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Military History
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Red Dawn Over China : How Communism Conquered a Quarter of HumanitySpecial Price €23.99 Regular Price €29.99
The history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining popular support by taking land from the rich and giving it to the poor.
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The Successor : Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Putin and the Decline of Modern Russia€42.00
When did Russia lose its chance of freedom? 1990: As a new openness sweeps Russia, a talented young physicist, Boris Nemtsov, begins his career in politics. Charismatic, confident, liberal and vehemently opposed to corruption, he swiftly rises to prominence.
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The Once and Future Riot€25.99
From the ground-breaking graphics journalist and author of Palestine, a revelatory investigation of the deadly sectarian riots in 2013. Uttar Pradesh, India, and their urgent global significance todayCompared to other episodes of lethal Indian communal violence, the clashes in Uttar Pradesh in 2013, the Muzaffarnagar Riot, were a relatively small-scale affair.
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Ernest Shackleton : South€3.99
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Now we clung to a battered little boat, 'alone, alone – all, all alone; alone on a wide, wide sea.' The ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914 was to be the first land-crossing of Antarctica.
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American Heroes : True Stories from the Bravest of the Brave€11.99
In this powerful collection of never-before-told stories, James Patterson and First Sergeant US Army (Ret.) Matt Eversmann salute America’s most courageous military heroes.
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The World of the Cold War : 1945-1991€29.99
A sweeping, original history of the Cold War, from an acclaimed historian of the USSR. Why did the Cold War erupt so soon after the Second World War? How did it escalate so rapidly, spanning five continents over six decades? And what led to the spectacular collapse of the Soviet Union?
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Delusions of Paradise : Escaping the Life of a Taliban Fighter (Hardback)€24.99
When Maiwand Banayee was 16, he wanted to become a suicide bomber for the Taliban. In this inspiring tale of survival and self-discovery, the reader will follow Maiwand's journey down a dark path and his ultimate redemption.
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The Cleopatras : Discover the powerful story of the seven queens of Ancient Egypt!€16.99
Cleopatra: lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest queen. A woman more myth than history, immortalized in poetry, drama, music, art, and film.
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Endgame 1944 : How Stalin Won The War€14.99
2025 marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Read and remember the history that led to this important moment. 'This book is his best yet .
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Story of a Murder : The Wives, the Mistress and Dr Crippen€32.00
No murderer should ever be the keeper of their victim's story …On 1 February, 1910, vivacious music-hall performer, Belle Elmore, suddenly vanished from her north London home.
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The Traitor of Arnhem : WWII’s Greatest Betrayal and the Moment That Changed History Forever€13.99
Following D-Day, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin all seek to shape the global future to their own ends and win the race to Berlin. The British launch Operation Market Garden, the greatest airborne operation the world has ever seen.
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Judgement at Tokyo : World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia (Paperback)€16.99
A landmark history of the postwar trials of Japan's leaders as war criminals, and their impact on the modern history of Asia and the world.
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Displaced : Civilians in the Russia-Ukraine War€12.99
In Displaced, Russian journalist Valery Panyushkin chronicles the devastating impact of his country’s invasion of Ukraine.
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The Showman : The Inside Story of the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky€13.99
Written with unprecedented access, this is the first inside, intimate account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of President Zelensky and his team.
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Thucydides: A Very Short Introduction€12.99
Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring 432 BCE the powerful city-state of Sparta on the peninsula of the Peloponnesus in southwestern Greece declared war on Athens, head of a mighty naval coalition. . .
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November 1942 : An Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War€16.99
An intimate history of the most important month of the Second World War as experienced by those who lived through it, completely based on their diaries, letters and memoirs.
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The War Came To Us : Life and Death in Ukraine (Illustrated Edition)€14.99
This is a fully updated paperback edition of the highly successful The War Came To Us, written by the leading journalist of the conflict who has lived and worked in Ukraine for over a decade, and includes a new foreword and never-before-seen photographs.
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Military Mindset: Lessons from the Battlefield€28.99
Ant Middleton, sharing unique insights gained from a life spent in the battlefield. 'Few men are born brave; many become so through care and force of discipline.' Vegetius, De Re Militari, written in the 4th century AD.
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The Myth of American Idealism : How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World€21.99
From one of the world’s most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that US power poses to humanity’s future, The land of the free. The home of the brave.



















