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Cracked Eggs and Chicken Soup - A Memoir of Growing Up Between The Wars: A Memoir of Growing Up Between The Wars by Norman Jacobs
RRP: $10.31$7.22In this revealing memoir of childhood, the author shows not only what affected his family, but also reveals a large slice of social history concerning the lives of all ordinary working-class people struggling to live in the slums of the East End of... -
The Women Behind The Few by Sarah-Louise Miller 9781785908705
RRP: $12.89$9.38The courageous pilots of the Royal Air Force who faced the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain, affectionately known as 'the Few', are rightly hailed as heroes. Recently, efforts have been made to recognise the thousands who supported RAF operations... -
My Secret Life in Hut Six: One woman's experiences at Bletchley Park by Mair Russell-Jones
RRP: $14.18$10.02The story of the World War 2 de-coders of Bletchley Park continues to fascinate. How did Mair Thomas, a musician brought up in the Welsh valleys, find herself in the rarefied atmosphere of Hut Six, surrounded by hundreds of others, all desperately trying... -
Black 9/11: Money, Motive and Technology by Mark H. Gaffney 9781634240819
RRP: $33.53$20.47The weeks following the attacks of September 11, 2001, were traumatic for nearly every American, but for some, the answers they received from the media and the government to explain the horrific events was not satisfactory. Accusations of cover-ups,... -
Athos: The Holy Mountain by Sydney Loch 9781784537999
$25.70Athos, the Holy Mountain of Greece, is one of the most mysterious places in the world. A rugged pyramid that rises up from the Aegean Sea, this mountain is wreathed in myth, legend and ancient traditions that to this day remain largely hidden from view... -
The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood by Rashid Khalidi 9781851685820
RRP: $16.76$10.55At a time when a lasting peace between Palestinians and Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of the longest-running conflict in the Middle East is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid... -
A Christmas Cornucopia: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide Traditions by Mark Forsyth
RRP: $16.76$11.73BY THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHORThe perfect gift for anyone who has ever wondered about the unpredictable origins and etymologies of our Christmas customs! For something that happens every year of our lives, we really don't know much about... -
I Walked by Night: Being the Philosophy of the King of the Norfolk Poachers, Written by Himself by Fred Rolfe 9781904784227
$27.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904784227Author Fred RolfeFormat PaperbackPage Count 199Imprint Coch-y-Bonddu BooksPublisher Coch-y-Bonddu Books -
Long Walk To Freedom by Nelson Mandela 9781408703113
RRP: $38.70$26.32'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history - and then go out and change it' Barack Obama'The authentic voice of Mandela shines through this book' The Times'Burns with the luminosity of faith in the invincible nature of human hope and... -
A Ragged Schooling: Growing Up in the Classic Slum by Robert Roberts 9781901341010
RRP: $16.76$15.42With great humour and vitality, Robert Roberts evokes his Edwardian childhood in the vivid portrait of a vanished community. Breathing the smoke from the factory chimneys, the children of Salford struggled daily to survive the grinding poverty that... -
The Russian Conquest of Central Asia: A Study in Imperial Expansion, 1814-1914 by Alexander Morrison
RRP: $46.43$42.66The Russian conquest of Central Asia was perhaps the nineteenth century's most dramatic and successful example of European imperial expansion, adding 1.5 million square miles and at least 6 million people - most of them Muslims - to the Tsar's domains... -
Classical Literary Careers and their Reception by Philip Hardie 9780521762977
RRP: $116.10$87.27This is a wide-ranging collection of essays on ancient Roman literary careers and their reception in later European literature, with contributions by leading experts. Starting from the three major Roman models for constructing a literary career - Virgil... -
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India by William Dalrymple
RRP: $16.76$11.73LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 'Beautifully written, ridiculously erudite, warm and open-hearted' The Times 'Compelling and poignant' Guardian 'This is travel writing at its best' Observer Internationally bestselling William Dalrymple takes... -
War Paths: Walking in the Shadows of the Clans by Alistair Moffat
RRP: $24.50$16.55Acclaimed historian Alistair Moffat sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans and their definitive conflicts. In twelve journeys he explores places of conflict, recreating as he walks the tumult of battle. As he recounts the military prowess of the... -
African Art Now by Osei Bonsu
RRP: $51.60$35.80Over the past two decades contemporary African art has taken its rightful place on the world stage. Today, African artists work outside the confines of limiting categories and outdated perceptions; they produce art that is as much a reflection of... -
Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World by Noel Malcolm
RRP: $21.92$15.84In the second half of the sixteenth century, most of the Christian states of Western Europe were on the defensive against a Muslim superpower - the Empire of the Ottoman sultans. There was violent conflict, from raiding and corsairing to large-scale... -
Van Diemen's Land by James Boyce 9781863954914
RRP: $25.74$20.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of The Tasmanian Book Prize 2009.Book InformationISBN 9781863954914Author James BoyceFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Black Inc.Publisher Black Inc... -
The Little Book of Manchester by Stuart Hylton 9781803994284
RRP: $16.76$12.41Did You Know? In 1824 a Pendleton tollkeeper set up Britain's first true public bus service, thought to be one of the first in the world. Communism can claim to have been conceived, if not born, in Manchester as Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx used to... -
The Haunting of Alma Fielding: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020 by Kate Summerscale
RRP: $12.89$9.93SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'A page-turner with the authority of history' PHILIPPA GREGORY 'As gripping as a novel. An engaging, unsettling, deeply satisfying read' SARAH WATERS London, 1938. Alma Fielding, an ordinary young... -
