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Explosive: Bringing the World's Deadliest Bombers to Justice by Cliff Todd
RRP: $46.20$26.67THE STORY OF BRITAIN'S LEADING FORENSIC EXPLOSIVES SCIENTIST, WHO FOR NEARLY THREE-DECADES INVESTIGATED SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL BOMB ATTACKS IN HISTORY.Cliff Todd devoted his life to bringing bomb makers to justice... -
Surgeon with the Kaiser's Army by Westmann, Stephan Kurt 9781399020282
RRP: $31.48$23.00The Author gave up his medical studies at Freiburg University in 1914 to enlist in the German Army. He was soon involved in bloody hand-to-hand fighting against the French before moving to the Russian front. Promoted to medical officer, despite being... -
Mannerheim: President, Soldier, Spy by Jonathan Clements
RRP: $35.68$25.43Gustaf Mannerheim was one of the greatest figures of the 20th century. As a young Finnish officer he witnessed the coronation of the last Tsar and was decorated for bravery in the Russo-Japanese War. He spent two years undercover in Asia as an agent of... -
Hitler's Valkyrie: The Uncensored Biography of Unity Mitford by David R. L. Litchfield
RRP: $20.98$15.86Emerging from modern history as a remarkable and much-loved family, the Mitfords have remained largely unrepentant concerning theirs and particularly Unity's enthusiastic support of Hitler, the Nazis, Oswald Mosley and British fascism. However, having... -
A Nazi in the Family: The hidden story of an SS family in wartime Germany by Derek Niemann
RRP: $27.28$18.06WARTIME BERLIN: The Niemann family - Karl, Minna and their four children - live in a quiet, suburban enclave. Every day Karl commutes to work, a business manager travelling around inspecting his "factories". In the evenings he returns home to life as a... -
Eden's Keepers: The Lives and Gardens of Humphrey Waterfield and Nancy Tennant by Sarah Barclay 9781908337634
RRP: $52.50$37.84Without Nancy Tennant, Humphrey Waterfield's exquisite horticultural creations might never have existed. The two of them were life-long partners and together created 'the most beautiful small garden in England' at Hill Pasture in Essex and collaborated... -
Peiper's War: The Wartime Years of SS Leader Jochen Peiper, 1941-44 by Danny S Parker
RRP: $73.50$53.11A bad reputation has its commitments.' So wrote home Jochen Peiper from the fighting front in the East in 1943, characterizing his battle-hardened command during the Second World War. Peiper's War is a new serious work of military history by the... -
Goose Green by Mark Adkin
RRP: $20.98$14.28Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflictThe most in-depth and powerful account yet published of the first crucial clash of the Falklands war - told from both sides.'Thorough and exhaustive' Daily Telegraph'An excellent and fast paced... -
Elite Bastards: The Combat Missions of Company F, LRP Teams in Vietnam by Edward L Dvorak
RRP: $52.50$37.00This is the quintessential first-person combat memoir of a special forces soldier at war. Edward Dvorak joined the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam in the summer of 1967. He then joined Company F, 51st Infantry, Long Range Patrol, Airborne. For Dvorak... -
Kitchener: Hero and Anti-Hero by C. Brad Faught
$115.23Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916) is one of the most important figures in the history of the British Empire. Beginning as Royal Engineer in the 1870s he would end his career over forty years later as Secretary of State for... -
Leading from the Front: An autobiography by General Sir Richard Dannatt
RRP: $39.88$28.58General Sir Richard Dannatt's distinguished career in the army has spanned thirty-eight years and seen him serve in many different theatres of conflict, from Northern Ireland (where he was awarded the Military Cross) to Bosnia and Kosovo, Iraq and... -
Rules of Engagement by Tim Collins
RRP: $23.08$15.54From the moment Tim Collins's speech to his men in Iraq was made public, this soldier and thinker became a hero and an inspiration to world leaders and infantrymen alike. To a public suspicious about the motives for war, he offered some explanation for... -
Ivan's War: The Red Army at War 1939-45 by Catherine Merridale
RRP: $27.28$17.98'Essential reading, not just for those interested in the Eastern Front, but for anyone who wants to understand Russia.' Antony Beevor, Sunday Times They died in their millions, shattered by German shells and tanks, freezing behind the wire of prison... -
The White Sniper: Simo HaYha by Tapio Saarelainen
RRP: $31.48$26.04Simo Hayha (1905 - 2002) is the most famous sniper in the world. During the Winter War fought between Russia and Finland in 1939 - 1940 he had 542 confirmed kills with iron sights, a record that still stands today. He has been a role model for snipers... -
In Search of Mary Seacole: The Making of a Cultural Icon by Helen Rappaport 9781398504455
RRP: $23.08$14.70'An astonishingly rich story... wonderfully informative' The Times 'Rappaport does a terrific job of bringing respectful rigour to her account of Seacole's extraordinary life' Daily MailIn Search of Mary Seacole is a superb and revealing biography that... -
The Man Who Was Saturday: The Extraordinary Life of Airey Neave by Patrick Bishop 9780008309046
RRP: $23.08$13.61SOLDIER, ESCAPER, SPYMASTER, POLITICIAN - Airey Neave was assassinated in the House of Commons car park in 1979. Forty years after his death, Patrick Bishop's lively, action-packed biography examines the life, heroic war and death of one of... -
Wellington: The Path to Victory 1769-1814 by Rory Muir
RRP: $39.88$36.08A landmark contribution to understanding the real man behind the heroic legend inspired by the triumph at Waterloo The Duke of Wellington was not just Britain's greatest soldier, although his seismic struggles as leader of the Allied forces against... -
Soldier 'I': the Story of an SAS Hero: From Mirbat to the Iranian Embassy Siege and Beyond by Pete Winner 9781846039959 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.08$4.81The true story of a legendary SAS soldier who participated in the battle of Mirbat and assaulted the Iranian Embassy to free the hostages held within. No publicity, no media. We move in silently, do our job, and melt away into the background. If you... -
Soldier 'I': the Story of an SAS Hero: From Mirbat to the Iranian Embassy Siege and Beyond by Pete Winner
RRP: $23.08$16.32The true story of a legendary SAS soldier who participated in the battle of Mirbat and assaulted the Iranian Embassy to free the hostages held within. No publicity, no media. We move in silently, do our job, and melt away into the background. If you... -
Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith
RRP: $58.80$43.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812982886Author Jean Edward SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 976Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Waterloo: The French Perspective by Field, Andrew W 9781526752505
RRP: $35.68$25.79The story of the Battle of Waterloo - of the ultimate defeat of Napoleon and the French, the triumph of Wellington, Bl cher and their allied armies - is most often told from the viewpoint of the victors, not the vanquished. Even after 200 years of... -
The Progressive Patriot by Billy Bragg
RRP: $27.28$19.09What does it mean to be English? What does it mean to be British? Is the cross of St George a proud symbol of a great tradition, or the badge of a neo-Nazi? In a world where British citizens can lay bombs to kill their countrymen, where religious... -
Reporting India: My Seventy-year Journey as a Journalist by Prem Prakash
RRP: $58.78$33.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670093984Author Prem PrakashFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 240mm * 150mm * 30mm -
Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink by Anthony McCarten 9780062790767
RRP: $48.28$34.82May, 1940. Britain is at war. The horrors of blitzkrieg have seen one Western European democracy after another fall in rapid succession to Nazi boot and shell. Invasion seems mere hours away. Just days after becoming prime minister, Winston Churchill... -
Chaucer: Brief Lives by Peter Ackroyd 9780099287483
RRP: $27.28$11.49Geoffrey Chaucer has some claim to being the greatest poet in the English language. Yet he has also been considered to be an invisible poet, self-depreciating and ironic, leaving only the breath of his comedy behind. In truth a great deal is known of him... -
My Sea Lady: An Epic Memoir of the Arctic Convoys by Graeme Ogden 9781910533734
RRP: $23.08$16.04During WWII sea convoys were the lifeblood of the Allied war effort. They were integral to the ultimate defeat of Germany on both fronts. My Sea Lady stands out as one of the most remarkable testaments of those dark days of the war at sea and the... -
Scott of the Antarctic: We Shall Die Like Gentlemen by Sue Blackhall 9781526796653
RRP: $27.28$19.09Captain Robert Falcon Scott CVO (6 June 1868 29 March 1912) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions. During the second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, only... -
