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Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC-AD 1000 Barry Cunliffe 9780300170863
£25.54A sensational, interdisciplinary work which entirely reorients our understanding of Europe from 10,000 BC to the time of the Vikings In this magnificent book, distinguished archaeologist Barry Cunliffe reframes our entire conception of early European... -
Alderney: Fortress Island by T. X. M. Pantcheff
RRP: £10.99£8.25What really happened in the small, German-occupied Channel Island of Alderney during the Second World War? Rumours have circulated and grown during the decades since, with sinister allegations, firstly against the Germans, that there was an extermination... -
SAS Combat Vehicles 1942-91 by Gavin Mortimer
RRP: £11.99£8.43A concise illustrated history of the Special Air Service's lightweight, heavily armed vehicles and their combat use. The SAS, the world's most famous special operations unit, made its name in the desert of North Africa, shooting up Axis airfields... -
The Pianist of Yarmouk by Aeham Ahmad
RRP: £9.99£7.11The incredible and inspirational true story of one young man's struggle to find peace during war, and the power of music to bring hope to a desperate nation. 'Ahmad has created a moving and visceral account of conflict, hope and the power of music'... -
Soldiers with Spanners: The Ground Crews' View During the Second World War by Peter Bodie 9781781553374
RRP: £16.99£12.94Soldiers with Spanners is unique in that it tells the story of the men in the USAAF's 2nd Air Division during WWII, and better still, it shows it in pictures. To ass poignancy and accuracy, the majority of pictures were taken by the young men themselves... -
Escaping Hitler: Heroic True Stories of Great Escapes in Nazi Europe Monty Halls 9781509866014
RRP: £9.99£2.48'I was on a train, and a German soldier began shouting at me and poking me in the ribs with his machine gun. I just thought that was it, the game was up . . .'Downed airman Bob Frost faced danger at every turn as he was smuggled out of France and over... -
Japanese Infantryman vs US Marine Rifleman: Tarawa, Roi-Namur, and Eniwetok, 1943–44 by Gregg Adams 9781472857910
RRP: £15.99£11.61Featuring evocative artwork plates and carefully selected photographs, this book assesses the US Marines and Japanese troops who contested the islands of Tarawa, Roi-Namur, and Eniwetok during 1943-44. On November 20, 1943, amphibious vehicles... -
The Mould In Dr Florey's Coat: The Remarkable True Story of the Penicillin Miracle by Eric Lax
RRP: £12.99£8.60Many people know that in 1928 Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin's antibiotic potential while examining a stray mould that had bloomed in a dish of bacteria in his London laboratory. But few realise that Fleming worked only fitfully on penicillin... -
Ivan's War: The Red Army at War 1939-45 by Catherine Merridale
RRP: £12.99£8.56'Essential reading, not just for those interested in the Eastern Front, but for anyone who wants to understand Russia.' Antony Beevor, Sunday Times They died in their millions, shattered by German shells and tanks, freezing behind the wire of prison... -
Rosa Luxemburg: The Incendiary Spark: Essays by Michael Löwy 9781642599824
RRP: £19.99£13.65Renowned Marxist scholar Michael Loewy offers an indispensable assessment of an enduringly fascinating revolutionary.Vibrant, insightful, and wide-ranging, Loewy's essays illuminate the heroic, tough-minded idealist and martyr, Rosa Luxemburg. Active in... -
The Sands of Dunkirk by Richard Collier
RRP: £10.99£7.77Part of the SECOND WORLD WAR VOICES series, with a new introduction by bestselling historian James Holland, and in partnership with the podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk, presented by comedian Al Murray and James HollandMay 1940: In the face of a... -
The Fire: The Bombing of Germany, 1940-1945 by Jorg Friedrich
£95.27For five years during the Second World War, the Allies launched a trial and error bombing campaign against Germany's historical city landscape. Peaking in the war's final three months, it was the first air attack of its kind. Civilian dwellings were... -
Cairo 1921: Ten Days that Made the Middle East by C. Brad Faught
RRP: £20.00£16.98The first comprehensive history of the 1921 Cairo Conference which reveals its enduring impact on the modern Middle East Called by Winston Churchill in 1921, the Cairo Conference set out to redraw the map of the Middle East in the wake of the First... -
