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The Hacker and the State: Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics by Ben Buchanan
RRP: $35.00$28.90"A must-read...It reveals important truths."-Vint Cerf, Internet pioneer"One of the finest books on information security published so far in this century-easily accessible, tightly argued, superbly well-sourced, intimidatingly perceptive."-Thomas Rid,... -
My Seditious Heart by Arundhati Roy
RRP: $58.50$41.63Twenty years, a thousand pages, and now a single beautiful edition of Arundhati Roy's complete non-fiction.'Arundhati Roy is one of the most confident and original thinkers of our time' Naomi Klein 'The world has never had to face such global confusion... -
The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule by Angela Saini
RRP: $39.00$25.55SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023 A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023 'I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book'... -
Uncle Sam: Special Election Edition Steve Darnall 9781419777684
RRP: $37.03$28.35Out of print for over a decade, the long-awaited reissue of the classic Vertigo miniseries Uncle Sam by Steve Darnall and Alex Ross is a sharp political fever dream praised by Kirkus as a "truly subversive graphic novel" and "a damning account of... -
The Mammoth Book of Air Disasters and Near Misses Paul Simpson 9781780338286
RRP: $25.33$17.22An incredible 30,000 flights - at least - arrive safely at their destinations every day. But a handful don't, while some come terrifyingly close to crashing. When even the smallest thing does go wrong at 35,000 feet, the result is nearly always a... -
Wiltshire Folk Tales by Kirsty Hartsiotis
RRP: $25.33$19.25These lively and entertaining folk tales from one of Britain's most ancient counties are vividly retold by local storyteller Kirsty Hartsiotis. Their origins lost in the oral tradition, these thirty stories from Wiltshire reflect the wisdom of the county... -
The RAF in 100 Objects by Peter Jacobs 9780750965361
RRP: $39.00$30.56It was in the closing year of the First World War, on 1 April 1918, that the Royal Air Force was born from the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. Since then, the RAF has helped lead the world in the development of... -
Faust's Metropolis: A History of Berlin by Alexandra Richie
RRP: $50.68$37.60'Beautifully conceived and marvellously researched. I haven't read a better book on Berlin.' Gordon A. Craig In Berlin, history is tangible. The sense of the past - of Europe, of Germany, and of the 20th-century's myths, depravities, idealism... -
How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks Witold Szablowski 9781785788352
RRP: $21.43$14.70Mixing bold journalism with bolder allegories, Mr Szablowski teaches us with witty persistence that we must desire freedom rather than simply expect itTimothy Snyder, New York Times bestselling author of ON TYRANNYA devastatingly original look at the... -
A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart by Martin Luther King, Jr.
RRP: $11.68$9.03'Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, the command to love one's enemy is an absolute necessity for our survival'Advocating love as strength and non-violence as the most powerful weapon there is, these sermons and writings from the... -
Magical House Protection: The Archaeology of Counter-Witchcraft by Brian Hoggard
RRP: $46.70$38.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800730212Author Brian HoggardFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Berghahn BooksPublisher Berghahn Books -
Malleus Maleficarum by Heinrich Kramer 9781088100752
RRP: $46.78$32.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088100752Author Heinrich KramerFormat HardbackPage Count 326Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 603gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm -
Ireland: A Short History Joseph Coohill 9780861543687
RRP: $21.43$15.58From the first prehistoric inhabitants of the island to the Windsor Framework for Northern Ireland, this uniquely concise account of Ireland and its people reveals how modern Irish society is the product of a rich, multivalent history. Combining factual... -
What Are We Fighting For? (Macmillan Poetry): New Poems About War by Roger Stevens
RRP: $13.63$10.63What Are We Fighting For? is a poetry collection that explores the concept of war in a brilliantly accessible way for younger readers.Fascinating and moving in equal measure, there are poems about incredibly brave dogs, cats and pigeons; the Christmas... -
The Secret World: A History of Intelligence by Christopher Andrew
RRP: $37.03$27.32'The most comprehensive narrative of intelligence compiled ... unrivalled' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'Captivating, insightful and masterly' Edward Lucas, The TimesThe history of espionage is far older than any of today's intelligence agencies, yet the... -
Christmas with the East End Angels by Rosie Hendry
RRP: $13.63$10.08It's the most wonderful time of the year - but can the East End Angels keep London safe?Meet The East End Angels, the newest members of Station Seventy-Five's ambulance crew . . .Frankie is trying hard to keep everything together. She can count on the... -
Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel: Crime and punishment through time, c1000-present Alec Fisher 9781471861727
$49.16Endorsed for EdexcelExam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Enable students to achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this popular series from... -
The Rescue Ships and The Convoys: Saving Lives During The Second World War by B B Schofield 9781036102661
$52.65The Rescue Ships and the Convoys tells the history of one of the least known aspects of Second World War maritime history. Despite the threat of heavy losses of ships and lives, no hospital ships, which had to be lit, could accompany the convoys as they... -
Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans by Francis Pryor
RRP: $29.23$19.42An authoritative and radical rethinking of the history of Ancient Britain and Ancient Ireland, based on remarkable new archaeological finds. British history is traditionally regarded as having started with the Roman Conquest. But this is to... -
Restoration London: Everyday Life in the 1660s by Liza Picard
RRP: $25.33$17.22How did you clean your teeth in the 1660s? What make-up did you wear? What pets did you keep?Making use of every possible contemporary source, Liza Picard presents an engrossing picture of how life in London was really lived in an age of Samuel Pepys,... -
Ancient Greek Housing by Lisa C. Nevett
