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The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire by Ryan Gingeras
RRP: £30.00£21.35'Impressive ... It is a complicated story that still reverberates, and Gingeras narrates it with lucid authority' New StatesmanThe story of the fall of the Ottoman Empire, published to coincide with the centenary of its dissolutionThe Ottoman Empire had... -
The Kuban 1943: The Wehrmacht's last stand in the Caucasus by Robert Forczyk
RRP: £16.99£12.28In the summer of 1942, the Wehrmacht invaded the Caucasus in order to overrun critical oil production facilities at Maikop, Grozny and Baku. However, the Red Army stopped the Germans short of their objectives and then launched a devastating winter... -
How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions by Francis Wheen
RRP: £11.99£8.43An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. An intellectual call to arms, Francis Wheen's Sunday Times bestseller is one of 2004's most talked about books. In 1979 two events occurred that would... -
Forgotten Sacrifice by Michael G. Walling
RRP: £12.99£9.09In 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the largest offensive operation ever undertaken. Operation Barbarossa saw defeat after defeat heaped on the Soviet army. With Russia's forces left staggering under the strain and in desperate need of supplies,... -
Behind the Mask: The Life of Vita Sackville-West by Matthew Dennison 9780007486984
RRP: £12.99£9.09Aristocrat, literary celebrity, 'Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new biography. Vita Sackville-West was a... -
National Service: A Generation in Uniform 1945-1963 by Richard Vinen
RRP: £16.99£12.28Winner of the Templer Medal and the Wolfson History PrizeSunday Times Top 10 BestsellerRichard Vinen's National Service is a serious - if often very entertaining - attempt to get to grips with the reality of that extraordinary institution, which now... -
The Double Life of Bob Dylan Vol. 1: A Restless Hungry Feeling: 1941-1966 by Clinton Heylin
RRP: £20.00£15.96'The definitive, scrupulously researched biography of a life steeped in mystery' ObserverThe definitive biography of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recording... -
P-47 Thunderbolt vs German Flak Defences: Western Europe 1943-45 by Jonathan Bernstein
RRP: £13.99£9.75Since the end of World War 2, the tactical air war over Europe has been largely overlooked by historians and authors alike in favour of analysis of the higher profile strategic bombing campaign. Involving just as many aircraft as the daylight heavy... -
Peer and the Gangster: A Very British Cover-up by ,Daniel Smith 9780750993296
RRP: £20.00£15.44In July 1964, the Sunday Mirror ran a front-page story headlined: PEER AND A GANGSTER: YARD ENQUIRY. While the article withheld the names of the subjects, the newspaper reported that the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police had ordered an... -
The Dambusters Flip Book by Imperial War Museums 9781904897323
RRP: £3.99£3.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorImperial War Museums have managed a film archive since their establishment in 1917. The constantly growing collection now extends to more than 23,000 hours of... -
The Spectre of War: International Communism and the Origins of World War II by Jonathan Haslam 9780691182650 [USED COPY]
RRP: £30.00£10.27A bold new history showing that the fear of Communism was a major factor in the outbreak of World War IIThe Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew-the roots of the Second World War-and upends our assumptions with a masterful new... -
The Spectre of War: International Communism and the Origins of World War II by Jonathan Haslam
RRP: £30.00£23.69A bold new history showing that the fear of Communism was a major factor in the outbreak of World War IIThe Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew-the roots of the Second World War-and upends our assumptions with a masterful new... -
Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain by Gabriel Moshenska 9781013292811
RRP: £32.95£29.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013292811Author Gabriel MoshenskaFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g -
The Bhutto Dynasty: The Struggle for Power in Pakistan by Owen Bennett-Jones
RRP: £11.99£10.15A major new investigation into the Bhutto family, examining their influence in Pakistan from the colonial era to the present day "Students of geopolitics and South Asia will find this a valuable book."-Kirkus Reviews "Fluently written, impeccably... -
Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's Present by Norman Davies
RRP: £19.99£14.28The image of Poland has once again been impressed on European consciousness. Norman Davies provides a key to understanding the modern Polish crisis in this lucid and authoritative description of the nation's history. Beginning with the period since 1945,... -
Lorries in Britain: The 1990s by Carl Johnson
RRP: £15.99£10.85The 1990s were a time of change as British manufacturers struggled to keep pace with the times and the invasion of imported vehicles. However, what a lot of enthusiasts consider to be classics of their time were still to be seen dutifully earning their... -
Mussolini by Richard J. B. Bosworth 9780340981733
RRP: £24.99£19.27In 1945, disguised in German greatcoat and helmet, Mussolini attempted to escape from the advancing Allied armies. Unfortunately for him, the convoy of which he was part was stopped by partisans and his features, made so familiar by Fascist propaganda,... -
Times We Had: Life with William Randolph Hearst by Marion Davies
RRP: £7.99£5.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345327390Author Marion DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint FawcettPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 172mm * 106mm *... -
Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War Hugh Bicheno 9780753821862
RRP: £12.99£8.60The controversial memoir of a top British spy which finally reveals what really went on behind the scenes of the Falklands WarFor five years before the Falklands War, Hugh Bicheno was one of the top British spies in Argentina. As such, he gathered hard,... -
Friends and Enemies: The Allies and Neutral Ireland in the Second World War by Karen Garner 9781526172037
