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Saints & Shrines by Keith Sugden 9781841652894 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.60$8.30Saints & ShrinesBook InformationISBN 9781841652894Author Keith SugdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Pitkin PublishingPublisher Pavilion BooksWeight(grams) 152g -
For the Love of the Air Force: A Celebration of the British Armed Forces by Norman Ferguson 9781786850652 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$4.89What is sewn into a pilot's uniform when they receive their wings? In what year did the first female jet pilot join the RAF? Why were former Lightning pilots called WIWOLS? For the answers to all these questions and more, take off into this fascinating... -
The Killing School: Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program by Brandon Webb 9781786487513 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$5.57The Killing School brings readers inside the U.S. Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Scout/Sniper Course-the gruelling three-month training program that produces the world's deadliest snipers.As a SEAL sniper and combat veteran, Brandon Webb was tasked with... -
The Killing School: Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program by Brandon Webb 9781786487506 [USED COPY]
RRP: $42.00$5.57The Killing School brings readers inside the U.S. Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Scout/Sniper Course - the gruelling three-month training program that produces the world's deadliest snipers. As a SEAL sniper and combat veteran, Brandon Webb was tasked with... -
Hunting Hitler's Nukes: The Secret Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Deadliest Weapon by Damien Lewis 9781786482075 [USED COPY]
RRP: $42.00$5.88'You couldn't make these stories up: yet they're true, and Lewis does the memory of these extraordinary men full justice in a tale that is both heart-stopping and moving' Evening Standard 'Suicidal bravery, untold moral courage and awe-inspiring survival... -
Speeches That Changed the World by Quercus 9781786481375 [USED COPY]
RRP: $35.68$5.88With over a million copies already sold, this is the newly updated edition of the definitive collection of great speeches ancient and modern. From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring... -
Portobello Housing Co-operative: The First Forty Years by Michael O'Dwyer 9781786233400 [USED COPY]
RRP: $17.83$9.77The other side of Notting Hill - this is a historical analysis of housing in the North Kensington area of London, from the middle of the Twentieth Century to the present day. The establishment and development of a Housing Co-operative was central to a... -
The Sins of Soldiers by S. J. Hardman Lea 9781785890185 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.78$12.16It is 1916 and the war in France is hot and about to get hotter. Embedded undercover in a British infantry regiment on the Western Front, Anson Scott, an American newspaperman, watches, waits and writes his articles in secret, sending them out uncensored... -
Kings & Queens: Pocket Manual by Anita Ganeri 9781785216756 [USED COPY]
RRP: $10.48$4.47This pocket-sized book covers 1,200 years of British royals, from King Egbert to Queen Elizabeth II. Containing hundreds of fascinating facts and figures about the monarchs and their reigns, the book also covers revolutions, beheadings, scandals,... -
Smoky the Brave by Damien Lewis 9781786483072 [USED COPY]
RRP: $39.88$5.57The World's Smallest Dog with the World's Biggest Heart Smoky the Brave is the extraordinary, touching and true story of a heroic dog and her adoptive masters in the jungles of the Pacific War. In February 1944, as Japanese military advances threatened... -
100 Facts Ancient Greece by Fiona MacDonald 9781786170736 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.68$4.81100 Facts Ancient Greece invites children aged 7+ to take an in-depth look at this fascinating civilization in stunning detail. Discover everything you need to know about the history of this influential civilization, including how the Greeks lived and... -
Dig Up a Dinosaur by Arcturus Publishing 9781784044268 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.68$7.69You're a fossil hunter and you've just discovered a Stegosaurus skeleton! Learn more about this amazing dinosaur, then press out the model pieces and fit them together - just like a real paleontologist! This is a great title for all dino-fans aged 7 and... -
Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose by Graham M. Simons 9781783831555 [USED COPY]
$58.25Howard Hughes' life ambition was to make a significant contribution to the field of aviation development. But the monumental folly of his endeavours on the H-KI Hercules meant that he came to be known and remembered to a great extent for all the wrong... -
Have You Been Good?: A Memoir by Vanessa Nicolson 9781783780761 [USED COPY]
