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The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler by David I. Kertzer 9780192890733
RRP: $40.62$28.30Filled with discoveries, this is the dramatic story of Pope Pius XII's struggle to respond to the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Nazi domination of Europe. The Pope at War is the third in a trilogy of books about the papacy's response to the... -
Drawing the Global Colour Line: White Men's Countries and the International Challenge of Racial Equality by Marilyn Lake
RRP: $39.98$31.01In 1900 W. E. B. DuBois prophesied that the colour line would be the key problem of the twentieth-century and he later identified one of its key dynamics: the new religion of whiteness that was sweeping the world. Whereas most historians have confined... -
Made in Hong Kong: Transpacific Networks and a New History of Globalization by Peter E. Hamilton
RRP: $38.70$30.04Between 1949 and 1997, Hong Kong transformed from a struggling British colonial outpost into a global financial capital. Made in Hong Kong delivers a new narrative of this metamorphosis, revealing Hong Kong both as a critical engine in the expansion and... -
The Great Bear at War by Chris McNab
RRP: $38.70$29.09A History of the Red Army, Soviet Army and Russian Army in 100 Years of Conflict From the chaos of the civil war to the political manoeuvring of the Cold War, Russia's armed forces have shaped the future not only of Russia but of countless other... -
Upstairs & Downstairs: My Life In Service as a Lady's Maid by Tim Tate
RRP: $14.18$9.64The year was 1935: the twilight of the English aristocracy. It was a time of wealth and glamour; of lavish balls and evening gowns; of tiaras and a coronation. As personal maid to Lady Coventry, Hilda Newman had a unique insight into the leisured life of... -
The Assassination of JFK: Minute by Minute by Jonathan Mayo 9781780726274
RRP: $14.18$9.55The acclaimed book by Jonathan Mayo, now available in paperback"Reads like a pacey, page-turning, cold war political thriller." Dermot O'Leary This is the story of JFK's assassination as told from the frontline: it is about the people - from the highest... -
The Woman with Nine Lives by Iby Knill 9780993510113
RRP: $18.05$17.35Iby Knill is a simply remarkable woman. An Auschwitz holocaust survivor originally from Bratislava, she married a British army officer and set out to make a new life in England, arriving in Cornwall in 1947 to set up home. Dealing with the problems of... -
Secrets and Lies: The Trials of Christine Keeler by Christine Keeler
RRP: $11.60$8.02In her own words, the life of the beautiful young model and dancer who helped to bring down the Tory government of Harold Macmillan - the 'Profumo Affair' remains the greatest political sex scandal in recent British history.Following Christine Keeler's... -
The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence, 1918-1923 by Charles Townshend
RRP: $19.34$14.13A gripping narrative of the most critical years in modern Ireland's history - from Charles Townshend, author of Easter 1916TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014The protracted, terrible fight for independence pitted the Irish against the... -
The Sixties Railway by Greg Morse
RRP: $11.60$7.77This is a portrait of a railway network that became beloved of the last generations lucky enough to experience mainline steam. The 1960s saw great change in British society, which was moving ever further from the deference that had been ebbing since the... -
Norwich in the 1960s: Ten Years That Altered a City by Pete Goodrum
RRP: $20.63$14.00Changed by the 1950s, Norwich was to alter even more during the 1960s. Increased traffic would be met with widened roads and a new flyover, while London Street became pedestrians only. After centuries of trading there the cattle market would move out of... -
Thomas Sankara: An African Revolutionary by Ernest Harsch
RRP: $16.76$15.18Thomas Sankara, often called the African Che Guevara, was president of Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in Africa, until his assassination during the military coup that brought down his government. Although his tenure in office was relatively... -
Fire and Blood: The European Civil War (1914-1945) by Enzo Traverso
$29.54Fire and Blood looks at the European crisis of the two world wars as a single historical sequence: the age of the European Civil War (1914-1945). Its overture was played out in the trenches of the Great War; its coda on a ruined continent. It opened with... -
Mosquito Men: The Elite Pathfinders of 627 Squadron by David Price
RRP: $32.25$28.63In November 1940, a remarkable prototype aircraft made its maiden flight from an airstrip north of London. Novel in construction and exceptionally fast, the new plane was soon outpacing the Spitfire, and went on to contribute to the RAF's offensive... -
Velikiye Luki 1942-43: The Doomed Fortress by Robert Forczyk
RRP: $20.63$14.98Velikiye Luki had been an important Russian fortress city since the 13th century and had become an important rail-hub by the 19th century. In August 1941, the Germans occupied the city of 30,000 during Operation Barbarossa and made it a bulwark on the... -
Britishness since 1870 by Paul Ward 9780415220170
RRP: $49.01$43.06What does it mean to be British? It is now recognized that being British is not innate, static or permanent, but that national identities within Britain are constantly constructed and reconstructed. Britishness since 1870 examines this definition and... -
The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown
RRP: $19.34$14.13Winner of the 2010 W.J.M. Mackenzie Prize for Best Political Science Book of the Year 2010The relentless rise of Communism was the most momentous political development of the first half of the twentieth century. No political change has been more... -
Brazilian Adventure Peter Fleming 9781780602004
RRP: $19.34$11.95It began with an advertisement in the agony column of The Times: Leaving England June, to explore rivers Central Brazil, if possible ascertain fate Colonel Fawcett; abundance game, big and small; exceptional fishing; room two more guns. Colonel Fawcett... -
Waterloo: Four Days that Changed Europe's Destiny by Tim Clayton 9780349123011 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.34$3.13The bloodbath at Waterloo ended a war that had engulfed the world for over twenty years. It also finished the career of the charismatic Napoleon Bonaparte. It ensured the final liberation of Germany and the restoration of the old European monarchies,... -
Waterloo: Four Days that Changed Europe's Destiny by Tim Clayton
RRP: $19.34$13.16The bloodbath at Waterloo ended a war that had engulfed the world for over twenty years. It also finished the career of the charismatic Napoleon Bonaparte. It ensured the final liberation of Germany and the restoration of the old European monarchies,... -
The First World War: An Illustrated History by A. J. P. Taylor
RRP: $16.76$11.73A. J. P. Taylor was one of the most acclaimed and uncompromising historians of the twentieth century. In this clear, lively and now-classic account of the First World War, he tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West, through... -
Cursed Legacy: The Tragic Life of Klaus Mann by Frederic Spotts 9780300218008
RRP: $45.15$44.26Son of the famous Thomas Mann, homosexual, drug-addicted, and forced to flee from his fatherland, the gifted writer Klaus Mann's comparatively short life was as artistically productive as it was devastatingly dislocated. Best-known today as the author of... -
Lords of the Atlas: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956 Gavin Maxwell 9780907871149
RRP: $16.76$11.09the greatest Moroccan travel book of all time:vital reading for the new upmarket Marrakesh tourism - one of the bibles of British twentieth-century Orientalism - by the author of A Ring of Bright Water - describes the extraordinary medieval nature of... -
Concorde by Christopher Orlebar
RRP: $10.31$7.47The story of one of greatest technological achievements of the 20th century told from a pilot's-eye view, which will appeal to all enthusiasts of modern aviation. From her first commercial flight in 1976, and throughout 27 years of service, Concorde... -
Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie
RRP: $16.76$13.98From the author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children comes an unflinchingly honest and fiercely funny account of a life turned upside-down. On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that would... -
Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Downfall of Ordinary Germans, 1945 by Florian Huber
RRP: $14.18$10.02The extraordinary German bestseller on the final days of the Third ReichOne of the least understood stories of the Third Reich is that of the extraordinary wave of suicides, carried out not just by much of the Nazi leadership, but also by thousands of... -
Young Bloomsbury: the generation that reimagined love, freedom and self-expression Nino Strachey 9781529306934
RRP: $32.25$21.65'Entirely original and thrilling . . . this is Gatsby made real' JULIET NICOLSON'This witty, fascinating book is a delight. Read it.' MIRIAM MARGOLYESIn the 1920s a new generation stepped forward to invigorate the Bloomsbury Group - creative young people... -
Mountains and Desire: Climbing vs. The End of the World Margret Grebowicz 9781912248933
