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Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 6805M Robin Gardiner / The Riddle Of The Titanic Ten years after the first exploration of the Titanic wreck two and a half miles under the north Atlantic, and eighty-four years after she sank, Robin Gardiner and Dan van der Vat reappraised the legendary maritime disaster. Why was the... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view British Monarchy | sku: X92120H Simone Simmons / Diana - The Last Word (Hardback) 'If anything happens to me, write a book and tell it like it is' This book provides the answers to the many still unanswered questions about Diana, Princess of Wales, and why she did the things she did. Which of her lovers did she rate 'a ten, the... 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It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 6805M Robin Gardiner / The Riddle Of The Titanic Ten years after the first exploration of the Titanic wreck two and a half miles under the north Atlantic, and eighty-four years after she sank, Robin Gardiner and Dan van der Vat reappraised the legendary maritime disaster. Why was the... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view British Monarchy | sku: X92120H Simone Simmons / Diana - The Last Word (Hardback) 'If anything happens to me, write a book and tell it like it is' This book provides the answers to the many still unanswered questions about Diana, Princess of Wales, and why she did the things she did. Which of her lovers did she rate 'a ten, the... 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It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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The late 1990s saw a number of attacks against American... MSRP: Now: £4.47 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 57518H Alex Salmond / The Dream Shall Never Die The completely revised and updated paperback edition of Alex Salmond's referendum dairy, which contains an exclusive new 45-day diary.In May 2015 the SNP changed the face of British politics when they swept to a historic victory in the... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 77110H James Hamilton-Paterson / Empire of the Clouds : When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7661E Robin Moore / Task Force Dagger : The Hunt for Bin Laden As the [al-Qaeda terrorists] charged one wall, three Green Berets leaned over the parapets. . . 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It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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Quick view Details sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart Quick view Details US Politics & Presidency | sku: X89233H Ryan Tubridy / JFK in Ireland : Four Days That Changed a President (Hardback) MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X46615E Malise Ruthven / Fury for God: Islamic Attack on America (Large Paperback) In this thoughtful and authoritative book, Malise Ruthven provides an analysis of the terrible events of September 11 in New York and Washington. He discusses the role of the global market, the mystique of the twin towers and of New York... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 65305H Nicola Pierce / City of Fate Imagine your home is bombed one Sunday afternoon by a horde of enemy planes. Imagine your family has gone and you are left behind. This is the fate of five-year-old Peter and two teenagers Yuri and Tanya.Imagine being ordered to... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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Quick view sku: X46615E Malise Ruthven / Fury for God: Islamic Attack on America (Large Paperback) In this thoughtful and authoritative book, Malise Ruthven provides an analysis of the terrible events of September 11 in New York and Washington. He discusses the role of the global market, the mystique of the twin towers and of New York... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 65305H Nicola Pierce / City of Fate Imagine your home is bombed one Sunday afternoon by a horde of enemy planes. Imagine your family has gone and you are left behind. This is the fate of five-year-old Peter and two teenagers Yuri and Tanya.Imagine being ordered to... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 8561E Simon Cox / Cracking the Da Vinci Code This is the first non-fiction companion to Dan Brown's mega-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code". Its simple A-Z format tells you everything you need to know about the facts behind the fiction, and reveals the latest theories about the... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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Quick view sku: 65305H Nicola Pierce / City of Fate Imagine your home is bombed one Sunday afternoon by a horde of enemy planes. Imagine your family has gone and you are left behind. This is the fate of five-year-old Peter and two teenagers Yuri and Tanya.Imagine being ordered to... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 8561E Simon Cox / Cracking the Da Vinci Code This is the first non-fiction companion to Dan Brown's mega-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code". Its simple A-Z format tells you everything you need to know about the facts behind the fiction, and reveals the latest theories about the... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X80174H Simon Reid-Henry / Fidel and Che (Large Paperback) FIDEL AND CHE: A REVOLUTIONARY FRIENDSHIP is the story of the peasant's son, scholar, and rebel -- Fidel Castro, and his fateful meeting with the itinerant doctor Ernesto (Che) Guevara. Not yet thirty, and both in exile, they met in... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 8423E Christopher Portway / A Dangerous Devotion During the ferocious Normandy campaign of World War Two, 20-year-old Christopher Portway was taken prisoner, transported to Silesia and forced to work as a slave in a Polish coalmine. Escaping on foot and by train he was eventually caught... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58461H Antonia Fraser / The Six Wives Of Henry VIII Antonia Fraser's bestselling biography of Henry VIII's six wives; a subject of enduring fascination.The six wives of Henry VIII - Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr -... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 56586H David Cordingly / Billy Ruffian This is the story of the Bellerophon, a ship of the line known to her crew as the Billy Ruffian. 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 59392H Ian Crofton / History without the Boring Bits Conventional chronologies of world history concentrate on the reigns of kings and queens, the dates of battles and treaties, the publication dates of great books, the completion of famous buildings, the deaths of iconic figures, and the... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG139 Jane Corbin - The Base : In Search of Al-Qaeda The definitive investigation into the background, personnel and methods of al-Qaeda, the terrorist organisation which represents the greatest threat to democracy since the end of the Cold War. The late 1990s saw a number of attacks against American... MSRP: Now: £4.47 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 57518H Alex Salmond / The Dream Shall Never Die The completely revised and updated paperback edition of Alex Salmond's referendum dairy, which contains an exclusive new 45-day diary.In May 2015 the SNP changed the face of British politics when they swept to a historic victory in the... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 77110H James Hamilton-Paterson / Empire of the Clouds : When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7661E Robin Moore / Task Force Dagger : The Hunt for Bin Laden As the [al-Qaeda terrorists] charged one wall, three Green Berets leaned over the parapets. . . 'Focus, squeeze, focus, squeeze' they recited quietly . . . 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It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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Quick view sku: 73859H John Ray / The Battle Of Britain Based on over a decade of new resarch into the Battle of Britain, this book examines Dowding's tactics in detail, relating how everyday he was under personal attack from rivals who wanted different ideas and air defences... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 37395H Derek Robinson / War Story June, 1916. Fresh out of public school and setting the skies as his limit, Oliver Paxton is convinced that his king and country are relying on him to "smite the hun". Leading his first solo flight, Oliver's mission is to take a convoy... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 57046H David Rooney / Military Mavericks What makes a maverick? This study of heroes who broke the rules shows how often the day is won by sheer determination to succeed, despite the odds, despite the criticism of peers and elders. It is invariably the maverick who turns every... 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The late 1990s saw a number of attacks against American... MSRP: Now: £4.47 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 57518H Alex Salmond / The Dream Shall Never Die The completely revised and updated paperback edition of Alex Salmond's referendum dairy, which contains an exclusive new 45-day diary.In May 2015 the SNP changed the face of British politics when they swept to a historic victory in the... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 77110H James Hamilton-Paterson / Empire of the Clouds : When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7661E Robin Moore / Task Force Dagger : The Hunt for Bin Laden As the [al-Qaeda terrorists] charged one wall, three Green Berets leaned over the parapets. . . 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MSRP: Now: £1.79 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 55068H Peter Godwin / The Fear : The Last Days of Robert Mugabe The most powerful indictment of Mugabe's regime yet written' The Economist`A brave, sensitive and observant account of Zimbabwe's tragedy, exposing the cruelty of Mugabe's regime and the remarkable courage of those who have defied it' Financial... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 67908H Ann-Ping Chin / Four Sisters of Hofei Through the stories of four sisters born between 1907 and 1914, a renowned historian examines a century of change in Chinese culture and in women's lives. Now in their late eighties and early nineties, the four Chang sisters lived... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 44183H Patricia C. McKissack / Slave Girl : The Diary of Clotee, Virginia, USA 1859 Day or two later Freedom is one of the first words I teached myself to write. Down in the Quarters people pray for freedom - they sing 'bout freedom, but to keep Mas' Henley from knowing' their true feelings, they call freedom 'heaven'... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 28785H Michael Ashcroft / Victoria Cross Heroes VICTORIA CROSS HEROES tells the stories of over 150 individuals whose bravery has earned them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prestigious medal for courage in action.The book is introduced by Michael Ashcroft, who owns over ten per cent of all... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 75699H Laurence Rees / The Nazis : A Warning From History Following the success of Rees' bestselling Auschwitz, this substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.During a 16-year period,... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 65863H Nigel McCrery / The Complete History of the SAS : The Full Story of the World's Most Famous Elite Fighting Force There have been many books written on the SAS, most telling of individual events in the Regiment's history. This book tells the full story, from formation in the sand dunes of Africa in World War II to present action in the Middle East... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 67708H Jung Chang / Empress Dowager Cixi : The Concubine Who Launched Modern China From the bestselling author of Wild Swans, comes the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age.In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7251F Dick Wilson / China, the Big Tiger It has been difficult to obtain a coherent and sensible picture of China and its development. There were many exaggeratedly gloomy or optimistic scenarios in the past, and now positive reports of economic and trade growth seem... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 72428H James M. McPherson / Battle Cry of Freedom : The Civil War Era Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History'Read it. It will open your eyes about race history in America. It will shock you for what it tells you about politics in America today.' Richard Ford'A remarkably wide-ranging synthesis of the... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58466H Eric Hobsbawn / The Age Of Extremes : 1914-1991 THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7158F David Boyd Haycock / Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58989H Philip Warner / World War Two There are many histories of the Second World War. Some are almost too overwhelming in their detail; other are simply too sparse. Philip Warner's WORLD WAR II neatly bridges this gap. Warner writes fluently and has a confident grasp of... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 59223H Fintan O'Toole / After the Ball All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 6805M Robin Gardiner / The Riddle Of The Titanic Ten years after the first exploration of the Titanic wreck two and a half miles under the north Atlantic, and eighty-four years after she sank, Robin Gardiner and Dan van der Vat reappraised the legendary maritime disaster. Why was the... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view British Monarchy | sku: X92120H Simone Simmons / Diana - The Last Word (Hardback) 'If anything happens to me, write a book and tell it like it is' This book provides the answers to the many still unanswered questions about Diana, Princess of Wales, and why she did the things she did. Which of her lovers did she rate 'a ten, the... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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Quick view sku: 59392H Ian Crofton / History without the Boring Bits Conventional chronologies of world history concentrate on the reigns of kings and queens, the dates of battles and treaties, the publication dates of great books, the completion of famous buildings, the deaths of iconic figures, and the... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG139 Jane Corbin - The Base : In Search of Al-Qaeda The definitive investigation into the background, personnel and methods of al-Qaeda, the terrorist organisation which represents the greatest threat to democracy since the end of the Cold War. The late 1990s saw a number of attacks against American... MSRP: Now: £4.47 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 57518H Alex Salmond / The Dream Shall Never Die The completely revised and updated paperback edition of Alex Salmond's referendum dairy, which contains an exclusive new 45-day diary.In May 2015 the SNP changed the face of British politics when they swept to a historic victory in the... 