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When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson 9780393328516
RRP: £13.99£12.25In this "penetrating new analysis" (New York Times Book Review) Ira Katznelson fundamentally recasts our understanding of twentieth-century American history and demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair Deal era of the... -
Slightly Wicked: Number 4 in series by Mary Balogh
RRP: £9.99£6.80Lord Rannulf Bedwyn is a hard man to resist. To Judith Law, Rannulf is simply a dream come true, a heroic stranger with whom she will allow herself one night of reckless passion before she must settle for the dreary life of companion to her wealthy aunt... -
From Ladies to Lionesses: The Rise of Women's Football in England by Carrie Dunn
RRP: £14.99£9.80Shortlisted for the 2023 Sports Book Awards for Best Football Writing of the Year Discover the origins of the Lionesses that brought football home. England's Lionesses are on the front and back pages; their stars feature on prime-time television;... -
Three Castles Burning by Donal Fallon
RRP: £13.99£9.75Eason Favourite Book of the Year 2022 'she is no small town, and this is no small story . . .' BASED ON THE POPULAR DUBLIN HISTORY PODCAST A companion to the hugely successful podcast of the same name by Donal Fallon, THREE CASTLES... -
Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom by Norman Finkelstein 9780520295711
RRP: £30.00£23.69Gaza is among the most densely populated places in the world. Two-thirds of its inhabitants are refugees, and more than half the population is under eighteen years of age. Since Israel occupied Gaza in 1967, it has systematically de-developed the economy... -
The Fall of Rome: End of a Superpower by Nick Holmes 9781739786526
RRP: £13.99£12.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739786526Author Nick HolmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Puttenham Press LtdPublisher Puttenham Press LtdWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 198mm *... -
My Revision Notes: WJEC GCSE History by R. Paul Evans
RRP: £11.50£10.99Exam board: WJECLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Target success in WJEC GCSE History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision. Key content coverage is combined with exam preparation tasks... -
Fragile Cargo: China's Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City by Adam Brookes
RRP: £25.00£17.62'The kind of history deserving of a cinematic blockbuster' Julia Lovell, Literary Review'[A] gripping and meticulously researched account of an epic effort to transport delicate scrolls, paintings and carvings thousands of miles under the threat of... -
The Edge of the World: How the North Sea Made Us Who We Are by Michael Pye
RRP: £14.99£10.95Featured in New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2015 Michael Pye's The Edge of the World is an epic adventure: from the Vikings to the Enlightenment, from barbaric outpost to global centre, it tells the amazing story of northern Europe's transformation... -
The House by the Lake by Thomas Harding
RRP: £10.99£7.77SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in, and lost, by five different families. A... -
Shakespeare’s Book: The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio by Chris Laoutaris
RRP: £25.00£16.83'A lively picture of multiple operators scrambling to steal a march on the competition . . . Lavishly detailed'FINANCIAL TIMES 'This is Shakespearean scholarship at its best, brilliantly researched yet... -
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Story of Huguette Clark and the Loss of One of the World's Greatest Fortunes by Paul Clark Newell
RRP: £20.00£13.86Empty Mansions is a rich mystery of wealth and loss, connecting the Gilded Age opulence of nineteenth-century America with a twenty-first-century battle over a $300 million inheritance. At its heart is a reclusive heiress named Huguette Clark, a woman so... -
24 Hours in Ancient Egypt: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Donald P. Ryan
RRP: £8.99£6.22'Lively and amusing [...] an engaging read. Ryan successfully makes this ancient civilisation more immediate and accessible.' - Current World Archaeology _____________________'[Donald] Ryan - who has worked in and on Egypt for decades, as an... -
Roman Quests: Escape from Rome: Book 1 by Caroline Lawrence
RRP: £7.99£5.60The first in a brand new historical adventure series from million-copy-selling Caroline Lawrence, set in Roman Britain during the reign of the evil Emperor Domitian.The year is AD 94. When the evil Emperor Domitian sends soldiers to seize his family's... -
The Russian Revolution: A New History by Sean McMeekin
RRP: £12.99£9.09At the turn of the century, the Russian economy was growing by about 10% annually and its population had reached 150 million. By 1920 the country was in desperate financial straits and more than 20 million Russians had died. And by 1950, a third of the... -
The Anthology by Vettius Valens 9780998588919
RRP: £41.99£30.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998588919Author Vettius ValensFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Amor Fati PublicationsPublisher Amor Fati PublicationsWeight(grams)... -
The Billionaire Raj: SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 by James Crabtree 9781786073808
RRP: £18.99£13.61SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 A Financial Times Book of the Year and an Amazon Top 100 Book of the Year India's explosive rise has driven inequality to new extremes, with millions trapped in slums as... -
Mexico - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Russell Maddicks
RRP: £10.99£7.77The third-largest country in Latin America, Mexico is hugely diverse, having both rural backwaters where time seems to have stood still and manic urban centers like Mexico City, one of the most densely populated and exciting cities in the world. This... -
Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe by Gordon Corera
RRP: £10.99£7.25Gordon Corera uses declassified documents and extensive original research to tell the story of MI14(d) and the Secret Pigeon Service for the first time. 'This is an amazing story' Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2 ... -
The Fourfold Remedy: Epicurus and the Art of Happiness by John Sellars
