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Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power by Alastair Campbell
RRP: £14.99£10.95As Alastair Campbell said in the introduction to The Blair Years, it was always his intention to publish the full version, covering his time as spokesman and chief strategist to Tony Blair. Prelude to Power is the first of four volumes, and covers the... -
Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn
RRP: £14.99£11.11Winner of THE HW FISHER BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZESPECTATOR, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, TLS, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL and SUNDAY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR'Imagine Wolf Hall rewritten by John le Carre ... gripping ... a rare... -
Modern Military Aircraft by Ryan Cunningham
RRP: £17.99£12.58Illustrated with detailed artworks of modern military aircraft and their markings with exhaustive captions and specifications, Technical Guide: Modern Military Aircraft is an extensively researched review of the military aircraft deployed by the world's... -
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre 9781101904213
RRP: £20.00£12.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101904213Author Ben MacintyreFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)... -
The Lochaber Emigrants to Glengarry by R. B. Fleming 9780920474969
RRP: £23.99£22.06For anyone interested in the history of the Scottish people, in Scotland and North America, this book is essential reading. In Canada and the United States today there are tens of thousands of descendants of Highland Scots who left Lochaber around 1800... -
The Precipice: 'A book that seems made for the present moment' New Yorker by Toby Ord
RRP: £12.99£9.02What existential threats does humanity face? And how can we secure our future? 'The Precipice is a powerful book . . . Ord's love for humanity and hope for its future is infectious' Spectator 'Ord's analysis of the science is exemplary . . ... -
Complete Illustrated History of the First & Second World Wars Sommerville Donald & Westwell Ian 9780754833451
RRP: £20.00£16.91This comprehensive history begins by looking at the origins of WWI and then chronicles the war a year at a time. The second half of the book details the history of WWII, from the rise of Hitler and the persecution of the Jewish race to the attacks on... -
New Grade 9-1 GCSE History AQA Topic Guide - Britain: Health and the People: c1000-Present Day by CGP Books
RRP: £6.50£6.07This brilliant CGP Topic Guide is packed with crystal-clear revision notes and heaps of activities for AQA 9-1 GCSE History - Britain: Health and the People (c1000-Present Day). There are also sources and exam-style questions (with answers) - perfect for... -
Normandy '44: D-Day and the Battle for France by James Holland
RRP: £12.99£9.34'A devastating new account..Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military matters' Daily Mail, Book of the Week'A superb account of the invasion that deserves immense praise. To convey the human drama of Normandy requires great knowledge and... -
The Girls of Bomber Command: An uplifting and charming WWII saga by Vicki Beeby 9781804365601
RRP: £8.99£6.06With an enemy in their midst, can they still protect their fighters in the skies?Pearl has given up on her dreams of being a journalist after being denied a promotion because of her gender. Joining the WAAF as a radio telephone operator for Bomber... -
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
RRP: £10.99£6.33Genteel society ladies who compare notes on their husbands' suicides. A hilariously foul-mouthed black drag queen. A voodoo priestess who works her roots in the graveyard at midnight. A morose inventor who owns a bottle of poison powerful enough to... -
Liar: The Sunday Times Top 5 Bestseller by Lesley Pearse
RRP: £9.99£7.32The enthralling Sunday Times bestselling story of a young female journalist exposing murder and lies in her search for the truth, from the international bestseller Lesley PearseTHE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE WOMAN & HOME BOOK CHOICE... -
The Figurine: The brand NEW novel from the No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Island by Victoria Hislop 9781472263933
RRP: £25.00£16.63'A beautiful, moving and thought provoking story, The Figurine is a stunning read . . . her love and passion for Greece comes through loud and clear with every word she writes' Real Reader Review, 'Her love for Greece shines through and... -
Poor Richard's Almanack by Benjamin Franklin 9781602391178
£6.59Benjamin Franklin's classic book is full of timeless, thought-provoking insights that are as valuable today as they were over two centuries ago. With more than 700 pithy proverbs, Franklin lays out the rules everyone should live by and offers advice on... -
My Revision Notes: OCR A-level History: Civil Rights in the USA 1865-1992 Mike Wells 9781471875885
£10.87Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-LevelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: Summer 2016Target success in OCR A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation... -
DK Eyewitness Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by DK
RRP: £15.99£12.01The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.Explore the historic streets of Tallinn's Old Town, look out for bears and elk in Guaja... -
The Skyhawk Years: The A-4 Skyhawk in Australian Service 1968 – 1984 by Peter Greefield 9780645700411
RRP: £36.95£18.59The magnificent Douglas A-4 Skyhawk served with the Royal Australian Navy from 1968 until 1984 with two squadrons: VF805 and VC724. VF805 was the front-line fighter unit that served aboard the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, while VC724 was shore-based... -
Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived by Andrew Wilson 9781847398826
RRP: £10.99£7.22In the early hours of 15 April 1912, after the majestic liner Titanic had split apart and the 1,500 men, women and children struggled to stay alive in the freezing Atlantic, the sea was alive with the sound of screaming. Then, as the ship sank to the... -
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival by Daniel Finkelstein
RRP: £25.00£14.21THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'A modern classic' OBSERVER 'An unforgettable epic of... -
Modern Monarchy: The British Royal Family Today by Chris Jackson
RRP: £38.00£28.84From the modern-day fairy tale of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's wedding to the births of Prince George and Princess Charlotte and their soon-to-be new sibling to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's historic marriage to countless Royal tours in... -
Bibliophobia: The End and the Beginning of the Book by Brian Cummings 9780192847317
RRP: £39.99£35.23Bibliophobia is a book about material books, how they are cared for, and how they are damaged, throughout the 5000-year history of writing from Sumeria to the smartphone. Its starting point is the contemporary idea of 'the death of the book' implied by... -
Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern by Simon Winder
RRP: £12.99£9.02The Sunday Times Bestseller and insipration behind David Mitchell's Unruly.'Entertaining and informative . . . Delightful' - IndependentThere are many reasons to be fascinated by Germany: forests, architecture and fairy tales, not to mention its history... -
End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration by Peter Turchin 9780141999289
RRP: £10.99£7.99THE THOUGHT BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE TIMESA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'Game of Thrones-style intra-elite conflict meets big data' TLS'Extraordinary. . . the culmination of many years of highly original and innovative work' BloombergOne of the most... -
Sophia by Anita Anand 9781408835470
RRP: £14.99£10.59**By the presenter of the hit podcast EMPIRE** 'Sophia is the sort of remarkable, almost unbelievable untold true story that every writer dreams of chancing upon. A wonderful debut, written with real spirit and gusto. Anita Anand has produced a... -
Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann 9780857209030
RRP: £9.99£6.61WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION **NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING LEONARDO... -
The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich
RRP: £16.99£12.28'A landmark in social thought. Henrich may go down as the most influential social scientist of the first half of the twenty-first century' MATTHEW SYEDDo you identify yourself by your profession or achievements, rather than your family network? Do you... -
The Military History Book: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Weapons that Shaped the World DK 9781409383444
RRP: £30.00£20.99A compelling visual guide to the history of the military!Travel through time and explore 5000 years of weaponry in stunning detail with this riveting military book - from the spears and swords of ancient times to the guns and grenades of modern warfare... -
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service by Michael Bar-Zohar 9780062123411
RRP: £19.99£12.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062123411Author Michael Bar-ZoharFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Ecco PressPublisher Ecco PressWeight(grams) 295g -
X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken by Dermot Turing
RRP: £12.99£9.87December, 1932 In the bathroom of a Belgian hotel, a French spymaster photographs top-secret documents - the operating instructions of the cipher machine, Enigma. A few weeks later a mathematician in Warsaw begins to decipher the coded communications of... -
The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler by Robert Hutton 9781474626026
RRP: £25.00£17.03Cairo, 1942: If you had asked a British officer who Colonel Clarke was, they would have been able to point him out: always ready with a drink and a story, he was a well-known figure in the local bars. If you then asked what he did, you would have less... -
The Palace Papers: The Sunday Times bestseller by Tina Brown
RRP: £10.99£7.99WITH AN EXCLUSIVE NEW CHAPTER FOR THE PAPERBACK EDITIONThe Amazon No.1 BestsellerThe Sunday Times BestsellerTHE ROYAL BOOK OF THE YEAR_________________________________'Eye-poppingly revealing. . . impeccable sources, historical heft and canny insights... -
Why War? by Richard Overy 9780241567609
RRP: £22.00£15.62Why has warfare always been part of the human story?From biology to belief, what explains the persistence of violent conflict?What light can this shed on humanity’s past – and its future?There can be few more important but also more contentious issues... -
Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries by Robert Harris
RRP: £10.99£7.99PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024'Impossible to stop reading' OBSERVER'Thrilling, intricate and hilarious' DAILY MAILAPRIL 1945: From the ruins of Berlin, a Luftwaffe transport plane takes off... -
The Story of Beatrix Potter by Sarah Gristwood
RRP: £14.99£10.36A smaller, cheaper edition of this acclaimed illustrated biography of Beatrix Potter. Respected biographer Sarah Gristwood discovers a life crisscrossed with contradictions and marked by tragedy, yet one that left a remarkable literary - and... -
A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes Anthony Bale 9780241993408
RRP: £10.99£7.99‘Rich and wonderful . . . This is the world as you’ve never seen it before’ Ian Mortimer‘A joyful, erudite book . . . A global Middle Ages for our times’ Jerry Brotton'Wisdom fills the pages of this immensely entertaining history' The New... -
Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher
RRP: £30.00£20.70Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and... -
The Longest Kill: The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World's Greatest Snipers by Craig Harrison
RRP: £12.99£9.02Through conflicts in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, this is the vivid memoir of British sniper Craig Harrison.It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a... -
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy
RRP: £16.99£11.87WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE Paul Kennedy's international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might. Kennedy's... -
Exploring Norfolk's Deep History Coast by John A. Davies 9781803991719
RRP: £15.99£12.25"Fascinating and illuminating - this book takes you on a trip to the seaside and back into the depths of the Ice Age, walking in the steps of our distant ancestors." - Professor Alice RobertsNorfolk's Deep History Coast is a place of unique... -
Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See by Bianca Bosker 9781911630463
RRP: £20.00£14.07AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn Cork Dork, Bianca Bosker trained her insatiable curiosity, journalist's knack for infiltrating exclusive circles and eye for unforgettable characters on the wine world as she trained to become a sommelier. Now she...