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Groundcrew Boys: True Engineering Stories from the Cold War Front Line David Gledhill 9781911667025
RRP: $48.75$34.36Have you read stories of 'derring-do' from former operational aircrew and been left wondering what went on in the hangars and on the airfields, as those aircraft were serviced and prepared for flight? In this edition of the Boys series, you'll... -
Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal by Andreas Viestad 9781789147827
RRP: $21.43$15.35'There is more history in a bowl of pasta than in the Colosseum,' writes Andreas Viestad in Dinner in Rome. From the table of a classic Roman restaurant, Viestad takes us on a fascinating culinary exploration of the Eternal City, and global civilization... -
Chronicles of the Crusades by sire de Jean Joinville
RRP: $25.33$18.21The Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffrey of Villehardouin and The Life of Saint Louis by John of Joinville are eye-witness accounts of going to war in the service of God. In the first years of the thirteenth century Villehardouin served as an envoy in... -
Queen of the Sea: A History of Lisbon by Barry Hatton
RRP: $33.13$29.41Lisbon's charm is legendary, but its vibrant 2,000-year history is not widely known, from its Roman legacy to its centuries under Moorish rule. Its journey from port town to Portugal's capital was not always smooth sailing-in 1755 the city was devastated... -
Birmingham: Remembering the 50s and 60s by Alton Douglas
$24.12Birmingham's Got Talent! Well, there can't be any question about that - a shopping centre that has always rivalled almost anywhere in existence, a manufacturing industry with a worldwide reputation andtheatres and cinemas in abundance.In this collection... -
Sunshine and Laughter: The Story of Morecambe & Wise by Louis Barfe 9781838933388
RRP: $19.48$14.06The unique story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise - British television's most iconic double act. 'A warm and sympathetic portrait of two pals who conquered the world simply by radiating hilarious friendship' Sunday Times 'Barfe lifts the lid on the... -
Going Downtown: The US Air Force over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, 1961–75 by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver 9781472848758
RRP: $29.23$21.35This vivid narrative history tells the full story of the US Air Force's involvement in the wars in the air over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The involvement of the US Air Force in the Southeast Asian Wars began in 1962 with crews sent to train... -
Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari
RRP: $21.43$15.58Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Great men, and their immortal works, are brought vividly to life, as Vasari... -
The Afrikaners: A Concise History by Hermann Giliomee 9780624089896
RRP: $31.18$26.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780624089896Author Hermann GiliomeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Tafelberg Publishers LtdPublisher Tafelberg Publishers LtdWeight(grams)... -
Panzer IV, Medium Tank: German Army and Waffen-SS Normandy Campaign , Summer 1944 by Oliver, Dennis 9781399018043
RRP: $33.13$23.95When the Allied armies landed on the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944 the backbone of the armoured reaction force awaiting them was made up of 758 Pzkpfw IV tanks, a number which represents almost half the fully-tracked vehicles available for the defence... -
The Yompers: With 45 Commando in the Falklands War by Ian R. Gardiner
RRP: $25.33$21.35Called to action on 2 April 1982, the men of 45 Commando Royal Marines assembled from around the world to sail 8,000 miles to recover the Falkland Islands from Argentine invasion. Lacking helicopters and short of food, they 'yomped' in appalling weather... -
Battle Book of Ypres by Beatrix Brice 9781473821231
$49.84Of the many hard-fought battles on the Western Front, Ypres stands out as an example of almost inhuman endeavour. For four long years it was the focal point of desperate fighting. Officially there were four main battles in 1914, 1915, 1917 and 1918;... -
Army Girls: The secrets and stories of military service from the final few women who fought in World War II Tessa Dunlop 9781472282118
RRP: $21.43$14.63Army Girls is the intimate story of the final few women who served in World War II and are still alive to tell their tale. They were female soldiers in a war Britain wanted to fight without conscripting women. It was a vain hope, by December 1941 for the... -
Chilli & Mint: Indian Home Cooking from A British Kitchen by Torie True 9781910863879
