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The Enlightened Economy: Britain and the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1850 by Joel Mokyr
RRP: $29.48Booksplease Price: $21.40Why did Western countries become so much wealthier than the rest of the world? What explains the huge rise in incomes during the Industrial Revolution - and why did Britain lead the way?In the years... -
One-hour Skirmish Wargames: Fast-play Dice-less Rules for Small-unit Actions from Napoleonics to Sci-Fi by John Lambshead
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.87Many wargamers enjoy the challenge of skirmish games where, instead of the strategy of vast armies portrayed by traditional wargames, the focus is on the tactics of a small unit. However, skirmish... -
Japan’s Indian Ocean Raid 1942: The Allies' Lowest Ebb by Mark Stille 9781472854186
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.80An detailed illustrated exploration of the Japanese raid into the Indian Ocean in April 1942 - one of the largest operations conducted by the Imperial Navy during the war. In the wake of Japan's... -
Once a Grand Duchess: Xenia, Sister of Nicolas II by John van der Kiste
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.73This biography of Xenia, sister of Nicholas II gives a new angle on the Romanov story and provides new information on relationships within the family after the Revolution. Important new letters and... -
The Crew: The Story of a Lancaster Bomber Crew by David Price
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.04A moving tribute to the sacrifice and bravery of the fliers of RAF Bomber Command. ****************************** The Crew, based on interviews with Ken Cook, the crew's sole surviving member,... -
The Malay Archipelago by Wallace Alfred Russel
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $14.08Of all the extraordinary Victorian travelogues, The Malay Archipelago has a fair claim to be the greatest - both as a beautiful, alarming, vivid and gripping account of some eight years' travel... -
NKJV, Value Thinline Bible, Large Print, Leathersoft, Burgundy, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780718075606
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $22.74A balance of being both easy-to-read and easy-to-carry, this Bible is an ideal choice to take with you wherever you go.This edition is published in large NKJV Comfort Print type, which was designed... -
Homer: A Beginner's Guide Elton T. E. Barker 9781780742298
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.54Widely revered as the father of Western literature, Homer was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the epic poems which immortalised such names as Achilles, Cyclops, Menelaus, and Helen of Troy... -
Early Pacific Raids 1942: The American Carriers Strike Back by Brian Lane Herder
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.96A fascinating exploration of how between February 1 and March 10, 1942, three small US task forces launched several unexpected raids across the Japanese defensive perimeter in the Central and South... -
Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq by Brigadier (retired) Ben Barry, OBE
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.11SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2021, THE BRITISH ARMY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS A FINALIST FOR THE 2020 ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARDS... -
Feminisms: A Global History by Lucy Delap
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65How has feminism developed? What have feminists achieved? What can we learn from the global history of feminism?Feminism is the ongoing story of a profound historical transformation. Despite being... -
The Limit: Life and Death in Formula One's Most Dangerous Era by Michael Cannell
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.0510 September 1961: at the boomerang-shaped racetrack at Monza half a dozen teams are preparing for the Italian Grand Prix. It is the biggest race anyone can remember. Phil Hill - the firstAmerican to... -
Tanks in the Battle of Germany 1945: Eastern Front by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11A new history and analysis of the German and Soviet tank forces that battled on eastern German soil in the final months of World War II. The final months of World War II on the Eastern Front saw... -
Cambodia: From Pol Pot to Hun Sen and Beyond by Sebastian Strangio
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $16.01A fascinating look at the recent history of the beautiful but troubled Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia"A richly detailed study that goes a long way toward explaining the contradictions, corruption... -
A History of Irish Republicanism in Dundee c1840 to 1985 by Rut Nic Foirbeis 9781913836276
RRP: $20.10Booksplease Price: $17.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913836276Author Rut Nic FoirbeisFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint
Bosworth 1485: The Downfall of Richard III Christopher Gravett 9781472843418
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.80The battle of Bosworth was the culmination of the War of the Roses, the dynastic struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster that dominated England in the second half of the 15th century...
The Korean War by Bruce Cumings
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $15.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812978964Author Bruce CumingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint
How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $17.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525511830Author Jason StanleyFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint
King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV by Philip Mansel 9780226690896
Booksplease Price: $57.63Louis XIV was a man in pursuit of glory. Not content to be the ruler of a world power, he wanted the power to rule the world. And, for a time, he came tantalizingly close. Philip Mansel's King of the...
Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year by Eleanor Parker 9781789146721
Booksplease Price: $27.50Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England, exploring the festivals, customs and traditions linked to the different seasons. Drawing...
