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Philip's Highlands of Scotland: Leisure and Tourist Map 2020 Edition: Leisure and Tourist Map by Philip's Maps
RRP: £7.99£5.79A folded map specially created for touring the glories of the Scottish Highlands, with a wealth of places of interest clearly marked. It includes detailed coverage of the area's road network with easy-to-read road mapping perfect for route-planning... -
Posh Boys: How English Public Schools Ruin Britain by Robert Verkaik
RRP: £10.99£7.77'The latest in the series of powerful books on the divisions in modern Britain, and will take its place on many bookshelves beside Reni Eddo-Lodge's Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race and Owen Jones's Chavs.' -Andrew Marr, Sunday... -
Trojan Women by Seneca 9780801494314
RRP: £10.99£8.72This free and eloquent translation skillfully reproduces the imagery, power, and frequent irony and sarcasm of Seneca's language.Book InformationISBN 9780801494314Author SenecaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Cornell University PressPublisher... -
Convoys: The British Struggle Against Napoleonic Europe and America by Roger Knight 9780300273403
RRP: £12.99£11.46The first account of Britain's convoys during the Napoleonic Wars-showing how the protection of trade played a decisive role in victory During the Napoleonic Wars thousands of merchant ships crisscrossed narrow seas and wide oceans, protected by... -
Siena: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City by Jane Stevenson 9781801101158
RRP: £14.99£9.53An authoritative, richly illustrated history, and affectionate celebration, of Siena, one of the best-loved and most-visited cities in Italy. Occupying a hilltop site in the midst of a vast, undulating landscape, Siena is as much a magnet for... -
Civil War: The War of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1660 by Trevor Royle
RRP: £16.99£11.94One late summer's day in 1642 two rival armies faced each other across the rolling Warwickshire countryside at Edgehill. There, Royalists faithful to King Charles I engaged in a battle with the supporters of the Parliament. Ahead lay even more desperate... -
Inferno (Collins Classics) by Dante Alighieri
RRP: £2.99£2.34HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.' Considered one of the greatest medieval poems written in the common... -
Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore by Bettany Hughes 9781845952143
RRP: £25.00£18.02As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject; for nearly three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield. Because of her double marriage to... -
The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus: Art, Faith and Empire in Early Islam by Alain George 9781909942455
RRP: £60.00£57.01The Great Mosque of Damascus is an iconic monument of world architecture, and the oldest mosque still standing in something close to its original state. This book is the first in-depth study of its foundation by the Umayyad dynasty, just as the first... -
The Liverpool Girls by Pam Howes
RRP: £8.99£5.45It's 1966 and in Liverpool two sisters are about to have their lives turned upside down...Sisters Carol and Jackie haven't had the easiest of childhoods, but as they grow up and begin their own lives both hope for happier times ahead. Stylish Carol works... -
A War of Empires: Japan, India, Burma & Britain: 1941–45 by Robert Lyman
RRP: £16.99£12.68SHORTLISTED FOR THE RUSI DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2022 'This is a superb book.' - James Holland In 1941 and 1942 the British and Indian Armies were brutally defeated and Japan reigned supreme in its newly conquered territories... -
The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown
RRP: £10.99£7.77_____________________________________________The 20th Anniversary Edition of Tina Brown's definitive behind-the-scenes insight into the life of Diana Princess of Wales, as depicted in the hit Netflix series The Crown, with a brand new introduction by... -
German Troops in the American Revolution (1): Hessen-Cassel by Donald M. Londahl-Smidt
RRP: £11.99£8.43During the American Revolution (1775-83), German auxiliary troops provided a vital element of the British war effort. Some 30,000 German troops served in North America, continuing a long-established relationship between Britain and various German... -
Falling Sky: The brand new 2022 historical thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller by Harry Sidebottom 9781838778033
