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Carrier Glorious: The Life and Death of an Aircraft Carrier by John Winton 9781800554177
RRP: $29.23$26.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800554177Author John WintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 22mm -
Dari-English / English-Dari Dictionary & Phrasebook by Nicholas Awde
RRP: $21.43$16.61Compiled by a linguist specializing in the region, this two-way pocket dictionary and phrasebook offers a map of Afghanistan; information useful for relief workers, business people, and other intrepid travelers; and a concise grammar, pronunciation... -
The Traitor of Colditz by Robert Verkaik
RRP: $39.00$23.50'A vastly entertaining tale, bursting with astonishing stories and extraordinary characters ... A fascinating read' Sunday Telegraph'Brilliant ... An amazing story, one I hadn't heard too much about' Dan SnowIT IS THE DEPTHS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.The... -
Survivor on the River Kwai: The Incredible Story of Life on the Burma Railway by Reg Twigg
RRP: $19.48$14.27Survivor on the River Kwai is the heartbreaking story of one of the last survivors of the Burma Railway. February 1942. A young British soldier is caught up in the worst defeat in the history of the British Army, the fall of Singapore. Reg Twigg... -
Fighting to Lose: How the German Secret Intelligence Service Helped the Allies Win the Second World War by John Bryden
RRP: $35.08$24.77Startling new revelations about collaboration between the Allies and the German Secret Service. Based on extensive primary source research, John Bryden's Fighting to Lose presents compelling evidence that the German intelligence service - the Abwehr -... -
Arabella Boxer's Book of English Food: A Rediscovery of British Food From Before the War by Arabella Boxer
RRP: $31.18$22.64A Book of English Food is an elegant compendium of brilliant recipes adapted from the cookery books of the 1920s and 1930s by Arabella Boxer, with beautiful new illustrations by Cressida Bell.Arabella Boxer's Book of English Food describes the delicious... -
Modern British Beer by Matthew Curtis 9781852493707
RRP: $31.18$21.57Modern British Beer aims to highlight the cultural development of beer in the United Kingdom since the turn of the century. The first-person narrative will be told through the stories of approximately 80 different beers and the brewers who made them, and... -
A Special Duty: A Crew's Secret War With 148 (SD) Squadron by Jennifer Elkin 9780993336072
RRP: $23.89$19.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993336072Author Jennifer ElkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Mention the War PublicationsPublisher Aviation Books Ltd.Weight(grams)... -
Frank Pantridge MC: Japanese Prisoner of War and Inventor of the Portable Defibrillator Cecil Lowry 9781399002929
RRP: $29.23$21.35Countless thousands of men and women around the world have good reason to be thankful that Frank Pantridge survived three and a half years of brutal Japanese captivity. Had he not, they too would in all probability have died too. Taken prisoner at the... -
The Call-Up Tom Hickman 9780755312412
RRP: $21.43$14.84From 1947 to 1963 some 2.3 million men were conscripted to do national service. For some it was to prove the most exciting and terrifying time of their lives, as many were sent to the Korean War or to countries such as Palestine and Kenya where the... -
Operation Market-Garden 1944 2: The British Airborne Missions by Ken Ford
RRP: $33.13$25.66With Germany being pushed back across Europe the Allied forces looked to press their advantage with Operation Market-Garden, a massive airborne assault that, if successful, could have shortened the war in the west considerably. The ground advance... -
Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy by Joseph Balkoski
RRP: $37.03$28.35Expanded edition with a new chapter on the final battles of the Normandy campaign. By 1945, the US Army had sixty-eight infantry divisions, forty-two of which fought in the great campaign in northwest Europe that began with the amphibious landings on... -
Siege of Budapest 1944-45: The Brutal Battle for the Pearl of the Danube by Balazs Mihalyi
RRP: $31.18$24.30A gripping and detailed study of the brutal urban battle for Budapest, which saw German and Hungarian troops struggling to halt the joint Soviet-Romanian offensive to take the key city on the Danube. The 52-day-long siege of Budapest witnessed some of... -
Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt 9780143039884
