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Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed by Leo Janos
RRP: £10.99£6.01SKUNK WORKS is the true story, told for the first time, of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the story of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a... -
Bletchley Park: The Secret Archives by Sinclair McKay
RRP: £30.00£19.61This is beautifully slipcased presented collector' s edition of the best selling title, The Lost World of Bletchley Park, a comprehensive illustrated history of this remarkable place, from its prewar heyday as a... -
Violent Politics: A History of Insurgency, Terrorism, and Guerrilla War, from the American Revolution to Iraq by William R Polk 9780061236204
RRP: £11.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061236204Author William R PolkFormat PaperbackImprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 231g -
Born For War: One SAS Trooper's Extraordinary Account of the Falklands by Tony Hoare 9781802791419
RRP: £9.99£5.50'A no holdout account of the Falklands War from a man who was in the fight.' Andy McNabTony Hoare always knew he wanted to be in the SAS and so, after working his way through the ranks, he passed arduous SAS selection in 1978.Less than four years later,... -
Fishers of Men by Rob Lewis
RRP: £9.99£5.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786064691Author Rob LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint John Blake Publishing LtdPublisher John Blake Publishing Ltd -
Lion: 'Brings war in the ancient world to vivid, gritty and bloody life' ANTHONY RICHES by Conn Iggulden
RRP: £10.99£6.56ENTER THE BATTLEFIELDS OF ANCIENT GREECE WITH THE EPIC BESTSELLER FROM MASTER STORYTELLER CONN IGGULDEN'Pacy and propulsive . . . Crackling with energy, violence and stirring speeches' DAILY MAIL'Iggulden draws the Greek world convincingly and he is... -
Luck of the Draw: My Story of the Air War in Europe - A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER by Frank Murphy 9781783967353
RRP: £25.00£13.70The captivating story of WWII Airman Frank Murphy, who features in new TV miniseries Masters of the Air. THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "In the pursuit of authenticity, of accurate history and undeniable courage, no words matter more... -
Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine by David Petraeus 9780008567972
RRP: £26.00£14.41'A HUGELY IMPORTANT BOOK ... ELEGANTLY WRITTEN AND PERSUASIVELY ARGUED' DAILY TELEGRAPH, FIVE-STAR REVIEW 'AN INTELLIGENT, AUTHORITATIVE, COMPELLING AND, ABOVE ALL, TIMELY' TLS ... -
SAS: Rogue Heroes - the Authorized Wartime History by Ben Macintyre
RRP: £9.99£5.98THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERTHE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES, STARRING CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN AND DOMINIC WESTFrom the secret SAS archives and bestselling author Ben Macintyre: The first ever... -
Sea Harrier Over The Falklands by Sharkey Ward
RRP: £12.99£9.09The controversial account of what really happened in the south Atlantic skiesSharkey Ward commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Invincible, was senior Sea Harrier adviser to the Command, flew over sixty missions and was awarded DSC. Yet had he followed... -
The Wars of the Roses: The Medieval Art of Graham Turner by Mr Graham Turner 9781472847287
RRP: £35.00£25.30A highly illustrated history of the Wars of the Roses based on the medieval art of Graham Turner. The period of civil strife in the second half of the 15th century now known as the Wars of the Roses was one of the most dramatic and tumultuous in... -
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base by Annie Jacobsen
RRP: £10.99£7.05The explosive, untold story of the Cold War's biggest secret. The REAL X-Files.It is the most famous military installation in the world. And no credible insider has ever divulged the truth about his time inside of it. Until now. This is the first book... -
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe 9781851685554
RRP: £12.99£9.09Renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking work on the formation of the State of Israel. 'Along with the late Edward Said, Ilan Pappe is the most eloquent writer of Palestinian history.' NEW STATESMAN Between 1947 and 1949, over 400... -
Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
RRP: £12.99£8.18'The book that really held me, in fact, obsessed me, was Rubicon . . . This is narrative history at its best. Bloody and labyrinthine political intrigue and struggle, brilliant oratory, amazing feats of conquest and cruelty' Ian McEwan, Books of the... -
The Longest Day: The D-Day Story, June 6th, 1944 by Cornelius Ryan
RRP: £16.99£12.84This is the story of D-Day, told through the voices of over 1,000 survivors. 6 June, 1944. 156,000 troops from 12 different countries, 11,000 aircraft, 7,000 naval vessels, 24 hours. D-Day - the beginning of the Allied invasion of Hitler's formidable... -
In the Shadow of the Rising Sun: Surviving a Prisoner of War Childhood by Olga Henderson
RRP: £9.99£7.11"When they heard the allies were coming, we were given extra rice to have the strength and energy to dig our own graves." In February 1942, ten-year old Olga Morris and her family were living in Singapore when the city fell to the Japanese Imperial Army... -
Spies: The epic intelligence war between East and West by Calder Walton
RRP: £25.00£15.95The riveting story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China'A masterpiece' CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, author of The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of MI5'The book we... -
No More Secrets: My part in codebreaking at Bletchley Park and the Pentagon by Betty Webb
RRP: £9.99£6.86The incredible true story of the only woman to have worked during the Second World War as a codebreaker at both Bletchley Park and the Pentagon Betty Webb is the only surviving codebreaker to have worked on both Nazi and Japanese codes at Bletchley... -
Schindler's Ark: The Booker Prize winning novel filmed as 'Schindler's List' by Thomas Keneally
RRP: £12.99£3.32***Winner of the Booker Prize***'ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITERS' Spectator'Extraordinary' Graham Greene 'Powerful' The Times 'Marvellous' Sunday TimesThe acclaimed bestselling classic of Holocaust literature, adapted into the award-winning film... -
