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The Great Leeds Pub Crawl by Simon Jenkins 9780993188251
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $17.54Join the Yorkshire Evening Post's award-winning beer writer Simon Jenkins on a criss-cross pub crawl through Leeds, calling in at dozens of popular watering holes.Along with descriptions of the... -
Derbyshire Folk Tales by Pete Castle
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.48Passed down from generation to generation, many of Derbyshire's most popular folk tales are gathered together here for the first time. Ranging from stories specific to the region, such as 'The Derby... -
The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.08The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. It may not have been the... -
The Yom Kippur War 1973: Pt. 2: Sinai by Simon Dunstan 9781841762210
Booksplease Price: $16.80Israel's victory in the 1967 'Six Day War' sowed the seeds of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. At 1400hrs on 6 October 1973 the Egyptian army launched an assault crossing of the Suez Canal. The carefully... -
A Muslim American Slave: The Arabic Life of Omar Ibn Said by Omar Ibn Said 9780299249540
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $17.92Born to a wealthy family in West Africa around 1770, Omar Ibn Said was abducted and sold into slavery in the United States, where he came to the attention of a prominent North Carolina family after... -
The Cold War Norman Friedman 9780233005911
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $8.25A graphic account of this long-running global drama, The Compact Guide: The Cold War is published in a new era of fear and uncertainty. It encompasses moments of high tension, such as the Berlin... -
Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.54As the Korean independence movement gathers pace, two children meet on the streets of Seoul. Fate will bind them through decades of love and war. They just don't know it yet. 'Unforgettable'... -
Men of Mathematics by E. Bell 9780671628185
Booksplease Price: $22.28From one of the greatest minds in contemporary mathematics, Professor E.T. Bell, comes a witty, accessible, and fascinating look at the beautiful craft and enthralling history of mathematics.Men of... -
Morocco - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture Jillian C. York 9781787023048
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $14.08Don't just see the sights-get to know the people. Morocco is a joy to the senses. Graced with spectacular scenery, the country's rich history is carved into its architecture and baked into its... -
The Irish in the Resistance: The Untold Stories of the Ordinary Heroes who Resisted Hitler by Clodagh Finn 9780717191352
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.10In June 1940, the fall of France prompted General Charles de Gaulle to make an impassioned rallying call to his fellow citizens to fight back against the Germans. His famous radio speech, broadcast... -
Elegant Etiquette in the Nineteenth Century by James Mallory 9781526705204
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to live in the nineteenth century? How would you have got a partner in a ballroom? What would you have done with a letter of introduction? And... -
Olympic, Titanic, Britannic: An Illustrated History of the Olympic Class Ships by Mark Chirnside
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $21.87At the beginning of the twentieth century, competition between the North Atlantic shipping lines was fierce. While Britain responded to the commercial threat posed by the growing German merchant... -
The Heartbeat of Iran: Real Voices of a Country and Its People by Tara Kangarlou 9781632462053
RRP: $28.13Booksplease Price: $19.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632462053Author Tara KangarlouFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint -
Gorbachev: The Man and His Era by Prof. William Taubman 9781471147951
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.59SHORTLISTED FOR THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BOOK PRIZEFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Khrushchev: The Man and his Era, the most comprehensive portrait of the former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev,... -
Unlikely Rebels: The Gifford Girls by Ann Clare 9781856357128
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.78Many people who know the story of the 1916 Rising have heard the harrowing account of the wedding of Grace Gifford and Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol, on the day before his execution for his part... -
The Liverpool Colouring Book: Past and Present 9780750968065
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.48Liverpool has charmed visitors for centuries, and this collection of intricate illustrations is a celebration of the city's unique appeal. Featuring a range of picturesque vistas, from iconic... -
Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw by Norman Davies
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.50Rising '44 is a brilliant narrative account of one of the most dramatic episodes in 20th century history, drawing on Davies' unique understanding of the issues and characters involved. In August 1944... -
DK Eyewitness Sydney by DK
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $13.24The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring Sydney.Marvel at the iconic silhouette of the Sydney Opera... -
Le Mans Winning Colours: A Visual History of 100 Years of the 24-Hour Race by Mick Hill
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $22.89Celebrating 100 years of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, motorsport's iconic endurance race, technical illustrator Mick Hill takes us on a potted history of this world-famous event. The follow-on book to... -
The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine by Simon Price 9780140274851
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $19.27'The Penguin History of Europe series ... is one of contemporary publishing's great projects' New StatesmanTo an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At... -
