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The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound 9781035008421
RRP: £10.99£7.37Sunday Times Bestseller and Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Month.Over one hundred years after its wreck, Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the depths of the most hostile sea on Earth. The Ship Beneath the Ice is the astonishing... -
The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and Everest by Ed Caesar
RRP: £10.99£8.02WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH BEST SPORTS WRITING AWARD 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021'One of the best books ever written about the early attempts to conquer Everest. A fine, fine slice of history by a truly special writer who proves time... -
The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370 by Florence de Changy
RRP: £9.99£6.89'People often say that non-fiction books read like fast-moving thrillers, but this one genuinely does... This is a splendid book - and highly recommended.' Daily Mail A remarkable piece of investigative... -
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea by Jonathan Franklin
RRP: £10.99£7.76The incredible true survival story of one man's record-breaking fourteen months lost at sea.On 17th November, 2012, Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip. A vicious storm killed his engine and the current dragged his boat... -
To Save Every One: 200 years of RNLI courage by The RNLI 9780008613051
RRP: £25.00£16.43The remarkable 200-year history of The RNLI and their invaluable role in British Maritime history. A beautiful book of kindness, courage, and community to treasure for years to come. Since 1824, people have counted on the RNLI to keep them... -
Wavewalker: Breaking Free by Suzanne Heywood
RRP: £20.00£14.69THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023 'Grippingly vivid and pacey' THE TIMES 'A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht,... -
Topgun by Dan Pedersen
RRP: £10.99£8.02DISCOVER THE EXHILARATING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE ACTION-PACKED CLASSIC FILM'GOOSE AND MAVERICK MOVE OVER . . .' Admiral James Stavridis________March 1969.American jets are getting shot down at an unprecedented rate over Vietnam. In an urgent effort to... -
Sea State by Tabitha Lasley
RRP: £10.99£7.50'Sea State marks the arrival of a gifted and exciting new voice' Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZE ... -
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Hunt for Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound
RRP: £25.00£16.53Sunday Times Bestseller and Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Month.The extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the most hostile sea on Earth, told by the expedition's Director of Exploration.'Bound has a... -
Life of a Concorde Pilot: From The Orphanage to The Edge of Space by John Tye 9781803994635
RRP: £20.00£14.71John Tye's job at British Airways was supposed to be only temporary, a way for him to pass the summer before starting university. Instead, it would kickstart a forty-six-year career in aviation and take him all over the world.Told in an irrepressible and... -
In the Days of Rain: WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD by Rebecca Stott
RRP: £12.99£8.73WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD In the vein of Bad Blood and Why be Happy when you can be Normal?: an enthralling, at times shocking, and deeply personal family memoir of growing up in, and... -
Amelia Earhart: The Sound of Wings by Mary S. Lovell
RRP: £14.99£9.57When she disappeared in 1937 over a shark-infested sea, Amelia Earhart had lived up to her wish - internationally famous, a daring and pioneering aviator, and ambassador extraordinary for the United States. Married to a man with a genius for publicity,... -
A Royal Navy Cold War Buccaneer Pilot: Flying the Famous Maritime Strike Aircraft by Simon Kershaw
RRP: £22.00£15.62This is a vivid and powerful story of life on board the last of our great Second World War-era aircraft carriers, modernised to serve beyond their time. It is a story of the Cold War which conveys the trials and tribulations of flying one of the... -
Surviving the Storms: Extraordinary Stories of Courage and Compassion at Sea by The RNLI
RRP: £9.99£6.89'There's water in the engine,' he said. 'The engine has stopped.' This changed everything... Surviving the Storms brings together incredible... -
Sea People: In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific by Christina Thompson
RRP: £12.99£8.73Winner of the 2020 Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award for nonfiction and the 2019 NSW Premier's History Awards for general history 'Wonderfully researched and beautifully written' Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan ... -
Jet Man: The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution by Duncan Campbell-Smith
RRP: £10.99£8.02The story of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero. 'Wonderful' David Edgerton, TLS 'A fascinating account' Aeroplane Monthly 'Casts new light on the intense, heroic character of Frank... -
Hazard Spectrum: Life in The Danger Zone by the Fleet Air Arm’s Top Gun by Nathan Gray
RRP: £22.00£14.23'Nerve-shattering, enlightening and deeply moving' - JOHN NICHOL'A powerful and compelling read' - ROWLAND WHITEOn 5 December 2002, trainee pilot Nathan Gray walked away from an 'unsurvivable' crash at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire. His instructor,... -
Going Solo by Roald Dahl 9780241677391
RRP: £7.99£6.04It was truly the most breathless and in a way the most exhilarating time I have ever had in my life.This beautiful edition of Going Solo, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is... -
Saved from the Waves: Animal Rescues of the RNLI by The RNLI 9780008485993
RRP: £9.99£6.77She has to be OK, I pleaded silently to myself. She has to be. 'We've alerted the RNLI and they're sending a lifeboat out.' 'The RNLI?' I said, surprised. 'They do that?' ... -
'sailor' Malan - Freedom Fighter: The Inspirational Story of a Spitfire Ace by Dilip Sarkar Mbe
RRP: £25.00£18.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526795267Author Dilip Sarkar MbeFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Air WorldPublisher Air WorldWeight(grams) 152g -
