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Operation Pedestal: The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942 by Max Hastings
RRP: $20.98$13.69The Sunday Times bestseller 'One of the most dramatic forgotten chapters of the war, as told in a new book by the incomparable Max Hastings' DAILY MAIL In August 1942, beleaguered Malta was within weeks of surrender to the Axis,... -
Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World by Otto English
RRP: $23.08$15.54'A brilliant and important book ... Five Stars!' Mark Dolan, talkRADIO'An important new book' Daily Express An alternative history of the world that exposes some of the biggest lies ever told and how they've been used over time.Lincoln did not believe... -
Red Sky in Morning by Paul Lynch
RRP: $20.98$14.28BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED PROPHET SONG.'Paul Lynch is peerless' Donal Ryan, author of Strange FlowersSpring 1832: Donegal, north west Ireland. Coll Coyle wakes to a blood dawn and a day he does not want to face. The young father stands... -
Six Tudor Queens: Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession: Six Tudor Queens 2 by Alison Weir
RRP: $23.08$15.54THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Weir is excellent on the little details that bring a world to life' GuardianAnne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by bestselling historian Alison Weir, author of Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, is the second captivating novel... -
The Real Watergate Scandal: Collusion, Conspiracy, and the Plot That Brought Nixon Down by Geoff Shepard 9781621579601
RRP: $41.98$27.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621579601Author Geoff ShepardFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Regnery HistoryPublisher Regnery HistoryWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm... -
Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe by Rachel Chrastil 9780141991610
RRP: $27.28$19.09'Superb on the human consequences of war, ravishing in its evocations of wartime life' The Times'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily TelegraphLess than a month after it marched into France in summer 1870, the Prussian army had devastated... -
Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain by Amy Jeffs 9781529408003
RRP: $27.28$18.06A TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2022A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC HISTORY MAG BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Expressive, bold and quite beautiful' The Lady'[a] delight of a... -
Shakespeare: The World as a Stage by Bill Bryson
RRP: $20.98$13.69Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright. Ever since he took the theatre of Elizabethan London... -
Vermeer's Hat: The seventeenth century and the dawn of the global world by Timothy Brook
RRP: $27.28$19.09'Effortless and compelling, Brooks is a wonderful storyteller. I doubt I will read a better book this year.' Sunday Telegraph Each of Vermeer's paintings tells a story. In one, a military officer leans toward a laughing girl; in another, a woman... -
The Rhine: Following Europe's Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps by Ben Coates
RRP: $23.08$15.54*SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD*The Rhine is one of the world's greatest rivers. Once forming the outer frontier of the Roman Empire, it flows 800 miles from the social democratic playground of the Netherlands, through... -
The Good Wife of Bath: A Novel by Karen Brooks
RRP: $20.98$13.94A provocative, immersive medieval novel starring one of literature's most unforgettable characters in her own words-Chaucer's bold and libidinous Wife of Bath."So damned readable and fun...This is the story of a woman fighting for her rights; it breaches... -
The Third Reich in Power, 1933 - 1939: How the Nazis Won Over the Hearts and Minds of a Nation by Richard J. Evans
RRP: $39.88$29.42The second book in his acclaimed trilogy on the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, Richard J. Evans' The Third Reich in Power: How the Nazis Won Over the Hearts and Minds of a Nation explores how Hitler turned Germany from a vibrant democracy into a... -
Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India by Shashi Tharoor 9780141987149
RRP: $23.08$16.32The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller on India's experience of British colonialism, by the internationally-acclaimed author and diplomat Shashi Tharoor'Tharoor's impassioned polemic slices straight to the heart of the darkness that drives all empires ..... -
Never Had It So Good: A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles by Dominic Sandbrook
RRP: $39.88$27.62In 1956 the Suez Crisis finally shattered the old myths of the British Empire and paved the way for the tumultuous changes of the decades to come. In NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD, Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at the dramatic story of affluence and... -
Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next by John Nichol
RRP: $27.28$17.81(Previously published as 'After the Flood') Former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Nichol sets out on a personal journey to discover what happened to 617 Squadron after the flood. RAF 617 Squadron's destruction of... -
Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books by Hilary Mantel
RRP: $20.98$13.94A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the Light In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London... -
Revolution In The Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties by Ian MacDonald
RRP: $27.28$19.09As dazzling as the decade they dominated, The Beatles almost single-handedly created pop music as we know it. Today, their songs are cited as seminal influences by stars like Oasis and Blur. Eloquently giving voice to their time, The Beatles quite simply... -
Daddy's Little Soldier: When home is a war zone, who can little Tom trust? by Maggie Hartley
RRP: $16.78$10.35A scared little boy who just wants his mummy back. A grieving father struggling to cope. And a loving foster carer determined to help them heal. A heartbreaking true story perfect for fans of Cathy Glass, Casey Watson, Angela Hart and Rosie Lewis.*****A... -
Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov
RRP: $23.08$16.32Ukraine's most famous novelist dramatises the conflict raging in his country through the adventures of a mild-mannered beekeeper. "A warm and surprisingly funny book from Ukraine's greatest living novelist" Charlie Connelly, New European Books of the... -
A 1980s Childhood: From He-Man to Shell Suits by Michael A Johnson 9780752463377