Another Day of Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65'This is a very personal book, about being alone and lost'. In 1975 Kapuscinski's employers sent him to Angola to cover the civil war that had broken out after independence. For months he watched as... -
The Haunting Of Sylvia Plath by Jacqueline Rose
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.41Since her suicide in 1963 at the age of 30, Sylvia Plath has become a strange icon. This book addresses why this is the case and what this tells us about the way culture picks out important writers... -
Connemara: A Little Gaelic Kingdom Tim Robinson 9780141049595
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37The triumphant conclusion to Tim Robinson's extraordinary Connemara trilogy, which Robert Macfarlane has called 'one of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English'. Robinson... -
Mercenaries and Their Masters: Warfare in Renaissance Italy by Michael Mallett
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63Michael Mallett's classic study of Renaissance warfare in Italy is as relevant today as it was when it was first published a generation ago. His lucid account of the age of the condottieri - the... -
The World of All Souls: A Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night and The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
RRP: $53.60Booksplease Price: $39.93Discover the truths, the history, the myths and the magic behind the first three novels in the spellbinding All Souls series. Fall under the spell once more with this all-encompassing insider's guide... -
The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy by Kenneth Pomeranz
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $19.77A landmark comparative history of Europe and China that examines why the Industrial Revolution emerged in the WestThe Great Divergence sheds light on one of the great questions of history: Why did... -
Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuscinski 9780141188041
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.65Shah of Shahs depicts the final years of the Shah in Iran, and is a compelling meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. Here, Kapuscinski describes the tyrannical... -
A Conspiracy Of Decency: The Rescue Of The Danish Jews During World War II by Emmy E. Werner 9780813342788
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.78The people of Denmark managed to save almost their country's entire Jewish population from extinction in a spontaneous act of humanity - one of the most compelling stories of moral courage in the... -
Tenement Kid: From the Streets of Glasgow in the 1960s to Drummer in Jesus and Mary Chain and Frontman in Primal Scream by 9781737382904
RRP: $30.75Booksplease Price: $22.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737382904Author Bobby GillespieFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint -
History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History by Samuel Noah Kramer
RRP: $41.54Booksplease Price: $37.87Which civilization had the first system of law? The first formal educational system? The first tax cut? The first love song? The answers were found in excavations of ancient Sumer, a society so... -
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport by Deborah Oppenheimer
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.97___________________ BASED ON THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY ___________________ 'Wonderfully moving ... a noble story, beautifully told' - Daily Mail With a preface by Lord... -
The Story of Holy Island: An Illustrated History by Kate Tristram 9781848256910
Booksplease Price: $28.35Kate Tristam is a well-known island resident whose talks on the history of Lindisfarne hold visitors spellbound. A historian and a priest in the Church of England, she is ideally qualified to tell... -
Common People: The History of An English Family by Alison Light
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $14.02Shortlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize'Part detective story, part Dickensian saga, part labour history. A thrilling and unnerving read' Observer 'Mesmeric and deeply moving' Daily Telegraph... -
Warrior of Woden by Matthew Harffy
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $9.45AD 642. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and the fifth instalment in the Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell. Oswald has reigned over... -
Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan: With an Extensive Introduction and Notes by Alexander Bennett Inazo Nitobe 9784805314890
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner**Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan is the most influential book ever written on the Japanese "Way of the Warrior." A classic study of Japanese... -
Fairground Lorries by Carl Johnson 9781398100848
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65The days of the fairground operating with steam traction engines have long since gone – the next vehicles to enter the tobers were the internal combustion engine, lorries with both petrol and diesel... -
The Search For Nefertiti by Joann Fletcher
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.83Joann Fletcher, presenter of BBC2's 'Ancient Egypt: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings' has written an enthralling account of Nefertiti, one of Egypt's most compelling and mysterious figures. ... -
Eurafrica: The Untold History of European Integration and Colonialism by Peo Hansen 9781474256803
RRP: $37.51Booksplease Price: $31.73This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.In order to think theoretically about our global age it is... -
Oracle Bones Peter Hessler 9780719564413
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.24Peter Hessler's previous book River Town was a prize-winning, poignant and deeply compelling portrait of China. Now, in Oracle Bones, Hessler returns to the country, excavating its long history and... -
Autobiography Of A Geisha by Sayo Masuda 9780099462040
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.71Sayo Masuda's story is an extraordinary portrait of rural life in japan and an illuminating contrast to the fictionalised lives of glamorous geishas.At the age of sis Masuda's poverty-stricken family...