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Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory by Keggie Carew
RRP: €13.08€9.25Discover a daughter's journey into her father's past in this Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the 2016 Costa Biography Award.Keggie Carew grew up under the spell of an unorthodox, enigmatic father. An undercover guerrilla agent during the Second... -
Retribution: The Soviet Reconquest of Central Ukraine, 1943 by Prit Buttar
RRP: €20.22€15.09Making use of the extensive memoirs of German and Russian soldiers to bring this story to life, Retribution follows on from On A Knife's Edge, which described the encirclement and destruction of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad and the offensives and... -
The Fire of the Dragon: China’s New Cold War by Ian Williams 9781780278759
RRP: €15.46€10.19Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2023 As seen in The Times, Sunday Times, Spectator, and on Tonight with Andrew Marr (LBC) Under President Xi Jinping, China's global ambitions have taken a dangerous new turn. Bullying and intimidation have replaced... -
Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot by Helmut Mahlke 9781526760784
RRP: €20.22€15.09After recounting his early days as a naval cadet, including a voyage to the Far East aboard the cruiser _K ln_, and as the navigator/observer of the floatplane carried by the pocket battleship _Admiral Scheer_ during the Spanish Civil War, the author... -
When I Come Home Again: A beautiful and heartbreaking WWI novel, based on true events by Caroline Scott
RRP: €10.70€6.93'A page-turning literary gem' THE TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF 2020 From the highly acclaimed author of The Photographer of the Lost, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick, comes a beautiful and compelling story based on true events, perfect for fans of Maggie O'Farrell... -
Panzers in the Defence of Festung Posen 1945 by Maciej Karalus
RRP: €20.17€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390168Author Maciej KaralusFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Sisters in Resistance: how a German spy, a banker's wife, and Mussolini's daughter outwitted the Nazis by Tilar J. Mazzeo
RRP: €23.80€16.49The extraordinary true story of the unlikely friendship between three women - Mussolini's daughter, a German spy, and an American socialite - who conspired to assist the Allies. In 1943, Edda Mussolini, daughter of the fascist dictator, gave her father... -
Torn Apart: Fifty Years of the Troubles, 1969-2019 by Ken Wharton
RRP: €20.22€15.87In the early twentieth century there was a war brewing on Britain's doorstep. Northern Ireland was filled with discrimination and suspicion, a sense of foreboding that would soon erupt into full-blown rioting. As the fiftieth anniversary of the Troubles... -
The Ration Book Diet by Mike Brown
RRP: €20.22€15.40In 1939, Britain was preparing for war. As well as building aeroplanes and digging Anderson shelters, this meant managing food supplies for the home front.The Ministry of Food rose to the challenge, introducing rationing, encouraging the nation to dig... -
The Flame of Resistance: American Beauty. French Hero. British Spy. by Damien Lewis
RRP: €13.08€7.70'I have always been fascinated by that charismatic hero of the Resistance, Josephine Baker, but it turns out I didn't know the half of it. Lewis' story-telling blew my mind. Again.' - Dan Snow'A story of incredible bravery in the face of tyrants who... -
Harpoon Missile vs Surface Ships: US Navy, Libya and Iran 1986–88 by Lon Nordeen 9781472859204
RRP: €19.03€13.82An illustrated study of premier US anti-ship missile, the AGM/RGM-84 Harpoon, and its 1986 and '88 uses against Libyan and Iranian naval vessels. In this study, defence technology expert Lon Nordeen details the role played by the Harpoon missile in... -
Riding in the Zone Rouge: The Tour of the Battlefields 1919 - Cycling's Toughest-Ever Stage Race by Tom Isitt
RRP: €13.08€8.81'An evocatively thoughtful wider history of the race, the war and the peace' GUARDIAN'Occasionally funny and regularly poignant, brilliantly focused in its research . . . His drive, wit and curiosity inform Zone Rouge . . . gently profound and genuinely... -
Spitfire Ace: My Life as a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot by Gordon Olive
RRP: €15.46€10.09Pitched into the maelstrom of air fighting in the summer of 1940, twenty-four-year-old Gordon Olive barely lived to tell this extraordinary tale of courage and endurance. As Britain fought alone for its survival, 'the Few' of RAF Fighter Command took to... -
