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Operation Relentless: An SAS Veteran's Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man--Russian Fugitive "The Lord of War by Damien Lewis 9781504076494
RRP: £18.99£13.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504076494Author Damien LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Open Road Integrated Media LLCPublisher Open Road Integrated Media LLCWeight(grams)... -
Fighter Pilot by Paul Richey 9780750962353
RRP: £9.99£7.55One of 'The 30 Best Travel and Adventure Books of All Time', as selected by Gear Patrol, Winner 2015 US Travel and Adventure website. Fighter Pilot was written from the immediate and unfettered personal journal that 23-year-old Flying Officer Paul Richey... -
Into Africa: The Epic Adventures Of Stanley And Livingstone by Martin Dugard
RRP: £12.99£9.09In 1866 Britain's foremost explorer, Dr David Livingstone, went in search of the answer to an age-old geographical riddle: where was the source of the Nile? Livingstone set out with a large team, on a course that would lead through unmapped, seemingly... -
A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941-1945 by Ernst Junger 9780231127417
RRP: £22.00£17.76Ernst Junger was one of twentieth-century Germany's most important-and most controversial-writers. Decorated for bravery in World War I and the author of the acclaimed western front memoir Storm of Steel, he frankly depicted war's horrors even as he... -
Stand Up, Speak Out: My Life Working for Women's Rights, Peace and Equality in Northern Ireland and Beyond by Monica McWilliams
RRP: £19.99£16.82By the age of ten, Monica McWilliams was dispensing payouts in her granny's post office, book-keeping for her cattle-dealer father and leaving no one in any doubt that she could stand up for herself. She went on to break the mould in so many ways, as a... -
Special Operations Mindset by Life Is a Special Operation 9781946373113
RRP: £13.98£11.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946373113Author Life Is a Special OperationFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Littlestone LtdPublisher Littlestone LtdWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm)... -
The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander the Great by James Romm
RRP: £25.00£17.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400079674Author James RommFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Simon Weston: Moving On by Simon Weston
RRP: £9.99£9.20Simon Weston was horrifically burnt in the Falklands conflict of 1982. He has since rebuilt his life to become a true hero for our times and he brings his astonishing story up to date in the pages of this new autobiography. Now happily married with three... -
Jock Lewes: Co-Founder of the SAS by John Lewes 9781844156153
RRP: £14.99£10.95Drawing on unpublished personal journals, this long overdue and bestselling account of Jock Lewes' life, tragically cut short on 31 December 1941 during an SAS deep penetration patrol, makes compelling reading. His exceptional talents found expression in... -
Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts 9781101980996
RRP: £43.00£31.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101980996Author Andrew RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 1152Imprint VikingPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1588gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 165mm *... -
Roy Jenkins by John Campbell
RRP: £25.00£18.62Shortlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson PrizeShortlisted for the 2014 Costa Biography AwardLonglisted for the 2015 Orwell PrizeWinner of the 2014 Political Book Awards Political Biography of the YearRoy Jenkins was probably the best Prime Minister... -
Untitled Quote Book by Anonymous Anonymous
£15.32Start your year with the uplifting and heartwarming life lessons from a truly inspirational man, Captain Sir Tom Moore'Full of the infectious energy that inspired the nation' Daily Mirror'A dose of wisdom from a British hero . . . A paean to the power of... -
Where Shall We Run To?: A Memoir by Alan Garner
RRP: £9.99£6.64A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR From one of our greatest living writers, comes a remarkable memoir of a forgotten England. 'The war went. We sang in the playground,... -
Freedom Fighter: My War Against ISIS on the Frontlines of Syria by Joanna Palani
