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The West Country's Last Line of Defence: Taunton Stop Line by Andrew Powell-Thomas
RRP: £15.99£10.85As Hitler's Germany spread her wings across Europe in the late 1930s, nations across the continent began preparing their own defences. The threat of invasion on home soil seemed unlikely at first, but as the relentless Nazi war machine steamrollered... -
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Anonymous
RRP: £8.95£8.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609420239Author AnonymousFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint International Alliance Pro-PublishingPublisher International Alliance... -
Around Lewisham & Deptford by John Coulter
RRP: £15.99£12.25Lewisham and Deptford have been a single borough since 1965, but they have very different histories. Deptford became an important shipbuilding centre after Henry VIII established a royal dockyard there; this attracted over heavy industry. Lewisham and... -
On the Trail of the Assassins: One Man's Quest to Solve the Murder of President Kennedy by Jim Garrison 9781620872994
£11.38The New York Times Bestseller. about the search for the assassins of JFK. "Garrison's book presents the most powerful detailed case yet made that President Kennedy's assassination was the product of a conspiracy, and that the plotters and key operators... -
The Illustrated Police News: The Shocks, Scandals and Sensations of the Week 1864-1938 Linda Stratmann 9780712352499
RRP: £12.99£9.00The Illustrated Police News cost just a penny, providing an affordable illustrated roundup of `all the startling events of the week' from its first issue published on 20th February 1864. Promising to educate the people with fantastic features such as... -
Al Capone's Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago during Prohibition by John J. Binder 9781633882850
RRP: £18.99£17.54Although much has been written about Al Capone, there has not been--until now--a complete history of organized crime in Chicago during Prohibition. This exhaustively researched book covers the entire period from 1920 to 1933. Author John J. Binder, a... -
The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage and Justice by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
RRP: £16.99£11.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800750456Author Gayle Tzemach LemmonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Swift PressPublisher Swift Press -
Helicopter Boys: True Tales from Operators of Military and Civilian Rotorcraft by Richard Pike
RRP: £20.00£14.29Richard Pike became a flight cadet in 1961, at the RAF College, Cranwell where, on graduation, he was awarded the Dickson Trophy and Michael Hill memorial prize for flying. In the early stages of his forty-year flying career he flew the English Electric... -
Viking: The Norse Warrior's (Unofficial) Manual by John Haywood
RRP: £12.95£8.58The fifth instalment in this popular and highly successful series, Viking follows on from Legionary, Gladiator, Knight and Samurai, your guide to the Norse world of the tenth century ad. Discover everything you will need to become a successful Viking... -
Big Bear: The End of Freedom by Hugh A. Dempsey 9780889771963
RRP: £14.99£14.68When the white settlers came to western Canada, Big Bear realized that the Cree Indians' way of life was threatened, and he fought to prevent his people from being reduced to poverty-stricken outcasts in their own land. Although his protests were... -
Rabaul 1943-44: Reducing Japan's great island fortress by Mark Lardas
RRP: £16.99£14.10In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies' path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100,000-strong garrison out. Instead the US began an innovative, hard-fought two-year... -
From Warsaw to Rome by Martin Williams 9781473894884
RRP: £25.00£18.02In May 1944, 40,000 Polish soldiers attacked and captured the hilltops of Monte Cassino, bringing to a close the largest, bloodiest battle fought by the western Allies in the Second World War. Days later the Allied armies marched into Rome seizing the... -
Chorley Remembered.: A Look at the Town in the 50's, 60's and 70's by Jack Smith 9781780914893
RRP: £14.99£14.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780914893Author Jack SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 197Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing -
Blacklisted By History by M. Stanton Evans
RRP: £18.99£14.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400081066Author M. Stanton EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 737gDimensions(mm)... -
Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World by Ussama Makdisi 9780520258884
RRP: £25.00£19.99"Flawless . . . [Makdisi] reminds us of the critical declarations of secularism which existed in the history of the Middle East."-Robert Fisk, The Independent Today's headlines paint the Middle East as a collection of war-torn countries and extremist... -
On the Social Life of Postsocialism: Memory, Consumption, Germany by Daphne Berdahl
RRP: £19.99£17.54Anthropologist Daphne Berdahl was one of the leading scholars of the transition from state socialism to capitalism in central and eastern Europe. From her pathbreaking ethnography of a former East German border village in the aftermath of German... -
The Gold Machine: In the Tracks of the Mule Dancers by Iain Sinclair
RRP: £20.00£13.50A New Statesman Book of the Year, 2021 'Follow Iain Sinclair into the cloud jungles of Peru and emerge questioning all that seemed so solid and immutable.' Barry Miles From the award-winning author of The Last London and Lights Out for the... -
The Little History of Worcestershire by Vanessa Morgan 9781803991207
RRP: £14.99£11.55Here in the pages of this compact little book are thousands of years history about a county which has many stories to tell, all laid out in an informative but easy-to-read way. From Roman times when three roads traversed its landscape, to its involvement... -
Legion Condor 1936-39: The Luftwaffe develops Blitzkrieg in the Spanish Civil War by James S. Corum
RRP: £14.99£10.95The bombing of Guernica has become a symbol of Nazi involvement in the Spanish Civil War, but the extent of the German commitment is often underestimated. The Luftwaffe sent 20,000 officers and men to Spain from 1936 to 1939, and the Condor Legion... -
Flying Fortress Gunner: B-17 Ball Turret Gunner Bob Harper's 35 Combat Missions over Germany by Bill Cullen
RRP: £22.99£15.05At 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing just 110 pounds, Bob Harper was below the minimum size requirements for US military service. As the demand for manpower increased, rules were bent, Harper's deferment was retracted, and he was drafted into the Army... -
Europe and the People Without History by Eric R. Wolf 9780520268180
RRP: £30.00£23.69Offering insight and equal consideration into the societies of the "civilized" and "uncivilized" world, "Europe and the People Without History" deftly explores the historical trajectory of so-called modern globalization. In this foundational text about... -
The Spanish Civil War at Sea: Dark and Dangerous Waters by Michael Alpert
RRP: £25.00£24.61The Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 underlined the importance of the sea as the supply route to both General Franco's insurgents and the Spanish Republic. There were attempted blockades by Franco as well as attacks by his Italian and German allies against... -
This New Noise: The Extraordinary Birth and Troubled Life of the BBC Charlotte Higgins (Arts Correspondent) 9781783350728
RRP: £12.99£8.56A brilliantly researched and gripping history of the BBC, from its origins to the present day.'The book could scarcely be better or better timed. It is elegantly written, closely argued, balanced, pulls no punches.' MELVYN BRAGG, GUARDIANCharlotte... -
The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives by Carole Hillenbrand
RRP: £45.00£39.15At the 900th anniversary of the Crusader capture of Jerusalem, it is timely to reflect on how the phenomenon of the Crusades influenced the Muslim world, then and now, militarily, culturally and psychologically. This book discusses a group of themes... -
The Book of Samurai: Fundamental Samurai Teachings: The Collected Scrolls of Natori-Ryu Antony Cummins, MA 9781780288888
RRP: £25.00£15.87THE FIRST COMPLETE TRANSLATION OF A SAMURAI SCHOOL CURRICULUM, THE BOOK OF SAMURAI SERIES IS A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SAMURAI WARFARE. Book One: Fundamental Teachings reveals to the samurai student the basic traditions of... -
The Indus: Lost Civilizations by Andrew Robinson
RRP: £12.95£9.07The Indus civilization flourished for half a millennium from about 2600 to 1900 BC, when it mysteriously declined and vanished from view. It remained invisible for almost four thousand years, until its ruins were discovered in the 1920s by British and... -
After The Berlin Wall: Putting Two Germanys Back Together Again by Christopher Hilton 9780750992138