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MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 55137H Sam Kiley / Desperate Glory In the dust and blazing heat of Helmand, the young men of 16 Air Assault Brigade find themselves in the most relentless battles faced by British troops in recent history. As the only writer to have obtained unprecedented, unrestricted... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 43862H Brian Moynahan / Leningrad : Siege and Symphony Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year earlier, the Germans had begun their blockade of... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 67969H Ryszard Kapuscinski / The Soccer War Kapuscinski has witnessed 27 revolutions and coups. This is his account of the revolutions he has seen, a chronicle of the Third World establishing its independence and coming into its own. The book consists of more than 20 set pieces -... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 106499c Victor Watson / The Deeping Secrets All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: £1.79 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 55068H Peter Godwin / The Fear : The Last Days of Robert Mugabe The most powerful indictment of Mugabe's regime yet written' The Economist`A brave, sensitive and observant account of Zimbabwe's tragedy, exposing the cruelty of Mugabe's regime and the remarkable courage of those who have defied it' Financial... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 67908H Ann-Ping Chin / Four Sisters of Hofei Through the stories of four sisters born between 1907 and 1914, a renowned historian examines a century of change in Chinese culture and in women's lives. Now in their late eighties and early nineties, the four Chang sisters lived... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 44183H Patricia C. McKissack / Slave Girl : The Diary of Clotee, Virginia, USA 1859 Day or two later Freedom is one of the first words I teached myself to write. Down in the Quarters people pray for freedom - they sing 'bout freedom, but to keep Mas' Henley from knowing' their true feelings, they call freedom 'heaven'... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 28785H Michael Ashcroft / Victoria Cross Heroes VICTORIA CROSS HEROES tells the stories of over 150 individuals whose bravery has earned them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prestigious medal for courage in action.The book is introduced by Michael Ashcroft, who owns over ten per cent of all... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 75699H Laurence Rees / The Nazis : A Warning From History Following the success of Rees' bestselling Auschwitz, this substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.During a 16-year period,... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 65863H Nigel McCrery / The Complete History of the SAS : The Full Story of the World's Most Famous Elite Fighting Force There have been many books written on the SAS, most telling of individual events in the Regiment's history. This book tells the full story, from formation in the sand dunes of Africa in World War II to present action in the Middle East... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 67708H Jung Chang / Empress Dowager Cixi : The Concubine Who Launched Modern China From the bestselling author of Wild Swans, comes the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age.In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7251F Dick Wilson / China, the Big Tiger It has been difficult to obtain a coherent and sensible picture of China and its development. There were many exaggeratedly gloomy or optimistic scenarios in the past, and now positive reports of economic and trade growth seem... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 72428H James M. McPherson / Battle Cry of Freedom : The Civil War Era Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History'Read it. It will open your eyes about race history in America. It will shock you for what it tells you about politics in America today.' Richard Ford'A remarkably wide-ranging synthesis of the... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58466H Eric Hobsbawn / The Age Of Extremes : 1914-1991 THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7158F David Boyd Haycock / Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58989H Philip Warner / World War Two There are many histories of the Second World War. Some are almost too overwhelming in their detail; other are simply too sparse. Philip Warner's WORLD WAR II neatly bridges this gap. Warner writes fluently and has a confident grasp of... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 59223H Fintan O'Toole / After the Ball All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 6805M Robin Gardiner / The Riddle Of The Titanic Ten years after the first exploration of the Titanic wreck two and a half miles under the north Atlantic, and eighty-four years after she sank, Robin Gardiner and Dan van der Vat reappraised the legendary maritime disaster. Why was the... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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Quick view sku: 57518H Alex Salmond / The Dream Shall Never Die The completely revised and updated paperback edition of Alex Salmond's referendum dairy, which contains an exclusive new 45-day diary.In May 2015 the SNP changed the face of British politics when they swept to a historic victory in the... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 77110H James Hamilton-Paterson / Empire of the Clouds : When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7661E Robin Moore / Task Force Dagger : The Hunt for Bin Laden As the [al-Qaeda terrorists] charged one wall, three Green Berets leaned over the parapets. . . 'Focus, squeeze, focus, squeeze' they recited quietly . . . 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MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 39441H Catherine Bailey / The Secret Rooms : A Castle Filled with Intrigue, a Plotting Duchess and a Mysterious Death A castle filled with intrigue, a plotting duchess and a mysterious death in Catherine Bailey's The Secret Rooms. At 6 am on 21 April 1940 John the 9th Duke of Rutland, and one of Britain's wealthiest men, ended his days, virtually alone, lying... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 66488H Gwyn Jones / A History of the Vikings The history of the Viking peoples and kingdoms, from their half-glimpsed origins and legendary prehistory to the triumphs of Canute, is as exciting a story as has ever been told. Professor Jones's classic work incorporates all the latest research... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 106499c Victor Watson / The Deeping Secrets All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: £1.79 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 55068H Peter Godwin / The Fear : The Last Days of Robert Mugabe The most powerful indictment of Mugabe's regime yet written' The Economist`A brave, sensitive and observant account of Zimbabwe's tragedy, exposing the cruelty of Mugabe's regime and the remarkable courage of those who have defied it' Financial... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 67908H Ann-Ping Chin / Four Sisters of Hofei Through the stories of four sisters born between 1907 and 1914, a renowned historian examines a century of change in Chinese culture and in women's lives. Now in their late eighties and early nineties, the four Chang sisters lived... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 44183H Patricia C. McKissack / Slave Girl : The Diary of Clotee, Virginia, USA 1859 Day or two later Freedom is one of the first words I teached myself to write. Down in the Quarters people pray for freedom - they sing 'bout freedom, but to keep Mas' Henley from knowing' their true feelings, they call freedom 'heaven'... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 28785H Michael Ashcroft / Victoria Cross Heroes VICTORIA CROSS HEROES tells the stories of over 150 individuals whose bravery has earned them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prestigious medal for courage in action.The book is introduced by Michael Ashcroft, who owns over ten per cent of all... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 75699H Laurence Rees / The Nazis : A Warning From History Following the success of Rees' bestselling Auschwitz, this substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.During a 16-year period,... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 65863H Nigel McCrery / The Complete History of the SAS : The Full Story of the World's Most Famous Elite Fighting Force There have been many books written on the SAS, most telling of individual events in the Regiment's history. This book tells the full story, from formation in the sand dunes of Africa in World War II to present action in the Middle East... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 67708H Jung Chang / Empress Dowager Cixi : The Concubine Who Launched Modern China From the bestselling author of Wild Swans, comes the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age.In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7251F Dick Wilson / China, the Big Tiger It has been difficult to obtain a coherent and sensible picture of China and its development. There were many exaggeratedly gloomy or optimistic scenarios in the past, and now positive reports of economic and trade growth seem... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 72428H James M. McPherson / Battle Cry of Freedom : The Civil War Era Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History'Read it. It will open your eyes about race history in America. It will shock you for what it tells you about politics in America today.' Richard Ford'A remarkably wide-ranging synthesis of the... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58466H Eric Hobsbawn / The Age Of Extremes : 1914-1991 THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7158F David Boyd Haycock / Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58989H Philip Warner / World War Two There are many histories of the Second World War. Some are almost too overwhelming in their detail; other are simply too sparse. Philip Warner's WORLD WAR II neatly bridges this gap. Warner writes fluently and has a confident grasp of... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 59223H Fintan O'Toole / After the Ball All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 6805M Robin Gardiner / The Riddle Of The Titanic Ten years after the first exploration of the Titanic wreck two and a half miles under the north Atlantic, and eighty-four years after she sank, Robin Gardiner and Dan van der Vat reappraised the legendary maritime disaster. Why was the... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view British Monarchy | sku: X92120H Simone Simmons / Diana - The Last Word (Hardback) 'If anything happens to me, write a book and tell it like it is' This book provides the answers to the many still unanswered questions about Diana, Princess of Wales, and why she did the things she did. Which of her lovers did she rate 'a ten, the... MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7049E Hillary Rodham Clinton / Hard Choices : A Memoir HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S INSIDE ACCOUNT OF THE CRISES, CHOICES AND CHALLENGES SHE FACED DURING HER FOUR YEARS AS AMERICA'S 67THSECRETARY OF STATE, AND HOW THOSE EXPERIENCES DRIVE HER VIEW OF THE FUTURE, INCLUDING A NEW EPILOGUE. 'All... 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MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 41487H,41596H Thomas Harding / The House by the Lake SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK`A passionate memoir.' Neil MacGregor`A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in,... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 41885H Jon E. Lewis / The Mammoth Book of True War Stories War, as the general said, is hell. But in a few it also brings out the best. Heroism and horror are the keynotes of this gripping new collection of war writing. From the Siege of Troy to the present day, The Mammoth Book of True War Stories... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 70367H Edwin Williamson / The Penguin History of Latin America This title traces 500 years of history from the time of Columbus and the Spanish Conquest to the present day. It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart Quick view US Politics & Presidency | sku: X89233H Ryan Tubridy / JFK in Ireland : Four Days That Changed a President (Hardback) In his first book, award-winning radio and TV presenter Ryan Tubridy tells the fascinating story of the iconic president John F Kennedy's visit to Ireland. The idolized, handsome and glamorous John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the great-grandson of Irish... MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart Previous 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next Previous 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next Compare Selected × OK
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Quick view sku: 67969H Ryszard Kapuscinski / The Soccer War Kapuscinski has witnessed 27 revolutions and coups. This is his account of the revolutions he has seen, a chronicle of the Third World establishing its independence and coming into its own. The book consists of more than 20 set pieces -... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 106499c Victor Watson / The Deeping Secrets All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: £1.79 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 55068H Peter Godwin / The Fear : The Last Days of Robert Mugabe The most powerful indictment of Mugabe's regime yet written' The Economist`A brave, sensitive and observant account of Zimbabwe's tragedy, exposing the cruelty of Mugabe's regime and the remarkable courage of those who have defied it' Financial... 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MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 28785H Michael Ashcroft / Victoria Cross Heroes VICTORIA CROSS HEROES tells the stories of over 150 individuals whose bravery has earned them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prestigious medal for courage in action.The book is introduced by Michael Ashcroft, who owns over ten per cent of all... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 75699H Laurence Rees / The Nazis : A Warning From History Following the success of Rees' bestselling Auschwitz, this substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.During a 16-year period,... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 75699H Laurence Rees / The Nazis : A Warning From History Following the success of Rees' bestselling Auschwitz, this substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.During a 16-year period,... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 65863H Nigel McCrery / The Complete History of the SAS : The Full Story of the World's Most Famous Elite Fighting Force There have been many books written on the SAS, most telling of individual events in the Regiment's history. This book tells the full story, from formation in the sand dunes of Africa in World War II to present action in the Middle East... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 67708H Jung Chang / Empress Dowager Cixi : The Concubine Who Launched Modern China From the bestselling author of Wild Swans, comes the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age.In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7251F Dick Wilson / China, the Big Tiger It has been difficult to obtain a coherent and sensible picture of China and its development. There were many exaggeratedly gloomy or optimistic scenarios in the past, and now positive reports of economic and trade growth seem... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 72428H James M. McPherson / Battle Cry of Freedom : The Civil War Era Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History'Read it. It will open your eyes about race history in America. It will shock you for what it tells you about politics in America today.' Richard Ford'A remarkably wide-ranging synthesis of the... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58466H Eric Hobsbawn / The Age Of Extremes : 1914-1991 THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7158F David Boyd Haycock / Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58989H Philip Warner / World War Two There are many histories of the Second World War. Some are almost too overwhelming in their detail; other are simply too sparse. Philip Warner's WORLD WAR II neatly bridges this gap. Warner writes fluently and has a confident grasp of... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 59223H Fintan O'Toole / After the Ball All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 6805M Robin Gardiner / The Riddle Of The Titanic Ten years after the first exploration of the Titanic wreck two and a half miles under the north Atlantic, and eighty-four years after she sank, Robin Gardiner and Dan van der Vat reappraised the legendary maritime disaster. Why was the... 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He is also making plans for what will become one of the most famous and iconic monuments in history - the Sphinx. But Khafra has... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 39441H Catherine Bailey / The Secret Rooms : A Castle Filled with Intrigue, a Plotting Duchess and a Mysterious Death A castle filled with intrigue, a plotting duchess and a mysterious death in Catherine Bailey's The Secret Rooms. At 6 am on 21 April 1940 John the 9th Duke of Rutland, and one of Britain's wealthiest men, ended his days, virtually alone, lying... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 66488H Gwyn Jones / A History of the Vikings The history of the Viking peoples and kingdoms, from their half-glimpsed origins and legendary prehistory to the triumphs of Canute, is as exciting a story as has ever been told. Professor Jones's classic work incorporates all the latest research... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 41487H,41596H Thomas Harding / The House by the Lake SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK`A passionate memoir.' Neil MacGregor`A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in,... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 41885H Jon E. Lewis / The Mammoth Book of True War Stories War, as the general said, is hell. But in a few it also brings out the best. Heroism and horror are the keynotes of this gripping new collection of war writing. From the Siege of Troy to the present day, The Mammoth Book of True War Stories... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 70367H Edwin Williamson / The Penguin History of Latin America This title traces 500 years of history from the time of Columbus and the Spanish Conquest to the present day. It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart Quick view US Politics & Presidency | sku: X89233H Ryan Tubridy / JFK in Ireland : Four Days That Changed a President (Hardback) In his first book, award-winning radio and TV presenter Ryan Tubridy tells the fascinating story of the iconic president John F Kennedy's visit to Ireland. The idolized, handsome and glamorous John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the great-grandson of Irish... MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart Previous 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next Previous 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next Compare Selected × OK
Quick view sku: 55068H Peter Godwin / The Fear : The Last Days of Robert Mugabe The most powerful indictment of Mugabe's regime yet written' The Economist`A brave, sensitive and observant account of Zimbabwe's tragedy, exposing the cruelty of Mugabe's regime and the remarkable courage of those who have defied it' Financial... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 67908H Ann-Ping Chin / Four Sisters of Hofei Through the stories of four sisters born between 1907 and 1914, a renowned historian examines a century of change in Chinese culture and in women's lives. Now in their late eighties and early nineties, the four Chang sisters lived... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 44183H Patricia C. McKissack / Slave Girl : The Diary of Clotee, Virginia, USA 1859 Day or two later Freedom is one of the first words I teached myself to write. Down in the Quarters people pray for freedom - they sing 'bout freedom, but to keep Mas' Henley from knowing' their true feelings, they call freedom 'heaven'... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 28785H Michael Ashcroft / Victoria Cross Heroes VICTORIA CROSS HEROES tells the stories of over 150 individuals whose bravery has earned them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prestigious medal for courage in action.The book is introduced by Michael Ashcroft, who owns over ten per cent of all... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 75699H Laurence Rees / The Nazis : A Warning From History Following the success of Rees' bestselling Auschwitz, this substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.During a 16-year period,... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 65863H Nigel McCrery / The Complete History of the SAS : The Full Story of the World's Most Famous Elite Fighting Force There have been many books written on the SAS, most telling of individual events in the Regiment's history. This book tells the full story, from formation in the sand dunes of Africa in World War II to present action in the Middle East... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 67708H Jung Chang / Empress Dowager Cixi : The Concubine Who Launched Modern China From the bestselling author of Wild Swans, comes the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age.In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7251F Dick Wilson / China, the Big Tiger It has been difficult to obtain a coherent and sensible picture of China and its development. There were many exaggeratedly gloomy or optimistic scenarios in the past, and now positive reports of economic and trade growth seem... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 72428H James M. McPherson / Battle Cry of Freedom : The Civil War Era Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History'Read it. It will open your eyes about race history in America. It will shock you for what it tells you about politics in America today.' Richard Ford'A remarkably wide-ranging synthesis of the... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58466H Eric Hobsbawn / The Age Of Extremes : 1914-1991 THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7158F David Boyd Haycock / Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58989H Philip Warner / World War Two There are many histories of the Second World War. Some are almost too overwhelming in their detail; other are simply too sparse. Philip Warner's WORLD WAR II neatly bridges this gap. Warner writes fluently and has a confident grasp of... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 59223H Fintan O'Toole / After the Ball All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 6805M Robin Gardiner / The Riddle Of The Titanic Ten years after the first exploration of the Titanic wreck two and a half miles under the north Atlantic, and eighty-four years after she sank, Robin Gardiner and Dan van der Vat reappraised the legendary maritime disaster. Why was the... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view British Monarchy | sku: X92120H Simone Simmons / Diana - The Last Word (Hardback) 'If anything happens to me, write a book and tell it like it is' This book provides the answers to the many still unanswered questions about Diana, Princess of Wales, and why she did the things she did. Which of her lovers did she rate 'a ten, the... MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7049E Hillary Rodham Clinton / Hard Choices : A Memoir HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S INSIDE ACCOUNT OF THE CRISES, CHOICES AND CHALLENGES SHE FACED DURING HER FOUR YEARS AS AMERICA'S 67THSECRETARY OF STATE, AND HOW THOSE EXPERIENCES DRIVE HER VIEW OF THE FUTURE, INCLUDING A NEW EPILOGUE. 'All... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 72287H Anthony Sadler / The 15:17 to Paris The 15:17 to Paris is an amazing true story of friendship and bravery, of near terrorist attack averted by three young men who found the heroic unity and strength inside themselves at the moment when they, and 500 other innocent travellers,... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view US Politics & Presidency | sku: x61110H Kathy McKeon / Jackie's Girl : My Life with the Kennedy Family (Large Paperback) An endearing coming-of-age memoir by a young woman who spent thirteen years as Jackie Kennedy's personal assistant and occasional nanny-and the lessons about life and love she learned from the glamorous first lady. In 1964, Kathy McKeon was just... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 506547E Jim Eldridge / Pyramid of Secrets It's 2554BC, and Pharaoh Khafra is building a great pyramid at Giza to rival those built by his predecessors. He is also making plans for what will become one of the most famous and iconic monuments in history - the Sphinx. But Khafra has... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 39441H Catherine Bailey / The Secret Rooms : A Castle Filled with Intrigue, a Plotting Duchess and a Mysterious Death A castle filled with intrigue, a plotting duchess and a mysterious death in Catherine Bailey's The Secret Rooms. At 6 am on 21 April 1940 John the 9th Duke of Rutland, and one of Britain's wealthiest men, ended his days, virtually alone, lying... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 66488H Gwyn Jones / A History of the Vikings The history of the Viking peoples and kingdoms, from their half-glimpsed origins and legendary prehistory to the triumphs of Canute, is as exciting a story as has ever been told. Professor Jones's classic work incorporates all the latest research... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 41487H,41596H Thomas Harding / The House by the Lake SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK`A passionate memoir.' Neil MacGregor`A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in,... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 41885H Jon E. Lewis / The Mammoth Book of True War Stories War, as the general said, is hell. But in a few it also brings out the best. Heroism and horror are the keynotes of this gripping new collection of war writing. From the Siege of Troy to the present day, The Mammoth Book of True War Stories... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 70367H Edwin Williamson / The Penguin History of Latin America This title traces 500 years of history from the time of Columbus and the Spanish Conquest to the present day. It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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Quick view sku: 75699H Laurence Rees / The Nazis : A Warning From History Following the success of Rees' bestselling Auschwitz, this substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.During a 16-year period,... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 65863H Nigel McCrery / The Complete History of the SAS : The Full Story of the World's Most Famous Elite Fighting Force There have been many books written on the SAS, most telling of individual events in the Regiment's history. This book tells the full story, from formation in the sand dunes of Africa in World War II to present action in the Middle East... 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It will shock you for what it tells you about politics in America today.' Richard Ford'A remarkably wide-ranging synthesis of the... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58466H Eric Hobsbawn / The Age Of Extremes : 1914-1991 THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7158F David Boyd Haycock / Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58989H Philip Warner / World War Two There are many histories of the Second World War. Some are almost too overwhelming in their detail; other are simply too sparse. Philip Warner's WORLD WAR II neatly bridges this gap. Warner writes fluently and has a confident grasp of... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 59223H Fintan O'Toole / After the Ball All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 6805M Robin Gardiner / The Riddle Of The Titanic Ten years after the first exploration of the Titanic wreck two and a half miles under the north Atlantic, and eighty-four years after she sank, Robin Gardiner and Dan van der Vat reappraised the legendary maritime disaster. Why was the... 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MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 41487H,41596H Thomas Harding / The House by the Lake SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK`A passionate memoir.' Neil MacGregor`A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in,... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 41885H Jon E. Lewis / The Mammoth Book of True War Stories War, as the general said, is hell. But in a few it also brings out the best. Heroism and horror are the keynotes of this gripping new collection of war writing. From the Siege of Troy to the present day, The Mammoth Book of True War Stories... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 70367H Edwin Williamson / The Penguin History of Latin America This title traces 500 years of history from the time of Columbus and the Spanish Conquest to the present day. It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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Quick view sku: 65863H Nigel McCrery / The Complete History of the SAS : The Full Story of the World's Most Famous Elite Fighting Force There have been many books written on the SAS, most telling of individual events in the Regiment's history. This book tells the full story, from formation in the sand dunes of Africa in World War II to present action in the Middle East... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 67708H Jung Chang / Empress Dowager Cixi : The Concubine Who Launched Modern China From the bestselling author of Wild Swans, comes the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age.In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7251F Dick Wilson / China, the Big Tiger It has been difficult to obtain a coherent and sensible picture of China and its development. 