RRP: $48.75$30.52Chilli and Mint will be an instant favourite for anyone who is interested in food and spice (but not necessarily spicy food!) or the intricacies of Indian home cooking. Written by Torie True, an established food writer and cookery teacher, this beautiful... -
The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden by Dr Chloe Duckworth
RRP: $48.75$36.82The Great British Dig brings history and archaeology closer to home than ever before. Each week a team of archaeologists (led by presenter Hugh Dennis) descend on streets and gardens the length and breadth of the country to discover the treasures we... -
The Medieval Cannon 1326-1494 by Jonathan Davies
RRP: $25.33$17.92The first illustration of a cannon in Europe can be dated quite precisely to 1326. This book explores the development of gunpowder, the earliest appearance of cast-bronze cannon in Western Europe, followed by the design and development of the... -
The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West by David Kilcullen 9781787380981
RRP: $48.75$43.74In 1993, a newly-appointed CIA director warned that Western powers might have 'slain a large dragon' with the fall of the USSR, but now faced a 'bewildering variety of poisonous snakes'. Since then, both dragons (state enemies like Russia and China) and... -
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: One Volume Abridged Edition Sir Sir Winston S. Churchill 9781350042940
RRP: $46.78$41.28'This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of... -
Pilgrimage to the Western Front: By the Men Who Went Back to the Old Frontline by Mike Hill 9781781559130
RRP: $58.50$41.63In the years after the First World War, thousands of men who had fought on the battlefields were drawn back to the Western Front. For the former soldier, these journeys of remembrance offered a chance to pay homage to their past and to see what peace... -
The Annals by Cornelius Tacitus 9780872205581
RRP: $40.93$36.54A.J. Woodman's translation combines accuracy and Tacitean invention, masterfully conveying Tacitus' distinctive and powerful manner of expression, and reflecting the best of current scholarship. An introductory essay discusses Tacitus' career, the period... -
Fighting for the French Foreign Legion: Memoirs of a Scottish Legionnaire by Alex Lochrie 9781783376155
RRP: $25.33$17.92The author describes how he joined the French Foreign Legion, without being able to speak any French and very close to the age limit. He takes the reader through the vigorous selection procedure, the relentless recruit regime and then elite Second... -
The Industrial Revolution Explained: Steam, Sparks and Massive Wheels by Stan Yorke 9781853069352
RRP: $17.53$14.86In this concise illustrated guide, Stan Yorke tells the story of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, simplifying an otherwise complicated subject with his easy-to-follow writing style. Illustrations, photography and detailed line drawings by Trevor... -
Parliament: The Biography (Volume I - Ancestral Voices) by Chris Bryant
RRP: $33.13$23.95The history of Parliament is the history of the United Kingdom itself. It has a cast of thousands. Some were ambitious, visionary and altruistic. Others were hot-headed, violent and self-serving. Few were unambiguously noble. Yet their rowdy... -
New York. Portrait of a City by Reuel Golden 9783836505147
RRP: $97.50$94.46This book presents the epic story of New York on nearly 600 pages of emotional, atmospheric photographs, from the mid-19th century to the present day. Supplementing this treasure trove of images are over a hundred quotations and references from seminal... -
Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island by Ian Cobain 9781846276422
RRP: $21.43$14.70On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a car and crossed the countryside to the town of Lisburn. Within an hour, they had killed an off-duty policeman in front of his young son. In Anatomy of a... -
The Jail Busters: The Secret Story of MI6, the French Resistance and Operation Jericho Robert Lyman 9781784290177
RRP: $25.33$16.97In the new year of 1944 the French Resistance in northern France was on its knees. Relentless attacks on its diverse and disorganised networks by the Gestapo and the Abwehr had put many of its best operatives in prison, or worse. But in the lead up to... -
Life in a Medieval Castle by Joseph Gies 9780062414793
RRP: $21.43$14.55"Some particular books I found useful for A Game of Thrones and its sequels deserve mention...Life in a Medieval Castle and Life in a Medieval City, both by Joseph and Frances Gies." -George R.R. Martin, author of the series A Song of Ice and... -