Colonel Paddy: The Man Who Dared by Patrick Marrinan
RRP: €11.89€10.42This, the original biography of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne, DSO (3 Bars), Legion d Honneur, Croix De Guerre and Colonel Paddy to his contemporaries, is a lively account of his life and wartime exploits with the SAS. The classic story of... -
Kersten's Lists: A Saviour in the Depths of Hell by François Kersaudy 9781914495748
RRP: €29.75€19.49It dawned on me that I was henceforth under his thumb. The vagaries of war had chained me to the man who, apart from Hitler, was considered to be the most powerful and the most dangerous of them all ...Oskar Schindler is well known for having saved a... -
Hitler's Greatest Defeat: The German Collapse, 1944 by Paul Adair 9781804361542
RRP: €13.08€8.33How the Nazis lost the war1944 was a year of trial for the German Army. While the Allies were preparing to invade the Third Reich from the west, Stalin was set on a massive offensive to liberate the last remaining areas of Soviet territory still held by... -
With the Jocks: A Soldier's Struggle for Europe 1944-45 by Peter White
RRP: €22.60€17.52'The book is remarkable .... one of the most striking personal records of the period.' - Max HastingsAs a 24-year-old lieutenant in the King's Own Scottish Borderers, Peter kept an unauthorised journal of his regiment's advance through the Low Countries... -
Abducting a General: The Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete by Patrick Leigh Fermor
RRP: €13.08€8.81A daring behind-enemy-lines mission from the author of A Time of Gifts and The Broken Road, who was once described by the BBC as 'a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene'. Although a story often told, this is the first time Patrick... -
Czechoslovak Armies 1939–45 by Nigel Thomas 9781472856852
RRP: €15.46€10.82Featuring rare photos, detailed colour illustrations and insignia tables, this study explores the contribution made by Czech and Slovak troops fighting alongside Allied forces during World War II. Following the Anglo-French failure at the Munich... -
Burning Steel: A Tank Regiment at War, 1939-45 by Peter Hart
RRP: €29.75€21.44This is the story of a tank regiment: the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in the Second World War. Raw and visceral personal recollections from the men themselves recall some of the most dramatic and horrific scenes imaginable - the sheer nerve-wracking... -
Yorkshire Steam 1948-1968 by Peter Tuffrey 9781912101252
RRP: €23.79€17.47Yorkshire Steam mainly takes a look at the 1948-1967 period when steam traction came to an end on the mainline railways. Over 250 superb colour and black and white images evoke a bygone era across the county. A number of the major cities and towns are... -
Rocks in the Clouds: High-ground Aircraft Crashes of South Wales by Edward Doylerush
RRP: €14.27€11.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857802818Author Edward DoylerushFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Midland PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
In the Firing Line: Story of Sheffield at War 1939 to 1945 by Margaret Drinkall
RRP: €23.79€17.47This is a unique account of the impact that the Second World War had on the city of Sheffield. Soon after the declaration of war, the government and the people of Sheffield realised that the Germans would make the city one of their prime targets, due to... -
Grimsby in the Great War by Stephen Wade 9781473834262
RRP: €23.74€8.46Grimsby in the Great War is a detailed account of how the experience of war impacted on the seaside town of Grimsby from the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, to the long-awaited peace of 1918. Grimsby and Cleethorpes were among the most vulnerable and... -
Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert Matzen 9781913406554
RRP: €10.70€7.6825 years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars. Several biographies have chronicled her stardom, but none has covered her intense experiences through five years of Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. ... -
To End All Wars: How the First World War Divided Britain by Adam Hochschild
RRP: €22.60€3.95In this brilliant new work of history, Adam Hochschild follows a group of characters connected by blood ties, close friendships or personal enmities and shows how the war exposed the divisions between them. They include the brother and sister whose views... -
The Merlin: The Engine That Won the Second World War by Gordon A. A. Wilson
