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British Pacific Fleet by David Hobbs
RRP: $37.03$25.90In August 1944 the British Pacific Fleet did not exist. Six months later it was strong enough to launch air attacks on Japanese territory, and by the end of the war it constituted the most powerful force in the history of the Royal Navy, fighting as... -
British Army Cap Badges of the Second World War by Peter Doyle
RRP: $29.23$23.26In their companion volume to British Army Cap Badges of the First World War, authors Peter Doyle and Chris Foster present an overview of the main cap badges worn by the British Army during the Second World War, which continued the rich and varied... -
Weapons and Fighting Techniques of the Samurai Warrior: 1200-1877AD by Thomas D. Conlan
RRP: $38.98$27.40The Samurai warrior is one of the most famous types of soldier, with his intricate armour, longbow and distinctive katana sword, as well as his strict martial code. But samurai warfare and military culture is much misunderstood in the modern era. In... -
Afghan Air Wars: Soviet, US and NATO operations, 1979–2021 by Michael Napier 9781472859013
RRP: $58.50$43.76Michael Napier details the critical role of air power in the skies over Afghanistan, from the ten-year occupation by the USSR in the 1980s through to the US and NATO campaign from 2001 to 2021. US and British forces, strongly supported by air power,... -
The Turning Tide: A Biography of the Irish Sea by Jon Gower
RRP: $39.00$26.01An immersive history of a pivotal stretch of water 'Fascinating, spellbinding, erudite and great fun.' Roddy Doyle 'Remarkable. Lively ... Gower writes beautifully... -
The Oxford of Inspector Morse: The Original and Best Selling Guide - Covering Every Inspector Morse, Lewis & Endeavour Episode: 25th Anniversary Edition by Antony Richards 9781901091038
RRP: $16.58$14.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901091038Author Antony RichardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Irregular Special PressPublisher Baker Street StudiosWeight(grams)... -
Hungarian Soldier vs Soviet Soldier: Eastern Front 1941 by Peter Mujzer
RRP: $27.28$19.21On 26 June 1941, unidentified bombers attacked the Hungarian town of Kassa, prompting Hungary to join its Axis partners in Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. Hungary's contribution to Barbarossa was designated the Carpathian... -
Morgan's Men: The Inside Story of England's Rise from Cricket World Cup Humiliation to Glory by Nick Hoult
RRP: $48.75$32.94From English cricket's embarrassing failure at the 2015 World Cup to their heart-stopping victory four years later, Nick Hoult and Steve James vividly describe the team's dramatic journey from abject disappointment to finally lifting the trophy. Morgan's... -
Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $25.33$17.92A concisely detailed guide to the Allied tanks that fought from D-Day to the break out from Normandy, their qualities, numbers and performance, and how they were used on the battlefield. When Allied tanks began to roll off the landing craft on D-Day,... -
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: Founding an Empire by Matthew Lewis
RRP: $25.33$16.98Henry II became King of England in 1154 after twenty years of civil war. He was the first Plantagenet king, the founder of England's most successful and longest-ruling dynasty. But Henry did not come to the throne alone. He had married Eleanor of... -
In These Times: Living in Britain through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815 by Jenny Uglow
RRP: $33.13$22.58Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper PrizeAs the Napoleonic wars raged, what was life really like for those left at home? Award-winning social historian Jenny Uglow reveals the colourful and turbulent everyday life of Georgian Britain through the diaries,... -
Voice of the Past: Oral History by Paul Thompson 9780192893178
RRP: $63.36$52.36In this revised edition of Paul Thompson's successful book, he traces oral history through its own past and weighs up the recent achievements of this international movement. He challenges myths of historical scholarship and looks at the use of oral... -
The Twilight of Unionism: Ulster and the Future of Northern Ireland by Geoffrey Bell
RRP: $29.23$24.47The fissures that have split the United Kingdom in the last decades have run through Northern Ireland. Since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the fragile peace has been threatened by Brexit, the rise and fall of the D U P and the failure of power-sharing... -
The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine by Bernard Regan 9781786632487
RRP: $21.43$17.63On November 2, 1917, the British government, represented by Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour, declared that they were in favor of 'the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.' This short note would be one of the most... -
Inside the Tudor Home: Daily Life in the Sixteenth Century by Bethan Watts 9781399089272
RRP: $42.90$34.36Power. Politics. Prosperity. Plague. Tudor England; a country replete with sprawling landscapes, dense forests and twisting urban labyrinths. This is a place of stagnation and of progress; of glorious cultural revolution, where the wheel of fortune is... -
Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire by Niall Ferguson
RRP: $21.43$15.58Is America the new world empire? Presidents from Lincoln to Bush may have denied it but, as Niall Ferguson's brilliant and provocative book shows, the US is in many ways the greatest imperial power of all time. What's more, it always has been an... -
On This Day She: Putting Women Back Into History, One Day At A Time by Tania Hershman
RRP: $48.75$34.69'A joyous and celebratory tribute to all those who battled to be heard, who fought for their achievements to be recognised and honoured, who simply kept going' Kate MosseThe tried and tested 'On This Day in History' format has elevated the stories of... -
National Service: A Generation in Uniform 1945-1963 by Richard Vinen
RRP: $33.13$23.95Winner of the Templer Medal and the Wolfson History PrizeSunday Times Top 10 BestsellerRichard Vinen's National Service is a serious - if often very entertaining - attempt to get to grips with the reality of that extraordinary institution, which now... -
The Dambusters Flip Book by Imperial War Museums 9781904897323
RRP: $7.78$6.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorImperial War Museums have managed a film archive since their establishment in 1917. The constantly growing collection now extends to more than 23,000 hours of... -
Bullocks, Grain, and Good Madeira: The Maratha and Jat Campaigns, 1803-1806 and the Emergence of an Indian Army by Joshua Proven