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MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7158F David Boyd Haycock / Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58989H Philip Warner / World War Two There are many histories of the Second World War. Some are almost too overwhelming in their detail; other are simply too sparse. Philip Warner's WORLD WAR II neatly bridges this gap. Warner writes fluently and has a confident grasp of... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 59223H Fintan O'Toole / After the Ball All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 6805M Robin Gardiner / The Riddle Of The Titanic Ten years after the first exploration of the Titanic wreck two and a half miles under the north Atlantic, and eighty-four years after she sank, Robin Gardiner and Dan van der Vat reappraised the legendary maritime disaster. Why was the... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view British Monarchy | sku: X92120H Simone Simmons / Diana - The Last Word (Hardback) 'If anything happens to me, write a book and tell it like it is' This book provides the answers to the many still unanswered questions about Diana, Princess of Wales, and why she did the things she did. Which of her lovers did she rate 'a ten, the... MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7049E Hillary Rodham Clinton / Hard Choices : A Memoir HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S INSIDE ACCOUNT OF THE CRISES, CHOICES AND CHALLENGES SHE FACED DURING HER FOUR YEARS AS AMERICA'S 67THSECRETARY OF STATE, AND HOW THOSE EXPERIENCES DRIVE HER VIEW OF THE FUTURE, INCLUDING A NEW EPILOGUE. 'All... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 72287H Anthony Sadler / The 15:17 to Paris The 15:17 to Paris is an amazing true story of friendship and bravery, of near terrorist attack averted by three young men who found the heroic unity and strength inside themselves at the moment when they, and 500 other innocent travellers,... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view US Politics & Presidency | sku: x61110H Kathy McKeon / Jackie's Girl : My Life with the Kennedy Family (Large Paperback) An endearing coming-of-age memoir by a young woman who spent thirteen years as Jackie Kennedy's personal assistant and occasional nanny-and the lessons about life and love she learned from the glamorous first lady. In 1964, Kathy McKeon was just... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 506547E Jim Eldridge / Pyramid of Secrets It's 2554BC, and Pharaoh Khafra is building a great pyramid at Giza to rival those built by his predecessors. He is also making plans for what will become one of the most famous and iconic monuments in history - the Sphinx. But Khafra has... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 39441H Catherine Bailey / The Secret Rooms : A Castle Filled with Intrigue, a Plotting Duchess and a Mysterious Death A castle filled with intrigue, a plotting duchess and a mysterious death in Catherine Bailey's The Secret Rooms. At 6 am on 21 April 1940 John the 9th Duke of Rutland, and one of Britain's wealthiest men, ended his days, virtually alone, lying... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 66488H Gwyn Jones / A History of the Vikings The history of the Viking peoples and kingdoms, from their half-glimpsed origins and legendary prehistory to the triumphs of Canute, is as exciting a story as has ever been told. Professor Jones's classic work incorporates all the latest research... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 41487H,41596H Thomas Harding / The House by the Lake SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK`A passionate memoir.' Neil MacGregor`A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in,... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 41885H Jon E. Lewis / The Mammoth Book of True War Stories War, as the general said, is hell. But in a few it also brings out the best. Heroism and horror are the keynotes of this gripping new collection of war writing. From the Siege of Troy to the present day, The Mammoth Book of True War Stories... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 70367H Edwin Williamson / The Penguin History of Latin America This title traces 500 years of history from the time of Columbus and the Spanish Conquest to the present day. It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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Quick view sku: 67708H Jung Chang / Empress Dowager Cixi : The Concubine Who Launched Modern China From the bestselling author of Wild Swans, comes the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age.In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7251F Dick Wilson / China, the Big Tiger It has been difficult to obtain a coherent and sensible picture of China and its development. There were many exaggeratedly gloomy or optimistic scenarios in the past, and now positive reports of economic and trade growth seem... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 72428H James M. McPherson / Battle Cry of Freedom : The Civil War Era Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History'Read it. It will open your eyes about race history in America. It will shock you for what it tells you about politics in America today.' 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Some are almost too overwhelming in their detail; other are simply too sparse. Philip Warner's WORLD WAR II neatly bridges this gap. Warner writes fluently and has a confident grasp of... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 59223H Fintan O'Toole / After the Ball All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 6805M Robin Gardiner / The Riddle Of The Titanic Ten years after the first exploration of the Titanic wreck two and a half miles under the north Atlantic, and eighty-four years after she sank, Robin Gardiner and Dan van der Vat reappraised the legendary maritime disaster. Why was the... 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It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58989H Philip Warner / World War Two There are many histories of the Second World War. Some are almost too overwhelming in their detail; other are simply too sparse. Philip Warner's WORLD WAR II neatly bridges this gap. Warner writes fluently and has a confident grasp of... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 59223H Fintan O'Toole / After the Ball All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you... 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MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view US Politics & Presidency | sku: x61110H Kathy McKeon / Jackie's Girl : My Life with the Kennedy Family (Large Paperback) An endearing coming-of-age memoir by a young woman who spent thirteen years as Jackie Kennedy's personal assistant and occasional nanny-and the lessons about life and love she learned from the glamorous first lady. In 1964, Kathy McKeon was just... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 506547E Jim Eldridge / Pyramid of Secrets It's 2554BC, and Pharaoh Khafra is building a great pyramid at Giza to rival those built by his predecessors. He is also making plans for what will become one of the most famous and iconic monuments in history - the Sphinx. But Khafra has... 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It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... 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Quick view sku: 58466H Eric Hobsbawn / The Age Of Extremes : 1914-1991 THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7158F David Boyd Haycock / Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 58989H Philip Warner / World War Two There are many histories of the Second World War. Some are almost too overwhelming in their detail; other are simply too sparse. Philip Warner's WORLD WAR II neatly bridges this gap. Warner writes fluently and has a confident grasp of... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 59223H Fintan O'Toole / After the Ball All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 6805M Robin Gardiner / The Riddle Of The Titanic Ten years after the first exploration of the Titanic wreck two and a half miles under the north Atlantic, and eighty-four years after she sank, Robin Gardiner and Dan van der Vat reappraised the legendary maritime disaster. Why was the... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view British Monarchy | sku: X92120H Simone Simmons / Diana - The Last Word (Hardback) 'If anything happens to me, write a book and tell it like it is' This book provides the answers to the many still unanswered questions about Diana, Princess of Wales, and why she did the things she did. Which of her lovers did she rate 'a ten, the... MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 7049E Hillary Rodham Clinton / Hard Choices : A Memoir HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S INSIDE ACCOUNT OF THE CRISES, CHOICES AND CHALLENGES SHE FACED DURING HER FOUR YEARS AS AMERICA'S 67THSECRETARY OF STATE, AND HOW THOSE EXPERIENCES DRIVE HER VIEW OF THE FUTURE, INCLUDING A NEW EPILOGUE. 'All... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 72287H Anthony Sadler / The 15:17 to Paris The 15:17 to Paris is an amazing true story of friendship and bravery, of near terrorist attack averted by three young men who found the heroic unity and strength inside themselves at the moment when they, and 500 other innocent travellers,... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view US Politics & Presidency | sku: x61110H Kathy McKeon / Jackie's Girl : My Life with the Kennedy Family (Large Paperback) An endearing coming-of-age memoir by a young woman who spent thirteen years as Jackie Kennedy's personal assistant and occasional nanny-and the lessons about life and love she learned from the glamorous first lady. In 1964, Kathy McKeon was just... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 506547E Jim Eldridge / Pyramid of Secrets It's 2554BC, and Pharaoh Khafra is building a great pyramid at Giza to rival those built by his predecessors. He is also making plans for what will become one of the most famous and iconic monuments in history - the Sphinx. But Khafra has... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 39441H Catherine Bailey / The Secret Rooms : A Castle Filled with Intrigue, a Plotting Duchess and a Mysterious Death A castle filled with intrigue, a plotting duchess and a mysterious death in Catherine Bailey's The Secret Rooms. At 6 am on 21 April 1940 John the 9th Duke of Rutland, and one of Britain's wealthiest men, ended his days, virtually alone, lying... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 66488H Gwyn Jones / A History of the Vikings The history of the Viking peoples and kingdoms, from their half-glimpsed origins and legendary prehistory to the triumphs of Canute, is as exciting a story as has ever been told. Professor Jones's classic work incorporates all the latest research... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 41487H,41596H Thomas Harding / The House by the Lake SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK`A passionate memoir.' Neil MacGregor`A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in,... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 41885H Jon E. Lewis / The Mammoth Book of True War Stories War, as the general said, is hell. But in a few it also brings out the best. Heroism and horror are the keynotes of this gripping new collection of war writing. From the Siege of Troy to the present day, The Mammoth Book of True War Stories... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 70367H Edwin Williamson / The Penguin History of Latin America This title traces 500 years of history from the time of Columbus and the Spanish Conquest to the present day. It shows how the turbulent modernization which started in the eighteenth century continued into the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart Quick view US Politics & Presidency | sku: X89233H Ryan Tubridy / JFK in Ireland : Four Days That Changed a President (Hardback) In his first book, award-winning radio and TV presenter Ryan Tubridy tells the fascinating story of the iconic president John F Kennedy's visit to Ireland. The idolized, handsome and glamorous John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the great-grandson of Irish... MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart Previous 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next Previous 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next Compare Selected × OK
SALE Quick view sku: 7158F David Boyd Haycock / Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: £2.23 Was: £2.23 Now: £0.45 Add to Cart
Quick view sku: 58989H Philip Warner / World War Two There are many histories of the Second World War. Some are almost too overwhelming in their detail; other are simply too sparse. Philip Warner's WORLD WAR II neatly bridges this gap. Warner writes fluently and has a confident grasp of... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 59223H Fintan O'Toole / After the Ball All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: 6805M Robin Gardiner / The Riddle Of The Titanic Ten years after the first exploration of the Titanic wreck two and a half miles under the north Atlantic, and eighty-four years after she sank, Robin Gardiner and Dan van der Vat reappraised the legendary maritime disaster. Why was the... 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Quick view Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948 A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher. Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good... MSRP: Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart Quick view US Politics & Presidency | sku: X89233H Ryan Tubridy / JFK in Ireland : Four Days That Changed a President (Hardback) In his first book, award-winning radio and TV presenter Ryan Tubridy tells the fascinating story of the iconic president John F Kennedy's visit to Ireland. The idolized, handsome and glamorous John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the great-grandson of Irish... MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart Previous 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next Previous 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next Compare Selected × OK
Quick view Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst... MSRP: Now: £8.94 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG108 Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959 A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960) . For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x65039H Kitty Kelley / Nancy Reagan : The Unauthorized Biography (Hardback) The best-selling author turns her piercing eye to the former First Lady in an unauthorized account of Nancy Reagan's life All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of... MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart Quick view US Politics & Presidency | sku: X89233H Ryan Tubridy / JFK in Ireland : Four Days That Changed a President (Hardback) In his first book, award-winning radio and TV presenter Ryan Tubridy tells the fascinating story of the iconic president John F Kennedy's visit to Ireland. The idolized, handsome and glamorous John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the great-grandson of Irish... MSRP: Now: £4.02 Add to Cart Previous 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next Previous 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next Compare Selected × OK
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