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A Little Book about Music by Hippo! Orange 9781800693272
RRP: £5.99£4.40Forging our identities, setting our moods and impacting our culture, any music admirer understands there's a sheer breadth of musical tastes. From the classical era to modern day, here you will discover a curation of lines from composers, musicians and... -
Defiant: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain by Robert Verkaik
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Robert Verkaik makes a revisionist case for an unsung aircraft, the Boulton Paul Defiant. This two-seat gun-turret fighter is, argues Verkaik, the forgotten fighter of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain; the effectiveness as well as the courage of its... -
In the Land of the Cyclops: Essays by Karl Ove Knausgaard
RRP: £10.99£7.77A brilliantly wide-ranging essay collection from the author of My Struggle, spanning literature, philosophy, art and how our daily and creative lives intertwine.In the Land of the Cyclops is Karl Ove Knausgaard's first collection of essays to be... -
Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed
RRP: £10.99£7.77Ten Days That Shook the World is John Reed's eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution. A contemporary journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping record of the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when... -
How Britain Really Works: Understanding the Ideas and Institutions of a Nation by Stig Abell
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Absorbing . . . an intelligent and clear-eyed account of much that goes on in our country' Sunday TimesGetting to grips with Great Britain is harder than ever. We are a nation that chose Brexit, rejects immigration but is dependent on it, is getting... -
Automata & Mechanical Toys by Rodney Peppe
RRP: £25.00£24.18Automata and mechanical toys delight children and adults alike with the beauty of their design and the excitement of their movement. This book explains how the mechanisms work and celebrates many leading makers. The book covers the history of automata... -
A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Secret Game that Revolutionised the War by Simon Parkin
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Compelling' Sunday Times'A triumph' Daily Mirror'Gripping' Jonathan Dimbleby1941. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Thousands of supply ships ferrying vital food and fuel from North America to Britain are being torpedoed by German U-boats... -
Strategy: A History by Sir Lawrence Freedman
RRP: £20.99£15.94Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013 In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking, in a consistently engaging and... -
Milk: An Intimate History of Breastfeeding by Joanna Wolfarth 9781474623230
RRP: £9.99£6.80- 'Illuminating . . . an important book' Sunday Times- 'A fascinating journey through the social, cultural and historical meanings of breastfeeding. A sublime book' Elinor Cleghorn, author of Unwell Women- 'Erudite, intimate and compelling . . . a... -
The Hunger Games 4 Book Paperback Box Set by Suzanne Collins 9780702313813
RRP: £35.96£24.94Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Flakhelfer to Grenadier: Memoir of a Boy Soldier, 1943-1945 by Karl Heinz Schlesier 9781909384989
RRP: £16.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909384989Author Karl Heinz SchlesierFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Real History Behind The Templars by Sharan Newman 9780425215333
RRP: £21.99£14.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425215333Author Sharan NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 415g -
House of Treason: The Rise and Fall of a Tudor Dynasty by Robert Hutchinson
RRP: £14.99£4.76King-makers - Conspirators - Criminals - Nobles - Seducers The Howard family - the Dukes of Norfolk - were the wealthiest and most powerful aristocrats in Tudor England, regarding themselves as the true power behind the throne. They were certainly... -
Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction by Alan Taylor 9780199766239
RRP: £8.99£6.61By long convention, "American history" began during the early seventeenth century along the Atlantic Seaboard with the English colonies at Jamestown in Virginia and Plymouth in New England. From that eastern origin, America supposedly expanded westward,... -
Damaged Goods: The Rise and Fall of Sir Philip Green (The Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller) by Oliver Shah
RRP: £9.99£7.11DISCOVER THE SHOCKING TRUTH BEHIND THE BUSINESS AND LIFESTYLE OF SIR PHILIP GREEN In this jaw-dropping expose, Oliver Shah uncovers the truth behind one of Britain's biggest business scandals, following Sir Philip Green's journey to the big time, the... -
Early Modern Britain, 1450-1750 by John Miller
RRP: £25.99£23.61This introductory textbook provides a wide-ranging survey of the political, social, cultural and economic history of early modern Britain, charting the gradual integration of the four kingdoms, from the Wars of the Roses to the formation of 'Britain',... -
Collecting Shakespeare: The Story of Henry and Emily Folger by Stephen, H. Grant 9781421411873
RRP: £29.00£26.08In Collecting Shakespeare, Stephen H. Grant recounts the American success story of Henry and Emily Folger of Brooklyn, a couple who were devoted to each other, in love with Shakespeare, and bitten by the collecting bug. Shortly after marrying in 1885,... -
Minerals and Gemstones: 300 of the Earth's Natural Treasures by Wendy Kirk
RRP: £9.99£6.85Discover the fascinating world of the treasures beneath your feet. Minerals and Gemstones is an accessible and informative reference guide to 300 different minerals and gemstones, from simple sandstones to sanidine, jade and diamond. Learn what the Earth... -
Executed at Dawn: British Firing Squads on the Western Front 1914-1918 by David Johnson
RRP: £12.99£9.62Much has been written about the 302 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were executed for military offences during the First World War, but there is usually only a passing reference to those who took part - the members of the firing squad, the officer... -
Paris to the Moon: A Family in France by Adam Gopnik
RRP: £12.99£8.60In 1995, Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York for the urbane glamour of Paris. Charmed by the beauties of the city, Gopnik set out to experience for himself the spirit and romance that has so... -
