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Burgenland: Village Secrets and the First Tremors of the Holocaust by David Joseph
RRP: $48.75$32.82When Hitler marched into Austria in March 1938, he was given a rapturous reception. Millions lined the streets and filled the squares of Vienna. Tobias Portschy, a self-appointed regional Nazi chief, considered what to give the Fuhrer for his birthday,... -
The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond by Stephen O'Shea 9780393355697
RRP: $25.33$22.48The Alps have seen the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers and the dreams of engineers-and some 14 million people live among their peaks today. In The Alps, Stephen O'Shea takes readers up and down these... -
Japanese Inn by Oliver Statler 9780824808181
RRP: $46.70$44.48The beguiling story of the Minaguchi-ya, an ancient inn on the Tokaido Road, founded on the eve of the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. Travelers and guests flow into and past the inn-warriors on the march, lovers fleeing to a new life, pilgrims... -
How to Read Church History Volume One: From the beginnings to the fifteenth century by Jean Comby 9780334020509
RRP: $35.08$33.40This book does not separate church history from the wider history of the world in which it is set, uses all available traces of the past to tell it's story, provides direct quotations from the written sources in translation. Vol 2 also available.Book... -
The Dissolution of the Monasteries: A New History by James Clark
RRP: $33.13$29.27The first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty years-exploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England "This is a book about people, though, not ideas, and as a detailed account of an extraordinary human drama with a cast... -
For the Safety of All: A Story of Scotland's Lighthouses by Donald S Murray
RRP: $29.23$20.65'There have always been lighthouses in my life. There has been a closeness and steadiness to our relationship, as if they have kept pace and in close contact with me.' Lighthouses punctuate Scotland's coastline - a stoic presence on the edge of the... -
In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology and Myth by J. P. Mallory 9780500276167
RRP: $68.15$48.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780500276167Author J. P. MalloryFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Thames & Hudson LtdPublisher Thames & Hudson Ltd -
The Worlds of John Ruskin Kevin Jackson 9781843681489
RRP: $38.98$26.03Ruskin is one of the most influential and exhilarating writers in English. Art critic, architectural visionary, social reformer, climate warner and incomparable teacher; Ruskin's words not only transformed Victorian England but speak to us with... -
Battle of Brothers: William, Harry and the Inside Story of a Family in Tumult by Robert Lacey
RRP: $19.48$13.34AS SEEN IN THE TIMES AND UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller 'THE ROYAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Daily Mail THIS CRISIS IS... -
Byzantium: The Apogee by John Julius Norwich
RRP: $33.13$23.95In Byzantium: The Early Centuries John Julius Norwich told the epic tale of the Roman Empire's second capital up to Christmas Day AD 800 - when Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as a rival emperor. This second volume of his magnificent history covers the... -
Birmingham: A History in Maps by Paul Leslie Line 9780752460895
RRP: $48.75$36.70From the exceptional town plans and maps contained within this unique volume emerges a social picture of Birmingham; a town quickly developing in size and population in the eighteenth century; along with the changes brought about by urbanisation. Land... -
St Ives Bay Revisited: Britain in Old Photographs by St Ives Trust 9780752454610
RRP: $29.23$22.85Beginning at Godrevy Lighthouse, the star of Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse, picturesque St Ives Bay and the surrounding communities of St Ives, Halsetown, Carbis Bay, Lelant, Hayle and Gwithian has one of the best-known coastlines in Britain. This... -
The First World War: A New History by Sir Hew Strachan 9781471134265
RRP: $21.43$15.35A brilliant and penetrating new history of the First World War by one of the world's foremost experts on the conflict. Reissued with a new introduction from the author. Hew Strachan is one of the world's foremost experts on the Great War of 1914-18. His... -
Lost Truro by Christine Parnell 9781398107922
RRP: $31.18$21.16The cathedral city of Truro is a major administrative and commercial centre in Cornwall. Historically, it grew in prosperity as an inland port and stannary town, and its Georgian and Victorian buildings demonstrate its wealth in this period. Other... -
One Night For Love: Number 1 in series Mary Balogh 9780749942076
RRP: $19.48$13.65Neville Wyatt, Earl of Kilbourne, awaits his new bride at the altar - when a ragged beggar woman races down the aisle instead. The cream of the ton see him stare, shocked, then declare that this is his late wife! One night of passion is all he remembers... -
To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino 9781538121788
RRP: $35.08$27.38Drawing on the voices of atomic bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and the aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices, detonated over Japan, changed life on Earth forever. To... -
Forgotten Fruits: The stories behind Britain's traditional fruit and vegetables Christopher Stocks 9780099514749
RRP: $21.43$15.58In Forgotten Fruits, Christopher Stocks tells the fascinating - often rather bizarre - stories behind Britain's rich heritage of fruit and vegetables. Take Newton Wonder apples, for instance, first discovered around 1870 allegedly growing in the thatch... -
The Accidental Detectorist: Uncovering an Underground Obsession Nigel Richardson 9781788403696
RRP: $39.00$34.36'Richardson writes beautifully about his return to the land, about listening to the soil and about understanding the ancient world.' - The SpectatorEach new field is hope, each old one reality.There are things below the surface that pull people together... -
Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey Nicola Tallis 9781782438670
RRP: $21.43$14.29Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same.These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554. Forced onto the throne by... -
Rudiments of Runelore by Stephen Pollington
