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Fighting Evil: The Ordinary Man who went to War Against ISIS by Macer Gifford
RRP: $20.98$12.52A visceral, riveting, no-holds-barred military memoir told from the front line of the war against ISIS with a foreword by Andy McNab. In the summer of 2014 the world watched in horror as the black flag of ISIS swept all before it. Mosul, the second... -
Arnhem Lift: A German Jew in the Glider Pilot Regiment by Louis Hagen 9780752468686
RRP: $31.48$24.26Of the 10,000 men who landed at Arnhem, over nine days 1,400 were killed and more than 6,000 - about a third of them wounded - were captured. It was a bloody disaster. The remarkable Louis Hagen, an 'enemy alien' who had escaped to England having been... -
One Fourteenth Of An Elephant by Ian Denys Peek 9780857500298 [USED COPY]
RRP: $39.88$5.99In February 1942, Singapore fell to the Japanese. Denys Peek and his brother were just two of tens of thousands of British and Commonwealth soldiers and citizens taken prisoner. Eight months later, he and his comrades were packed into steel goods wagons... -
Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life Of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter And Vietnamese Communist Agent by Larry Berman 9780060888398
RRP: $31.48$23.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060888398Author Larry BermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 262gDimensions(mm)... -
Maxime Weygand: A Biography of the French General in Two World Wars by Barnett Singer 9780786435715
RRP: $46.18$37.74At the end of World War I, during the armistice proceedings in Germany and at the Peace Conference after the war, French General Maxime Weygand served as chief aid to Marshal Foch. Called out of retirement in the mid - 1930s, Weygand again served his... -
My Name Is Selma: The remarkable memoir of a Jewish Resistance fighter and Ravensbruck survivor by Selma van de Perre
RRP: $20.98$14.93'I am one of few Jewish survivors of World War Two, but one of many Jewish people to fight the Nazi regime. My story illustrates what happened to thousands of Jews and non-Jews alike. I have recorded the small details that made up our lives, the sheer... -
Gurkha: Better to Die than Live a Coward: My Life in the Gurkhas by Colour Sergeant Kailash Limbu
RRP: $23.08$13.59In this Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling memoir that 'reads like a thriller', (Joanna Lumley) Colour-Sargent Kailash Limbu shares a riveting account of his life as a Gurkha soldier-marking the first time in its two-hundred-year history that a soldier of... -
Boxwallah by Timothy Wilkinson 9781784566548
$33.89Tim Wilkinson was born in Liverpool in 1951 and was educated at Merchant Taylorsa School, Crosby, then at Robert Gordona s College in Aberdeen. After graduating with an M.A. (Hons) in English at Aberdeen University, he then spent his entire career... -
The Memoirs of Karl Doenitz: Ten Years and Twenty Days by Karl Donitz
RRP: $41.98$30.83The story of the last world war, as told by Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz himself. His memoir covers his early career with submarines in the First World War and follows both his successes and failures through the Second World War, with great detail on the... -
Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front by Mary Jennings Hegar
RRP: $23.08$16.32On July 29, 2009, Air National Guard major Mary Jennings 'MJ' Hegar was shot down while on a Medevac mission on her third tour in Afghanistan. Despite being wounded, she continued to fight and saved the lives of her crew and their patients. But soon she... -
Year of Glory: The Life and Battles of Jeb Stuart and His Cavalry, June 1862-June 1863 by Monte Akers
RRP: $52.50$46.41No commander during the Civil War is more closely identified with the "cavalier mystique" as Major General J.E.B. (Jeb) Stuart. And none played a more prominent role during the brief period when the hopes of the nascent Confederacy were at... -
Queen of Spies: Daphne Park, Britain's Cold War Spy Master by Paddy Hayes
RRP: $27.28$18.12The only biography of Britain's celebrated female spy - now fully updated with previously classified materials. From being raised in a Tanzanian shack, to attaining MI6's most senior operational rank, Daphne Park led a highly unusual life. Drawing on... -
Horrocks, The General Who Led from the Front by Philip Warner 9781526717160
RRP: $27.28$19.09Lieutenant General Sir Brian Horrocks was a legend in his lifetime. He leapt to fame as a Brigade, Divisional and Corps Commander during the Second World War where his dashing style, good luck and easy manner won him huge respect and great success. He... -
Custer's Fall: The Native American Side of the Story by David Miller
RRP: $37.80$23.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452010956Author David MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Penguin Books LtdPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
1 Recce: Behind Enemy Lines by Alexander Strachan 9780624085232
RRP: $35.60$29.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780624085232Author Alexander StrachanFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Tafelberg Publishers LtdPublisher Tafelberg Publishers LtdWeight(grams)... -
The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives by Sebastian Faulks 9781804944134
RRP: $23.08$16.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804944134Author Sebastian FaulksFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin (Cornerstone)Publisher CornerstoneWeight(grams) 267g -
Charles Frederick Ball: From Dublin's Botanic Gardens to the Killing Fields of Gallipoli by Brian Willian
RRP: $37.70$25.75When Charles Frederick Ball was killed at Gallipoli in 1915 The Irish Times called him 'one of the best known botanists and horticulturists in Ireland'. Fred Ball (to friends and family) trained in horticulture at Kew Gardens in the UK, moved to Dublin... -
You'll Never Walk by Andy Grant 9781909245815
RRP: $18.88$13.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909245815Author Andy GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint De Coubertin BooksPublisher De Coubertin Books -
Chelsea Manning Memoir by Chelsea Manning 9781847925619
RRP: $42.00$30.01An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous transparency activists and trans women.In 2010, Chelsea Manning was working as an intelligence analyst for the US Army in Iraq. She disclosed 720,000 classified military... -
