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The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present, Third Edition by Jonathan Fenby
RRP: $24.50$17.56In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth. The Penguin History of Modern China shows how turbulent that journey has been. For 150 years China has endured as victim of oppression, war and famine... -
24 Hours at Waterloo: 18 June 1815 by Robert J. Kershaw
RRP: $16.76$11.73'One of the lancers rode by, and stabbed me in the back with his lance. I then turned, and lay with my face upward, and a foot soldier stabbed me with his sword as he walked by. Immediately after, another, with his firelock and bayonet, gave me a... -
J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Life by Abraham Pais 9780195327120
RRP: $39.33$26.92The late Abraham Pais, author of the award winning biography of Albert Einstein, Subtle is the Lord, here offers an illuminating portrait of another of his eminent colleagues, J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the most charismatic and enigmatic figures of... -
Against White Feminism by Rafia Zakaria 9780241989319
RRP: $14.18$10.02Personal, provocative and powerfully persuasive - an essential guide to what white feminism is, why it matters, and how we can put an end to it'Thoughtful and provocative... It is a must-read' Roxane Gay'A book to make you stop and think' Mishal... -
The First Royal Media War: Edward VIII, The Abdication and the Press by Adrian Phillips 9781399065412
RRP: $32.25$22.73The abdication crisis of 1936 demolished the wall of silent deference that had protected the British royal family from press comment and intrusion since the days of Queen Victoria. King Edward VIII was a child of the burgeoning age of media and the first... -
Pop Rock Icons: London's Swingin' 60s and 70s by Philippe Margotin
RRP: $32.24$26.17Pop Rock Icons takes us into the extraordinary world of London, England at the time of the greatest countercultural upheaval that the country has known. A real musical revolution began at the beginning of the 1960s, led by the Beatles, further ignited by... -
This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War by Samanth Subramanian
RRP: $16.76$11.04SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2015SHORTLISTED FOR RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2016In the summer of 2009, the leader of the dreaded Tamil Tiger guerrillas was killed, bringing to a bloody end the stubborn and complicated civil war in Sri Lanka. For... -
Hitler's Hangman: The Life of Heydrich by Robert Gerwarth
RRP: $18.05$15.80A chilling biography of the head of Nazi Germany's terror apparatus, Reinhard Heydrich-a key player in the Third Reich whose full story has never before been told"Gerwarth dispassionately examines Heydrich's rise and assassination, which resulted in a... -
Desert Queen by Janet Wallach 9780753802472
RRP: $16.76$11.09The life of Gertrude Bell is now the subject of the major motion picture Queen of the Desert, starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco and Damian LewisTurning away from privileged Victorian Britain, Gertrude Bell explored, mapped and excavated the world of... -
The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War by Giles Tremlett
RRP: $19.34$12.81** Shortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award ** 'Magnificent. Narrative history at its vivid and compelling best' Fergal Keane The first major history of the International Brigades: a tale of blood, ideals and tragedy in... -
Letters of Note: Cats by Shaun Usher
RRP: $9.02$6.24In Letters of Note: Cats, Shaun Usher collects together the most engaging missives that celebrate, eulogise, rail against and analyse the idiosyncratic ways of our feline companions.Nikola Tesla, Elizabeth Taylor,Charles Dickens, Anne Frank,T.S. Eliot,... -
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) History: Paper 2 Investigation and Breadth Studies by Rob Bircher
$42.56Exam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: International GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Endorsed for Pearson Edexcel qualificationsFollow the tried-and-tested methods of bestselling author Ben Walsh. This book... -
The Truth of the Russian Revolution: The Memoirs of the Tsar's Chief of Security and His Wife by Konstantin Ivanovich Globachev 9781438464626
RRP: $31.97$28.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438464626Author Konstantin Ivanovich GlobachevFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New... -
Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain by Mick Conefrey
RRP: $25.80$17.88*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BEST SPORTS WRITING BOOK OF THE YEAR*Though it remains by far the world's most famous mountain, in recent years Everest's reputation has changed radically, with long queues of climbers on the Lhotse Face,... -
Anglo-Saxon cemeteries 1979: The fourth Anglo-Saxon Symposium at Oxford by Tania Dickinson 9780860540953
$109.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860540953Author Tania DickinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 389Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR Publishing -
The Greek World 479-323 BC by Simon Hornblower
RRP: $56.75$50.10The Greek World 479-323 BC has been an indispensable guide to classical Greek history since its first publication nearly thirty years ago. Now Simon Hornblower has comprehensively revised and partly rewritten his original text, bringing it up-to-date for... -
The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest: Covenant, Retribution, and the Fate of the Canaanites by John H. Walton 9780830851843
RRP: $25.79$20.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830851843Author John H. WaltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm)... -
NKJV, Value Thinline Bible, Large Print, Leathersoft, Blue, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version by Thomas Nelson
RRP: $24.50$18.07A balance of being both easy-to-read and easy-to-carry, this Bible is an ideal choice to take with you wherever you go. This edition is published in large NKJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most readable... -
V Force Boys: All New Reminiscences by Air and Ground Crews Operating the Vulcan, Victor and Valiant in the Cold War by Tony Blackman
RRP: $19.34$14.13The V Force consisted of three four-jet bombers, the Valiant, the Vulcan and the Victor, all required as part of the nuclear deterrent in the Cold War following the end of the Second World War. The Valiant was less aerodynamically advanced than the other... -
610 (County of Chester) Auxiliary Air Force Squadron, 1936-1940 by David J. Bailey 9781781557143
