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Skulls: Portraits of the Dead and the Stories They Tell by Paul Gambino
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.77It is said that the skull is the only human body part that is as powerful dead as it was when living. Skulls takes the reader on an eerie journey through history seen through the hollow eye sockets... -
The Rising Sun by John Toland
RRP: $29.48Booksplease Price: $21.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812968583Author John TolandFormat PaperbackPage Count 976Imprint -
Long Walk To Freedom by Nelson Mandela 9781408703113
RRP: $40.20Booksplease Price: $29.28'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history - and then go out and change it' Barack Obama'The authentic voice of Mandela shines through this book' The Times'Burns with the... -
Omega Designs: Feast for the Eyes by Anton Kreuzer
RRP: $73.69Booksplease Price: $51.30Omega has become the watchmaker with the highest name recognition in timekeeping for personal and sports events worldwide. If the father owned an Omega, so does the son. This important, color... -
Second World War, The A Ammonite 9781907708893
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $7.81This book looks at WWII from a largely British perspective, based upon approximately 350 photographs from the archives of Mirrorpix. It takes a look at the legacies of the war, including the... -
The Black History Book by DK 9780241512982
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $21.48Learn about the most important milestones in Black history in The Black History Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to... -
Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead by Paula Byrne
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.84A terrifically engaging and original biography about one of England's greatest novelists, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched and ultimately tragic family that provided him with the most... -
1536: The Year that Changed Henry VIII by Suzannah Lipscomb
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41One of the best-known figures of British history, collective memory of Henry VIII presents us with the image of a corpulent, covetous, and cunning king whose appetite for worldly goods met few... -
The Fall of English France 1449–53 by Dr David Nicolle
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.80Despite the great English victories at Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt, the French eventually triumphed in the Hundred Years War. This book examines the last campaign of the war, covering the great... -
Tor!: The Story of German Football by Uli Hesse
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.49Germany did not have professional players or a national league until the 1960s, yet it became one of the most successful football nations in the world. Tor! (Goal!) traces the extraordinary story... -
River of Darkness: The Deadly First Voyage Through The Amazon by Buddy Levy 9781635769197
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.56The acclaimed author of Conquistador and Labyrinth of Ice charts one of history's greatest expeditions, a legendary 16th-century adventurer's death-defying navigation of the Amazon River. In 1541,... -
Matilda: Wife of the Conqueror, First Queen of England by Tracy Borman
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.29Read the thrilling, tempestuous story of the 'first' Queen of England. Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England and formally recognised as such by... -
Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women Maggie Mertens 9781643753355
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $23.01For readers of The National Team, Good and Mad, and Born to Run, as well as feminist histories like Fly Girls, this edge-of-your-seat, virtually unknown story by award-winning sports journalist... -
Somme by Lyn Macdonald
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.372016 is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme'There was hardly a household in the land', writes Lyn Macdonald, 'there was no trade, occupation, profession or community, which was not... -
Scottish Customs by Sheila Livingstone
RRP: $9.37Booksplease Price: $7.22Customs play an important part in all societies and offer fascinating insights into a country's history and culture. Scotland boasts a multitude of unique customs, many of which can be traced back to... -
Red Star Versus Rising Sun: Volume 1: The Conquest of Manchuria 1931-1938 by Adrien Fontanellaz
RRP: $40.13Booksplease Price: $16.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914377808Author Adrien FontanellazFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint -
The Tyrannicide Brief: The Story of the Man who sent Charles I to the Scaffold by Geoffrey Robertson
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.29Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a King who was above the law: in... -
True Colours: My Life as the First Openly Transgender Officer in the British Armed Forces by Caroline Paige 9781785901324
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.03In the global theatre of contemporary warfare, courage and endurance are crucial for overcoming adversity. However, for Caroline Paige, a jet and helicopter navigator in the Royal Air Force,... -
War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception by Paul Virilio
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $16.07Reveals the convergence of perception and destruction in the parallel technologies of warfare and cinema.A rich and suggestive analysis of military "ways of seeing"About the AuthorPaul Virilio... -
A Book of Life by Peter Kingsley 9781999638450
Booksplease Price: $23.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999638450Author Peter KingsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint -
Hitler by Wyndham Lewis 9781953730206
Booksplease Price: $28.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953730206Author Wyndham LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint -
Hathors Alchemy: The Ancient Egyptian Roots of the Hermetic Art by Alison M Roberts 9780952423331
RRP: $36.85Booksplease Price: $20.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952423331Author Alison M RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint
Etty Hillesum: A Life Transformed by Patrick Woodhouse
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $18.47On 8 March 1941, a 27-year-old Jewish Dutch student living in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam made the first entry in a diary that was to become one of the most remarkable documents to emerge from the Nazi...