The Military History Book: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Weapons that Shaped the World by DK
RRP: £30.00£21.57A compelling visual guide to the history of the military!Travel through time and explore 5000 years of weaponry in stunning detail with this riveting military book - from the spears and swords of ancient times to the guns and grenades of modern warfare... -
Doro: Refugee, hero, champion, survivor by Brendan Woodhouse
RRP: £18.99£12.61'This is Doro and he is beautiful.'So begins the extraordinary story of Doro Goumaneh, who faced an unimaginable series of adversities on his journey from persecution in The Gambia to refuge in France.Doro was once a relatively prosperous fisherman, but... -
A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II by Harry H. Crosby 9781504067331
RRP: £20.95£15.52"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war against Germany." -Publishers Weekly They began operations out of England in the spring of '43. They flew their Flying Fortresses almost daily... -
Masters of the Air by Donald L. Miller 9780743235457
RRP: £23.00£15.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743235457Author Donald L. MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & Schuster -
To Hell and Back by Audie Murphy 9780805070866
£10.90Originally published in 1949, TO HELL AND BACK was a smash bestseller for fourteen weeks and later became a major motion picture starring Audie Murphy as himself. More than fifty years later, this classic wartime memoir is just as gripping as it was then... -
Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace by Max Hastings
RRP: £25.00£14.04'A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle ... Compelling' Daily Mail 'An unmissable read' Sunday Times Soldiers is a very personal gathering of sparkling, gripping tales by many writers,... -
Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception by Annie Jacobsen
£15.34The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena, from the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain and international bestseller Area 51.This is a book about a team of scientists and... -
1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow by Adam Zamoyski
RRP: £19.99£13.33Adam Zamoyski's bestselling account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and his catastrophic retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on European history. In 1812 the most powerful man in the world assembled the largest army in... -
The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film by David Thomson 9780063041417
RRP: £25.00£16.83From one of the greatest living writers on film, a magisterial look at a century of battle depicted on screen, and a meditation on the twisted relationship between war and the movies.“Thomson’s own genius is his ability to remain one of the leading... -
Stakeknife's Dirty War: The Inside Story of Scappaticci, the IRA's Nutting Squad and the British Spooks Who Ran the War by Richard O'Rawe 9781785374470
RRP: £17.99£14.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374470Author Richard O'RaweFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East by Alistair Urquhart
RRP: £12.99£8.18Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japanese in Singapore. He not only survived working on the notorious Bridge on the River Kwai , but he was subsequently taken on one of the Japanese 'hellships' which was torpedoed... -
Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland by Greg Harkin
RRP: £12.99£9.70BESTSELLER An explosive expose of how British military intelligence really works, from the inside. The stories of two undercover agents -- Brian Nelson, who worked for the Force Research Unit (FRU), aiding loyalist terrorists and murderers in their... -
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy
RRP: £16.99£11.87WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE Paul Kennedy's international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might. Kennedy's... -
Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century - The Art of Sailing Warfare by Sam Willis 9781843833673
RRP: £50.00£44.01Naval warfare is vividly brought to life, from first contact through how battles were won and lost to damage repair. Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea... -
Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts
RRP: £18.99£14.01'A Napoleonic triumph of a book, irresistibly galloping with the momentum of a cavalry charge' Simon Sebag Montefiore'Simply dynamite' Bernard CornwellFrom Andrew Roberts, author of the bestsellers The Storm of War and Churchill: Walking with Destiny,... -
Legion: life in the Roman army by Richard Abdy 9780714122939
RRP: £45.00£29.88The Roman army has been immortalised in heroic art and screen epics, but what was life really like for an ordinary soldier? 'Everything the best history books can be: erudite, entertaining and eloquent.' - Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories... -
Spitfire Manual 1940 by Dilip Sarkar 9781848684362
RRP: £9.99£6.64How to fly the legendary fighter plane in combat using the manuals and instructions supplied by the RAF during the Second World War. An amazing array of leaflets, books and manuals were issued by the War Office during the Second World War to aid pilots... -
We Were Warriors: A Powerful and Moving Story of Courage Under Fire by Johnny Mercer
RRP: £10.99£7.71'An adrenalin-fuelled, gritty story of heroism on the frontline in Afghanistan' - Andy McNabUnflinching and laced with wry humour, Johnny Mercer's We Were Warriors is an action-packed account of his journey from young commando to a captain with one of... -
The Art of War by Tzu Sun 9781841933580
RRP: £7.99£5.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841933580Author Sun TzuFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
On a Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War by Holger Afflerbach
RRP: £25.00£17.73Was the outcome of the First World War on a knife edge? In this major new account of German wartime politics and strategy Holger Afflerbach argues that the outcome of the war was actually in the balance until relatively late in the war. Using new... -
Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War by Gerry Docherty
RRP: £25.00£18.02Think you know about British history and the causes of the First World War? Think again. This fascinating and gripping study of events at the turn of the Twentieth Century is a remarkable insight into how political and social factors that we widely...