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The Twelve Caesars by Robert Graves
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel and the monster within' GORE VIDALAs private secretary to the... -
F-8 Crusader: Vietnam 1963–73 by Peter E. Davies
RRP: £15.99£11.61With specially commissioned artworks and dynamic combat ribbon diagrams, this volume reveals how the 'last of the gunfighters', as the F-8 was dubbed by its pilots, prevailed against the growing MiG threat of the Vietnamese People's Air Force. When... -
Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Knives, Swords, Spears & Daggers by Harvey J. S. Withers 9780754831952
RRP: £20.00£16.69This encyclopedia traces the fascinating history of knives, daggers, bayonets, swords, sabres and lances, from their Palaeolithic origins through to the 21st century. Weapons from around the world are examined, such as the decorated daggers of Persia and... -
My Great Arab Melancholy by Lamia Ziadé 9780745348155
RRP: £24.99£16.38My Great Arab Melancholy is a beautiful, tragic and award-winning book from Lebanese writer and illustrator Lamia Ziade. Blending the author's years of research, personal memoir and more than 300 illustrations, this compelling history of the modern Arab... -
Anna Komnene and the Alexiad: The Byzantine Princess and the First Crusade by Ioulia Kolovou 9781526733016
RRP: £25.00£18.02Anna Komnene is one of the most curious ?gures in the history of an intriguing empire. A woman of extraordinary education and intellect, she was the only Byzantine female historian and one of the ?rst and foremost historians in medieval Europe. Yet few... -
Che Guevara by Jon Lee Anderson
RRP: £22.00£16.62With unprecedented access to the Cuban Government's archives and total co-operation from Che's widow, Aleida March, as well as access to hitherto unpublished documents, including several of Che's personal diaries, this biography of one of history's most... -
The Fear Bubble: Harness Fear and Live Without Limits by Ant Middleton
RRP: £8.99£6.02The brilliant, inspirational next book by the author of the incredible No. 1 bestseller FIRST MAN IN. Without fear, there's no challenge. Without challenge, there's no growth. Without growth, there's no... -
Aviation Quiz Book by Martin Needham
RRP: £14.99£10.95A must have for any aviation enthusiast, this quiz book will cover all aspects of the military, commercial, general aviation and historic aerospace sectors. Written by two highly experienced aviation journalists, it will test skills of both the novice... -
Swedish Bomber Colours 1924-1958 by Mikael Forslund 9788365958372
RRP: £40.00£26.46This latest book in the Rainbow Series covers Swedish bomber aircraft deployed during World War Two and in early 50s.Camouflage and markings on the bombers obtained from different countries are described in unparalleled detail by the well-known Finnish... -
Blackburn Buccaneer Owners' Workshop Manual: All marks (1958-94) by Keith Wilson
RRP: £25.00£9.03Born in the 1950s when the Cold War was rapidly escalating, the subsonic Blackburn Buccaneer was designed as a carrier-borne strike aircraft, which eventually went on to serve both the Royal Navy and the RAF. The Buccaneer entered service with the Royal... -
The SBS in World War II by Gavin Mortimer
RRP: £12.99£9.09A gripping history of Britain's Special Boat Squadron in World War II, drawing on veteran interviews and including rare photographs from the SAS Regimental Association. The Special Boat Squadron was Britain's most exclusive Special Forces unit during... -
British Napoleonic Uniforms by C. E. Franklin 9781862274846
RRP: £60.00£44.94For the first time in print a book identifies each regiment and illustrates the change in uniforms, the colour of the facings and the nature and shape of the lace for the officers, NCOs and private soldiers over the period of the Napoleonic War 1793-1815... -
Escaping the Blitz: The Myths & Mayhem of Evacuation in the Second World War by Penny Starns 9781781220177
RRP: £14.99£9.36Escaping the Blitz is the story of the biggest social upheaval in British history. Portrayed by the government as a positive by-product of the Second World War, civilian evacuation represented the cornerstone of Britain's civil defence strategy. In a... -
Task Force Hogan: The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe by William R. Hogan 9780063272026
RRP: £25.00£16.43A fourth-generation soldier tells the story of his father's tank battalion, the "Spearhead," that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germany-against impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on... -
A Spy Called Cynthia by Anonymous Anonymous 9781785907128
RRP: £12.99£9.02Elizabeth Thorpe, codenamed Cynthia, was a glamorous American socialite recruited by MI6 to obtain intelligence from the Polish Foreign Ministry and from the Italian and Vichy French embassies in Washington. Her method was to seduce whatever targets... -
Roman Special Forces and Special Ops: Speculatores, Exploratores, Protectores and Areani in the Service of Rome by Simon Elliott 9781399090926
RRP: £20.00£14.29Much has been written about the Roman army and the mighty legions that conquered their empire and then defended it for centuries against all comers. But little has been written about the men and units employed when something more subtle than the march of... -
Behind Enemy Lines: The Autobiography of Britain's Most Decorated Living War Hero by Sir Tommy MacPherson
RRP: £10.99£7.77With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a Legion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army. Yet for 65 years the Highlander's... -
Destined for War: can America and China escape Thucydides' Trap? by Graham Allison
RRP: £10.99£7.32A Sunday Times and FT Book of the Year When a rising power threatens to displace a ruling one, the most likely outcome is war. In this razor-sharp analysis, Harvard scholar Graham Allison examines the phenomenon known as Thucydides's Trap, which is... -
Volume II: Insignia of Royal Naval Ratings, WRNS, Royal Marines, QARNNS and Auxiliaries Rank and Rate by E. C. Coleman 9781847973085
RRP: £19.95£16.44With the exception of the royal marines, who adopted light infantry rank insignia from their earliest days, the Royal Navy was slow to introduce distinguishing rate badges for those serving on the 'lower deck'. Even when they were introduced, in 1853,... -
P-38 Lightning vs Bf 109: North Africa, Sicily and Italy 1942–43 by Edward M. Young 9781472859549