The Will to Survive: A History of Hungary by Bryan Cartledge
RRP: £22.50£20.92The Will to Survive describes how a small country, for much of its existence squeezed between two empires, surrounded by hostile neighbours and subjected to invasion and occupation, survived the frequent tragedies of its eventful history to become a... -
At War's Summit: The Red Army and the Struggle for the Caucasus Mountains in World War II by Alexander Statiev 9781108424622
RRP: £28.99£24.82This is the story of the highest battlefield of World War Two, which brings to life the extremes endured during this harsh mountain warfare. When the German war machine began faltering from a shortage of oil after the failed Blitzkrieg against the Soviet... -
The Normans in Europe by Elisabeth M. C. Van-Houts
RRP: £19.99£17.82This book provides a selection from the abundant source material generated by the Normans and the peoples they conquered. As this study demonstrates, few other medieval peoples generated historical writing of such quantity and quality. Van Houts takes a... -
Elizabeth I: Collected Works by Leah S. Marcus
RRP: £24.00£20.52This long-awaited and masterfully edited volume contains nearly all of the writings of Queen Elizabeth 1: the clumsy letters of childhood, the early speeches of a fledgling queen, and the prayers and poetry of the monarch's later years. The first... -
Guarded by Dragons: Encounters with Rare Books and Rare People Rick Gekoski 9781472133854
RRP: £18.99£12.75The Times Best Literary Non-fiction Books 2021 - 'a super yarn''Rick Gekoski's encyclopaedic knowledge of rare books is matched only by the enthusiasm and brio with which he writes about them' Ian RankinRick Gekoski has been traversing the rocky terrain... -
Against All Odds by Alex Kershaw
RRP: £19.99£13.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593183755Author Alex KershawFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Leyte Gulf 1944 (2): Surigao Strait and Cape Engano Mark Stille (Author) 9781472842855
RRP: £15.99£11.61This is the second volume in a two-part illustrated study of the October 23-26 Battle of Leyte Gulf, which resulted in a decisive defeat for the Japanese. The Battle of Leyte Gulf-the largest naval battle in history-comprised four major actions... -
The Paratrooper Training Pocket Manual 1939-1945 by Chris McNab
RRP: £9.99£7.11Airborne assault was one of the great innovations of the 1930s and 1940s, adding a new 'vertical' dimension to infantry warfare. By the onset of World War II in 1939, Germany, Italy, and Russia were already advanced in their development of paratrooper... -
Coalition: The Inside Story of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government David Laws 9781785901904
RRP: £12.99£9.09When David Cameron and Nick Clegg stepped out into the rose garden at No. 10 to launch the first coalition government since the Second World War, some doubted whether the coalition could survive a full term - or even a full year. Five years later, this... -
The Ledge: An Inspirational Story of Friendship and Survival by Jim Davidson 9780345523204
RRP: £18.00£14.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345523204Author Jim DavidsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm)... -
The RAF Pathfinders: Bomber Command's Elite Squadrons Martyn Chorlton 9781846742019
RRP: £14.95£12.53The formation of the Pathfinder Force in August 1942 produced a steady but certain change in the fortunes of Bomber Command. Its effectiveness against targets during the early years of the war had been very difficult to gauge. When examined in detail... -
Argonauts of the Scottish Isles: Sea-kayaking Adventures by Robin Lloyd-Jones
RRP: £9.99£6.70Robin Lloyd-Jones has been exploring the west coast and islands of Scotland in his sea kayak for more than forty years. In this book he recalls many a memorable expedition to wild and beautiful shores. Amongst magnificent scenery and ever-changing seas,... -
Evil Roman Emperors: The Shocking History of Ancient Rome's Most Wicked Rulers from Caligula to Nero and More by Phillip Barlag 9781633886902
RRP: £14.99£11.53Nero fiddled while Rome burned. As catchy as that aphorism is, it's sadly untrue, even if it has a nice ring to it. The one thing Nero is well-known for is the one thing he actually didn't do. But fear not, the truth of his life, his rule and what he did... -
Letchworth Settlement, 1920-2020: A century of creative learning by Kate Thompson
