Military History

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFor a century, the Naval and Military Club of Melbourne has stood as one of Australia's most distinguished institutions, a bastion of tradition, camaraderie,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the mud-soaked trenches of the Western Front to the shattered landscapes of Gallipoli, Death's Men: Soldiers of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the summer of 1942, one man was handed a mission so secret and so improbable that its success would alter the entire trajectory...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerAlexandria, that most mythologized of Mediterranean cities — a place where antiquity and modernity collide in perpetual, restless conversation —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedIn the sweltering heat of early colonial Sydney, a dramatic coup shook the foundations of British authority in the fledgling settlement of New South...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodPart of the prestigious Bloomsbury Guides to English Literature series, The Renaissance: From 1500 to 1660 presents a comprehensive and authoritative survey of one...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt once a portrait of holy rebellion and a chronicle of one of history's most captivating spiritual journeys, Anthony Mockler's Francis of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the turbulent crossroads of Cold War geopolitics and postcolonial Southeast Asia, Prince Norodom Sihanouk presents...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; prominent crease on the front cover. What does war look like from the losing side? The Other...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the twilight of Europe's most glittering era of royal absolutism, a storm was gathering that would tear...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew forces in the history of aerial warfare have captured the imagination quite like the Luftwaffe, and Luftwaffe Aircraft presents this formidable machine of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodThe nineteenth century was an era of towering intellects, revolutionary movements, and cultural transformations that reshaped the modern world — and Makers of Nineteenth...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodAt a time when crossing the Channel was an act of daring and the cobblestoned roads of Europe were as treacherous as they were...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. maps included. Long before the Indo-European migrations reshaped the European continent, another civilisation laid its deep...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA century after the guns fell silent on the Western Front, The WW1 Centenary Exhibition stands as a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodDeep in the remote jungles of Cape York Peninsula, one of the most audacious construction projects of the Second World War took shape — a fully...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Bruised board. In the blood-soaked fields and castle-studded landscapes of medieval England, war was not merely a political instrument —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of antiquity and the medieval world, the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian blazed with an artistic and...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThree legendary aircraft — the Bristol Beaufort, Bristol Beaufighter, and de Havilland Mosquito — defined Australia's aerial...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodFrom the courts of Julius Caesar to the madness of Domitian, The Twelve Caesars stands as one of antiquity's most vivid and scandalous chronicles of...

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"I have read few autobiographies more extraordinary . . . Astonishing" OBSERVER "A classic. I preferred it to Primo Levi's If This is a Man " EDWARD WILSON "A child's...

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The Korean War opened with the invasion of South Korea by the North Koreans in June 1950. This superbly illustrated book traces the fluctuating fortunes of war from both sides....

No warship name in British naval history has more battle honours than Warspite. While this book looks at the lives of all eight vessels to bear the name (between 1596...

The Horse Soldiers is the true, dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who entered Afghanistan immediately following September 11, 2001 and, riding to war on horses,...

In this story from the frontlines of the undeclared battlefields of the War on Terror, Jeremy Scahill exposes America's new approach to war: fought far from any declared battlefield, by...

Many thousands of different types of vehicles were used by the armies during the Second World War for various roles, including the fighting vehicles such as armoured cars and tanks....

The extraordinary life of history's first modern lesbian who inspired the television series Gentleman Jack . Anne Lister's journals were so shocking that the first person to crack their secret...

Adam Nicolson writes popular books as popular books used to be, a breeze rather than a scholarly sweat, but humanely erudite, elegantly written, passionately felt...and his excitement is contagious.--James Wood,...

A detailed and fully illustrated account of United States aircraft carriers during World War II. This extensively illustrated volume tells the dramatic yet successful story of US aircraft carriers in...

Known throughout history as one of the greatest works of military strategy, the Long River Press edition of The Art of War situates Sun Tzu's classic text as one of...

Northern Ireland is one hundred years old. Northern Ireland does not exist. Both of these statements are true. It just depends on who you ask. How do you write about...

** The Times and Sunday Times Books of the Year 2020** 'This biography is truly wonderful - a masterclass in storytelling' Sunday Times 'A continuously astonishing and ultimately moving account...

From the bestselling author of The Long Weekend: a wild, sad and sometimes hilarious tour of the English country house after the Second World War, when Swinging London collided with...

'A superbly revealing account of a dreadful and profoundly sad war' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL 'T his extraordinary book gives us a unique insight into why and how Japan fought such an...

"Hamish has been one of my closest comrades on the front line. Completely fearless, he is one of the leading chemical weapons expert on the globe. His training has saved...

'A fascinating, superbly researched and revelatory book - told with tremendous pace and excitement' William Boyd 'Rick Stroud writes brilliantly about war ... an astonishing book ... a wonderful story'...

At 8:15 a.m. on August 6th, 1945, the Japanese port city of Hiroshima was struck by the world's first atomic bomb. Built in the US by the top-secret Manhattan Project...

'Superb...his pages fizz with character and colour' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 'Scholarly and very readable' Andrew Lycett, Spectator 'Energetic and hugely entertaining' A.N.Wilson, TLS The definitive biography of Alfred Harmsworth,...

The classic! This new edition of Paul Carrell's eastern front study picks up where Hitler Moves East left off. Beginning with the battle of Kursk in July 1943, Carell traverses...

A pictorial history of USS California, a battleship that was sunk in Pearl Harbor, raised, repaired, and returned to duty during the Second World War. USS California (BB-44) was commissioned...