The Crew: The Story of a Lancaster Bomber Crew by David Price
RRP: £9.99£7.36A moving tribute to the sacrifice and bravery of the fliers of RAF Bomber Command. ****************************** The Crew, based on interviews with Ken Cook, the crew's sole surviving member, recounts the wartime exploits of the members of an Avro... -
A Captain's Duty: The true story that inspired the major film, Captain Phillips by Richard Phillips
RRP: £10.99£8.028th April 2009 was just an ordinary day for 53 -year-old Richard Phillips, captain of the United States-registered cargo vessel, the Maersk Alabama, as it headed towards the port of Mombasa. Ordinary that is until, two hundred or so miles off the east... -
Spitfire Across The Atlantic by Ricardo Martin Lezon 9781781553572
RRP: £30.00£20.95On the morning of 24 December 1943, 542 Squadron's intelligence officer briefed Flt Lt J. Storey on covering Crossbow sites in the Calais-Abbeville areas. He was airborne at 11 a.m. and set course in his Spitfire for the French coast, passing over London... -
Imagine a City: A Pilot’s Love Letter to the World’s Greatest Cities by Mark Vanhoenacker 9781529112023
RRP: £10.99£8.02A pilot's love letter to the world's greatest cities from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Skyfaring'A journey around both the author's mind and the planet's great cities that leaves us energised, open to new experiences and ready to return more... -
Paddy Finucane: Fighter Ace by Doug Stokes 9780859791809
RRP: £10.95£8.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791809Author Doug StokesFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Spitfire Girl: My Life in the Sky by Jackie Moggridge
RRP: £10.99£8.02The inspiring memoir of the remarkable Jackie Moggridge: ATA girl, Spitfire expert and pioneer. 'We had returned to a different world. We had taken off in peace at nine-thirty and landed in war at noon.' Jackie Moggridge was just nineteen when... -
Gunship Ace: The Wars of Neall Ellis, Helicopter Pilot and Mercenary by Al Venter
RRP: £18.99£12.27"The days of Congo and Angola when you had the image of mercenaries as drunken guys going around shooting up the place... has gone - the people you find now... are well-trained, professional soldiers, special forces trained." - Neall EllisPraise for Al J... -
Archie's Lights: The Life and Times of a Scottish Lightkeeper by Archie MacEachern 9781849953993
RRP: £18.99£16.05Born at a clifftop lighthouse in 1910, Archie's life was spent in the world of Scottish lighthouses - he was one of the third generation of his family in the service of the Northern Lighthouse Board. Archie's stories have gripped listeners of all ages... -
Mistress and Commander: High jinks, high seas and Highlanders by Amelia Dalton
RRP: £8.99£6.89Weary of her Yorkshire county life of grouse moors and hunt balls, Amelia Dalton threw herself instead into running a deep sea trawler amongst the closed community of fishermen in NE Scotland in the '90s. Unprepared by her background in cookery and... -
610 (County of Chester) Auxiliary Air Force Squadron, 1936-1940 by David J. Bailey 9781781557143
RRP: £45.00£33.77610 (County of Chester) Squadron was formed in February 1936 as a bomber squadron. With personnel recruited from the local area for the expanding Auxiliary Air Force, these `weekend fliers' were moulded into a cohesive fighting unit at Hooton Park,... -
The Mighty Eighth: A Glimpse of the Men, Missions & Machines of the U.S. Eighth Air Force 1942-1945 by Military Gallery
RRP: £30.00£29.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954997083Format HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Griffon International LimitedPublisher Griffon International LimitedWeight(grams) 1000gDimensions(mm) 240mm... -
Concorde, A Designer's Life: The Journey to Mach 2 by Ted Talbot 9781803994710
RRP: £16.99£12.64Do you remember the time we used to do New York in three hours?Even twenty years after its final flight, Concorde remains the pinnacle of aviation design. The aircraft is still unmatched, which has led to a vast swathe of material being written about the... -
Mayfly by Mike James 9781035812363
RRP: £9.99£7.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035812363Author Mike JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams)... -
Warburton's War: The Life of Maverick Ace Adrian Warburton, DSO, DFC, DFC (USA) by Chris Goss 9780907579434
RRP: £7.99£6.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907579434Author Chris GossFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
UFFA: Yachting's Eccentric Genius by Malcolm Turner 9781914489358
RRP: £15.99£12.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914489358Author Malcolm TurnerFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint SunRise Publishing LtdPublisher SunRise Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 740gDimensions(mm)... -
Flying Used to Be Fun by Captain Mike Clarke
£20.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398451957Author Captain Mike ClarkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Dreamland: An Autobiography by Bob Lazar 9780578437057
RRP: £19.99£14.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578437057Author Bob LazarFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Bruno Gmuender GmbHPublisher Bruno Gmuender GmbH -
Guy Gibson and his Dambuster Crew by Charles Foster
RRP: £20.00£14.71The Dams Raid is the RAF's most famous bombing operation of the Second World War, and Guy Gibson, who was in command, its most famous bomber pilot. Of the six men who made up his crew on the Dams Raid - two Canadians, an Australian and three Englishmen -... -
Saved from the Waves: Animal Rescues of the RNLI by The RNLI
RRP: £14.99£9.78She has to be OK, I pleaded silently to myself. She has to be. 'We've alerted the RNLI and they're sending a lifeboat out.' 'The RNLI?' I said, surprised. 'They do that?' ... -
Luftwaffe Aces in the Battle of Britain by Chris Goss 9781526754219
RRP: £25.00£17.62The term 'fighter ace' grew in prominence with the introduction and development of aerial combat in the First World War. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an 'ace' has varied but is usually considered to be five or...