RRP: £12.99£10.02On 7 May 1945, Grand Admiral Donitz, named in Hitler's will as head of state, authorised the unconditional surrender of all German forces to the Allies on the following day. World War II in Europe was at an end. But many of the German people would... -
Flying Forwards, Facing Backwards: Captivating Tales from a Nimrod and Valcan Air Electronics Operator by Jim Walls
RRP: £25.00£18.02Since he was a child in the 1950s watching Vampires and Meteors operating from RAF Turnhouse, Jim Walls wanted to fly aircraft, he just never envisaged that his flying career would be spent in the back seat as opposed to the front. Jim guides readers... -
The House of Wisdom by Jonathan Lyons 9781408801215
RRP: £12.99£9.09For centuries following the fall of Rome, Western Europe was backward and benighted, locked into the Dark Ages and barely able to tell the time of day. Arab culture, however, was thriving, and had become a powerhouse of intellectual exploration and... -
History in Practice by Ludmilla Jordanova
RRP: £22.99£20.65Exploring the breadth and complexities of history as a field of study, History in Practice demystifies what historians actually do and the tasks they take on. This study, written by one of the most acute practitioners in the field, examines not only the... -
A Short Guide to Hadrian's Wall by Andrew Tibbs
RRP: £16.99£11.27Andrew Tibbs, the man behind the popular @RomanScotland account, brings together an overview of the history and archaeology of this famous monument, along with a guide to the key Roman sites to visit in and around Hadrian's Wall. The history of the wall... -
The Fire: The Bombing of Germany, 1940-1945 by Jorg Friedrich 9780231133814
RRP: £22.00£17.76For 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... -
Blackpool: Britain in Old Photographs by Catherine Rothwell
RRP: £14.99£11.55There can be no better example of Victorian enterprise than the amazing success story of Blackpool whose pioneering spirit embodied all the unflagging, indomitable confidence of that age - "He who dares wins". This was the watchword, and bold publicity... -
Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens Lisa Hilton 9780753826119
RRP: £12.99£8.60England from the perspective of its consort queens - a distaff history of the nation from 1066 to 1503.England's medieval queens were elemental in shaping the history of the nation. In an age where all politics were family politics, dynastic marriages... -
Love Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet by Holly Gayley 9780231180535
RRP: £28.00£22.20Love Letters from Golok chronicles the courtship between two Buddhist tantric masters, Tare Lhamo (1938-2002) and Namtrul Rinpoche (1944-2011), and their passion for reinvigorating Buddhism in eastern Tibet during the post-Mao era. In fifty-six letters... -
Female Husbands: A Trans History by Jen Manion
RRP: £13.99£10.84Long before people identified as transgender or lesbian, there were female husbands and the women who loved them. Female husbands - people assigned female who transed gender, lived as men, and married women - were true queer pioneers. Moving deftly from... -
The British Home Guard Pocketbook by A.F.U. Green
RRP: £9.99£7.67'The Home Guards are an attacking force lying in wait for, and ready to destroy, any enemy who dares to set foot on out shores.' The Home Guard has been immortalised in British culture in the TV series Dad's Army. Formed by men not eligible for... -
Allied Warships vs the Atlantic Wall: Normandy 1944 by Steven J. Zaloga 9781472854155
RRP: £15.99£11.61A fascinating exploration of the often-overlooked gunnery duels between the formidable artillery weapons in the Atlantic Wall defences and the mighty US and Royal Navy battleships. Amphibious landings were an essential tool of Allied military strategy... -
The Regency Revolution: Jane Austen, Napoleon, Lord Byron and the Making of the Modern World by Robert Morrison
RRP: £12.99£8.56Shortlisted for the HWA Non-fiction Crown Award 2020'Superb' The Economist'Elegant, entertaining and frequently surprising' New York TimesThe fascinating story of the Regency period in Britain - an immensely colourful and chaotic decade that marked the... -
The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn: Family Politics at the Court of Henry VIII by Retha M. Warnicke
RRP: £22.99£18.87The events which led to the execution of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second queen, in 1536 have traditionally been explained by historians in terms of a factional conspiracy masterminded by Henry's minister Thomas Cromwell. Retha Warnicke's fascinating and...