RRP: $35.10$21.68'A profound and documented analysis ... Bound to stir our minds and trouble our consciences' Chicago TribuneHannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi SS leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in... -
The Eastern Front 1914-1917 by Norman Stone
RRP: $25.33$18.21A groundbreaking historical study, Norman Stone's The Eastern Front 1914-1917 was the very first authoritative account of the Russian Front in the First World War to be published in the West. In this now-classic history he dispels the myths surrounding... -
The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Centre of WWII's Greatest Battle Iain MacGregor 9781472135216
RRP: $48.75$33.21'Stunning. History at its very best: a blend of impeccably researched scholarship, genuinely revelatory primary sources, and a beautifully written narrative' - James Holland'The sheer brutal intimacy of his descriptions of the fighting are extraordinary'... -
Battle of Britain Voices: 37 Fighter Pilots Tell Their Extraordinary Stories by Jonathan Reeve
RRP: $39.00$27.20July 1940, and Britain is the only European country which hasn't caved in to Hitler's Third Reich. Hitler's stated aim was to 'eliminate the English home country as a base for the continuation of the war against Germany'. A Nazi invasion of Britain was... -
Britain'S Secret Defences: Civilian Saboteurs, Spies and Assassins in the Second World War by Andrew Chatterton
$46.92The narrative surrounding Britain's anti-invasion forces has often centred on 'Dad's Army'-like characters running around with pitchforks, on unpreparedness and sense of inevitability of invasion and defeat. The truth, however, is very different... -
Tonight We Die As Men: The untold story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Tocchoa to D-Day Ian Gardner 9781849084369
RRP: $25.33$17.92The exploits of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment have long been overshadowed by those of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion. Yet the actions of the 3rd Battalion during the D-Day landings were every bit as incredible. This is the astounding... -
The Windfall Battleships: Agincourt, Canada, Erin, Eagle and the Latin-American & Balkan Arms Races Aidan Dodson 9781399063227
RRP: $48.75$34.91Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Guy Gibson and his Dambuster Crew by Charles Foster
RRP: $39.00$29.33The Dams Raid is the RAF's most famous bombing operation of the Second World War, and Guy Gibson, who was in command, its most famous bomber pilot. Of the six men who made up his crew on the Dams Raid - two Canadians, an Australian and three Englishmen -... -
Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives by Peter Caddick-Adams
RRP: $29.23$21.66Two men came to personify British and German generalship in the Second World War: Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel. They fought a series of extraordinary duels across several theatres of war which established them as two of the greatest captains of... -
Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941-44 by Mark Mazower
RRP: $33.13$28.49This gripping and richly illustrated account of wartime Greece explores the impact of the Nazi Occupation upon the lives and values of ordinary people. The first full account of the experience of occupation, it offers a vividly human picture of... -
Culloden: Great Battles by Murray Pittock 9780199664078
RRP: $43.86$32.70The battle of Culloden lasted less than an hour. The forces involved on both sides were small, even by the standards of the day. And it is arguable that the ultimate fate of the 1745 Jacobite uprising had in fact been sealed ever since the Jacobite... -
Anatomy of Zulu Army: From Shaka to Cetshwayo, 1818-1879 by Ian Knight 9781848329102
$39.99Forces of the independent Zulu kingdom inflicted a crushing defeat on British imperial forces at Isandlwana in January 1879. The Zulu Army was not, however, a professional force, unlike its British counterpart, but was the mobilized manpower of the Zulu... -
Bolt Action: Armies of the Soviet Union by Warlord Games
RRP: $48.75$36.50This book provides Bolt Action players with all of the information they need to field the military forces of the Soviet Union. From the bitter urban warfare of Stalingrad, through the Winter War against Finland and the final drive to Berlin, the detailed... -
Tomorrow Perhaps the Future: Writers, Rebels and the Spanish Civil War by Sarah Watling 9781529920772
