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Bishop Auckland: Britain in Old Photographs by Charlie Emett 9780752466415
RRP: £14.99£11.55This superb collection of over tow hundred photographs traces the history of Bishop Aukland from its origins as North Aclet to modern times. Auckland Castle, the residence of the bishops of Durham for almost eight hundred years, is represented, as are... -
Twenty-Eight: Stories from the Section 28 Generation by Kestral Gaian 9781915893000
RRP: £12.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915893000Author Kestral GaianFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Reconnecting RainbowsPublisher Reconnecting Rainbows -
Racial Justice and Nonviolence Education: Building the Beloved Community, One Block at Time by Arthur Romano
RRP: £25.99£22.63This book examines the role that community-based educators in violence-affected cities play in advancing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s radical nonviolent vision for racial and social justice.This work argues that nonviolence education can help communities... -
Awe: The New Science and Transformative Power of Everyday Wonder by Prof. Dacher Keltner
RRP: £25.00£17.62'I recommend [Awe] to everyone. Its ideas organized a lot of my experiences, observations, thoughts, and hopes in a powerful new way.' - Rebecca Solnit, (X)From a foremost expert on the science of emotions, a groundbreaking exploration into the history,... -
The Great Tapestry of Scotland Colouring Book by Andrew Crummy
RRP: £8.99£6.08The Great Tapestry of Scotland is one of the most ambitious community arts projects ever undertaken. The brainchild of bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, historian Alistair Moffat and artist Andrew Crummy, it was created by a team of over a... -
Michael Collins: A Biography by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: £10.99£7.77'The unofficial voice of modern Irish history' EconomistWhen President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.' In August 1922 at... -
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Medieval World by Andrew Jotischky
RRP: £16.99£12.28This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps - explores the Middle Ages from the coming of the barbarian invasions in the fourth century to the first voyages to the New World in the sixteenth... -
War before Civilization by Lawrence H. Keeley
RRP: £16.49£12.58The 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... -
Rommel's Afrika Korps in Colour: Rare German Photographs from World War II by Ian Spring 9781784388799
RRP: £28.00£20.62Take a visual journey through North Africa during the Second World War with Anthony Tucker-Jones and Ian Spring as they chart the path of Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps through a series of stunning, rare colour photographs. Taken from Ian Spring's... -
Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie
RRP: £12.99£8.60Recognised as 'The first truly definitive English-language study of this myth-laden subject and a pleasure to read' (Sunday Times) COSA NOSTRA is the compelling story of the Sicilian mafia, the world's most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood... -
The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty by Sarah Gristwood
RRP: £20.00£14.69A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 'One of the most important books to be written about the Tudors in a generation.' Tracy Borman In this groundbreaking history, Sarah Gristwood reveals the way courtly love made and marred the Tudor dynasty... -
Hawkwind: Days Of The Underground: Radical Escapism in the Age Of Paranoia by Joe Banks
RRP: £27.00£18.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907222849Author Joe BanksFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press -
It's Behind You (the new read-in-one-sitting thriller by author of bestselling Good Girls Die First) by Kathryn Foxfield 9780702302770
RRP: £8.99£6.43The bestselling author of Good Girls Die First is back with an entertaining, high-octane and read-in-a-single-sitting new thriller. Welcome to the reality game show that'll scare you to death! Have you got what... -
The Slave Ship by Marcus Rediker
RRP: £12.99£8.60The slave ship was the instrument of history's greatest forced migration and a key to the origins and growth of global capitalism, yet much of its history remains unknown. Marcus Rediker uncovers the extraordinary human drama that played out on this... -
This Mortal Coil: A Guardian, Economist & Prospect Book of the Year by Andrew Doig
RRP: £10.99£7.12A 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... -
Hans Ulrich Obrist: A Brief History of Curating by Daniel Birnbaum
£15.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783905829556Author Daniel BirnbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint JRP RingierPublisher JRP Ringier -
Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal
RRP: £14.99£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805210606Author Simon WiesenthalFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The History of the Civil Rights Movement: The Story of the African American Fight for Justice and Equality by Dan Peel
RRP: £20.00£14.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorDan Peel is an experienced writer and editor working for the International group Future Publishing.Book InformationISBN 9781912918362Author Dan PeelFormat... -
Petra: The Rose-Red City by Christian Auge
RRP: £7.95£5.58Deep in the desert of Jordan lies the hidden city of Petra, one of the greatest marvels of the ancient world. Carved from rose-red rock, Petra's monuments, dwellings and temples were for centuries the centre of a splendid civilization.Later the city fell... -
Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914 by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: £12.99£8.48The Amazon History Book of the Year 2013 is a magisterial chronicle of the calamity that befell Europe in 1914 as the continent shifted from the glamour of the Edwardian era to the tragedy of total war. In 1914, Europe plunged into the 20th... -
Warships in the Spanish Civil War by Angus Konstam