RRP: £20.00£14.53This history of Anglo-American efforts to overturn Ireland's neutrality policy during the Second World War adds complexity to the grand narrative of the Western Alliance against the Axis Powers, exploring relatively unexamined emotional, personalised,... -
White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War 1919-20 Norman Davies 9780712606943
RRP: £18.99£13.61Surprisingly little known, the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-20 was to change the course of twentieth-century history. In White Eagle, Red Star, Norman Davies gives a full account of the War, with its dramatic climax in August 1920 when the Red Army - sure... -
The Money Power: Pawns in the Game & Empire of the City by William Guy Carr
RRP: £19.99£15.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615771219Author William Guy CarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Progressive PressPublisher Progressive PressWeight(grams) 615g -
When the Clock Struck in 1916 by Derek Molyneux
RRP: £15.99£14.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848892132Author Derek MolyneuxFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint The Collins PressPublisher The Collins PressWeight(grams) 502g -
Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets by Burkhard Bilger
RRP: £25.00£16.43A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war" Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain ... -
Nicholas II, The Last Tsar Michael Paterson 9781472136831
RRP: £10.99£7.40The character of the last Tsar, Nicholas II (1868-1918) is crucial to understanding the overthrow of tsarist Russia, the most significant event in Russian history. Nicholas became Tsar at the age of 26. Though a conscientious man who was passionate in... -
Operation Zitadelle 1943: The Greatest Tank Battle by Mark Healy
RRP: £12.99£9.62In July 1943, Hitler launched Operation Zitadelle, the last German offensive on the Eastern Front. It was an attempt to shorten the German lines by eliminating the Kursk salient and was designed to result in the encirclement of the Red Army. In reality,... -
Queen Victoria and The Romanovs: Sixty Years of Mutual Distrust by Coryne Hall
RRP: £10.99£7.25Despite their frequent visits to England, Queen Victoria never quite trusted the Romanovs. In her letters she referred to 'horrid Russia' and was adamant that she did not wish her granddaughters to marry into that barbaric country. 'Russia I could not... -
Twilight of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and Their Friends through the Great War by Mary McAuliffe 9781442276130
RRP: £18.99£14.72Mary McAuliffe's Dawn of the Belle Epoque took the reader from the multiple disasters of 1870-1871 through the extraordinary re-emergence of Paris as the cultural center of the Western world. Now, in Twilight of the Belle Epoque, McAuliffe portrays Paris... -
The Iran-Iraq War: Volume 1, the Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982 by E.R. Hooton 9781913118525
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913118525Author E.R. HootonFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Roger Casement: 16Lives by Angus Mitchell
RRP: £16.99£13.09A fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him. Roger Casement was a British consul for two decades. However, his investigation into... -
After The Victorians: The World Our Parents Knew A.N. Wilson 9780099451877
RRP: £20.99£14.94When this book begins, in the reign of Edward VII, Great Britain commands the mightiest empire the world has ever seen. By the time it ends, with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, Britain has emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power... -
Aces Falling: War Above The Trenches, 1918 by Peter Hart
RRP: £10.99£7.40How the age of the great WWI aces came to an end in the skies over the Western FrontAt the beginning of 1918 the great aces seemed invincible. Flying above the battlefields of the Western Front, they cut a deadly swathe through the ranks of their... -
Europe's Last Summer by David Fromkin
RRP: £15.99£11.61The Great War not only destroyed the lives of over twenty million soldiers and civilians, it also ushered in a century of huge political and social upheaval, led directly to the Second World War and altered for ever the mechanisms of governments. And yet... -
The Last Days of the Spanish Republic by Paul Preston 9780008163419
RRP: £12.99£9.09Told for the first time in English, Paul Preston's new book tells the story of a preventable tragedy that cost many thousands of lives and ruined tens of thousands more at the end of the Spanish Civil War. This is the... -
Oman: Politics and Society in the Qaboos State by Marc Valeri
RRP: £22.00£19.52Based on years of firsthand research, Marc Valeri treats the political career of Sultan Qaboos as a case study of the social and political mechanisms that perpetuate authoritarianism in post-colonial states. He examines the way in which Sultan Qaboos... -
Bradford Trolleybuses: The Later Years and Closure by Stuart Emmett
RRP: £15.99£11.61This book follows on from Volume 1 and concludes the route history and development of the many interesting routes on the hills in Bradford. These are beautifully illustrated and show the ranges from sooty dark Victorian buildings to rural termini and the... -
The Wife's Tale: A Personal History by Aida Edemariam
RRP: £12.99£8.48WINNER OF THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019 AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR A CBC BOOK OF THE YEAR The extraordinary story of an indomitable 95-year-old... -
1960s Childhood: Moon Landings, The Kinks and the 1966 World Cup by Derek Tait
RRP: £9.99£6.64The 1960s was a period of change - the beginning of the world as we know it. It was the time of Beatlemania, the Apollo moon landings and Doctor Who, which had every small child hiding behind the sofa. Crazy fashions abounded, with bell-bottomed... -
Weapons by Chris McNab 9781782746928
RRP: £29.99£21.52From the American Civil War and the introduction of the metal cartridge in the 1860s up to the present day, The Encyclopedia of Weapons is an accessible reference guide to the most important small arms, armoured vehicles, aircraft and ships from all... -
British Society Since 1945: The Penguin Social History of Britain by Arthur Marwick
RRP: £14.99£10.95High and popular culture; family, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions; science and technology - the diversity of social developments in Britain from 1945 to 2002 are thoroughly explored in this new edition of...