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Shadows Of The Workhouse: The Drama Of Life In Postwar London by Jennifer Worth
RRP: £9.99£5.75A fascinating slice of East End life, from the No.1 bestsellilng author of CALL THE MIDWIFE, soon to be a major BBC TV series.In this follow up to CALL THE MIDWIFE, Jennifer Worth, a midwife working in the docklands area of East London in the 1950s tells... -
Fishers of Men by Rob Lewis
RRP: £9.99£5.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786064691Author Rob LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint John Blake Publishing LtdPublisher John Blake Publishing Ltd -
Johnson at 10: The Inside Story by Anthony Seldon
RRP: £25.00£14.10***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***An FT, TELEGRAPH and THE TIMES Book of the Year'Excellent... first class... both fair and damning.' Daniel Finkelstein, The Times 'Authoritative, gripping and often jaw-dropping' Andrew Rawnsley,... -
A 1970s Childhood: From Glam Rock to Happy Days by Derek Tait
RRP: £9.99£6.40Do you remember glam rock, flares, cheesecloth shirts and chopper bikes? Then it sounds like you were lucky enough to grow up during the 1970s. Who could forget all the glam rock bands of that era, like Slade, Wizard, Mud and Sweet, or singers like Alvin... -
A Song for the Dark Times: The Brand New Must-Read Rebus Thriller by Ian Rankin
RRP: £8.99£2.79From the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin, comes one of the must-read books of the year: A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES 'Genius ... Only great novels capture the spirit of the age. This is one of them.'THE TIMES* * * * *'He's gone...'When his daughter... -
The Fighter of Auschwitz: The incredible true story of Leen Sanders who boxed to help others survive by Erik Brouwer
RRP: £8.99£5.22**A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**'He had the dream again last night... He taps the gloves of his unbeaten Polish opponent. There are rumours that the loser will be sent to the gas chamber.'In 1943, the Dutch champion boxer, Leen Sanders, was sent to... -
Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year by Eleanor Parker 9781789147735
RRP: £10.99£6.56Now available in paperback, Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England, exploring the festivals, customs and traditions linked to the different seasons. Drawing on a wide variety of source... -
We Were Warriors: A Powerful and Moving Story of Courage Under Fire by Johnny Mercer
RRP: £10.99£6.73'An adrenalin-fuelled, gritty story of heroism on the frontline in Afghanistan' - Andy McNabUnflinching and laced with wry humour, Johnny Mercer's We Were Warriors is an action-packed account of his journey from young commando to a captain with one of... -
The Art of War by Tzu Sun 9781841933580
RRP: £6.99£4.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841933580Author Sun TzuFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
RRP: £12.99£7.73**THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we... -
KS3 History All-in-One Complete Revision and Practice: Ideal for Years 7, 8 and 9 (Collins KS3 Revision) by Collins KS3
RRP: £10.99£7.60Level: KS3 Subject: History Complete revision and practice covering the KS3 course This all-in-one KS3 History study and practice book is your one-stop shop for KS3 History!... -
James and John: A True Story of Prejudice and Murder by Chris Bryant 9781526644978
RRP: £25.00£15.01*A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week* 'Carefully observed, rich in detail, imaginative, compassionate and angry. A raw, unexpected portrait of Britain's grandeur, wealth, energy, cruelty and hypocrisy in the age of liberalism' RORY STEWART 'A shocking story... -
The Christmas Castle in Scotland (Romantic Escapes, Book 9) by Julie Caplin
RRP: £9.99£5.56Unwrap this gorgeous gift of a book for an escape to the snow-peaked caps of the Scottish Highlands and a romance that will melt your heart... Izzy McBride had never in a million years expected to inherit an actual castle from her great uncle... -
The Fall of Yugoslavia by Misha Glenny 9780140261011
RRP: £10.99£6.56Misha Glenny's acclaimed account of the war in former Yugoslavia contains substantial new material that discusses the end of the five-year conflict and looks ahead to an uneasy future in this turbulent region. Writing in the Evening Standard, Fitzroy... -
The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
RRP: £16.99£10.21A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom HollandThe 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and... -
Nuts and Bolts: How Tiny Inventions Make Our World Work by Roma Agrawal 9781529340112
RRP: £12.99£7.35*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2023**AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 START THE WEEK, OFF AIR WITH FI AND JANE AND 99% INVISIBLE*'Delightful' TIM HARFORD, FINANCIAL TIMES'Appeals to the nerdy side of just about all of us... a great book to... -
The Norman Conquest by Marc Morris
RRP: £12.99£7.73'I loved it. A suitably epic account of one of the most seismic and far-reaching events in British history' Dan SnowAn upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on a scale not seen... -
The Palace Papers: The Sunday Times bestseller by Tina Brown
RRP: £10.99£6.56WITH AN EXCLUSIVE NEW CHAPTER FOR THE PAPERBACK EDITIONThe Amazon No.1 BestsellerThe Sunday Times BestsellerTHE ROYAL BOOK OF THE YEAR_________________________________'Eye-poppingly revealing. . . impeccable sources, historical heft and canny insights... -
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town by Mary Beard
RRP: £11.99£7.15WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008 'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an... -
Irena's Gift: An epic World War II memoir of sisters, secrets and survival by Karen Kirsten 9781837700448
RRP: £9.99£5.75If we seal off the past, how will we ever know the truth? In 1942, in Nazi-occupied Poland, a Jewish child was smuggled out of the Warsaw ghetto in a backpack. That child was Karen Kirsten's mother, but she knew nothing about this extraordinary event... -
Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance by Tareq Baconi
RRP: £18.99£12.81Hamas rules Gaza and the lives of the two million Palestinians who live there. Demonized in media and policy debates, various accusations and critical assumptions have been used to justify extreme military action against Hamas. The reality of Hamas is,... -
