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Gentleman Jack: A biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer and Secret Diarist by Katy Derbyshire
RRP: £9.99£6.24Longlisted for the 2019 Portico Prize The extraordinary life of history's first modern lesbian who inspired the popular television series Gentleman Jack. Anne Lister's journals were so shocking that the first person to crack their secret code hid... -
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness and Obsession David Grann 9781849830669
RRP: £9.99£8.86By the author of the international Number One bestsellers KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE WAGER As Sherlock Holmes once conceded to Dr. Watson, 'If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs and... -
Goodbye Liverpool Maureen Lee 9781409192961
RRP: £8.99£6.30A heartbreaking story of wartime love, loss and courage, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and queen of saga, Maureen Lee.Liverpool, 1937. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Jessica endures her husband's petty cruelty for the sake of her two young children... -
The Sixties Railway by Greg Morse
RRP: £8.99£6.22This is a portrait of a railway network that became beloved of the last generations lucky enough to experience mainline steam. The 1960s saw great change in British society, which was moving ever further from the deference that had been ebbing since the... -
Capability Brown: and His Landscape Gardens by Sarah Rutherford 9781909881549
RRP: £20.00£13.74A fascinating look at the life, influences, techniques and works of 18th-century landscape gardener Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. His transformation of unpromising countryside into beautiful parks changed the face of a nation and created a landscape style... -
Outlaw History: The Portable L.A. Rollins by L a Rollins 9781943687275
RRP: £15.00£12.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943687275Author L a RollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Underworld AmusementsPublisher Underworld AmusementsWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm)... -
The Settlements of Northwest Wales: From the Late Bronze Age to the Early Medieval Period by Kate Waddington 9780708326664
RRP: £50.00£41.71This volume examines long-term processes of social change and settlement practices in later prehistoric and early medieval Wales. As a case-study, it examines the settlement archaeology of north-west Wales encompassing the counties of Gwynedd, Anglesey... -
Strong Men of the Regiment Sobbed Like Children: John Reynolds' I Corps at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863 by John Michael Priest 9781611216899
RRP: £29.99£25.23The fighting on the first day at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, was heavy, confusing, and decisive. Much of it consisted of short and often separate simultaneous engagements or firefights, a term the soldiers themselves often used to describe the close,... -
The Balloon Factory: The Story of the Men Who Built Britain's First Flying Machines by Alexander Frater 9780330433112
£10.47'Frater is a reliable, informed and entertaining navigator. He soars confidently across the centuries, between abandoned aerodromes and Scottish estates, from one delightful anecdote to another' Sunday Times At the heart of his story lies the Balloon... -
Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14 by Ralph Darlington
RRP: £19.99£16.00'Fascinating' - Raquel Varela, labour historian The Labour Revolt that swept Britain in the early 20th century was one of the most sustained, dramatic and violent explosions of industrial militancy and social conflict the country has ever experienced... -
Yorkshire Steam 1948-1968 by Peter Tuffrey 9781912101252
RRP: £19.99£14.68Yorkshire Steam mainly takes a look at the 1948-1967 period when steam traction came to an end on the mainline railways. Over 250 superb colour and black and white images evoke a bygone era across the county. A number of the major cities and towns are... -
Critique of the Power of Judgment by Immanuel Kant 9780521348928
RRP: £39.99£31.75The Critique of the Power of Judgment (a more accurate rendition of what has hitherto been translated as the Critique of Judgment) is the third of Kant's great critiques following the Critique of Pure Reason and the Critique of Practical Reason. This... -
Top Dog by Jens Lapidus
RRP: £7.99£5.64For decades, a secret network in Stockholm has been exploiting young girls, ruthlessly eliminating anyone who threatens to reveal their secret. As oddly paired duo Teddy and Emelie - the thug and the lawyer - investigate, the terrifying noose tightens... -
Orkney Folk Tales by Tom Muir 9780752499055
RRP: £12.99£9.87The Orkney Islands are a place of mystery and magic, where the past and the present meet, ancient standing stones walk and burial mounds are the home of the trows. Orkney Folk Tales walks the reader across invisible islands that are home to fin folk and... -
The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey Into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future by Jon Gertner
RRP: £18.99£13.23Greenland: a remote, mysterious, ice-covered rock with a population of just 56,000, has evolved from one of earth's last physical frontiers to its largest scientific laboratory. Locked within that vast 'white desert' are some of our planet's most... -
Truman by David McCullough
RRP: £16.99£12.25The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the Korean War, told by America's beloved and distinguished historian.The life of... -
The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution by Deborah E. Harkness 9780300143164
RRP: £16.99£14.61Not just a few elite scientists, but Londoners from all walks of life--lawyers, prisoners, midwives, merchants--participated in the scientific community of Elizabethan times Bestselling author Deborah Harkness (A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night)... -
Leeds United in the 21st Century by Dave Tomlinson
RRP: £16.99£11.47The last twenty years have been tortuous for supporters of Leeds United Football Club. In 2001 they were in the final four of the Champions League; within six years they were condemned to the third tier of English football for the first time. A financial... -
Intelligence In War John Keegan 9780712666503
RRP: £14.99£10.95From the earliest times, commanders have sought knowledge of the enemy, his strengths and weaknesses, his dispositions and intentions. But how much effect, in the 'real time' of a battle or a campaign, can this knowledge have? In this magisterial new... -
Lost Cities of the Ancient World by Philip Matyszak
