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German Night Fighter Force 1917-1945 by Gebhard Aders 9781781555033
RRP: $45.15$34.34The German Night Fighter force had its origins in the First World War to repel night raids and to fly long-range intruder sorties. They developed operational procedures which became largely forgotten a few years after the Armistice. The Western Allies,... -
The Hidden Lives of London Streets: A Walking Guide to Soho, Holborn and Beyond by James Morton
RRP: $12.89$4.53London's streets have always worn a variety of influences, reflecting the diverse crowds who live and work on them. Take a walk down any number of historic streets and an abundance of tales exist in the bricks and mortar, waiting to be told. The Hidden... -
Henry VIII's Children: Legitimate and Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the Tudor King by Caroline Angus 9781399095860
RRP: $32.25$22.73Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Story of Ely by Michael Rouse 9780750966931
RRP: $23.21$18.11Standing on what was one of the largest islands in the Cambridgeshire Fens, Ely has a rich and varied history. The Story of Ely takes an engaging look at this cathedral city from the earliest times to the modern day, recalling pivotal events and taking... -
Asia after Europe: Imagining a Continent in the Long Twentieth Century by Sugata Bose 9780674423497
RRP: $38.64$31.04A concise new history of a century of struggles to define Asian identity and express alternatives to European forms of universalism.The balance of global power changed profoundly over the course of the twentieth century, above all with the economic and... -
The Battle of Stalingrad: Then and Now by Karel Margy 9781399046268
RRP: $32.25$22.73Stalingrad was not only the most-crucial battle on the Eastern Front, it was the main turning point of the whole Second World War in Europe. The Third Reich had suffered setbacks earlier, notably at El Alamein in North Africa in October 1942, but the... -
Messerschmitt Bf 109 : The Early Years - Poland, the Fall of France and the Battle of Britain by Chris Goss 9781848324794
RRP: $19.34$14.13The most iconic German aircraft of the Second World War, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the Luftwaffe's principal fighter from 1939 until 1942 when the superior Focke-Wulf Fw 190 came into greater prominence. The Bf 109 served in every theatre of the war,... -
Shakespeare in Bloomsbury by Marjorie Garber 9780300267563
RRP: $32.25$26.19The untold story of Shakespeare's profound influence on Virginia Woolf and the rest of the Bloomsbury Group "A spirited dance of minds."-Chris Vognar, Boston Globe For the men and women of the Bloomsbury Group, Shakespeare was a constant presence and... -
The Cambridge Companion to Edward Gibbon by Karen O'Brien
RRP: $30.95$10.72Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published in three instalments from 1776 to 1788, is widely regarded as the greatest work of history in the English language. Starting with the accession of the Roman Emperor Commodus... -
Outlandish Knight: The Byzantine Life of Steven Runciman by Minoo Dinshaw
RRP: $24.50$17.56'An extraordinary book ... exceptionally fascinating, always readable and penetratingly intelligent' David Abulafia'As rich, funny and teemingly peopled as Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time ... Dinshaw writes with wit and elegance, and the... -
Italian Destroyers of World War II Mark Stille (Author) 9781472840554
RRP: $15.47$11.71A new illustrated history and analysis of Italy's World War II destroyers, a formidable foe for Allied forces attempting to attack the sea lanes between Italy and North Africa. The Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marine or RM) began the Second World War... -
George IV (Penguin Monarchs): King in Waiting by Stella Tillyard
RRP: $16.76$11.73George IV spent most of his life waiting to become king: as a pleasure-loving and rebellious Prince of Wales during the sixty-year reign of his father, George III, and for ten years as Prince Regent, when his father went mad. 'The days are very long... -
Raphael, Painter in Rome: A Novel by Stephanie Storey
RRP: $16.76$11.73Another Fabulous Art History Thriller by the Bestselling Author of Oil and Marble, Featuring the Master of Renaissance Perfection: Raphael! Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling is one of the most iconic masterpieces of the Renaissance. Here, in Raphael,... -
Operation Market-Garden 1944 3: The British XXX Corps Missions by Ken Ford
