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Scots Dictionary: The perfect wee guide to the Scots language (Collins Little Books) by Collins Dictionaries
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £5.34A highly popular and informative guide to the Scots language in an attractive format. Contains words and phrases from both literary and everyday language, this is the perfect wee dictionary of Scots for native and non-native speakers alike. ... -
Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £8.98Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared to the glittering empires of Byzantium or Islam, the splintered kingdoms on the edge of the Atlantic appeared... -
She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23In medieval England, man was the ruler of woman, and the King was the ruler of all. How, then, could royal power lie in female hands?In She-Wolves, celebrated historian, Helen Castor, tells the dramatic and fascinating stories of four exceptional women... -
The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East by Alistair Urquhart
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.75Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japanese in Singapore. He not only survived working on the notorious Bridge on the River Kwai , but he was subsequently taken on one of the Japanese 'hellships' which was torpedoed... -
Nepal: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present by Axel Michaels 9780197650936
Booksplease Price: £21.82Until 1951 Nepal was closed to the world, landlocked between the strongest Asian powers, India and China. With its exceptional landscape, it touts the highest mountains and the greatest biodiversity on earth. It is best known as the home of Mt. Everest... -
The Science of Spice: Understand Flavour Connections and Revolutionize your Cooking by Dr. Stuart Farrimond
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £16.30It's time to spice up your home cooking and transform your dishes from bland and boring to punchy and flavoursome with this definitive guide to spices!Taking the periodic table of spices as a starting point, this adventurous recipe book explores the... -
South Atlantic 1982: The carrier campaign in the Falklands War Angus Konstam 9781472864710
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.66A detailed account of the war-winning role that a handful of Harrier squadrons played in the Falklands War. On 5 April 1982, the British aircraft carriers Hermes and Invincible sailed for the South Atlantic at the heart of the task force that would... -
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda's Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.73THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BESTSELLER, NOW AN ACCLAIMED TV SERIESThis is the definitive account of the run-up to 9/11: from the man who lit the spark of radical Islam in 1948, to those who built up a terror network, and to the FBI agent whose warnings of... -
Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII by Damien Lewis
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26One of the most remarkable stories in the history of Special Forces' operations - Daily ExpressIn the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain's wartime leader... -
An Atlas of Extinct Countries by Gideon Defoe
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.42Prisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated - and timely - history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist. 'Countries are... -
The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945 by Peter Hennessy
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £12.08'The Ministry of Defence does not comment upon submarine operations' is the standard response of officialdom to enquiries about the most secretive and mysterious of Britain's armed forces, the Royal Navy Submarine Service. Written with unprecedented... -
Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance by Tareq Baconi
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £14.91Hamas rules Gaza and the lives of the two million Palestinians who live there. Demonized in media and policy debates, various accusations and critical assumptions have been used to justify extreme military action against Hamas. The reality of Hamas is,... -
Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir Kishore Mahbubani 9781541703049
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £11.96In this stirring memoir, a preeminent politician and diplomat traces the transformation of the Republic of Singapore from a poor colony into an Asian powerhouseGrowing up in poverty in the 1950s, Kishore Mahbubani expected to become a common textile... -
The Forgotten Sense: The Nose and the Perception of Smell Jonas Olofsson 9780008718589
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.40Human olfaction - the sense of smell - enables us to appreciate food and drink, it warns us of dangers and it makes our environments more enjoyable. However, olfaction is one of our least explored sensory systems. Until now. ... -
SAS Ghost Patrol: The Ultra-Secret Unit That Posed As Nazi Stormtroopers by Damien Lewis 9781786483140
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26Meet the unit that posed as Nazi stormtroopers in the most daring mission ever undertaken SAS Ghost Patrol is the explosive true story of the day in 1942 when the SAS donned Nazi uniforms to perpetrate the most audacious and daring mission of the war... -
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound 9781035008421
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26Sunday Times Bestseller and Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Month.Over one hundred years after its wreck, Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the depths of the most hostile sea on Earth. The Ship Beneath the Ice is the astonishing... -
God: An Anatomy - As heard on Radio 4 by Francesca Stavrakopoulou
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50Winner of The PEN Hessell-Tiltman PrizeShortlisted for The Wolfson History PrizeA The Times Books of the YearA fascinating, surprising and often controversial examination of the real God of the Bible, in all his bodily, uncensored, scandalous forms.'One... -
Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany by Harald Jähner 9780753559963
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £18.50'This is one of the most gripping accounts of an era spanning war defeat, humiliation and failed revolution in 1918 to the violence, intimidation and propaganda of the Nazis' rise to power in 1933. It contains many lessons for the world now.' - John... -
The Liberation Line: The Last Untold Story of the Normandy Landings by Christian Wolmar 9781838957520
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £18.37'Highly original' Simon Heffer, Telegraph'Masterful... A gripping tale' Giles MiltonThey certainly were not soldiers, yet they suddenly found themselves in uniform, in a foreign land. But, as locomotive drivers, track-workers, conductors, porters,... -
The Pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman 9780753814055