RRP: £7.99£5.79What do we really need in order to live a happy life? An Epicurean antidote to anxietyOver two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Epicurus offered a seemingly simple answer: all we really want is pleasure. Today we tend to associate the word... -
The Republic and The Laws by Cicero
RRP: £7.99£5.79`However one defines Man, the same definition applies to us all. This is sufficient proof that there is no essential difference within mankind.' (Laws l.29-30) Cicero's The Republic is an impassioned plea for responsible governement written just... -
Estonian Textbook: Grammar, Exercises, Conversation by J. Tuldava
RRP: £20.99£18.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780933070547Author J TuldavaFormat PaperbackPage Count 379Imprint Research Institute for Inner Asian StudiesPublisher Research Institute for Inner Asian... -
1968: The Year that Rocked the World by Mark Kurlansky
RRP: £18.99£13.61'A fascinating account...combining the rigour of the historian with the powerful emotions of someone who was a twenty-year-old student at the time' UncutIt was the year of sex and drugs and rock and roll. But what impact did it have on today's political... -
Be PARA Fit: The 4-Week Formula for Elite Physical Fitness by Sam McGrath
RRP: £14.99£10.95THE 4-WEEK FORMULA FOR ELITE PHYSICAL FITNESS ARE YOU READY TO BE PARA FIT? Transform your lifestyle and fitness with the powerful new programme from Major Sam McGrath, former commander of the legendary PARAs' P Company selection process. Whatever... -
Dethroned: The Downfall of India's Princely States by John Zubrzycki 9781805260530
RRP: £25.00£22.03The dramatic true story of the betrayal of hundreds of Indian princely states by both the departing British and the new Congress government. In July 1947, India's last Viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten, stood before New Delhi's Chamber of Princes to... -
Final Solution: Nazi Population Policy and the Murder of the European Jews by Gotz Aly 9780340677582
£27.40How did it come about that a modern European state in the middle of the twentieth century planned and carried out the industrially organized mass murder of six million Jews, male and female, adults and children? Making extensive use of Russian, German,... -
The Book of the Order of Chivalry by Ramon Llull
RRP: £24.99£20.90New English translation of Llull's classic and significant text, restoring the nuances of the original. Ramon Llull (1232-1316) composed The Book of the Order of Chivalry between 1274 and 1276 as both an instrument of reform and an agent for change... -
Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal
RRP: £9.99£7.11From the author of the bestselling phenomenon The Hare with Amber EyesAs you may have guessed by now, I am not in your house by accident. I know your street rather well. The Camondos lived just a few doors away from Edmund de Waal's forebears. Like de... -
London Hidden Interiors by Philip Davies 9780956864246
RRP: £50.00£32.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956864246Author Philip DaviesFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Atlantic Publishing, Croxley GreenPublisher Atlantic Publishing, Croxley Green -
Propeller Twilight: The Last Generation of British Piston Engine Fighters by Tony Buttler 9781800352735
RRP: £34.95£24.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352735Author Tony ButtlerFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
KJV, The King James Study Bible, Cloth over Board, Red Letter, Full-Color Edition: Holy Bible, King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780718079154
RRP: £45.00£33.41The full text of the classic King James Version with robust study notes, vibrant full-color images, and dozens of study resources to help you grow deeper in your faith. Published in large easy-to-read print type. Standing apart from all other KJV study... -
Wilson: The Origins of the Wilsons and Their Place in History by Iain Gray 9781852172053
RRP: £3.99£3.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852172053Author Iain GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd -
Clanship to Crofters' War: The Social Transformation of the Scottish Highlands by T. Devine 9780719090769
RRP: £19.99£17.61Received to wide acclaim when first published in the 1990s, this absorbing book remains one of the most important, influential and widely read histories of the Scottish Highlands from the end of the Jacobite Risings to the great crofters' rebellion of... -
The Story of a Life Aharon Appelfeld 9780241681220
RRP: £9.99£7.11An astonishing memoir of the Holocaust through the eyes of a child, and an exquisite meditation on memory and trauma Aharon Appelfeld was the beloved only child of middle-class Jewish parents living in what is now Ukraine at the outbreak of World War Two... -
Charles II's Illegitimate Children: Royal Bastards by Sarah-Beth Watkins 9781399000949
RRP: £22.00£15.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Federalist Papers by James Madison
RRP: £12.99£11.19Written at a time when furious arguments were raging about the best way to govern America, The Federalist Papers had the immediate pratical aim of persuading New Yorkers to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. In this they were supremely... -
Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler - Revised Edition by Anne Nelson 9781350322387
£32.66For years, the history of the anti-Nazi resistance in Germany was hidden and distorted by Cold War politics. Providing a much-needed corrective, Red Orchestra presents the dramatic story of a circle of German citizens who opposed Hitler from the start,... -
Who Do You Think You Are?: The Genealogy Handbook by Dan Waddell
RRP: £11.99£8.43Do you know where you came from? Who Do You Think You Are? has been a BBC hit since its first series in 2004, which ignited an extraordinary boom in researching family history in the UK. Since then, the world of genealogy has transformed and while our... -
Snow Widows by Katherine MacInnes 9780008394653
RRP: £25.00£16.53'An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry ... A welcome contribution to polar studies.' Sara Wheeler, Spectator '[MacInness] handles the whole thing with masterly skill...takes us to the heart of the hope, love, anguish and grief'... -
Golden Lane Estate by Stefi Orazi
RRP: £25.00£17.54The story of the building of an iconic mid-century housing estate, that is often seen as the model for housing architecture. Fully illustrated with commissioned photography of the interiors and exteriors, archive images and newly commissioned writing by...