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Charlton Athletic A Pictorial History by David Ramzan
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65Charlton Athletic Football Club was formed in 1905, turned professional in 1921, and have played at their ground, The Valley, since 1920. Charlton Athletic: A Pictorial History presents the Addicks... -
The Africa Cup of Nations: The History of an Underappreciated Tournament by Ben Jackson 9781801506601
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79The Africa Cup of Nations explores the vibrant history of one of football's iconic but often overlooked international tournaments.For a long time, the Africa Cup of Nations has been seen as a... -
Charmed Life: The Phenomenal World of Philip Sassoon by Damian Collins 9780008127633
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $12.97The story of a fascinating man who connected the great politicians, artists and thinkers at the height of British global power and influence. A famed aesthete,... -
The Right to Have Rights by Stephanie Degooyer 9781784787554
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.26Sixty years ago, the political theorist Hannah Arendt, an exiled Jew deprived of her German citizenship, observed that before people can enjoy any of the "inalienable" Rights of Man-before there can... -
The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics by Gabriela Nouzeilles
RRP: $32.15Booksplease Price: $28.31Excessively European, refreshingly European, not as European as it looks, struggling to overcome a delusion that it is European. Argentina-in all its complexity-has often been obscured by variations... -
Accidental Agent: Behind Enemy Lines with the French Resistance by John Goldsmith 9781473887817
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $20.41John Goldsmith's wartime exploits are all the more remarkable considering that at first his services were consistently refused due to his being over 30. Not easily deterred he eventually became a... -
Unseen Hastings and St Leonards: Britain in Old Photographs by Frederick Crouch 9780750967488
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.92Unseen Hastings and St Leonards features 250 views including previously unpublished photographs that will appeal to everyone with an interest in the history of Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea... -
In Pursuit of Peace in Israel and Palestine by Gershon Baskin 9780826521811
RRP: $30.82Booksplease Price: $25.11Gershon Baskin's memoir of thirty-eight years of intensive pursuit of peace begins with a childhood on Long Island and a bar mitzvah trip to Israel with his family. Baskin joined Young Judaea back in... -
Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom by Norman Finkelstein 9780520295711
RRP: $40.20Booksplease Price: $32.01Gaza 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... -
The Final Frontier: Scotland's Early Roman Landscape by Andrew Tibbs 9781398117235
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65In this revealing book, Roman historian and archaeologist Andrew Tibbs uncovers the earliest Roman fortifications in Scotland and examines the landscape and context in which they were built. Although... -
From Private to Field-Marshal: The Autobiography of the First British Private Soldier to Rise to the Highest Rank by William Robertson 9780857069214
Booksplease Price: $20.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857069214Author William RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint -
On Obligations: De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.71On Obligations (De officiis) was written by Cicero in late 44 BC after the assassination of Julius Caesar to provide principles of behaviour for aspiring politicians. It explores the apparent... -
Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India by Lawrence James 9780349110127
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.23This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India. They ruled it for another hundred,... -
The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump by William J. Perry 9781948836999
RRP: $33.49Booksplease Price: $23.29The President has the power to end the world in minutes. Right now, no one can stop him. Since the Truman administration, America has been one "push of a button" away from nuclear war-a decision... -
The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness by Paul Gilroy 9780860916758
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $21.72"Whilst others scarcely put a toe in the water, in The Black Atlantic Gilroy goes in deep and returns with riches." Guardian Afrocentrism, Eurocentrism, Caribbean Studies. To the forces of cultural... -
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini 9780140447187
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79Benvenuto Cellini was a celebrated Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith - a passionate craftsman who was admired and resented by the most powerful political and artistic personalities in... -
Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans by Garrett Ryan
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $18.44Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to drink fine wine, use birth control, or survive surgery? In a series of short and humorous essays,... -
American Caesars: Lives of the US Presidents, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush by Nigel Hamilton
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.07The twentieth century has been called 'the American Century'. Not since the days of the Roman emperors has there been such a succession of rulers holding the fate of the world in their hands. Now,... -
British Armour in the Normandy Campaign by John Buckley
RRP: $65.65Booksplease Price: $54.66The popular perception of the performance of British armour in the Normandy campaign of 1944 is one of failure and frustration. Despite overwhelming superiority in numbers, Montgomery's repeated... -
Me And Mine Anna May Mangan 9781844086733
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41As soon as they'd saved up for the three 'S's' - shoes, suitcase and a suit - they left rural Ireland. It might have been the London of the 1950s where 'No Blacks, No Irish No Dogs' was the welcome... -
Castles Of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of The Great War at Sea by Robert K. Massie
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.26In August 1914 the two greatest navies in the world confronted each other across the North Sea. At first there were skirmishes, then battles off the coasts of England and Germany and in the far... -
The Lie of 1652: A decolonised history of land by Patric Tariq Mellet 9780624092124
RRP: $20.82Booksplease Price: $19.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780624092124Author Patric Tariq MelletFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Impr -
The Race Against the Stasi: The Incredible Story of Dieter Wiedemann, the Iron Curtain and the Greatest Cycling Race on Earth by Herbie Sykes 9781781315361
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.92Cycling Book of the Year - Cross British Sports Book Awards When the 'Iron Curtain' descended across Europe, Dieter Wiedemann was a hero of East German sport. A podium finisher in The Peace Race, the... -
Churchill's Bodyguard Tom Hickman 9780755314492
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.41For fans of Darkest Hour and Dunkirk, discover the story of Walter H. Thompson, the man who saved Winston Churchill's life more than once.Walter H. Thompson was Churchill's bodyguard from 1921 until... -
The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting by Ben Lewis
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.22In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the extraordinary journey of... -
Prehistoric Flintwork by Chris Butler 9780752433400
RRP: $30.15Booksplease Price: $22.03Flint was a vitally important resource for prehistoric societies who put it to a diverse range of uses. Chris Butler has created a concise guide to recognising and categorising British prehistoric... -
Lost Victories: The War Memoirs of Hilter's Most Brilliant General Erich Manstein 9780760320549
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $19.50Originally published in Germany in 1955, and in England and the United States in 1958, this classic memoir of WWII by a man who was an acknowledged military genius and probably Germany's top WWII... -
Rome by Amanda Claridge
RRP: $36.84Booksplease Price: $27.72The city of Rome is the largest archaeological site in the world, capital and showcase of the Roman Empire and the centre of Christian Europe. This guide provides: * Coverage of all the... -
Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction by Jane Caplan
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36Any consideration of the 20th century would be incomplete without a discussion of Nazi Germany, an extraordinary regime which dominated European history for 12 years, and left a legacy that still... -
Leicester History Tour by Stephen Butt
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $8.71Leicester History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this East Midlands city. Local author Stephen Butt guides us through the streets and alleyways, showing how its famous... -
As Good as a Marriage: The Anne Lister Diaries 1836–38 by Jill Liddington
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $26.59The BBC and HBO series Gentleman Jack brought Anne Lister to international attention, awakening tremendous interest in her diaries, which run to nearly five million words and are partly written in... -
Zionism: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Stanislawski
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.72In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Stanislawski presents an impartial and disinterested history of Zionist ideology from its origins to the present. Sharp and accessible, he charts the crucial... -
Statecraft by Margaret Thatcher 9780007150649
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.77A collection of the former Prime Minister's speeches and articles, 'Statecraft' brought Margaret Thatcher's unrivalled political experience to bear on the challenges of the early new millennium. ... -
The Friar of Carcassonne: The Last Days of the Cathars by Stephen O'Shea
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41Nearly a century had passed since Languedoc had been put to the sword in the Albigensian Crusade, but the stain of Catharism still lay on the land. Any accusation of Catharism invited peril. But... -
Beyond the Sea: A Wren at War by Christian Lamb
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $8.94"A WW2 heroine." - Dan Snow Love, duty and true-life adventure in the shadow of the Second World War Christian Lamb is one of the last surviving Wren Officers to have served throughout the... -
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.19The fascinating true story behind HBO's Catherine the Great starring Dame Helen Mirren as Catherine the Great. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia... -
Prince Eddy and the Homosexual Underworld by Theo Aronson 9781839012600
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $13.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839012600Author Theo AronsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint < -
Lawnmowers: An Illustrated History by Brian Radam
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65This concise book follows the journey of this quintessentially great British invention, often thought never worthy of a picture, and celebrates the mundane with its fascinating history, aided by... -
Chile 1973, the Other 9/11: The Downfall of Salvador Allende by David Francois 9781912174959
RRP: $22.71Booksplease Price: $18.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912174959Author David FrancoisFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint -
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.92In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of...