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Airbrushing and Finishing Scale Models Brett Green 9781846031991
RRP: $58.50$41.63ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK. Brett Green details the prerequisites of airbrushing, including the different types of spray equipment and air sources available, offering advice on appropriate thinners, paint ratios and air pressures to ensure the most... -
The Slave Trade Hugh Thomas 9780753820568
RRP: $39.00$28.37The rise and fall of the business of slave trading - by a bestselling historianThe Atlantic slave trade was one of the largest and most elaborate maritime and commercial ventures. Between 1492 and about 1870, ten million or more black slaves were carried... -
Supermarine Southampton: The Flying Boat that Made R.J. Mitchell by Jo Hillman 9781526784940
RRP: $48.75$34.36Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning Timothy Snyder 9781784701482
RRP: $25.33$17.92LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE We have come to see the Holocaust as a factory of death, organised by bureaucrats. Yet by the time the gas chambers became operation more than a million European Jews were already dead: shot at close range... -
The Revolution Will Not Be Litigated: How Movements and Law Can Work Together To Win by Mark Gevisser
RRP: $35.08$26.91Written from the maxim "it takes a lawyer, an activist, and a storyteller to change the world", The Revolution Will Not Be Litigated shows how the law and social movements can reinforce each other in the struggle for justice and freedom. In these... -
The Prime Ministers: Reflections on Leadership from Wilson to Johnson by Steve Richards
RRP: $25.33$17.16'Fascinating, revealing and entertaining.' John Humphrys'A pure pleasure to read.' Polly Toynbee'Extraordinary.' Kirsty WarkA landmark history of the men and women who have defined the UK's role in the modern world - and what makes them special - by a... -
The First Anglo-Sikh War 1845-46: The betrayal of the Khalsa David Smith (University of Chester, UK) 9781472834478
RRP: $33.13$27.50The First Anglo-Sikh War broke out due to escalating tensions between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company in the Punjab region of India in the mid-nineteenth century. Political machinations were at the heart of the conflict, with Sikh... -
A Natural History of Beer by Rob DeSalle
RRP: $21.43$18.74A celebration of beer-its science, its history, and its impact on human culture "Curatorial eminences Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall serve up a potent scientific brew. . . . A marvellous paean to the pint, and to the researchers probing its depths... -
Surviving The Sword: Prisoners of the Japanese 1942-45 by Brian MacArthur
RRP: $29.23$19.60Many of the prisoners held by the Japanese during the WWII were so scarred by their experiences that they could not discuss them even with their families. They believed that their brutal treatment was, literally, incomprehensible. But some prisoners were... -
Standing Heavy by Gauz
RRP: $23.40$13.83"One of those rare, transformative novels" KARIM MISKE"Funny and poignant" TIFFANY TSAO, author of The MajestiesInitially a little intrigued, all babies eventually return the security guard's smile.The security guard adores babies. Perhaps because babies... -
A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England by Suzannah Lipscomb
RRP: $29.23$21.35Join historian Suzannah Lipscomb as she reveals the hidden secrets of palaces, castles, theatres and abbeys to uncover the stories of Tudor England. From the famous palace at Hampton Court where dangerous court intrigue was rife, to less well-known... -
The Times Reference Atlas of the World by Times Atlases
RRP: $58.50$55.15Discover new places with authoritative atlases, beautifully designed and packaged. Ninth edition of this popular atlas from the prestigious and authoritative Times Atlas range. Includes city plans and fascinating historical maps. This world... -
The Ruble: A Political History by Ekaterina Pravilova
RRP: $60.43$52.20A groundbreaking history of Russia, from empire to the Soviet era, viewed through the lens of its money. Money seems passive, a silent witness to the deeds and misdeeds of its holders, but through its history intimate dramas and grand historical... -
The Liberation of Jerusalem by Torquato Tasso 9780199535354
RRP: $29.23$18.74'The bitter tragedy of human life-- horrors of death, attack, retreat, advance, and the great game of Destiny and Chance. ' In The Liberation of Jerusalem (Gerusalemme liberata, 1581), Torquato Tasso set out to write an epic to rival the Iliad... -
Blood Legacy: Reckoning With a Family's Enslaving Past by Alex Renton
RRP: $33.13$22.58LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE'Alex Renton has done Britain a favour and written a brutally honest book about his family's involvement with slavery. Blood Legacy could change our frequently defensive national conversation about slavery/race'... -
The Hours of Richard III by Anne F. Sutton 9781803996325
RRP: $35.08$23.15As a person's religious convictions, especially in times past, can be considered fundamental to their character and behaviour, the nature of King Richard III's piety has been the subject of considerable debate. Much of this controversy has focused on the... -
Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture by Ian Cobain 9781846273346