German Fighter Aircraft of World War II by Thomas Newdick
RRP: $24.11Booksplease Price: $19.10Arranged by type, German Fighter Aircraft of World War II offers a highly illustrated guide to the most important fighters used by the Luftwaffe during the conflict. It features such classics as the...
The Great Turning Points of British History: The 20 Events That Made the Nation by Michael Wood
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.41Twenty of the most crucial moments in Britain's history.BBC History Magazine asked a selection of leading historians to choose and describe the twenty most important turning points in British history...
The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby 9780007597833
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.60Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.
The Crimes of the Gestapo: From the Closed Files of MI14 by Andrew Cook
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.10MI14 was set up in 1940 as a clearing house for intelligence from and about Nazi Germany. In addition to their own networks and operations, MI14 also had the benefit of intelligence from MI5, MI6 and...
The Conquest of Canaan: Warfare and Victory in the Christian Life by Jessie Penn-Lewis 9780875089430
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $13.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875089430Author Jessie Penn-LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint
Oxford AQA History for A Level: The Cold War c1945-1991 by John Aldred
RRP: $46.89Booksplease Price: $44.54Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features...
Works by Marcus Aurelius
RRP: $33.43Booksplease Price: $26.73Stoic musings of a philosopher-emperor at war.Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180), Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, born at Rome, received training under his guardian and uncle emperor Antoninus Pius...
The Great Train Robber: My Autobiography: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Notorious Heist by Chris Pickard 9781789465976
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $8.63The day is 8 August 1963. It is the early hours of the morning, and a group of men are waiting at a railway bridge in Buckinghamshire. They are about to rob a mail train, on its way to London from...
The Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford by Anne Clifford
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.20Noblewoman, vividly documents both the great and the trivial events of her long life. They cover her life from her childhood days, when she witnessed the funeral of Queen Elizabeth I, to her last...
Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World Laura Spinney 9781784702403
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.68Read the devastating story of the Spanish flu - the twentieth century's greatest killer - and discover what it can teach us about the current Covid-19 pandemic.'Both a saga of tragedies and a...
The Berlin Wall: 13 August 1961 - 9 November 1989 by Frederick Taylor 9781408802564
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.07The appearance of a hastily-constructed barbed wire entanglement through the heart of Berlin during the night of 12-13 August 1961 was both dramatic and unexpected. Within days, it had started to...
The Sacred History: How Angels, Mystics and Higher Intelligence Made Our World by Jonathan Black
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.07From the bestselling author of The Secret History of the World, an exploration of the mystical forces that shape and protect usThe Sacred History is an account of the workings of the supernatural in...
Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939 by Virginia Nicholson 9780140289787
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.71Virginia Nicholson's Among the Bohemians is a portrait of England's artistic community in the first half of the twentieth century, engaged in a grand experiment.Subversive, eccentric and flamboyant -...
Villa of Secrets: Escape to paradise with this perfect holiday read! by Patricia Wilson
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.75If you love The Island and Cartes Postales from Greece by Victoria Hislop, you will love this perfect summer read from the author of Island of Secrets.Rebecca Neumanner's marriage is on the brink of...
Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion by Peter Heather 9780141988535
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $18.40'A fascinating story about a religion in a surprisingly precarious position' Dan Jones, Sunday Times'Superb storytelling ... captivating and profound' Literary Review'A page-turner' The SpectatorIn...
The First Ghosts: A rich history of ancient ghosts and ghost stories from the British Museum curator by Irving Finkel
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.41'It's enthralling stuff, mixing the scholarly with the accessible and placing storytelling right at the heart of the human experience.' - History Revealed'A fascinating journey' - Yorkshire...
Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style by Michael Baxandall 9780192821447
RRP: $23.44Booksplease Price: $18.02This book is both an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian painting, and a primer in how to read social history out of the style of pictures. It examines the commercial practice of the early...
The Accidental Detectorist: Uncovering an Underground Obsession by Nigel Richardson 9781788403726
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.75'Richardson writes beautifully about his return to the land, about listening to the soil and about understanding the ancient world.' - The Spectator Each new field is hope, each old one reality.There...
Healing Threads: Traditional Medicines of the Highlands and Islands by Mary Beith
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $16.19The Gaelic pharmacy was rich, the sources of which lay almost entirely in nature and were subject to the minimum of preparation. Much of the rich store of material comes from the great legacy of...
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37**WINNER OF PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY****WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD (Nonfiction)**Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown AwardFinalist, LA Times Book PrizeA landmark biography of one of...