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De Havilland Mosquito: An Illustrated History by Stuart Howe 9780947554767
RRP: $21.87$16.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780947554767Author Stuart HoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Assume Nothing: Encounters with Assassins, Spies, Presidents, and Would-Be Masters of the Universe by Edward Jay Epstein
RRP: $34.82$23.71Curiosity led Edward Epstein to investigate some of the greatest political mysteries of our time, such as the JFK assassination in Dallas, the Vatican banking scandal in Rome, and the diamond cartel in South Africa. Seeking more information, he often... -
The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War by Gerald Brenan 9781107431751
RRP: $24.50$17.71Gerald Brenan's The Spanish Labyrinth has become the classic account of the background to the Spanish Civil War. Written during and immediately after the Civil War, this book has all the vividness of the author's experience. It represents a struggle to... -
Anzio: The Friction of War Lloyd Clark 9780755314218
RRP: $14.18$9.55This is the story of the Anglo-American amphibious assault and subsequent battle on the Italian west coast at Anzio which was launched in January 1944 in a bold attempt to outflank the formidable German defences known as the 'Gustav Line'. ANZIO - THE... -
Who Killed The King: Volume Two: The Act of Regicide by Robert Temple
RRP: $32.25$22.34History of the execution of King Charles IBook InformationISBN 9781913378110Author Robert TempleFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Eglantyne BooksPublisher Eglantyne Books -
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Dipesh Chakrabarty 9780226732862
RRP: $30.96$29.71For the past decade, historian Dipesh Chakrabarty has been one of the most influential scholars addressing the meaning of climate change. Climate change, he argues, upends long-standing ideas of history, modernity, and globalization. The burden of The... -
The Sudan Handbook by John Ryle
RRP: $25.79$22.72A compact and useable introduction to the understanding of contemporary Sudan, and a convenient reference work. The Sudan Handbook, based on the Rift Valley Institute's successful Sudan Field Course, is an authoritative and accessible introduction to... -
Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by Evan Thomas 9781783967292
RRP: $25.80$17.61'Urgent, compulsively readable and powerfully resonant' Sinclair McKay You know Oppenheimer, the man who created the atomic bomb... Now meet the men who detonated it, and the extraordinary weight of their decisions... Road to Surrender by New... -
The Colleges of Cambridge University by Andrew Hunter Blair 9780752479484
RRP: $20.63$15.80This is not just 'another book about Cambridge' but a unique publication that brings together all thirty-one colleges that comprise the world-famous University of Cambridge. Following a brief introduction and history of each college, there follows... -
Aircraft Carrier Victorious: Detailed in the Original Builders' Plans by David Hobbs
RRP: $38.70$28.32The technical details of British warships were recorded in a set of plans produced by the builders on completion of every ship. Known as the 'as fitted' general arrangements, these drawings represented the exact appearance and fitting of the ship as it... -
For Every Sailor Afloat, Every Soldier at the Front: Princess Mary's Christmas Gift 1914 by Peter Doyle 9781913491536
RRP: $25.80$18.65In 1914, Princess Mary, the only daughter of King George V, was just 17. Yet with the world war two months old, the young princess was destined to make her mark. She would send a Christmas gift to all those serving in uniform, 'afloat and at the front.'... -
Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq by Brigadier (retired) Ben Barry, OBE
RRP: $21.92$16.36SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2021, THE BRITISH ARMY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS A FINALIST FOR THE 2020 ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARDS. FIRST RUNNER UP IN THE TEMPLER MEDAL BOOK PRIZE 2021. ... -
The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel’s battle for its inner soul by Isabel Kershner 9781915590220
RRP: $32.25$20.81One of the New York Times' 100 Notable Books for 2023 A correspondent who has spent thirty years in Israel presents a rich, wide-ranging portrait of the Israeli people at a critical juncture in their country's history. Despite Israel's determined... -
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the British Empire by H. W. Crocker
RRP: $28.37$19.45A brawling, rambunctious history celebrating the Empire-and the intrepid empire-builders-that gave the United States, Canada, India, and Australia not just a common language, but common ideals of freedom and justice The British Empire-the biggest... -
This Is Not a Border: Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature by J. M. Coetzee
RRP: $21.92$15.84________________ 'This anthology will help turn your intellectual understanding of oppression into an emotional one' - New Statesman 'Thanks for being who you are and for giving us such exposure to wonderful people. Palestine is proud of you' -... -
Betrayal in Berlin: George Blake, the Berlin Tunnel and the Greatest Conspiracy of the Cold War Steve Vogel 9781473647510
RRP: $16.76$11.09'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 fascinating account of Blake's career as a spy ... Blake's... -
Operation Thunderbolt: The Entebbe Raid - The Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History Saul David 9781444762549
RRP: $14.18$9.55*By the historical consultant to the major motion picture Entebbe*'The definitive work on the subject....This is the achievement of a masterly, first-rate historian' New York Times Book Review'It's a brilliantly orchestrated book, wonderfully rich in... -
A People Under Siege: The Unionists of Northern Ireland, from Partition to Brexit and Beyond by Aaron Edwards
RRP: $23.21$19.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785372995Author Aaron EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Inheritance: The Lost History of Mary Davies: A Story of Property, Marriage and Madness by Leo Hollis 9781786079954
RRP: $25.80$17.42'Brilliant' Financial Times 'Hollis expertly weaves together the human tragedy and high politics behind the explosion of one of the world's greatest cities' Dan Snow The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness,... -
The Origins of the First World War: Controversies and Consensus by Annika Mombauer 9780582418721
