Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
Bush War Operator: Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and Beyond by Andrew Balaam 9781909982772
$40.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909982772Author Andrew BalaamFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The London Town Garden, 1700-1840 by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan 9780300085389
RRP: $78.00$68.62Much has been written about London's terraced houses with their simple dignity, their economical use of space, and their sense of comfort and human scale. Yet the small gardens that lie before or behind the houses in this great city have until now been... -
Greek Hoplite, 480-323 BC: Weapons, Armour, Tactics by Nick Sekunda
RRP: $29.23$24.47A study of the Greek Hoplite in the "Golden Age" of Ancient Greek civilization, from the victory at Marathon over Darius of Persia, through bitter inter-state warfare, to the rise of Philip of Macedonia and his son Alexander the Great. It was during this... -
Churchill & Son Josh Ireland 9781529337754
RRP: $39.00$26.81'A compelling tragedy, but one which casts valuable new light on the outsized human dimensions of both men ... Agonising but excellent' The Telegraph'In this fascinating account of the turbulent Churchill father-and-son relationship, Josh Ireland shows... -
Dystopia: A Natural History by Gregory Claeys 9780198820475
RRP: $62.38$46.49Dystopia: A Natural History is the first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia. Taking the term to encompass both a literary tradition of satirical works, mostly on totalitarianism, as well as real despotisms and societies in a state of disastrous... -
Teach for the Sky: British Training Aircraft since 1945 by James Jackson
RRP: $58.40$42.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902109664Author James JacksonFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Hikoki PublicationsPublisher Hikoki Publications -
Ten Cities that Led the World: From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity by Paul Strathern 9781529356441
RRP: $21.43$12.81'A book of ideas [...] Strathern ably guides us through these moments of glory.' -- The Times ***Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born... -
The Shape of Battle: Six Campaigns from Hastings to Helmand by Allan Mallinson
RRP: $48.75$32.23One of our most distinguished military historians tells the story of six defining battles . . .Every battle is different. Each takes place in a different context - the war, the campaign, the weapons. However, battles across the centuries, whether fought... -
Lawrence of Arabia on War: The Campaign in the Desert 1916-18 by Robert Johnson
RRP: $48.75$35.14WINNER OF THE BRITISH ARMY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 'A riveting account of T. E. Lawrence's battles on and off the battlefield... Using scrupulous research and succinct prose, Johnson provides a gold mine of stratagems... a must-read for military leaders... -
The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland by Crawford Gribben 9780198868187
RRP: $61.41$43.56Ireland has long been regarded as a 'land of saints and scholars'. Yet the Irish experience of Christianity has never been simple or uncomplicated. The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland describes the emergence, long dominance, sudden division, and... -
Tryweryn: A New Dawn? by Dr Wyn Thomas 9781912631483
$38.98Definitive account of the cultural and political impact on Wales of the flooding of the Tryweryn Valley. The failure of the nation to block the move politically led to increased Welsh national consciousness and to a period of militant activism which... -
Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic by Richard A. McKay
RRP: $60.45$59.65The search for a "patient zero" popularly understood to be the first infected case in an epidemic has been key to media coverage of major infectious disease outbreaks for more than three decades. Yet the term itself did not exist before the emergence of... -
Loyalty : 2023 bestseller, an action-packed epic of love and justice during the rise of the Mafia in Sicily. by Lisa Scottoline 9781915798183
RRP: $19.48$14.06Loyalty can save a soul - or destroy one.Franco Fiorvante is a handsome lemon-grower who has toiled for years on the estate of boss Baron Zito. Franco dreams of owning his own lemon grove, but the rigid class system of Sicily thwarts his ambitions... -
Harrier Boys: Volume Two: New Threats, New Technology, New Tactics, 1990 - 2010 by Bob Marston
RRP: $39.00$28.65In the second volume of Harrier Boys, as with the first, the history of this remarkable aircraft in service with UK armed forces is illustrated through personal reminiscences of the people who worked with it. The book begins with explanations of the... -
Pillboxes and Tank Traps by Bernard Lowry
RRP: $17.53$13.98A concise, illustrated guide to these Second World War defences scattered across the British landscape. With invasion a very real threat, in 1940 Great Britain began a huge military construction programme designed to stop an invading army in its... -
Skegness Past & Present: Britain in Old Photographs by Ken Wilkinson
RRP: $31.18$24.24This fascinating new book takes a nostalgic look at Skegness and reveals some of the changes and developments that have taken place in the town during the last century. Ken Wilkinson has gathered together ninety pairs of images to compare and contrast... -
The Dornier Do 217: A Combat and Photographic Record in Luftwaffe Service 1941-1945 by Chris Goss
RRP: $68.25$49.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906537586Author Chris GossFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Classic PublicationsPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 Geoff Egan 9781843835431
RRP: $78.00$66.94Catalogue of excavated household items from the middle ages provides an invaluable reference tool for experts and the general reader alike. This book brings together for the first time the astonishing diversity of excavated furnishings and artefacts... -
Edda by Snorri Sturluson
RRP: $17.53$12.75The only English translation to include the complete work - a must-have for all students of early Norse literature.Over a period of twenty years, Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose EDDA as a textbook for young poets who... -
The Two Popes: Official Tie-in to Major New Film Starring Sir Anthony Hopkins by Anthony McCarten 9780241985489
RRP: $19.48$14.27From the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour, The Two Popes is a fascinating, revealing and gripping tale of two very different men whose destinies converge with each other - they both live in the Vatican - and the... -
White Flag?: An Examination of the UK's Defence Capability by Michael Ashcroft 9781785904103
