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DK Eyewitness Czech and Slovak Republics by DK Eyewitness
RRP: $35.68$26.63The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring the Czech and Slovak Republics.Indulge in the country's famous beer at the historic brewing history of Plzen, wander... -
Bread And Ashes: A Walk Through the Mountains of Georgia by Tony Anderson
RRP: $27.28$19.09Tony Anderson set out in the summer of 1998 to walk through Georgia. He wanted particularly to visit the Georgian mountain tribes - Tush, Khevsurs, Ratchuelians and Svans - to discover if they shared a common mountain culture, and to test the old idea of... -
The Power of the Powerless by Vaclav Havel
RRP: $18.88$13.55Vaclav Havel's remarkable and rousing essay on the tyranny of apathy, with a new introduction by Timothy Snyder Cowed by life under Communist Party rule, a greengrocer hangs a placard in their shop window: Workers of the world, unite! Is it a sign of the... -
Goodbye Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land by Jacob Mikanowski
RRP: $46.20$32.00An epic history of the 'other' Europe, a place of conflict and coexistence, of faith and folklore. 'Do not rush to bid farewell to eastern Europe until reading this book. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this very personal story of the... -
Ukraine: An Illustrated History by Paul Robert Magocsi 9781442627567
RRP: $77.70$68.92Ukraine is Europe's second state and this lavishly illustrated volume provides a concise and easy to read historical survey of the country from earliest times to the present. Each of the book's forty-six chapters is framed by a historical map, which... -
The Death of Yugoslavia by Allan Little
RRP: $31.48$23.00The Death of Yugoslavia is a survey of the pressures and events that contributed to the break-up of former Yugoslavia, considered from a historical rather than a political or sociological point of view.Book InformationISBN 9780140261684Author Allan... -
A Concise History of Serbia by Dejan Djokic
RRP: $56.68$48.72This accessible and engaging book covers the full span of Serbia's history, from the sixth-century Slav migrations up to the present day. It traces key developments surrounding the medieval and modern polities associated with Serbs, revealing a... -
Siege of Budapest 1944-45: The Brutal Battle for the Pearl of the Danube by Balazs Mihalyi
RRP: $33.58$24.38A gripping and detailed study of the brutal urban battle for Budapest, which saw German and Hungarian troops struggling to halt the joint Soviet-Romanian offensive to take the key city on the Danube. The 52-day-long siege of Budapest witnessed some of... -
DK Eyewitness Bulgaria by DK
RRP: $29.38$20.48The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this captivating countryAdmire the stunning frescoes of Rila Monastery, explore eclectic architecture in historic... -
Wojtek the Bear: Polish War Hero by Aileen Orr
RRP: $18.88$12.77This is the inspiring and charming true story of one of the Second World War's most unusual combatants - a 500-pound cigarettesmoking, beer-drinking brown bear. Originally adopted as a mascot by the Polish Army in Iran, Wojtek soon took on a more... -
A German General on the Eastern Front: The Letters and Diaries of Gotthard Heinrici 1941-1942 by Huerter, Johannes 9781399082815
RRP: $41.90$19.09The Eastern Front, 1941/. Operation Barbarossa. HitlerOs armies advance into the Soviet Union to conquer Lebensraum in the East. Among the corps commanders is General Gotthard Heinrici, a career soldier, a highly decorated First World War veteran, who... -
War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian Resistance by Mikhail Zygar 9781399609012
RRP: $46.20$33.64'History is made up of myths,' writes the renowned Russian dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar. 'Alas, our myths led us to the fascism of 2022. It is time to expose them.' Drawing from his perilous career investigating the frontiers of the Russian empire,... -
Stonehouse: Cabinet Minister, Fraudster, Spy by Julian Hayes
RRP: $23.08$13.59The true story behind the 2023 ITV series, STONEHOUSE, starring Matthew Macfayden and Keeley Hawes. 'An extraordinary life . . . a vivid account' Telegraph 'Completely absorbing' CAROL ANN LEE, author of The Murders at White House Farm and A Passion For... -
Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews by Mark Mazower
