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Operation Big: The Race to Stop Hitler's A-Bomb by Colin Brown
Booksplease Price: $21.88'We ourselves were almost awestruck, not so much at the power of the Bomb, for this we had expected, but because the Americans had used it with so little notice.' R. V. Jones, head of wartime British... -
A Short History of Indonesia: The Unlikely Nation? by Colin Brown 9781865088389
RRP: $41.53Booksplease Price: $22.06This succinct work of history charts the growth of Indonesia, a remarkable nation of more than 6,000 inhabited islands. With lucid originality, the text incorporates more than 2 million years of... -
Whitehall: The Street that Shaped a Nation by Colin Brown 9781847390899 [USED COPY]
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $3.83No other street in Britain contains more landmarks to our island's history than Whitehall. Here, Colin Brown takes us behind its closed doors. We visit what was the most notorious address in London... -
Operation Big: The Race to Stop Hitler's A-Bomb by Colin Brown 9781445682853
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.70A professor of architecture at Cambridge University, Marcial Echenique, recently became curious when he found wiring concealed under the floorboards of his country mansion, Farm Hall in... -
'The Scum of the Earth': What Happened to the Real British Heroes of Waterloo? by Colin Brown
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.28The Scum of the Earth explores the common soldiers the Duke of Wellington angrily condemned as 'scum' for their looting at Vitoria, from their great victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in... -
Lady M: The Life and Loves of Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne 1751-1818 by Colin Brown
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.70At a time of emerging women leaders, the life of Elizabeth Milbanke, Viscountess Melbourne, the shrewdest political hostess of the Georgian period, is particularly intriguing. It was Byron who called... -
The Armistice Day Killing: The Death of Tommy Ball and the Life of the Man Who Shot Him by Colin Brown
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $21.67This is the dramatic story of the death of the only English professional footballer deemed by law to have been murdered. A key member of Aston Villa's 1923 all-star team, Tommy Ball rose from the... -
Glory and B*llocks: The Truth Behind Ten Defining Events in British History - And the Half-truths, Lies, Mistakes and What We Really Just Don't Know About Brexit by Colin Brown
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.54Did the longbow secure victory at Agincourt or are the English just better in mud? Did Queen Elizabeth I know the Armada had capitulated when she delivered one of the most inspiring speeches in all... -
The Revolving City: 51 Poems and the Stories Behind Them by Wayde Compton 9781772140323
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $12.66Finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award The Revolving City: 51 Poems and the Stories Behind Them is a vibrant and diverse collection from a who's who of the west coast poetry scene. The poems... -
Four Views on the Role of Works at the Final Judgment by Robert N. Wilkin 9780310490333
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $12.97Through a discussion of Biblical texts, this book presents four perspectives on the role of works at the final judgment.The final judgment is the last and final act before God dwells with his people...