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Babylonia: A Very Short Introduction by Trevor Bryce
RRP: £8.99£6.65The history of Ancient Babylonia in ancient Mesopatamia is epic. After playing host to three great empires, the Hammurabic and Kassite empires, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire ruled by Nebuchadnezzar, it was conquered by the Persians. Entered triumphantly... -
Inside The Black Vault: The Government's UFO Secrets Revealed by Jr., John, Greenewald
RRP: £11.99£9.02The evidence in this book may not ultimately give you the "smoking gun" you are looking for on your journey, but I guarantee it will give you a box of bullets when you find it. In 1996, John Greenewald, Jr. began researching the secret inner workings... -
Virgil Aeneid XII: A Selection Dr James Burbidge (Head of Classics, Tonbridge School, UK) 9781350059214
RRP: £16.99£15.22This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 3) prescription of Aeneid Book XII, lines 1-106, 614-727, and the A-Level (Group 4) prescription of Aeneid Book XII, lines 728-952, giving full Latin text,... -
The Library: A Fragile History by Arthur der Weduwen 9781788163439
RRP: £14.99£10.95LONGLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN A SUNDAY TIMES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Timely ... a long and engrossing survey of the library' FT 'A sweeping, absorbing history, deeply researched' Richard Ovenden,... -
Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517-1648 by Mark Greengrass
RRP: £18.99£13.61Mark Greengrass's gripping, major, original account of Europe in an era of tumultuous changeSUNDAY TIMES and FINANCIAL TIMES Books of the Year 2014This addition to the landmark Penguin History of Europe series is a fascinating study of 16th and 17th... -
Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy and a Collision of Lives in World War II by Adam Makos
RRP: £10.99£7.54'Gripping' Wall Street Journal________________________At first, gunner Clarence Smoyer and his fellow crewmen in the legendary 3rd Armored Division - 'Spearhead' - thought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the German Panther, with a gun so... -
William Pitt the Younger: A Biography by William Hague
RRP: £18.99£12.71The award-winning biography of William Pitt the Younger by William Hague, the youngest leader of the Tory Party since Pitt himself. William Pitt the Younger was one of the most extraordinary figures in British history. Prime minister at the... -
The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire by Dr. Piers Brendon
RRP: £16.99£12.87No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign subjects. Britannia ruled the waves and a quarter of the earth's surface was painted red on the map. Yet no... -
The Dreadful History and Judgement of God on Thomas Müntzer: The Life and Times of an Early German Revolutionary by Andrew Drummond 9781839768941
RRP: £25.00£20.30'The princes are nothing but tyrants who flay the people; they fritter away our blood and sweat on their pomp and whoring and knavery.' These were the words of Thomas Muntzer at the head of the massed ranks of a peasant army in the year 1525. Ranged... -
Choosing Terror: Virtue, Friendship, and Authenticity in the French Revolution by Marisa Linton 9780198733096
£48.77Choosing Terror: Virtue, Friendship and Authenticity in the French Revolution examines the leaders of the French Revolution - Robespierre and his fellow Jacobins - and particularly the gradual process whereby many of them came to 'choose terror'. These... -
Central London Buses 1967-1987: The RT and RM Families by David Christie 9781445680255
RRP: £15.99£10.85From author David Christie's home town in Essex, the Green Line route 721 (by RCL) was the usual way of getting to London - into Aldgate, one of his haunts as a young spotter in the '50s. From there a walk along to Bank, Aldwych, Trafalgar Square then... -
James V by Jamie Cameron
RRP: £25.00£24.55James V suffered the fate of many a son of a famous father in being somewhat overshadowed not only by his father James IV but also by his internationally renowned daughter Mary Queen of Scots. But no-one would deny the importance of his reign, embracing... -
S-class destroyer Piet Hein (ex HMS Serapis) by Jantinus Mulder 9789464561920
RRP: £18.95£18.72Ordered by the Royal Navy in 1941, the destroyers of the 5th Emergency Flotilla became known as S-class and served as fleet and convoy escorts in World War II. In the last months of the war, three were transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy for... -
The Forbidden Promise by Lorna Cook 9780008321888
RRP: £8.99£6.22The stunning new story of love and secrets from the Number One bestselling author of The Forgotten Village Can one promise change the fate of two women decades apart? Scotland, 1940 War rages across Europe,... -
The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama by Nigel Cliff
RRP: £16.99£11.67In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies, opening up access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage known to history; the ships were... -
The Enlightened Economy: Britain and the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1850 by Joel Mokyr
RRP: £22.00£16.02Why did Western countries become so much wealthier than the rest of the world? What explains the huge rise in incomes during the Industrial Revolution - and why did Britain lead the way?In the years between the Glorious Revolution and the Great... -
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Tamim Ansary
RRP: £18.99£12.90We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years. In Destiny Disrupted , Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world... -
Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors by Alison Weir
RRP: £12.99£9.19'Stunning... Weir has brought those five queens to life like never before. I just raced through it - it has all the drama and suspense of a novel' Tracy BormanCrusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens,... -
The Shortest History of England by James Hawes
RRP: £12.99£9.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910400692Author James HawesFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street PublishingDimensions(mm) 216mm * 135mm * 22mm -
Grumman F-14 Tomcat Owners' Workshop Manual: All models 1970-2006 by Tony Holmes 9781785211003
RRP: £22.99£16.68All 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... -
A Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee
RRP: £8.99£6.65Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, the thrilling flamenco cry-the pride in poverty, the... -
