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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781405440080Format HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Parragon PlusPublisher Parragon Plus

Take a 12,000-year walk through history Think of the street you live on. Now think of how it may have looked in 10,000 BCE, or in Roman times, or in Victorian England at the height of the Industrial Revolution. Steve Noon's A Street Through Time takes...

The soldier slang of World War II was as colourful as it was evocative. It could be insulting, pessimistic, witty, and even defeatist. From 'spam bashers' to 'passion wagons' and 'roof pigs' to 'Hell's Ladies', the World War II fighting man was never...

The eighteenth century laid the foundations for Britain's worldwide empire and economic prosperity. It was a period of great contrasts: between poverty and wealth, elegance and riotous ribaldry. This Pitkin Guide unwraps what made Georgian Britain in a...

This series provides an examination of British history which encourages children to investigate the past and appreciate the key concepts of continuity and change. This pupil book covers specific events, key themes and famous people of the Stuart period,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948491078Author A. L. ReesFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Camden PressPublisher Camden Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781898630012Author Norman S. NewtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Pevensey PressPublisher Pevensey Press

After the horrors of 9/11, the British armed forces were called upon to by the government to engage new enemies in faraway lands. Spearheading the War on Terror, Royal Marines led British troops into Afghanistan in 2002 to oust the Taleban and scatter...

This book tells the story of freedom and explains how it is a uniquely 'British', rather than 'Western', invention. It shows how the inhabitants of a damp island at the western tip of the Eurasian landmass stumbled upon the extraordinary idea that the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782070360048Author Antoine de Saint-ExuperyFormat PaperbackPage Count 187Imprint GallimardPublisher Gallimard

In this excellently researched book, Graham Smith describes the air war in Cambridgeshire, and the young airmen who flew night after night against desperate odds. It was from Cambridgeshire airfields that the legendary Pathfinder Force first took to the...

Loch Ness is one of the most popular visitor sites in the world, not simply because of its stunning beauty, but mostly because of the mystery of the monster that may lurk in its waters. Known affectionately as 'Nessie', this elusive creature has been...

Against the background of the Royal Navy's great strength in 1918 and its depleted state in 1939, the author relates the operational story of World War II at sea in Europe and the Far East. He explores the problems of command, control and intelligence;...

In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest and most remarkable love stories of medieval England. It is the extraordinary tale of an exceptional woman, Katherine Swynford, who became first the mistress, and later the wife, of...

For fifteen hundred years, King Arthur has remained a mystery. For the first time, "King Arthur - The True Story" discovers the historical King Arthur, his Camelot and his final resting place. The authors uncover vital evidence for Arthur's...

Drawn from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, this is a photographic record of Britain's victory over Nazism in 1945, published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of VE Day.Book InformationISBN 9780091808280Author John DelaneyFormat HardbackPage...

A vivid and powerful diary of life in the trenches The horrors of war in the trenches are brought to life with a rare immediacy and power through the diary of soldier and artist Len Smith. Enduring battles such as those at Loos and Vimy Ridge, Len...

Published to coincide with the major 2 part BBC1 series (Autumn 2000) of the same name, War Behind the Wire focuses on the capture, interrogation, the comradeship of camp life, escape planning and forgery techniques, tunnelling, the thrill of life on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714122779Author John H. OakleyFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint British Museum PressPublisher British Museum Press

In the early hours of the chilly late-autumn morning, April 2 1982, substantial forces of Argentine Marines, with heavy naval and air support, had invaded the Falkland islands, quickly and almost bloodlessly overwhelming a token garrison of Royal Marines...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780752401898Author Simon EckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint NPI Media GroupPublisher The History Press Ltd

How high were the walls of Jericho? Where did Nebuchanezzar get hold of all the bitumen he needed for the millions of bricks required to build Babylon? Was the ancient Suez canal really 200km long, and did 120,000 Egyptians die in the course of its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907184451Author David StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Book HousePublisher Salariya Book Company Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957691506Author Leo MarriottFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Air Sea Media ServicesPublisher Air Sea Media Services

This is the full story of the Battle of the Ardennes. In the last weeks of 1944 the German armies in the West, after a continuous retreat since the Battle of Normandy five months earlier were regrouping in what they thought was to be the last battle in...

Written to cover the AQA History A Level Unit 1 specification (HIS1L), our student book provides a focused look at key events in Britain from 1906-1951 and enables students to gain a greater understanding of the period and evaluate the key issues.Book...

Like bubonic plague and stone cladding, no-one took Margaret Thatcher seriously until it was too late. Her first act as leader was to appear before the cameras and do a V for Victory sign the wrong way round. She was smiling and telling the British...

Writing History provides students and teachers with an accessibly written overview of the emergence and development of history as a discipline and of the major theoretical developments that have informed historical writing. Rather than focus upon...

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This work provides an understanding of the wars in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. These two interdependent wars were the greatest armed conflicts in Europe in the second half of the 20th century. This work provides an analysis of their successes and...

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The first major political biography of General Ioannis Metaxas, who assumed dictatorial power in Greece in 1936 and oversaw the resistance to the Italian invasion in the Second World War. As a political portrait of the man, the book puts much emphasis on...

Anwar Sadat's life was shaped by Egypt's national struggle and the conflict between the Arab world and Israel. This biography charts his progress from fanatical nationalist to President of Egypt, and from world statesman to tragic hero, who gave his life...

This is an analysis of one of the most prevalent forms of political violence at the end of the millennium. The author has been shot at, kidnapped, expelled and questioned in wars from Central America to Northern Ireland. The book reflects his access to...

Tough Jobs! is a new narrative non-fiction series covering popular historical topics through a variety of colourful jobs in a down-to-earth, readable style, with plenty of toilet humour! Each chapter features a double page fact spread and there is a...

Presents an account of the post 1975 development of Cardiff, focusing on its post industrial economy and the impact of local governance and town planning on the character of the city. This book examines the patterns of investment and development, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize 1997 and Overseas Press Club Book Award.Book InformationISBN 9780679745112Author Patrick SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count...

In each of these zany, fast-paced adventure stories, a young team of investigators uncover the truth behind a real-life historical mystery.What really happened to the princes in the tower - the two youngest sons of Edward IV? They disappeared into the...

Based on voluminous corporate records and extensive interviews with key employees, Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R and D, 1902-1980 provides a comprehensive, critical study of research and development in a large US corporation. Du Pont was...