RRP: £11.99£8.43This detailed study of the naval Spanish Civil War describes how the Spanish Navy, torn in two and comprising a Republican and Nationalist part, fought a civil war at sea involving both Hitler's and Mussolini's navies. In July 1936, a pro-fascist coup... -
Writing History Essays by I. W. Mabbett 9781137543660
RRP: £22.99£22.85To write history successfully, it is essential to understand the nuts and bolts of technique as well as the underlying principles which govern the whole process. Writing History Essays takes you step by step through the process of writing an assignment,... -
How to Survive a Crisis: Lessons in Resilience and Avoiding Disaster by David Omand
RRP: £20.00£14.29'David Omand is exactly the man you need in a crisis' Rory Stewart'An extraordinary achievement. Probably the best book ever written on crisis management' Christopher Andrew, author of Defence of the RealmWe never know when a crisis might explode. Some... -
The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry: Unravelling the Norman Conquest by David Musgrove 9780500297650
RRP: £12.99£8.60The definitive guide to the Bayeux Tapestry and its legacy, exploring the rich narrative behind its stitches and the turbulent times in which it was created. Political intrigue and treachery, heroism and brutal violence, victory and defeat – all this is... -
The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War by Craig Whitlock
RRP: £12.99£9.09A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about America's longest war, foreshadowing the Taliban's... -
OCR Ancient History GCSE Component 1: Greece and Persia by Sam Baddeley 9781350015159
RRP: £14.99£13.94This 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... -
The Ancient City - Imperium Press by Numa Denis Fustel De Coulanges 9780648690542
RRP: £16.95£12.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648690542Author Numa Denis Fustel De CoulangesFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Imperium PressPublisher Imperium PressWeight(grams) 449g -
Chernobyl Prayer: Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
RRP: £9.99£7.11Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature'Desperately important and impossible to put down. It is timeless. . . what shines clear from the testimonies is love - love which can make you do the most spectacular things ' Sheena Patel, Observer'- A new... -
A Short History of Decay by E.M. Cioran
RRP: £9.99£7.11A Short History of Decay (1949) is E. M. Cioran's nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning the nature of civilization in mid 20th-century Europe. Touching upon man's need to worship, the feebleness of God, the downfall of the... -
The English Manor C.1200-C.1500 by Rosemary Horrox
RRP: £19.99£17.82Provides a comprehensive introduction and essential guide to one of the most important institutions in medieval England and to its substantial archive. This is the first book to offer a detailed explanation of the form, structure and evolution of the... -
Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust by Livia E. Bitton Jackson
RRP: £9.99£6.64'Among the most moving documents I have read in years ... You will not forget it' Elie Wiesel From her small, sunny hometown between the beautiful Carpathian Mountains and the blue Danube River, Elli Friedmann was taken - at a time when most... -
The Mighty Eighth: A Glimpse of the Men, Missions & Machines of the U.S. Eighth Air Force 1942-1945 by Military Gallery
RRP: £30.00£27.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954997083Format HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Griffon International LimitedPublisher Griffon International LimitedWeight(grams) 1000gDimensions(mm) 240mm... -
Hitler's Generals by Correlli Barnett 9780802139948
£13.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802139948Author Correlli BarnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 497Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press -
Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend by Andrew Downie 9781471154089
RRP: £9.99£6.41'Compelling from start to finish...Downie does full justice to an extraordinary life' Pete Davies, author of All Played Out. A stunning new biography of Socrates, the iconic captain of the greatest Brazil side never to win the World Cup. Socrates was... -
Hungarian Soldier vs Soviet Soldier: Eastern Front 1941 by Peter Mujzer
RRP: £13.99£11.04On 26 June 1941, unidentified bombers attacked the Hungarian town of Kassa, prompting Hungary to join its Axis partners in Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. Hungary's contribution to Barbarossa was designated the Carpathian... -
The Great Successor: The Secret Rise and Rule of Kim Jong Un by Anna Fifield
RRP: £12.99£8.60The Great Successor is an irreverent yet insightful quest to understand the life of Kim Jong Un, one of the world's most secretive dictators. Kim's life is swathed in myth and propaganda, from the plainly silly--he supposedly ate so much Swiss cheese... -
F-35: The Inside Story of the Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter by Tom Burbage 9781510777576
RRP: £30.00£19.21The inside story of the most expensive and controversial military program in history, as told by those who lived it. The F-35 has changed allied combat warfare. But by the time it's completed, it will cost more than the Manhattan Project and the B-2... -
Bute: A Guide by David McDowall 9780952784777
RRP: £11.99£11.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952784777Author David McDowallFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint David McDowallPublisher David McDowallDimensions(mm) 197mm * 129mm * 26mm -
13 Hours: The explosive inside story of how six men fought off the Benghazi terror attack by Mitchell Zuckoff 9781785030529
RRP: £16.99£12.2813 HOURS is the true account of the events of 11 September 2012, when terrorists attacked a US State Compound and a nearby CIA station in Libya, one of the most dangerous corners of the globe. On that fateful day, a team of six American security... -
The Origin of Sin: Greece and Rome, Early Judaism and Christianity by David Konstan
RRP: £21.99£19.28Where did the idea of sin arise from? In this meticulously argued book, David Konstan takes a close look at classical Greek and Roman texts, as well as the Bible and early Judaic and Christian writings, and argues that the fundamental idea of "sin" arose...