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The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Volume 1) by Robert A. Caro
RRP: $38.70$28.32'The greatest biography of our era ... Essential reading for those who want to comprehend power and politics' The TimesRobert A. Caro's legendary, multi-award-winning biography of US President Lyndon Johnson is a uniquely riveting and revelatory account... -
RAF Bomber Command Operations Manual: Insights into the organisation, equipment, men, machines, technology and tactics of the RAF's bomber offensive 1939 -1945 by Jonathan Falconer
RRP: $38.70$27.54Night and day in the Second World War RAF Bomber Command pounded away at the infrastructure of Germany to bring the Reich to its knees. Author Jonathan Falconer describes the Command's complex organisation and the science, technology and engineerBook... -
Botanic Gardens of the World: Tales of extraordinary plants, botanical history and scientific discovery by Deborah Trentham 9781529428094
RRP: $38.70$26.32Selected as one of the Sunday Times best gardening books of 2023Discover the lavish beauty and fascinating history of the 40 most important and inspiring botanic gardens from across the globe.From the Renaissance gardens of Italy to the futuristic... -
A History of the Modern Middle East William L. Cleveland 9780367516468
RRP: $46.43$40.88A History of the Modern Middle East examines the profound and often dramatic transformations of the region in the past two centuries, from the Ottoman and Egyptian reforms, through the challenge of Western imperialism, to the impact of US foreign... -
Tales from the Captain's Log by The National Archives
RRP: $32.25$24.02For centuries, ships' commanders kept journals that recorded their missions. These included voyages of discovery to unknown lands, engagements in war and sea and general trade. Many of their logs, diaries and letters were lodged at The National Archives... -
The Great Siege of Malta - The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John by Bruce Ware Allen
RRP: $24.51$23.87In the spring of 1565, a massive fleet of Ottoman ships descended on Malta, a small island centrally located between North Africa and Sicily, home and headquarters of the crusading Knights of St. John and their charismatic Grand Master, Jean de Valette... -
Wiltshire Murders by Nicola Sly 9780752448961
RRP: $16.76$12.41Wiltshire Murders brings together numerous murderous tales, some which were little known outside the county, and others which made national headlines. Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most heinous crimes ever... -
Women in the War by Lucy Fisher
RRP: $12.89$8.41'An important contribution to our recent history' ANDREW MARR 'Absorbing and important' JOAN BAKEWELL 'One of my favourite reads of 2021' GARETH RUSSELL ... -
Arctic: Life inside the Arctic Circle by Claudia Martin
RRP: $25.79$17.61The Arctic may be cold, vast and beautiful, but it is also home to millions of people and animals. It is a region of extremes: extreme cold, extreme seasonal changes in daylight and extreme natural phenomena. It appears as an unwelcoming and hostile... -
Rosslyn Chapel Decoded by Alan Butler
RRP: $24.50$16.45In the 15th century a new home was built for the priceless holy relics taken from Jerusalem centuries before - a building that, to the initiated, would explain everything about what had gone before and a structure that would be a recreation of the... -
The Men Who Flew the Halifax by Bowman, Martin W 9781526705686
RRP: $32.25$22.73This is the story of the air war over Western Europe, much of it told by the Halifax pilots and air crew who took part. It spans the period between 1942 and 1945 and covers the encounters between the Luftwaffe and the air forces of Britain and the... -
Et tu, Brute?: The Best Latin Lines Ever by Harry Mount
RRP: $19.34$14.13Harry Mount and John Davie unlock the wisdom of the past in this light-hearted and fascinating book, revealing how ancient Latin can help us to live better in the present. There are so many Latin phrases in everyday use that often we use them without... -
Protestants: The Radicals Who Made the Modern World by Professor Alec Ryrie
RRP: $21.92$14.80On the 500th anniversary of Luther's rebellion, this spectacular global history traces the revolutionary faith that shaped the modern world. Five hundred years ago Protestant Christianity began with one stubborn monk... -
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Workbook: Crime and Punishment in Britain, c1000-present and Whitechapel, c1870-c1900 by Zoe Howells
$9.38Exam board: EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Practise and perfect the knowledge and skills that students need to achieve their best grade in the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History exams.Packed full of... -
A Brief History of South Africa: From Earliest Times to the Mandela Presidency by John Pampallis 9781928232957
RRP: $18.05$15.23A Brief History of South Africa is an introduction to South African history from the earliest times to the Mandela Presidency. Using both a narrative chronology and thematic chapters, the book encourages critical thinking about how history shaped South... -
This Is Your Everest: The Lions, the Springboks and the Epic Tour of 1997 by Tom English
RRP: $23.21$16.25'A rollicking read and a mighty achievement' - Donald McRae, The Guardian 'Magnificent' - Owen Slot, The Times The 1997 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa is one of the most iconic in rugby history. Written off at home and abroad, Martin... -
War in Val d'Orcia: An Italian War Diary 1943-1944 by Iris Origo
RRP: $16.76$11.04The bestselling diaries of WWII in Tuscany, with a new introduction by writer and social historian Virginia Nicholson, and stunning rediscovered photographsAt the height of the Second World War, Italy was being torn apart by German armies, civil war, and... -
Wojtek the Bear: Polish War Hero by Aileen Orr
RRP: $11.60$7.84This is the inspiring and charming true story of one of the Second World War's most unusual combatants - a 500-pound cigarettesmoking, beer-drinking brown bear. Originally adopted as a mascot by the Polish Army in Iran, Wojtek soon took on a more... -
Armies of the First Sino-Japanese War 1894-95 by Gabriele Esposito
RRP: $15.47$10.87Describes how newly modernized Japan waged war against China in its first overseas campaign, marking its rapid transition into Asia's leading military power only 30 years after emerging from centuries of feudalism. After the Meiji restoration of the... -
Call The Dying: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 7 by Andrew Taylor
