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The Map of Knowledge: How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History in Seven Cities by Violet Moller
RRP: £10.99£7.51'A lovely debut from a gifted young author. Violet Moller brings to life the ways in which knowledge reached us from antiquity to the present day in a book that is as delightful as it is readable.' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk RoadsIn The Map of... -
The One That Got Away by Chris Ryan
RRP: £10.99£7.77Eight members of the SAS set off on the mission. Only one evaded capture.This is his true story.The SAS mission conducted behind Iraqi lines is one of the most famous true stories of courage and survival in modern warfare. Late on the evening of 24... -
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll 9780525562269
RRP: £35.00£20.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525562269Author Steve CollFormat HardbackPage Count 576Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 850gDimensions(mm) 242mm *... -
Into Iraq by Michael Palin
RRP: £16.99£12.68In March 2022, Michael Palin travelled the length of the River Tigris through Iraq to get a sense of what life is like in a region of the world that once formed the cradle of civilisation, but that in recent times has witnessed turmoil and appalling... -
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk 9781841150086
RRP: £19.99£13.73Robert Fisk's bestselling eyewitness account of the events that have shaped the Middle East is alive with vivid reporting and incisive historical analysis. The history of the Middle East is an epic story of tragedy, betrayal and world-shaking... -
Occupational Hazards by Rory Stewart
RRP: £12.99£8.78A fascinating insight into the complexity, history and unpredictability of Iraq from Rory Stewart, bestselling author of Politics on the Edge and host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics.By September 2003, six months after the US-led invasion of Iraq,... -
Bravo Two Zero: 20th Anniversary Edition by Andy McNab
RRP: £10.99£7.77Sergeant Andy McNab recounts the story of the top secret mission that would reveal the secrets of the SAS to the world for the first time.Their location: IraqTheir mission: to sever a vital enemy underground communication link, to find and destroy mobile... -
The Last Pomegranate Tree by Bachtyar Ali
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953861405Author Bachtyar AliFormat PaperbackPage Count 321Imprint Archipelago BooksPublisher Archipelago Books -
Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City by Gwendolyn Leick
RRP: £12.99£9.09Situated in an area roughly corresponding to present-day Iraq, Mesopotamia is one of the great, ancient civilizations, though it is still relatively unknown. Yet, over 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, the very first cities were created. This is the first... -
A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East’s Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad 9781529157178
RRP: £10.99£7.77SELECTED BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND DAUNTS BOOKS AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023WINNER OF THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024ONE OF PROSPECT'S POLITICS & REPORTAGE BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023'Exquisite . . . A genuine, melancholy masterpiece'... -
When God Made Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921 by Charles Townshend
RRP: £14.99£9.80Since 2003, Iraq has rarely left the headlines. But less discussed is the fact that Iraq as we know it was created by the British, in one of the most dramatic interventions in recent history. A cautious strategic invasion by British forces led - within... -
A Short History Of The Middle East by Gordon Kerr 9781843446361
RRP: £12.99£3.51Situated at the crossroads of three continents, the Middle East has confounded the ambition of conquerors and peacemakers alike. Christianity, Judaism and Islam all had their genesis in the region but with them came not just civilisation and religion but... -
Gilgamesh: A Captivating Guide to Gilgamesh the King and the Epic of Gilgamesh by Captivating History 9781726028127
RRP: £13.59£11.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781726028127Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The Spymaster of Baghdad: The Untold Story of the Elite Intelligence Cell that Turned the Tide against ISIS by Margaret Coker
RRP: £20.00£13.10'Pulse-pounding' Sinclair McKay | 'Truly masterful' Damien Lewis | 'Who needs spy fiction, when fact can provide as thrilling a story as this?' Lindsey HilsumThe Spymaster of Baghdad is the gripping story of the top-secret Iraqi intelligence unit that... -
Ancient Iraq by Georges Roux
RRP: £16.99£12.28First published in 1964, Ancient Iraq is the classic work on Mesopotamia and the great civilizations that sprung from the region bounded by the Euphrates and Tigris. It remains an invaluable primer for anyone fascinated by the extraordinary ruins and... -
Iraqi Mirages: Dassault Mirage Family in Service with Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988 by Tom Cooper
RRP: £16.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390311Author Tom CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East’s Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
RRP: £25.00£18.02SELECTED BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND DAUNTS BOOKS AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023ONE OF PROSPECT'S POLITICS & REPORTAGE BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR'Exquisite . . . A genuine, melancholy masterpiece'... -
Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood by Justin Marozzi
RRP: £16.99£12.28Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights... -
Social Glimpses of Iraq's Modern History- Iraq from 1920-1924 by Ali Al-Wardi 9781922583314
RRP: £26.99£19.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922583314Author Ali Al-WardiFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Lantern PublicationsPublisher Lantern PublicationsWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm)... -
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks
RRP: £12.99£9.09Cutting through the headlines and spin, this is the first book to give us a true picture of the reality on the ground, through the words of the people there - from commanders to intelligence officers, army doctors to ordinary soldiers. Providing... -
Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein by John Nixon
