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The Wood Age: How one material shaped the whole of human history by Roland Ennos
RRP: £20.00£13.74When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world. 'A stunning book on the incalculable debt humanity owes wood...' John Carey, The Sunday Times How did the... -
A Brief History of China: Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic by Jonathan Clements
RRP: £14.99£9.80A comprehensive, yet entertaining look at China's history through a modern lens. For millennia, China was the largest and richest nation on earth. Two centuries ago, however, its economy sank into a depression from which it had not fully recovered-until... -
Critique of the Power of Judgment by Immanuel Kant 9780521348928
RRP: £39.99£31.37The Critique of the Power of Judgment (a more accurate rendition of what has hitherto been translated as the Critique of Judgment) is the third of Kant's great critiques following the Critique of Pure Reason and the Critique of Practical Reason. This... -
Stasi State or Socialist Paradise?: The German Democratic Republic and What Became of it by Bruni De La Motte 9780955822865
RRP: £10.00£8.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955822865Author Bruni De La MotteFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Artery PublicationsPublisher Artery Publications -
A Force Like No Other: The Final Shift by Colin Breen
RRP: £9.99£8.17In this final part to his bestselling A Force Like No Other series, Colin Breen brings together more compelling insider stories from RUC officers who served during the Troubles. 'A most powerful and unique insight into the world's most dangerous job... -
Catiline's War, The Jugurthine War, Histories by Sallust
RRP: £10.99£7.77Sallust (86-c. 35 bc) is the earliest Roman historian of whom complete works survive, a senator of the Roman Republic and younger contemporary of Cicero, Pompey and Julius Caesar. His Catiline's War tells of the conspiracy in 63 bc led by L. Sergius... -
The History of Wales in Twelve Poems by M. Wynn Thomas 9781786837660
RRP: £8.99£6.87Down the centuries, poets have provided Wales with a window onto its own distinctive world. This book gives the general reader a sense of the view to be seen through that special window in twelve illustrated poems, each bringing very different periods... -
Culture and Society: 1780-1950 by Raymond Williams
RRP: £12.99£9.09Acknowledged as a masterpiece of materialist criticism, this book delves into the complex ways economic reality shapes the imagination. Surveying two hundred years of history and English literature - from George Eliot to George Orwell - Williams provides... -
A History of Magic and Witchcraft in Wales by Richard Suggett 9780752428260
RRP: £17.99£13.64Wales had a rich gallery of magical specialists (prophets, cunning-men, physicians etc), including many who were suspected of harmful witchcraft. Richard Suggett examines all types of magical specialists, including those regarded as beneficial as well as... -
The Eagle and the Bear: A New History of Roman Scotland by John H. Reid
RRP: £17.99£12.60For over three centuries, the inhabitants of North Britain faced the might of Rome, resulting in some of the most extraordinary archaeology of the ancient world. This richly illustrated new history of Roman Scotland explores the complex, often... -
How the Mind Changed: A Human History of our Evolving Brain by Joseph Jebelli
RRP: £12.99£7.51'Thrilling, provocative and mind-expanding' Mail on Sunday'Masterful and illuminating' DAVID EAGLEMAN Dr Joseph Jebelli takes us on a seven-million-year journey through our own heads, drawing on insights from neuroscience, evolutionary biology,... -
The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq by Rory Stewart 9780156032797
RRP: £16.99£12.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156032797Author Rory StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 136mm *... -
The Origins of the Final Solution by Christopher Browning
RRP: £12.99£9.49The Origins of the Final Solution is the most detailed, careful, and comprehensive analysis to date of the descent of the Nazi persecution of the Jews into mass murder: the Holocaust. Arguing that genocide was not a preconceived plan but rather a... -
The Fighting Temeraire: Legend of Trafalgar (Hearts of Oak Trilogy Vol.1) by Sam Willis
RRP: £16.99£11.54J.M.W. Turner's The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up (1838) was his masterpiece. Sam Willis tells the real-life story behind this remarkable painting. The 98-gun Temeraire warship broke through the French and Spanish line... -
No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle For Bastogne by Leo Barron 9780451414854
RRP: £24.00£13.98Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by Ronald Hutton 9780192854490
RRP: £15.99£12.30Ronald Hutton is known for his colourful and provocative writings on original subjects. This work is no exception: for the first full-scale scholarly study of the only religion England has ever given the world; that of modern pagan witchcraft, which has... -
War by Sebastian Junger
RRP: £9.99£6.64From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger's almost fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army. For 15 months, Sebastian Junger accompanied a single platoon of thirty men from the celebrated 2nd... -
Europe: The First 100 Million Years by Tim Flannery
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Vivid, thrilling, a delight ... Tim Flannery is a palaeontologist and ecologist of global standing, and this is a compelling and authoritative narrative of the evolution of Europe's flora and fauna, from the formation of the continent to its near... -
Cutting Edge: Japanese Swords in the British Museum by Victor Harris
RRP: £29.95£21.93The Japanese sword has long been appreciated both as a weapon and as an object of art. Only in Japanese culture has the sword been developed to such a level of technological excellence and spiritual importance. As a cutting weapon, the fully developed... -
Lambeth, Kennington & Clapham: Britain in Old Photographs by Jill Dudman
RRP: £14.99£11.55This book aims to give a visual impression of the northern and western parts of the borough of Lambeth as they appeared in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Starting from the riverside area at the northern end, historically known as... -
