Military History

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFirst published in 1860, Jacob Burckhardt's The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy stands as one of the most monumental and enduring works of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the sun-scorched outback to the treacherous skies above war-torn Europe, The Aviators: True Adventures of Australian Airmen...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingIn the icy, fog-shrouded waters of a Norwegian fjord lay the most feared warship of the Second World War — the German battleship *Tirpitz*...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingFrom the rubble of a defeated Reich, one of America's most celebrated war correspondents bore...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodAt the height of World War II, a single act of defiance aboard a battered minesweeper sets...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind the Iron Curtain, fleeing the Soviet state was not merely an act of courage — it was...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the volatile intersection of laboratory and battlefield, Scientists and War presents a penetrating examination of the role...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn the cold, claustrophobic depths of the North Atlantic, a British submarine crew fights not only the enemy but the creeping terror...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the heart of Siberia, an ancient island village called Matyora faces an inescapable fate — submersion beneath the rising...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedIn the chaos of September 1939, as Nazi Germany launches its devastating Blitzkrieg against Poland, The Thousand Hour Day chronicles...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the pioneering flights of aviation's earliest daredevils to the white-knuckle missions of wartime pilots, Great Air Adventures by Richard Garrett chronicles some of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAgainst the haunting backdrop of names etched in black granite — the Vietnam Veterans Memorial — Arthur Egendorf's Healing from the War: Trauma & Transformation...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the shadowy underworld of Tsarist Russia, a young man named Yevsey Klimkov is recruited into the secret police, drawn into a web of surveillance, betrayal,...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBefore she became the most powerful woman in the world, Victoria was a sheltered, fiercely monitored child — and Alison Plowden's The Young Victoria chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn a world where secrets are currency and loyalty is a weapon, Spies & Spymasters: A Concise History...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom the frozen steppes of Imperial Russia to the windswept shores of Portugal's Age of Discovery, Empires: Their Rise and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom the first fleet of ironclads to the modern nuclear age, The Royal Australian Navy: Historic Naval Events Year by...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the crucible of two World Wars, colonial conflicts, and Cold War deployments, Australia's military commanders were forged into leaders who shaped both the battlefield...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the summer of 1940, the skies over Britain became the stage for one of the most pivotal aerial confrontations in modern history —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFrom the daring pioneers who first conquered the skies above the Southern Hemisphere to the celebrated aces of two world wars, Australian...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markings,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners,Previous ownerIn the skies above Britain, two world wars converged in a struggle...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingVenice in the eighteenth century was a city of perpetual spectacle — its gondola-threaded canals, gilded processions, and shimmering lagoons captured for...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the turbulent centuries between 1500 and 600 BC, vast waves of nomadic warriors and displaced peoples crashed across Europe, the Near East, and the Mediterranean...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn one of the First World War's most catastrophic and haunting campaigns, Allied forces launched a daring amphibious assault on the Gallipoli...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the summer of 1940, the skies over Britain became the stage for one of the most pivotal...

Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the steaming jungles and remote islands of the South Pacific, the rusting wreckage of war lies half-buried and forgotten — and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadow of the world's most devastating conflict, ordinary Australians from the Chisholm electorate stepped...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew institutions have shaped the course of modern warfare as profoundly as the Royal Air Force, and Royal Air Force at War...