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
£18.99Who better to face the greatest evil of the 20th century than a humble man of faith?As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a small number of dissidents and saboteurs worked to... -
GCHQ by Richard Aldrich 9780007312665
RRP: £14.99£10.36As we become ever-more aware of how our governments "eavesdrop" on our conversations, here is a gripping exploration of this unknown realm of the British secret service: Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ). ... -
The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War by Jon E. Lewis
RRP: £12.99£8.83By 1969, following the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, over 500,000 US troops were 'in country' in Vietnam. Before America's longest war had ended with the fall of Saigon in 1975, 450,000 Vietnamese had died, along with 36,000 Americans. The Vietnam War... -
The Caribbean and the Second World War by Colin Douglas 9781913546793
RRP: £16.00£15.48This book highlights the pivotal role of the Caribbean in the Second World War.Book InformationISBN 9781913546793Author Colin DouglasFormat PaperbackImprint Lawrence & Wishart LtdPublisher Lawrence & Wishart Ltd -
The Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberties and Commons for All by Peter Linebaugh 9780520260009
RRP: £25.00£19.59This remarkable book shines a fierce light on the current state of liberty and shows how longstanding restraints against tyranny - and the rights of habeas corpus, trial by jury, and due process of law, and the prohibition of torture - are being abridged... -
Letter from America: 1946-2004 by Alistair Cooke
RRP: £12.99£9.34A defining collection from Alistair Cooke's legendary BBC Radio broadcasts, guiding us through nearly sixty years of changing life in the United States'No one else succeeded in explaining to the English-speaking world ... the idiosyncrasies of a country... -
London: The Concise Biography by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £20.00£14.69An abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial biography of the city of London.Prize-winning historian, novelist and broadcaster, Peter Ackroyd takes us on a journey - historical, geographical and imaginative - through the city of London. Moving back... -
Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions G.W. Bernard 9780300170894
RRP: £13.99£12.25A new look at Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn"Will certainly make readers think again about what we really know about Henry VIII's most controversial wife-and what we have merely become accustomed to believe we know about her."-Paul Hammer,... -
The Prophet of Mercy: How Muhammad Rose Above Enmity Insult by Mohammad Elshinawy
RRP: £9.99£6.96To delegitimize the Messenger is to call into question the entire message. During his time, the Makkans called hima poet, a magician, and a madman, among other names. Today, he is insulted with other labels. The question of whether or... -
The Times End of the Line: A history of British railway closures from 1948 by Julian Holland
RRP: £30.00£17.37Covering the period from 1948 to 1996, The Times End of the Line chronologically traces the history of more than 400 long forgotten railway lines, region by region, from their opening to closure and a few cases to reopening. For such a small... -
Age of Wolf and Wind: Voyages through the Viking World by Davide Zori 9780190916060
RRP: £25.99£22.39The Vikings continue to fascinate us because their compelling stories connect with universal human desires for exploration and adventure. In Age of Wolf and Wind: Voyages through the Viking World, author Davide Zori argues that recent advances in... -
Security Empire: The Secret Police in Communist Eastern Europe by Molly Pucci
RRP: £47.50£40.04A compelling examination of the establishment of the secret police in Communist Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Eastern Germany This book examines the history of early secret police forces in Poland, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany in the aftermath of the... -
Forward Air Bases in Europe from D-Day to the Baltic: Supporting the Allied Advance by Trevor Stone 9781399010818
RRP: £25.00£17.62The largely sea-borne invasion of Northern France in June 1944, Operation Overlord, is acknowledged as one of the key actions which hastened the end of the Second World War. The RAF played a vital part in the landings. It then supported the subsequent... -
D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Battle For The Normandy Beaches Stephen E. Ambrose 9781471158261
RRP: £12.99£8.68On the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, bestselling author and World War II historian Stephen E. Ambrose reveals for the first time anywhere that the intricate plan for the invasion of France in June 1944 had to be abandoned... -
Ghostly Northumberland by Rob Kirkup
RRP: £14.99£11.72From reports of haunted castles, hotels, battlefields, chapels and churchyards, to heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, poltergeists and related supernatural phenomena, Ghostly Northumberland investigates twenty of the most haunted locations in... -
Colonial Globalization and its Effects on South Asia: Eastern Bengal, Sylhet, and Assam, 1874–1971 by Ashfaque Hossain 9781032325637
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book investigates the concept of colonial globalization to show how knowledge, information, technology, capital and labour have the potential to move freely across the world. It studies the experience of globalization "from below", rather than from... -
Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas by Mark Kurlansky 9781632863829
RRP: £18.99£14.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632863829Author Mark KurlanskyFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 740g -
Capital and Corporal Punishment in Anglo-Saxon England by Jay Paul Gates
RRP: £80.00£76.61Essays examining how punishment operated in England, from c.600 to the Norman Conquest. Anglo-Saxon authorities often punished lawbreakers with harsh corporal penalties, such as execution, mutilation and imprisonment. Despite their severity, however,... -
Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World by Samuel Moyn 9780674241398
RRP: £17.95£14.82"No one has written with more penetrating skepticism about the history of human rights."-Adam Kirsch, Wall Street Journal"Moyn breaks new ground in examining the relationship between human rights and economic fairness."-George SorosThe age of human...