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Franco's International Brigades: Adventurers, Fascists, and Christian Crusaders in the Spanish Civil War by Christopher Othen 9781849042475
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $21.96Foreign volunteers fought on behalf of General Franco and the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War for a right-wing cause whose aim was to smash democracy. These assorted adventurers, fascists, and... -
Danube a Cultural History by Andrew Beattie 9781904955665
RRP: $20.10Booksplease Price: $15.80The Danube is the longest river in western and central Europe. Rising amidst the beautiful wooded hills of Germany s Black Forest, it touches or winds its way through ten countries and four capital... -
Lincolnshire Heritage Walks by Danny Walsh 9780752482774
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.48This beautifully illustrated walking guide explores the history and heritage that make the Lincolnshire landscape so unique. Covering everything on the routes from folklore, culture and wildlife to... -
Too Few Too Far: The True Story of a Royal Marine Commando by George Thomsen
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.56British Commando George Thomsen's action-filled account of combat during the Falklands War. Seen through the eyes of Section Commander George Thomsen, this inspiring first-hand account, tells of the... -
My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: The Making of Modern Britain, 1951-2007 Peter Clements 9781471876288
RRP: $18.09Booksplease Price: $17.15Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured... -
The Kaiser's Holocaust: Germany's Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism by Casper W. Erichsen 9780571231423
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.08On 12 May 1883, the German flag was raised on the coast of South-West Africa, modern Namibia - the beginnings of Germany's African Empire. As colonial forces moved in , their ruthless punitive raids... -
London: The Illustrated History by Simon Hall
RRP: $40.13Booksplease Price: $30.75Discover which prehistoric mammals would once have lived by the River Thames. Take a detailed look at the crystal palace of the Great Exhibition and an early map of the underground. See the locations... -
God's Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland by Dr. Micheal O Siochru
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37Cromwell spent only nine months of his eventful life in Ireland, yet he stands accused there of war crimes, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing. In a century of unrelenting, bloody warfare and... -
A Writer At War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945 by Vasily Grossman
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.68In the summer of 1941, as the Germans invade Russia, newspaper reporter Vasily Grossman is swept to the frontlines, witnessing some of the most savage atrocities in Russian history. As Grossman... -
The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen 9780199552580
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.71'Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.' In The Theory of the Leisure Class Thorstein Veblen sets out 'to discuss the place and value of... -
Formation: The Making of Nigeria, From Jihad to Amalgamation by Fola Fagbule
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $17.85Formation tracks the unlikely series of events and characters that led to the creation of the modern Nigerian nation: from 1804 when the first Jihadists began their attack on a collection of... -
Kill the Indian, Save the Man: The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools by Ward Churchill 9780872864344
Booksplease Price: $18.96For five consecutive generations, from roughly 1880-1980, Native American children in the United States and Canada were forcibly taken from their families and relocated to residential schools. The... -
John Adams by David McCullough 9780743223133
Booksplease Price: $20.09A biography of the extraordinary man who became the second president of the United States, this book traces John Adams' adventurous life and spirited rivalry with Thomas Jefferson, and encompasses... -
Bageye at the Wheel: A 1970s Childhood in Suburbia by Colin Grant
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.62A powerful prescient memoir of life in 1970s Britain for a child of Windrush generation parents. ... -
Highways to the Highlands: From Old Ways to New Ways by Eric Simpson
Booksplease Price: $21.43For centuries tourists and other travellers have been travelling north to the Highlands of Scotland. This book follows the main thoroughfares north, using vintage and contemporary images to... -
The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Martin Gilbert
RRP: $49.57Booksplease Price: $41.53The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict traces not only the tangled and bitter history of the Arab-Jewish struggle from the early twentieth century to the present, including the death of... -
It's All About Treo: Life and War with the World's Bravest Dog Damien Lewis 9781780873992
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $11.31This is the incredible true story of the unbreakable bond forged between Treo, the world's most highly decorated dog, and his handler Sgt. Dave HeyhoeWhen Dave Heyhoe was sent to Afghanistan to... -
The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman: A Bone-shaking Tour through Cycling's Flemish Heartlands by Harry Pearson
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $12.82SHORTLISTED 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... -
Stoke City Match of My Life: Sixteen Stars Relive Their Greatest Games by David Lee
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $6.00Sixteen Stoke City legends tell the stories behind their favourite ever games for the club - enabling Potters fans of all ages to relive these magic moments through the eyes and emotions of the men... -
Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics by Francis Parker Yockey
RRP: $25.66Booksplease Price: $21.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615505978Author Francis Parker YockeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 568 -
The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond by Stephen O'Shea 9780393355697
