game, big and small; exceptional fishing; room two more guns. Colonel Fawcett... -
Eduqas GCSE (9-1) History: The Development of Germany, 1919-1991 by Rob Quinn
$31.11Exam board: EduqasLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: June 2018Endorsed by EduqasHelp every student to achieve their best, with bespoke support for Eduqas GCSE History from the leading History publisher for secondary... -
First Casualty: The Six-Day Battle That Began Two Decades of War in Afghanistan by Toby Harnden
RRP: $12.89$7.69'Gripping ... A terrific action narrative' Max Hastings 'Reads like a Tom Clancy thriller, yet every word is true ... This is modern warfare close-up and raw' Andrew Roberts Bestselling and Orwell Prize-winning author Toby Harnden tells the gripping and... -
No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the Seal Teams to the Bin Laden Raid by Will Chesney
RRP: $25.80$19.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250756961Author Will ChesneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
USAAF in Suffolk by Peter W. Bodle 9781781553466
RRP: $25.80$19.72The East of England, particularly Suffolk, became a new home for thousands of American airmen during the Second World War. After starting to arrive in 1942, there were over 10,000 in the country by 1943. The largest concentration was in Suffolk, which... -
Hitler's British Traitors: The Secret History of Spies, Saboteurs and Fifth Columnists Tim Tate 9781785785610
RRP: $14.18$9.44'Tim Tate, in Hitler's British Traitors, [explores] the entire grimy landscape of British treachery during the Second World War and the astonishing rogues' gallery of traitors working to help Nazi Germany win. [He makes] excellent use of the vast trove... -
Five Bears by Catherine Rayner 9781529051278
RRP: $16.76$11.73A gorgeously illustrated book about friendship and looking past differences from the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal winner Catherine Rayner.Bear is walking through the forest, minding his own business when he comes across another bear. The Other bear is... -
Everyday Fashion in Found Photographs: American Women of the Late 19th Century by Lisa Hodgkins
RRP: $37.40$35.82In the last half of the 19th century, the women of America were beginning to develop their own sense of style. Although influenced by European fashions and the social and economic changes of the time, they made clothing choices based upon their personal... -
Waterloo: Four Days that Changed Europe's Destiny by Tim Clayton
RRP: $19.34$13.16The bloodbath at Waterloo ended a war that had engulfed the world for over twenty years. It also finished the career of the charismatic Napoleon Bonaparte. It ensured the final liberation of Germany and the restoration of the old European monarchies,... -
1920s Scrapbook Robert Opie 9780954795467
RRP: $19.29$13.91With over 1,000 colourful images, Robert Opie brings to life the 1920s and captures the mood of this radical decade in Great Britain. The Twenties were a time for change and invention. The arrival of the wireless provided a new form of entertainment and... -
Insignia of the Waffen-SS: Cuff Titles, Collar Tabs, Shoulder Boards and Badges by Rolf Michaelis
RRP: $24.50$16.34All of the uniform-specific insignia used by the Waffen-SS in World War II are presented in this concise, all-color book. Included are sleeve and cap eagles in their various versions, collar tabs, sleeve shields, and cuff titles, as well as shoulder... -
The Black Death: The Intimate Story of a Village in Crisis 1345-50 John Hatcher 9780753823071
RRP: $14.18$9.55How the people of a typical English village lived and died in the worst epidemic in history.The Black Death remains the greatest disaster to befall humanity, killing about half the population of the planet in the 14th century. John Hatcher recreates... -
The Nine Cloud Dream by Kim Man-Jung
RRP: $16.76$12.64A Buddhist journey reminscent of Dante's Inferno exploring the illusions of human life, published here in the first new translation in forty yearsOften considered the greatest work of classic Korean fiction, The Nine Cloud Dream poses the question: will... -
The Forest Brotherhood: Baltic Resistance against the Nazis and Soviets by Dan Kaszeta
RRP: $32.25$28.42Stalin's USSR and Hitler's Reich-- the populations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania had been subjected to a brutal Soviet occupation in 1940, Nazi invasion in 1941, and Soviet re-occupation in 1944, falsely branded as 'liberation'. Variously labelled... -
Ataturk Patrick Kinross 9781842125991
RRP: $24.50$16.96The definitive biography of the father of modern Turkey, a powerful figure in the still-unfolding drama of the Middle East.With the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War came the emergence of new nations, chief among them Turkey itself... -
Freedom: How we lose it and how we get it back by Nathan Law
RRP: $19.34$14.13'Nathan Law's agonising account of China's ruthless takeover of Hong Kong provides a terrible insight into Beijing's ambitions - the world needs to read this.' - Jon Snow 'In Freedom, Nathan Law paints a deeply personal portrait of sheer courage... An... -
Operation Ro-Go 1943: Japanese air power tackles the Bougainville landings by Mr Michael John Claringbould 9781472855572
RRP: $21.92$15.84A compelling account of the failure of Imperial Japan's Operation Ro-Go, intended to take the offensive in the Solomons theater of the Pacific War, but which became Japan's first line of defense against the Allies' Rabaul raids and Bougainville landings... -
Architect's Legal Handbook: The Law for Architects by Anthony Speaight QC
RRP: $61.91$55.22The Architect's Legal Handbook is the most widely used reference on the law for practicing architects and the established textbook on law for architectural students. Since the last edition of this book in 2010, the legal landscape in which architecture... -
The First World War: An Illustrated History by A. J. P. Taylor
RRP: $16.76$11.73A. J. P. Taylor was one of the most acclaimed and uncompromising historians of the twentieth century. In this clear, lively and now-classic account of the First World War, he tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West, through... -
