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Tornado: In the Eye of the Storm by John Nichol 9781471180552
RRP: $21.43$14.06Former Tornado Navigator John Nichol tells the incredible story of the RAF Tornado force during the First Gulf War in 1991; the excitement and the danger, the fear and the losses. It is an extraordinary account of courage and fortitude.'We were doing... -
Opening The Gates of Hell: The untold story of Herbert Kenny, the man who discovered Belsen Mark Hodkinson 9781788404846
RRP: $42.90$28.39Herbert Kenny, an army dispatch rider, was the first Allied soldier to push open the gates at Belsen Concentration Camp, in April 1945. He kept his story from the world until an encounter with a trainee journalist brought it to light. Now, forty years... -
The Hillforts of Iron Age Wales by Toby Driver 9781910839676
RRP: $39.00$32.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839676Author Toby DriverFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books Ltd -
The Hiram Key: Pharoahs,Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Christ by Christopher Knight
RRP: $21.43$15.58Was Jesus a Freemason? The discovery of evidence of the most secret rites of Freemasonry in an ancient Egyptian tomb led authors Chris Knight and Bob Lomas into and extraordinary investigation of 4, 000 years of history. This astonishing bestseller... -
World War II Fighter Planes Spotter's Guide by Tony Holmes
RRP: $15.58$11.66World War II saw pilots from around the world battling in the skies over Europe, Asia and Africa, with victory resting upon their nerve, skill and the capabilities of some of history's most iconic aircraft. In the chaos of battle, it was vital that they... -
David Lloyd George: The Great Outsider by Roy Hattersley
RRP: $33.13$22.50A Welshman among the English, a nonconformist among Anglicans and a self-made man in the patrician corridors of power, David Lloyd George, the last Liberal Prime Minister of Great Britain, was the founding father of the Welfare State and was as great a... -
Untold Histories: Black People in England and Wales During the Period of the British Slave Trade, c. 1660-1807 by Kathleen Chater 9780719085970
RRP: $38.98$34.34Untold Histories looks in detail at the experiences of the average black person in England and Wales during the period of the British slave trade. Drawing on a database which is the most extensive of its kind, it reveals for the first time information... -
Into Iraq Michael Palin 9781529153118
RRP: $33.13$25.10In March 2022, Michael Palin travelled the length of the River Tigris through Iraq to get a sense of what life is like in a region of the world that once formed the cradle of civilisation, but that in recent times has witnessed turmoil and appalling... -
Panzer III Tank Manual: Panzerkampfwagen III Sd Kfz. 141 Ausf A-N (1937-45 by Dick Taylor
RRP: $44.83$33.01An insight into the design, construction and operation of the German Army's Second World War medium battle tank, When Hitler unleashed Operation Barbarossa against the Soviet Union in June 1941, the 23-tonne Panzer III was in the vanguard of the German... -
Tales from the Long Twelfth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire by Richard Huscroft
RRP: $25.33$23.13This intriguing book tells the story of England's great medieval Angevin dynasty in an entirely new way. Departing from the usual king-centric narrative, Richard Huscroft instead centers each of his chapters on the experiences of a particular man or... -
Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome by Annalisa Marzano
RRP: $175.50$158.79The book investigates the cultural and political dimension of Roman arboriculture and the associated movement of plants from one corner of the empire to the other. It uses the convergent perspectives offered by textual and archaeological sources to... -
Music, Politics and Society in Ancient Rome by Harry Morgan 9781009232333
RRP: $146.25$132.87Music was everywhere in ancient Rome. Wherever one went in the sprawling city, the sound of singing and piping, drumming and strumming was never far out of earshot. This book examines the role of music in Roman politics and society, focusing on the... -
The Pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman 9780753814055
RRP: $19.48$13.65The powerful and bestselling memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds. Made into a Bafta and Oscar-winning film.'You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the survival of one man throughout... -