United States Encyclopedia: America's People, Places, and Events (Encyclopaedia ) by National Geographic Kids 9781426320927
RRP: £19.99£15.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426320927Author National Geographic KidsFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint National Geographic KidsPublisher National Geographic KidsWeight(grams)... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Tsarist and Communist Russia 1855-1964 by Sally Waller 9780198354673
£39.70Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, Tsarist and... -
The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin by Aoife Moore 9781844885794
RRP: £17.99£13.35THE NO. 1 BESTSELLERA fascinating, insightful, warts-and-all portrait' - The Guardian 'Painstakingly researched ... informed by countless inside sources' - The Observer'Compelling and revealing' - Irish Times* * *Inside the rise of the political party,... -
Bertie: A Life of Edward VII by Jane Ridley
RRP: £18.99£14.01THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZEEdward VII, who gave his name to the Edwardian era but was always known as Bertie, was fifty-nine when he finally came to power and ushered out the Victorian age. The eldest son of Queen... -
The Victorians by A. N. Wilson 9780099451860
RRP: £14.99£11.35People, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. N. Wilson's superb portrait of the Victorians, in which hundreds of different lives have been pieced together to tell a story - one which is still unfinished in our... -
Apollo's Angels: A History Of Ballet by Jennifer Homans
RRP: £22.50£15.42Apollo's Angels is a major new history of classical ballet. It begins in the courts of Europe, where ballet was an aspect of aristocratic etiquette and a political event as much as it was an art. The story takes the reader from the sixteenth century... -
Panzer Leader by Heinz Guderian
RRP: £12.99£9.09Heinz Guderian - master of the Blitzkrieg and father of modern tank warfare - commanded the German XIX Army Corps as it rampaged across Poland in 1939. Personally leading the devastating attack which traversed the Ardennes Forest and broke through French... -
Capitalism in America: A History by Alan Greenspan
RRP: £14.99£10.95Shortlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2018'An inspiring, rip-roaring read - like the astonishing story it describes' Liam Halligan, Daily TelegraphWhere does prosperity come from, and how does it spread through a society? What role... -
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk 9781841150086
RRP: £19.99£13.73Robert Fisk's bestselling eyewitness account of the events that have shaped the Middle East is alive with vivid reporting and incisive historical analysis. The history of the Middle East is an epic story of tragedy, betrayal and world-shaking... -
Chanel's Riviera: Life, Love and the Struggle for Survival on the Cote d'Azur, 1930-1944 by Anne de Courcy
RRP: £12.99£8.60Far from worrying about the onset of war, in the spring of 1938 the burning question on the French Riviera was whether one should curtsey to the Duchess of Windsor. Few of those who had settled there thought much about what was going on in the rest of... -
Dublin: The Making of a Medieval City by Howard Clarke
RRP: £13.99£10.95Dublin: The Making of a Medieval City is the story of a unique period in Irish history told with passion, imagination and accuracy. This book leads the reader through the noise and bustle of the medieval streets of Dublin looking at all aspects of life,... -
History+ for Edexcel A Level: Democracies in change: Britain and the USA in the twentieth century by Nick Shepley
£40.29Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Endorsed for EdexcelEnable your students to develop high-level skills in their Edexcel A level History breadth and depth studies through expert... -
Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven
RRP: £16.99£12.28DAILY TELEGRAPH and INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 20122011 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALISTIn the wake of Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons, unpoliceable border areas, shelter of the Afghan Taliban and Bin... -
My Early Life by Winston Churchill 9780907871620
RRP: £14.99£9.80Winston Churchill wrote this account of the first 25 years of his life in 1930. It reveals him struggling with Latin grammar at prep school, charging the Dervishes at Omdurman and preparing his first political speech for a Conservative fete.Book... -
The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz
RRP: £14.99£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679761808Author Fran LebowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
SHP History Year 7 Pupil's Book by Maggie Wilson
£29.65Build your students' understanding and skills step by step with Schools History Project's carefully planned approach to Key Stage 3.Part of the dynamic and coherent book-per-year course, this textbook combines expertise in course planning with features... -
In Pursuit of the Truth by Clive Driscoll
RRP: £14.99£10.95The true story behind the ITV series, StephenFormer Detective Chief Inspector Clive Driscoll is most famous for being the man who finally secured convictions for the murder of Stephen Lawrence, a case previously mired by claims of institutional racism... -
Making Heretics: Militant Protestantism and Free Grace in Massachusetts, 1636-1641 by Michael P. Winship 9780691089430
RRP: £65.00£50.91Making Heretics is a major new narrative of the famous Massachusetts disputes of the late 1630s misleadingly labeled the "antinomian controversy" by later historians. Drawing on an unprecedented range of sources, Michael Winship fundamentally recasts... -
Sutton Hoo: The Excavation of a Royal Ship-Burial by Charles Green 9781574093537
RRP: £11.99£8.92Charles Green tells here the dramatic story of the initial excavation of Sutton Hoo, one of the richest archaeological finds of all time. In the Sutton Hoo burial grounds scientists unearthed a ship containing the treasures of a king who was most likely... -
Victorian Engineering by L. T. C. Rolt
RRP: £16.99£12.94L T C Rolt was an engineer and pioneer of industrial history; in this book he combined these two passions to give us a fascinating account of the men who 'made' Britain. From Brunel to Telford, he takes us on a journey from the first railway tracks being...