Military History

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the trenches of Gallipoli to the blood-soaked banks of the Somme, Dark Somme Flowing presents a haunting...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the great waves of modern migration reshaped the world, thousands of Swedes boarded ships bound...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of artistry and martial heritage stands Art, Arms and Armour: An International Anthology, a landmark volume that unites the...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodThree hundred years after Louis XIV's Revocation of the Edict of Nantes shattered the fragile peace of Protestant France, The Quiet Conquest: The Huguenots 1685...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, front cover detached. The Times History of the War stands as one of the most ambitious and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of civilization's most turbulent centuries, three great forces — the warrior tribes of the north,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of medieval tradition and revolutionary transformation, The Birth of Modern Europe chronicles one of the...

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Edition: 1st ed,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeneath the Iron Curtain, a forbidden heroine was born — a wild, anarchic superwoman named Octobriana,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhen the world was once again plunged into global conflict in 1939, Australia answered the call with resolute determination, sending its sons and daughters...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,SignedWhen the drums of war sounded across the twentieth century, Australian women answered the call — not from the sidelines,...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn one of the most harrowing chapters of the Second World War, the Sandakan...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor fifty years, thousands of Australians served their country not as full-time soldiers of the sky, but as weekend warriors —...

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Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Minor tears to spineIn the darkest years of the Second World War, a small community in Sandakan, British...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the legendary founding of the city on the banks of the Tiber to the dramatic collapse of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the darkest hours of the Second World War, when the Japanese Imperial forces swept southward with terrifying momentum, Australia stood as the last great...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodAt the crossroads of Europe and Asia, where Christian theology met Roman law and Greek philosophy, the Byzantine Empire endured for over a millennium — a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew conflicts have reshaped the course of human civilization as profoundly as the Second World War, and this sweeping volume brings that cataclysmic struggle to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the dusty airstrips of the Western Desert to the thunderous contrails above the Pacific, The Royal Australian Air Force: An Illustrated History is a...

I want to live, not be a witness of my life. Beautiful. Cultured. Refined. Enviable. Admirable. Adored. Journalist. Philanthropist. Publisher. Jackie Kennedy was many things amongst them, she was and...

Vietnam is an ancient and beautiful land, with a deep history of occupational conflict that remains an enigma in Americans' collective memory. It is still easy to forget that Vietnam...

How did the introduction of the button change medieval life? If you found yourself in Elizabethan England, should you kiss your hostess on the lips? Why were pistols safer than...

The authors discuss the tactical and strategic situations, assess the effectiveness of the commanders and give narrative accounts of the major battles of WWII.

"If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then The Second World War in Photographs would be the most compendious war history yet..." The Daily Mail As we approach the 70th...

Two centuries ago, the Russians pushed out of the cold north towards the Caucasus Mountains, the range that blocked their access to Georgia, Turkey, Persia and India. They were forging...

For this remarkable anthology, the Imperial War Museum has opened its vast archive of some 1,300 personal diaries written by ordinary men and woman who fought, and in some cases...

George Ward Price became the leading journalist of the 1930s through a string of exclusive stories about Nazi Germany. He spent an hour alone with Hitler and Goering after the...

The story of the 'seventh Mitford woman' told in full for the first time. Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, Deborah: these are the flamboyant Mitford Girls, the Bright Young Things...

Gyles Brandreth's witty guide to British history, from Stonehenge and Boudicca to Brexit and Megxit, in delightful 60-second instalments - now in paperback The story of us - without hesitation,...

The first book to tell the full story of Eleanor Roosevelt's unprecedented and courageous trip to the Pacific Theater during World War II. On August 27, 1943, news broke in...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Absolutely gripping." -- The Washington Post - "A masterpiece of oral history...stirring, surprising, grim, joyous, moving, and always riveting." --Evan Thomas From the New...

Samuel Pepys's Diary stands with Shakespeare and the King James Bible as an indisputable treasure of English literature. As a picture of England, and especially of London, in the age...

May 2015 sees the 250th anniversary of the launch of HMS Victory, the ship that is so closely associated with Nelson and his great victory at Trafalgar and which, still...

In this thought-provoking and engaging book, Malachi O'Doherty argues that division in Northern Ireland is fundamentally not about whether the country should be governed as part of Ireland or as...

This inspiring book examines the often incredible and nearly always tragic examples of Jewish resistance in ghettos and concentration camps during the Nazis 'Final Solution'. It shows that the Warsaw...

Here is the definitive portrait of the ultimate power broker by "the toughest, most in-your-face investigative reporter in the U.S.A." (Greg Palast). Dick Cheney sets energy policy. He guided the...

The ancient Sibylline prophecies had foretold that the Roman Empire would last for 1000 years. As the time for the expected dissolution approached in the middle of the third century...

While many books have been written on the Falklands War, this is the first to focus on the vital aspect of logistics. The challenges were huge; the lack of preparation...

The book that inspired major motion picture ONE LIFE, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter . 'Remarkable' - Guardian Sir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia...

In the ride-along tradition of Sarah Vowell, Tony Horwitz and Bill Bryson, this insightful history revisits the pivotal figures and key turning points of the American Revolutionary War. Revolutionary Roads...

Willi Geismeier thought he'd faced the worst of humanity on the battlefield in World War I , but when he returns to Munich he is drawn into an investigation that...