RRP: $35.68$24.09The history of a bewilderingly exotic city, rarely written about: five hundred years of clashing cultures and peoples, from the glories of Suleiman the Magnificent to its nadir under Nazi occupation. Salonica is the point where the wonders and... -
The History of Europe in Bite-Sized Chunks by Jacob F Field
RRP: $16.78$5.86An accessible and succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the twenty-first century, The History of Europe in Bite-sized Chunks details the events, personalities, ideas and disasters that have shaped our continent.The book... -
The Battle for Warsaw, 1939-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Anthony Tucker-Jones 9781526741509
RRP: $31.48$23.00During the Second World War five brutal battles were fought in and around Warsaw. Each proved to be dramatic, decisive and bloody, and in this volume of the Images of War series Anthony Tucker-Jones records them all in graphic detail. The first occurred... -
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56 by Anne Applebaum
RRP: $35.68$25.79Chosen 16 times as a 'Book of the Year' - the top non-fiction pick of 2012'The best work of modern history I have ever read' A. N. Wilson, Financial TimesAt the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge... -
The Green Shirts and the Others by Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera 9781592110940
RRP: $66.15$61.72This book is a newly revised edition of Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera's classic work The Green Shirts and the Others published by the Hoover Institution Press in 1970. This book is the standard work in English on the history of fascism in Romania and Hungary... -
The Balkans 1940-41 (2): Hitler's Blitzkrieg against Yugoslavia and Greece by Pier Paolo Battistelli
RRP: $33.58$24.38The Wehrmacht's last Blitzkrieg campaign was indeed a lightning war, since German forces were required to seize both Yugoslavia and Greece before redeploying immediately to the East ready to attack the Soviet Union in a matter of weeks. Although the... -
Prague in Black and Gold: The History of a City by Peter Demetz 9780140268881 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$18.46From the Velvet Revolution to the disturbing world of Franz Kafka, from the devestation of the Thirty Years War to the musical elegance of Mozart and Dvorak, Prague is steeped in a wealth of history and culture. PRAGUE IN BLACK AND GOLD is a first class... -
Prague in Black and Gold: The History of a City by Peter Demetz
RRP: $27.28$19.09From the Velvet Revolution to the disturbing world of Franz Kafka, from the devestation of the Thirty Years War to the musical elegance of Mozart and Dvorak, Prague is steeped in a wealth of history and culture. PRAGUE IN BLACK AND GOLD is a first class... -
Rockets and Missiles Over Ukraine: The Changing Face of Battle by Mihajlo S Mihajlović 9781399048101
RRP: $52.50$37.00Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
UKRAINE The Forging of a Nation by Yaroslav Hrytsak 9781408730805 [USED COPY]
RRP: $52.50$26.65'Both pioneering and fundamental. This is the essential history of Ukraine, from one of the greatest Ukrainian thinkers and scholars.' Timothy Snyder #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of On Tyranny 'Ukrainian historian Yaroslav... -
UKRAINE The Forging of a Nation by Yaroslav Hrytsak 9781408730805
RRP: $52.50$30.79'Both pioneering and fundamental. This is the essential history of Ukraine, from one of the greatest Ukrainian thinkers and scholars.' Timothy Snyder #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of On Tyranny 'Ukrainian historian Yaroslav... -
Secret Parchment: Five Tibetan Initiation Techniques by Radu Cinamar 9781937859138
RRP: $65.08$35.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937859138Author Radu CinamarFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Sky BooksPublisher Sky BooksWeight(grams) 274g -
Putin's Wars and NATO's Flaws: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine by Paul Moorcraft 9781399031424
RRP: $46.20$37.00This book explores why there is a major war again in Europe. Putin’s actions need to be understood if not forgiven. With the Ukraine conflict increasingly seen as a proxy war of NATO versus Russia, how likely is the fighting to spread? The author, a... -
Giants: The Dwarfs of Auschwitz by Yehuda Koren 9781849546539
RRP: $20.98$15.27'Through thick and thin, never separate. Stick together, guard each other, and live for one another.' As Hitler's war intensified, the Ovitz family would have good reason to stand by their mother's mantra. Descending from the cattle train into the death... -
