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The daring attack on the Ruhr dams in May 1943 by RAF Lancasters of 617 Squadron remains one of the greatest feats of arms of the 20th century. It had all the ingredients of a classic adventure story - a miracle weapon designed to destroy an...

A powerful and absorbing study of the German home front from the outbreak of hostilities to the collapse of the Third Reich. It explores the impact of Nazi domestic policies on the German people, and the effects of the extreme radicalization of the...

In March 1941, with Wavell's British troops having routed the Italians from Cyrenaica. General Erwin Rommel amived in Tripoli to command the Deutsches Africakorps. Over the next two years the 'Afrikakorps' and its commander would become legendary. In his...

Vast in scope, based on exhaustive original research, and written with passion, narrative skill and human sympathy, A People's Tragedy is the definitive account of the Russian Revolution for a new generation. It has won the Wolfson History Prize, the WH...

The definitive and fascinating account of the many German plots to kill Hitler.PLOTTING HITLER'S DEATH brings the full story of German resistance against the Nazis to a popular audience. Time and again, small numbers of Germans, civilian and military,...

An alternative journey around England, visiting the sights that are definitely not on the average tourist trail.In this charming book, David Long introduces the reader to some of the oddest and most interesting sights in England, such as:* Devon's Gnome...

Here is a wealth of factual and interpretative information about Germany between 1918 and 1945. Designed for maximum practicality, it sets the Hitler years in their wider context, with most sections spanning the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism as...

Lavish, large format picture book about London, with Peter Ackroyd's inimitable text (taken from London: A Biography), new pictures and new captions. Divided into four parts: 1) In the beginning Roman and Medieval London, ending with the Black Death; 2)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of AAUP Book, Jacket & Journal Show - Trade Illustrated Book 2009.Book InformationISBN 9781551952161Author Ka Bo TsangFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint University...

Richard III is probably the House of York's best-known figure, but the other members of the family are just as intriguing as the king who fell on Bosworth Field. These include his father, the Duke of York, who held a claim to the throne that would...

A major work setting out the inextricable link between politics and religion over the past two centuries, from the French Revolution to the present day's War on Terror. In this dazzling and hugely relevant book Michael Burleigh explores the...

The Wars of the Roses call to mind bloody battles, treachery and deceit, and a cast of characters known to us through fact and fiction: Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville, Richard III, Warwick the Kingmaker, the Princes in the Tower, Henry Tudor. But the...

Central SheffieldBook InformationISBN 9780752400112Author Martin OliveFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 360gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm

This intriguing book contains over 200 old pictures and a wealth of superbly presented facts, anecdotes and opinions on the way North Glasgow was. North Woodside, Maryhill, Lambhill, Ruchill, Possilpark, and Springburn are all examined in great detail...

Of all the wild characters of the Western frontier, gunfighters were certainly the most feared and the most legendary. Was it their bizarre moral code, their depravity, their charisma and good looks, their temper, or their precise marksmanship that made...

The history of the Scottish monarchy is a long tale of triumph over adversity, characterised by the personal achievements of remarkable rulers who transformed their fragile kingdom into the master of northern Britain. The Kings and Queens of Scotland...

This work talks about the gripping, atmospheric true story of the "duel to end all duels" in medieval France: a trial by combat pitting a knight against a squire accused of violating the knight's beautiful young wife. In 1386, a few days after Christmas,...

Panoramic in scope, flawless in presentation, this book is a monument of international history. Having amassed all that is known of the kaleidoscopic blunders, deceptions and fateful games of secret intelligence, Donald Watt cogently explains how...

2 Para's performance during Operation MARKET GARDEN is legendary but, as this book amply demonstrates, it was the culmination of three year's battle experience. A major factor behind the Battalion's successes was the leadership of its Commanding Officer,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637584415Author Master Sergeant Trevor D BrewerFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Permuted PressPublisher Permuted PressWeight(grams)...

New in paperback, "The Oxford Children's Encyclopedia of History" is a major reference book for children of 8 and over, giving a fascinating insight into over 12,000 years of human history. Some 120 major entries carefully explain the key issues. Each...

A collection of stories of men, their units and the actions they took part in during the conflict of 1914-1918, together with stories other points of interest along the old Western Front. Each story is supported with photographs and maps showing the area...

Over 200 stunning archive photographs, most of which have never been published before, illustrate this mesmerising guide to Victorian London seen through the eyes of Charles Dickens. Setting Dickens against the city that was the backdrop and inspiration...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845742638Author H. BiddulphFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Naval & Military Press LtdPublisher Naval & Military Press Ltd

The Second World War saw the formation and employment of a large number of specialist units in all the many theatres. The most celebrated Special Forces were the units such as the SAS, Long Range Desert Group and the American OSS but this book looks at...

At last - the secrets of Bletchley Park's powerful codebreaking computers. This is a history of Colossus, the world's first fully-functioning electronic digital computer. Colossus was used during the Second World War at the Government Code and Cypher...

Modernism is a broad term, used generally to convey a faith in progress and a healthy scepticism for received ideas and traditional values. More specifically, the Modernist tendency has often been associated with the main developments in art over the...

Confronting the contemporary poststructuralist debate from the perspective of cultural of cultural historiography, this book presents an historical study of race and ethnicity. Specifically, it provides an account, both theoretical and applied, of the...

Amongst the many thousands of lives tragically cut short in the First World War were hundreds of young men who had athletic and sporting promise. This book studies fourteen professional sportsmen who gave their lives in that most vicious of conflicts. It...

Wells Cathedral has an ancient and fascinating history stretching back to Roman times. This indispensible guide will show you all you need to know as you visit the Cathedral inside, with a saunter around the outside too.About the AuthorMelvyn Matthews is...

On the brink of the First World War, Scotland was regarded throughout the British Isles as 'the workshop of the Empire'. Not only were Clyde-built ships known the world over, Scotland produced half of Britain's total production of railway equipment, and...

HORRIBLE HISTORIES GRUESOME GUIDES: OXFORD takes readers on a gore-tastic tour of the streets of Oxford, exposing all of its most scurrilous secrets. With the frightful full-colour map tourists can plot their path to the past - take...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948667855Author Richard TamesFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Historical Publications LtdPublisher Historical Publications Ltd

Concentrates on the main military actions described from the point of view of the British armies under Wellington and his Portuguese allies.Book InformationISBN 9780850526608Author Ian RobertsonFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Pen & Sword Books...

Looking at the past and present of Jarrow through the use of pictures and informative captions.About the AuthorWritten by Paul PerryBook InformationISBN 9780752415888Format PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint NPI Media GroupPublisher Pavilion...

Ideal topic books to use as a complete course or as supplementary resources providing in-depth focus on major themes and events.Book InformationISBN 9780582223752Author Josh BroomanFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Pearson Education LimitedPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorJohn Steer (1928 - 20 February 2012) was Professor of the History of Art at Birkbeck College, University of London, from 1979 to his retirement in 1984...

'Hansen has done a fine job of rescuing from obscurity these few, morally hazy individuals, making decisions at the messy end of a cataclysmic war.' BEN MACINTYRE, The Times In the last months of the war, Hitler ordered the poisoning, blocking, ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345466686Author Dan SchillingFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio Press

Ezra Pound referred to 1922 as Year One of a new era. It was the year in which a skinny, shabby Irishman and a natty, quietly sinister American entered the cultural landscape, hell-bent on exploding everything that realistic fiction and Georgian poetry...