Military History

A major literary event: a newly published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God brilliantly illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it...

The extraordinary untold story of Ernest Hemingway's dangerous secret life in espionage A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A finalist for the William E. Colby Military Writers' Award "IMPORTANT" (...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FOLLOW-UP TO AMERICAN SNIPER Join Chris Kyle on a journedy to discover "how 10 firearms changed United States history" ( New York Times Book Review...

Recounts the assassination of the feared Reichsprotektor of Czechoslovakia by two Czech resistance fighters aided by British Secret Service and others, examining the ruthlessness and brutality for which Heydrich was...

The author's adventures display the bonds of friendship forged between the Chinese people and a small band of AMericans who risked their lives with them against the brutal Japanese invaders.

Long considered to be the mad dream of an imperious autocrat - the Venice of the North, conceived in a setting of malarial swamps - St. Petersburg was built in...

'Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched. All the more urgent at the present time' BART VAN ES 'A terrific, clear-eyed and balanced history that cuts through today's toxic debates' DAILY TELEGRAPH...

Inspiration for the major film starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal and Huma Qureshi and directed by Gurinder Chadha. Seventy years ago, at midnight on 14 August 1947, the...

The definitive biography of Imran Khan, the former Pakistan cricket captain and all-rounder - the Oxbridge graduate and vociferous campaigner; the devout Muslim whose kaleidoscopic social life flooded the gossip...

Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945. As featured on the...

In August 1942, the Allies launched a raid against the German-held port of Dieppe on the French channel coast. It was largely a disaster, with the Canadian forces bearing the...

From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories, this is a witty, whistlestop tour through the history of Britain (for grown ups) - a ST bestseller with 30k+ hardbacks...

Urgent, compelling reading from the author of Chernobyl on the defining conflict of our times- do you know what is at stake in Ukraine? On 24 February 2022, Russia shocked...

From Jon Sopel, bestselling author and presenter of The News Agents podcast, comes his most ambitious book to date- an incisive examination of Britain's New Normal, and what it means...

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of...

Britain's best-selling historian writes the first definitive account of the famous televised SAS storming of the Iranian embassy in London in 1980 On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen...

The first ever authorised history of the SAS, now a major BBC series starring Connor Swindells, Jack O'Connell and Dominic West In the summer of 1941, at the height of...

The definitive history of the Eastern Front in WWI, from the bestselling author of The Western Front In the second volume of his landmark First World War trilogy, Professor Nick...

A breathtaking memoir and an extraordinary testament to the human spirit. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK...

In his introduction, John Keegan discusses Churchill's historical methods and the extraordinary achievement of The Second World War. This volume also includes appendices, an index, maps and diagrams. Winston Churchill's...

Following the enormous success of HITLER- HUBRIS this book triumphantly completes one of the great modern biographies. No figure in twentieth century history more clearly demands a close biographical understanding...

A riveting, exemplary tale of the great cultural \"swerve\" known as the Renaissance. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2012 Almost six hundred years ago, a short, genial man...

Author: Michael HeatleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Bison Books., 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight tears to spine, minor foxing to top-edge.Fighters by...

Author: Hugh LunnBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press., 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Original bookseller sticker in FEP, some sun-fading to spine, slight bumps to edges...

Author: Jon Davison And Tom AlliboneBinding: HardbackPublished: UWA Press., 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor bumps to DJ.This compelling historical account, Beneath Southern Seas: The Silent Service,...

Author: Heinz LubaszBinding: PaperbackPublished: John Wiley & Sons, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Minor wear on cover and spine. . Fascism:...

Author: Gerald M. StrakaBinding: PaperbackPublished: D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY, 1963Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic volume chronicles the...

Author: K.S. InglisBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby Adelaide, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Rehearsal: Australians At War In The Sudan 1885 presents a compelling historical account of Australia's inaugural...

Author: The Hon. John F. FinertyBinding: HardbackPublished: J. S. Hyland & Co., 1898Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks:...

Author: James A. MichenerBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis sweeping historical saga, Poland, chronicles the tumultuous history of a nation through the...

Author: Lewis SpenceBinding: HardbackPublished: Bracken Books., 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor foxing to page edges, some yellowing and minor bumps to DJ.Germany: Myths...

Author: Louis WeberBinding: HardbackPublished: Publications International, Limited, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor tear to DJ, some slight foxing to page edges.The...

Author: Roy BraybrookBinding: HardbackPublished: Crescent Books., 1991Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsF-15 Eagle presents a comprehensive account of one of the most iconic fighter aircraft in modern aviation...

Author: Doug RichardsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Salamander Books., 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight tear in DJ.Stealth Warplanes: Deception, Evasion, And Concealment In The...

Author: Townsend MillerBinding: HardbackPublished: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has general wear and tearTownsend Miller's Henry IV of Castile chronicles the...

Author: BerensonBinding: HardbackPublished: Phaidon, 1953Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a comprehensive analysis of the artistic achievements during the Italian Renaissance....

Author: James BoswellBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket price clipped, has some light wear to edgesBoswell In Holland 1763-1764 chronicles...

Author: Members of the Australian Corps of SignalsBinding: HardbackPublished: Halstead Press, 1949Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Faded DJ with some wear and...

Author: Some of the BoysBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1942Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards with minor marks and specks. DJ - Chipped, worn, repaired...

Author: Richard GarrettBinding: HardbackPublished: Galahad Books, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spine and minor tearing on front top edge (see photo),...

Author: Len OrtzenBinding: HardbackPublished: Galahad Books, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has two tears on front panel top edge (see photo), previous owner book plate insideThis...

Author: Frederick WilkinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Ward Lock Limited, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket clipped, previous owner bookplate insideCollecting Military Antiques presents an authoritative guide for...

Author: Osmar WhiteBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1945Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerGreen Armour chronicles the brutal early campaigns of the Pacific War, as Osmar White,...

Author: Edwin L. SabinBinding: HardbackPublished: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, 1920Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some stains on spine. Bumping...

Author: Fr. Francis X. HezelBinding: PaperbackPublished: Division of Historic Preservation, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, sticker remnants on back coverThis scholarly...

Author: Metropolitan Museum of ArtBinding: HardbackPublished: The Metropolitan Museum of Moden Art, New York, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe monumental The Vatican Collections: The Papacy And Art...

Author: Peter UstinovBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1983Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPeter Ustinov's My Russia presents a captivating and often humorous account of his personal connection to Russia, tracing...

Author: Leo HeapsBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, New York, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling work of naval history, Log Of The Centurion, chronicles the arduous and groundbreaking circumnavigation...