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26The powerful and bestselling memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds. Made into a Bafta and Oscar-winning film.'You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the survival of one man throughout... -
The National Archives: The Buildings That Made London by David Long
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £11.50Take an incredible journey through the streets of London and see beautiful buildings as you've never seen them before! An elegant horizon of historic masterpieces mixed with sleek modern skyscrapers, the familiar London skyline seems to change every year... -
Testament: The new Ancient-Egyptian epic from the bestselling Master of Adventure, Wilbur Smith by Wilbur Smith 9781838776374
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40An epic new novel of Ancient Egypt, from the Master of Historical Adventure, Wilbur Smith.FROM THE RUINS OF BATTLEA HERO MUST RISEFOR THE GLORY OF EGYPTYears of Hyksos rule have seen the plunder of once-mighty Egypt. Though the two kingdoms have now been... -
The Twelve Caesars by Robert Graves
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95'Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel and the monster within' GORE VIDALAs private secretary to the... -
The Rise of Rome: Books One to Five by Livy
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £9.10`the fates ordained the founding of this great city and the beginning of the world's mightiest empire, second only to the power of the gods' Romulus and Remus, the rape of Lucretia, Horatius at the bridge, the saga of Coriolanus, Cincinnatus called... -
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History by Nur Masalha 9780755649426
Booksplease Price: £10.30This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history. Starting with the earliest references in... -
The Nix by Nathan Hill 9781509807857
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.75'The best new writer of fiction in America. The best.' - John Irving'Outstanding' - John Boyne, The Irish Times'The best thing a reviewer can do when faced with a novel of this calibre and breadth is to urge you to read it for yourselves.' - The... -
KJV, Gift and Award Bible, Leather-Look, Pink, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version by Zondervan
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £5.98Commemorate a special accomplishment or event with a gift to be treasured for years to come. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most readable at any size.Featuring the... -
The City of Mist: The last book by the bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £5.26The echo of the novels of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series resonates in the stories of Carlos Ruiz Zafon: gathered here for the first time - and some never before published in English - these stories are a celebration of one of the world's great... -
A Night to Remember: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Sinking of the Titanic by Walter Lord
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.42'There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers.' - Phillip Franklin, White Star Line Vice-PresidentOn April 15th, 1912, Titanic, the world's largest passenger ship, sank... -
DK Eyewitness Loire Valley by DK Eyewitness 9780241470862
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £9.88Glorious cycling routes by the river. World-class wine tasting among the vines. Days of exploring historic chateaux. Loire Valley offers enough bucket-list experiences to fill a lifetime. Whatever your dream trip involves, this DK Eyewitness travel guide... -
The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History Nir Arielli 9780300259421
Booksplease Price: £31.79A human history of one of the planet's most iconic lakes, and the civilizations that surrounded its shores The Dead Sea is a place of many contradictions. Hot springs around the lake are famed for their healing properties, though its own waters are... -
Elizabeth's Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen by Tracy Borman
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.74'History as it should be written' Alison Weir, bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens seriesA groundbreaking and fascinating biography of England's most famous queen, viewed through the women who influenced her life.Elizabeth I is often portrayed as... -
Houses of the National Trust: The history and heritage of homes and buildings from the National Trust Lydia Greeves 9781911657118
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £23.60Fully revised and updated edition of the classic, stunningly illustrated guide to the cream of Britain's historic country houses cared for by the National Trust, encompassing both interior and exterior design. This captivating... -
Scotland: History of a Nation by David Frost
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842043868Author David FrostFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Lomond BooksPublisher Lomond Books -
Longitude by Dava Sobel
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.12The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Armstrong... -
The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World Through the Women Who Shaped It by Daisy Dunn 9781474615617
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £19.53'A brilliant concept, executed with enviable elegance' Lucy Worsley'A gem of a book. Thanks to Daisy Dunn's elegant and lively retelling of history, the women of the ancient world are restored to the centre of the story of classical antiquity. It was a... -
The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World by Malcolm Gaskill
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.74*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE**A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR*'A bona fide historical classic' Sunday Times'Simply one of the best history books I have ever read' BBC HistoryIn the... -
War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line by David Nott 9781509837052
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02A powerful and intensely moving memoir by an NHS surgeon who volunteered in war zones, operating under the most extreme circumstances.'Brave, compassionate and inspiring - it left me in floods of tears' - Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to HurtFor more... -
There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23The defining experience of Chinua Achebe's life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War. For more than forty years Achebe was silent on those terrible years, until he produced this towering reckoning with one of modern Africa's most... -
Agatha Christie: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Lucy Worsley 9781529303919
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A riveting portrait'- GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***'Worsley's sparkling biography brings a fresh eye to Christie's life and work, firmly busting the myth...