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The Eighty Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €10.59Harry de Leyer first saw the horse he would name Snowman on a truck bound for the slaughterhouse. The recent Dutch immigrant recognized the spark in the eye of the beaten-up nag and bought him for eighty dollars. On Harry's modest farm on Long Island, he... -
Flight Craft Special 3: RAF Fighters Before the Storm Martin Derry 9781526786180
RRP: €21.41Booksplease Price: €16.55When the First World War ended the then recently established Royal Air Force was awash with aircraft of all descriptions. More surprising, perhaps, was the fact that despite an ongoing cull of obsolescing types, on the last day of 1919, the RAF still... -
The Daughter of Auschwitz: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - a heartbreaking true story of courage, resilience and survival by Tova Friedman
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €4.59A Sunday Times bestseller (May 2023) - the incredible story of courage, resilience and survival. 'I am a survivor. That comes with a survivor's obligation to represent one and half million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis. They cannot speak. So I... -
Precolonial Black Africa by Cheikh Anta Diop 9781556520884
RRP: €16.60Booksplease Price: €10.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556520884Author Cheikh Anta DiopFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint A Cappella BooksPublisher A Cappella BooksWeight(grams) 303g -
A Victorian Christmas by Brenda Williams 9781841658056
RRP: €7.14Booksplease Price: €5.71At the darkest moment of the year, when the nights seem endless and the days very short, comes that most joyful of festivals. Christmas is a truly magical season, bringing families and friends together to share the much-loved customs and traditions that... -
Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy by Judith C. Brown
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €15.92The discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, by Judith C. Brown was an event of major historical importance. Not only is the story revealed in Immodest Acts that of... -
Into the Lion's Mouth: The True Story of Dusko Popov: World War II Spy, Patriot, and the Real-Life Inspiration for James Bond by Larry Loftis 9780593473979
RRP: €23.79Booksplease Price: €16.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593473979Author Larry LoftisFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Kings & Queens of England and Scotland by Plantagenet Somerset Fry
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.12Discover the vivid stories of Britain's iconic rulers, from 600 CE to the present day.From the Saxons to the Windsors, Britain's royal lineage is brought to life in the pages of this visual guide. Confused about which Henry had six wives and which was... -
The Greeks and the Irrational by E R Dodds 9781773239187
Booksplease Price: €15.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781773239187Author E R DoddsFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Must Have BooksPublisher Must Have BooksWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets: Life in the village hardware shop by Tom Fort 9781472291950
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €10.15'A hymn to hardware, charming, lyrical' - The Sunday Times, BOOK OF THE WEEK'A paean to DIY' - The Times'Strung together very agreeably, with dry wit and, dare I say it, considerable polish' - Country LifeIn 2018 Tom Fort's daughter-in-law took over a... -
Paul Foot: A Life in Politics by Margaret Renn 9781804291900
RRP: €35.70Booksplease Price: €28.58Paul Foot was one of the most influential investigative reporters of his generation. For nearly fifty years, he was the scourge of corrupt politicians and dodgy businessmen, a champion of the underdog.In this, the first biography of Paul Foot, journalist... -
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €15.03'Masterful and entrancing - this is big history at its best.' Professor Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors'A real-life Indiana Jones takes readers on a dive through these underwater museums, revealing the sunken secrets of the past' The Times'Fascinating... -
The Fall of Roman Britain: and Why We Speak English by Lambshead, John 9781399075565
RRP: €23.80Booksplease Price: €17.06The end of empire in the island of Great Britain was both more abrupt and more complete than in any of the other European Roman provinces. When the fog clears and Britain re-enters the historical record, it is, unlike other former European provinces of... -
A Nasty Little War: The West's Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution Anna Reid 9781529326789
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €9.51'Chillingly original' Max Hastings'Brilliantly depicts a disastrous failure' Antony Beevor'Witty and elegant . . . Excellent background to today's events' Anne Applebaum'Britain's most forgotten war, brilliantly remembered' Simon Jenkins'Vivid and... -
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.29_______________ WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK _______________ 'A remarkable achievement' - Sunday Times 'A classic, to my mind, of the finest documentary... -
Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives Alice Loxton 9781035031283
RRP: €26.18Booksplease Price: €18.65THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBiggest books to look out for in 2024 - The Guardian'The star of her generation' - Dan Snow, host of History Hit'Bursting with ideas and images' - Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl'Utterly, utterly... -
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire by Caroline Elkins 9780099540250
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €15.03A NEW YORK TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, HISTORY TODAY AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Masterly... This book is dynamite' - ROBERT GILDEA, author of Empires of the Mind**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**A searing, landmark study of the... -
History, Metaphors, Fables: A Hans Blumenberg Reader by Hans Blumenberg
RRP: €30.93Booksplease Price: €27.77History, Metaphors, and Fables collects the central writings by Hans Blumenberg and covers topics such as on the philosophy of language, metaphor theory, non-conceptuality, aesthetics, politics, and literary studies. This landmark volume demonstrates... -
Before and After by Lisa Wingate
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.45The incredible and heart-breaking true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal - inspired by No.1 bestselling novel Before We Were YoursFrom the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a corrupt baby business at the Tennessee Children's Home Society... -
Kaputt by Curzio Malaparte
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €10.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590171479Author Curzio MalaparteFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
Destined for War: can America and China escape Thucydides' Trap? by Graham Allison