RRP: €13.08€8.63The Rolls-Royce Merlin is the most recognisable aero engine in the world. It powered the Battle of Britain aircraft, the Spitfire and Hurricane, as they defended the shores of Britain against the Luftwaffe, foiling Hitler's plans to invade in summer 1940... -
'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy': On Where Eagles Dare by Geoff Dyer
RRP: €9.51€6.89A Telegraph, Evening Standard and Daily Mail Book of the YearFrom the acclaimed writer and critic Geoff Dyer, an extremely funny scene-by-scene analysis of Where Eagles Dare - published as the film reaches its 50th anniversaryA thrilling Alpine adventure... -
The Napoleonic Wars by Richard Holmes
RRP: €9.51€6.66This outstandingly vivid and accessible book, written by one of Britain's leading historians, provides the essential overview of Napoleon's career. Beginning in revolutionary France with a brilliant young Lieutenant who still styled himself Napoleone di... -
The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
RRP: €14.27€10.03'The greatest historian that ever lived' Such was Macaulay's verdict on Thucydides (c. 460-400 BC) and his history of the Peloponnesian War, the momentous struggle between Athens and Sparta as rival powers and political systems that lasted for... -
Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Carriers, 1921-45 by Mark Stille
€11.65The Imperial Japanese Navy was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world's first built-from-the-keel-up carrier, the 'Hosho'. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, it experimented with its carriers, perfecting their design and construction. As... -
The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War by Doug Stanton
RRP: €22.60€13.20SELECTED BY MILITARY TIMES AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * SELECTED BY THE SOCIETY OF MIDLAND AUTHORS' AS THE BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR The New York Times bestselling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers shares the powerful account of an... -
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Roberts
RRP: €22.60€16.20From the author of Masters and Commanders, Andrew Roberts' The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War has been hailed as the finest single-volume account of this epic conflict. The Second World War lasted for 2,174 days and claimed the... -
The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader by Michael Moore 9780743272926
RRP: €22.60€21.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743272926Author Michael MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 537gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture by Joshua Levine
RRP: €10.70€3.22THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE EPIC TRUE STORY OF DUNKIRK - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN AND STARRING KENNETH BRANAGH, TOM HARDY AND MARK RYLANCE. ... -
The Stasi Game: The sensational Cold War crime thriller by David Young
RRP: €9.51€6.66The Stasi and MI6 clash in this gripping Cold War crime thriller, from the award-winning author of Stasi Child.______________________Dresden, East Germany, 1980 - A man's body is found buried in concrete at a building site in the new town district. When... -
Spying on the Reich: The Cold War Against Hitler by Roger Howard 9780192862990
RRP: €37.47€26.11Exactly a century ago, intelligence agencies across Europe first became aware of a fanatical German nationalist whose political party was rapidly gathering momentum. His name was Adolf Hitler. From 1933, these spy services watched with growing alarm... -
Raid 42 by Graham Hurley
RRP: €10.70€8.41'Historical fiction of a high order' The Times Spring, 1941. The war in the West is as good as won. Nation after nation has fallen before the Reich's armies. Only Britain endures, her cities under nightly bombardment from the Luftwaffe. Berlin would... -
The White Rabbit by Bruce Marshall
RRP: €11.89€8.09The harrowing, and inspiring, story of the capture of one of Britain's top SOE agents in World War Two, his refusal to crack under the most horrific torture, and his final imprisonment in a concentration camp.'The White Rabbit' was the code name of Wing... -
Forgotten Voices of D-Day: A Powerful New History of the Normandy Landings in the Words of Those Who Were There by Roderick Bailey
RRP: €17.84€13.036 June 1944: the day Allied forces crossed the Channel and began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. Initiated by airborne units and covered by air and naval bombardment, the Normandy landings were the most ambitious combined airborne...