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Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer: One Pilot's Extraordinary Account of the Battle of France by Alastair Panton 9781405936743 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.65'DESERVES TO JOIN REACH FOR THE SKY AND THE LAST ENEMY AS ONE OF THE GREAT RAF BOOKS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR' - ANDREW ROBERTSAs I write, I can clearly recall the stinging heat of aburning Blenheim, smells, tastes, expressions, sounds of voices and, most... -
GCHQ by Richard Aldrich 9780007312665 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.29As we become ever-more aware of how our governments "eavesdrop" on our conversations, here is a gripping exploration of this unknown realm of the British secret service: Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ). ... -
A Secret Country by John Pilger 9780099152316 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.29Expatriate journalist and film-maker John Pilger writes about his homeland with life-long affection and a passionately critical eye. In this fully updated edition of A Secret Country, he pays tribute to a little known Australia and tells a story of high... -
Lion Rampant: The Memoirs of an Infantry Officer from D-Day to the Rhineland by Robert Woollcombe 9781845027810 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99£5.05Lion Rampant is Robert Woollcombe's graphic account of his experiences as a front-line infantry officer with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the desperate battle for Normandy and the Allied advance into Germany. Vividly evoking the confusion,... -
The History of the SAS by Chris Ryan 9781529324648 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.29'Drawing on the stories of the soldiers who were there, this dramatic history of the SAS is full of bravado. Forged to fight guerrillas in the sweltering jungles of Malaya... Ryan writes with the authority of a man familiar with every nuance of the... -
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How one Jewish woman survived the holocaust by Edith Hahn Beer 9780349113791 [USED COPY]
RRP: £11.99£3.14Edith Hahn was a young law student in Vienna when Hitler absorbed Austria in 1938. Madly in love with a young man called Pepi who was half-Jewish, she was separated from him and sent to a forced labour camp. So began the extraordinary chain of events... -
The Spectre of War: International Communism and the Origins of World War II by Jonathan Haslam 9780691182650 [USED COPY]
RRP: £30.00£10.27A bold new history showing that the fear of Communism was a major factor in the outbreak of World War IIThe Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew-the roots of the Second World War-and upends our assumptions with a masterful new... -
Human Game: Hunting the Great Escape Murderers by Simon Read 9781472112620 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.64In March 1944, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III. Of the 73 captured, 50 were shot by direct order of Hitler. This is the story of how a British Bobby from Blackpool, Frank McKenna, was sent to post-war Germany on the express orders... -
Sniper Rifles: From the 19th to the 21st Century by Martin Pegler 9781849083980 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£6.82This is a technical outline of the history of the sniper rifle, from its introduction in warfare during the Napoleonic wars, through the US Civil War to its current apogee as the most frequently used combat rifle in Iraq and Afghanistan. This book... -
How We Invented Freedom & Why It Matters by Daniel Hannan 9781781857564 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.29This 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... -
Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War by Hugh Bicheno 9780753821862 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29The controversial memoir of a top British spy which finally reveals what really went on behind the scenes of the Falklands WarFor five years before the Falklands War, Hugh Bicheno was one of the top British spies in Argentina. As such, he gathered hard,... -
Common Ground: Did you ever have a friend who made you see the world differently? by Naomi Ishiguro 9781472273338 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.65*An Evening Standard Must Read, Grazia Best Book of 2021 and Independent Debut Not to Miss*'Beautifully written, this is a book of real hope and connection' StylistDid you ever have a friend who made you see the world differently?Stan did, and his name... -
Our Uninvited Guests: The Secret Life of Britain's Country Houses 1939-45 by Julie Summers 9781471152559 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.29'Julie Summers has an amazing instinct for unearthing good stories and telling quotes.' Craig Brown, The Mail On Sunday 'This is an enjoyable book, peppered with examples of under-reported wartime heroism.' Robert Leigh-Pemberton, The Daily Telegraph... -
Industry and Empire: From 1750 to the Present Day by E. J. Hobsbawm 9780140257885 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£3.06This outstanding history describes and accounts for Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the pioneer, its rather special relationship with the rest of the world (notably the... -
The Final Whistle: The Great War in Fifteen Players by Stephen Cooper 9780752499000 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29WINNER OF THE BRITISH SPORT BOOK AWARDS - RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR This is the story of 15 men killed in the Great War. All played rugby for one London club; none lived to hear the final whistle. Rugby brought them together; rugby led the rush to war. They... -
The Defeat Of The Spanish Armada by Garrett Mattingly 9780712666275 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£2.65Garrett Mattingly's thrilling narrative sets out the background of the sixteenth-century European intrigue and religious unrest that gave rise to one of the world's most famous maritime crusades and the naval battles that decided its fate. ... -
Walcheren 1944: Storming Hitler's island fortress by Richard Brooks 9781849082372 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£9.72Although the Alllies captured Antwerp in September 1944, the port itself could not be opened due to the continued German presence on the island of Walcheren, which guarded the port entrance. In November, the Allies launched an assault on the island,... -
Traitors of the Tower by Alison Weir 9780099542285 [USED COPY]
RRP: £2.99£1.78More than four hundred years ago, seven people were beheaded in the Tower of London. Three had been queens of England. The others were found guilty of treason. Why were such important people put to death?Alison Weir's gripping book tells their stories:... -
Orkney Folk Tales by Tom Muir 9780752499055 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£6.09The Orkney Islands are a place of mystery and magic, where the past and the present meet, ancient standing stones walk and burial mounds are the home of the trows. Orkney Folk Tales walks the reader across invisible islands that are home to fin folk and... -
