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A City Through Time by Steve Noon
RRP: $24.11Booksplease Price: $19.34Follow the story of a city from an ancient colony to a vast modern metropolis through stunning full-color illustrations.A City Through Time will transport you back to another age, as the... -
A City Through Time by Steve Noon 9781409364535
Booksplease Price: $9.33Follow the story of a city from an ancient colony to a vast modern metropolis through stunning full-colour illustrations.A City Through Time will transport you back to another age, as the... -
A Street Through Time: A 12,000 Year Journey Along the Same Street by Steve Noon
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $14.47Have you ever wondered what your street was like thousands of years ago? This illustrated history book for children takes you on a 12,000-year journey to find out the story of a single street.Think... -
Philippi 42 BC: The death of the Roman Republic by Si Sheppard 9781846032653
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $20.81Forever immortalised by Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar", the battle of Philippi was the final battle between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian against the armies of Caesar's assassins Brutus... -
Story of the Titanic by DK
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.15The true story of the world's most famous ship is retold in this beautiful book with stunning visuals and a gripping narrative. One fateful night in 1912 the so-called Ship of Dreams turned into a... -
French Resistance Fighter: France's Secret Army by Terry Crowdy 9781846030765
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $17.63Working as an underground force, the French Resistance was initially formed spontaneously from scattered groups of the displaced and discontent. As the war progressed the Resistance developed into a... -
Thermopylae 480 BC: Last stand of the 300 by Nic Fields 9781841761800
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $20.81An authoritative re-telling of one of the greatest tales of heroism of all time and a decisive moment for the history of the world, Leonidas and the 300 Spartans' fight to the death against... -
Siegfried Line 1944-45: Battles on the German Frontier by Steven Zaloga 9781846031212
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $19.40An in-depth examination of one of the most frustrating and costly efforts by the US Army in the European Theater of Operations.The Allies first encountered the Siegfried Line (Westwall)... -
American Civil War Amphibious Tactics Ron Field 9781472863164
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79Reveals the tactics, technologies, and specially raised units at the heart of the Union's conduct of combined operations in the American Civil War.During the Civil War, as well as confronting the... -
US Airborne Soldier vs German Soldier by David Campbell
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $19.08The US Airborne force fielded some of the toughest, best-trained and most resourceful troops of World War II - all necessary qualities in a force that was lightly armed and which would in most... -
The Battle of Gettysburg 1863 (3): The Third Day Timothy Orr 9781472861580
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63An authoritative and superbly illustrated exploration of the events of July 3, 1863, incorporating new interpretations that have arisen in the past two decades.The third day of the Battle of... -
American Civil War Siege Tactics Ron Field 9781472873583
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79This absorbing study casts light on the tactics, technologies, and specially raised units involved in siege operations during the American Civil War.Remembered for its bloody pitched battles, the... -
The First Anglo-Sikh War 1845-46: The betrayal of the Khalsa David Smith (University of Chester, UK) 9781472834478
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.96The First Anglo-Sikh War broke out due to escalating tensions between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company in the Punjab region of India in the mid-nineteenth century. Political... -
Russian Soldier vs Japanese Soldier by David Campbell
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.07At the turn of the 20th century, the region of Manchuria sat atop a potentially catastrophic political fault line; the ancient strength of China was crumbling, leaving opportunities for both Russia... -
Fallschirmj�ger Vs Us Soldier: Saint-L� 1944 Frank Baldwin 9781472867124
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $18.14Written by an authority on the Normandy battle, this book examines the battles between German airborne troops and US Army forces in July 1944.For six weeks in the summer of 1944, US forces tasked... -
Highlander in the French-Indian War: 1756-67 by Ian McCulloch 9781846032745
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $18.01Colonial American historian Ian Macpherson McCulloch uses rare sources to bring to life the stirring story of the three Scottish Highland regiments that operated in North America during the... -
Japanese Soldier vs US Soldier: New Guinea 1942-44 by Gregg Adams
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $16.40This absorbing study pits US Army National Guardsmen against Japanese soldiers in the uniquely hostile setting of the New Guinea campaign in World War II. When Japanese forces attacked Pearl... -
Kursk 1943: The Northern Front by Robert Forczyk
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $20.15In the summer of 1943, recoiling from defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler conducted a limited objective offensive to eliminate the Soviet Kursk salient. Operating a classic pincer attack of the kind that... -
The Caucasus 1942-43: Kleist's race for oil by Robert Forczyk
