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On Her Majesty's Nuclear Service by Eric Thompson
RRP: $31.48$25.10During the Cold War, nuclear submarines performed the greatest public service of all: prevention of a third world war. History shows that they succeeded; the Cold War ended peacefully, but for security reasons, only now can this story be told.Eric... -
The Soldier Who Came Back by Steve Foster 9781912624010 [USED COPY]
RRP: $18.88$2.63'The extraordinary story of one of the most audacious escape attempts of the Second World War' Dan SnowIn Northern Poland in 1940, at the Nazi war camp Stalag XX-A, two men struck up an unlikely friendship that was to lead to one of the most daring and... -
Brandenburger: Wartime Photographs of Wilhelm Walther by Rogers, Anthony 9781784387150
RRP: $31.48$23.00In March 1940, Oberleutnant Wilhelm Walther transferred from Aufkl rungs-Abteilung 5, an armoured reconnaissance unit, to Bau-Lehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800 - forerunner of what would soon be known as the Brandenburger'. Two months later, he led a commando... -
Harold and Joan: Letters Home, an intimate glimpse of one man's journey through World War II by Karen Geraldine Croft 9781915067180
RRP: $18.88$13.55"Darling the hour has almost arrived. We leave tonight ... I am feeling it very much but I must not weaken. I must be brave. I think that will be the best attitude to take for us all" Harold Bishop is called up to the army in 1941, aged 39. He leaves... -
From Spitfire to Focke Wulf: The Diary and Log Book of Pilot H. Leonard Thorne, 1940-45 by H. Leonard Thorne 9781803993584
RRP: $31.48$24.26'I hold the greatest respect for Len for what he achieved in the RAF'. - Gordon Mitchell, son of Spitfire designer R.J. MitchellIn May 1940, 20-year-old Len Thorne joined the RAF, as did many young men during the Second World War. After two hectic tours... -
M: Maxwell Knight, MI5's Greatest Spymaster by Henry Hemming 9781784752040 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$4.81*** The Sunday Times bestseller ***'Vividly imagined and prodigiously researched' Helen Davies, Sunday Times, Books of the Year 'Such a rewarding read' John Preston, Daily Mail, Books of the Year'This odd, secretive man is brought to life', Robbie... -
M: Maxwell Knight, MI5's Greatest Spymaster by Henry Hemming
RRP: $27.28$19.09*** The Sunday Times bestseller ***'Vividly imagined and prodigiously researched' Helen Davies, Sunday Times, Books of the Year 'Such a rewarding read' John Preston, Daily Mail, Books of the Year'This odd, secretive man is brought to life', Robbie... -
Wylie: The Brave Street Dog Who Never Gave Up by Pen Farthing
RRP: $23.08$15.54'When people gave up on Wylie, Wylie refused to give up on people.'For a street dog born in the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan, to be crowned top dog at Scruffts, a competition for rescued crossbreeds held during Crufts, the largest dog show on earth, is... -
Perfectly Wounded: A Memoir About What Happens After a Miracle by Douglas Michael Day
RRP: $52.50$35.72p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 22.5px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #353535} On the night of April 6, 2007, in Iraq's Anbar Province, Senior Chief Mike Day, his team of Navy SEALs, and a group of Iraqi scouts were on the hunt for a high-level al Qaeda... -
Monty: His Part in My Victory by Spike Milligan
RRP: $23.08$17.70Monty: His Part in My Victory is volume three of Spike Milligan's outrageous, hilarious, legendary War Memoirs.'It's all over, Von Arnheim has surrendered and he's very angry.''This could mean war...'The third volume of Spike Milligan's laugh-a-line... -
Desert Claw by Damien Lewis
RRP: $27.28$19.09Iraq: the present day. A country torn apart by war and anarchy. Thieves roam the streets. People are being killed in broad daylight. Security is non-existent. And now, terrorists have seized a Van Gogh painting worth GBP25 million from one of Saddam's... -
Wilfred Owen: A New Biography by Dominic Hibberd 9780753817094
RRP: $27.28$15.77Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Arbella: England's Lost Queen by Sarah Gristwood
RRP: $27.28$19.09'It is Arbella they would proclaim Queen if her mistress should happen to die' Sir William Stanley, 1592Niece to Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter to the great Tudor dynast Bess of Hardwick, Lady Arbella Stuart was brought up in the belief that she... -
A Moment of War by Laurie Lee
RRP: $18.88$14.85A Moment of War is the powerful and harrowing final book in Laurie Lee's acclaimed trilogy that began with Cider with RosieLaurie Lee was still a young man when he decided to fight for the Republican cause in Spain's civil war. But though he braved icy,... -
