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Holocaust Child: Lalechka - An Inspirational Story of Survival by Amira Keidar
RRP: $15.42$4.99A little girl is smuggled out of a Jewish ghetto. Two courageous women. And an inspirational story of survival. In 1941 at the height of World War II, in a Polish ghetto, a baby girl named Rachel is born. Her parents, Jacob and Zippa, are willing to... -
Losing the Battle, Winning the War: How we can all defy the odds we're given by Ben Parkinson 9780751580259
RRP: $18.85$12.69'A great and inspiring book from Doncaster's bravest son. Read it in a day' - Jeremy Clarkson 'Ben is the embodiment of positive thinking. What he has achieved, in large part through willpower, is nothing short of miraculous. An inspiration to us all' -... -
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights by Philip Pullman 9780702311413
RRP: $17.14$11.96"Remarkable writing: courageous and dangerous as the best art should be." The Times "Only Rankin can light and photograph faces with such intensity and drama. I'm delighted with this vision of my story." Philip Pullman... -
Byzantine Cavalryman vs Vandal Warrior: North Africa AD 533–36 by Dr Murray Dahm
RRP: $27.43$19.91Fully 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... -
Chinese Power and Artificial Intelligence: Perspectives and Challenges by William C. Hannas
RRP: $63.45$55.80This book provides a comprehensive account of Chinese AI in its various facets, based on primary Chinese-language sources.China's rise as an AI power is an event of importance to the world and a potential challenge to liberal democracies. Filling a gap... -
The Uzi Submachine Gun by Chris McNab 9781849085434
RRP: $27.43$22.86The Uzi submachine gun is one of the most recognizable weapons in history. Its familiarity stems in part from the sheer diversity of its users. Uzis have been seen being wielded and fired by US Secret Service agents and SWAT teams, Israeli soldiers,... -
When God Made Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921 by Charles Townshend
RRP: $25.71$16.81Since 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... -
Coffee with Hitler: The British Amateurs who Tried to Civilise the Nazis by Charles Spicer
RRP: $34.31$24.51How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history's greatest 'what ifs'... A TELEGRAPH AND SPECTATOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding true story of a handful of amateur British intelligence... -
Rhodesian Fire Force 1966-80 by Kerrin Cocks
$33.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910294055Author Kerrin CocksFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny by Con Coughlin
RRP: $42.88$27.67'Important, compelling, and detailed . . . a superb analysis of the West's policy missteps and the tragic consequences of them.' - General David PetraeusIn Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny, Con Coughlin, veteran commentator on war in the Middle East and... -
A Political History of the World: Three Thousand Years of War and Peace by Jonathan Holslag
RRP: $25.71$16.90A three-thousand year history of the world that examines the causes of war and the search for peaceIn three thousand years of history, China has spent at least eleven centuries at war. The Roman Empire was in conflict during at least 50 per cent of its... -
The War of the World: History's Age of Hatred by Niall Ferguson
RRP: $32.57$24.03The beginning of the twentieth century saw human civilization at its most enlightened, well-educated, globalized and wealthy. What turned it into a bloodbath?Niall Ferguson re-tells the story of history's most savage century as a continual war that... -
Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace by Alexander Mikaberidze
RRP: $52.30$36.50A full-life portrait of the man Tolstoy immortalized, Stalin lionized, and Russian history has manipulated and mythologized beyond recognition. Every Russian knows him purely by his patronym. He was the general who triumphed over Napoleons Grande... -
A Wartime Welcome: An emotional and romantic WWII saga by Rosie Meddon 9781800326576
RRP: $17.14$11.00After the Blitz, she'll need to rebuild her life from nothing...Clemmie throws herself into volunteering with the very organisation who helped her and her sisters when they were homeless: the WVS. Demonstrating a natural flair, painfully-shy Clemmie is... -
The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam by Martin Windrow
RRP: $29.14$20.48Stalingrad in the jungle: the battle that doomed the French Empire and led America into VietnamIn winter 1953-54 the French army in Vietnam challenged its elusive enemy, General Giap's Viet Minh, to pitched battle. Ten thousand French paras and... -
Bolt Action: Campaign: D-Day: Overlord by Warlord Games
RRP: $42.88$32.38From the scaling of Pointe-du-Hoc and the assault on Pegasus Bridge, to the landings on the Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches, this new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to take command of the Allied Forces or those of the defending... -
Great and Glorious Days: Marlborough's Battles 1704-09: Schellenberg, Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet by James Falkner 9781862274181
RRP: $29.14$21.68Armies led by John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough met and defeated general and army that King Louis XIV of France could put against them. This book brings soldierly understanding of the trials and tribulations of the fateful days of battle and... -
Subversion: The Strategic Weaponization of Narratives by Andreas Krieg
RRP: $48.03$45.76A penetrating analysis of weaponized information-one of the most pressing dangers to open societies Now more than ever, communities across the world are integrated into a complex, global information ecosystem that shapes the nature of social,... -
Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution by Priya Satia 9780715653050
RRP: $29.14$20.70Winner of the Jerry Bentley Prize in World History (American Historical Association). Award-winning historian Priya Satia presents a new history of the Industrial Revolution that positions war and the gun trade squarely at the heart of the rapid... -
The Historical Atlas of the British Isles by Alex Swanston
RRP: $34.29$24.49This atlas covers the history of the British Isles from earliest times to the present day.The first hunter-gatherers,who crossed into what would become our familiar islands by the land-bridge, and later followed by more familiar peoples the Celts,Angles,... -
