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Pathfinder: A Special Forces Mission Behind Enemy Lines by David Blakeley
RRP: £10.99£7.40Nine men. 2,000 enemies. No back-up. No air support. No rescue. No chance...First in - the official motto of one of the British Army's smallest and most secretive units, 16 Air Assault Brigade's Pathfinder Platoon. Unofficially, they are the bastard son... -
Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace by Max Hastings
RRP: £25.00£13.45'A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle ... Compelling' Daily Mail 'An unmissable read' Sunday Times Soldiers is a very personal gathering of sparkling, gripping tales by many writers,... -
Please, Mister Postman by Alan Johnson
RRP: £10.99£7.77In July 1969, while the Rolling Stones played a free concert in Hyde Park, Alan Johnson and his young family left West London to start a new life. The Britwell Estate in Slough, apparently notorious among the locals, in fact came as a blessed relief... -
Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Volume 3) by Robert A. Caro
RRP: £35.00£25.29'The greatest biography of our era ... Essential reading for those who want to comprehend power and politics' The TimesRobert A. Caro's legendary, multi-award-winning biography of US President Lyndon Johnson is a uniquely riveting and revelatory account... -
The Korean War: Memories of Forgotten British Heroes by Stephen F. Kelly 9781803995625
RRP: £14.99£11.55A dramatic and tragic episode in British military history that will soon not be part of living memory.More than 100,000 British troops fought in Korea between 1950 and 1953, of which just over 1,000 died, with a further 1,000 captured and held in... -
Barbarossa Through German Eyes: The Biggest Invasion in History by Jonathan Trigg 9781398115514
RRP: £10.99£7.25Spring 1941 - the Third Reich triumphant! Having taken over Germany in 1933, Hitler launched a series of lightning campaigns across Europe that crushed Poland, Denmark, Norway, France, the Low Countries and then the Balkans. Only Great Britain had... -
The Pacific (The Official HBO/Sky TV Tie-In) by Hugh Ambrose
RRP: £12.99£8.56- Private Sidney Phillips- First Lieutenant Austin Shofner- Ensign Vernon Micheel- Private Eugene Sledge- Sergeant John BasiloneThrough the eyes of these five fearless and devoted men, Hugh Ambrose tells the epic story of the war in the Pacific. It is an... -
Napoleon: A Very Short Introduction by David A Bell
RRP: £8.99£6.45This Very Short Introduction provides a concise, accurate, and lively portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, situating him firmly in historical context. David Bell emphasizes the astonishing sense of human possibility--for both good... -
The Brothers by Stephen Kinzer 9781250053121
£13.11During the 1950s, when the Cold War was at its peak, two immensely powerful brothers led the United States into a series of foreign adventures whose effects are still shaking the world. John Foster Dulles was secretary of state while his brother, Allen... -
Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat by Dan Hampton
RRP: £9.99£6.64"Viper Pilot" is the high-octane memoir of one of America's elite aviators: a twenty-year battle-seasoned pilot who flew 151 combat missions in the world's most iconic fighter plane - the F-16 Fighting Falcon - the Viper as its pilots call it. A fighter... -
The Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes: The Death of the Sixth Army by Jonathan Trigg
RRP: £20.00£13.74Five months, one week and three days of hell. The German offensive to capture Stalingrad began in August 1942, using Friedrich Paulus's 6th Army and elements of the 4th Panzer Army. The attack was supported by intense bombing that reduced much of the... -
Interregnum: The People's Republic of Britain by Anna Keay
RRP: £25.00£16.83THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 WINNER OF THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE Eleven years when Britain had no king. ... -
Fips Legendary U-boat Commander by Geoffrey Brooks 9780850526943
RRP: £16.95£12.26Weuner Furbringer (Fips) became one of the most successful U-Boat commanders in WW1 through a blend of skill, daring and, by his own typically modest admission, sheer luck. This vivid memoir, never before published in English, makes compelling reading... -
The Great Commanders of the American Civil War: Union & Confederate Generals Head-to-Head by Kevin J. Dougherty
RRP: £19.99£14.65Who were the greatest commanders of the American Civil War, and what made them so? In The Great Commanders of the American Civil War, the best military leaders of both sides are pitted against each other and their strengths and weaknesses examined -... -
Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall by Spike Milligan
RRP: £10.99£7.77Volume one of Spike Milligan's legendary memoirs is a hilarious, subversive first-hand account of WW2'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' Sunday Express'Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command... -
Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy) by William H. McRaven
RRP: £20.00£13.35THE INSTANT #1 New York Times BESTSELLERThe title "Bullfrog" is given to the Navy SEAL who has served the longest on active duty. Admiral McRaven was honoured to receive this honour in 2011 when he took charge of the United States Special Operations... -
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump 9781471190162
RRP: £9.99£6.41* THE INTERNATIONAL AND SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER *'Even in the darkest of Dickens novels, no family comes across quite as mendacious, grasping and avaricious as the Trumps' Financial Times A REVELATORY PORTRAIT OF DONALD J. TRUMP AND THE TOXIC... -
Priests de la Resistance!: The loose canons who fought Fascism in the twentieth century by The Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie
RRP: £9.99£6.52'A hugely enjoyable, eccentric account of clerical heroism in the face of evil.' Observer 'Comedy and tragedy run side by side... Bracing and lively.' The Times 'An admiring study of priests and ministers who have put their lives on the line.' BBC... -
SAS Band of Brothers: The Last Stand of the SAS and Their Hunt for the Nazi Killers by Damien Lewis 9781787475236
RRP: £20.00£5.71'Riveting. Extraordinary. A real-life thriller.' Dan SnowJune 1944: the SAS parachute deep into occupied France, to wreak havoc and bloody mayhem. In a country crawling with the enemy, their mission is to prevent Hitler from rushing his Panzer divisions... -
Napoleon Volume 2: The Spirit of the Age by Michael Broers
RRP: £16.99£11.58'Masterly.' Daily Mail 'Stunning.' History Today'Magnificent.' Literary ReviewNapoleon's life reached its most extraordinary stage between 1805 and 1810. At war with Britain, Russia, and Austria, he unleashed his magnificent Grande Armee. The first... -
Fey's War: The True Story of a Mother, her Missing Sons and the Plot to Kill Hitler by Catherine Bailey
RRP: £8.99£6.45**Formerly published as The Lost Boys**'Remarkable. A powerful, engrossing story of a journey into the heart of darkness and final escape from it' Sunday TimesIn September, 1944, the SS march into a remote Italian castle, arrest a mother and seize her... -
War by Sebastian Junger
RRP: £9.99£6.64From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger's almost fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army. For 15 months, Sebastian Junger accompanied a single platoon of thirty men from the celebrated 2nd... -
Black Ice: The memoir of a soldier, double amputee and world champion by Corie Mapp 9781910533581
RRP: £15.00£10.78On 31st January 2010, Trooper Corie Mapp of The Life Guards was driving his armoured vehicle on combat operations in Afghanistan when it ran over an IED. The explosion that followed caused him massive injuries. But this was not the end of his active life... -
Boris Johnson: Portrait of a Troublemaker at Number 10 by Andrew Gimson
RRP: £25.00£16.24'Entertaining...essential...peppered with brilliant observations' Tim Shipman, Sunday Times Andrew Gimson, whose previous book Boris is the essential read on Johnson's earlier career, returns with a penetrating and entertaining new account of Boris... -
Fighter Boys: Saving Britain 1940 by Patrick Bishop
RRP: £9.99£6.64In the summer of 1940, the future of Britain and the free world depended on the morale and skill of the young men of Fighter Command. This is their story. The Battle of Britain is one of the most crucial battles ever fought, and the victory of... -
My Secret Life in Hut Six: One woman's experiences at Bletchley Park by Mair Russell-Jones
RRP: £10.99£7.77The story of the World War 2 de-coders of Bletchley Park continues to fascinate. How did Mair Thomas, a musician brought up in the Welsh valleys, find herself in the rarefied atmosphere of Hut Six, surrounded by hundreds of others, all desperately trying... -