RRP: $48.75$34.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336547Author Joshua ProvenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Terracotta Warriors: History, Mystery and the Latest Discoveries Edward Burman 9781474606103
RRP: $21.43$12.81Terracotta Warriors provides an intriguing, original and up-to-date account of one of the wonders of the ancient world. Illustrated with a wealth of original photographs, this is the first book available for the general reader. In one of the most... -
Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Howe
RRP: $17.53$12.97A great deal of the world's history is the history of empires. Indeed it could be said that all history is colonial history, if one takes a broad enough definition and goes far enough back. And although the great historic imperial systems, the land-based... -
Flag Fen: Life and Death of a Prehistoric Landscape by Francis Pryor 9780752429007
RRP: $48.75$36.15The Fens of eastern England form a very distinct environment which has produced particular patterns of prehistoric occupation. Dr Francis Pryor, the Director of the Flag Fen Archaeological Trust, gives his own personal account of his discovery and... -
The Time Traveller's Guide to British Theatre: The First Four Hundred Years Aleks Sierz 9781350301764
RRP: $23.38$21.49British theatre is booming. But where do these beautiful buildings and exciting plays come from? And when did the story start? To find out we time travel back to the age of the first Queen Elizabeth in the 16th century, four hundred years ago when there... -
Homo Britannicus: The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain by Chris Stringer
RRP: $21.43$15.58Chris Stringer's Homo Britannicus is the epic history of life in Britain, from man's very first footsteps through to the present day. When did the first people arrive here? What did they look like? How did they survive? Who were the Neanderthals? Chris... -
The Luger Neil Grant 9781472819734
RRP: $29.23$21.35Patented in 1898 and produced from 1900, Georg Luger's iconic semi-automatic pistol became synonymous with Germany's armed forces throughout both world wars. Initially chambered for the 7.65x21mm round, from 1902 the Luger was designed for DWM's... -
Soviet and Russian Special Mission Aircraft by Yefim Gordon 9781800352483
RRP: $68.15$50.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352483Author Yefim GordonFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Library, Books 16-20: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Successors by Diodorus Siculus
RRP: $25.33$18.21Starting with the most meagre resources, Philip made his kingdom the greatest power in Europe The Greek historian Diodorus of Sicily is one of our most valuable sources from ancient times. His history, in forty volumes, was intended to range from... -
The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano: The Black History Classic Olaudah Equiano 9780857089137
RRP: $19.48$13.65DISCOVER THE INDIGNITIES AND REALITIES OF SLAVERY FROM A CAPTIVATING FIRST-HAND NARRATIVE Olaudah Equiano's interesting narrative is an astonishing first-hand account of kidnapping, enslavement and eventual emancipation that has horrified and enlightened... -
Surviving the Home Front: The People and the Media in the Second World War by Stuart Hylton 9781803993560
RRP: $29.23$22.52Terrifying raids, thousands of bombs and countless petrified inhabitants of Britain's busiest cities. These are the prevailing images of the Blitz and the Home Front in the Second World War. However, for the people who experienced it, it was so much more... -
No Want of Courage: The British Army in Flanders, 1793-1795 by R N W Thomas
RRP: $58.40$40.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070401Author R N W ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Pioneers of Aerial Combat: Air Battles of the First World War Michael Foley 9781399074957
RRP: $29.23$21.35When the Wright Brothers made their first flight in the early years of the twentieth century it sparked the imagination of those who wanted to fly, both in their country and around the world. In Britain, however, the spark wasnt strong enough to light a... -
Vietnam War by Geoffrey Ward
RRP: $40.95$29.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984897749Author Geoffrey WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 848Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
The Scottish World: A Journey Into the Scottish Diaspora by Billy Kay
RRP: $25.33$17.92'Thaim wi a guid Scots tongue in their heid are fit tae gang ower the warld' In The Scottish World, renowned broadcaster Billy Kay takes us on a global journey of discovery, highlighting the extraordinary influence the Scots have had on communities and... -
The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told by Tom McCarthy 9781493027026
RRP: $29.23$22.48Exciting rescue stories on the high seas! The Coast Guard's rescue personnel are second to none, and Coast Guard air and sea rescue missions have been the subjects of celebrated newspaper accounts, books, and movies, including The Perfect Storm. ... -
Fighter Ace: The Extraordinary Life of Douglas Bader, Battle of Britain Hero Dilip Sarkar 9781445638195
RRP: $29.23$19.11THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY TO TRULY SEPARATE FACT FROM MYTH AND LEGEND. The story of Douglas Bader, the RAF fighter pilot who shot down twenty enemy fighters during the Second World War despite having lost both his legs, defies fiction. A fighter ace and... -
My History: A Memoir of Growing Up by Lady Antonia Fraser
RRP: $21.43$12.81The childhood and early life memoir of Antonia Fraser, one of our finest narrative historians.Antonia Fraser's magical memoir describes growing up in the 1930s and '40s, but its real concern is with her growing love of history. A fascination that began... -
The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander the Great by James Romm
RRP: $48.75$33.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400079674Author James RommFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
What We Have Lost: The Dismantling of Great Britain James Hamilton-Paterson 9781784972363
RRP: $19.48$14.06'Exquisitely written and ripe with detail' Sunday Times. 'An engaging book... He knows his British stuff' The Times. 'One of England's most skilled and alluring prose writers in or out of fiction, has done something even more original' London Review... -
Elizabeth: A Celebration in Photographs of the Queen's Life and Reign Jennie Bond 9781802796322
RRP: $48.75$31.94Fully revised and updated.Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-serving monarch in British history, with a reign even longer than Queen Victoria. Her extraordinary life is expertly portrayed by Jennie Bond, former BBC royal correspondent, in this...