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Crypt by Alice Roberts 9781398519237
RRP: £22.00£14.45THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER 'Compulsive . . . A wonderful display of how modern archaeology can bring hidden histories to life' Daily Telegraph 'Gripping . . . I found it hard to put down' Evening Standard 'Gripping... Fascinating... While bodily... -
A Dying Fall: A spooky, gripping read for Halloween (Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 5) by Elly Griffiths
RRP: £9.99£4.55When murder strikes close to home, Dr Ruth Galloway is determined to find justice - without ending up in the firing line herself.'One of the most cinematic finales in recent crime fiction' Daily TelegraphDr Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist, spends a... -
The Ghost Fields: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 7 by Elly Griffiths
RRP: £9.99£6.80WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. A bullet-ridden body is unearthed from a buried WW2 plane - but the body isn't from WW2. Dr Ruth Galloway must discover who the victim was, and who put him there, in this atmospheric mystery for fans of Val... -
A Room Full of Bones: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 4 by Elly Griffiths
RRP: £9.99£6.80WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. Halloween night, and the dead are closer than ever for Dr Ruth Galloway. She is used to long-dead bodies, but a fresh corpse in the middle of a museum is a new challenge. The fourth beguiling Dr Ruth Galloway... -
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber
RRP: £12.99£9.09THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read'... -
The Outcast Dead: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 6 by Elly Griffiths
RRP: £9.99£4.91Historical crimes involving a Victorian child killer may hold the key to several contemporary deaths in this macabre outing for Dr Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves.'Told with a deepening sense of the... -
The House at Sea's End: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 3 by Elly Griffiths 9781786482136
RRP: £9.99£3.51WNNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. The shadow of the Second World War looms dark over the third chilling mystery for Dr Ruth Galloway. Some buried secrets shouldn't be uncovered.'A melancholy setting, an eerie discovery, a lone investigator..... -
Trelawny’s Cornwall: A Journey through Western Lands Petroc Trelawny 9781474625098
RRP: £22.00£14.96It would be hard to think of a more thoroughly Cornish name than Petroc Trelawny. His first name is shared with one of Cornwall's most celebrated saints, his second is the name of its unofficial national anthem. But when a stranger challenges the Radio 3... -
The End of Days: Armageddon and Prophecies of the Return by Zecharia Sitchin 9780061239212
RRP: £6.99£5.13It has been more than three decades since Zecharia Sitchin's trailblazing book "The 12th Planet" brought to life the Sumerian civilization and its record of the Anunnaki - the extraterrestrials who fashioned man and gave mankind civilization and religion... -
Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilisation - the Sequel to Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock
RRP: £12.99£5.31TV presenter Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth's lost civilization. Twenty years on, Hancock... -
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe 9781851685554
RRP: £12.99£9.09Renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking work on the formation of the State of Israel. 'Along with the late Edward Said, Ilan Pappe is the most eloquent writer of Palestinian history.' NEW STATESMAN Between 1947 and 1949, over 400... -
Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization by Barry J. Kemp
RRP: £39.99£35.46This fully revised and updated third edition of the bestselling Ancient Egypt seeks to identify what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics, ranging across material culture, the mindset of its people, and social and economic... -
Prehistoric Figurines: Representation and Corporeality in the Neolithic by Douglass W. Bailey
RRP: £37.99£33.38Fully illustrated, Prehistoric Figurines brings a radical new approach to one of the most exciting, but poorly understood artefacts from our prehistoric past. Studying the interpretation of prehistoric figurines from Neolithic southeast Europe, Bailey... -
Swords of the Viking Age by Ian Peirce
RRP: £25.00£21.32Representative examples of swords from 8th-11th century, fully described and illustrated, with general overview. This beautifully illustrated work fills a gap in the literature in English on the swords made and used in northern Europe during the... -
Amarna: A Guide to the Ancient City of Akhetaten by Anna Stevens 9789774169823
RRP: £29.99£25.16This informed and richly illustrated guidebook brings the ancient city of Akhetaten alive with a keen archaeological eye, drawing on ongoing archaeological research and the knowledge and insight of Amarna's modern-day communities and caretakers to... -
Carnac: And Other Megalithic Sites in Southern Brittany by Howard Crowhurst 9781904263968
RRP: £5.99£4.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904263968Author Howard CrowhurstFormat PaperbackImprint Wooden BooksPublisher Wooden BooksDimensions(mm) 155mm * 125mm * 7mm -
Britain’s Landmarks and Legends: The Fascinating Stories Embedded in our Landscape (National Trust) by Jo Woolf 9780008567644
RRP: £12.99£8.48Discover the history, legends and folklore of Britain's most intriguing landmarks This beautifully illustrated book reveals the secrets and stories of fifty icons of Britain's landscape. Some are natural wonders, such as... -
The Coffin Roads: Journeys to the West by Ian Bradley
RRP: £8.99£6.08'Coffin roads' along which bodies were carried for burial are a marked feature of the landscape of the Scottish Highlands and islands - many are now popular walking and cycling routes. This book journeys along eight coffin roads to discover and explore... -
A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women Emma Southon 9780861548323
RRP: £10.99£7.77Rome as you've never seen it before - brazenly unconventional, badly behaved and ever so feminine. 'Hugely entertaining and illuminating' -Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 Here's how the history of... -
Stanton Drew: and Its Ancient Stone Circles by Gordon Strong 9781904263739
