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This Mortal Coil: A Guardian, Economist & Prospect Book of the Year by Andrew Doig
RRP: $21.43$14.29A GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST AND PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A superb book' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'An empowering story of human ingenuity' Economist 'Full of curious facts' The Times Causes of death have changed irrevocably across time. In the course of... -
Collected Poems of Edward Thomas by Edward Thomas
RRP: $37.03$25.02Since the publication of Walter de la Mare's first edition of his poems in 1920, Edward Thomas has gradually come to be recognised as one of the great English poets of the 20th century.Though sometimes classified with Owen, Rosenberg and Sassoon as a... -
Kings of Shanghai by Jonathan Kaufman
RRP: $25.33$17.22'A masterpiece of research, The Last Kings of Shanghai is a vivid and fascinating story of wealth, family intrigue, and political strategy on the world stage from colonialism to communism to globalized capitalism' Susannah Heschel, Eli Black Professor of... -
Waterloo Sunrise: London from the Sixties to Thatcher by Dr John Davis
RRP: $81.90$66.89A kaleidoscopic history of how the 1960s and 1970s changed London foreverWaterloo Sunrise is a panoramic and multifaceted account of modern London during the transformative years of the sixties and seventies, when a city still bearing the scars of war... -
A History of the Crusades III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades by Steven Runciman
RRP: $21.43$15.58The third volume of Steven Runciman's classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades'The whole tale is one of faith and folly, courage and greed, hope and disillusion'Steven Runciman's triumphant three-volume A History of the Crusades... -
Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War II: 1939-1945 by Edward Ward
RRP: $35.08$24.53Illustrated with colourful artworks of carrier aircraft and their markings, Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War II is a detailed guide to all the aircraft deployed by the Allied navies from 1939 to 1945. Organised chronologically by type and... -
The Queens' English: The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Expressions by Chloe O. Davis 9781529110401
RRP: $33.13$25.10A landmark reference guide to the LGBTQIA+ community's contributions to the English language-an intersectional, inclusive illustrated glossary featuring more than 800 terms created by and for queer culture.With a foreword from Paula Akpan Do you know... -
OCR Ancient History GCSE Component 1: Greece and Persia Sam Baddeley (Winchester College, UK) 9781350015159
RRP: $29.23$27.59This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for GCSE Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 1, both the compulsory Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies: Period Study: The... -
Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-2000 by Peter Clarke
RRP: $25.33$18.21Peter Clarke brilliantly challenges the commonly held view of Britain in the twentieth century as a nation in decline. Adopting a wide perspective, he examines the political. social and economic changes that transformed Britain. He looks at how jobs and... -
Fallout: A Journey Through the Nuclear Age, From the Atom Bomb to Radioactive Waste by Fred Pearce 9781846276262
RRP: $19.48$13.46At a moment when a new generation of power stations and weapons are being developed, Fallout is a measured and fascinating exploration of our most misunderstood energy source and asks: what can we learn from our past mistakes, and what role should... -
The Tastemaker: My Life with the Legends and Geniuses of Rock Music by Tony King 9780571371952
RRP: $25.33$17.16The Tastemaker charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beating heart of music's most iconic moments for over sixty years. Leaving school and starting his career at Decca Records in 1958 at the age of sixteen, Tony King would soon find... -
The Path to Genocide: Essays on Launching the Final Solution by Christopher R. Browning 9780521558785
RRP: $31.18$27.11The Nazi Holocaust haunts the modern imagination as one of the most compelling examples of the human capacity for organised atrocity on a mass scale. This authoritative account of the evolution of Nazi Jewish policy from 1939 to 1942 seeks to answer some... -
Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 9780767909136
RRP: $39.00$28.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767909136Author Kareem Abdul-JabbarFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm)... -
Hammer from Above: Marine Air Combat Over Iraq by Jay A. Stout 9780891418719
RRP: $27.28$23.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891418719Author Jay A. StoutFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio Press -
Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem and Russia's Remaking of the West Luke Harding 9781783352067
RRP: $25.33$17.16**Pre-order INVASION: RUSSIA'S BLOODY WAR AND UKRAINE'S FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL now**FROM THE AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF COLLUSION A gripping investigative account of how Russia's spies helped elect Donald Trump,... -
Island at the End of the World: The Turbulent History of Easter Island by Steven Roger Fischer 9781861892829
$41.46Famed for its breathtaking isolation, Easter Island was a verdant South-Sea idyll when a small canoeful of Polynesians arrived in c. AD 700. Centuries later the island's statues were famous throughout the world. This book presents a comprehensive history... -
Juve! by Herbie Sykes
RRP: $25.33$18.21The definitive history of the iconic football club: the glory, the scandal, the stars and its enduring influence on Italian life.Juventus utterly dominates the Italian game. Home to some of the biggest names in sport, it has won title after title, trophy... -
Fey's War: The True Story of a Mother, her Missing Sons and the Plot to Kill Hitler by Catherine Bailey
RRP: $17.53$12.97**Formerly published as The Lost Boys**'Remarkable. A powerful, engrossing story of a journey into the heart of darkness and final escape from it' Sunday TimesIn September, 1944, the SS march into a remote Italian castle, arrest a mother and seize her... -
Border Wars: The conflicts of tomorrow by Professor Klaus Dodds
RRP: $25.33$18.21How are borders built in the modern world? What does Brexit mean for Ireland's border? And what would happen if Elon Musk declared himself president of the Moon?In Border Wars, Professor Klaus Dodds takes us on a journey into the geopolitical conflict of... -
