Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War by Hal Vaughan
RRP: £19.00£11.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307475916Author Hal VaughanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away. by Pelt,,Robert,Jan Van
RRP: £31.99£22.21This book tells a story to shake the conscience of the world. It is the catalogue of the first-ever traveling exhibition about the Auschwitz concentration camp, where 1.1 million people-mostly Jews, but also non-Jewish Poles, Roma, and others-lost... -
Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble by Antony Beevor
RRP: £12.99£9.09From the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day comes the story of the German's ill-fated final stand.'Rich in detail and drama. Enthralling' Mail on Sunday ______________On 16 December, 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the... -
Fighting Fox Company: The Battling Flank of the Band of Brothers by Bill Brown 9781612007113
RRP: £14.99£10.95Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division has become one of the most famous small units in U.S. history, thanks to Stephen Ambrose's superb book Band of Brothers, followed by portrayals in film. However, to date... -
The Hundred Years War Vol 5: Triumph and Illusion by Jonathan Sumption 9780571274574
RRP: £40.00£27.68'Sumption is that rare and precious thing: a serious, decent, honest thinker . . . and one of our finest historians.' Dan Jones, Sunday Times'Gripping and eminently readable . . . a compelling justification for the enduring value of historical narrative... -
The Facemaker: One Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I by Lindsey Fitzharris
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERBest Books of the Year, GuardianThe poignant story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgeryFrom the moment the... -
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
RRP: £10.99£7.25THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people ... Larson tells the story of how that feat was accomplished ..... -
Rorke's Drift 1879: 'Pinned like rats in a hole' by Ian Knight
RRP: £16.99£14.10Rorke's Drift sums up some of the best traditions of the British self-image: steadfastness against the odds, victory in adversity and the thin red line. The British stand deserves to go down in history as one of the most heroic actions of all time. The... -
Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 by Antony Beevor
RRP: £30.00£14.66'The book is a masterpiece' The Spectator'A gripping narrative history of one of the most complex episodes in modern Russian history' Sunday Times'Antony Beevor's Russia is a masterpiece of history' Daily TelegraphBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastating... -
Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Crazy Adventure in a Crazy War *SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOVIE* by John Donohue
RRP: £12.99£6.45*** 'You will laugh and cry, but you will not be sorry that you read this rollicking story.' - Malachy McCourt 'An unforgettable wild right from start to finish.' - John Bruning, New York Times bestselling author of Indestructible 'Donohue's... -
Battles Map by Map by DK
RRP: £30.00£19.91Explore the world's most famous battles by their geography as you uncover the most ancient, medieval and modern combats in history.If you're interested in finding out more about the biggest battles fought throughout the ages, then this war book is... -
Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin’s War Against Ukraine by Owen Matthews 9780008562786
RRP: £10.99£7.25Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 *A Telegraph Book of the Year* A Times Best Book of Summer 2023 *Shortlisted for the... -
November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War by Peter Englund 9781847924803
RRP: £25.00£18.02**A Telegraph Best History Book of 2023*'An astonishing achievement' ANTONY BEEVORAn intimate history of the most important month of the Second World War as experienced by those who lived through it, completely based on their diaries, letters and memoirs... -
The Second World War by Antony Beevor
RRP: £16.99£11.94A magisterial, single-volume history of the greatest conflict the world has ever known by our foremost military historian.The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria and ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion... -
Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next by John Nichol
RRP: £12.99£8.48(Previously published as 'After the Flood') Former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Nichol sets out on a personal journey to discover what happened to 617 Squadron after the flood. RAF 617 Squadron's destruction of... -
Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley A. McChrystal
RRP: £10.99£7.77What if you could combine the agility, adaptability, and cohesion of a small team with the power and resources of a giant organization?When General Stanley McChrystal took command of the Joint Special Operations Task Force in Iraq in 2003, he quickly... -
SAS Shadow Raiders: The Ultra-Secret Mission that Changed the Course of WWII by Damien Lewis
RRP: £11.99£8.00The incredible story of the radar wars - Britain's most secret battleIn the winter of 1941 an alien-seeming object was captured in a death-defying dash by an RAF reconnaissance pilot flying a lone unarmed Spitfire across the French coast. Balanced upon... -
Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II by Ben Macintyre
RRP: £10.99£7.12**Now a major film, starring Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilson, Johnny Flynn and Jason Isaacs** A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB SELECTION A SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER 'Astonishing ... Sheds riveting new light on this... -
I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish
RRP: £12.99£9.09Heart-breaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is a Palestinian doctor's inspiring account of his extraordinary life, growing up in poverty but determined to treat his patients in Gaza and Israel regardless of their ethnic origin. A London... -
Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni 9781787334649
RRP: £16.99£12.28A lost classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first time - from journalist, poet and survivor Jozsef Debreczeni'A literary diamond... A holocaust memoir worthy of Primo Levi' THE TIMES'A masterpiece' NEW STATESMANWhen Jozsef Debreczeni... -
SAS South Georgia Boating Club: An SAS Trooper's Memoir and Falklands War Diary by Shaw, Tony 9781399087766