RRP: £9.99£8.92Letchworth Settlement, an independent adult education centre, is one of the treasures of the world's first garden city. Starting life in 1920 as Letchworth Adult Education Settlement, it soon became part of the wider Educational Settlement Association,... -
Pacific Carrier War: Carrier Combat from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa by Mark Stille
RRP: £30.00£21.95A detailed and comprehensive study of the carrier formations of the Pacific War, including their origins, development and key battles from the Coral Sea, through Midway and Guadalcanal to the battle of the Philippine Sea. The defining feature of the... -
French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626 - 1786 Rif Winfield 9781473893511
RRP: £60.00£44.45The origins of a permanent French sailing navy can be traced to the work of Cardinal Richelieu in the 1620s, but this naval force declined rapidly in the 1650s and a virtually new _Marine Royale_ had to be re-created by Colbert from 1661/. Thereafter,... -
The Sea in Russian Strategy by Andrew Monaghan
RRP: £14.99£11.12For the first two decades after the Cold War, Russian naval power hardly featured in the Euro-Atlantic community's strategic thinking. This began to change in the mid-2010s, as the idea that the Russian navy poses a threat to NATO began to gain ground... -
To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway by Christian Wolmar
RRP: £16.99£11.58Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the northern extension ordered by Brezhnev and its current success as a vital artery. He also explores the crucial... -
SR-71 Blackbird: Stories, Tales, and Legends Rich Graham 9780760311424
RRP: £24.00£16.17Feel the Mach 3 power generated by Lockheed's incredibly fast SR-71 Blackbird! Former SR-71 pilot, instructor and wing commander, Richard Graham, presents the most intriguing SR-71 stories ever told. This once highly classified program is fully revealed... -
Imperial Nostalgia by Peter Mitchell
RRP: £14.99£11.12A strong emotional attachment to the memory of empire runs deep in British culture. In recent years, that memory has become a battleground in a long-drawn ideological war, inflecting debates on race, class, gender, culture, the UK's future and its place... -
Democracy: A Life by Paul Cartledge 9780198815136
RRP: £14.99£10.95Democracy is either aspired to as a goal or cherished as a birthright by billions of people throughout the world today -- and has been been for over a century. But what does it mean? And how has its meaning changed since it was first coined in ancient... -
Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer
RRP: £9.99£6.41In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, where a momentous revolution had taken power three years earlier. For more than half a century, the stand-off continued-through the tenure of ten American... -
Ipswich Past & Present by Dave Kindred
RRP: £12.99£9.62This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the changes which have occurred in Ipswich. The town has experiences an enormous amount of development to keep up with its growing population. Attractive buildings, some centuries old, were swept away... -
OCR GCSE (9-1) History B (SHP) Foundation Edition: The People's Health c.1250 to present by Jamie Byrom
£21.93Exam board: OCR (Specification B, SHP)Level: GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018An OCR endorsed textbook.Help more students to access the content for OCR GCSE History B (SHP) with this Foundation Edition,... -
1492 by Dr. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto 9781408809501
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Fernandez-Armesto's rich vision of the 1490s is unlike any other world historians have given us. He has performed an amazing feat of portraying the world as one place before it had yet become one place ... This is popular history at its best: grounded... -
Arthur's Seat by Stuart McHardy
RRP: £7.99£5.94Arthur's Seat is climbed (or walked up and around) by thousands of people each year. The views from the top of the 350-million year old landmark are breathtaking, yet most who tread its rocky paths are unaware of its great mysteries. Where did the name... -
The Medieval Housewife: & Other Women of the Middle Ages by Toni Mount
RRP: £15.99£10.85Have you ever wondered what life was like for the ordinary housewife in the Middle Ages? Or how much power a medieval lady really had? Find out all about medieval housewives, peasant women, grand ladies, women in trade and women in the church in this...