RRP: £9.99£6.85AD 265, Gaul - The Roman Empire is on the brink.Emperor Gallienus has amassed a huge army across the Alps to seize back the mountains from the usurper Postumus.War has come.Ballista and his cavalry are on the frontline, battling in the most brutal of... -
Women of the Right Spirit: Paid Organisers of the Women's Social and Political Union (Wspu), 1904-18 by Krista Cowman
RRP: £19.99£16.42This book is the first investigation on how official organizers built and sustained the national militant campaign of the Women's Social and Political Union between 1903 and 1918. Whilst the overall policy of the Union was devised by an ever-decreasing... -
The Gentleman's Daughter: Women's Lives in Georgian England by Amanda Vickery 9780300102222
RRP: £13.99£12.25What was the life of an eighteenth-century British genteel woman like? In this lively and controversial book, Amanda Vickery invokes women's own accounts of their intimate and their public lives to argue that in the eighteenth and early nineteenth... -
Scotland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood by Alistair Moffat
RRP: £14.99£9.80A charming, lively and often amusing tour of 36 forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of Scottish history. While Scotland's history cannot be separated from its kings and queens, saints and warriors, there is a rich story to tell about the... -
A Book of Life by Peter Kingsley 9781999638450
£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999638450Author Peter KingsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Catafalque PressPublisher Catafalque PressWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
OCR A Level History: Britain 1930-1997 by Mike Wells
£31.89Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016This is an OCR endorsed resource.Build strong subject knowledge and skills in A Level History using the in-depth analysis and structured support in this... -
Spitfire Across The Atlantic by Ricardo Martin Lezon 9781781553572
RRP: £30.00£20.95On the morning of 24 December 1943, 542 Squadron's intelligence officer briefed Flt Lt J. Storey on covering Crossbow sites in the Calais-Abbeville areas. He was airborne at 11 a.m. and set course in his Spitfire for the French coast, passing over London... -
The Ultimate World War II Quiz Book: 1,000 Questions and Answers to Test Your Knowledge by Kieran Whitworth
RRP: £9.99£6.85Published in association with the Imperial War Museums, this book will provide the ultimate challenge to even the most knowledgeable military historian.You might think you know a great deal about World War II but have you ever really tested your... -
It Doesn't Take A Hero by H Norman Schwarzkopf 9780857501684
RRP: £17.99£17.39In this remarkable autobiography, Norman Schwarzkopf recounts his boyhood years in New Jersey, during the Second World War, and his unique adolescence spent in the Middle East and Europe that would later prove invaluable. Here, too, is a frank account of... -
The Complete History of the SAS: The World's Most Feared Elite Fighting Force by Nigel McCrery
RRP: £9.99£5.96Specializing in covert reconnaissance, counter-terrorism and hostage rescue, the SAS is one of the world's most famous, feared and respected elite fighting forces.This book tells the full, fascinating story of the regiment, from formation in the sand... -
Robert The Bruce: King Of Scots by Ronald McNair Scott
RRP: £10.99£7.32Robert the Bruce had himself crowned King of Scots at Scone on a frozen March morning in 1306. After years of struggle, Scotland had been reduced to a vassal state by Edward I of England and its people lived in poverty. On the day he seized the crown... -
After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives by Edward Said 9780231114493
RRP: £28.00£21.80This book offers a searing portrait of Palestinian life and identity that is at once an exploration of Edward Said's unclaimable past and a testimony to the lives of those living in exile.A searing portrait of Palestinian life and identity that is at... -
The Crew: The Story of a Lancaster Bomber Crew by David Price
RRP: £9.99£7.11A moving tribute to the sacrifice and bravery of the fliers of RAF Bomber Command. ****************************** The Crew, based on interviews with Ken Cook, the crew's sole surviving member, recounts the wartime exploits of the members of an Avro... -
The Fields of Death (Wellington and Napoleon 4) by Simon Scarrow
RRP: £9.99£6.80THE FIELDS OF DEATH is the epic final novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Wellington and Napoleon Quartet. Essential reading for fans of Bernard Cornwell.1809. Viscount Wellington and Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte have made their mark as military... -