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63Much has been written of the titanic clashes between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army at Stalingrad, but this volume tells the other, equally important half of the story of Fall Blau (Case Blue)... -
Soviet Tanks at Stalingrad 1942–43 William E. Hiestand 9781472865229
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $14.55Examines and analyses how the Soviet tank forces that fought at Stalingrad were rejuvenated in the months leading up to the battle, and the role they played in this iconic campaign. The Stalingrad... -
Mortain 1944: Hitler's Normandy Panzer offensive Steven J. Zaloga (Author) 9781472832528
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.88Following the successful landings in Normandy on D-Day and consolidation during Operation Cobra, the Wehrmacht was ordered to begin a counter-offensive named Operation Luttich. The plan was to... -
The "Trapdoor" Springfield: From the Little Bighorn to San Juan Hill by John Langellier 9781472819703
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $19.19Intended to replace the proliferation of different small arms fielded by US forces during the American Civil War, the "Trapdoor Springfield" was designed in 1865-66 by Erskine S. Allin. Using... -
Operation Market-Garden 1944 1: The American Airborne Missions by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.87In the summer of 1944, plans began for a complex operation to seize a Rhine river bridge at Arnhem in the Netherlands. The American portion of the airborne mission was to employ two divisions of the... -
Soviet Machine Guns of World War II by Chris McNab
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.04This study looks at how the Soviet armed forces developed and deployed a range of machine guns that fitted with their offensive and defensive infantry tactics across six years of total war. In... -
Metz 1944: Patton’s fortified nemesis by Steven J. Zaloga 9781849085915
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $21.13A complete examination of Patton's campaign to take the fortified city of Metz.General George Patton's most controversial campaign was the series of battles in autumn 1944 battles along the German... -
The Flintlock Musket by Stuart Reid
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $19.08The flintlock or firelock musket is one of the most iconic weapons in history: used on the battlefields of the English Civil War, it was then carried by both sides at Blenheim, Bunker Hill, Waterloo... -
Downfall 1945: The Fall of Hitler's Third Reich by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.80As the final month of fighting in Europe in 1945 dawned the Allies embarked upon a series of mopping up operations, destroying the last centres of German resistance as the essentially defeated... -
ANZAC Soldier vs Ottoman Soldier: Gallipoli and Palestine 1915-18 by Si Sheppard
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.07In 1915-18, ANZAC and Ottoman soldiers clashed on numerous battlefields, from Gallipoli to Jerusalem. This illustrated study investigates the two sides' fighting men. The Gallipoli campaign of... -
The Dnepr 1943: Hitler's eastern rampart crumbles by Robert Forczyk
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $19.12Against the wishes of Hitler, German forces under Erich von Manstein were forced to retreat following the failure of the Kursk offensive of July 1943. The weakened force only had one possible refuge,... -
Texian Volunteer vs Mexican Soldier: The Texas Revolution 1835–36 by Ron Field
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.71Fully illustrated with specially commissioned artwork and mapping plus carefully chosen archive illustrations, many in color, this lively study investigates the Mexican soldiers and Texian volunteers... -
Warsaw 1920 by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63The Battle of Warsaw in August 1920 has been described as one of the decisive battles of European history. At the start of the battle, the Red Army appeared to be on the verge of advancing through... -
The M1903 Springfield Rifle Leroy Thompson (Author) 9781780960111
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $18.14Developed to replace the Model 1892 Krag-Jorgensen rifle, the Model 1903 Springfield was a five-shot bolt-action rifle that introduced the .30-06 cartridge - the standard US round until the... -
US Soldier vs German Soldier by Chris McNab
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $14.02During World War II, the US Army and its allies faced a formidable challenge: the need to assault Hitler's 'Fortress Europe' from the sea. As a result, during 1941-45, the US Army had to add... -
German Soldier vs Polish Soldier: Poland 1939 by David R. Higgins
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $14.02The Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939 saw mostly untested German troops face equally inexperienced Polish forces. With the Polish senior leadership endeavouring to hold the country's... -
Railway Guns of World War I by Marc Romanych
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $15.87World War I was the Golden Age of the railway gun. Even though at the start of the conflict none of the armies possessed any railway artillery pieces and the very idea was comparatively new, more... -
Hungarian Soldier vs Soviet Soldier: Eastern Front 1941 by Peter Mujzer
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $14.02On 26 June 1941, unidentified bombers attacked the Hungarian town of Kassa, prompting Hungary to join its Axis partners in Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. Hungary's... -
Britannia AD 43: The Claudian Invasion by Nic Fields
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.80For the Romans, Britannia lay beyond the comfortable confines of the Mediterranean world around which classical civilisation had flourished. Britannia was felt to be at the outermost edge of the...