$16.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781898281498Author Stephen PollingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Anglo-Saxon BooksPublisher Anglo-Saxon BooksWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 210mm... -
Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan by Sean Parnell 9780062066404
RRP: $19.48$13.34In this vivid account of the U.S. Army's legendary 10th Mountain Division's heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan, Captain Sean Parnell shares an action-packed and highly emotional true story of triumph, tragedy, and the extraordinary bonds forged... -
Italian Life: A Modern Fable of Loyalty and Betrayal by Tim Parks
RRP: $21.43$15.35'Parks...offers detailed cultural observation, witty yet eagle-eyed, of what makes Italians so Italian' The TimesHow does Italy really work?When Valeria travels from hot, dusty Basilicata to begin her studies in a northern university town, she has little... -
The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power, 1898-1918 by Sean McMeekin
RRP: $25.33$18.21WINNER OF THE BARBARA JELAVICH BOOK PRIZE'Sean McMeekin has written a classic of First World War history ... This superb and original book is the reality behind Greenmantle' Norman StoneThe Berlin-Baghdad Express explores one of the big, previously... -
British Battleships of the Victorian Era by Norman Friedman 9781526703255
RRP: $97.50$72.81Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Hard Road Will Take You Home: Next Level Success - The Military Elite Method Anthony Stazicker 9781838957353
RRP: $19.48$13.46'Read this book, it will only serve you well' Ant Middleton'Incredible ... Staz is an inspiration' Nims Purja 'A must read for anyone who wants to succeed and thrive under pressure' Dylan Hartley 'Stacked with insights ... The book you need when the... -
The Black Notebook by Patrick Modiano
RRP: $17.53$12.46A writer discovers a set of notes in his notebook and sets off on a journey through the Paris of his past, in search of the woman he loved forty years previously.Set in the Montparnasse district of Paris, the author, Jean, retraces his nocturnal... -
American Women's History: A Very Short Introduction by Susan Ware
RRP: $17.53$12.97What does U.S. history look like with women at the center of the story? From Pocahantas to military women serving in the Iraq war, this survey chronicles the contributions, recognized and unrecognized, that women have made to the American experience... -
The Participant: A Century of Participation in Four Stories by Christopher M Kelty
RRP: $60.45$58.87Participation is everywhere today. It has been formalized, measured, standardized, scaled up, network-enabled, and sent around the world. Platforms, algorithms, and software offer to make participation easier, but new technologies have had the opposite... -
Centurion Main Battle Tank Owners' Workshop Manual: 1946 to present by Simon Dunstan
RRP: $48.75$35.14An insight into the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the British Army's most successfull post-war tank, The Centurion is significant in the history of British armoured fighting vehicles as well as being one of the most important... -
Other Worlds: Peasants, Pilgrims, Spirits, Saints by Robert Chandler 9781782275619
RRP: $21.43$14.70These stories conjure a vanished Russia, where Orthodox Christianity coexists with the shapeshifters and house spirits of ancient folk belief. Celebrated for her sublime wit and graceful style, Teffi here plumbs the darker aspects of psychology, infusing... -
Belief and Unbelief in Medieval Europe by John H. Arnold 9780340807866
$65.64Religion in medieval Europe was hugely important, and impinged upon the most mundane transactions and everyday experiences. But was the period a uniform 'Age of Faith'? By focussing on the ordinary laity, this fascinating account unlocks the multiple... -
The Battle of Britain: Myth and Reality by Richard Overy
RRP: $19.48$14.27From the award-winning author of The Dictators, Richard Overy's The Battle of Britain: Myth and Reality is the best introduction available to a defining moment in British history. The extraordinary struggle between British and German air forces in 1940... -
Accounting for Capitalism: The World the Clerk Made by Michael Zakim
RRP: $46.80$39.23The clerk attended his desk and counter at the intersection of two great themes of modern historical experience: the development of a market economy and of a society governed from below. Who better illustrates the daily practice and production of this... -
I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys by Miranda Seymour
RRP: $21.43$14.29'An absolute belter of a biography' MARINA HYDE A Times Literary Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022 An LA Times Best Book of the Year 2022 An... -
Operation Bagration: An Incomplete Truth Boris Sokolov 9781399050920
RRP: $48.75$34.36Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth by Adam Zamoyski
RRP: $33.13$22.37'Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read' Sir Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad A landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original... -
Empress of the East: How a Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire by Leslie Peirce
RRP: $25.33$17.16Abducted by slave traders from her home in Ruthenia - modern-day Ukraine - around 1515, Roxelana was brought to Istanbul and trained in the palace harem as a concubine for Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire and one of the... -
Death in Ancient Rome by Catharine Edwards 9780300217278
RRP: $46.80$44.91For the Romans, the manner of a person's death was the most telling indication of their true character. Death revealed the true patriot, the genuine philosopher, even, perhaps, the great artist-and certainly the faithful Christian. Catharine Edwards... -
Common People: The History of An English Family by Alison Light
RRP: $27.28$19.52Shortlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize'Part detective story, part Dickensian saga, part labour history. A thrilling and unnerving read' Observer 'Mesmeric and deeply moving' Daily Telegraph 'Remarkable, haunting, full of wisdom' The TimesFamily... -
Old Ireland in Colour 3 by John Breslin 9781785374715
RRP: $44.83$36.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374715Author John BreslinFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press