RRP: $20.98$15.86Do you remember trying to solve the Rubik's cube whilst dressed in your He-Man picture pyjamas?Did you try to make 'cool' sound effects with your mouth like Jones from Police Academy?Or maybe you swooned over Scott and Charlene's (aka Jason and Kylie's)... -
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
RRP: $31.48$20.50During his 84-year life Benjamin Franklin was America's best scientist, inventor, publisher, business strategist, diplomat, and writer. He was also one of its most practical political thinkers. America's first great publicist, he carefully crafted his... -
Conversations of Socrates by Xenophon
RRP: $27.28$16.23After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon's portrait is the only one other than Plato's to... -
The 1950s Scrapbook by Robert Opie
RRP: $31.40$22.64After 10 years of austerity, the 1950s saw rationing draw to an end. Gathered together in this colourful creation of over 1,000 products and images, The 1950s Scrapbook conjures up the life and times of the Coronation of Elizabeth II to the abundance of... -
Habsburg Way: 7 Rules for Turbulent Times by Eduard Habsburg 9781644138106
RRP: $34.65$25.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644138106Author Eduard HabsburgFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Sophia Institute PressPublisher Sophia Institute PressWeight(grams)... -
Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak by Jean Hatzfeld 9780312425036
RRP: $46.20$27.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312425036Author Jean HatzfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 213mm *... -
Treasures from Sutton Hoo by Gareth Williams
RRP: $12.58$9.24Discover the real story behind The Dig, streaming now on Netflix, starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes The objects unearthed in 1939 from an Anglo-Saxon ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, rank among the most splendid treasures in the collection... -
OCR Classical Civilisation A Level Components 32 and 33: Love and Relationships and Politics of the Late Republic by Matthew Barr
RRP: $31.48$29.27This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 32 and 33 from the 'Beliefs and Ideas' Component Group: Love and Relationships by Matthew Barr and... -
On This Day in Politics: Britain's Political History in 365 Days by Iain Dale
RRP: $42.00$29.11Who became Britain's first Prime Minister on 3 April 1721?When was Karl Marx born?Where and when was the first battle of the Wars of the Roses?When did Big Ben first bong?When did the first British woman cast her vote? (Clue: It wasn't 1918.)Find the... -
The Jekyll Island Club by Tyler E Bagwell 9780738517964
RRP: $46.18$32.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738517964Author Tyler E BagwellFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 318g -
Burning Steel: A Tank Regiment at War, 1939-45 by Peter Hart 9781788166409
RRP: $31.48$23.00'Excellent ... a raw and visceral, bird's-eye view of the action from the men who were there' The Times This is the story of a tank regiment: the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in the Second World War. Raw and visceral personal recollections from the... -
Philip's Orkney and Shetland: Leisure and Tourist Map: Leisure and Tourist Map by Philip's Maps
RRP: $14.68$12.50Whether it's the outstanding natural beauty, ancient sites or an activity-packed break calling you, the Philip's leisure and tourist map of Orkney and Shetland is all you need. Places of interest are clearly marked on the easy-to-read mapping - ideal... -
No More Secrets: My part in codebreaking at Bletchley Park and the Pentagon by Betty Webb
RRP: $20.98$13.52The incredible true story of the only woman to have worked during the Second World War as a codebreaker at both Bletchley Park and the Pentagon Betty Webb is the only surviving codebreaker to have worked on both Nazi and Japanese codes at Bletchley... -
Austerity Britain, 1945-1951 by David Kynaston 9780747599234
RRP: $39.88$28.58For the first time, the Sunday Times bestseller Austerity Britain is available in one complete paperback volume. Coursing through Austerity Britain is an astonishing variety of voices - vivid, unselfconscious, and unaware of what the future holds. A... -
Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain by Charlotte Lydia Riley 9781847926432
RRP: $52.50$34.71Imperial Island shows how empire and its ever-present aftermath have divided and defined Britain over the last seventy years.'Masterful ... you won't look at Britain in the same way ever again' OWEN JONESAfter the Second World War, Britain's overseas... -
The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties by Robert Conquest
RRP: $46.20$33.64Robert Conquest's The Great Terror is the book that revealed the horrors of Stalin's regime to the West. This definitive fiftieth anniversary edition features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.One of the most important books ever written about the Soviet... -
The BBC: A People's History by David Hendy 9781781255261
RRP: $27.28$19.09'Thorough and engaging ... you can't understand England without understanding the BBC' New York Times 'Fascinating and informative' Daily Telegraph 'A dramatic tale of innovation and determination' Guardian In 1922, a tiny group of men and women... -
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
RRP: $23.08$16.65With an introduction by author Anne Enright.Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book award, a story of civil war and a family's unbreakable bond.How you see a country depends on whether you are driving through it, or live in it. How you see a country... -
The Red Arrows: The Sunday Times Bestseller by David Montenegro 9781529159578
RRP: $23.08$16.32SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERDAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEKTHE FIRST OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE RED ARROWS'Heart-pounding, exhilarating . . . A fascinating testimony of jeopardy, cool heads and the sheer exultant addiction of flying.' SINCLAIR... -
Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945 by Halik Kochanski
RRP: $42.00$30.85*WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2023**A NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEAR*'The best book about the subject I have ever read' Max Hastings, Sunday TimesA sweeping history of occupation and resistance in war-torn Europe, from the acclaimed author of The... -
Awesome Egyptians (newspaper edition) by Terry Deary 9780702322914
RRP: $14.68$9.74Discover all the foul facts about the Awesome Egyptians with history's most horrible headlines. All the foul facts about the Awesome Egyptians are ready to uncover, including: which king had...