RRP: $35.68$4.81Vanessa Nicolson is the granddaughter of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson. She was born to an illustrious name and an unhappy marriage. Her father, the art historian Ben Nicolson, was homosexual and his marriage to Vanessa's Italian mother fell... -
On This Day in History by Graeme Donald 9781782432166 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$5.57The abandoned Mary Celeste is mysteriously found drifting in the mid-Atlantic; Mozart is buried in an unmarked communal grave; and Prohibition in America is brought to an end. Although separated by centuries, these events all share the same anniversary:... -
Build! A Knight's Castle: Pop Out and Build a Castle Battle Scene by Annalie Seaman 9781782402732 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$4.81Think like an archaeologist with this fun paper-craft title! Readers are given information about how archaeologists uncover remains, and use secondary sources. They are then given visual and textual clues about the site of a medieval castle, which was... -
The Cooler King: The True Story of William Ash - The Greatest Escaper of World War II by Patrick Bishop 9781782390220 [USED COPY]
RRP: $37.78$4.81A thrilling tale of incredible courage and resilience, a true wartime story of William Ash. The Cooler King is at once uplifting and inspirational, and stands as a testament to the durability of decent values and the invincible spirit of liberty. The... -
Lists of Note by Shaun Usher 9781782114529 [USED COPY]
RRP: $63.00$5.88Humans have been making lists for even longer than they've been writing letters. They are the shorthand for what really matters to us: our hopes and aspirations; likes and dislikes; rules for living and loving; records of our memories and reminders of... -
100 Facts Ancient Egypt by Miles Kelly 9781782095880 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.68$4.81100 Facts Ancient Egypt is bursting with exactly 100 awesome facts, mind-blowing images and fun activities to help children aged 6-10 years learn everything they need to know about the ancient world of Egyptians. - Specially commissioned images to bring... -
100 Facts Ancient Rome by Miles Kelly 9781782095866 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.68$4.81100 Facts Ancient Rome is bursting with exactly 100 fantastic facts, incredible images and awesome activities to help children aged 6-10 years learn everything they need to know about the lives of ancient Romans. - Simple quizzes to test your child's... -
The First World War: The war to end all wars by Geoffrey Jukes 9781782002802 [USED COPY]
RRP: $52.50$5.88Raging for over four years across the tortured landscapes of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the First World War changed the face of warfare forever. Characterised by slow, costly advances and fierce attrition, the great battles of the Somme, Verdun... -
The SBS in World War II: an Illustrated History by Gavin Mortimer 9781782001898 [USED COPY]
RRP: $42.00$12.33The Special Boat Squadron was Britain's most exclusive Special Forces unit during World War II. Highly trained, totally secretive and utterly ruthless, the SBS was established as an entity in its own right in early 1943, having previously operated under... -
Stalingrad: The Battle That Shattered Hitler's Dream of World Domination by Ruper Matthews 9781782126980 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.68$11.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782126980Author Ruper MatthewsFormat PaperbackImprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
The Retronaut Guide to Raising Children: The Past Like You Wouldn't Believe by Wolfgang Wild 9781781573006 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$3.93The highly successful Retronaut blog looks at the past as it has never been looked at before. Here, in the second of a new series of Retronaut books, the site's founder, Wolfgang Wild, brings you a thought-provoking collection of photographs from our... -
The Retronaut Guide to Keeping Pets by Wolfgang Wild 9781781572993 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$4.75Millions are addicted to the Retronaut blog, one of the Web's leading visual sites, that shows you the past you never knew existed. Here, in the first of a new series of books, the site's founder, Wolfgang Wild, brings together an astonishing and... -
A History of the World in 500 Walks by Sarah Baxter 9781781316009 [USED COPY]
RRP: $50.40$5.88From prehistory to the present day, take a grand tour of world events at eye-level perspective with accounts that combine knowledgeable commentary with practical detail. You may even be inspired to lace up your own boots! From geologic upheavals and mad... -
The Lost World of Bletchley Park: The Illustrated History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre by Sinclair McKay 9781781311912 [USED COPY]