RRP: £12.99£9.09A riveting, revealing and news-making account of the CIA's interrogation of Saddam, written by the CIA agent who conducted the questioning. In December 2003, after one of the largest, most aggressive manhunts in history, US military forces captured... -
All Our Broken Idols by Paul M.M. Cooper
RRP: £9.99£7.67'Superbly told' The Times 'Richly imagined' Sunday Times 'An engrossing, seamlessly written deliberation on the enduring power of art' Mail on Sunday Assyria, in the reign of Ashurbanipal. For Aurya and Sharo, every day is a struggle for survival... -
The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq by Emma Sky
RRP: £12.99£8.56SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2015Emma Sky was working for the British Council during the invasion of Iraq, when the ad went around calling for volunteers. Appalled at what she saw as a wrongful war, she... -
Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy: Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis by Dr Stephen P. Kershaw
RRP: £14.99£8.54Praise for the author's A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths: 'Eminently sane, highly informative'PAUL CARTLEDGE, BBC History magazineThe year 2022 marks 2,500 years since the final defeat of the invasion of Greece by the Persian King Xerxes. This... -
Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq by Brigadier (retired) Ben Barry, OBE
RRP: £16.99£12.68SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2021, THE BRITISH ARMY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS A FINALIST FOR THE 2020 ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARDS. FIRST RUNNER UP IN THE TEMPLER MEDAL BOOK PRIZE 2021. ... -
Fighting for the French Foreign Legion: Memoirs of a Scottish Legionnaire by Alex Lochrie 9781783376155
RRP: £12.99£9.09The author describes how he joined the French Foreign Legion, without being able to speak any French and very close to the age limit. He takes the reader through the vigorous selection procedure, the relentless recruit regime and then elite Second... -
The Iran-Iraq War: Volume 1, the Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982 by E.R. Hooton 9781913118525
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913118525Author E.R. HootonFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy: Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis by Dr Stephen P. Kershaw 9781472145673
RRP: £30.00£19.80Praise for the author's A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths: 'Eminently sane, highly informative'PAUL CARTLEDGE, BBC History magazineIn 2022 it will be 2,500 years since the final defeat of the invasion of Greece by the Persian King Xerxes. This astonishing... -
A Hundred And One Days: A Baghdad Journal by Asne Seierstad
RRP: £10.99£7.40A fascinating, personal and insightful account of the Iraq war from the bestselling author of THE BOOKSELLER OF KABULIn January 2003 Asne Seierstad entered Baghdad on a ten-day visa. She was to stay for over three months, reporting on the war and its... -
The Tablet of Destinies by Roberto Calasso 9780141998459
RRP: £10.99£7.77An immersive and mesmerizing narrative that reimagines the Mesopotamian myth of the Great FloodA long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans and decided to send a flood to destroy them. But Ea, the god of fresh underground water, didn't agree. He... -
The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire by Charles Häberl 9781837642595
RRP: £29.99£27.38The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran are adherents of the last surviving Gnostic tradition from the period of Late Antiquity, and the Book of Kings is the capstone to one of their most sacred scriptures. A universal history in four parts, it concisely outlines... -
Through the Lens: Latif Al Ani's Visions of Ancient Iraq by Pedro Azara 9780691973920
RRP: £35.00£27.21A beautifully illustrated exploration of how Latif Al Ani's photographs and contemporary Iraqi artists continue to challenge the colonial appropriation of Iraq's ancient pastBeginning in the early nineteenth century, Mesopotamian and early Islamic ruins... -
Wings of Iraq Volume 1: The Iraqi Air Force 1931-1970 by Tom Cooper 9781913118747
RRP: £16.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913118747Author Tom CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Three Kings in Baghdad: The Tragedy of Iraq's Monarchy by Gerald De Gaury 9781845115357
£22.48This is the tragic story of the short-lived Iraqi monarchy. The first king of Iraq, Faisal I, was installed by the British in 1921. Faisal, who had led the Arab Revolt and fought alongside T.E. Lawrence, was a major player in the politics of the Middle... -
Burning Horizon: British Veteran Accounts of the Iraq War, 2003 by Julian Whippy
RRP: £29.95£19.19Codenamed Operation Telic, the British component of the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was the largest gathering of British troops since the Second World War. Whilst the British public prepared for the worst as its soldiers were facing weapons of mass... -
Armies of the Iran-Iraq War 1980-88 by Stephen Walsh
RRP: £14.99£10.95Driven by the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the insecurities it provoked in Saddam Hussein's Iraqi dictatorship, the Iran-Iraq War would become the largest conventional conflict of the period. Curiously little-known considering its scale and longevity,... -
The Bomb in My Garden: The Secrets of Saddam's Nuclear Mastermind by Mahdi Obeidi 9780471679653
£19.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471679653Author Mahdi ObeidiFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 454g -
Iraq and the Politics of Oil: An Insider's Perspective by Gary Vogler
RRP: £59.00£48.25Was the Iraq war really about oil? As a senior oil advisor for the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) and briefly as minister of oil, Gary Vogler thought he knew. But while doing research for a book about his experience in Iraq,... -
Father of Lions: How One Man Defied Isis and Saved Mosul Zoo by Louise Callaghan 9781789540772
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Callaghan's portrayal of a city under siege is many-layered and brilliantly told' Sunday Times Iraq, 2014 As ISIS laid terrible siege to Mosul, a zoo on the eastern edge of the Tigris was kept open against all odds. Under the stern hand of the... -
Assyrian Palace Sculptures by Paul Collins 9781606066485
RRP: £40.00£25.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606066485Author Paul CollinsFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint J. Paul Getty MuseumPublisher J. Paul Getty MuseumWeight(grams) 1089gDimensions(mm)...