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Britain Begins by Sir Barry Cunliffe
RRP: £28.99£21.28The last Ice Age, which came to an end about 12,000 years ago, swept the bands of hunter gatherers from the face of the land that was to become Britain and Ireland, but as the ice sheets retreated and the climate improved so human groups spread slowly... -
The Boleyns: The Rise & Fall of a Tudor Family by David Loades
RRP: £12.99£8.48A magnificent tale of family rivalry and intrigue set against Henry VIII's court. The fall of Anne Boleyn and her brother George is the classic drama of the Tudor era. The Boleyns had long been an influential English family. Sir Edward Boleyn had been... -
Barbarossa Through German Eyes: The Biggest Invasion in History by Jonathan Trigg
RRP: £20.00£13.74Spring 1941 - the Third Reich triumphant! Having taken over Germany in 1933, Hitler launched a series of lightning campaigns across Europe that crushed Poland, Denmark, Norway, France, the Low Countries and then the Balkans. Only Great Britain had... -
Liberty: The History – Luxury Edition: Treasure from the archives of the London department store by Marie-Therese Rieber 9781802796070
RRP: £50.00£30.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802796070Author Marie-Therese RieberPage Count 170Imprint WelbeckPublisher Welbeck Publishing Group -
Napoleon: Life of an Emperor by Mike Lepine 9781915343420
RRP: £21.99£15.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915343420Author Mike LepineFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Sona BooksPublisher Danann Media Publishing Limited -
Inside American Education by Thomas Sowell 9780743254083
RRP: £24.95£15.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743254083Author Thomas SowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 155mm * 25mm -
Empire of Blue Water: Henry Morgan and the Pirates who Rules the Caribbean Waves by Stephan Talty 9781416502937
RRP: £14.99£10.95Henry Morgan, a twenty-year-old Welshman, arrived in the New World in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades, his exploits in the Caribbean in the service of the English became legend. His daring attacks on the mighty Spanish... -
Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong by Vaudine England
RRP: £25.00£16.78A timely, well-researched, and vibrant new history of Hong Kong that reveals the untold stories of the diverse peoples who have made it a multicultural world metropolis-and whose freedoms are endangered today.Hong Kong has always been many cities to many... -
The Best Summer of Our Lives: A Photographic History of the Derbyshire Miners' Holiday Camp by Geoffrey N. Gration
RRP: £14.99£14.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780914817Author Geoffrey N. GrationFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint JMD MediaPublisher JMD Media -
Cheshire Airfields in the Second World War by Aldon P. Ferguson 9781853069277
£18.86Cheshire's contribution to the war effort was massive and it began well before the outbreak of hostilities in September 1939. This book will appeal equally to aviation enthusiasts and to readers who recall the era when the county's skies never ceased to... -
On a Knife's Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942-March 1943 by Prit Buttar
RRP: £16.99£12.68The battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of World War II. The German capture of the city, their encirclement by Soviet forces shortly afterwards, and the hard-fought but futile attempts to relieve them, saw bitter attritional fighting and extremes... -
'You Dirty Old Man!': The Authorized Biography of Wilfrid Brambell by David Clayton
RRP: £20.00£15.04Wilfrid Brambell was one of Britain's most loved and complex character actors. As Albert Ladysmith Steptoe, the unscrupulous rag-and-bone man with questionable habits in Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's long-running Steptoe & Son, he quickly became a... -
Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul by Charles King 9780393351866
RRP: £13.99£12.61When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, so many spies mingled in the lobby of Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel that the manager put up a sign asking them to relinquish seats to paying guests. As the multi-ethnic empire became a Turkish republic, Russian emigres... -
The History of Emotions: A Very Short Introduction by Thomas Dixon
RRP: £8.99£6.45Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Emotions are complex mental states that resist reduction. They are visceral reactions but also beliefs about the world. They are spontaneous outbursts but also culturally learned performances... -
The Moor: A journey into the English wilderness by William Atkins
RRP: £12.99£8.56Shortlisted for the 2015 Wainwright Prize In this journey across England's most forbidding and mysterious terrain, William Atkins takes the reader from south to north, exploring moorland's uniquely captivating position in our history, literature and... -
The New Counterinsurgency Era: Transforming the U.S. Military for Modern Wars by David H. Ucko 9781589014886
RRP: £48.00£42.41Confronting insurgent violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has recognized the need to "re-learn" counterinsurgency. But how has the Department of Defense with its mixed efforts responded to this new strategic environment? Has it learned... -
The Little History of Suffolk by Sarah E. Doig
RRP: £14.99£11.55If we scratch beneath the surface of the Suffolk we know today, there are numerous surprising, touching and alarming tales which bring to life the rich history of this county. The Little History of Suffolk reveals the devastating effect of the... -
Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000 by Stephen Kotkin
RRP: £14.99£13.09Featuring extensive revisions to the text as well as a new introduction and epilogue-bringing the book completely up to date on the tumultuous politics of the previous decade and the long-term implications of the Soviet collapse-this compact, original,... -
Bridges by David Ross
RRP: £19.99£14.65From abandoned structures that have long ceased to take you anywhere to today's feats of engineering, Bridges is a pictorial celebration of 150 suspension bridges, iron bridges, stone bridges, aqueducts, viaducts, railway bridges, footbridges and rope... -
Sunderland Match of My Life: Twelve Stars Relive Their Greatest Games by Rob Mason
RRP: £9.99£7.55A dozen Sunderland legends come together to tell the stories behind their favourite ever games for the club - enabling Black Cats fans of all ages to relive these magic moments through the eyes and emotions of the men who were there, playing their hearts... -
