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What Mr Darwin Saw by Mick Manning
RRP: $12.89$8.77In 1831, at only 22 years old, Darwin was offered the position of Naturalist on HMS Beagle's world voyage. He was set to become a clergyman but returns after five years at sea an inspired genius. This book follows the journey of HMS Beagle, showing life... -
Callaghan by Harry Conroy 9781904950707
RRP: $12.89$9.11Callaghan term in office was dominated by industrial unrest, culminating in the Winter of Discontent', laying the foundations for Margaret Thatcher's election victory in 1979Book InformationISBN 9781904950707Author Harry ConroyFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain by Daniel Defoe
RRP: $19.34$14.64Britain in the early eighteenth century: an introduction that is both informative and imaginative, reliable and entertaining. To the tradition of travel writing Daniel Defoe brings a lifetime's experience as a businessman, soldier, economic journalist... -
A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw
RRP: $16.76$7.51The book leads the reader through these vibrant stories, from the origins of the gods through to the homecomings of the Trojan heroes. All the familiar narratives are here, along with some less familiar characters and motifs. In addition to the tales,... -
Women in the Middle Ages by Joseph Gies
RRP: $14.18$14.14Correcting the omissions of traditional history, this is "a reliable survey of the real and varied roles played by women in the medieval period. . . . Highly recommended."--ChoiceAbout the AuthorFrances (1915-2013) and Joseph (1916-2006) Gies were the... -
Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great's Empire by Robin Waterfield
RRP: $15.47$10.87This is the story of one of the great forgotten wars of history - which led to the division of one of the biggest empires the world has ever seen. Alexander the Great built up his huge empire in little more than a decade, stretching from Greece in... -
When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies by Andy Beckett
RRP: $19.34$12.64The seventies encompass strikes that brought down governments, shock general election results, the rise of Margaret Thatcher and the fall of Edward Heath, the IMF crisis, the Winter of Discontent and the three-day week. When the Lights Went Out goes in... -
Lost at Sea in Mysterious Circumstances: Vanishings and Undiscovered Shipwrecks by Richard M Jones 9781399046213
RRP: $28.38$20.15Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Warriors in Scarlet: The Life and Times of the Last Redcoats by Ian Knight
RRP: $38.70$26.63Ian Knight's Warriors in Scarlet is a comprehensive and stirring history of the Victorian army between 1837 to 1860, from the Battle of Bossendon Wood to the Crimean War, a period of seismic change.An acclaimed military historian, Knight draws on... -
On Plato's <i>Timaeus</i> by Calcidius
RRP: $38.64$31.04Until the Renaissance, the work of Calcidius offered the medieval West almost the only direct access to Plato's corpus not dispersed in fragments. In the 4th century CE, Calcidius translated into Latin an important section of Plato's Timaeus,... -
The End of the World is a Cul de Sac by Louise Kennedy
RRP: $12.89$8.04'A dazzling, heartbreaking debut collection' Guardian 'Kennedy's voice, and her unforgiving gaze, are electric' Sunday Times 'These stories sing, haunt and inspire laughter ... One of the best collections I've read in years' Sinead Gleeson A... -
Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History; A Play in Three Acts<BR> by C. L. R. James 9780822353140
RRP: $27.08$23.70In 1934 C. L. R. James, the widely known Trinidadian intellectual, writer, and political activist, wrote the play Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History, which was presumed lost until the rediscovery of a draft... -
Budapest: A History of Grandeur and Catastrophe by Joe Hajdu
RRP: $14.18$10.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784552183Author Joe HajduFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
A new focus on...British Social History, c.1920–2000 for KS3 History: Experiences of disability, sexuality, gender and ethnicity by Helen Snelson
$24.07Take a fresh look at life in 20th century Britain, through the eyes of those whose history has too often been neglected.This is the first time that a school textbook has woven together experiences of disability, the LGBTQ+ community, women and Gypsy,... -
Why The Allies Won by Richard Overy
RRP: $21.92$15.84'Outstanding...Overy has written a masterpiece of analytical history, posing and answering one of the great questions of the century' Niall Ferguson, Sunday TimesThe Allied victory in 1945 - though comprehensive - was far from inevitable. By 1942 almost... -
Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk
RRP: $27.08$19.79Pity the Nation ranks among the classic accounts of war in our time, both as historical document and as an eyewitness testament to human savagery. Written by one of Britain's foremost journalists, this remarkable book combines political analysis and war... -
Atatürk: Father of the Republic of Turkey by George W. Gawrych 9780755651818
RRP: $25.80$19.76Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was one of the most significant political leaders of the twentieth century. He rose from obscure origins to become the founder of the new Republic of Turkey out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire and go on to radically transform... -
Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That Shook Europe by John Guy 9781526631527
RRP: $38.70$24.73A TLS, TIMES, PROSPECT AND WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR A groundbreaking examination of how the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn sent shockwaves across a continent and changed England forever. 'In many places, where once we had speculation, we... -
Letters from the Mary Rose by David Loades
RRP: $19.34$14.90'The authors are to be congratulated on a book which merits usage in the national curriculum.' - International Journal of Nautical ArchaeologyThe raising of the Tudor warship Mary Rose in 1982 has made her one of the most famous ships in history, though... -
Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project by Leslie Groves
RRP: $20.63$14.98General Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer were the two men chiefly responsible for the building of the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, code name "The Manhattan Project." As the ranking military officer in charge of marshalling men and material for... -
