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Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe by James Holland
RRP: $16.76$9.97'James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians.' Sebastian Faulks'Holland's skill lies in bringing these warriors to life with vivid prose.' The TimesShortlisted for the 2021 British Army Military Book of the... -
The Giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt by Christopher Dunn 9781879181502
RRP: $20.63$14.59Did a highly advanced civilization exist in prehistory? Is the Giza Pyramid a remnant of their technology? Then, what was the power source that fueled such a civilization? The technology of harmonic resonance, claims renowned master craftsman and... -
Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization by Richard Miles
RRP: $21.92$15.84Richard Miles's Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Civilization charts one of the bloodiest dramas of the Ancient World: the devastating struggle to the death between Carthage and Rome. In an epic series of battles, the mighty... -
1,000 Facts About Ancient Egypt by National Geographic Kids
RRP: $16.76$11.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426332739Author National Geographic KidsFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint National Geographic KidsPublisher National Geographic KidsWeight(grams)... -
My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route by Sally Hayden 9780008445614
RRP: $14.18$9.35WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE WINNER OF IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'The most important work of contemporary reporting I have ever read' SALLY ROONEY The treatment of refugees... -
The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen by Howard Carter 9780486235004
RRP: $21.92$14.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486235004Author Howard CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
A Savage War Of Peace by Alistair Horne
RRP: $19.34$13.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590172186Author Alistair HorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
Barbarians: Rebellion and Resistance to the Roman Empire by Dr Stephen P. Kershaw 9781472142139
RRP: $16.76$9.69A fresh new look at the Roman Empire, from the point of view of those regarded by the Romans as 'barbarians'. Kershaw builds a narrative around the lives, personalities, successes and failures both of the key opponents of Rome's rise and dominance, and... -
Going Solo by Roald Dahl 9780241677391
RRP: $10.31$7.47It was truly the most breathless and in a way the most exhilarating time I have ever had in my life.This beautiful edition of Going Solo, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is... -
The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean by David Abulafia
RRP: $24.50$18.07For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilization. David Abulafia's The Great Sea is the first complete history of the Mediterranean, from the erection of temples on Malta around 3500 BC to modern... -
The Longest Siege: Tobruk: The Battle That Saved North Africa by Robert Lyman 9780330510813
$22.10Beginning on 10th April 1941, and lasting for 240 days, the siege of Tobruk is a mesmerising tale of human endurance and heroism. It is an epic story of extraordinary resilience as the Libyan port's 24,000 defenders met increasingly desperate attempts by... -
Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
RRP: $19.34$17.13A SUNDAY TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR "Masterly and brilliant"-Simon Sebag Montefiore "A book of vast scope and stunning insight."-Anthony Sattin, Spectator "Commanding erudition and a swashbuckling style define this history of the Arabs"-Justin... -
Sandstorm by Lindsey Hilsum
RRP: $16.76$11.04The overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi has been one of the twenty-first century's defining moments: the Arab world's most bizarre dictator brought down by his own people with the aid of NATO aircraft. Lindsey Hilsum was in Libya when Gaddafi met his squalid... -
Double Cross in Cairo: The True Story of the Spy Who Turned the Tide of War in the Middle East by Nigel West 9781785905186
RRP: $12.89$9.17As part of the infamous Double Cross operation, Jewish double agent Renato Levi proved to be one of the Allies' most devastating weapons in the Second World War. ln 1941, with the help of Ml6, Levi built an extensive spy ring in North Africa and the... -
Valentine Infantry Tank vs Panzer III: North Africa 1941-43 Bruce Newsome 9781472857279
RRP: $20.63$14.98A unique comparison between the two most numerous British and German tank types from 1941 to 1943. Although much has been written about the Panzer III, little attention has been given to the equally prominent Valentine tank. This work compares the... -
The Long Range Desert Group in Action 1940-1943: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Brendan O'Carroll 9781526777416
RRP: $20.63$15.84The Long Range Desert Group has a strong claim to the first Special Forces unit in the British Army. This superb illustrated history follows the LRDG from its July 1940 formation as the Long Range Patrol in North Africa, tasked with intelligence... -
Marrakech Express by Peter Millar
RRP: $19.34$11.02Back in 1969 when Morocco's ancient capital was a hashish clouded happy mecca, Crosby, Stills and Nash recorded their cheesy (and hopelessly inaccurate) foot-tapping anthem 'Marrakech Express'. A generation on, award-winning journalist, author, and... -
Hannibal's War: Books 21-30 by Livy
RRP: $18.05$12.58'You know how to win a battle, Hannibal; you do not know how to use the victory!' Livy's great history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he fought with the Romans... -
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt by Bill Manley
RRP: $24.50$17.56From its humble origins as a cluster of rival chiefdoms along the banks of the Nile, ancient Egypt rose to become one of the most advanced civilizations of its time. This atlas traces its turbulent history and remarkable cultural development, from the... -
The Last Storytellers: Tales from the Heart of Morocco by Richard Hamilton
RRP: $19.34$14.41After witnessing first-hand the death throes of this rich and captivating tradition, Richard Hamilton has tracked down the last few remaining storytellers of Morocco, recording stories that are replete with the mysteries and beauty of the Maghreb. ... -
Napoleon in Egypt: 'The Greatest Glory' by Paul Strathern