Trinity: The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History by Frank Close
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Everything about this story is astounding' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times"Trinity" was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Trinity is now also the extraordinary story of the bomb's metaphorical father,... -
Eight Days at Yalta: How Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin Shaped the Post-War World by Diana Preston
RRP: £12.99£9.26Meticulously researched and vividly written, Eight Days at Yalta is a remarkable work of intense historical drama.In the last winter of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin arrived in the Crimean resort of... -
The Glorious Heresies: Winner of the Baileys' Women's Prize for Fiction 2016 by Lisa McInerney
RRP: £8.99£6.20WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2016We all do stupid things when we're kids.Ryan Cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for you... -
Teddy Bears: A History and Collector's Guide by Lorraine Hitchings
RRP: £15.99£10.85Since his birth in 1902 the teddy bear has captured the hearts of young and old alike. He has survived revolutions, flown in jet fighters and taken part in land and water speed records and in times of great conflict he has stayed by his companion's side... -
Javelin Boys by Steve Bond
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Gloster Javelin was the UK's first line of night and all-weather air defence both at home and in RAF Germany. In the 1950s, when it replaced the Meteor and Venom, this revolutionary bomber interceptor became integral to many great stories told here... -
Harold Wilson by Ben Pimlott
RRP: £18.99£12.71Reissued with a new foreword to mark the centenary of Harold Wilson's birth, Ben Pimlott's classic biography combines scholarship and observation to illuminate the life and career of one of Britain's most controversial post-war statesmen. ... -
The Methods and Skills of History: A Practical Guide by Michael J. Salevouris 9781118745441
RRP: £25.95£23.00Widely acclaimed for its accessibility and engaging approach to the subject, the fourth edition of The Methods and Skills of History combines theory and instruction with hands-on practice, making it a comprehensive guide to historical research and... -
The Peace That Never Was: A History of the League of Nations by Ruth Henig
RRP: £11.99£8.35Ninety years ago the League of Nations convened for the first time hoping to settle disputes by diplomacy not war. This book looks at how the League was shaped and the multifaceted body that emerged, and how it was used in ensuing years to counter... -
Offensive Cyber Operations: Understanding Intangible Warfare by Daniel Moore
RRP: £35.00£31.24Cyber-warfare is often discussed, but rarely truly seen. When does an intrusion turn into an attack, and what does that entail? How do nations fold offensive cyber operations into their strategies? Operations against networks mostly occur to collect... -
Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of Friendship by Andy Friend 9780500239551
RRP: £24.95£18.59In recent years Eric Ravilious has become recognized as one of the most important British artists of the 20th century, whose watercolours and wood engravings capture an essential sense of place and the spirit of mid-century England. What is less... -
The Times Golden Years of Rail Travel by Julian Holland
RRP: £30.00£20.53Celebrate the heyday of passenger rail travel around Britain with this beautiful Times railway book. Take a journey back to the boom time for Britain's railways, through a unique collection of fascinating stories, photographs, posters and... -
World History by Philip Parker
RRP: £17.99£13.35The full story of human endeavour - complete with its dramas, wars, schemes, discoveries, and personalities - is laid out before you in this illustrated guide to the history of our world.Who were the Mongols, the Maya, or Isis? How far did the Roman or... -
Crossing Highbridge: A Memoir of Irish America by Maureen Waters
RRP: £12.95£9.22Maureen Waters began writing about the Bronx in the spirit of dinnseachas, Irish place lore, as a means of recuperating from the accidental death of her son, whose story frames her own. Finding her way through the disorienting 1960s, after a girlhood... -
Durham: 1000 Years of History by Martin Roberts 9780752425375
RRP: £25.00£18.54Durham is a World Heritage city of remarkable architectural richness, with the cathedral, castle and town forming three constant elements in a history spanning many centuries. This book traces the story of Durham from its beginnings to the present day,... -
Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold War by Roham Alvandi 9780199375691
RRP: £94.00£59.26Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran, is often remembered as a pliant instrument of American power during the Cold War. In this book Roham Alvandi offers a revisionist account of the shah's relationship with the United States by examining the... -
China’s hidden century: 1796–1912 by Jessica Harrison-Hall 9780714124933
RRP: £45.00£31.65'Handsomely illustrated' - Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 'The exhibition catalogue's seven essays...are a guide to [a] re-reading of the past, threading the relics on display into a rich tapestry of what life entailed under the last century of Manchu... -
Access to History: The British Experience of Warfare 1790-1918 for Edexcel Second Edition by Alan Farmer
£24.65Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Endorsed for Edexcel.Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis,... -
Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess Adam Zamoyski 9780008521684
RRP: £25.00£16.43Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great grandmother, an uneducated, vulnerable girl cast into a man’s world. Her aristocratic position... -
Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived without Men After the First World War by Virginia Nicholson
RRP: £10.99£7.77Virginia Nicholson's Singled Out is the touching and beautifully told story of the women who were left alone after World War I - a remarkable generation of women who were changed by war; and in their turn helped change society.In 1919 a generation of... -
Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader by Michael Parenti 9780872864825
RRP: £24.99£21.84Internationally acclaimed, award-winning author Michael Parenti is one of America's most astute and engaging political analysts. Parenti's work has enlightened and enlivened readers for many years, covering a wide range of subjects. Here is a rich...