In the Shadow of Death: The Story of a Medic on the Burma Railway, 1942 45 by Barwick, Idris James 9781399014427
RRP: $31.48$23.00Idris (Taff) James was a driver in the Royal Army Service Corps and one of the thousands of young British soldiers taken prisoner by the Japanese in early 1942/. He was ordered to become a medic by his Company Commander, who must have been a very shrewd... -
Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks
RRP: $27.28$18.12As liberty and truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill and Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom and democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision and inspired action, and cast a... -
Roger Casement: 16Lives by Angus Mitchell
RRP: $35.68$27.49A fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him. Roger Casement was a British consul for two decades. However, his investigation into... -
By Tank: D to Ve Days by Ken Tout
$23.12'...a minor classic in battle picture painting. It has an authenticity about it which could only come from deep personal experience, translated by a lucid pen.' The Times 'Movingly and evocatively written. Tank! surely merits a place on the bookshelf of... -
Odette by Jerrard Tickell
RRP: $23.08$15.54'I am a very ordinary woman to whom a chance was given to see human beings at their best and at their worst... I completely believe in the potential nobility of the human spirit.'During some of the darkest days of the Second World War, a young... -
First Blood by Amelie Nothomb
RRP: $31.48$20.58The Republic of the Congo, 1964. A young man is facing a firing squad, preparing for his last moment on Earth. He reflects on his childhood with a distant mother, and the moments which have led to him finding himself staring death in the face. Patrick... -
Two Sides of Hell: They Spent Weeks Killing Each Other. Now Soldiers from Both Sides of the Falklands War Tell Their Story by Vincent Bramley 9781844548217
$26.48The unique and harrowing account of the most destructive battle of the Falklands War as seen through the eyes of eight ordinary Argentinian soldiers from the seventh infantry regiment and five British paratroopers. Vincent Bramley, author of the... -
Canaris: The Life and Death of Hitler's Spymaster by Michael Mueller 9781473894334 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$14.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Ones Who Got Away: Mighty Eighth Airmen on the Run in Occupied Europe by Bill Yenne 9781472858719
RRP: $52.50$37.00A remarkable collection of accounts of intrepid American aircrew shot down over enemy lines during World War II and how they got away. To be an airman in the Eighth Air Force flying over the war-torn skies of Europe required skill, tenacity, and ... -
Objective Secure: The Battle-Tested Guide to Goal Achievement by Nick Lavery 9780578352015
RRP: $29.38$28.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578352015Author Nick LaveryFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Precision Components LLC.Publisher Precision Components LLC.Weight(grams) 354g -
Seal Team Six: The incredible story of an elite sniper - and the special operations unit that killed Osama Bin Laden by Howard E. Wasdin
RRP: $23.08$15.54When the US Navy send their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six. SEAL Team Six is a clandestine unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue and counterinsurgency. Until recently its existence was a... -
Troop Leader: A Tank Commander's Story by Bill Bellamy 9780750945349 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$3.93Bill Bellamy was a young officer in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars from 1943 to 1955. He served in 7th Armoured Division in the North West Europe campaign, landing in Normandy on D+3, fought throughout the Battle for Normandy and into the Low... -
Troop Leader: A Tank Commander's Story by Bill Bellamy
RRP: $31.48$24.26Bill Bellamy was a young officer in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars from 1943 to 1955. He served in 7th Armoured Division in the North West Europe campaign, landing in Normandy on D+3, fought throughout the Battle for Normandy and into the Low... -
Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Hans von Luck by Hans von Luck 9781526781833
RRP: $31.48$23.00Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Last Team Out of Kabul: Surrounded by the Taliban by H. Collins
RRP: $20.98$13.52As a Royal Marine Commando, H. Collins served in Afghanistan in 2001 on combat operations. He took part in the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and returned for a second tour the following year. In 2005, now a private security contractor, he spent five years in... -
Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam by Lynda Van Devanter
$57.46Lynda Van Devanter was the girl next door, the cheerleader who went to Catholic schools, enjoyed sports, and got along well with her four sisters and parents. After high school she attended nursing school and then did something that would shatter her... -
Flying Fortress Gunner: B-17 Ball Turret Gunner Bob Harper's 35 Combat Missions over Germany by Bill Cullen
RRP: $48.28$31.61At 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing just 110 pounds, Bob Harper was below the minimum size requirements for US military service. As the demand for manpower increased, rules were bent, Harper's deferment was retracted, and he was drafted into the Army... -
Fighter Ace: The Extraordinary Life of Douglas Bader, Battle of Britain Hero by Dilip Sarkar
RRP: $31.48$20.37THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY TO TRULY SEPARATE FACT FROM MYTH AND LEGEND. The story of Douglas Bader, the RAF fighter pilot who shot down twenty enemy fighters during the Second World War despite having lost both his legs, defies fiction. A fighter ace and... -
The Makers of Rome by Plutarch
RRP: $27.28$19.09These nine biographies illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire. Selected from Plutarch's Roman Lives, they... -
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War Torn Skies of World War II by Alexander Adam
RRP: $41.98$36.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425252864Author Larry AlexanderFormat HardbackPage Count 394Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 630g -
GCHQ: Centenary Edition by Richard Aldrich
RRP: $39.88$26.69FULLY UPDATED CENTENARY EDITION 'An important book' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'An intriguing history of covert surveillance ... thoroughly engaging' Daily Telegraph ...