RRP: $52.50$4.81The first comprehensive illustrated history of a remarkable Victorian mansion in Buckinghamshire that played such an important role in British history. From its prewar heyday as a country estate under the Liberal MP Sir Herbert Leon, through its wartime... -
Dunkirk: From Disaster to Deliverance - Testimonies of the Last Survivors by Sinclair McKay 9781781312933 [USED COPY]
RRP: $42.00$4.49From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Secret Life of Bletchley Park When Churchill made one of the most inspiring speeches of the 20th century - 'we will fight them on the beaches' - he was giving thanks for the miracle of deliverance, the... -
The Time Travel Handbook: From the Eruption of Vesuvius to the Woodstock Festival by James Wyllie 9781781254042 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$5.57Not many of us can claim to have dipped our handkerchiefs in Charles I's blood after his execution, or to have watched Vesuvius erupt, but that's about to change... Wyllie, Acton & Goldblatt's Time Travel Handbook offers eighteen exceptional trips to... -
Boots on the Ground: Britain and her Army since 1945 by General Sir Richard Dannatt 9781781253809 [USED COPY]
RRP: $52.50$4.81On Luneberg Heath in 1945, the German High Command surrendered to Field Marshall Montgomery; in 2015, seventy years after this historic triumph, the last combat units of the British Army finally left their garrisons next to Luneberg Heath. Boots on the... -
Shrinking Violets: A Field Guide to Shyness by Joe Moran 9781781252635 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$4.81Our success as a species is built on sociability, so shyness in humans should be an anomaly. But it's actually remarkably common - we all know what it's like to cringe in embarrassment, stand tongue-tied at the fringe of an unfamiliar group, or flush... -
Titanic: Minute by Minute by Jonathan Mayo 9781780722696 [USED COPY]
RRP: $18.88$5.572.20am on 15th April 1912, the Titanic is plunging 12,000 feet to the ocean floor. Machinery, coal, crystal goblets, pianos and jewellery all tumbled through the dark water. Hundreds of passengers and crew remained trapped below decks - hundreds more... -
Christmas: The Sacred to Santa by Tara Moore 9781780233574 [USED COPY]
RRP: $42.00$5.33Christmas falls on 25 December with faithful inevitability. Indeed, our entire Western system of time is based upon it. It may seem as though it has always been this way, but like many facts of the holiday's history, the date of Christ's birth contains a... -
Of Tricksters, Tyrants and Turncoats by Max du Preez 9781770220430 [USED COPY]
RRP: $29.38$7.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770220430Author Max du PreezFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Zebra PressPublisher Struik Publishers (Pty) LtdWeight(grams) 390g -
The Men Will Talk to Me:Galway Interviews by Ernie O'Malley by Ernie O'Malley 9781781170625 [USED COPY]
$34.31For the first time in published form 'The Men Will Talk to Me: Galway Interviews' chronicles the experiences of the Galway-based survivors of the War of Independence and the Civil War, recorded in the hand-written notebooks of Ernie O'Malley. Many of the... -
How the French Won Waterloo - or Think They Did by Stephen Clarke 9781780893082 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$4.81Published in the 200th Anniversary year of the Battle of Waterloo a witty look at how the French still think they won, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. Two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, the... -
Raiders: World War Two True Stories by Ross Kemp 9781780890555 [USED COPY]
RRP: $39.88$2.63Six raids that changed the course of history. Operation Judgement: one of the most spectacular efforts of World War Two, where obsolete British biplanes attacked the Italian fleet in Taranto. Operation Archery: the first true combined operation carried... -
Gold Fever: One Man's Adventures on the Trail of the Gold Rush by Steve Boggan 9781780746968 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$5.57Gold. For centuries people have been entranced by the riches it promises; thousands have gone wild in their search for it and surely there will be many more. After the Financial Crisis, the price of gold reached peaks never seen in history. All over the... -
Fred'S War: A Doctor in the Trenches by Andrew Davidson 9781780721811 [USED COPY]
RRP: $52.50$5.88Fred's War tells the extraordinary story of the 1st Cameronians, who achieved notoriety for selling the Great War's earliest front line photographs, and Fred Davidson, their 25-year-old medical officer, one of the first doctors to win the Military Cross... -
How to be Danish: From Lego to Lund ... a Short Introduction to the State of Denmark by Patrick Kingsley 9781780721330 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$4.03Denmark is the country of the moment. Recently named the happiest nation in the world, it's the motherland of The Bridge, Borgen, and The Killing, and home to Noma, the world's best restaurant. But though we wear their jumpers and watch their thrillers,...