Used

Geordie Doran's career has been truly remarkable, spanning 40 years during which he served in the infantry, the Parachute Regiment and the SAS. Geordie saw active service in Germany, Cyprus, the Korean War and Suez; he became an expert in jungle warfare...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993116131Author David DouganFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Northern HeritagePublisher Northern Heritage Services

As with the Great War, World War II gave rise to a rich crop of legends, many of which persist in the public consciousness even today. Some are well known, like the Dunkirk story, which portrayed the disaster of 1940 as a victory. Others are more obscure...

Clive Evans had a lengthy front-line flying career in which he flew Hunters, Canberras and Lightnings. Apart from his personnel experiences he describes all these types in considerable detail, explaining technical details and the nuances of each type...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906259013Author Alan AveryFormat PaperbackPage Count 89Imprint Blackthorn PressPublisher Blackthorn Press

Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.

Incorporating recent events in the Native American community as well as additional information gleaned from publications and public resources, this newly redesigned and updated second edition of ""First People"" brings back to the fore this concise and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015442054Author Fanny CrosbyFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Anyone who has seen The Lion in Winter will remember the vicious, compelling world of the Plantagenets and readers of the romance of Robin Hood will be familiar with the typecasting of Good King Richard, defending Christendom in the Holy Land, and Bad...

'Excellent ... a remarkable achievement and ought to be recognised as one of the most successful histories of the Western Desert and North African fighting yet to have appeared' John Keegan, Daily TelegraphFor the British, the battle fought at El Alamein...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Now with a fun pub quiz*'An idiosyncratic ride through history' Independent 'Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' The TimesThe nation's favourite historians, Tom Holland and...

This ground-breaking volume documents women's influence on popular culture in twentieth-century China by examining Yue opera. A subgenre of Chinese opera, it migrated from the countryside to urban Shanghai and morphed from its traditional all-male form...

Napoleon Bonaparte's character and achievements have always divided critics and commentators. In this compelling new biography Frank McLynn draws on the most recent scholarship and throws a brilliant light on this most paradoxical of men - as military...

Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.

This Ladybird Histories Book is perfect for children learning about the First World War at school. It looks at life in the trenches, the countries that took part, where the battles took place and how the war changed the lives of people around the world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462085275Author Rembrandt Van RijnFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi...

A concise and accessible study of the foundations, development and enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece and Rome, centred on ten locations of seminal importance in the development of Classical civilisation. Starting with Troy, where history, myth...

"The political machinations, betrayal, and battles may appeal to those fans of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series interested in a real-world game of thrones." -- BooklistOne of Italy's most revered cultural figures reconstructs the...

With the first world wide war, many new weapons were invented for the battlefield. Learn about the advancement in weapons in this book!About the AuthorMatt Doeden is a freelance author and editor from Minnesota. He's written numerous children's books on...

The Third Crusade of Richard the Lionheart is well known but the build-up to it less so. The years that led up to the Battle of Hattin in 1187 is resonant with intrigue, plot and counter-plot, and the abuse of power. This book presents the story of those...

A major international bestseller.The little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill Winston Churchill, President Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at the height of World War II, and how it was averted. In 1943 only three men stood in Hitler's way;...

"St George and the Dragon" is a supremely beautiful painting. It is an exquisitely rendered vision of a universal tale of good and evil. And it is also an example of how art witnesses and participates in the ebb and flow of world power. For its artist,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467131582Author Jane E. WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.

Spartanburg County, South Carolina, offered an example of the enduring legacy of the southern textile industry, company-owned mill villages, and union struggles of the 1930s. G. C. Waldrep illuminates the complex meshing of community ties and traditions...

Pax Britannica? is a study of Britain's international role and foreign policy during the century of her imperial greatness. The study shows how her foreign policy was affected, and to some extent, dictated by her domestic political issues. In her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875801544Author Joseph BradleyFormat HardbackPage Count 285Imprint Northern Illinois University PressPublisher Cornell University PressWeight(grams)...

The City of London was always going to be an obvious target for German bombers during the Second World War. What better way for Nazi Germany to spread fear and panic amongst the British people than by attacking their capital city?Although not vastly...

The product of many years' research by Susan Palmer, archivist to Sir John Soane's Museum, At Home with the Soanes paints a detailed picture of the social and domestic life at Nos 12 & 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, in the early 19th century - how the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935347248Author Lew FreedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 17Imprint Epicenter Press (WA)Publisher Epicenter Press (WA)Weight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 213mm...

The Refuge and the Fortress offers an account of academic refugees in Britain, including those who fled Nazi Germany, and through their testimonies, seeks to understand the qualities they bestowed on their adoptive country. It provides an honest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250237095Author Bill O'ReillyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

Richard 'Dickie' Haine first went solo in a de Havilland Gipsy Moth during August 1935, after only one week of tuition. He joined the RAF shortly afterwards as a Direct Entry Sergeant Pilot and left the service in 1970 as a Group Captain, OBE, DFC...

In 1940 Ordinary Seaman Ron Walsh was on HMS Foylebank in Portland Harbour as Porrtland's defence ship. An attack of 26 Stukas sank the ship after 22 direct hits. Ron survived, but his war was not over. Atlantic convoy duty on HMS Bulldog among the...

The books that show you what others only tell you.DK Eyewitness Knight contains amazing photographs that offer your child a unique "eyewitness" view on the life and times of these noble warriors. Did you know caltrops - nasty spiked objects - were...

In 1964, an Urban League survey ranked Los Angeles as the most desirable city for African Americans to live in. In 1965, the city burst into flames during one of the worst race riots in the nation's history. How the city came to such a pass - embodying...

This is not a guidebook. This little book brings together past and present to offer a taste of Cheltenham. Learn about the movers and shakers who shaped this fantastic town. The great and the good; the bad and the ugly. Small wonders, tall stories,...

This is a fascinating record of the pivotal event of World War II told through the personal accounts of the German and Soviet soldiers who fought it, the Russian civilians who watched the destruction of their city, and Western onlookers such as diplomats...

'Continual, destruction in the foretop, the pox above board, the plague between decks, hell in the forecastle and the devil at the helm.' It is the summer of 1588, and the fate and future of England hangs in the balance. Obsessed by the dream of...

A study of Rene Magritte's basic philosophy and art, and particularly the development of his Surrealist style.Book InformationISBN 9780500201992Author Suzi GablikFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Thames & Hudson LtdPublisher Thames & Hudson Ltd