RRP: $25.33$18.21In our age of political divisions, this portrait of the women outsiders who took part in the Spanish Civil War asks questions of solidarity and resistance.'Glorious... so beautifully rendered, so powerful'ANNA FUNDER, author of WifedomIn the 1930s, women... -
Operation Pedestal 1942: The Battle for Malta’s Lifeline by Angus Konstam 9781472855671
RRP: $33.13$26.05A fascinating story of a key turning point in the War in the Mediterranean, as the island of Malta was thrown a vital lifeline. Since 1940, the island of Malta had been a thorn in the Axis' side. It sat astride the direct sea route between Italy and... -
1941: Politics, Espionage and the Secret Pact between Churchill and Roosevelt by Marc Wortman
RRP: $21.43$14.70Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, America had long been involved in a shadow war. Throughout 1941, President Roosevelt concocted ingenious ways to come to Winston Churchill's aid, without breaking the Neutrality Acts. Conducting espionage at home and... -
The Waffen SS at Arnhem: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Baxter, Ian 9781399012942
RRP: $29.23$21.66The 1944 Arnhem airborne operation, immortalized by the film A Bridge Too Far, will forever be remembered as a great British feat of arms. British and Polish paratroopers displayed outstanding courage and tenacity in a desperate last stand situation. And... -
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine: Correspondence of War, Politics, Family and Love 1796-1814 by Henry Foljambe Hall 9780857060617
$24.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857060617Author Henry Foljambe HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *... -
Survival at Stalag IVB: Soldiers and Airmen Remember Germany's Largest POW Camp of World War II by Tony Vercoe 9780786424047
RRP: $42.88$35.04In addition to concentration camps, World War II Germany was also home to 54 prisoner-of-war camps, the largest of which was Stalag IVB. Throughout the 5-1/2 years of its existence, Stalag IVB supported numerous satellite camps, eventually housing... -
The Last Rose of Shanghai: A Novel by Weina Dai Randel
RRP: $17.53$12.32In Japanese-occupied Shanghai, two people from different cultures are drawn together by fate and the freedom of music... 1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a... -
Hitler's Winter: The German Battle of the Bulge by Anthony Tucker-Jones
RRP: $39.00$28.65'What a brilliant book this is... a terrific narrative of Hitler's Ardennes offensive of December 1944 - superb storytelling that achieves a skilful balance between drama and detail.' - James Holland The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German... -
Total War: A People's History of the Second World War by Paul Cornish
RRP: $68.25$49.32Total War is an illustrated account of the most pivotal historical episode of the 20th century: the Second World War. It was not one single event, but rather the confluence of many simultaneous conflicts across the globe - on land, in the air, across the... -
Pilgrimage to the Western Front: By the Men Who Went Back to the Old Frontline by Mike Hill 9781781559130
RRP: $58.50$42.30In the years after the First World War, thousands of men who had fought on the battlefields were drawn back to the Western Front. For the former soldier, these journeys of remembrance offered a chance to pay homage to their past and to see what peace... -
Resistance and Liberation: France at War, 1942-1945 by Douglas Porch 9781009161145
RRP: $68.25$46.88In Resistance and Liberation, Douglas Porch continues his epic history of France at war. Emerging from the debacle of 1940, France faced the quandary of how to rebuild military power, protect the empire, and resuscitate its global influence. While... -
All-in Fighting by W.E. Fairbairn 9781847348531
$29.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847348531Author W.E. FairbairnFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Naval & Military Press LtdPublisher Naval & Military Press LtdWeight(grams)... -
World War II Illustrated Atlas by David Jordan 9781838863531
RRP: $48.73$35.20World War II was the greatest conflict in the history of mankind. It penetrated into every corner of the globe, from the Arctic to the Pacific Oceans. Immense armed forces engaged one another in battle in every type of environment, from the desert sands... -
Company Commander by Russell Lewis
RRP: $37.03$26.95In 2008 Major Russell Lewis commanded a company of two hundred soldiers from the British Army's legendary Parachute Regiment on a six-month tour in the most dangerous part of Afghanistan.Company Commander is his story, a riveting first-person account of...