M26 Pershing: America's Medium/Heavy Tank in World War II and Korea by David Doyle
RRP: $30.81Booksplease Price: $22.69In many ways, the M26 Pershing was the most advanced and most powerful tank fielded by the US military during the Second World War. The prototype T26 "heavy" tank design was developed to answer the...
Pragmatism and Other Writings by William James
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65The writings of William James represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Ranging from philosophy and psychology to religion and politics, James composed the most...
The Penguin Social History of Britain: English Society in the Eighteenth Century by Roy Porter
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered include - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos,...
Everything Lost Is Found Again: Four Seasons in Lesotho by Will McGrath 9781945814624
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $16.21Funny and heartfelt, this amalgamation of memoir and essay collection tells the story of twenty months the author spent in Lesotho, the small, landlocked kingdom surrounded by South Africa. There he...
London: The Concise Biography by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.17An abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial biography of the city of London.Prize-winning historian, novelist and broadcaster, Peter Ackroyd takes us on a journey - historical, geographical...
Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-95 by Joe Sacco
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.24In late 1995 and early 1996, cartoonist/reporter Joe Sacco travelled four times to Gorazde, a UN-designated safe area during the Bosnian War, which had teetered on the brink of obliteration for three...
Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent by Jason Wilson 9780140445534
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79One of the greatest nineteenth-century scientist-explorers, Alexander von Humboldt traversed the tropical Spanish Americas between 1799 and 1804. By the time of his death in 1859, he had won...
Maggie & Me by Damian Barr
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.18A unique, tender and witty memoir of surviving the tough streets of small town Scotland during the Margaret Thatcher years ________________________ 'Shocking and funny in equal measure, and will...
Women Holding Things by Maira Kalman
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $25.65From the critically acclaimed artist, designer, and author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and My Favorite Things comes a wondrous collection of words and paintings that is a moving...
A History of Britain in Just a Minute by Gyles Brandreth
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $19.11The story of us - without hesitation, repetition or deviation.Join national treasure and Just a Minute regular Gyles Brandreth on a hilariously addictive romp through British history. This isn't just...
The Secret History of Nursery Rhymes by Linda Kathryn Alchin 9780956748614
Booksplease Price: $12.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956748614Author Linda Kathryn AlchinFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imp
Hill Farming in the North of England by John Bentley 9781398116993
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $18.22Hill farming is a way of life and, although the hill farmer in the north of England has changed with the times, the traditions remain strong and the dramatic upland landscape is eternal. In Hill...
The Waters of Mnemosyne: Ancient Greek Religion for Modern Pagans Gwendolyn Reece 9780738778891
RRP: $28.14Booksplease Price: $19.94Build a deep, contemporary practice rooted in ancient Greek traditions. Whether you are Pagan or simply drawn to the Greek pantheon, this book provides everything you need to remember and rebirth...
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE YEARA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION'A beautifully readable reminder of how much of our...
Swansea in the 1950s: Ten Years that Changed a City by Geoff Brookes
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.38The 1950s. The mid-point of the twentieth century. When those born in the nineteenth century met their grandchildren who would live in the twenty-first. A pivotal moment, certainly. And is it really...
Vuelta Skelter: Riding the Remarkable 1941 Tour of Spain by Tim Moore
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.92Tim Moore completes his epic (and ill-advised) trilogy of cycling's Grand Tours. Julian Berrendero's victory in the 1941 Vuelta a Espana was an extraordinary exercise in sporting redemption: the...
The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House Between the Wars by Adrian Tinniswood
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.84'A masterpiece of social history' Daily MailThere is nothing quite as beautiful as an English country house in summer. And there has never been a summer quite like that Indian summer between the two...