The Fall of Public Man by Richard Sennett 9780141007571
RRP: $29.23$21.66Richard Sennett's The Fall of Public Man examines the growing imbalance between private and public experience, and asks what can bring us to reconnect with our communities. Are we now so self-absorbed that we take little interest in the world beyond our... -
Canada: A Very Short Introduction by Donald Wright 9780198755241
RRP: $17.53$12.97Canada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a country Canada is very successful, in part because it maintains national diversity through bilingualism, multiculturalism, and federalism. Alongside this... -
The Hong Kong Diaries by Chris Patten
RRP: $58.50$42.80The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the handoverIn June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not (as other British colonies over the decades) for... -
LOTE by Shola von Reinhold
RRP: $17.53$12.97WINNER of the James Tait Black Prize 2021.WINNER of The Republic of Consciousness Prize 2021.Lush and frothy, incisive and witty, Shola von Reinhold's decadent queer literary debut immerses readers in the pursuit of aesthetics and beauty, while... -
Wartime Recipes by Ivor Claydon Graphics
RRP: $9.75$7.39A fascinating and nostalgic collection of over 40 wholesome recipes from the Second World War At a time of shortages and rationing, the British were challenged with providing nutritious meals daily for the family. This pocket-sized compendium of recipes... -
Man Walks Into A Pub: A Sociable History of Beer (Fully Updated Second Edition) by Pete Brown
RRP: $21.43$15.89It's an extraordinary tale of yeast-obsessed monks and teetotal prime ministers; of how pale ale fuelled an Empire and weak bitter won a world war; of exploding breweries, a bear in a yellow nylon jacket and a Canadian bloke who changed the dringking... -
The Story Of Scotland by Richard Brassey
RRP: $17.53$12.46The story of Scotland from the Ice Age to the Vikings, the Picts and the Romans, to Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Flora Macdonald, Sir Walter Scott, Logie Baird, Keir Hardie and many more famous Scots up to the present day... -
Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident Peter Stanford 9781473621671
RRP: $25.33$17.92'A compelling biography of one of the greatest men of the modern age. Stanford is particularly brilliant on the tensions inside Luther's private and spiritual life. This is a very fine book, written with a flourish.' Melvyn BraggThe 31st of October 2017... -
The Sisters of Auschwitz: The true story of two Jewish sisters' resistance in the heart of Nazi territory by Roxane van Iperen
RRP: $19.48$8.21Perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and The Librarian of Auschwitz - this is the international bestselling and life-affirming true story of female bravery and surviving the horrors of Auschwitz. NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller... -
Traitor King: The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Exile by Andrew Lownie
RRP: $48.75$33.52THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA Daily Mail Royal Book of the Year, 2021'Darkly compelling...hundreds of eye-popping details...Gripping ... damning portrait of the Windsors' Daily Mail 'Book of the Week''Briskly written and compulsively readable...' - A.N... -
The Bells of Old Tokyo: Travels in Japanese Time by Anna Sherman
RRP: $21.43$15.07As read on BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year AwardLonglisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize'Sherman's is a special book. Every sentence, every thought she has, every question she asks, every detail she... -
Gaelic Proverbs by Alexander Nicolson
RRP: $25.33$18.68Designed for those interested in the lore and tradition of a language, spoken until comparatively recently across much of Scotland, this is a compendium of Gaelic sayings and usage. The book includes notes, historical and social, and comparisons with... -
The Mavericks: English Football When Flair Wore Flares Rob Steen 9781472974853
RRP: $25.33$18.21ONE OF FOUR FOUR TWO MAGAZINE'S '50 FOOTBALL BOOKS YOU MUST READ' 'A great book' - Henry Winter 'A lovely read, the kind in which you constantly annoy people by reading the funny bits out loud' - Irish Post ---- First published 25 years ago,... -
Bill Bryson's African Diary by Bill Bryson 9780857524201
RRP: $25.33$18.21Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. Kenya, generally regarded as the cradle of humankind, is a land of stunning landscapes,... -