RRP: £25.00£18.02Many aspire to serve with the Special Air Service, arguably the world's most prestigious regiment, but few achieve their aim. In this inspiring memoir the author describes how he left school without any qualifications and embarked on a 30 year career... -
The Rescue: The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban by Andy McNab 9781802796858
RRP: £20.00£11.65The thrilling retelling of a real-life hostage rescue mission, by SAS hero and million-selling author, Andy McNab.It is 2012 and in Northern Afghanistan, an international crisis has erupted.A group of aid workers have been kidnapped by local insurgents... -
Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War by Al Murray 9781472284631
RRP: £10.99£7.40Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run parallel with his comedy and was brought to the fore with several acclaimed and award-winning television shows and the recent huge success of his podcast We... -
Berlin: The Downfall: 1945 by Antony Beevor
RRP: £12.99£9.09THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ON THE LAST DAYS OF THE THIRD REICH'Recounts, in harrowing detail and with formidable skill, the brutal death-throes of Hitler's Reich at the hands of the rampaging Red Army' Boyd Tonkin, Independent'An irresistibly compelling... -
Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk by Robert Kershaw 9781472854391
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Kershaw's book is a welcome rebalancing; a thoughtful, well-researched and well-written contribution to a narrative that has long been too one-sided and too mired in national mythology.' - The Times The British evacuation from the beaches of the... -
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Dov Waxman
RRP: £10.99£7.77No conflict in the world has lasted as long, generated as many news headlines, or incited as much controversy as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet, despite, or perhaps because of, the degree of international attention it receives, the conflict is... -
The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I's Dream by Charles Spencer
RRP: £10.99£6.52THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this' BILL BRYSON 'A brilliant read ... Game of Thrones but in the real world' ANTHONY HOROWITZ ... -
Escape or Die: True stories of heroic escape in the Second World War by Paul Brickhill
RRP: £9.99£4.11Extraordinary times. Extraordinary courage.Here, from the bestselling author of The Great Escape, are eight true and startling escape stories from the Second World War.The heroism of the servicemen who dared to defy their captors in this volume is... -
Sniper One: 'The Best I've Ever Read' - Andy McNab by Dan Mills
RRP: £10.99£7.77Sniper One is the gritty, awe-inspiring true story that takes you right into the heart of the Iraq war from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Sgt. Dan Mills. 'One of the best first-hand accounts of combat that I've ever read' Andy McNab We all saw it at once... -
The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram: A compelling story of courage and endurance in the Second World War by David M. Guss
RRP: £9.99£7.27A genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram by David M. Guss is a riveting account of the wartime exploits of the Scotsman. It is a tale of courage in the face of extraordinary odds and a testament to one man's dogged... -
Goose Green: The decisive battle of the Falklands War - by the British troops who fought it by Nigel Ely
RRP: £9.99£6.65*As featured in the landmark BBC2 documentary Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story*Published to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Falklands war'There was a time when we did extraordinary things.' On 28 May 1982, 450 men of the 2nd Battalion, the... -
My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: The Cold War, c1945-1991 by Melanie Vance
RRP: £12.50£11.84Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare by Thomas Rid
RRP: £14.99£10.95We live in an age of subterfuge. Spy agencies pour vast resources into hacking, leaking, and forging data, often with the goal of weakening the very foundation of liberal democracy: trust in facts. Thomas Rid, a renowned expert on technology and national... -
To a Dark Place: Experiences from Survivors of the Troubles by Ken Wharton
RRP: £20.00£15.44Between 1969 and 1998, over 4,000 people lost their lives in the small country of Northern Ireland. The vast majority of these deaths were sectarian in nature and involved ordinary civilians, killed by the various paramilitary groups. These organisations... -
Mission at Nuremberg: An Allied Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis by Tim Townsend
RRP: £14.99£11.35November, 1945. The war is over, Hitler is dead, and Allied Army Chaplain Henry Gerecke receives his most challenging assignment: to go to Nuremberg and minister to the twenty-one imprisoned Nazi leaders awaiting trial for crimes against humanity. ... -
We Had to Get Out of That Place: A Memoir of Redemption and Betrayal in Vietnam by Steven Grzesik 9781476690513
RRP: £14.99£12.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476690513Author Steven GrzesikFormat PaperbackPage Count 161Imprint McFarland & Co IncPublisher McFarland & Co Inc -
Life Under Fire: How to Build Inner Strength and Thrive Under Pressure by Jason Fox
RRP: £8.99£6.45THE EXTRAORDINARY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.Take control of your life, build resilience and learn to thrive in any situation with the powerful and inspiring new book from the number one bestselling author of Battle Scars.In Life Under Fire, ex-Special... -
Inside The Third Reich by Albert Speer
RRP: £16.99£11.94The classic eye-witness account of Nazi Germany, by Hitler's Armaments Minister and right-hand man.'Inside the Third Reich is not only the most significant personal German account to come out of the war but the most revealing document on the Hitler... -
The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan
RRP: £10.99£7.32'I beseech you to read this account' - Christopher HitchensA magnificent, harrowing testimony to the voiceless victims of North Korea.Kang Chol-Hwan is the first survivor of a North Korean concentration camp to escape the 'hermit kingdom' and tell his... -
Hannibal's War: Books 21-30 by Livy
RRP: £13.99£9.75'You know how to win a battle, Hannibal; you do not know how to use the victory!' Livy's great history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he fought with the Romans...