RRP: $48.73$42.08The temples and theatres of the ancient Greek world are widely known, but there is less familiarity with the houses in which people lived. In this book, Lisa Nevett provides an accessible introduction to the varied forms of housing found across the Greek... -
Mary Queen of Scots: And the Murder of Lord Darnley by Alison Weir
RRP: $29.23$21.35On the night of 10 February 1567 an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. Found naked amongst the destruction, the bodies of Darnley and his valet bore marks of strangulation... -
Memories of Wapping 1900-1960: 'Couldn't Afford the Eeels' by Martha Leigh 9780752447094
RRP: $35.08$26.99Wapping, once a vital part of the Port of London, has undergone many changes since the Second World War. Slum clearance, the closure of the docks and redevelopment have irrevocably altered the landscape of the area. This volume, combining the memories of... -
River of Time by Jon Swain
RRP: $21.43$15.58Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film, The Killing Fields, lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and the way in which the tumultuous events affected his perceptions... -
Origins of the Civil Rights Movements by Aldon D. Morris 9780029221303
$32.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780029221303Author Aldon D. MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Macmillan USAPublisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)Weight(grams)... -
William I (Penguin Monarchs): England's Conqueror by Marc Morris
RRP: $15.58$11.66Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackOn Christmas Day 1066, William, duke of Normandy was crowned in Westminster, the first Norman king of England. It was a disaster: soldiers outside,... -
The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz: The Extraordinary True Story Denis Avey 9781444714197
RRP: $21.43$14.84THE MAN WHO BROKE INTO AUSCHWITZ is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into Buna-Monowitz, the concentration camp known as Auschwitz III. In the summer of 1944, Denis Avey was being held in a POW labour camp, E715,... -
Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket by Richard Holmes
RRP: $25.33$16.98Magnificent history of the common British soldier from 1700 to 1900 by one of Britain's best-known and accomplished military writers and broadcasters. Red Coat is non-fiction Sharpe, filled with anecdote and humour as well as historical analysis. ... -
In The Garden of Beasts: Love and terror in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
RRP: $25.33$18.21'A compelling tale... a narrative that makes such a brave effort to see history as it evolves and not as it becomes.' SPECTATORSuffused with the tense atmosphere of the times, and with brilliant portraits of Hitler, Goebbels, Goering and Himmler amongst... -
The Grammar of Time: A Toolbox for Comparative Historical Analysis by Marcus Kreuzer
RRP: $46.78$40.83Kreuzer offers guidance to scholars looking to comparative historical analysis (CHA) for the tools to analyze macro-historical questions. Like history, CHA uses the past to formulate research questions, describe social transformations, and generate... -
The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman: A Bone-shaking Tour through Cycling's Flemish Heartlands by Harry Pearson
RRP: $23.38$18.17SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2020 - CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'A joy.' - Ned Boulting Every nation shapes sport to test the character traits it most admires. In... -
Our Wild Farming Life: Adventures on a Scottish Highland Croft Lynn Cassells 9781645020707
RRP: $37.03$25.23[F]or anyone who has ever sat in a city office dreaming of owning a smallholding one day and living off the land, this book will inspire them to take the plunge. Rated 5 stars by The Telegraph I raced through this beautiful story with mounting awe and... -
The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction by Jacqueline A. Stedall
RRP: $17.53$12.97Mathematics is a fundamental human activity that can be practised and understood in a multitude of ways; indeed, mathematical ideas themselves are far from being fixed, but are adapted and changed by their passage across periods and cultures. In this... -
Lakeland: A Personal Journey by Hunter Davies 9781789545586
RRP: $19.48$17.28'I don't know any tract of land in which in so narrow a compass may be found an equal variety of sublime and beautiful features'. So said the poet Wordsworth of England's Lake District, an area as rich in cultural associations as it is in beautiful... -
The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives by Christopher Harding
RRP: $25.33$18.21A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'Mightily impressive ... a marvellous read' Sunday TimesFrom the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the history of Japan, distilled into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals. The vivid and entertaining... -
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: $33.13$22.37'I would choose this account over and above the rest. It is a fabulous book: full of perceptive insight that conveys all the tragedy, triumph, humour and intense drama of Churchill's time as wartime leader; and it is incredibly moving as a... -
How an Island Lost Its People: Improvement, Clearance and Resettlement on Lismore 1830–1914 by Robert Hay
RRP: $25.33$17.90In 1830, the little Hebridean island of Lismore was one of the granaries of the West Highlands, with every possible scrap of land producing bere barley or oats. The population had reached its peak of 1500, but by 1910, numbers had dwindled to 400 and... -
Lost Cars of the 1970s by Giles Chapman
RRP: $35.08$26.99Sixty diverse cars, sixty fascinating stories, sixty contrasting specifications, just one uniting factor: they're all forgotten, neglected or misunderstood classics.In Lost Cars of the 1970s, the casualties and sideshows of motoring history from around... -
Aiming for an A in A-level History Nicholas Fellows 9781510429239
RRP: $22.43$21.43Exam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2017Master the skills you need to set yourself apart and hit the highest grades. This year-round course companion develops the higher-order... -
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire by Eckart Frahm 9781526623812
RRP: $58.50$53.98The first comprehensive account of the rise and fall of what historians consider to be the world's very first empire: Assyria 'A work of remarkable synthesis. The range of its sources is truly extraordinary . . . Frahm punctures a fair share of myths...