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Barbarossa Derailed: The Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 September 1941 Volume 4: Atlas by David M Glantz
RRP: $97.40$68.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070999Author David M GlantzFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Fabulous Flotilla: Scotland's Adventure on the Rivers of Burma by Paul Strachan 9781849955324
RRP: $37.03$30.52The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, known in colonial Burma as the ‘Fabulous Flotilla’, was the largest privately-owned fleet of ships in the world. It was an entirely Scottish enterprise with nearly all its investors, management and ship’s officers drawn... -
Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown by Rory Carroll 9780008476663
RRP: $29.23$23.40A Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2023 A Spectator Book of the Year 2023 The Irish Times No.1 Bestseller 'As taut as a... -
Forces of the Hanseatic League: 13th-15th Centuries Dr David Nicolle 9781782007791
RRP: $25.33$17.92The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the North Sea and Baltic coasts of what are now Germany and her neighbours, which eventually dominated maritime trade in Northern Europe and... -
The Journey to the Mayflower: God's Outlaws and the Invention of Freedom Stephen Tomkins 9781473649101
RRP: $39.00$26.81'Wonderfully learned, wonderfully written, a microscopic examination of the acorn from which a truly mighty oak would spring. I learnt a huge amount.' - Tom Holland, author of Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind2020 sees the 400th anniversary of the... -
Haunted Exeter by Susan Gardner 9780752456720
RRP: $25.33$19.25Carriages pulled by headless horses, a ghostly Viking longship poised to reinvade, modern-day people transported momentarily back to the brutal Middle Ages and spooky creatures so horrible that catching sight of them could kill - no wonder Exeter is... -
Breaking the Siegfried Line: Rhineland, February 1945 by Tim Saunders 9781399055284
RRP: $48.75$34.36In this second of Tim Saunders’ volumes on the opening stage of the 1945 Rhineland Campaign, the focus is to the north of the Reichswald, on the flood plain of the River Rhine and a narrow strip of slightly higher ground. Amidst the rapidly rising flood... -
The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris by Tilar J. Mazzeo 9780061791048
RRP: $19.48$13.34Set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of World War II, The Hotel on Place Vendome is the captivating history of Paris's world-famous Hotel Ritz-a breathtaking tale of glamour, opulence, and celebrity; dangerous liaisons, espionage, and... -
World War I in Cartoons by Mark Bryant
RRP: $23.40$17.43Using images from a wide variety of international wartime magazines, newspapers, books, postcards, posters and prints Mark Bryant tells the history of World War I from both sides of the conflict in an immediate and refreshing manner that brings history... -
Useful Enemies: Islam and The Ottoman Empire in Western Political Thought, 1450-1750 by Noel Malcolm
RRP: $61.41$43.37From the fall of Constantinople in 1453 until the eighteenth century, many Western European writers viewed the Ottoman Empire with almost obsessive interest. Typically they reacted to it with fear and distrust; and such feelings were reinforced by the... -
The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won by Victor Davis Hanson 9781541674103
RRP: $37.03$25.45World War II sent the youth of the world across the globe in odd alliances against each other. Never before had a conflict been fought simultaneously in so many diverse landscapes on premises that often seemed unrelated. Never before had a conflict been... -
Black British History: New Perspectives by Hakim Adi
RRP: $44.83$39.21For over 1500 years before the Empire Windrush docked on British shores, people of African descent have played a significant and far-ranging role in the country's history, from the African soldiers on Hadrian's Wall to the Black British intellectuals who... -
Who Lost Russia?: How the World Entered a New Cold War by Peter Conradi
RRP: $21.43$15.35'A must read for anyone interested in the future of Europe and the world as a whole.' Serhii Plokhy, author of The Last Empire An essential insight into Russia's relations with Ukraine, the US and beyond Why did Vladimir Putin launch his... -
History Beyond the Text: A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources by Sarah Barber
RRP: $77.98$68.37Historians are increasingly looking beyond the traditional, and turning to visual, oral, aural, and virtual sources to inform their work. The challenges these sources pose require new skills of interpretation and require historians to consider... -
Fisher's Face by Jan Morris
RRP: $25.33$17.16Admiral of the Fleet Lord 'Jacky' Fisher (1841-1920) was one of the greatest naval reformers in history. He was also a colossal figure to contemporaries, both loved and loathed, a man of exceptional charm, presence and charisma. Since the late 1940s, Jan... -
Bageye at the Wheel: A 1970s Childhood in Suburbia by Colin Grant
RRP: $21.43$15.58A powerful prescient memoir of life in 1970s Britain for a child of Windrush generation parents. ... -
The Crusades Dr David Nicolle 9781841761794
RRP: $29.23$24.47Born amid immense suffering and bloodshed, the Kingdom of Jerusalem remained a battlefield for almost 200 years. The Crusades gave rise to the Military Orders of the Templars and Hospitallers, and were a backdrop to the careers of some of history's most... -
William Marshal by David Crouch
RRP: $81.88$79.38David Crouch's William Marshal, now in its third edition, depicts this intriguing medieval figure as a ruthless opportunist, astute courtier, manipulative politician and a brutal but efficient soldier. Born the fourth son of a minor baron, he ended his... -
Tempest Squadrons of the RAF Chris Thomas (Author) 9781472814548
RRP: $33.13$27.50Hawker's charismatic Tempest V entered RAF service just in time to be the most successful counter to the V1 flying bomb assault on southern England in the summer of 1944. With more than 800 of the robot missiles to its credit, Tempest V units then... -
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan 9781400069224
RRP: $54.60$32.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400069224Author Reza AslanFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 578gDimensions(mm) 241mm *... -