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
RRP: £14.99£9.14The bestselling and prize-winning study of one of the most legendary American Presidents in history, Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin is the book that inspired Barack Obama in his presidency.When Barack Obama was asked which book he could not live... -
Vicious Vikings (newspaper edition) by Terry Deary 9780702312618
RRP: £6.99£3.79Discover all the foul facts about these famous invaders in history's most horrible headlines: Vicious Vikings edition. The master of making history fun, Terry Deary takes on the Vikings in this marauding look at our... -
Shadowplay: Behind the Lines and Under Fire: The Inside Story of Europe's Last War by Tim Marshall
RRP: £9.99£5.77A gripping eyewitness account of a major 20th-century military conflict by the UK's most popular writer on geopolitics; The shattering of Yugoslavia in the 1990s showed that, after nearly 50 years of peace, war could return to Europe. It came to its... -
Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Everyday People by Julia Boyd
RRP: £10.99£6.32THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP THREE BESTSELLER; One of the Daily Telegraph's Best Books of 2017; A Guardian `Readers' Choice' Best Book of 2017; Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what's right in front of your eyes?; The events that took place... -
Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain's Secret Gay Language by Paul Baker
RRP: £11.99£7.15Polari is a language that was used chiefly by gay men in the first half of the twentieth century. At a time when being gay could result in criminal prosecution - or worse - Polari offered its speakers a degree of public camouflage, a way of expressing... -
The History Hit Miscellany of Facts, Figures and Fascinating Finds by History Hit 9781399726009
RRP: £16.99£9.71'History is a bottomless reservoir of all the bonkers, heroic, awful and weird things we eccentric humans have ever done. We can't help generating extraordinary stories... Most importantly, like all the best stories, they are true.' - Dan SnowHave you... -
The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor
RRP: £14.99£8.51The bestselling author of STALINGRAD and BERLIN: THE DOWNFALL on the Spanish Civil War, drawing on masses of newly discovered material from the Spanish, Russian and German archives.The civil war that tore Spain apart between 1936 and 1939 and attracted... -
Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch
RRP: £12.99£7.73From Afua Hirsch - co-presenter of Samuel L. Jackson's major BBC TV series Enslaved - the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain today.You're British.Your parents are British.Your partner, your... -
Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II by Ben Macintyre 9781408885390
RRP: £10.99£5.99A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB SELECTION A SUNDAY TIMES NO 1. BESTSELLER 'Astonishing ... Sheds riveting new light on this breathtaking plan' Daily Mail 'A rollicking read' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining'... -
SAS: Rogue Heroes - the Authorized Wartime History by Ben Macintyre
RRP: £9.99£5.98THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERTHE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES, STARRING CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN AND DOMINIC WESTFrom the secret SAS archives and bestselling author Ben Macintyre: The first ever... -
Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin
RRP: £10.99£5.99_______________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: the remarkable true story of the exploration ship featured in The Terror In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.On the first,... -
A History of the Sikhs Vol 1 (SECOND EDITION): Volume 1 1469-1838 by Khushwant Singh 9780195673081
RRP: £12.99£10.12The new second edition volume one 1469-1839 is updated to the present recounts the return of the community to the mainstream of national life. Written in Khushwant Singh's trademark style to be accessible to a general, non-scholarly audience, the book is... -
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine by Andrew Harding 9781804185025
RRP: £10.99£6.32'Extraordinary.' Philippe Sands'We are touched by the courage and dignity of Andrew Harding's characters - qualities that the author must surely possess in equal measure.' - Andrey Kurkov'A story of extraordinary heroism by ordinary people. - James... -
Vietnam: An Epic History of a Tragic War by Max Hastings
RRP: £12.99£7.29THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'His masterpiece' Antony Beevor, Spectator 'A masterful performance' Sunday Times 'By far the best book on the Vietnam War' Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the Year Vietnam became... -
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore
RRP: £14.99£8.51The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?This is the intimate story of twenty... -
Twilight of Democracy: The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends by Anne Applebaum
RRP: £10.99£6.56A FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'The most important non-fiction book of the year' David HareIn the years just before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall, people from across the political spectrum in Europe and... -
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf 9781848310308
RRP: £9.99£3.32'Everything about [this] book, which combines a healthy dose of lucid neuroscience with a dash of sensitive personal narrative, delights ... a beautifully balanced piece of popular-science writing' Boyd Tonkin, Independent 'For people interested in... -
Call The Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s by Jennifer Worth 9780753827871
RRP: £9.99£2.79Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London, now a major BBC TV series.Jennifer Worth came from a sheltered background when she became a midwife in the Docklands in the 1950s. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a... -
Chaos: Charles Manson, the Cia, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill 9780316477543
RRP: £22.99£14.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316477543Author Tom O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm *...