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Junkers Ju 188 Units of World War 2 by Robert Forsyth
RRP: £15.99£11.61This volume examines the history and development of the Ju 188 twin-engined aircraft, the Luftwaffe's attempt to enhance and improve its peerless Ju 88. The Junkers Ju 188 was the epitome of mid-war German twin-engined aircraft design, representing... -
The Invention of China by Bill Hayton
RRP: £11.99£10.15Bill Hayton tells the story of how "China" came to think of itself as China-and what it means for our world today "[A] smart take on modern Chinese nationalism."-Foreign Policy In this compelling and highly-readable account, Hayton shows how China's... -
Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War by R. M. Douglas
RRP: £22.00£18.96More than 12 million German-speaking civilians in Europe were driven from their homes in the wake of WWII, yet barely anyone noticed or remembers Immediately after the Second World War, the victorious Allies authorized and helped to carry out the forced... -
Fallen Angel: The Passion of Fausto Coppi by William Fotheringham
RRP: £12.99£9.09Voted the most popular Italian sportsman of the twentieth century, Fausto Angelo Coppi was the campionissimo - champion of champions. The greatest cyclist of the immediate post-war years, he was the first man to win cycling's great double, the Tour de... -
A Spitfire Girl: One of the World's Greatest Female ATA Ferry Pilots Tells Her Story Mary Ellis 9781526756619
RRP: £14.99£10.95We visualise dashing and daring young men as the epitome of the pilots of the Second World War, yet amongst that elite corps was one person who flew no less than 400 Spitfires and seventy-six different types of aircraft and that person was Mary Wilkins. ... -
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution by Helen Zia
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345522337Author Helen ZiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About the Sixties by Peter Collier
RRP: £12.99£9.03As leading New Leftists in the Sixties, Peter Collier and David Horowitz were intimately involved in the radicalism of the day. Later on, they became the first of their generation to publicly reject the objectives of that revolutionary era and point out... -
Martha Gellhorn: A Life by Caroline Moorehead
RRP: £16.99£12.28Discover the life of one of the twentieth century's most significant and notorious war correspondents, and the third wife of Ernest Hemingway.Martha Gellhorn's journalism tracks many of the flashpoints of the twentieth century; as a young woman she... -
In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust by Jeffrey Veidlinger 9781509867448
RRP: £30.00£21.35A Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA riveting account of a forgotten holocaust: the slaughter of over one hundred thousand Ukrainian Jews in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In the Midst of Civilized Europe repositions the pogroms as a... -
Warriors: Extraordinary Tales from the Battlefield by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: £12.99£8.48An exhilarating and uplifting account of the lives of sixteen 'warriors' from the last three centuries, hand-picked for their bravery or extraordinary military experience by the eminent military historian, author and ex-editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sir... -
RAF Tornado Units in Combat 1992-2019 by Michael Napier
RRP: £15.99£11.61After the Gulf War of 1990, No Fly Zones (NFZ) were established over northern and southern Iraq and the Tornado GR 1 force stepped up to operations over the southern NFZ. The Tornado GR 4 took responsibility for RAF combat air operations in... -
Vickers Wellington Units of Bomber Command by Michael Napier
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Vickers Wellington was one of very few aircraft types to have been in production and frontline service throughout World War II, and more than 10,000 Wellingtons were built in the period. They took part in the first RAF bombing mission of the conflict... -
Dazzle, Disruption & Concealment: The Science, Psychology & Art of Ship Camouflage by David L. Williams
RRP: £30.00£22.43Many people are familiar with the term 'dazzle design', but what of its origins and objectives as a defensive practice at sea? And was it the only approach to the painted protection of merchant and naval vessels during the two world wars? David L... -
The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World by Vijay Prashad
RRP: £14.99£13.96The landmark alternative history of the Cold War from the perspective of the Global South, reissued in paperback with a new introduction by the authorIn this award-winning investigation into the overlooked history of the Third World-with a new preface by... -
Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk by Len Deighton
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Deighton has a desire, unobtrusive but inflexible, to see the truth ... Blitzkrieg is full of insights' Financial TimesThis is the story of the Nazi conquest of western Europe, from Hitler's rise to power and 'lightning-fast war', to his fatal mistake... -
A Bold and Dangerous Family: The Rossellis and the Fight Against Mussolini by Caroline Moorehead
RRP: £9.99£7.11SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDMussolini was not only ruthless: he was subtle and manipulative. Black-shirted thugs did his dirty work for him: arson, murder, destruction of homes and offices, bribes and intimidation. His opponents - including... -
Messerschmitt Me 210/Me 410 by Anirudh Rao
RRP: £18.00£12.96Messerschmitt Me 210 - German heavy fighter. Work on the design began in late 1930s with a goal of creating a versatile aircraft, equally capable as a fighter, dive bomber or a reconnaissance platform. The machine was an all-metal, low-wing monoplane,... -
Little Wilson and Big God: Being the First Part of the Confessions of Anthony Burgess by Anthony Burgess 9780099437055
RRP: £14.99£10.95These are Anthony Burgess's candid confessions: he was seduced at the age of nine by an older woman; whilst serving in Gibraltar in World War II he was thrown into jail on VE Day for calling Franco names; he once taught a group of Nazi socialites that... -
RAF Tornado Units of Gulf War I by Michael Napier
RRP: £14.99£10.95When the Gulf Crisis of 1990 was triggered by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the RAF responded by sending Tornado F 3 fighters to Saudi Arabia to help defend the country against further aggression. These aircraft were followed by the deployment of Tornado... -
The New Spaniards by John Hooper
RRP: £10.99£7.77A fully revised, expanded and updated edition of this masterly portrayal of contemporary Spain.The restoration of democracy in 1977 heralded a period of intense change that continues today. Spain has become a land of extraordinary paradoxes in which... -
Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill's Cook by Annie Gray 9781788160445 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.65'Zingy, fresh, and unexpected: Annie Gray, the queen of food historians, finds her perfect subject. A book to devour.' - Lucy Worsley This is the story of a woman who was not a royal, not rich, not famous, simply someone who worked hard and enjoyed... -
The Military and Police Forces of the Gulf States Volume 3: The Aden Protectorate 1839-1967 by Cliff Lord
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914377228Author Cliff LordFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Free World: A Cultural History of the Cold War by Louis Menand
RRP: £30.00£27.68Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022 Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction The Cold War was not just a contest of power. It was also about ideas,... -
D-Day Beach Assault Troops Gordon L. Rottman 9781472819468
RRP: £14.99£12.55In the early hours of June 6, 1944, the first of over 150,000 Allied soldiers stormed five beaches in Normandy against fierce German resistance. They were specially trained and task-organized in a range of different landing teams depending on their means... -
Tower of Skulls: From the Marco Polo Bridge Incident to the Fall of Corregidor, July 1937-May 1942 by Richard B. Frank
RRP: £18.99£16.58In 1937 the swath of the globe from India to Japan contained half the world's population but only two nations with real sovereignty (Japan and Thailand) and two with compromised sovereignty (China and Mongolia). All other peoples in the region endured... -
Empire of Destruction: A History of Nazi Mass Killing by Alex J. Kay
RRP: £25.00£21.32The first comparative, comprehensive history of Nazi mass killing-showing how genocidal policies were crucial to the regime's strategy to win the war Nazi Germany killed approximately 13 million civilians and other noncombatants in deliberate policies... -
The Dark Valley by Dr. Piers Brendon
RRP: £25.00£18.62Piers Brendon's magisterial overview of the 1930s is the story of the dark, dishonest decade - child of one world war and parent of the next - that determined the course of the twentieth century. Dealing individually with each of the period's great... -
Dim Croeso '69 - Gwrthsefyll yr Arwisgo by Arwel Vittle 9781784617103 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784617103Author Arwel VittleFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
Dim Croeso '69 - Gwrthsefyll yr Arwisgo Arwel Vittle 9781784617103
£10.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784617103Author Arwel VittleFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
Imperialism: A Study by J a Hobson 9781596052505
RRP: £24.99£21.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596052505Author J A HobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *... -
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... -
Supermarine Southampton: The Flying Boat that Made R.J. Mitchell by Jo Hillman 9781526784940
RRP: £25.00£17.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-95 by Joe Sacco
RRP: £18.99£14.72In late 1995 and early 1996, cartoonist/reporter Joe Sacco travelled four times to Gorazde, a UN-designated safe area during the Bosnian War, which had teetered on the brink of obliteration for three and a half years. Still surrounded by Bosnian Serb... -
Stalin: The Georgian student priest who became one of the 20th century's most notorious mass murderers by Claire Shaw
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911187899Author Claire ShawFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint CONNELL PUBLISHING LTDPublisher CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD -
The Poisonous Solicitor: The True Story of a 1920s Murder Mystery by Stephen Bates
RRP: £18.99£12.48SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION'METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED ... A GLORIOUSLY ENGAGING ROMP' JANICE HALLETT, THE SUNDAY TIMES'IMMERSIVE AND COMPELLING' DAVID KYNASTON'A PAGE-TURNER' ROBERT LACEY'CAREFUL AND COMPELLING' KATE MORGAN'YOU... -
A Little Gay History of Wales by Daryl Leeworthy
RRP: £11.99£9.00A Little Gay History of Wales tells the compelling story of Welsh LGBT life from the Middle Ages to the present day. Drawing on a rich array of archival sources from across Britain, together with oral testimony and material culture, this pioneering study... -
The Blitz: The British Under Attack by Juliet Gardiner
RRP: £12.99£8.48From the author of 'Wartime' comes an outstanding history of the most sustained onslaught ever endured by Britain's civilian population - the Blitz. September 1940 marked the beginning of Nazi Germany's aerial attack on civilian Britain... -
The Boy from Boskovice: A Father's Secret Life by Vicky Unwin
RRP: £25.00£16.79Vicky Unwin had always known her father - an erstwhile intelligence officer and respected United Nations diplomat - was Czech, but it was not until a stranger turned up on her doorstep that she discovered he was also Jewish.So began a quest to discover... -
The Scent of Empires: Chanel No. 5 and Red Moscow Karl Schloegel (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt) 9781509554928
RRP: £12.99£8.60Can a drop of perfume tell the story of the twentieth century? Can a smell bear the traces of history? What can we learn about the history of the twentieth century by examining the fate of perfumes? In this remarkable book, Karl Schloegel unravels the... -
Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness by Craig Nelson 9781474605656
RRP: £12.99£6.52On 7 December 1941, an armada of 354 Japanese warplanes launched a surprise attack on the United States, killing 2,403 people and forcing America's entry into the Second World War. With vivid prose and astonishing detail, Craig Nelson combines thrilling...