$56.75The seminal event of the 20th century, the origins of the First World War have always been difficult to establish and have aroused deep controversy. Annika Mombauer tracks the impassioned debates as they developed at critical points through the twentieth... -
Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island by Ian Cobain 9781846276422
RRP: $14.18$9.44On 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 Royal Scrapbook Robert Opie 9780954795436
RRP: $19.29$13.91All the pomp and circumstance of over 100 years of royal events come together in this colourful and evocative Royal Scrapbook, which celebrates the coronations, weddings and jubilees over five reigns, beginning with Queen Victoria's Diamond jubilee and... -
Hurricane: The Plane that Won the War by Jacky Hyams
RRP: $21.92$15.17Britain's first-ever wartime fighter plane, the Hawker Hurricane, shot down more enemy planes than any other fighter. It was the true aviation hero of the Battle of Britain.Often eclipsed by the legend and aerial heroics of the Spitfire, the Hurricane... -
'The History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself' and Other Writings, by Otumfuo, Nana Agyeman Prempeh I by E Akyeampong 9780197264157
$30.21The History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself is a key text for understanding the history of the great West African kingdom of Asante (now in Ghana). It is also an early - and perhaps the earliest - example of history writing in English by an... -
The Vikings in Britain and Ireland Jayne Carroll 9780714128313
RRP: $14.18$9.55For nearly three hundred years, the Vikings set out on voyages from Scandinavia reaching every corner of the northern world. As raiders, traders, explorers and colonizers, they had a profound impact on those cultures with which they came into contact... -
Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End by Darrel Bristow-Bovey
RRP: $24.50$16.55'Engaging, absorbing and crammed with marvellous stories, Finding Endurance is a tale about exploring the cold, told with much warmth.' MICK HERRON'Beautiful, thrilling, heroic and kind, a ripping yarn' CLAIRE ROBERTSON, AUTHOR OF THE SPIRAL... -
The Other Side of Notting Hill: From Wartime to the Westway by Roger Rogowski 9780750989060
RRP: $21.92$16.69Notting Hill has inspired a large number of books and has often made national news - though not always for the right reasons. It has forever been an area of contrast between rich and poor, and has undergone almost constant change since it was developed... -
Paths of Glory: The French Army, 1914-18 by Anthony Clayton
RRP: $12.89$8.77World War I from the French point of view: the first ever account in EnglishAnthony Clayton is an acknowledged expert on the French military and his book is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the First World War. He reveals why and... -
Usborne Workbooks Adding 5-6 by Holly Bathie 9781474990943
RRP: $5.15$3.41With friendly forest animals to guide them, children can explore how to add two numbers together and how to write an addition calculation. The activities in this book build confidence in understanding addition and provide lots of practice for adding... -
Latin Inscriptions Dirk Booms 9780714122885
RRP: $12.89$8.77Latin 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 abbreviation. This book will teach readers how to 'decipher' them... -
The Caucasus 1942-43: Kleist's race for oil by Robert Forczyk
RRP: $21.92$15.84Much has been written of the titanic clashes between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army at Stalingrad, but this volume tells the other, equally important half of the story of Fall Blau (Case Blue). Learning from their experiences during the sweeping advances... -
Sexton Blake and the Great War (Sexton Blake Library Book 1) by Mark Hodder
RRP: $11.60$9.80Britain and Germany are at war and Sexton Blake is in the thick of itAs the battle for the Western Front rages, adventuring detective Sexton Blake pits his intellect and physical prowess against the machinations of the Kaiser. A band of intrepid allies... -
British Transport Aircraft of the 1970s and '80s by Chris Goss 9781802827200
RRP: $21.92$15.84Following on in the series of British aircraft in the 1970s and '80s, this book explores the transport aircraft that served during this time period, including the Argosy, Belfast, Hastings and more.About the AuthorAfter a 32-year career in the RAF and... -
The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire by Ryan Gingeras
RRP: $38.70$27.54'Impressive ... It is a complicated story that still reverberates, and Gingeras narrates it with lucid authority' New StatesmanThe story of the fall of the Ottoman Empire, published to coincide with the centenary of its dissolutionThe Ottoman Empire had... -
The Memoirs of Princess Dashkova by Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova
RRP: $29.66$26.33Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova (1743-1810), Russian princess, playwright, author, President of the Academy of Sciences, and founder and Director of the Russian Academy, was one of the first women in Europe to hold public office. Her memoir, among the... -
The Kuban 1943: The Wehrmacht's last stand in the Caucasus by Robert Forczyk
RRP: $21.92$15.84In the summer of 1942, the Wehrmacht invaded the Caucasus in order to overrun critical oil production facilities at Maikop, Grozny and Baku. However, the Red Army stopped the Germans short of their objectives and then launched a devastating winter... -
Maps of London and Beyond by Adam Dant
RRP: $38.70$28.32A spectacular, large-format collection of Adam Dant's fine art maps giving a unique view of our history and life today. Artist and cartographer Adam Dant surveys London's past, present and future from his studio in the East End. Beautiful, witty and... -
The Revolutions of 1848: Pt. 1 by Karl Marx 9781844676033
RRP: $29.66$26.35Karl Marx was not only the great theorist of capitalism; he was above all else a revolutionary. In Paris in 1844 he made the connection between radical philosophy and the proletariat that would guide his future work, first with the Communist League and... -
Sussex, Kent and Surrey 1939 by Richard Wyndham
RRP: $12.89$9.03A remarkable and eccentric insight into the south east of England in the pre-war period. Richard Wyndham's 'last look round' was a tour taken immediately before the Second World War in 1939 and was originally published in the following year as... -
The Butcher, The Tailor, The Picture-Frame Maker…: Stories of Middle Way by Gareth Winrow
RRP: $11.60$8.32As she awaits her execution at Oxford Castle, a newly wed woman from a God-fearing family, convicted for murdering her housemaid, is pardoned at the last minute by King George II. A butcher suddenly disappears and changes his identity after the tragic...