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $16.54The Alps have seen the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers and the dreams of engineers-and some 14 million people live among their peaks today. In The Alps,... -
British Military Medals - Second Edition: A Guide for the Collector and Family Historian Peter Duckers 9781526791917
RRP: $28.14Booksplease Price: $20.09This second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and it features an expert account... -
A Brief History of the British Monarchy: From the Iron Age to King Charles III Jeremy Black 9781472147905
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $18.32The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, this book charts the very beginnings of British reign through to the longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II - and looks forward... -
Leys: Secret Spirit Paths in Ancient Britain by D.P. Sullivan 9781904263388
RRP: $9.31Booksplease Price: $7.01Many ancient peoples built their sacred sites in dead straight lines. The magical paths involved astronomy and geomancy, and were used for spirit flight both by the living as they slept or travelled... -
America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by Sarah Bradford
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.48The definitive biography of Jackie Kennedy, by Britain's best royal biographer Jackie Kennedy was a twentieth-century icon of glamour, elegance and grace. As the beautiful young wife of President... -
For the Safety of All: A Story of Scotland's Lighthouses by Donald S Murray
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.67'There have always been lighthouses in my life. There has been a closeness and steadiness to our relationship, as if they have kept pace and in close contact with me.' Lighthouses punctuate... -
For the End of Time: The Story of the Messiaen Quartet by Rebecca Rischin 9780801472978
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $20.11The clarinetist Rebecca Rischin has written a captivating book.... Her research dispels several long-cherished myths about the 1941 premiere.... Rischin lovingly brings to life the other... -
Glencoe: The Story of the Massacre by John Prebble
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37'You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and to put all to the sword under seventy.' This was the treacherous and cold-blooded order ruthlessly carried out on 13... -
Midwife's Tale: An Oral History From Handywoman to Professional Midwife by Nicky Leap 9781781593745
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79Billie Hunter and Nicky Leap spent several years interviewing dozens of mothers and retired midwives about their experiences of childbirth before the NHS. The result was The Midwife's Tale, an oral... -
The Peloponnesian War: Athens and Sparta in Savage Conflict 431-404 BC by Donald M. Kagan
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.14The Stalingrad of the ancient world, this is an immensely readable, brilliant, brutal and vivid history of the greatest and bloodiest war of ancient Greece. The Peloponnesian War, fought... -
The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.27Winner of the 2010 W.J.M. Mackenzie Prize for Best Political Science Book of the Year 2010The relentless rise of Communism was the most momentous political development of the first half of the... -
Forgotten Fruits: The stories behind Britain's traditional fruit and vegetables Christopher Stocks 9780099514749
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.68In Forgotten Fruits, Christopher Stocks tells the fascinating - often rather bizarre - stories behind Britain's rich heritage of fruit and vegetables. Take Newton Wonder apples, for instance, first... -
Auntie's War: The BBC during the Second World War by Edward Stourton
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.29"An engaging, balanced and thoroughly researched history. It is often a moving and amusing tale containing plenty of mavericks and colourful episodes." (Lawrence James, The Times)Auntie's War is a... -
Women of Science: 100 Inspirational Lives by Professor John S. Croucher 9781445684710
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.50Women have played a vital role in scientific discovery, although at times their participation has gone unrecognised. Their scholarly research and discoveries have provided a rich tapestry to add to... -
Christmas Hope for the Steel Girls (The Steel Girls, Book 2) by Michelle Rawlins
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $11.99With the country at war, can they come together this winter? 'A heart-warming story perfect for saga lovers', Nancy Revell,Sunday Times bestselling author of The Shipyard Girls series ... -
The Lighthouse: The Mystery of the Eilean Mor Lighthouse Keepers by Keith McCloskey
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.48On 26 December 1900, the vessel Hesperus arrived at Eilean Mor in the remote Outer Hebrides with a relief lighthouseman and fresh provisions. The lighthouse had been in operation for a year, but it... -
Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino Famines and the Making of the Third World by Mike Davis
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.26Examining a series of El Nino-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate, baleful relationship... -
Fatal Passage by Ken McGoogan
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.68The true story of the remarkable John Rae - Arctic traveller and Hudson's Bay Company doctor - FATAL PASSAGE is a tale of imperial ambition and high adventure. In 1854 Rae solved the two great Arctic... -
Alarmstart: The German Fighter Pilot's Experience in the Second World War: Northwestern Europe - from the Battle of Britain to the Battle of Germany by Patrick Eriksson
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.26Alarmstart (scramble) charts the experiences of the German fighter pilots in the Second World War, based on extensive recollections of veterans as well as primary documents, diaries and flying log... -
Kids These Days: The Making of Millennials by Malcolm Harris
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $13.24A Millennial's groundbreaking investigation into why his generation is economically worse off than their parents, creating a radical and devastating portrait of what it means to be young in America...