U-Boat Owners' Workshop Manual: An insight into the design, construction and operation of the most advanced attack submarine ever operated by the Royal Navy by Alan Gallop 9780857334046
RRP: $58.50$41.44ALAN GALLOP is an author, journalist and public relations consultant. His books include Buffalo Bill's British Wild West (2001), Children of the Dark (2002), Mr Stanley I Presume (2004), Time Flies: Heathrow at 60 (2005), Subsmash (2007), The Martians... -
Origins of English Individualism: The Family Property and Social Transition Alan Macfarlane (Cambridge University) 9780631127611
RRP: $42.80$38.26The Origins of English Individualism is about the nature of English society during the five centuries leading up to the Industrial Revolution, and the crucial differences between England and other European nations. Drawing upon detailed studies of... -
European History For Dummies by Sean Lang 9780470978184
RRP: $40.93$28.00Read about the world's smallest continent's incredible history: From Greek gods and mad Roman emperors to kings, queens, Visigoths, and Normans You meet Visigoths in Africa and Normans in Sicily; an Italian who talked to his books and another who... -
The Highland Clearances Trail by Rob Gibson
RRP: $15.58$11.78The Highland Clearances Trail answers the where, why, what and whens of the Highland Clearances. Taking you around the significant sites of the Highland Clearances this vivid guide gives a scholarly introduction to a tragic moment in Scotland's history... -
A Treasury of Aisha: A Guidance from the Beloved of the Beloved by Sofia Rehman
RRP: $21.43$14.82'Aisha bint Abu Bakr (RA) has been an inspiration and paragon for Muslims since the first generation of Believers emerged. Hailed as a guiding light, a fount of wisdom and a purveyor of the Prophetic mission, Aisha's words have illuminated Islamic... -
20th Century Britain: Economic, Cultural and Social Change by Nicole Robertson
RRP: $66.28$64.2720th Century Britain provides an authoritative and accessible survey of contemporary research on economic activity, society, political development and culture. Written by leading academics, it examines recent advances in scholarship and gives a grounding... -
Coercion, Capital and European States, A.D. 990 - 1992 Charles Tilly (New School for Social Research) 9781557863683
RRP: $62.30$54.74In this pathbreaking work, now available in paperback, Charles Tilly challenges all previous formulations of state development in Europe. Specifically, Tilly charges that most available explanations fail because they do not account for the great variety... -
Canberra Vol 2 by K. Delve 9781781558751
RRP: $97.50$71.25An aviation legend designed in the mid-1940s, the Canberra entered service in 1951 with RAF Bomber Command. It served in the conventional, interdictor and nuclear bomber role with the RAF, in the UK, Germany, the Middle East and Far East. Its performance... -
Celtic On This Day: History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year by David Potter
RRP: $19.48$14.06Celtic FC On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the club's glorious past, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable diary of Hoops history - with an entry for... -
1922: Scenes from a Turbulent Year Nick Rennison 9780857305015
RRP: $19.48$13.651922 was a year of great turbulence and upheaval. Its events reverberated throughout the rest of the twentieth century and still affect us today, 100 years later. Empires fell. The Ottoman Empire collapsed after more than six centuries. The British... -
Lost Cars of the 1940s and '50s by Giles Chapman 9780750999458
RRP: $38.98$29.76Sixty diverse cars, sixty fascinating stories, sixty contrasting specifications, just one uniting factor: they're all forgotten, neglected or misunderstood classics.Motoring in the 1940s and '50s spanned from post-war austerity to the... -
French Foreign Legionnaire vs Viet Minh Insurgent: North Vietnam 1948-52 by Martin Windrow
RRP: $31.18$22.64The French Indochina War (1946-54) was the largest of the first generation of post-World War II wars of decolonization as Vietminh insurgents sought to topple their French colonial masters. It was also unique in that the insurgency evolved from low-level... -
Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times by Thomas R. Martin
RRP: $35.08$30.01This compact yet comprehensive history brings ancient Greek civilization alive, from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B.C. "A highly readable account of ancient Greece."-Kirkus Reviews Focusing on the development of the Greek city-state and the...