RRP: £9.99£6.70Evening Standard's January 2019 Book of the WeekThe gripping story of one woman's war against ISIS on the frontlines of Syria.Joanna Palani made headlines across the world when her role fighting ISIS in the Syrian conflict was revealed. She is one of a... -
The Man Who Created the Middle East: A Story of Empire, Conflict and the Sykes-Picot Agreement by Christopher Sykes
RRP: £14.99£9.70At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most reviled treaties of modern times. A century later, Christopher Sykes' lively biography of his grandfather reassesses his life and work, and... -
Heart of a Soldier by James B. Stewart 9780743244596
RRP: £16.99£16.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743244596Author James B. StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 428gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Arctic Snow to Dust of Normandy: The Extraordinary Wartime Exploits of a Naval Special Agent by Patrick Dalzel-Job 9781844152384 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£6.67Very few men have a more exciting and dramatic story of their wartime activities to tell than Patrick Dalzel-Job. In 1940 using his special knowledge of North Norway's coast line he landed and moved over 10,000 Allied soldiers in local boats without the... -
MÖTLEY CRÜE - THE DIRT: DECLASSIFIED: THE DIRT: DECLASSIFIED by Mötley Crüe
RRP: £14.99£10.07You thought you knew the story behind the world's most notorious rock band...the music, the mayhem...it is the stuff of rock n roll legend, chronicled in the New York Times bestselling book and subsequent Netflix movie, The Dirt. Now, as Nikki Sixx,... -
README.txt: A memoir from one of the world’s most famous whistleblowers by Chelsea Manning 9781529110623
RRP: £10.99£7.77An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous whistle-blowers, activists and trans women.In 2013, Chelsea Manning was sentenced to thirty-five years in military prison for the largest leak of classified documents in... -
Yasuke: The true story of the legendary African Samurai by Kelley Armstrong
RRP: £12.99£9.00WARRIOR. SAMURAI. LEGEND.The remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society.The man who came to be known as Yasuke arrived in Japan in the 16th century, an... -
Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain by Stephen Taylor
RRP: £12.99£8.56Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as... -
The Suffragette Bombers: Britain's Forgotten Terrorists by Simon Webb
RRP: £14.99£10.95In the years leading up to the First World War, the United Kingdom was subjected to a ferocious campaign of bombing and arson. Those conducting this terrorist offensive were members of the Women's Social and Political Union; better known as the... -
Out of the Siege of Sarajevo: Memoirs of a Former Yugoslav by Levinger-Goy, Jasna 9781399098625
RRP: £20.00£14.29The horrors of the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the very heart of Europe in 1992, may be all but forgotten - but not by everyone. In this book, Jasna Levinger-Goy offers a vivid, personal story of a family of Jewish origin who identified as... -
A Black Cat Abroad: A Territorial Gunner's Selected Memories of the Second World War and the Italian Campaign (1943-1945) by Hadingham
RRP: £25.00£17.30A Black Cat Abroad is the untold WWII story of a 'Terrier' nicknamed 'Oscar': R.E.H. Hadingham (1915-2004), CBE, MC & Bar TD, better known as 'Buzzer', who was later chairman of Slazenger's and then the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon. Beginning... -
Isabella: She-Wolf of France, Queen of England by Alison Weir
RRP: £14.99£10.95Described by Christopher Marlowe as the 'She-Wolf of France', Isabella was one of the most notorious femme fatales in history. According to popular legend, her angry ghost can be glimpsed among church ruins, clutching the beating heart of her murdered... -
Septimius Severus in Scotland: The Northern Campaigns of the First Hammer of the Scots by Simon Elliott
RRP: £15.99£11.61'The order was brutal, its message unequivocal - kill the men, women and children of what is now Scotland and don't shed a tear for any of them.' - The Scotsman The SpectatorSince 1975 much new archaeological evidence has come to light to illuminate the... -
Beaufighter Boys: True Tales from those who flew Bristol's Mighty Twin by Graham Pitchfork 9781911667162
RRP: £14.99£10.95A departure from the Cold War for the Boys series! Researched many years ago by the author for a project which did not come to fruition, Beaufighter air and ground crew gave freely of their stories which ranged from complete memoirs to brief anecdotes... -