District Inspector John A. Kearney-The Ric Man Who Befriended Sir Roger Casement by Donal J O' Sullivan 9781412064033
RRP: £17.95£13.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781412064033Author Donal J O' SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 152g -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: The USA, c1920-55: boom, bust and recovery by Peter Clements
RRP: £10.50£9.62Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
On Writers and Writing by Margaret Atwood
RRP: £10.99£7.40By the author of THE HANDMAID'S TALE and ALIAS GRACEWhat is the role of the writer? Prophet? High Priest of Art? Court Jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and the development of her writing career, Margaret Atwood... -
Virgil, Aeneid II: A Selection by Dominic Jones
RRP: £16.99£15.22This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 3) prescription of Virgil's Aeneid Book 2, lines 40-249 and the A-Level (Group 4) prescription of Book 2, lines 268-317, 370-558, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary,... -
Celtic Fairy Tales and Legends by Rosalind Kerven 9781849948500
RRP: £14.99£10.03From mermaids to dragons, 16 ancient Celtic fairy tales retold with their histories The Celtic cultures of the British Isles - Ireland, Scotland and Wales - have produced some of the richest traditional tales in Europe. Three words best sum up their... -
Battleships Yamato and Musashi by Janusz Skulski
RRP: £45.00£35.63A uniquely detailed visual representation of the legendary Japanese warships. Equipped with the largest guns and heaviest armour and with the greatest displacement of any ship ever built, the Yamato proved to be a formidable opponent to the US... -
Caithness to Patagonia: Distant Lands and Close Relatives by Ian Leith 9781849951739
RRP: £16.99£14.10This is an extraordinary and little-known story of emigration fromScotland. Caithness and Patagonia are literally a world apart, yet in the late19th and early 20th centuries a number of Caithness men and women took on thechallenge of this wild, open and... -
Black Ice: The memoir of a soldier, double amputee and world champion by Corie Mapp 9781910533581
RRP: £15.00£10.78On 31st January 2010, Trooper Corie Mapp of The Life Guards was driving his armoured vehicle on combat operations in Afghanistan when it ran over an IED. The explosion that followed caused him massive injuries. But this was not the end of his active life... -
Fighter Boys: Saving Britain 1940 by Patrick Bishop
RRP: £9.99£6.64In the summer of 1940, the future of Britain and the free world depended on the morale and skill of the young men of Fighter Command. This is their story. The Battle of Britain is one of the most crucial battles ever fought, and the victory of... -
Disembodying Women: Perspectives on Pregnancy and the Unborn by Barbara Duden 9780674212671
RRP: £18.95£15.37In earlier times, a woman knew she was pregnant when she experienced "quickening"-she felt movement within her. Today a woman relies on what she sees in a test result or a digital sonogram image to confirm her pregnancy. A private experience once... -
Hitler and Stalin: Parallel lives by Alan Bullock
RRP: £25.00£17.43Alan Bullock's bestselling and monumental masterpiece, now in a revised Second Edition 'It is practically unprecedented to take two such monsters as Hitler and Stalin, who never met, and interweave their lives chronologically, chapter by... -
Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries of Postwar Britain by Simon Garfield
RRP: £18.99£13.61In 1936 anthropologist Tom Harrison, poet and journalist Charles Madge, and documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings set up the Mass Observation Project. The idea was simple: ordinary people would record, in diary form, the events of their everyday lives... -
Giants: The Dwarfs of Auschwitz by Yehuda Koren 9781849546539
RRP: £9.99£7.27'Through thick and thin, never separate. Stick together, guard each other, and live for one another.' As Hitler's war intensified, the Ovitz family would have good reason to stand by their mother's mantra. Descending from the cattle train into the death... -
Old Clarkston and Netherlee by Douglas Nisbet 9781840333893
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840333893Author Douglas NisbetFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 174mm... -
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan 9781400069224
RRP: £28.00£16.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400069224Author Reza AslanFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 578gDimensions(mm) 241mm *... -
Courage Amid Chaos: Ukraine and the World at War by Carol Guzy
RRP: £45.00£29.25From the front lines of the war in Ukraine comes this compelling collection of images from world-class photographers that captures the humanity, perseverance, and determination of the nation's fight for freedom and independence against all odds. "What... -
Treasures of British History: The Nation's Story Told Through Its 50 Most Important Documents by Peter Snow
RRP: £20.00£11.24Told by two of our most celebrated historians, this is a spirited journey of discovery of our nation's history seen through the examination of 50 key documents. With a wealth of experience between them on politics, military history and today's current... -
Airmen's Incredible Escapes: Accounts of Survival in the Second World War by Bryn Evans
£27.05Allied air power made a major, arguably decisive, contribution to victory in The Second World War both in the European and Pacific theatres. The cost in men and machines was horrific with Bomber Command suffering 50% air crew casualties. While many... -
Nssm 200 the Kissinger Report: Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests; The 1974 National Security Study Memorandum by National Security Council 9781936830695
RRP: £12.50£12.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936830695Author National Security CouncilFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Suzeteo EnterprisesPublisher Suzeteo EnterprisesWeight(grams)... -
Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain by Blessin Adams
RRP: £18.99£12.71'Grimly fascinating ... engrossing' Daily Mail NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION. In early modern England, murder truly was most foul. Trials were gossipy events packed to the rafters with...