RRP: £25.00£16.78A fascinating tour of cities that have been lost to history, from the Neolithic period up to the late Roman Empire, that offers a fresh new perspective on the roots of urban life. The ruins of ancient Athens, Luxor and Rome are familiar cornerstones of... -
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson
RRP: £9.99£6.90WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CRITIC AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF NEGROLAND 'This is one of the most imaginative - and therefore moving - memoirs I have ever read' - Vivian Gornick, author of... -
To the Hebrides: Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands AND James Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides - The Most Complete Edition Ever Published by Ronald Black
RRP: £14.99£10.46Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides are widely regarded as among the best pieces of travel writing ever produced. Johnson and Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring Scotland... -
Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World that Rejects the Bible by J. Warner Wallace
RRP: £17.99£13.49Join a cold-case detective as he uncovers the truth about Jesus using the same approach he employs to solve real murder cases.Detective J. Warner Wallace was skeptical of the Bible's claims about Jesus. But he'd investigated several no-body homicide... -
Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain by Rachel Bromwich 9781783163052
RRP: £24.99£20.40Rachel Bromwich's magisterial edition of Trioedd Ynys Prydein has long won its place as a classic of Celtic studies. This revised edition shows the author's continued mastery of the subject, including a new preface by Morfydd Owen, and will be essential... -
Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution by Andrew Seaton 9780300268270
£20.00An engaging, inclusive history of the NHS, exploring its surprising survival-and the people who have kept it running In recent decades, a wave of appreciation for the NHS has swept across the UK. Britons have clapped for frontline workers and... -
It Came From Memphis: Updated and Revised by Robert Gordon
RRP: £13.99£9.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733350150Author Robert GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Third Man BooksPublisher Third Man Books -
The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece -- And Western Civilization by Barry Strauss
£14.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743244510Author Barry StraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 235mm *... -
Athens: A History of the World's First Democracy by Thomas N. Mitchell
RRP: £13.99£12.25A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, has served as the foundation for every... -
A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain by Daniel Defoe
RRP: £14.99£11.35Britain 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... -
Hurricane: The Plane That Saved Britain by Adrian Stewart 9781800325326
RRP: £10.99£4.21The riveting exploits of a fighter aircraft - and an underrated aerial hero of the Second World WarThe Hawker Hurricane was flying on the outbreak of war in 1939. Six years later, having saved Britain, it was still playing a major part in the war effort... -
Reveal: Robbie Williams by Chris Heath 9781911274919
RRP: £20.00£6.59An intimate, funny and frank account of the moments behind the music, of the truth behind the headlines and of the fascinatingly complicated man behind the imperious entertainer, Reveal is Robbie Williams as you've never seen him before.More than twelve... -
After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives by Edward Said 9780231114493
RRP: £28.00£21.80This book offers a searing portrait of Palestinian life and identity that is at once an exploration of Edward Said's unclaimable past and a testimony to the lives of those living in exile.A searing portrait of Palestinian life and identity that is at... -
Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey 9780099437246
RRP: £18.99£14.01Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survivedCATHERINE OF ARAGON: the pious Spanish Catholic who suffered years of miscarriages and failed to produce a male heir... ANNE BOLEYN: the pretty, clever, French-educated Protestant whose marriage to... -
The Second World War Sir Martin Gilbert 9780753826768
RRP: £20.00£14.55A striking new edition of the most authoritative account of the Second World War by one of the greatest living military historians. A history of the Second World War that covers all the war fronts, the fighting on land, at sea and in the air, the... -
The Kent Downs by Dan Tuson
RRP: £27.50£21.00Nestled within the heart of the county, sparsely and largely untouched by the pressures of the modern age, the Kent Downs are home to some of the most enchanting countryside in southern England. This book unravels the history of the area's settlement and... -
Catiline's War, The Jugurthine War, Histories by Sallust
RRP: £10.99£7.99Sallust (86-c. 35 bc) is the earliest Roman historian of whom complete works survive, a senator of the Roman Republic and younger contemporary of Cicero, Pompey and Julius Caesar. His Catiline's War tells of the conspiracy in 63 bc led by L. Sergius... -
Big Bang by Dr. Simon Singh
RRP: £16.99£11.47The bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem and The Code Book tells the story of the brilliant minds that deciphered the mysteries of the Big Bang. A fascinating exploration of the ultimate question: how was our universe created? Albert... -
The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture by Orlando Figes
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Magnificent. Beautifully written, immaculately researched and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. A tour de force that explains how Europe's cultural life transformed during the course of the 19th century - and so much more' Peter Frankopan From... -
Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot Starr Smith 9780760328248
RRP: £18.99£12.75Of all the celebrities who served their country during World War II -and they were legion -Jimmy Stewart was unique. On December 7th, when the attack on Pearl Harbor woke so many others to the reality of war, Stewart was already in uniform - as a private... -
Ataturk Patrick Kinross 9781842125991
RRP: £18.99£13.15The definitive biography of the father of modern Turkey, a powerful figure in the still-unfolding drama of the Middle East.With the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War came the emergence of new nations, chief among them Turkey itself...