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Colchester: A History by Andrew Phillips 9780750986915
RRP: £15.99£12.43Colchester boasts 2,000 years of history. Few towns in Britain can equal that. Yet this new book, by a local author, is the first full and concise history of Colchester to be published for over half a century, during which time our knowledge of the... -
A Little History of British Gardening by Jenny Uglow
RRP: £25.00£18.02Get out in your garden and discover the history hidden in the hedges.Did the Romans have rakes? Did the monks get muddy? Did potatoes seem really, really weird when they arrived on our shores?Drawn from Jenny Uglow's own love for plants, this lively... -
Jumpin' Jack Flash: David Litvinoff and the Rock'n'Roll Underworld by Keiron Pim
RRP: £10.99£7.99'REVELATORY' - DAILY TELEGRAPH *****'FASCINATING' - OBSERVER'ENGROSSING' - DAILY MAIL'You'll worry at your hunger to keep on reading, but you won't be able to stop' - GUARDIAN, Book of the Year David Litvinoff was one of the great mythic characters of... -
Women in the Middle Ages by Joseph Gies
£11.17Correcting the omissions of traditional history, this is "a reliable survey of the real and varied roles played by women in the medieval period. . . . Highly recommended."--ChoiceAbout the AuthorFrances (1915-2013) and Joseph (1916-2006) Gies were the... -
No Easy Day: The Only First-hand Account of the Navy Seal Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden Mark Owen 9781405911894
RRP: £10.99£7.87THE GRIPPING FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNT OF BIN LADEN'S EXECUTION For the first time, read the first-hand account of the planning and execution of the extraordinary mission to kill the terrorist mastermind. No Easy Day puts readers inside the elite,... -
Migrant Labour in Japan by Yoko Sellek 9780333804322
RRP: £44.99£44.97This book explores the impact of foreign migrant workers on elements of sovereign power in Japan and examines how the country's immigration control has been reshaped by the existence of these workers. It traces the changing situation of foreign migrant... -
The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore by Hilda M. Ransome 9780486434940
RRP: £14.99£12.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486434940Author Hilda RansomeFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Warriors in Scarlet: The Life and Times of the Last Redcoats by Ian Knight
RRP: £30.00£20.64Ian Knight's Warriors in Scarlet is a comprehensive and stirring history of the Victorian army between 1837 to 1860, from the Battle of Bossendon Wood to the Crimean War, a period of seismic change.An acclaimed military historian, Knight draws on... -
The End of the World is a Cul de Sac by Louise Kennedy
RRP: £9.99£6.43'A dazzling, heartbreaking debut collection' Guardian 'Kennedy's voice, and her unforgiving gaze, are electric' Sunday Times 'These stories sing, haunt and inspire laughter ... One of the best collections I've read in years' Sinead Gleeson A... -
Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History; A Play in Three Acts<BR> by C. L. R. James 9780822353140
RRP: £20.99£18.37In 1934 C. L. R. James, the widely known Trinidadian intellectual, writer, and political activist, wrote the play Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History, which was presumed lost until the rediscovery of a draft... -
Scott And Amundsen: The Last Place on Earth by Roland Huntford
RRP: £16.99£11.54At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. In the brilliant dual biography, the award-winning writer Roland Huntford re-examines every detail of the great... -
Budapest: A History of Grandeur and Catastrophe by Joe Hajdu
RRP: £10.99£7.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784552183Author Joe HajduFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space by Bleddyn E. Bowen
RRP: £20.00£18.11An eye-opening account of a world order shaped by spacepower and the threat of space warfare. Space technology was developed to enhance the killing power of the state. The Moon landings and the launch of the Space Shuttle were mere sideshows, drawing... -
The Book of Ninja: The Bansenshukai - Japan's Premier Ninja Manual Antony Cummins, MA 9781780284934
RRP: £30.00£20.40The first complete translation of the ultimate Ninja manual, The Book of Ninja provides a fully comprehensive guide to the ancient arts of the ninja, including espionage, warfare, trap building, infiltrating castles, assassination, hiding magic, lock... -
Why The Allies Won by Richard Overy
RRP: £16.99£12.28'Outstanding...Overy has written a masterpiece of analytical history, posing and answering one of the great questions of the century' Niall Ferguson, Sunday TimesThe Allied victory in 1945 - though comprehensive - was far from inevitable. By 1942 almost... -
Voodoo Histories: How Conspiracy Theory Has Shaped Modern History by David Aaronovitch
RRP: £12.99£9.34**AS FEATURED ON HOAXED PODCAST**This definitive book delves into why so many people are ready to believe in conspiracy theories, and the damage it can cause.Voodoo Histories entertainingly demolishes the absurd and sinister conspiracy theories of the... -
A Mind at Play: The Brilliant Life of Claude Shannon, Inventor of the Information Age by Jimmy Soni
RRP: £18.99£13.11Named a best book of the year by Bloomberg and Nature. 'Soni and Goodman have done their research...A Mind at Play reveals the remarkable human behind some of the most important theoretical and practical contributions to the information age.' (Nature)... -
The Lost Queen: The Surprising Life of Catherine of Braganza, Britain’s Forgotten Monarch by Sophie Shorland 9781838956394
RRP: £25.00£16.85'A splendidly sympathetic and sparky portrait... Wittily written and rich in detail' Miranda SeymourDespite Catherine of Braganza's crucial place in British history, and that of its Empire, she has since been overshadowed by stories of the king's many... -
Grumman F-14 Tomcat Owners' Workshop Manual: All models 1970-2006 by Tony Holmes 9781785211003
RRP: £22.99£16.93All models 1970-2006, Probably best-known for its starring role in the Hollywood movie Top Gun, the variable geometry two-seat carrier-based Grumman F-14 Tomcat was the US Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter and fleet defence interceptor... -
The Devil's Slave: the stunning sequel to The King's Witch Tracy Borman 9781473662513