Peace Work by Spike Milligan
RRP: $23.08$17.70Peace Work is volume seven of Spike Milligan's outrageous, hilarious, legendary War Memoirs.'I had not informed my parents of my return, I wanted it to be a lovely surprise; it was, for me, they were away ...'The seventh and last volume of Spike... -
Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall by Spike Milligan
RRP: $20.98$16.28VOLUME FOUR OF SPIKE MILLIGAN'S LEGENDARY MEMOIRS IS A HILARIOUS, SUBVERSIVE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF WW2 'Brilliant verbal pyrotechnics, throwaway lines and marvelous anecdotes' Daily Mail 'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' Sunday Times ______________ A... -
Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper by Lyudmila Pavlichenko 9781784382704
RRP: $41.98$30.83The wartime memoir of Lyudmila Pavlichenko is a remarkable document: the publication of an English language edition is a significant coup. Pavlichenko was World War II's best-scoring sniper and had a varied wartime career that included trips to England... -
Brothers in Arms: Real War. True Friends. Unlikely Heroes. by Geraint Jones 9781529000443
RRP: $18.88$13.86Darkly funny, shockingly honest, Brothers in Arms is an unforgettable account of a soldier's tour of Afghanistan, the brutal reality of war - every scary, exciting moment - and the bonds of friendship that can never be destroyed.'If you could choose... -
Zero Six Bravo: 60 Special Forces. 100,000 Enemy. The Explosive True Story by Damien Lewis
RRP: $23.08$16.32The Sunday Times No.1 bestseller. 'Sixty special forces against 100,000 - a feat of British arms to take the breath away' Frederick Forsyth.They were branded as cowards and accused of being the British Special Forces Squadron that ran away... -
Sniper on the Eastern Front by Albrecht Wacker 9781781590041
RRP: $20.98$14.93This book is a rare first-hand account by a ruthlessly efficient German sniper of life and death during the bitter conflict that followed the Nazi invasion of Russia. Josef 'Sepp' Allerberger was an Austrian conscript who qualified as a Wehrmacht... -
Going with the Boys: Six Extraordinary Women Writing from the Front Line by Judith Mackrell
RRP: $23.08$16.65'They were not just reporters; they were also pioneers, and Judith Mackrell has done them proud.' -SpectatorGoing with the Boys follows six intrepid women as their lives and careers intertwined on the front lines of the Second World War.Martha Gellhorn... -
Nelson: The Sword of Albion by John Sugden 9781847922762 [USED COPY]
RRP: $73.50$14.70The Sword of Albion concludes the most comprehensive and intimate life of Nelson ever written, one that teems with a glittering array of sailors and civilians, heroes and villains, husbands, wives and lovers. Here are Nelson's famous victories at the... -
Nelson: The Sword of Albion by John Sugden
RRP: $73.50$54.37The Sword of Albion concludes the most comprehensive and intimate life of Nelson ever written, one that teems with a glittering array of sailors and civilians, heroes and villains, husbands, wives and lovers. Here are Nelson's famous victories at the... -
Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee by Michael Korda 9780062116307
RRP: $25.18$17.35In Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee, Michael Korda, the New York Times bestselling biographer of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ulysses S. Grant, and T. E. Lawrence, has written the first major biography of Lee in nearly twenty years,... -
Yeager: An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager
RRP: $20.98$14.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553256741Author Chuck YeagerFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Bantam USAPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)... -
Cold War Boys: PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED TALES OF DERRING-DO FROM LIGHTNING, PHANTOM AND HUNTER PILOTS by Richard Pike
RRP: $52.50$37.00When the US president, Harry S Truman, declared the Truman Doctrine in March 1947, he could not have known that the resultant Cold War would persist for over 40 years until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. In addition to nuclear and... -
The Last Escaper: The Untold First-Hand Story of the Legendary World War II Bomber Pilot, "Cooler King" and Arch Escape Artist by Peter Tunstall
RRP: $20.98$14.18The product of a lifetimes reflection, The Last Escaper is Peter Tunstall's unforgettable memoir of his days in the RAF and as one of the most celebrated of all British POWs. Tunstall was an infamous tormentor of his German captors dubbed the cooler king... -