This Little Britain: How One Small Country Changed the Modern World by Harry Bingham 9780007259809 [USED COPY]
RRP: £11.99£2.65Celebratory, witty and incredibly insightful, Harry Bingham explores the eccentricities and customs of the British nation in a bid to answer a question which has everyone debating - Who are we? For the British, 'Who are we?' is an oddly... -
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London by Liza Picard 9780753817575 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29'Reading this book is like taking a ride on a marvellously exhilarating time-machine, alive with colour, surprise and sheer merriment' Jan MorrisElizabethan London reveals the practical details of everyday life so often ignored in conventional history... -
The Ravine: A family, a photograph, a Holocaust massacre revealed by Wendy Lower 9781800246652 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£4.75A strikingly original book about a terrible photograph - an exceptionally rare image documenting the horrific final moment of the murder of a family in Ukraine. A Times Book of the Year 'A very rare kind of picture... To the murdered others, this... -
Aircraft Crash Sites in the Brecon Beacons: A Walker's Guide by Barry Hill 9781905795796 [USED COPY]
£16.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905795796Author Barry HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 123Imprint Aspect DesignPublisher Aspect Design -
Black Earth: A journey through Russia after the fall by Andrew Meier 9780007113248 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.29Russia today is a world in a dark limbo. The body politic is diseased, the state in collapse. Yet for all the signs of encroaching doom, Russians do not fear the future. They fear the past. Russians have long known theirs is not a land that develops and... -
Chocolate Wars: From Cadbury to Kraft: 200 years of Sweet Success and Bitter Rivalry by Deborah Cadbury 9780007325573 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29The delicious true story of the early chocolate pioneers by the award-winning writer, and direct descendant of the famous chocolate dynasty, Deborah Cadbury In 'Chocolate Wars' bestselling historian and award-winning documentary maker Deborah... -
The Roman Family by Suzanne Dixon 9780801842009 [USED COPY]
RRP: £26.50£2.26Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Vanishing: The Twilight of Christianity in the Middle East by Janine di Giovanni 9781526625854 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£4.69**Longlisted Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing** 'A tragic portrait of a disappearing world, created with passion and literary grace' SALMAN RUSHDIE 'Janine di Giovanni is a humane and persistent witness' HISHAM MATAR 'Profoundly moving' MARK... -
Zitadelle: The German Offensive Against the Kursk Salient 4-17 July 1943 by Mark Healy 9780752457161 [USED COPY]
RRP: £35.00£4.62Few battles attract interest so much as the Battle of Kursk. Operation Zitadelle, the code name given by Hitler to the Wehrmacht's last offensive on the Eastern Front in July 1943, has acquired an almost mythic status as one of the greatest clashes of... -
Farewell to the Horse: The Final Century of Our Relationship by Ulrich Raulff 9780141983172 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.65THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR'A beautiful and thoughtful exploration of the role of the horse in creating our world' James Rebanks'Scintillating, exhilarating ... you have never read a book like it ... a new way of considering history'... -
Black Poppies: Britain's Black Community and the Great War by Stephen Bourne 9780750990820 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£3.21In 1914 Britain was home to at least 10,000 black Britons, many of African and West Indian heritage. Most of them were loyal to the 'mother country' when the First World War broke out. Despite being discouraged from serving in the British Army, men... -
Wales in World War 2 by Quentin Deakin 9781800994003 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£8.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800994003Author Quentin DeakinFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 234mm * 153mm * 25mm -
J. M. W. Turner: The Man Who Set Painting on Fire by Olivier Meslay 9780500301180 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.95£1.92In 1801, at the age of 26, Joseph Mallord William Turner became the youngest ever member of the Royal Academy. His early paintings combined great historical themes with inspired visions of nature, but subsequent experiments with the effects of light led... -
Great Events: The Battle Of Britain by Gillian Clements 9781445131238 [USED COPY]
RRP: £5.99£2.90In 1940 Britain was in the grip of World War 2. When Germany began to send bomber planes over Britain, one of the greatest battles of the war began.There are some moments in history that are so dramatic or important that people remember them forever. In... -
Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna by Adam Zamoyski 9780007203062 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.65Following on from his epic '1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow', bestselling author Adam Zamoyski has written the dramatic story of the Congress of Vienna. In the wake of his disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, Napoleon's imperious grip... -
Birmingham: The Workshop of the World by Carl Chinn 9781781382479 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.45£6.35Birmingham is a city with an extraordinarily diverse achievement in fields as varied as science, industry, politics, education, medicine, printing and the arts. Labels such as the 'first industrial city', 'city of a thousand trades', 'the best-governed... -
One Step Beyond by Chris Moon 9780330371551 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.29Chris Moon knows about tough' - The Times 'This man is a hero for our times' - Daily Mail While supervising mine-clearance in Mozamique in 1995, Chris Moon was blown up in the supposedly clear area of the safety lane. He lost his lower right leg and... -
Women Our History by DK 9780241353929 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£7.71Re-examining history from a female perspective, this book celebrates the numerous important roles women have played in culture and society that are less often told.Packed full of evocative images, this gloriously illustrated book reveals the key events... -
Gruesome Guides: Stratford-upon-Avon by Terry Deary 9781407110783 [USED COPY]
£17.10Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Story of the SS: Hitler's Infamous Legions of Death by Al Cimino 9781788285353 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£1.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788285353Author Al CiminoFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
In America: Travels with John Steinbeck by Geert Mak 9780099578734 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.65In 1960 John Steinbeck and his dog Charley set out in their green pickup truck to rediscover the soul of America, visiting small towns and cities from New York to New Orleans.The trip became Travels With Charley, one of his best-loved books.Half a...