The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by Ronald Hutton
RRP: $33.13$21.61'a brilliant history' The Sunday Times 'makes for riveting reading' The Independent Modern pagan witchcraft is arguably the only fully-formed religion England has given the world, and has now spread across four continents. This second... -
Command and Control by Eric Schlosser
RRP: $29.23$21.35Command and Control interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a missile silo in rural Arkansas, where a single crew struggled to prevent the explosion of the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United States, with a historical... -
Legion: life in the Roman army by Richard Abdy 9780714122939
RRP: $87.75$60.61The Roman army has been immortalised in heroic art and screen epics, but what was life really like for an ordinary soldier? 'Everything the best history books can be: erudite, entertaining and eloquent.' - Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories... -
Secret Weapons of World War II by William B. Breuer 9780471202127
$21.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471202127Author William B. BreuerFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)... -
On the Trail of William Wallace by David R. Ross 9781913025168
RRP: $17.53$13.26On the Trail of William Wallace offers a refreshing insight into the life and heritage of the great Scots hero whose proud story is at the very heart of what it means to be Scottish, and whose effect on the ordinary Scot through the ages is manifest in... -
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
RRP: $21.43$15.07_______________ WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK _______________ 'A remarkable achievement' - Sunday Times 'A classic, to my mind, of the finest documentary... -
Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth by Mike Ingram 9781912866502
RRP: $58.40$41.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866502Author Mike IngramFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
White Mountain by Robert Twigger
RRP: $21.43$9.52Home to mythical kingdoms, wars and expeditions, and strange and magical beasts, the Himalayas have always loomed tall in our imagination. Overrun at different times by Buddhism, Taoism, shamanism, Islam and Christianity, they are a grand central station... -
Liberty over London Bridge: A History of the People of Southwark by Margaret Willes 9780300272208
RRP: $39.00$33.11The first complete history of Southwark, London's stubbornly independent community over the Thames Southwark's fortunes have always been tied to those of the City of London across the river. But from its founding in Roman times through to flourishing... -
Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall by Spike Milligan
RRP: $21.43$15.58Volume one of Spike Milligan's legendary memoirs is a hilarious, subversive first-hand account of WW2'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' Sunday Express'Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command... -
The Crossing: Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race Ben Fogle 9781843545125
RRP: $35.08$25.64'Read this... Two very different men fight, play games and nearly lose their lives.' The TimesWhen James Cracknell and Ben Fogle decided to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race, they thought they knew what awaited them: nearly three thousand miles of... -
Black Friday: The Eyemouth Fishing Disaster of 1881 by Peter Aitchison 9781912476237
RRP: $19.48$17.55Black Friday is the astonishing true story of a coastal community that lost 189 men in a single afternoon. Britain's worst fishing disaster decimated the coastal community of Eyemouth, yet is an almost forgotten part of the past. One hundred and... -
I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria by Gareth Brereton
RRP: $58.50$42.51In 669 BC Ashurbanipal inherited the world's largest empire, which stretched from the shores of the eastern Mediterranean to the mountains of western Iran. He ruled from his massive capital at Nineveh, in present-day Iraq, where temples and palaces... -
Henrietta Maria: Conspirator, Warrior, Phoenix Queen by Leanda de Lisle
RRP: $48.75$35.69***A Best Book of 2022, The Times******Book of the Year, Spectator***A myth-busting biography of Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, which retells the dramatic story of the civil war from her perspectiveHenrietta Maria, Charles I's queen, is the most... -
A Century of Hull: Events, People and Places Over the 20th Century by David Gerrard
RRP: $29.23$22.85This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Hull during the 20th century. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader... -
Blenheim: Battle for Europe by Earl Charles Spencer
RRP: $21.43$14.84How two men brought about the defeat of Louis XIV's previously unbeaten army and saved Europe from French domination - A Sunday Times BestsellerBy the summer of 1704 Louis XIV's vast armies dominated Europe. France defeated every alliance formed against... -
War before Civilization by Lawrence H. Keeley
RRP: $32.16$24.53The myth of the peace-loving "noble savage" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, unimportant, and, like smallpox, a disease of civilized... -
The Freedom to Be Free by Hannah Arendt
RRP: $15.58$11.66'People can only be free in relation to one another.'Three exhilarating and inspiring essays in which the great twentieth-century political philosopher argues that there can be no freedom without politics, and no politics without freedom.One of twenty... -
The Rise of the Labour Party 1880-1945 by Paul Adelman 9780582292109
$69.69This popular study covers two major topics: the formation of the Labour Party and its emergence as the main rival to the conservatives. This transformation of the British political scene has been accounted for in a variety of ways. Dr Adelman examines... -
The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation by Jim Cullen
RRP: $31.18$22.64"The American Dream" is one of the most familiar and resonant phrases in our national lexicon, so familiar that we seldom pause to ask its origin, its history, or what it actually means. In this fascinating short history, Jim Cullen explores the... -
Samuel Pepys: The Diaries by Samuel Pepys
RRP: $39.00$29.07When Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) began writing in 1660 he was a young clerk living in London, struggling to pay his rent. Over the next nine years as he kept his journal, he rose to be a powerful naval administrator. He became eyewitness to some of the most...