The War Magician: The man who conjured victory in the desert by David Fisher
RRP: £9.99£6.80The incredible true story of the greatest illusionist of modern times and the man who altered the course of the second world war.Soon to be a major film starring Benedict Cumberbatch'A richly entertaining read' SUNDAY TIMESJasper Maskelyne was a world... -
Operation Relentless: The Hunt for the Richest, Deadliest Criminal in History by Damien Lewis
RRP: £10.99£7.40'The Night Manager meets Narcos' Saul David'To catch this criminal took incredible courage and skill. This is James Bond meets Jason Bourne' Bear Grylls'This is the book that warned us years before the Ukraine invasion about the power and reach of... -
Adolf Hitler: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History 9781537392912
RRP: £9.99£8.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781537392912Author Hourly HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
One of Our Own: The Remarkable Story of Battle of Britain Pilot Squadron Leader Victor Ekins MBE DFC by David Duker 9781399050678
RRP: £22.00£15.62This is the enthralling story of a young man who found himself at the epicentre of one of the biggest turning points in recent history - The Battle of Britain. Guided by the diaries that he meticulously kept throughout his wartime experience and that lay... -
Free Fall: A Sniper's Story from Chechnya by Nicolai Lilin
RRP: £12.99£8.56Free Fall tells the brutal engrossing story of the Second Chechen War, through the eyes of a young Russian Soldier. Nicolai Lilin was trained as a sniper in an unorthodox Russian Special Forces regiment called the Saboteurs. This hardened and close-knit... -
Genghis Khan by John Man
RRP: £14.99£10.95Genghis Khan - creator of the greatest empire the world has ever seen - is one of history's immortals. In Central Asia, they still use his name to frighten children. In China, he is honoured as the founder of a dynasty. In Mongolia he is the father of... -
Desert Raids with the SAS: The Wartime Experiences of Major Anthony Hough - Action, Capture and Escape by Major Tony Hough
RRP: £19.99£14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399007221Author Major Tony HoughFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Pen & Sword MilitaryPublisher Pen & Sword MilitaryWeight(grams) 152g -
Rorke's Drift By Those Who Were There: Volume I by Ian Knight
RRP: £25.00£17.62The great host came steadily on, spreading out spreading out - spreading out till they seemed like a giant pair of nut-crackers opening round the little nut of Rorke's Drift. - Surgeon Major James Henry Reynolds V.C., Army Medical Department On 22... -
Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA by Amaryllis Fox
RRP: £9.99£7.11The instant New York Times Bestseller soon to be a major Apple TV series with Brie Larson.'Reads as if a John le Carre character landed in Eat Pray Love' - New York Times'Best book of the year' - Tom Marcus, author of Soldier, SpyDo you have what it... -
610 (County of Chester) Auxiliary Air Force Squadron, 1936-1940 by David J. Bailey 9781781557143
RRP: £45.00£34.39610 (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,... -
Bobby Sands - New Edition: Nothing But an Unfinished Song by Denis O'Hearn
RRP: £18.99£12.75This is the best-selling biography of the IRA resistance fighter and hunger-striker, Bobby Sands. In this updated, new edition, Denis O'Hearn draws from a wealth of interviews with friends, comrades, fellow prisoners and prison wardens, to provide a... -
Children Against Hitler: The Young Resistance Heroes of the Second World War by Monica Porter 9781526764287
RRP: £12.99£9.09Readers of all generations have grown up on The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier's best-selling tale of children under wartime occupation, but few know the real life stories of the children and teenagers who went further and actually stood up to the Nazis... -
Michael Collins: A Biography by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: £10.99£7.77'The unofficial voice of modern Irish history' EconomistWhen President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.' In August 1922 at... -
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£28.14Apologies 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...