Who Dares Wins: The sequel to BORN FEARLESS, the Sunday Times bestseller by Phil Campion 9781529407426 [USED COPY]
RRP: $18.88$6.45JOIN SAS LEGEND PHIL CAMPION AS HE SHARES HIS DEEPLY PERSONAL LIFE STORY, WARTS AND ALLIn WHO DARES WINS Big Phil Campion reveals his chequered past, from terrible abuse suffered in a string of kids' homes to psychological abuse suffered at a top public... -
Who Dares Wins: The sequel to BORN FEARLESS, the Sunday Times bestseller by Phil Campion
RRP: $18.88$13.02JOIN SAS LEGEND PHIL CAMPION AS HE SHARES HIS DEEPLY PERSONAL LIFE STORY, WARTS AND ALLIn WHO DARES WINS Big Phil Campion reveals his chequered past, from terrible abuse suffered in a string of kids' homes to psychological abuse suffered at a top public... -
Warriors: Extraordinary Tales from the Battlefield by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: $27.28$17.81An exhilarating and uplifting account of the lives of sixteen 'warriors' from the last three centuries, hand-picked for their bravery or extraordinary military experience by the eminent military historian, author and ex-editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sir... -
Six Weeks: The Short and Gallant Life of the British Officer in the First World War by John Lewis-Stempel
RRP: $27.28$15.77The extraordinary story of British junior officers in the First World War, who led their men out of the trenches and faced a life expectancy of six weeks.During the Great War, many boys went straight from the classroom to the most dangerous job in the... -
The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston by Siegfried Sassoon 9780571099139
RRP: $39.88$26.94The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston includes Sherston's Progress and both Memoirs,About the AuthorSiegfried Sassoon was born in 1886 and educated at Clare College, Cambridge. He served in the trenches during the First World War, where he began to... -
Napoleon's Marshals: Twenty-Six Military Commanders of the First Empire by R P Dunn-Pattison 9780857065193
RRP: $44.10$44.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857065193Author R P Dunn-PattisonFormat HardbackPage Count 332Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 553g -
One Dog at a Time: Saving the Strays of Helmand - An Inspiring True Story by Pen Farthing
RRP: $20.98$14.93'Thick with rolls of gleaming new wire, the obstacle was designed to prevent a suicide bomber driving into the compound's thick mud walls. Today, however, it had only succeeded in stopping a terrified-looking small white dog. I knew that the Taliban... -
Soldier: The Autobiography by Mike Jackson
RRP: $27.28$19.09General Sir Mike Jackson's illustrious career in the British Army has spanned almost 45 years and all that time he has shown loyalty, courage and commitment to the British army whilst also being an undeniable media attraction.A man of substance where... -
Pilate by Ann Wroe
RRP: $31.48$23.00Although very little is known for certain about Pontius Pilate, the man who crucified Christ, this has not stopped writers in every age from imagining his life. In this extraordinary book, Ann Wroe recounts the lives of all our Pilates; among them the... -
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters 9780425208137
RRP: $63.00$39.50"Tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose, whose Band of Brothers was the inspiration for the HBO miniseries...laced with Winters's soldierly exaltations of pride in his comrades' bravery."-Publishers WeeklyLook for the Band of Brothers miniseries,... -
American Caesar by William Manch 9780316544986
RRP: $105.00$68.71MacArthur, the public figure, the private man, the soldier-hero whose mystery and appeal created a uniquely American legend, portrayed in a brilliant biography that will challenge the cherished myths of admirers and critics alike.Book InformationISBN... -
Inside The Centre: The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Ray Monk 9780099433538
RRP: $39.88$29.42J. Robert Oppenheimer is among the most contentious and important figures of the twentieth century. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis to develop the first atomic bomb - a breakthrough which was to... -
I Spy: My Life in MI5 by Tom Marcus 9781509864096
RRP: $39.88$29.42'One of the most successful MI5 undercover surveillance officers of his time.' - Sun'The brutal truth about the war against terror. Fast-paced and gripping.' - Ant Middleton The explosive book from ex-MI5 surveillance officer Tom Marcus takes the reader...