Ian Fleming and Operation Golden Eye: Keeping Spain out of World War II by Mark Simmons 9781612006857
RRP: £19.99£14.28This book tells the story of the various Allied operations and schemes instigated to keep Spain and Portugal out of WWII, which included the widespread bribery of high ranking Spanish officials and the duplicity of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the... -
Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green:: A Year in the Desert with Team America by Johnny Rico 9780891418979
RRP: £19.99£12.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891418979Author Johnny RicoFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio Press -
The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq by Emma Sky
RRP: £12.99£8.56SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2015Emma Sky was working for the British Council during the invasion of Iraq, when the ad went around calling for volunteers. Appalled at what she saw as a wrongful war, she... -
Personal Impressions by Isaiah Berlin
RRP: £18.99£14.01The third, enlarged edition of Isaiah Berlin's remarkable series of character portraits, Personal ImpressionsWinston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley, Albert Einstein, Boris Pasternak and Anna Akhmatova: Isaiah Berlin's... -
Vladimir Putin: The World's Most Dangerous Man? by James Greensmith 9781399043120
RRP: £20.00£14.29Following the celebrations of the Millennium and our entry into the 21st century, it was to be hoped that the days when a brutal dictator could bring mindless death and destruction to another country, and even to his own people, were over, and that the... -
Laughter is the Best Weapon: The Remarkable Adventures of an Unconventional Soldier by Charles Ritchie
RRP: £20.00£14.29"An army may march on its stomach but it leans on its funny bone." So says Brigadier Charles Ritchie, and he should know. Postings to the Yemen, Northern Ireland, Bosnia and other far-away trouble spots gave him many opportunities to... -
The Ticket Collector from Belarus: An Extraordinary True Story of Britain's Only War Crimes Trial by Mike Anderson
RRP: £9.99£6.41'Brilliantly gripping' Sunday Times; 'Compelling' Daily Mail; 'Heart-rending' Sunday Telegraph; 'Excellent' The Times; 'Engrossing' Independent The UK's only war crimes trial took place in 1999 and had its origins in the horrors of the Holocaust, but... -
The Greatest Escape: A gripping story of wartime courage and adventure by Neil Churches 9781529060355
RRP: £10.99£7.77The gripping, vividly told story of the largest prisoner of war escape in of the Second World War - organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist and an American spy.In August 1944, the most successful POW escape of the Second World War... -
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War by Robert Coram 9780316881463
£30.74A larger-than-life fighter pilot and genius of aviation, engineering and military strategy, Boyd dared to challenge the intractable military bureaucracy and its outmoded practices. The single-minded determination developed in his youth carried him on to... -
Before the Dawn: An Autobiography by Gerry Adams 9781847179166
RRP: £13.99£10.95Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams offers a unique, intimate account of his childhood in working-class Belfast and the turbulent years of social activism that followed. First published in 1996 - at a time when politics in the North was at an impasse, and the... -
Blood and Soil: The Memoir of A Third Reich Brandenburger by Giampietro, Sepp de 9781784383411
RRP: £25.00£18.02_ The author is a sympathetic narrator and he has told his story with genuine verve and style [His] South Tyrolean origins, and his role in the Brandenburg Division make the book very distinctive._' Roger Moorhouse. The Brandenburgers were Hitler's... -
Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Brotherhood and Sacrifice by Adam Makos
RRP: £10.99£7.32***NOW A MAJOR FILM, STARRING JONATHAN MAJORS AND GLEN POWELL***'This is aerial drama at its best. Fast, powerful, and moving.' Erik LarsonDevotion tells the gripping story of the US Navy's most famous aviator duo - Tom Hudner, a white New Englander, and... -
Jungle Soldier: A ONE-MAN WAR THREE LONG YEARS NO WAY OUT by Brian Moynahan 9781849162081
RRP: £12.99£8.60Arctic explorer, survival expert and naturalist Freddy Spencer Chapman was trapped behind enemy lines when the Japanese overran Malaya in 1942. His response was to begin a commando campaign of such lethal effectiveness that the Japanese deployed an...