Ireland: A History by Thomas Bartlett
RRP: £30.99£20.99Ireland has rarely been out of the news during the past thirty years. Whether as a war-zone in which Catholic nationalists and Protestant Unionists struggled for supremacy, a case study in conflict resolution or an economy that for a time promised to... -
Secret Victory: The Intelligence War That Beat the IRA by William Matchett
RRP: £12.95£9.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527202054Author William MatchettFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint William MatchettPublisher William Matchett -
The Troubles with Us: One Belfast Girl on Boys, Bombs and Finding Her Way by Alix O'Neill
RRP: £9.99£6.64'Derry Girls meets David Sedaris' Elske Rahill 'The writing is full of energy and originality' Irish Times Growing up on the Falls Road in 1990s Belfast, Alix O'Neill has seen it... -
Healing through the Bones: Empowerment and the Process of Exhumations in the Context of Cyprus by Kristian T. P. Fics 9780761868194
RRP: £30.00£28.02Violent conflict created a divide in Cyprus (1950-1974) that still exists to this day between Turkish and Greek Cypriots. This study explores specifically an effect of violent conflict-Missing Persons and the bi-communal process of their humanitarian... -
I Flew for the Fuhrer: The Memoirs of a Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot by Heinz Knoke 9781784386023
RRP: £12.99£9.09Heinz Knocke was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of World War II and this vivid first-hand record of his experiences has become a classic among aviation memoirs, a best-selling counter-balance to the numerous accounts written by Allied... -
Edmund Burke: The Visionary who Invented Modern Politics by Jesse Norman
RRP: £12.99£8.48Longlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; both conservative and subversive, Burke's beliefs have never been more relevant, as MP Jesse Norman explains. Philosopher, statesman, and founder of modern... -
Enoch Powell: Politics and Ideas in Modern Britain by Paul Corthorn
RRP: £16.99£12.28Best known for his notorious 'Rivers of Blood' speech in 1968 and his outspoken opposition to immigration, Enoch Powell was one of the most controversial figures in British political life in the second half of the twentieth century and a formative... -
El Narco by Ioan Grillo
RRP: £12.99£9.09'War' is no exaggeration in discussing the bloodshed that has terrorized Mexico in the past decades. As rival cartels battle for control of a billion-dollar drug trade, the body count- 23,000 dead in five years - and sheer horror beggar the imagination... -
Measly Middle Ages (newspaper edition) by Terry Deary 9780702311260
RRP: £6.99£4.64Discover all the foul facts about the Measly Middle Ages with history's most horrible headlines. All the foul facts about the Measly Middle Ages are ready to uncover, including: why chickens had... -
Papyrus: THE MILLION-COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER by Irene Vallejo 9781529344004
RRP: £12.99£8.60The bestselling phenomenon - a 6,000-year adventure through the history of books and readingA FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST AND MAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2023'Outstanding, universal and unique' NEW YORK... -
Mansa Musa: The Richest Man In History by Mike McCraw 9780692770573
RRP: £12.00£9.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692770573Author Mike McCrawFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Mike the WolfPublisher Mike the WolfWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm * 3mm -
Samurai and Ninja: The Real Story Behind the Japanese Warrior Myth That Shatters the Bushido Mystique by Antony Cummins 9784805313343
RRP: £13.99£9.20The myths of the noble Samurai and the sinister Ninja are filled with romantic fantasy and fallacy.Samurai and Ninja expert Antony Cummins shatters the myths and exposes the true nature of these genuine-and very lethal-medieval Japanese warriors. The... -
Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS from the People Who Built It, Lived It and Love It by Stephanie Snow 9781802793468
RRP: £16.99£9.58FOREWORD BY ADAM KAY, AUTHOR OF THIS IS GOING TO HURTPortion of proceeds go to NHS Charities Together.A beautiful and heart-warming collection of stories, this landmark publication tells, for the first time ever, the rich history of the NHS through the...