RRP: $21.92$15.84Napoleon's attack on Egypt in 1798 was the first on a Middle Eastern country by a Western power in modern times. With 335 ships and 40,000 men, it was the largest long-distance seaborne force the world had ever seen. Napoleon's assault was intended to be... -
A Dying Colonialism by Frantz Fanon
RRP: $16.76$11.13Frantz Fanon's seminal work on anticolonialism and the fifth year of the Algerian Revolution. Psychiatrist, humanist, revolutionary, Frantz Fanon was one of the great political analysts of our time, the author of such seminal works of modern... -
The Numidians 300 BC–AD 300 by William Horsted
RRP: $15.47$10.87The Numidian light cavalry were among the best-known horsemen in the ancient world: riding without saddles or bridle, carrying only hide shields for defense and clutching a handful of light javelins, they were renowned for their darting attacks, swift... -
An Army At Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson
RRP: $21.92$14.89The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the... -
Darfur: A New History of a Long War Julie Flint 9781842779507
$24.56Written by two authors with unparalleled first-hand experience of Darfur, this is the definitive guide. Newly updated and hugely expanded, this edition details Darfur's history in Sudan. It traces the origins, organization and ideology of the infamous... -
The Eighth Army in North Africa by Simon Forty 9781526723796
RRP: $19.34$14.13The British Eighth Army, which played a decisive role in defeating the Axis in North Africa, was one of the most celebrated Allied armies of the Second World War, and this photographic history is the ideal introduction to it. The carefully chosen... -
Mecca of Revolution: Algeria, Decolonization, and the Third World Order by Jeffrey James Byrne 9780190053772
RRP: $42.56$34.44Mecca of Revolution traces the ideological and methodological evolution of the Algerian Revolution, showing how an anticolonial nationalist struggle culminated in independent Algeria's ambitious agenda to reshape not only its own society, but... -
Byzantine Cavalryman vs Vandal Warrior: North Africa AD 533–36 by Dr Murray Dahm
RRP: $20.63$14.98Fully illustrated, this enthralling study explores how the Vandals in North Africa attempted to defend their kingdom against the resurgent Byzantine Empire during 533-36. In AD 533, the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I launched the first of his campaigns... -
The Woman Who Would be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney 9781780747668
RRP: $16.76$11.73Hatshepsut, the daughter of a general who took Egypt's throne without status as a king's son and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty, was born into a privileged position of the royal household. Married to her brother, she was expected to bear the... -
Father and Son: A memoir about family, the past and mortality by Jonathan Raban 9780330418409
RRP: $28.38$19.48A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023'A beautiful, compelling memoir . . . Father and Son is an exquisite, sometimes lunatic tension between powerful emotions and carnage on one side, and on the other, the conventional codes of what must remain unsaid. This,... -
The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean by John Julius Norwich
RRP: $19.34$15.42An electrifying narrative history of the Mediterranean from Ancient Egypt to 1919, from the bestselling author of The Popes and Sicily: A Short HistoryThe Mediterranean has nurtured three of the most dazzling civilisations of antiquity, witnessed the... -
The Desert War: Book 4 of the Ladybird Expert History of the Second World War James Holland 9780718186500
RRP: $10.31$7.47Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.____________Why was North Africa such a key component in Britain's success over Mussolini and his Italian Army?How did they blunt Italy's actions?What challenges did they face?And what new technologies were... -
Uprooted: How 3000 Years of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight by Lyn Julius 9781910383667
RRP: $25.74$20.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910383667Author Lyn JuliusFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
Six Years a Hostage: The Extraordinary Story of the Longest-Held Al Qaeda Captive in the World by Stephen McGown
RRP: $16.76$9.69THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE LONGEST-HELD AL QAEDA CAPTIVE IN THE WORLDStephen McGown was en route from London to South Africa, on a once-in-a-lifetime trip by motorbike, returning home to Johannesburg. He had reached Timbuktu, in Mali, when he was... -
The Cosmography and Geography of Africa by Leo Africanus
RRP: $19.34$14.13The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the Renaissance: an African diplomat's guide to Africa.In 1518, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, a Moroccan diplomat, was seized by pirates while travelling in the Mediterranean... -
Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction by Ian Shaw
RRP: $11.60$8.32Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination -- mummies and pyramids, curses and rituals have captured the imagination of generations. We all have a mental picture of ancient Egypt,... -
The Tangier Diaries by John Hopkins
RRP: $19.34$15.16John Hopkins brings back to life all the decadence and flamboyance of Tangier in the 1960s and 1970s. Tangier in the 1960s and '70s was a fabled place. This edge city, the 'Interzone', became muse and escapist's dream for artists, writers,... -
Algeria: France's Undeclared War by Martin Evans 9780199669035
RRP: $21.92$16.36Invaded in 1830, populated by one million settlers who co-existed uneasily with nine million Arabs and Berbers, Algeria was different from other French colonies because it was administered as an integral part of France, in theory no different from... -
Eighth Army versus Rommel: Tactics, Training and Operations in North Africa 1940-1942 by James Colvin 9781913336646
RRP: $38.64$26.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336646Author James ColvinFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Suez: Britain's End of Empire in the Middle East Keith Kyle 9781848855335
RRP: $34.82$31.75This title includes a new Foreword by WM. Roger Louis. On 26 July 1956, the British Empire received a blow from which it would never recover. On this day, Egypt's President Gamal Abdul Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal Company, one of the gems of...