RRP: £5.99£4.11In the sleepy Avon village of Stanton Drew stand the forgotten remains of the third major neolithic temple complex of Southern Britain after Stonehenge and Avebury. In this guidebook to the site, packed with rare images, Stanton Drew boffin Gordon Strong... -
Monuments of Orkney: A Visitor's Guide by Caroline Wickham-Jones
RRP: £10.00£6.80From the Early Neolithic farm at Knap of Howar to the flamboyant chapel built by Italian prisoners of war in the 1940s, the Orkney Islands are amazingly rich in historic and prehistoric sites. At their centre is a cluster of spectacular Neolithic... -
The Temple Revealed: The True Location of the Jewish Temple Hidden in Plain Sight by Christian Widener 9780578749877
RRP: £13.99£12.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578749877Author Christian WidenerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint End Times Berean, LLCPublisher End Times Berean, LLCWeight(grams) 152g -
Winds of Change: The Living Landscapes of Hirta, St Kilda by Jill Harden 9780903903295
RRP: £10.00£9.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903903295Author Jill HardenFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandPublisher Society of Antiquaries of... -
More: Utopia by Saint Thomas More
RRP: £14.99£13.45This is a fully revised edition of one of the most successful volumes in the Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought series. Incorporating extensive updates to the editorial apparatus, including the introduction, suggestions for further... -
The Mystery of Doggerland: Atlantis in the North Sea by Graham Phillips 9781591434238
RRP: £16.99£11.08A scientific exploration of the advanced ancient civilization known as Doggerland or Fairland that disappeared 5,000 years ago. New marine archaeological evidence has revealed the remains of a large land mass to the north of Britain that hosted an... -
Scotland: A History from Earliest Times by Alistair Moffat
RRP: £14.99£10.20In this book, Alistair Moffat brings vividly to life the story of this great nation, from the dawn of prehistory through to the twenty-first century. Ambitious, richly detailed and highly readable, Scotland: A History From Earliest Times skilfully... -
Buried: An alternative history of the first millennium in Britain by Alice Roberts 9781398510050
RRP: £9.99£6.41A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Tender, fascinating ... Lucid and illuminating' Robert Macfarlane Funerary rituals show us what people thought about mortality; how they felt about loss; what they believed came next. From Roman cremations and graveside feasts,... -
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Expanded by Eric H. Cline 9780691208015
RRP: £14.99£9.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780691208015Author Eric H. ClineFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Princeton University PressPublisher Princeton University PressWeight(grams) 133g -
Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt: Advanced Engineering in the Temples of the Pharaohs by Christopher Dunn 9781591431022
RRP: £21.00£15.80From the pyramids in the north to the temples in the south, ancient artisans left their marks all over Egypt, unique marks that reveal craftsmanship we would be hard pressed to duplicate today. Drawing together the results of more than 30 years of... -
The Crossing Places: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 1 by Elly Griffiths
RRP: £10.99£3.51Start right here! Discover the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries and become obsessed with one of the most popular crime series in Britain.'Galloway now seems as real as Marple and Morse' The Times'I've never before read a crime novel in which archaeology and... -
The Woman In Blue: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 8 by Elly Griffiths
RRP: £9.99£5.05The murder of women priests in Norfolk's spooky shrine town of Walsingham draws forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway into a thrilling new adventure. 'Ever-more ingenious detective stories with a powerful sense of place' The TimesWhen Ruth's friend... -
The Janus Stone: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 2 by Elly Griffiths
RRP: £10.99£7.40A gruesome discovery at an old children's home lays bare terrible secret's from Norwich's past in the second gripping mystery for Dr Ruth Galloway.'The setting is enticingly atmospheric . . . a really intelligent murder story' IndependentDr Ruth... -
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell 9781577315933
RRP: £23.00£15.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781577315933Author Joseph CampbellFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library -
Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem
RRP: £10.99£7.12_______________ WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION THE TOP 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR _______________ Mudlark (/'mAdla;k/) noun A person who scavenges for usable debris in... -
Viking Britain: A History by Thomas Williams
RRP: £9.99£6.64A new narrative history of the Viking Age, interwoven with exploration of the physical remains and landscapes that the Vikings fashioned and walked: their rune-stones and ship burials, settlements and battlefields. To... -
The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
RRP: £16.99£12.28A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom HollandThe 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and... -
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes
RRP: £14.99£10.20THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Life-filled and life-affirming history, steeped in romance and written with verve' GUARDIAN'Richly entertaining and impeccably researched' Peter FrankopanIstanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and... -
The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places by Neil Oliver
RRP: £11.99£8.43"Everyone should have two copies - one for the car and one for the house to plan journeys. . . a reminder to think more about the places you pass and less about your route, because every British journey is through rich history." (Edward Stourton)From... -
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town by Mary Beard
RRP: £11.99£8.43WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008 'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an... -
Ancestors: A prehistory of Britain in seven burials by Alice Roberts
RRP: £10.99£7.00An extraordinary exploration of the ancestry of Britain through seven burial sites. By using new advances in genetics and taking us through important archaeological discoveries, Professor Alice Roberts helps us better understand life today.'This is a...