RRP: $21.92$15.84Field Marshal Montgomery's plan to get Second British Army behind the fortifications of the German Siegfried Line in 1944 led to the hugely ambitions Operation Market-Garden. Part of this plan called for a rapid advance from Belgium through Holland up to... -
Blazing Star, Setting Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942-March 1943 by Jeffrey Cox
RRP: $21.92$16.36From popular Pacific Theatre expert Jeffrey R. Cox comes this insightful new history of the critical Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign at the height of World War II. Cox's previous book, Morning Star, Rising Sun, had found the US Navy at its absolute... -
Systematic Fixed Income: An Investor's Guide for Developed and Emerging Markets by Scott Richardson 9781119900139
RRP: $54.18$35.85Understand the role and potential of fixed income as an asset class Systematic Fixed Income: An Investor's Guide offers readers a powerful, practical, and robust framework for investors and asset managers to preserve the diversifying properties of a... -
Lion Rampant: The Memoirs of an Infantry Officer from D-Day to the Rhineland by Robert Woollcombe
RRP: $10.31$7.93Lion Rampant is Robert Woollcombe's graphic account of his experiences as a front-line infantry officer with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the desperate battle for Normandy and the Allied advance into Germany. Vividly evoking the confusion,... -
Brotherhood: When West Point Rugby Went to War by Martin Pengelly 9781567927115
RRP: $28.37$19.13"We're better off for having these men among us."-Wall Street JournalBefore 9/11, the rugby team at West Point learned to bond on a sports field. This is what happened when those 15 young men became leaders in war. Filled with drama, tragedy, and... -
Shakespeare's London on 5 Groats a Day by Richard Tames
RRP: $11.60$7.57This entertaining and fact-packed guide provides all the information you'll need to travel back in time to Elizabethan London - a booming city of courtiers, cutthroats, merchants, beggars, lawyers, dramatists, apprentices and adventurers. Find out the... -
Tiger!: The de Havilland Tiger Moth by Stuart McKay 9780859791823
RRP: $38.64$31.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791823Author Stuart MckayFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
A People's History of Walthamstow by James Diamond 9780750978996
RRP: $16.76$12.41Walthamstow is well known as the home of William Morris, a former greyhound racing track and the boy band East 17. It's also been home to communities of people for thousands of years. This history tells the unique story of Walthamstow from the area's... -
Treasures of Egypt: A Legacy in Photographs, From the Pyramids to Tutankhamun by National Geographic
RRP: $46.44$31.11Drawn from National Geographic's unparalleled image collection, the photographs in this breathtaking volume celebrate the vibrant beauty and rich cultural heritage of Egypt on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of King Tuts tomb... -
War Stories: Experiences of Women in the Second World War by David Bolton
RRP: $23.21$17.60After listening to his mother-in-law talking about her experiences in the Second World War, David Bolton set out to record the wartime memories of British women before it was too late. Many of those he interviewed were child evacuees, some were single... -
How the Country House Became English by Stephanie Barczewski 9781789147605
RRP: $32.25$23.25Country houses have come to be regarded as quintessentially English, not only in terms of their architectural style but because they appear to embody national values of continuity and insularity. The histories of country houses and England, however, have... -
Sex: Lessons From History Fern Riddell 9781473666290
RRP: $14.18$9.55Out now: the new book by Dr Fern Riddell, a powerful and entertaining history of sex. Revised and updated. __________These are the facts: throughout history human beings have had sex. Sexual culture did not begin in the sixties. It has always been... -
Aircraft of World War I 1914-1918: The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide by Jack Herris
RRP: $29.66$20.55Illustrated with detailed artworks of combat aircraft and their markings, Aircraft of World War I: The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide is a comprehensive study of the aircraft that fought in the Great War of 1914-18. Arranged chronologically by... -
Ship Spotter's Guide Angus Konstam 9781472808691