RRP: $39.00$28.24Britain is at a crossroads. As we leave the EU, we face a great challenge and also the opportunity to forge a new identity in an increasingly uncertain world. Our Armed Forces will be critical to our power and prosperity. For centuries, they have been... -
Rules of Engagement Tim Collins 9780755313754
RRP: $21.43$14.84From the moment Tim Collins's speech to his men in Iraq was made public, this soldier and thinker became a hero and an inspiration to world leaders and infantrymen alike. To a public suspicious about the motives for war, he offered some explanation for... -
Echoes of East Anglia: The Lost Wartime Airfields of Norfolk and Suffolk Martin Bowman 9781841145341
RRP: $29.23$25.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841145341Author Martin BowmanFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
Europe after Rome: A New Cultural History 500-1000 by Julia M. H. Smith 9780199244270
$45.75This is the first single-author study in over fifty years to offer an integrated appraisal of the early Middle Ages as a dynamic and formative period in European history. Written in an attractive and accessible style, it makes extensive use of original... -
Rebel Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Radical History David Rosenberg 9780745338552
RRP: $29.23$19.60The radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day-tripper guides, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in the capital. Transporting readers from well-known landmarks to history-making hidden corners, David... -
Becoming East German: Socialist Structures and Sensibilities after Hitler by Mary Fulbrook 9781785330278
RRP: $54.50$44.03For roughly the first decade after the demise of the GDR, professional and popular interpretations of East German history concentrated primarily on forms of power and repression, as well as on dissent and resistance to communist rule. Socio-cultural... -
Becoming Kim Jong Un: Understanding North Korea's Young Dictator by Jung H. Pak 9780861542529
RRP: $21.43$15.58'The young dictator comes under close scrutiny in this intelligent account' Sunday Times When Kim Jong Un became the leader of North Korea in 2011, many expected his rule to be short. Years later, he remains the unchallenged dictator of a nuclear... -
Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home by Benjamin Hall
RRP: $48.75$38.49Dispatches from the Edge meets In an Instant in this dramatic memoir of war, family, resilience, and recovery from Benjamin Hall, the Fox News journalist who was gravely injured by a Russian drone attack in the early days of the invasion of Ukraine. ... -
Palmerston: A Biography by David Brown
RRP: $38.98$33.87A grand and fascinating figure in Victorian politics, the charismatic Lord Palmerston (1784-1865) served as foreign secretary for fifteen years and prime minister for nine, engaged in struggles with everyone from the Duke of Wellington to Lord John... -
The Exiled: The incredible story of the Asian exodus from Uganda to Britain in 1972 Lucy Fulford 9781399711173
RRP: $42.90$28.39'A lyrical and penetrating examination of what happened to one family and the Ugandan Asians more broadly' GILES FODEN'Fulford has put in the legwork ... The book is full of the sights, smells and tastes of what most remember as a lost utopia'... -
Battle of the Atlantic by Marc Milner
RRP: $23.38$17.88World War II was only a few hours old when the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest campaign of the Second World War and the most complex submarine war in history, began with the sinking of the unarmed passenger liner Athenia by the German submarine U30... -
Dark Valleys: Foul Deeds Among the South Wales Valleys 1845 - 2016 Gary Dobbs 9781473861787
RRP: $25.33$17.92Dark Valleys collects together more than a century of murders that took place in and around the valleys of South Wales. These horrific crimes shocked not only Wales, but also made national headlines. Although treated with compassion and sensitivity by... -
Armies of Julius Caesar 58-44 BC by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: $29.23$21.35Gaius Julius Caesar remains the most famous Roman general of all time. Although he never bore the title, historians since Suetonius have judged him to be, in practice, the very first 'emperor' - after all, no other name in history has been synonymous... -
Riches and Poverty: An Intellectual History of Political Economy in Britain, 1750-1834 by Donald Winch
RRP: $72.13$65.11In Riches and Poverty, Donald Winch explores the implications of a fundamental and influential idea in political economy. Adam Smith's science of the legislator provided a key to studying the rich and poor in commercial societies, transformed an ancient... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic by Owen Davies
RRP: $45.81$29.91This richly illustrated history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Telling the story from the dawn of writing in the ancient world to the globally successful Harry Potter films, the... -
Sailors, Ships, and Sea Fights: Proceedings of the 2022 'From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815' Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail Conference by Nicholas James Kaizer 9781804513446
RRP: $58.40$40.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513446Author Nicholas James KaizerFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Inside The Centre: The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Ray Monk 9780099433538
RRP: $37.03$27.32J. Robert Oppenheimer is among the most contentious and important figures of the twentieth century. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis to develop the first atomic bomb - a breakthrough which was to... -
The Art of Military Innovation: Lessons from the Israel Defense Forces by Edward N. Luttwak 9780674660052
RRP: $58.40$46.86A world-leading military strategist and an IDF insider explain the improbable success of the Israeli armed forces.When the Israel Defense Forces was established in May 1948, it was small, poorly equipped, and already at war. Lacking sufficient weaponry... -
The Death of Truth by Michiko Kakutani
RRP: $15.58$10.90From a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique of the West's retreat from reason. 'The Death of Truth is destined to become the defining treatise of our age' David Grann ... -
Red Horizons: The True Story of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescus' Crimes, Lifestyle, and Corruption by Ion Mihai Pacepa 9780895267467
RRP: $38.98$26.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780895267467Author Ion Mihai PacepaFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Regnery Gateway Inc.,U.S.Publisher Regnery Gateway Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams)...