Conversations With Major Dick Winters: Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers by Cole C. Kingseed 9780425271544
RRP: $29.14$19.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425271544Author Cole C. KingseedFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 336g -
Russian 'Hybrid Warfare': Resurgence and Politicisation by Ofer Fridman 9781787388239
RRP: $34.31$29.95During the last decade, 'Hybrid Warfare' has become a novel yet controversial term in academic, political and professional military lexicons, intended to suggest some sort of mix between different military and non-military means and methods of... -
War: How Conflict Shaped Us by Professor Margaret MacMillan 9781788162579
RRP: $17.14$12.20New York Times 10 Best Books of 2020 Sunday Times best books for Autumn 2020 Guardian critics' pick for Autumn 2020 Wall Street Journal notable book of 2020 The time since the Second World War has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted... -
Second World War by Ammonite Press 9781907708893
RRP: $13.71$9.61This book looks at WWII from a largely British perspective, based upon approximately 350 photographs from the archives of Mirrorpix. It takes a look at the legacies of the war, including the establishment of the United Nations and the European Union. The... -
Special Forces Brothers in Arms: Eoin and Ambrose McGonigal: War in the SAS and SBS by McGonigal, Patric 9781399082198
RRP: $42.88$31.94The McGonigal brothers, Eoin and Ambrose were fiercely independent characters. Born and educated in southern Ireland to a catholic family but raised in Belfast, they wasted no time in enlisting at the outbreak of War in 1939. Both outstanding sportsmen,... -
Medal Yearbook 2024 Deluxe Edition by Philip Mussell 9781908828675
RRP: $60.04$53.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908828675Author Philip MussellFormat HardbackPage Count 696Imprint Token Publishing LtdPublisher Token Publishing Ltd -
Mortain 1944 by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $29.14$21.06Following the successful landings in Normandy on D-Day and consolidation during Operation Cobra, the Wehrmacht was ordered to begin a counter-offensive named Operation Luttich. The plan was to send a large Panzer force across the First US Army... -
Tempest V vs Fw 190D-9 by Robert Forsyth
RRP: $27.43$19.91Arguably two of the finest piston-engined fighters ever built, the Tempest V and Fw 190D-9 raised the bar in terms of aircraft design and operational capability during World War II. The long-nosed 'Dora 9', designed by Kurt Tank, first appeared in the... -
Eleni by Nicholas Gage
RRP: $18.85$14.24A son's quest to avenge his mother's murder.In 1948, in a Greek mountain village, Eleni Gatzoyiannis was arrested, tortured and shot. She was one of the 158,000 victims of the Greek Civil War. Her crime had been to help her children escape from the... -
Kosovo: How Myths and Truths Started a War by Julie Mertus
RRP: $46.31$36.07Julie Mertus provides one of the first comprehensive looks at the explosive situation in Kosovo, where years of simmering tensions between Serbs and Albanians erupted in armed conflict in 1998. In a profound and detailed study of national identity and... -
The Men Who Would Be Kings: Colonial Wargaming Rules by Daniel Mersey
RRP: $22.28$16.64The Men Who Would Be Kings is a set of rules designed for fighting historical or Hollywood colonial battles in the mid to late 19th Century, from the Indian Mutiny to the Boxer Rebellion. Large scale colonial clashes tended to be one-sided affairs, but... -
The British Oskar Schindler: The Life and Work of Nicholas Winton by Edward Abel Smith 9781399011488
RRP: $34.31$24.51When Nicholas Winton cancelled his skiing holiday in favour of going to Prague to visit a friend, little did he know this decision would change the course of thousands of lives, including his own. As millions of Jewish families attempted to flee the... -
Spitfire!: The Experiences of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot by Brian Lane
RRP: $17.14$11.39The remarkable Battle of Britain experiences of Spitfire pilot Brian Lane, DFC. Brian Lane was only 23 when he when he wrote his dramatic account of life as a Spitfire pilot during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. Lane was an 'ace' with six... -
Browned Off and Bloody-Minded: The British Soldier Goes to War 1939-1945 by Alan Allport
RRP: $25.71$22.35A social history of the ordinary British soldier during World War II"Reflects impressively wide reading, and commands respect for its shrewd judgments and lack of sentimentality."-Max Hastings, New York Review of Books"The stories of these brave but... -
Directing the Tunnellers' War: The Tunnelling Memoirs of Captain H Dixon MC RE by Phillip Robinson 9781526714411
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The Indian Empire At War: From Jihad to Victory, The Untold Story of the Indian Army in the First World War by George Morton-Jack 9781408707692
RRP: $42.88$12.92A brilliantly original history of the First World War, re-tracing the footsteps of the Indian Army's 1.5 million men who in 1914-18 served about the globe from Europe to Africa, Asia and the Indian Ocean. After years of neglect, The Indian Empire at War... -
The Rise of the Sikh Soldier: The Sikh Warrior Through the Ages, C1700-1900 by Gurinder Singh Mann
RRP: $37.65$30.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070524Author Gurinder Singh MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Flight Craft 22: Mitsubishi A6M Zero by Robert Jackson 9781526759948
RRP: $29.14$21.06Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Those Who Hold Bastogne: The True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge by Peter Schrijvers
RRP: $22.28$18.89A new telling of the brutal siege of Bastogne, where vastly outnumbered American forces held off a savage German onslaught and sealed the fate of the Third Reich Hitler's last gamble, the Battle of the Bulge, was intended to push the Allied invaders of... -
The Lancaster Bomber Pocket Manual by Martin Robson
RRP: $17.14$12.78The Avro Lancaster was the RAF's most famous and successful heavy bomber of the Second World War. Used predominantly at night, 'Lancs' dropped 608,612 tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties in the period 1942-1945. Some of these missions were incredibly daring...