RRP: £15.99£12.17An exciting account of the aerial battles fought by the USAAF's P38 Lightnings and the Jagdflieger's Bf 109Gs for dominance over North Africa and the Mediterranean. USAAF fighter pilots experienced a baptism of fire when flying the technically... -
Submarines, The World Encyclopedia of: A complete history of over 150 underwater vessels from the Hunley and Nautilus to today's nuclear-powered submarines by John Parker 9780754835721
RRP: £15.00£10.96From Aristotle's description of a submersible chamber and experiments with an underwater capsule by Alexander the Great, inventors have pursued the dream of undersea travel. This fully illustrated book follows that dream, starting with examples of the... -
Dispatches for the New York Tribune: Selected Journalism of Karl Marx by Karl Marx
RRP: £14.99£10.95Karl Marx (1818-1883) is arguably the most famous political philosopher of all time, but he was also one of the great foreign correspondents of the nineteenth century. During his eleven years writing for the New York Tribune (their collaboration began in... -
Full Spectrum Resistance, Volume Two: Actions and Strategies for Change by Aric McBay
RRP: £14.99£9.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609809287Author Aric McBayFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. -
The Secret Horsepower Race by Calum E. Douglas
RRP: £35.00£26.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658504Author Calum E. DouglasFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 1998gDimensions(mm)... -
Wing Leader by Johnnie Johnson 9780907579243
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907579243Author Air Vice Marshall 'Jonnie' JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
A Moment of War by Laurie Lee
RRP: £8.99£7.00A Moment of War is the powerful and harrowing final book in Laurie Lee's acclaimed trilogy that began with Cider with RosieLaurie Lee was still a young man when he decided to fight for the Republican cause in Spain's civil war. But though he braved icy,... -
Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald 9780241984482
RRP: £9.99£7.11Austerlitz is W. G. Sebald's haunting novel of post-war Europe.In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents. This childless couple promptly erase from the boy all knowledge of his... -
To War with Wellington: From the Peninsula to Waterloo by Peter Snow
RRP: £14.99£9.80The seven-year campaign that saved Europe from Napoleon told by those who were there.What made Arthur Duke of Wellington the military genius who was never defeated in battle? In the vivid narrative style that is his trademark, Peter Snow recalls how... -
The Fortune of the Rougons by Emile Zola
RRP: £10.99£7.00'He thought he could see, in a flash, the future of the Rougon-Macquart family, a pack of wild satiated appetites in the midst of a blaze of gold and blood.' Set in the fictitious Provencal town of Plassans, The Fortune of the Rougons tells the story... -
Chatham Naval Dockyard & Barracks Through Time by Clive Holden
RRP: £15.99£10.85Chatham has had an association with the Royal Navy since Elizabethan times, moving to its current site in 1622. It provided the facilities to build, repair, maintain and supply ships. In the mid-nineteenth century, work began on expanding the dockyard... -
Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish by Francesca Peacock 9781837930173
RRP: £27.99£19.61'Puts Cavendish back into the literary history books where she belongs' Kate Mosse 'Scholarly, articulate, and never less than fascinating' Alice Loxton A biography of the remarkable, and in her time scandalous, seventeenth-century writer Margaret... -
KJV, Pew Bible, Hardcover, Burgundy, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version by Zondervan
£15.27The Thomas Nelson KJV Pew Bible has long been a trusted and durable Bible for use in churches and various worship settings. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most... -
Allied Tanks at El Alamein 1942 by William E. Hiestand
RRP: £12.99£9.09Examines Eighth Army's 1,000-strong tank force - rebuilt, reorganized, and equipped with brand-new Sherman and Churchill tanks - that secured victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein. When Eighth Army retired into the defensive line at El Alamein on... -
Z Special Unit: The Elite Allied World War II Guerrilla Force by Gavin Mortimer
RRP: £25.00£18.62Leading expert Gavin Mortimer tells the remarkable origin story of a wartime special forces unit that defied the odds. Z Special Unit, one of the most intrepid but arguably the most unsung of Allied Special Forces of the Second World War waged a... -
Messerschmitt Me 262: Development and Politics by Dan Sharp 9781911704058
RRP: £35.00£25.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911704058Author Dan SharpFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 1434g -
Cooking With Heroes: The Royal British Legion Centenary Cookbook by Jon Pullen
RRP: £19.95£15.94To celebrate the centenary of The Royal British Legion, some of the world's bestselling celebrity chefs - including Jamie Oliver, Ainsley Harriott, Cyrus Todiwala, Melissa Helmsley and the Hairy Bikers - have teamed up with acting or former members of... -
Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead by Jim Mattis
RRP: £21.00£14.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812996838Author Jim MattisFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc -
The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister: A Ukrainian Story by Olesya Khromeychuk 9781800961203
RRP: £10.99£7.40WITH A FOREWORD BY PHILIPPE SANDS AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOV'If you read only one book about the war, this is the one to read.' -Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm'Unforgettable. An immediate history of a cruel war and a personal chronicle of... -
The Gallic War by Julius Caesar
RRP: £24.95£23.23The conquest that begot the Roman Empire.Caesar (C. Iulius, 102-44 BC), statesman and soldier, defied the dictator Sulla; served in the Mithridatic wars and in Spain; entered Roman politics as a "democrat" against the senatorial government; was the real... -
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf
RRP: £16.99£12.08European and Arab versions of the Crusades have little in common. For Arabs, the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were years of strenuous efforts to repel a brutal and destructive invasion by barbarian hordes. In "The Crusades Through Arab Eyes", Amin...