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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688118693Author Norman GelbFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780862995201Author Peter D. ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Sutton Publishing LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 330g

At a time when there were almost no career openings for women a group of intrepid and gifted females scaled the heights of what was literally a man's world - they became bawds.About the AuthorFergus Linnane is a writer and journalist. His previous books...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780099437802Author Jeremy WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Arrow Books LtdPublisher CornerstoneWeight(grams) 112g

The Avro Lancaster was the RAF's most famous and successful heavy bomber of the Second World War. Used predominantly at night, 'Lancs' dropped 608,612 tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties in the period 1942-1945. Some of these missions were incredibly daring...

Taking us straight to the front lines, The March Up follows the famed 1st Marine Division on their decisive 1,184 kilometre trek to Baghdad, from first assault to the taking of the city. The 1st Marine Division, which had fought in Guadalcanal, Khe San,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780831773359Author William SturtevantFormat HardbackImprint Smithmark PublishersPublisher Smithmark PublishersWeight(grams) 1379gDimensions(mm) 237mm *...

Come on a journey with veteran firearms officer, Stephen Smith as he goes behind the scenes of the Met's Specialist Firearms Unit, CO19. This book covers events from the controversial shooting of Azelle Rodney in 2005 and Mark Duggan in 2011, right up to...

WHITEHALL - the name of a street now synonymous with the civil service - has been the centre of British religious and political power for over 500 years. Whitehall takes the reader behind closed doors to explore the fascinating history that lies behind...

Aubrey Burl provides a fascinating insight into the life and times of Bartholomew Roberts, also known as Black Bart, who was easily one of the most successful and deadly pirates in all of history.About the AuthorAubrey Burl has written Danse Macabre:...

Presents a study of life during the Interregnum: the unique period in England's history, when it was a commonwealth, from 1649-1660. Drawing on contemporary memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers and state papers, this book aims to reveal what family...

Operation Stopwatch/Gold, said CIA chief Alan Dulles, was one of the most valuable and daring projects ever undertaken. In 1955 it ran a tunnel 800 metres under the Russian sector of Cold War Berlin, and for more than a year tuned into Red Army...

Deception has been an integral part of warfare since Troy accepted a wooden horse from the Acheans, but it has generally been looked on as the ruses de guerre of cunning individuals rather then an essential component of the command skills necessary for...

On 15 June 1215, rebel barons forced King John to meet them at Runnymede. They did not trust the King, so he was not allowed to leave until his seal was attached to the charter in front of him. This was Magna Carta. It was a revolutionary document. Never...

War today is far different from what we expected it to be. Counter-insurgency and protracted guerrilla warfare, not shock and awe, are the order of the day. The Australian David Kilcullen is the world's foremost expert on this way of war, and in "The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925989984Author Andrew ReedFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Ingram PublishingPublisher Ingram PublishingWeight(grams) 77gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840332056Author Peter W. RobinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 165mm * 178mm * 19mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Governor General's Literary Award - Nonfiction 2003.Book InformationISBN 9780771022760Author Andrew CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint McClelland &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015155992Author Eric Fisher 1889-1962 WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams)...

The stones of Romford market-place have echoed for centuries with the cries of the traders of every product imaginable. This book records Romford's history, exploring the days when an important royal palace stood nearby and kings, queens and courtiers...

The International Red Cross was the inspiration - the dream - of Henri Dunant, a 31 year old Swiss businessman appalled by the butchery and lack of medical care for injured soldiers during the battle of Solferino in 1859. He set out to create an...

Harborne today is a west Birmingham suburb - yet older residents still talk of 'going down the village' to the shops. Everywhere there are visible reminders of its rural heritage, from the wide, open sweep of the golf courses to the 'old village'...

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...

The Jewel Game was a memory technique taught to British agents in India, as they prepared to take on their Imperial Russian adversaries. A century later, this technique is used by British special forces as they prepare for operations against the IRA...

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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

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 *...

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...

The Culture of Diagram is about visual thinking. Exploring a terrain where words meet pictures and formulas meet figures, the book foregrounds diagrams as tools for blurring those boundaries to focus on the production of knowledge as process. It outlines...

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...

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 *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783844392388Author Padmanabha Rao AnantapurFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic...

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...

The Black Death of 1348-49 may have killed more than 50% of the European population. This book examines the impact of this appalling disaster on England's most populous city, London. Using previously untapped documentary sources alongside archaeological...

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...

A stunning new edition of this gory city guide with all the gruesome bits left in! HORRIBLE HISTORIES GRUESOME GUIDES: EDINBURGH takes readers on a gore-tastic tour of the streets of Edinburgh exposing all of its...

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...