The Russian Conquest of Central Asia: A Study in Imperial Expansion, 1814-1914 by Alexander Morrison
RRP: $75.58$69.45The Russian conquest of Central Asia was perhaps the nineteenth century's most dramatic and successful example of European imperial expansion, adding 1.5 million square miles and at least 6 million people - most of them Muslims - to the Tsar's domains... -
Royal Fraud: The Story of Albania’s First and Last King by Robert Austin 9789633867105
RRP: $44.00$40.64Beginning its narrative in 1961, when Albanian King Zog I died in a Paris hospital after 22 years in exile, this book tells the colourful story of this Balkan country's first and only monarch. The road to becoming Europe's youngest president in 1925 and... -
The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Epic Siege at the Heart of WWII's Greatest Battle by Iain MacGregor
RRP: $52.50$35.24'Stunning. History at its very best: a blend of impeccably researched scholarship, genuinely revelatory primary sources, and a beautifully written narrative' - James Holland'The sheer brutal intimacy of his descriptions of the fighting are extraordinary'... -
Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies by Ryszard Legutko 9781594039911
RRP: $25.18$24.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594039911Author Ryszard LegutkoFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Encounter Books,USAPublisher Encounter Books,USA -
The Torture Camp on Paradise Street by Stanislav Aseyev 9780674291089
RRP: $35.60$29.09In The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, Ukrainian journalist and writer Stanislav Aseyev details his experience as a prisoner from 2015 to 2017 in a modern-day concentration camp overseen by the Federal Security Bureau of the Russian Federation (FSB) in... -
Shakespeare's First Folio: Four Centuries of an Iconic Book by Emma Smith
RRP: $42.00$30.01Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare's First Folio This is the biography of a book: the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays printed in 1623 and known as the First Folio. It begins with the story of its first... -
Life and Death on the Eastern Front: Rare Colour Photographs From World War II by Tucker-Jones, Anthony
RRP: $52.50$41.20This incredible visual record of life and death along the Eastern Front features more than 250 images from the the PIXPAST Archive, a collection of more than 32,000 original colour photographs taken between 1936 and 1946/. Collated into three parts and... -
Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust by Livia E. Bitton Jackson
RRP: $20.98$13.94'Among the most moving documents I have read in years ... You will not forget it' Elie Wiesel From her small, sunny hometown between the beautiful Carpathian Mountains and the blue Danube River, Elli Friedmann was taken - at a time when most... -
In Europe's Shadow by Robert D. Kaplan
RRP: $31.48$20.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812986624Author Robert D. KaplanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm)... -
Soviet Naval Infantry 1917–91 by David Greentree
RRP: $31.48$23.00Drawing upon Soviet sources, this book assesses the evolving organization, uniforms, insignia, weaponry and personal equipment of Soviet naval infantry units from 1917 to 1991. Featuring eight plates of specially commissioned artwork alongside... -
On a Knife's Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942-March 1943 by Prit Buttar
RRP: $35.68$26.63The battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of World War II. The German capture of the city, their encirclement by Soviet forces shortly afterwards, and the hard-fought but futile attempts to relieve them, saw bitter attritional fighting and extremes... -
Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv: Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023 by Andrey Kurkov
RRP: $35.68$24.23"Both a pleasure and a testament to life in Ukraine, before" Sunday Times"Ukraine's greatest living novelist" New European"A Ukrainian Murakami" GuardianA love letter to the beautiful city of Lviv, by the author of Death and the Penguin and Grey Bees... -
In Broad Daylight: The Secret Procedures Behind the Holocaust by Bullets by Father Patrick Desbois
RRP: $27.28$19.09How the Murder of More Than Two Million Jews Was Carried Out-In Broad DaylightBased on a decade of work on the Holocaust by Bullets by Father Patrick Desbois and his Yahad-In Unum team, which has culminated in interviews with more than 5,700 neighbors to...