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.07A Sunday Times and FT Book of the Year When a rising power threatens to displace a ruling one, the most likely outcome is war. In this razor-sharp analysis, Harvard scholar Graham Allison examines the phenomenon known as Thucydides's Trap, which is... -
The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction by Martin Bunton
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.32The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles in history. In this accessible and stimulating Very Short Introduction, Martin Bunton clearly explains the history of the problem, reducing it to its very... -
Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World by Peter Chapman
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.33In this compelling history, Peter Chapman shows how the United Fruit Company took bananas from the jungles of Costa Rica to the halls of power in Washington, D.C., with not just clever marketing, but covert CIA operations, bloody coups and brutalised... -
The Historical Figure of Jesus by E. Sanders
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.60A biography of the historical figure of Jesus. The book studies the relationship between Judaism and Christianity, distinguishing the certain from the improbable, and assessing the historical and religious context of Christ's time. The spread of... -
Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s by Adam Rowe 9781419748691
RRP: €35.70Booksplease Price: €23.66A visual history of the spaceships, alien landscapes, cryptozoology, and imagined industrial machinery of 1970s paperback sci-fi artIn the 1970s, mass-produced, cheaply printed science fiction novels were thriving. The paper was rough, the titles... -
Catherine, the Princess of Wales: The Biography Robert Jobson 9781789466614
RRP: €26.18Booksplease Price: €18.42DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND THE HEADLINES, THE REVELATORY ROYAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author and Royal correspondent, Robert Jobson - with his extensive connections within the royal household - this revelatory new biography... -
In Search of Sheba: A John Murray Journey by Barbara Toy
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €10.59Introduced by Lois Pryce, author of Lois on the Loose, Red Tape & White Knuckles and Revolutionary Ride.In 1959 Barbara Toy, famous for her solo overland travels in North Africa and Arabia, set out in her trademark Land Rover to drive from Libya to... -
Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia by Louis Ferrante 9781474604291
RRP: €29.75Booksplease Price: €19.91DISCOVER THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MAFIA - FROM A MAN WHO'S SEEN IT ALL FROM THE INSIDEIn BORGATA: RISE OF EMPIRE, former mafia member Louis Ferrante pulls back the curtain on the criminal organisation that transformed America. From the... -
Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative Isabella Hammad 9781911717379
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.95An outstanding and moving essay on the Palestinian struggle and the power of narrative from the Women's Prize for Fiction-shortlisted author of Enter Ghost'Combines intellectual brilliance with moral clarity and profound resoluteness of purpose' SALLY... -
Trautmann's Journey: From Hitler Youth to FA Cup Legend by Catrine Clay
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.17SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEARHow did one man go from Nazi Youth indoctrination to English footballing icon?Bert Trautmann is a football legend. He is famed as the Manchester City goalkeeper who broke his neck in the 1956 FA Cup... -
History as Mystery by Michael Parenti 9780872863576
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €13.20In a lively challenge to mainstream history, Michael Parenti does battle with a number of mass-marketed historical myths. He shows how history's victors distort and suppress the documentary record in order to perpetuate their power and privilege. And he... -
A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution by Jeremy D. Popkin
RRP: €22.60Booksplease Price: €15.23The principles of the French Revolution remain the only possible basis for a just society -- even if, after more than two hundred years, they are more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the... -
Walking the Bones of Britain: A 3 Billion Year Journey from the Outer Hebrides to the Thames Estuary by Christopher Somerville 9781804991060
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.75'Somerville's infectious enthusiasm and wry humour infuse his journey from the Isle of Lewis to southern England, revealing our rich geological history with vibrant local and natural history' Observer'A meticulous exploration of the ground beneath our... -
German Daggers of World War II: A Photographic Record: Vol 4: Recently Surfaced Rare and Unusual Dress Daggers - Hermann Goring - Bejeweled Dress Dagg by Thomas M. Johnson
RRP: €44.02Booksplease Price: €36.95This four volume set by Thomas M. Johnson, a leading collector and authoritative researcher, has been compiled to serve as a useful and authoritative reference on the daggers of Nazi Germany, and have been designed to aid not only the beginning... -
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben MacIntyre
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €8.96THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An exciting Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians and the ultimate gift for anyone who loves a good spy thriller!'The best true spy story I have ever read' John le... -
David Lloyd George: The Great Outsider by Roy Hattersley
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €13.79A Welshman among the English, a nonconformist among Anglicans and a self-made man in the patrician corridors of power, David Lloyd George, the last Liberal Prime Minister of Great Britain, was the founding father of the Welfare State and was as great a... -
Captain Scott by Sir Ranulph Fiennes
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.16Sir Ranulph Fiennes is uniquely qualified to write a new biography of Captain Scott. This is the first biography of Scott by someone who has experienced the deprivations, the stress and the sheer physical pain that Scott lived through; he has suffered... -
Persians: The Age of the Great Kings by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 9781541600348
RRP: €41.65Booksplease Price: €26.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541600348Author Lloyd Llewellyn-JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 147mm... -
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive Lucy Adlington 9781529311983
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.60*** The New York Times Bestseller ***'Lucy Adlington tells of the horrors of the Nazi occupation and the concentration camps from a fascinating and original angle. She introduces us to a little known aspect of the period, highlighting the role of... -
Seasons of My Life by Hannah Hauxwell
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.45The classic and much-loved memoir by Hannah Hauxwell about life in remote Yorkshire in the 1970s. Hannah Hauxwell first came to the nation's attention on Yorkshire television's award-winning documentary TOO LONG A WINTER, when she captured the hearts and...