Upper Rhondda: Treorchy and Treherbert by Emrys Jenkins 9780752410166
RRP: $25.33$19.25Using the images captured by the camera lens over the last hundred years, Emrys Jenkins and Roy Green have reconstructed the broad canvas of past life in the Upper Rhondda Fawr valley - in Cwmparc and Treorchy through Ynyswen and Penyrenglyn, Treherbert... -
Ceredigion Folk Tales by Peter Stevenson 9780752486444
RRP: $25.33$21.78Ceredigion is a land shaped by mythology, where mermaids and magic mix with humans and where ordinary people achieve extraordinary things. This is a captivating collection of traditional and modern stories, including the submerged city of Cantre'r... -
Anglesey at War by Geraint Jones
RRP: $35.08$26.99The First and Second World Wars had a profound effect on all parts of Great Britain, and the comparatively isolated and rural island of Anglesey was no exception. Men were recruited and conscripted into the armed forces in large numbers and some parts of... -
A House Divided: Sectionalism and Civil War, 1848-1865 by Richard H. Sewell
RRP: $51.68$46.14What caused the Civil War? Perhaps no question in American history has attracted more interest or sparked more debate. A House Divided presents a fresh and balanced interpretation that challenges the view of slavery as a largely artificial or symbolic... -
The Little Book of Galway by Helen Lee 9780750994613
RRP: $29.23$22.85The Little Book of Galway is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about County Galway. Here you will find out about Galway's history, its literary heritage, its cathedrals and castles, its festivals and fairs, and its... -
HOOVES OR HANDS by Rosie Haines 9781849767583
RRP: $23.38$15.48What would you rather have? Hooves or hands? Four legs or two? Eat food or hay? Say yay or neigh? Following Rosie Haine's acclaimed debut picture book, It Isn't Rude to be Nude, comes Hooves or Hands, a brilliantly funny tale (or should that be... -
Ghosts & Gravestones of York by Philip Lister 9780752443577
RRP: $29.23$22.52With its long history of conflict and many tragic events, York boasts more than its fair share of ghosts, ghouls, phantoms and things that go bump in the night. In fact, York claims to be 'Europe's most haunted city', and sometimes it seems as though a... -
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey
RRP: $58.48$40.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250192455Author James ComeyFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press -
Tanks on the Streets?: The Battle of George Square, Glasgow, 1919 by Gordon Barclay 9781526782656
RRP: $48.75$34.36At 12.08pm on Friday 31 January 1919, Margaret Buchanan drives her tram into George Square in Glasgow's city centre. She slows down to avoid the youths and men holding their arms up to stop her; some even jump onto the front of her tram. Swirling around... -
Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault 9780679721109
$24.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679721109Author Michel FoucaultFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The Circus: A Visual History by Pascal Jacob
RRP: $87.75$72.13Winner of 2019 British Book Design & Production Award for Scholarly, Academic & Reference Books This beautiful book charts the development of the circus as an art form around the world, from antiquity to the present day. Using over 200 circus... -
Mary Tudor Professor David Loades 9781445608181
RRP: $25.33$16.73Mary Tudor was the first female English sovereign - a ruling queen who was not simply the consort of the king. Yet little is known about this complex woman, whose reputation for ruthlessness belied her emotional fragility and who, like her half-sister... -
The Bhutto Dynasty: The Struggle for Power in Pakistan by Owen Bennett-Jones
RRP: $23.38$20.30A major new investigation into the Bhutto family, examining their influence in Pakistan from the colonial era to the present day "Students of geopolitics and South Asia will find this a valuable book."-Kirkus Reviews "Fluently written, impeccably... -
Passchendaele by Nigel Steel
RRP: $19.48$13.65A compelling account of the battle for Passchendaele from grand strategy at the highest levels right down to the experience of the ordinary infantrymen.In the autumn of 1917, after years of stalemate at Ypres, the British and French armies launched a... -
The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq by Victor Davis Hanson 9781608193424
RRP: $37.05$23.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608193424Author Victor Davis HansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Bloomsbury PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 301g -
The Royal Navy and Fishery Protection: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present Jon Wise 9781399041706
RRP: $48.75$34.36From the first recorded mention of British ships protecting of fishing vessels in the late fourteenth century through to recent controversies over the change in emphasis to border patrols and overseas deployments, the story of the Royal Navy's... -
Black Man on the Titanic: The Story of Joseph Laroche by Serge Bile
RRP: $29.15$19.73#1 New Release in Caribbean & West Indies History - Discover the True Story Behind One of the Black Passengers on the TitanicAn Incredible Tragedy: Joseph Laroche was an anomaly among the passengers of the Titanic. He was exceptionally well-educated in a... -
Operation Linebacker I 1972 by Mr Marshall Michel III
RRP: $33.13$23.95At Easter 1972, North Vietnam invaded the South, and there were almost no US ground troops left to stop it. But air power reinforcements could be rushed to the theater. Operation Linebacker's objective was to destroy the invading forces from the... -
An An Infographic History of Germany, 1918-45 by Elliott Watson 9781999636043
$41.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999636043Author Elliott WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint New Spur PublishingPublisher New Spur Publishing -
The Third Reich is Listening: Inside German codebreaking 1939-45 by Christian Jennings
RRP: $29.23$22.13The success of the Allied codebreakers at Bletchley Park was one of the iconic intelligence achievements of World War II, immortalised in films such as The Imitation Game and Enigma. But cracking Enigma was only half of the story. Across the Channel,...