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There remains an enduring fascination with the Battle of Britain, and the RAF aircrew who fought and won this unprecedented aerial conflict, immortalised by Churchill in August 1940 as The Few'. Unlike today, when photography is a huge part of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999890094Author Christopher AckroydFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Reveille PressPublisher Tommies GuidesDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 14mm

Hailed as "one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war" by acclaimed author Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed remains the most powerful and moving account of the U.S. Marines in World War II. Now, with his long-awaited sequel, China Marine, E. B...

Based on 20 years of research, Gianluca Barneschi has uncovered the true story of a real-life James Bond. The debonair Special Operations Executive agent Richard 'Dick' Mallaby was the first Briton to be sent to Italy as an SOE operative, parachuted...

'A book to marvel at, learn from, and return to again and again' John le CarreThe incredible inside story of a Kurdish sniper in the battle against ISIS As Syria imploded in civil war in 2011, Kurdish volunteers in the north rose up to free their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800160057Author Mike BeaufortFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Vanguard PressPublisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers

The inspiring story of a US Special Forces soldier who was medically retired after stepping on an IED, and his incredible return to active duty.Sergeant First Class (SFC) Ryan Hendrickson is a brave, determined, and courageous soldier--a Green Beret...

In 1792, when he was forty-seven, the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya contracted a serious illness which left him stone deaf. In this extraordinary book Julia Blackburn follows Goya through the remaining thirty-five years of his life. It was a time of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612548968Author Bob FordFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Brown Books Publishing GroupPublisher Brown Books Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Shabtai Shavit, director of the Mossad from 1989 to 1996, is one of the most influential leaders to shape the recent history of the State of Israel. In this exciting and engaging book, Shavit combines memoir with sober reflection to reveal what happened...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399017206Author John R. MuirFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint US Naval Institute PressPublisher US Naval Institute PressWeight(grams) 140g

When George Mitchell described his time helping broker peace in Northern Ireland, he said, 'We had 700 bad days - and then one good day, which changed the course of history.' One Good Day is the fascinating insider account of those negotiations...

On The Frontlines of the Television War is the story of Yasutsune "Tony" Hirashiki's ten years in Vietnam-beginning when he arrived in 1966 as a young freelancer with a 16mm camera but without a job or the slightest grasp of English and ending in the...

Explains his influence on the military, law, politics, and religion Get the real story of Napoleon Bonaparte Not sure what's true about Napoleon? This easy-to-follow guide gets past the stereotypes and introduces you to this extraordinary man's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538710241Author William H McRavenFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 300g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652299161Author Lieutenant Colonel (Reserves) Yoni ChetbounFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing...

Thousands of volumes have been published about World War II but relatively little attention has been given to the sniper. Drawing from memoirs, government documents and interviews, this Casemate Illustrated title incorporates eyewitness accounts to weave...

D-Day Bombers: The Veterans' Story is largely an eye-witness account of the vital heavy bomber contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and therefore to the winning of the war in Europe. It is told using considerable first-hand experience from...

Patricians and Emperors offers concise comparative biographies of the individuals who wielded power in the final decades of the Western Roman Empire, from the assassination of Aetius in 454 to the death of Julius Nepos in 480. The book is divided into...

In 2010, a parcel bomb was sent from Yemen by an al-Qaeda operative with the intention of blowing up a plane over America. The device was intercepted before the plan could be put into action, but what puzzled investigators was the name of the person to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780976072614Author Julius CaesarFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Digital Pulse PublishingPublisher Digital Pulse PublishingWeight(grams)...

The world's oldest still-active war correspondent, Al J. Venter has reported from the front lines for well over half a century, witnessing the horrors humanity visits upon itself in twenty-five conflict zones across Africa, the Middle East, and Central...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645361190Author Khawaja AzimuddinFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Austin Macauley Publishers LLCPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers...

In the summer of 1773 the 14-year old Horatio Nelson took part in an expedition to the Arctic, which came close to ending his naval career before it had begun. The expedition was to find a navigable northern passage between the Atlantic and Pacific, and...

When Liz Macintyre's mother died she found a collection of 300 letters from her father Alex, spanning his service in Italy and Egypt in the Second World War. His career began in 1940 sailing down the west coast of Africa, then up to Egypt, and the next...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955285486Author Dan CollinsFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Monday BooksPublisher Monday BooksWeight(grams) 624g

This biography draws heavily on the personal diaries of the subject, Robert Hichens (or 'Hitch' as he was universally known). After a brief description of his early life, time at Oxford, his motor racing achievements (including trophies at Le Mans in his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910294024Author Richard KeightleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

For generations, the county of Shropshire has maintained a range of volunteer military units - infantry, cavalry, artillery, medical and the rest - which have served effectively and loyally in peacetime and in war. In times of national emergency, their...

Though little known, the name of the judge Roland Freisler is inextricably linked to the judiciary in Nazi Germany. As well as serving as the State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice, he was the notorious president of the People s Court , a man...

Marco Polo set off on his travels from Venice as a young man in 1271, and returned home in 1295 after spending 24 years away, 17 of them in China. He isone of the few early adventurers whose name nearly everyone knows. His book was one of the best-loved...

Shortlisted for the HW Fisher Best First Biography Prize 2012 "The only Western woman to enlist as a soldier in the First World War, the Englishwoman Flora Sandes became a heroine and a media sensation when she fought for the Serbian Army and pursued...

The French Revolution facilitated the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, but after gaining power he knew that his first task was to end it. In this book William Doyle describes how he did so, beginning with the three large issues that had destabilized...

What would you wear to war? How would you dress for a winter mission in the open cockpit of a Russian bomber plane? At a fashion show in Occupied Paris? Singing in Harlem, or on fire watch in Tokyo..? Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2 is a unique,...

Gaddafi and Me: My Life the Colonel is the inside story of the extraordinary world of Libya's fallen dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. For almost half his 42-year reign Daad Sharab was his trusted trouble shooter and confidante - the only outsider to be...

Bono is one of the most influential musicians at work today. Over the past twenty-five years his band, U2, have sold a staggering 130 million albums and collected 14 Grammys. Their success has made Bono one of the most recognisable faces in the world...

Bono is one of the most influential musicians at work today. Over the past twenty-five years his band, U2, have sold a staggering 130 million albums and collected 14 Grammys. Their success has made Bono one of the most recognisable faces in the world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512364Author Richard FarrimondFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Now a Wall Street Journal BestsellerIt was the right thing to do. And someone had to do it.Aziz was more than an interpreter for Force Recon Marine Chad Robichaux during Chad's eight deployments to Afghanistan. He was a teammate, brother, and friend...