RRP: $9.02$6.08Since the days of the Ancient Greeks, naval ships of all sizes have revolutionized warfare. From the Viking longship, pirate ships and super dreadnoughts to today's nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers, naval warfare has proved to be an essential... -
Greenwich: The Place Where Days Begin and End Charles Jennings 9780349112305
RRP: $14.18$9.55There is probably not a London suburb with more intense historical connections, more diversity and more astonishing buildings and artefacts than Greenwich. There are sections on MARITIME GREENWICH - home of the Maritime museum and the CUTTY SARK; ROYAL... -
Africa's Last Colonial Currency: The CFA Franc Story Fanny Pigeaud 9780745341798
RRP: $25.79$17.22Colonialism persists in many African countries due to the continuation of imperial monetary policy. This is the little-known account of the CFA Franc and economic imperialism. The CFA Franc was created in 1945, binding fourteen African states and... -
The Autobiography of a Nation: The 1951 Festival of Britain by Becky E. Conekin 9780719060601
RRP: $25.79$22.99The first full-length study on the 1951 Festival of Britain. An examination of how Britain and Britishness were portrayed in the 1951's Festival's exhibitions and events. Covers the Festival's history and historiography, its purpose, its representations... -
The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower--A Retelling for Our Times by Linda Jaivin
RRP: $21.87$16.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615198207Author Linda JaivinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint ExperimentPublisher ExperimentWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 22mm -
Tank Men by Robert J. Kershaw
RRP: $16.76$11.09'I thought Tank Men was a triumph ... it is a really fine piece of work' -Richard Holmes'Some of the eye witness accounts Kershaw has collected for this comprehensive review of tank warfare have the power to chill the reader to the bone. This is warfare... -
Wargames Terrain and Buildings: WWI Trench Systems by Douglas Hardy
RRP: $19.34$14.13Although it was a global conflict, for many WW1 is synonymous with the war in the trenches of the Western Front. For anyone wargaming these battles a good trench system is a must. Douglas Hardy is a very experienced wargamer and terrain modeller and a... -
The Northern Question: A History of a Divided Country by Thomas Hazeldine
RRP: $25.80$18.12Britain has scarcely begun to come to terms with its recent upheavals, from the crisis over Brexit to the collapse of Labour's 'red wall'. What can explain such momentous shifts?In this essential work, Tom Hazeldine excavates the history of a divided... -
A Brief History of the Future: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-First Century by Jacques Attali
RRP: $16.76$13.09What will planet Earth be like in twenty years? At mid-century? In the year 2100? Prescient and convincing, this book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future. Never has the world offered more promise for the future and been more fraught with... -
HMS Victory by Jonathan Eastland 9781848320949
RRP: $19.34$14.13HMS Victory is probably the best-known historic ship in the world. A symbol of the Royal Navy's achievements during the great age of sail, she is based in Portsmouth and seen by tens of thousands of visitors each year.As is the case for many historic... -
Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival by David Pilling
RRP: $19.34$14.13The second edition of the definitive book on how modern Japan works, now fully updated up to include the new 'Reiwa' Era and the year of the Olympics'A superb book that, better than any other I have read, manages to get the reader inside the skin of ... -
Thin Paths: Journeys in and around an Italian Mountain Village by Julia Blackburn
RRP: $14.18$10.02Shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Biography Award and the 2012 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize Julia Blackburn and her husband moved to a little house in the mountains of northern Italy in 1999. She arrived as a stranger but a series of events... -
Chivalry Maurice Keen 9780300107678
RRP: $21.92$18.85Chivalry-with its pageants, heraldry, and knights in shining armor-was a social ideal that had a profound influence on the history of early modern Europe. In this eloquent and richly detailed book, a leading medieval historian discusses the complex... -
Clandestine In Chile by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
RRP: $20.63$15.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590173404Author Gabriel Garcia MarquezFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...