RRP: $12.89$8.77'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the seventh instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth seriesLove and need make unexpected bedfellows, and both are... -
Gunship Ace: The Wars of Neall Ellis, Helicopter Pilot and Mercenary by Al Venter
RRP: $24.50$17.56"The days of Congo and Angola when you had the image of mercenaries as drunken guys going around shooting up the place... has gone - the people you find now... are well-trained, professional soldiers, special forces trained." - Neall EllisPraise for Al J... -
The Longest Siege: Tobruk: The Battle That Saved North Africa by Robert Lyman 9780330510813
$22.10Beginning on 10th April 1941, and lasting for 240 days, the siege of Tobruk is a mesmerising tale of human endurance and heroism. It is an epic story of extraordinary resilience as the Libyan port's 24,000 defenders met increasingly desperate attempts by... -
Letters of Note: Mothers by Shaun Usher
RRP: $10.31$7.04The perfect Mother's Day gift - a compulsive collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and powerful letters with mothers at their heart, curated by the founder of the global phenomenon lettersofnote.comIn Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun... -
Hundred Years War Vol 4: Cursed Kings by Jonathan Sumption
RRP: $38.70$26.70Cursed Kings tells the story of the destruction of France by the madness of its king and the greed and violence of his family. In the early fifteenth century, France had gone from being the strongest and most populous nation state of medieval Europe... -
Modern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction by Senia Paseta
RRP: $11.60$8.32This is a book about the Irish Question, or more specifically about Irish Questions. The term has become something of a catch-all, a convenient way to encompass numerous issues and developments which pertain to the political, social, and economic history... -
The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance by Anthony Gottlieb
RRP: $16.76$11.73Already a classic, this landmark account of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. The Dream of Reason takes a fresh look at the writings of the great thinkers of classic philosophy and questions... -
Mission at Nuremberg: An Allied Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis by Tim Townsend
RRP: $19.34$14.64November, 1945. The war is over, Hitler is dead, and Allied Army Chaplain Henry Gerecke receives his most challenging assignment: to go to Nuremberg and minister to the twenty-one imprisoned Nazi leaders awaiting trial for crimes against humanity. ... -
The Easter Rising: Revolution and Irish Nationalism by Alan J. Ward
RRP: $25.74$22.79In this innovative work, Alan Ward uses the pivotal event in twentieth-century Irish history as a prism through which to survey Irish history from the twelfth century to the present. By asking why the Easter Rising occurred, Ward is able to review the... -
The Renaissance Complete by Margaret Aston
RRP: $38.70$27.09No period has been more discussed, dissected and argued over than the Renaissance, and every age has reconstructed it in its own image. Today's emphasis is on its complexity - the way ideas, politics, religion, society, art and science depended upon and... -
Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness
RRP: $14.18$8.33Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Deborah Harkness returns to the spellbinding world she created in A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES with an unconventional love story. From human to vampire...Marcus Whitmore was made a vampire in the eighteenth century... -
The Men Who Made the SAS: The History of the Long Range Desert Group by Gavin Mortimer
RRP: $15.47$10.32Established in June 1940, the Long Range Desert Group was the inspiration of scientist and soldier Major Ralph Bagnold, a contemporary of T.E Lawrence who, in the inter-war years, explored the North African desert in a Model T Ford automobile.Mortimer... -
Complete Ancient Greek: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding Ancient Greek, with Original Texts by Gavin Betts
RRP: $51.59$35.02Designed for complete beginners, and tested for years with real learners, Complete Ancient Greek offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, understand the vocabulary and even how to translate the writings of... -
The Oxford Companion to the Year by Bonnie Blackburn 9780192142313
$139.46The Oxford Companion to the Year explores the fascinating history of calendars in general and our own in particular. The calendar used in the West today is just one of a multitude of systems for parcelling up time and naming its divisions. Each of... -
A People`s History of India 3A - The Age of Iron and the Religious Revolution, C. 700 - C. 350 BC by Krishna Mohan Shrimali
RRP: $21.92$18.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789382381730Author Krishna Mohan ShrimaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Tulika BooksPublisher Tulika BooksWeight(grams) 280gDimensions(mm) 243mm *... -
The Story of Kew Gardens by Lynn Parker
RRP: $25.79$15.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782120599Author Lynn ParkerFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful by Edmund Burke
RRP: $11.60$8.84'Pain and pleasure are simple ideas, incapable of definition.' In 1757 the 27-year-old Edmund Burke argued that our aesthetic responses are experienced as pure emotional arousal, unencumbered by intellectual considerations. In so doing he overturned... -
A History of Coventry by David McGrory
RRP: $25.80$19.92The author, well known as the writer of more books on the city than anyone, explores Coventry's history from Roman times through Earl Leofric, Godiva and the Norman castle, to monastic houses, including St Mary's priory. Coventry has a rich medieval... -
Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape by Jeremy Harte 9781789148336
RRP: $14.18$10.02According to legend, the English landscape - so calm on the surface - is really the Devil's work. Cloven Country, now in paperback, tells of rocks hurled into place and valleys carved out by infernal labour. The Devil's hideous strength laid down great... -
The Cecils: Privilege and Power Behind the Throne by David Loades
$18.82For over 50 years one family dominated England's high offices of state. William and Robert Cecil, father and son, held unparalleled power as statesmen, diplomats, counsellors and spymasters throughout Elizabeth's reign and long beyond. From Privy... -
The Gurkhas by John Parker
RRP: $14.18$9.55Their ferocity is as legendary as their loyalty to the British Monarch and their regimental histories are crammed with actsof incredible bravery and sacrifice. The Gurkhas' particular reputation as fearsome fighting men remains undisputed and the mere...