Origins of the Sphinx: Celestial Guardian of Pre-Pharaonic Civilization by Robert M. Schoch 9781620555255
RRP: $24.50$20.70In this provocative collaboration from two Egyptology outsiders, Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D., and Robert Bauval combine their decades of research to show how the Sphinx is thousands of years older than the conventional Egyptological timeline and was built by... -
My Great Arab Melancholy by Lamia Ziadé 9780745348155
RRP: $32.24$21.13My Great Arab Melancholy is a beautiful, tragic and award-winning book from Lebanese writer and illustrator Lamia Ziade. Blending the author's years of research, personal memoir and more than 300 illustrations, this compelling history of the modern Arab... -
British Aircraft Carriers: Design, Development and Service Histories by David Hobbs 9781848321380
RRP: $58.05$44.13This book is a meticulously detailed history of British aircraft-carrying ships from the earliest experimental vessels to the Queen Elizabeth class, currently under construction and the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy. Individual chapters... -
Eleanor Marx: A Life by Rachel Holmes
RRP: $16.76$11.73The extraordinary and dramatic biography of the first modern feminist, who spent her entire life fighting for the principle of equality 'Gripping ... Most lives would be overshadowed by such a melodramatic end. But Marx's life was so much more than a... -
Hermann and Arthur Goering: The Nazi and the Renegade by James Wyllie
RRP: $16.76$12.41They were the most unlikely siblings - one, Adolf Hitler's most trusted henchman, the other a fervent anti-Nazi. Hermann Goering was a founder member of the Nazi Party, who became commander of the Luftwaffe, ordering the terror bombing of civilians and... -
The Kings and Queens of Britain by John Cannon
RRP: $18.05$13.98This authoritative and accessible guide to the British monarchy spans the Romano-British rulers of 55 BC to the present day House of Windsor. Generously illustrated with maps, photos, paintings, and genealogies, it contains a wealth of information on the... -
The Federalist Papers by James Madison
RRP: $16.76$11.73Written at a time when furious arguments were raging about the best way to govern America, The Federalist Papers had the immediate pratical aim of persuading New Yorkers to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. In this they were supremely... -
If I Die in a Combat Zone by Tim O'Brien
RRP: $12.89$9.37Hailed as one of the finest books to emerge from the Vietnam War, If I Die in a Combat Zone is a fascinating insight into the lives of the soldiers caught in the conflict. First published in 1973, this intensely personal novel about one foot... -
Lancashire Murders by Alan Hayhurst
RRP: $21.92$16.69Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Lancashire's history. The cases covered here record the county's most fascinating but least known crimes, as well as famous murders that gripped not just... -
Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet by Nicholas Reeves
RRP: $16.76$11.09One of the most compelling and controversial figures in history, Akhenaten has captured the imagination like no other Egyptian pharaoh. Known today as a heretic, Akhenaten sought to impose upon Egypt and its people the worship of a single god - the sun -... -
The Little Book of Belfast by Raymond O'Regan 9781803994062
RRP: $16.76$12.41Did You Know? Belfast's motto is Pro Tanto Quid Retribuamus: 'What shall we give in return for so much?' In 1170, the first Belfast Castle was established in what is now Castle Place. The present castle on Cavehill dates from 1870 and was gifted to the... -
Gothic Whitby by Colin Waters 9780752452913
RRP: $19.34$14.90This fascinating volume celebrates every aspect of Whitby's Gothic past. With a detailed exploration of the town's connection with Dracula (including historical events such as the beaching of the Dmitri and a visit to many of the book's most famous... -
Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader by Michael Parenti 9780872864825
RRP: $32.24$28.02Internationally acclaimed, award-winning author Michael Parenti is one of America's most astute and engaging political analysts. Parenti's work has enlightened and enlivened readers for many years, covering a wide range of subjects. Here is a rich... -
Richard III: The Road to Leicester by Amy Licence
RRP: $20.63$14.00Following the dramatic announcement that Richard III's body had been discovered, past controversies have been matched by fresh disputes. Why is Richard III England's most controversial king? The question of his reburial has provoked national debate and... -
The Curtain and the Wall: A Journey in the Shadow of the Cold War by Timothy Phillips
RRP: $25.80$17.88A landmark journey along the full length of the old Iron Curtain - from the Arctic Circle to Turkey's eastern border - tracing the history of the Cold War and meeting the people who live with its legacy. The Iron Curtain divided the continent of... -
City on Fire: Kingston upon Hull 1939-45 by Nick Cooper
RRP: $20.63$14.00During the Second World War Hull spent more than 1,000 hours under air-raid alerts and was the target of the first daylight raid of the war and the last piloted air raid on Britain. The city was vulnerable because it was a port and industrial centre... -
African Origin of Civilization by Diop 9781556520723
RRP: $19.29$14.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556520723Author Cheikh Anta DiopFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint A Cappella BooksPublisher A Cappella BooksWeight(grams) 381g -
Never a Duke: a perfectly romantic Regency tale for fans of Bridgerton by Grace Burrowes
RRP: $12.89$8.77'Grace Burrowes is terrific!' Julia Quinn, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Bridgerton seriesA proper lady must choose between society or the untitled gentleman who has stolen her heart in this captivating Regency romance, perfect for fans of... -
Bedlam: London's Hospital for the Mad by Paul Chambers 9780750991483
RRP: $14.18$11.53Bethlem Hospital is the oldest mental institution in the world, to many famously known as 'Bedlam': a chaotic madhouse that brutalised its patients. Paul Chambers explores the 800-year history of Bethlem and reveals fascinating details of its ambivalent...