The Dambusters Raid by John Sweetman
RRP: $14.18$9.55A comprehensive account of the most audacious bombing raid of the Second World War.Operation Chastise - the Dambusters Raid, as it became known - undertaken by 19 Lancasters of 617 Squadron on the night of 16 May 1943, was the most audacious bombing raid... -
Vesuvius by Pliny the Younger 9780615191317
RRP: $10.89$9.66This new edition of the two letters in which Pliny the Younger gives his eye-witness account of the most fabulous natural disaster ever fabled by mankind-the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in Italy and the destruction of "whole communities and... -
Silent Village: Life and Death in Occupied France by Robert Pike
RRP: $20.63$16.32'Based on eye-witness accounts, Robert Pike's moving book vividly depicts the lives of the villagers who were caught up in the tragedy of Oradour-sur-Glane and brings their experiences to our attention for the first time.' - Hanna Diamond, author of... -
The Witches of Fife: Witch-Hunting in a Scottish Shire, 1560-1710 by Stuart MacDonald
RRP: $25.80$18.12Along the coast of Fife, in villages like Culross and Pittenweem, history records that some women were executed as witches. Nevertheless, the reality of what happened the night that Janet Cornfoot was lynched at Pittenweem is hard to grasp as one sits by... -
Pity the Swagman - The Australian Odyssey of a Victorian Diarist by Bethan Phillips 9781800995024
RRP: $21.92$19.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800995024Author Bethan PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 476Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm * 36mm -
Anatomy of Torture by Ron E. Hassner 9781501762031
RRP: $28.37$22.78Does torture "work?" Can controversial techniques such as waterboarding extract crucial and reliable intelligence? Since 9/11, this question has been angrily debated in the halls of power and the court of public opinion. In Anatomy of Torture, Ron E... -
German Invasion Plans for the British Isles, 1940 by Bodleian Library the
RRP: $9.02$7.22I have decided to prepare a landing operation against England, and if necessary to carry it. - Adolf Hitler, 16 July 1940. Immediately after the fall of France in June 1940, Hitler ordered his generals to organize the invasion of Britain under a plan... -
The Anatomy Of Human Destructiveness by Erich Fromm
RRP: $24.50$18.07In a world in which violence in every form seems to be increasing, Erich Fromm has treated this problem with deep perception in the most original and far-reaching work of his brilliant career. Fromm asks: what is there in the conditions of human... -
Villers-Bocage: Operation 'Perch': The Complete Account by Daniel Taylor 9781399048736
RRP: $45.15$31.33Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Feeling Media: Potentiality and the Afterlife of Art by Miryam Sas
RRP: $28.37$24.76In Feeling Media Miryam Sas explores the potentialities and limitations of media theory and media art in Japan. Opening media studies and affect theory up to a deeper engagement with works and theorists outside Euro-America, Sas offers a framework of... -
The Secret State: Preparing For The Worst 1945 - 2010 by Peter Hennessy
RRP: $19.34$14.13Peter Hennessy's The Secret State: Preparing for the Worst 1945-2010 is the story of secret government plans for combatting attacks on Britain, from the Cold War to modern counter-terrorism. Now completely revised and updated, Peter Hennessy's acclaimed... -
The War Magician: The man who conjured victory in the desert by David Fisher
RRP: $12.89$8.77The incredible true story of the greatest illusionist of modern times and the man who altered the course of the second world war.Soon to be a major film starring Benedict Cumberbatch'A richly entertaining read' SUNDAY TIMESJasper Maskelyne was a world... -
Kill Anything That Moves by Nick Turse
$17.08Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated incidents in the Vietnam War, carried out by just a few "bad apples." But as award-winning journalist and historian Nick Turse demonstrates in this... -
The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England by Graham Robb
RRP: $16.76$11.33'A book worth reading' Andrew Marr, Sunday TimesThe Debatable Land was an independent territory which used to exist between Scotland and England. At the height of its notoriety, it was the bloodiest region in Great Britain, fought over by Henry VIII,... -
Global Air Power by John Andreas Olsen 9781597975551
RRP: $64.50$49.95What influences have shaped air power since human flight became a reality more than a hundred years ago? Global Air Power provides insight into the evolution of air power theory and practice by examining the experience of six of the world's largest air... -
Ritual of Fire by D. V. Bishop
RRP: $21.92$15.05The Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author'It's hard to think of a better guide than D. V. Bishop to the brutality and glamour of Renaissance Florence' - Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Royal Secret'Fast becoming a serious... -
The War Against Paris, 1871 by Robert Tombs 9780521287845
RRP: $29.66$25.23The Paris Commune of 1871 is one of the great romantic failures in revolutionary history. Yet very little is known about its enemies, and especially the army, which first fraternized with the revolutionaries and then, two months later, crushed them with... -
Stalin's War by Sean McMeekin
RRP: $25.79$18.94SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL AND THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2022'A terrific read ... McMeekin is a superb writer' David Aaronovitch, The Times 'Gripping, authoritative, accessible and always bracingly revisionist' Simon... -
Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign by Shelby Foote
RRP: $25.79$17.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679601128Author Shelby FooteFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 335gDimensions(mm) 191mm *... -
Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel: The American West, c.1835-c.1895 by Dave Martin
$29.70Exam Board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: June 2018Endorsed for EdexcelEnable students to achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this popular series from the... -
The Light of Italy: The Life and Times of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino by Jane Stevenson
RRP: $19.34$14.13The story of the Renaissance city and palace of Urbino, and the life of the extraordinary man who created it: Federico da Montefeltro. 'Painstakingly researched and yet unfailingly readable' Ross King 'An insight into one of Renaissance Italy's...