NKJV, Deluxe Gift Bible, Leathersoft, Blue, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version by Thomas Nelson
$19.88The NKJV Deluxe Gift Bible is perfect for personal use or to give as a gift to celebrate special occasions like graduations, baptisms, birthdays, or achievements.The popular and reliable New King James Version, now with the enhanced readability of Thomas... -
A Literature Of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Bronte to Lessing by Elaine Showalter
RRP: $19.34$12.64When first published in 1982, A LITERATURE OF THEIR OWN quickly set the stage for the creative explosion of feminist literary studies that transformed the field in the 1980s. Launching a major new area for literary investigation, the book uncovered the... -
Anne Boleyn: Adultery, Heresy, Desire by Amy Licence
RRP: $32.25$21.71Anne Boleyn's unconventional beauty inspired poets - and she so entranced Henry VIII with her wit, allure and style that he was prepared to set aside his wife of over twenty years and risk his immortal soul. Her sister had already been the king's... -
The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise by Kartar Lalvani
RRP: $34.83$25.74The first ever history of India to explore the benefits - institutional, political and civil - of British Colonial Rule on the subcontinent. The story of The Making of India begins in the seventeenth century, when a small seafaring island, one tenth... -
Two Brothers by Jonathan Wilson
RRP: $25.80$17.74Shortlisted for Football Book of the Year (Sports Book Awards)'Gripping' Daily Mail'Moving... chronicles two remarkable lives' Guardian'Razor-sharp tactical analysis' Irish Independent'Wilson is a fine, nuanced writer' Times Literary SupplementThe story... -
O My America! by Sara Wheeler 9780374534783
RRP: $16.76$12.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374534783Author Sara WheelerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint North Point PressPublisher North Point PressWeight(grams) 304g -
Edge of England: Landfall in Lincolnshire by Derek Turner
RRP: $25.80$23.53Lincolnshire is England's second-largest county-and one of the least well-known. Yet its understated chronicles, unfashionable towns and undervalued countryside conceal fascinating stories, and unique landscapes: its Wolds are lonely and beautiful, its... -
Socrates: A Man for Our Times by Paul Johnson
RRP: $20.63$14.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143122210Author Paul JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 167g -
Soviet Naval Infantry 1917–91 by David Greentree
RRP: $19.34$14.13Drawing upon Soviet sources, this book assesses the evolving organization, uniforms, insignia, weaponry and personal equipment of Soviet naval infantry units from 1917 to 1991. Featuring eight plates of specially commissioned artwork alongside... -
Guerilla Days in Ireland - New Edition by Tom Barry
$25.83First published in 1949, 'Guerilla Days in Ireland' is an extraordinary story of the Irish War of Independence and the fight between two unequal forces, which ended in the withdrawal of the British from twenty-six counties. Seven weeks before the Truce... -
Between Women: Friendship, Desire, and Marriage in Victorian England by Sharon Marcus
RRP: $28.38$22.39Women in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other's hair and wrote poems celebrating decades of friendship. They pored over magazines that described the dangerous pleasures of corporal punishment. A few had sexual relationships with each... -
Murder in Notting Hill by Mark Olden
RRP: $15.47$13.09The truth about one of Britain's most infamous race murders has never been revealed. At around midnight on May 17 1959, a white gang ambushed 32-year-old Antiguan carpenter Kelso Cochrane on a Notting Hill slum street. After a brief scuffle one of them... -
The Making Of The British Landscape: From the Ice Age to the Present by Nicholas Crane
RRP: $12.89$8.77How much do we really know about the place we call 'home'? In this sweeping, timely book, Nicholas Crane tells the story of Britain.Over the course of 12,000 years of continuous human occupation, the British landscape has been transformed form a European... -
Matisse: The Life by Hilary Spurling
RRP: $19.34$14.13'Inspired, innovative, remarkable' Independent 'Spurling has done better than anyone else at uncovering intimate information about Matisse' GuardianThe abridged, one-volume edition of Hilary Spurling's critically acclaimed biography of Henri Matisse, one... -
On Decoloniality: Concepts, Analytics, Praxis by Walter D. Mignolo
RRP: $29.66$25.81In On Decoloniality Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh explore the hidden forces of the colonial matrix of power, its origination, transformation, and current presence, while asking the crucial questions of decoloniality's how, what, why, with... -
A Curious Guide to London by Simon Leyland
RRP: $16.76$11.73From petticoat duels and lucky cats to the Stiffs Express, Lord Nelson's spare nose, the Piccadilly earthquake and the Great Beer Flood of 1814, A Curious Guide to London takes you on a captivating, wildly entertaining tour of the city you think you... -
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon 9780571064106
RRP: $12.89$8.64'It is my own story I am trying to tell, and as such it must be received; those who expect a universalization of the Great War must look for it elsewhere.'Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first published in 1930, is Siegfried Sassoon's fictionalized... -
Fighting for Justice: The Improbable Journey to Exposing Cover-Ups about the JFK Assassination and the Deaths of Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Kilgallen by Mark Shaw
RRP: $25.80$16.59"Investigative reporting at its best. Mark Shaw's original work into the questionable deaths of Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Kilgallen is now focused on the many unanswered questions left by the Warren Commission's inquiry into the JFK assassination... -
Innovation: A History of England Volume VI by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: $38.70$27.54'Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman' - Ian Thomson, IndependentInnovation brings Peter Ackroyd's History of England to a triumphant close. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from the end of the Boer War and the accession of Edward VII to the end of... -
Gargoyles and Grotesques by Alex Woodcock
RRP: $11.60$8.98Gargoyles are an architectural feature designed to throw rainwater clear of the walls of a building. Widely used on medieval churches, these water spouts were often richly decorated and fashioned as serpents' heads and grotesque demons. Today, the term...