RRP: $12.89$8.77In 1923, a reporter asked George Mallory why he wanted to summit Mount Everest. "Because it's there". Today the question "why do this?" is included in nearly every mountaineering story or interview. Meanwhile, interest in climbing is steadily on the... -
F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in Combat by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $21.92$15.84With first-hand insight into the key role of the US Air Force's fighter-bomber from the Vietnam War through to Operation Desert Storm during the First Gulf War, this book is an unmissable account of some of the most dangerous and demanding missions in... -
Howard's Whirlybirds: Howard Hughes's Amazing Pioneering Helicopter Exploits by Donald J. Porter 9781781550892
RRP: $25.80$19.40Howard Hughes, the movie mogul, aviation pioneer and political hound dog, has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle and reclusiveness. Companies responsible for major technological leaps often become household names... -
The King is Dead, Long Live the King!: Majesty, Mourning and Modernity in Edwardian Britain Martin Williams 9781529383317
RRP: $32.25$21.13A Country Life 'Best Book of the Year' 2023The Times Book of the Week * * * 'I could read Martin Williams all day. He is a staggeringly communicative historian; this book throws shafts of light on recent history almost repeating itself, giving vivid... -
Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa: Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940–41 by Robert Forczyk
RRP: $45.15$32.62Robert Forczyk covers the development of armoured warfare in North Africa from the earliest Anglo-Italian engagements in 1940 to the British victory over the German Afrikakorps in Operation Crusader in 1941. The war in the North African desert was... -
Wings Over Water: The Story of the World's Greatest Air Race and the Birth of the Spitfire by Jonathan Glancey
RRP: $12.89$8.64Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy was a series of glamorous air contests, popularly known as races, that captivated both sides of the Atlantic. While there were many other aviation competitions, the Schneider proved to be, after a rocky start, by... -
The Manhattan Project (Revised): The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians by Cynthia C. Kelly
RRP: $24.50$18.73This updated edition of this essential collection of historic writings by the pre-eminent scientists and historians who bore witness to the birth of the modern nuclear age now includes President Barack Obama's 2016 statement at Hiroshima, all-new... -
The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab Marina Wheeler 9781473677760
RRP: $14.18$9.55'Deeply touching.' - Daily Mail'A personal, sometimes harrowing history of partition... a writer well worth reading.' - The Times'A deeply personal story of identity and a highly relatable journey for many in the diaspora... Wheeler taps a rich vein of... -
All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939-1945 by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: $19.34$13.03A magisterial history of the greatest and most terrible event in history, from one of the finest historians of the Second World War. A book which shows the impact of war upon hundreds of millions of people around the world- soldiers, sailors and airmen;... -
The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler by Laurence Rees
RRP: $16.76$11.73Fuelled by hate. Unable to form normal human relationships. Unwilling to debate political issues.In many ways Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader, yet he inspired millions, leading Germany into the cataclysmic events of the Second World War.But how... -
The Condor Years: How Pinochet and His Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents by John Dinges
RRP: $20.63$15.96A "compelling and shocking account" of a brutal campaign of repression in Latin America, based on interviews and previously secret documents (The Miami Herald). Throughout the 1970s, six Latin American governments, led by Chile, formed a military... -
A Storm in Flanders: Triumph and Tragedy on the Western Front by Winston Groom
RRP: $12.89$8.77A vivid page-turning narrative of the most horrific battle in history by a soldier turned bestselling novelistA fast-paced and vivid narrative of the most horrific campaign in history: the four-year slaughter around the Belgian town of Ypres 1914-18... -
Hunters over Arabia: Hawker Hunter Operations in the Middle East by Ray Deacon
RRP: $38.70$28.32Based on official records held at the National Archives and other published sources, 'Hunters over Arabia' presents an in-depth account of the operations performed by the Hawker Hunter squadrons policing the desert wastelands and high mountain ranges of...