British Rail by Christian Wolmar 9781405946278
RRP: $25.33$18.21The authoritative and fascinating history of the rise and fall of the state-owned British Rail'Wolmar's book is impeccably organised and makes a fast, enjoyable read' THE TIMES Literary Supplement________British Rail wasn't how we're asked to remember it... -
They Fought Alone: The Story of British Agents in France by Maurice Buckmaster 9781849546928
RRP: $19.48$14.27'Set Europe ablaze.' The order came from Churchill himself. The result was the Special Operations Executive - the SOE. Established in 1941 with the aim of supplying occupied France with a steady stream of highly trained resistance agents, this... -
The Nautical Puzzle Book The National Maritime Museum 9781529322811
RRP: $37.03$26.01__________Available now: the biggest and best quiz book about the deep blue!__________Think you know the difference between a ship and a boat? Do you really understand the shipping forecast? And what do all the different flags at sea mean?The Nautical... -
Pompeii: An Archaeological Guide by Paul Wilkinson
RRP: $35.08$27.48The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans. Two million visitors annually now walk the paved streets which re-emerged, miraculously preserved, from their layers of volcanic... -
The Cathars Malcolm D. Lambert 9780631209591
RRP: $75.95$67.20This is the first comprehensive account in English of the most feared and the most mysterious of medieval heretics. A crusade was launched to uproot them in the south of France, the Inquisition was developed to suppress them, and St Dominic founded his... -
Holding Out: The German Army and Operational Command in 1917 by Tony Cowan
RRP: $58.50$51.38This is a ground-breaking study of German operational command during a critical phase of the First World War from November 1916 to the eve of the third battle of Ypres. The situation faced by the German army on the Western Front in 1917 was very... -
The Last Jews Of Kerala Edna Fernandes 9781846270994
RRP: $21.43$14.70Separated by a narrow stretch of swamp-like waters, and distinguished by the colour of their skin, the Black Jews and the White Jews have been locked in a rancorous feud for centuries. Only now, when their combined number has diminished to fewer than... -
Anson's Navy: Building a Fleet for Empire 1744-1763 by Brian Lavery 9781399002882
RRP: $78.00$57.31Despite a supreme belief in itself, the Royal Navy of the early eighteenth century was becoming over-confident and outdated, and it had more than its share of disasters and miscarriages including the devastating sickness in Admiral Hosier's fleet in... -
The History of Government from the Earliest Times: Volume III: Empires, Monarchies, and the Modern State by S. E. Finer 9780198207917
$192.70No one has hitherto had the breadth of imagination and intellectual boldness to describe and analyse government throughout recorded history and throughout the world. This unique study of government is the culmination of the work of the late S. E. Finer,... -
A Study of History: Volume I: Abridgement of Volumes I-VI by Arnold Joseph Toynbee
RRP: $45.81$34.07Arnold Toynbee's analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations has been acknowledged as one of the great achievements of twentieth-century scholarship. D.C. Somervell's abridgement of this monumental work is a great achievement in its own right. While... -
Partition Voices: Untold British Stories by Kavita Puri
RRP: $25.33$18.21UPDATED FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF PARTITION 'Puri does profound and elegant work bringing forgotten narratives back to life. It's hard to convey just how important this book is' Sathnam Sanghera 'The most humane account of partition I've read .... -
The Showman: The Inside Story of the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster 9780008599171
RRP: $42.90$28.68'This book offers a front row seat to history as it is being made' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'This is the Zelensky book we've been waiting for' CATHERINE BELTON 'An elegant... -
Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul by Stuart Cosgrove
RRP: $19.48$13.46WINNER OF THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE 2018 In the 1950s and 1960s, Memphis, Tennessee, was the launch pad of musical pioneers such as Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Al Green and Isaac Hayes, and by 1968 was a city synonymous with soul...