RRP: $58.05$44.36610 (County of Chester) Squadron was formed in February 1936 as a bomber squadron. With personnel recruited from the local area for the expanding Auxiliary Air Force, these `weekend fliers' were moulded into a cohesive fighting unit at Hooton Park,... -
Red Knight: The Unauthorised Biography of Sir Keir Starmer by Michael Ashcroft 9781785906961
RRP: $25.80$18.68Sir Keir Starmer has played many parts during his life and career. He went from schoolboy socialist to radical lawyer before surprising many by joining the establishment, becoming Director of Public Prosecutions, accepting a knighthood and then, in 2015,... -
Rome and Its Empire, AD 193-284 by Olivier Hekster
RRP: $38.69$35.85This was a time of civil war, anarchy, intrigue, and assassination. Between 193 and 284 the Roman Empire knew more than twenty-five emperors, and an equal number of usurpers. All of them had some measure of success, several of them often ruling different... -
The Secret World: A History of Intelligence by Christopher Andrew
RRP: $24.50$18.07'The most comprehensive narrative of intelligence compiled ... unrivalled' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'Captivating, insightful and masterly' Edward Lucas, The TimesThe history of espionage is far older than any of today's intelligence agencies, yet the... -
Victorian Gothic House Styles by Trevor Yorke 9781846743047
RRP: $10.26$8.53Gothic style transformed the urban landscape from the mid 19th century. In this new book, discover how leading architects reinterpreted Medieval buildings to create a dynamic style which spread from Victorian England to the other side of the Atlantic. ... -
The Little Book of Wiltshire by Dee Vardera 9780750994217
RRP: $16.76$12.41The Little Book of Wiltshire is a compendium of fascinating information about the county, past and present. Contained within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Wiltshire's famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its towns and countryside,... -
Hitler's Horses: The Incredible True Story of the Detective who Infiltrated the Nazi Underworld by Arthur Brand
RRP: $21.92$15.84The true story of a detective, two bronze horses and the dictator who set the world on fire.When detective Arthur Brand is summoned to a meeting with one of the most dangerous men in the art world, he learns that a clue has emerged that could solve one... -
Abandoned Alaska: Copper, Gold, and Rust by Paul Scannell 9781634992176
RRP: $23.87$18.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634992176Author Paul ScannellFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Fonthill Media LLcPublisher Fonthill Media LLcWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 231mm *... -
Richard I (Penguin Monarchs): The Crusader King by Thomas Asbridge
RRP: $10.31$7.47'Here is the English sovereign as a crusader, battling on the fringes of the known world; the warrior-king ... imbued with the heart of a lion'Even within his own lifetime Richard I, dubbed the 'Lionheart', attained a kind of semi-mythical status as a... -
The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century by Jennifer Welsh
RRP: $15.47$10.32In the 2016 CBC Massey Lectures, former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General and international relations specialist Jennifer Welsh delivers a timely, intelligent, and fascinating analysis of twenty-first-century geopolitics.In 1989, as the Berlin... -
The Wars of Justinian by Prokopios 9781624661709
RRP: $38.69$31.63A fully-outfitted edition of Prokopios' late Antique masterpiece of military history and ethnography--for the 21st-century reader."At last . . . the translation that we have needed for so long: a fresh, lively, readable, and faithful rendering of... -
Iran: Empire of the Mind: A History from Zoroaster to the Present Day by Michael Axworthy
RRP: $16.76$11.73FULLY UPDATED SECOND EDITION, NOW WITH NEW POSTSCRIPT BY ALI ANSARI Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of great intellectual variety and depth, and... -
The Graves are Walking by John Kelly
RRP: $16.76$11.04The Irish famine that began in 1845 was one of the nineteenth century's greatest disasters. By its end, the island's population of eight million had shrunk by a third through starvation, disease and emigration. This is a brilliant, compassionate... -
Caste Matters by Suraj Yengde 9780670091225
RRP: $56.70$19.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670091225Author Suraj Milind YengdeFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin VikingPublisher Penguin Random House India -
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, The West and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War by Stephen R. Platt
RRP: $23.21$16.25In the early 1850s, during the twilight of the Qing dynasty, word spread of a major revolution brewing in the provinces. The leader of this movement - who called themselves the Taiping - was Hong Xiuquan, a failed civil servant who claimed to be the son... -
The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
RRP: $24.50$20.16In 1979 Elizabeth Eisenstein provided the first full-scale treatment of the fifteenth-century printing revolution in the West in her monumental two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change. This abridged edition, after summarising the... -
The Korean War by Bruce Cumings
RRP: $21.92$12.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812978964Author Bruce CumingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Manuscripts that Illuminated the Renaissance by Dr Ross King
RRP: $16.76$11.73'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' WALL STREET JOURNALThe Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling handiwork of the city's artists and architects. But equally... -
Avro Military 1910-63 by Key Publishing
RRP: $20.63$9.17Founded in 1910 by Alliott Verdon Roe, A.V. Roe and Company Limited built its first military aircraft two years later. By 1914, the company was literally flying when it designed the first of many iconic aircraft in the shape of the Avro 504, which sold... -
Moth: One of the Observer's 'Ten Debut Novelists' of 2021 by Melody Razak
RRP: $12.89$8.77Observer's 'Ten Debut Novelists' of 2021 Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott PrizeShortlisted for the Author's Club Best First Novel AwardHarper's Bazaar's 'Five Debut Female Authors to Read This Summer''Powerful and heartbreaking'Observer'Gripping..... -
She's on the Money by Victoria Devine 9781761044137
RRP: $19.34$14.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761044137Author Victoria DevineFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House AustraliaPublisher Random House Australia