RRP: £9.99£7.00'So vividly evoked that you are there, living the story'Alison Weir***Frances Gorges was accused of witchcraft - and she survived. But if her torturers at the court of King James discover she is pregnant with the child of Tom Wintour, her lover executed... -
How the West Came to Rule: The Geopolitical Origins of Capitalism Alexander Anievas 9780745336152
RRP: £29.99£20.10*Winner of International Studies Association (ISA)'s International Political Sociology Best Book Prize for 2017* *Winner of British International Studies Association (BISA)'s International Political Economy Working Group Book Prize of 2016* ... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: The USA, c1920-55: boom, bust and recovery Peter Clements 9781471876462
RRP: £10.50£9.72Exam 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... -
Secret Newham by Malcolm Batten 9781398113138
RRP: £15.99£10.85Secret Newham delves into the fascinating but often quirky and curious history of the towns that make up the borough of Newham in East London. From the origins of place names, memorials and street names to tales behind past and present industries and... -
Italian Battle Fleet 1940–43: 'La Squadra', the pride of the Regia Marina by Enrico Cernuschi 9781472860590
RRP: £15.99£11.61A comprehensive. illustrated account of the wartime Italian battle fleet, from its ships and technology to command structure, logistics, codebreaking and more. In the 1920s, the Italian Navy faced great challenges. Mussolini's ambitious Italy turned... -
Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944-45 by Prit Buttar 9781849087902
RRP: £16.99£13.76An engrossing history of the last year of the Second World War, charting the battles fought between the Soviet Red Army and the Nazis across German soil. The terrible months between the arrival of the Red Army on German soil and the final collapse of... -
A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons by Geoffrey Hindley
RRP: £4.99£3.66Starting AD 400 (around the time of their invasion of England) and running through to the 1100s (the 'Aftermath'), historian Geoffrey Hindley shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history not only of England but also of Europe. The society inspired... -
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton 9781846143632
RRP: £30.00£21.35A revelatory new account of the magus - the learned magician - and his place in the world of Renaissance EuropeAt the heart of the extraordinary ferment of the High Renaissance stood a distinctive, strange and beguiling figure: the magus. An unstable mix... -
At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China by Edward Wong 9781788162654
RRP: £25.00£17.90'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama 'A splendid journey through eighty years of Chinese history ... Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China as a reader could ever hope to find' Barbara Demick... -
Outsiders: Class, Gender and Nation by Dorothy Thompson 9780860916505
£17.37This book brings together Dorothy Thompson's most important essays on English social history, written over the last 25 years, many previously unpublished. Thompson analyzes the Chartist movement, not simply as a political programme, however significant,... -
O My America! by Sara Wheeler 9780374534783
RRP: £12.99£9.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374534783Author Sara WheelerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint North Point PressPublisher North Point PressWeight(grams) 304g -
Jagdpanzer by Thomas Anderson 9781472857361
RRP: £35.00£27.93This highly illustrated title details the history of the Jagdpanzer, the self-propelled German tank destroyers introduced in the second half of World War II. Throughout World War II all sides grappled with how to deal with the threat of enemy armour... -
The Wars of Justinian by Prokopios 9781624661709
RRP: £29.99£24.52A fully-outfitted edition of Prokopios' late Antique masterpiece of military history and ethnography--for the 21st-century reader."At last . . . the translation that we have needed for so long: a fresh, lively, readable, and faithful rendering of... -
Bradshaw's Railway Folded Map 1907 by George Bradshaw
RRP: £9.99£7.89At the turn of the 20th century the rail network extended to over 23,000 miles, very nearly the circumference of the world the greatest length it was ever to achieve. Some urban routes had closed and later, hundreds of rural lines and stations succumbed... -
Sons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail by Stephen Taylor
RRP: £22.50£17.98A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain's trade, exploration, and warfare"No other book resurrects the wooden world of Jack Tar in such captivating and voluminous detail."-Roger Ekirch, Wall... -
Compelled to Witness: Women's Memoirs of the French Revolution by Marilyn Yalom 9780986058226
RRP: £11.50£8.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986058226Author Marilyn YalomFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Astor and Lenox LLCPublisher Astor and Lenox LLCWeight(grams) 358g -
1314: The Year of Bannockburn by Callum Watson 9781399035187
RRP: £25.00£17.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
A Drop in the Ocean: Lawrence MacEwen and the Isle of Muck by Polly Pullar
RRP: £9.99£7.20Polly Pullar tells the fascinating tale of one of the Hebrides unique thriving small communities through the colourful anecdotes of Lawrence MacEwen, whose family have owned the island since 1896. A wonderfully benevolent, and eccentric character, his... -
Stalybridge and Dukinfield by Alan Rose 9780752410982
RRP: £14.99£11.72This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752410982Author Alan... -
Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam by Mark Curtis
RRP: £11.99£8.53This updated edition of Secret Affairs covers the momentous events of the past year in the Middle East and at home in the UK. It reveals the unreported attempts by Britain to cultivate relations with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt after the fall of... -
Sophie Scholl and the White Rose by Annette Dumbach
RRP: £10.99£7.60A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EDITION TO COMMEMORATE 80 YEARS SINCE THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS OF 1943 Sophie Scholl and the White Rose tells the gripping true story of five Munich university students who set up an underground resistance movement in World...