Soldiers with Spanners: The Ground Crews' View During the Second World War by Peter Bodie 9781781553374
RRP: $35.68$27.17Soldiers with Spanners is unique in that it tells the story of the men in the USAAF's 2nd Air Division during WWII, and better still, it shows it in pictures. To ass poignancy and accuracy, the majority of pictures were taken by the young men themselves... -
Fragrant Palm Leaves by Thich Nhat Hanh
RRP: $33.58$24.38'It isn't likely that this collection of journal entries will pass the censors. If it can't be published, I hope my friends will circulate it among themselves. I'll leave Vietnam tomorrow...' Thus Thich Nhat Hanh begins his 11 May 1966 journal entry... -
Inheritance: The Lost History of Mary Davies: A Story of Property, Marriage and Madness by Leo Hollis 9781786079954
RRP: $42.00$28.35'Brilliant' Financial Times 'Hollis expertly weaves together the human tragedy and high politics behind the explosion of one of the world's greatest cities' Dan Snow The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness,... -
Zelensky: The President and His Country by Steven Derix
RRP: $35.68$23.27Zelensky is the first major biography of Ukraine's leader written for a Western audience. Told with flair and authority, it is the gripping story of one of the most admired and inspirational leaders in the world. Action-packed biography of Ukraine's... -
Somewhere To Lay My Head by Robert Douglas
RRP: $23.08$15.54We left Robert a long way from home, a sixteen-year-old recruit in the RAF. Now, we follow his escape from the Forces (until National Service a few years later!), his return to Glasgow and life down the pit. Once more, Robert's fantastic memory for... -
In the Footsteps of Florence Nightingale: Memoirs of a QA (Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps) by Margaret Thomas
RRP: $18.88$13.02In this heartfelt memoir, spanning the 1950s and '60s, Major Margaret Thomas ARRC rises through the ranks of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (the QAs), the nursing branch of the British Army, healing injured soldiers far from home as well... -
Wales' Unknown Hero: Soldier, Spy, Monk: The life of Henry Coombe-Tennant, MC, of Neath by Bernard Lewis 9781912631339
RRP: $27.28$24.74The astonishing story of Henry Coombe-Tennant (1913-89), who served in the British Army in World War II, escaping from a POW camp, joining Special Forces and aiding the French Resistance, before working for the British Secret Service in Baghdad and... -
SR-71 Blackbird: Stories, Tales, and Legends by Rich Graham 9780760311424
RRP: $50.40$33.96Feel the Mach 3 power generated by Lockheed's incredibly fast SR-71 Blackbird! Former SR-71 pilot, instructor and wing commander, Richard Graham, presents the most intriguing SR-71 stories ever told. This once highly classified program is fully revealed... -
One Pair of Hands: From Upstairs to Downstairs, in this charming 1930s memoir by Monica Dickens
RRP: $31.48$23.00'Life was a wordless battle of wits between us, with her keeping a sharp look-out for signs of neglect, and me trying to disguise my slovenliness by subterfuge. I became an adept at sweeping dust under the bed, and always used the same few pieces of... -
Endal: How one extraordinary dog brought a family back from the brink by Allen Parton 9780007303007 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.08$4.81The remarkable story of Endal, voted 'Dog of the Millennium', and how, through his remarkable skills, companionship and unstinting devotion, he gave Allen Parton a reason to live again. Allen Parton was seriously injured while serving in the... -
Endal: How one extraordinary dog brought a family back from the brink by Allen Parton 9780007303007
RRP: $23.08$17.41The remarkable story of Endal, voted 'Dog of the Millennium', and how, through his remarkable skills, companionship and unstinting devotion, he gave Allen Parton a reason to live again. Allen Parton was seriously injured while serving in the... -
Hope Against Hope by Nadezhda Mandelstam
RRP: $35.68$26.63'Suddently, at about one o'clock in the morning, there was a sharp, unbearably explicit knock on the door. 'They've come for Osip', I said'.In 1933 the poet Osip Mandelstam- friend to Boris Pasternak and Anna Akhmatova- wrote a spirited satire denouncing... -
Hannibal by Patrick N. Hunt 9781439102183
$24.57Hannibal is "an exciting biography of one of history's greatest commanders...a thrilling page-turner" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about the brilliant general who successfully crossed the Alps with his war elephants and brought Rome to its knees, and...