RRP: $19.48$13.46The official line is clear: the UK does not 'participate in, solicit, encourage or condone' torture. And yet, the evidence is irrefutable: when faced with potential threats to our national security, the gloves always come off. Drawing on previously... -
Love; A Curious History by Edward Brooke-Hitching 9781398522718
RRP: $58.50$36.68'Edward Brooke-Hitching's delightful book is a collection of curiosities. From a 19th-century lonely hearts ad to a nuptial blessing of the bride's buttocks, an entertaining history of love over the millennia that proves when it comes to the heart,... -
Cornish Folk Tales by Mike O'Connor
RRP: $25.33$21.78The ancient land of Cornwall is steeped in mysterious tradition, proud heritage and age-old folklore. Before books were widely available, wandering 'droll tellers' used to spread Cornish insight and humour to all parts of the Duchy - exchanging their... -
German E-boats 1939-45 by Gordon Williamson
RRP: $23.38$19.11By the outbreak of World War II, Germany had done much to replace the Kaiser's High Seas Fleet, which was scuttled following the German surrender at the end of World War I. Forced to build her fleet anew, although small, the Kriegsmarine possessed some... -
In and Around Chichester by Cathy Hakes
RRP: $9.75$7.61A beautifully illustrated guide to the city and surrounding area Chichester is nestled beside the clear blue sea of Wittering's beaches and Chichester Harbour, a designated area of outstanding Natural Beauty and one of the few remaining relatively wild... -
A Prince and a Spy: The most anticipated spy thriller of 2021 by Rory Clements
RRP: $19.48$14.70'Master of the wartime spy thriller' - FINANCIAL TIMESIn the gripping new spy thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Hitler's Secret, a Cambridge spy must unravel a dangerous mystery that goes all the way to the heart of the Third Reich -... -
Wartime Scrapbook: the Home Front 1939-1945 Robert Opie 9780954795443
RRP: $29.15$21.51With the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War looming, this new edition of the Wartime Scrapbook revives memories of this evocative time in Britain's history. Life on the home front revolved around rationing, blackouts, and air raid... -
Portraiture by Shearer West
RRP: $45.81$32.39This fascinating new book explores the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points, and asks key questions about its nature. How has portraiture changed over the centuries? How have portraits represented their subjects, and how have they been... -
The Origins of the First and Second World Wars by Frank McDonough 9780521568616
RRP: $25.84$23.69An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. This text analyses the origins of the First and Second World Wars in one single volume, drawing on a wide range of material, including original sources. In concise chapters,... -
Survivor of the Long March: Five Years as a PoW 1940-1945 by Charles Waite 9780750968478
RRP: $29.23$22.52Nothing prepares a man for war and Private Charles Waite, of the Queen's Royal Regiment, was ill-prepared when his convoy took a wrong turning near Abbeville and met 400 German soldiers and half a dozen tanks. 'The day I was captured, I had a rifle but... -
Venice for Pleasure J. G. Links 9781843681083
RRP: $33.13$22.50"None of Venice's innumerable chroniclers have portrayed the Serenissima's character with quite such a combination of the scholarly, the informal and the intimate...Over the years thousands of readers, starting this book, have been relieved to encounter... -
Complete Ancient Greek: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding Ancient Greek, with Original Texts by Gavin Betts
RRP: $87.73$58.56Designed for complete beginners, and tested for years with real learners, Complete Ancient Greek offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, understand the vocabulary and even how to translate the writings of... -
24 Hours in Ancient China: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Yijie Zhuang 9781789291216
RRP: $25.33$17.92Spend 24 hours with the ancient Chinese. Travel back to AD 17, during the fourth year of the reign of Wang Mang of the Han dynasty, a vibrant and innovative era full of conflicts and contradictions. But as different as the Han culture might have been to... -
Supermarine Spitfire (Icon): 1936 onwards (all marks) by Blackah Price 9781785215742
RRP: $31.18$22.64This is one of the new Icon titles from Haynes. Originally published in the classic manual size, this compact format will appeal to trade outlets and gift markets. The legendary Supermarine Spitfire receives the famous Haynes manual treatment with the... -
Bloody Heroes Damien Lewis 9781787461475
RRP: $21.43$15.35"A must read for all Damien Lewis fans" Compass ---------------------------------------------------------The most explosive true war story of the 21st Century It is the winter of 2001. A terror ship is bound for Britain carrying a horrifying weapon... -
Stanley: Africa's Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal
RRP: $29.23$19.62Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. Or so we think: but as Tim Jeal brilliantly shows, the reality of Stanley's life is yet more extraordinary. Few people know of his dazzling trans-Africa journey, a heart-breaking epic of... -
Birmingham: It's Not Shit: 50 Things That Delight About Brum by Jon Bounds 9781800683990
$21.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800683990Author Jon BoundsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Independent Publishing NetworkPublisher Independent Publishing Network -
Pirata: The dramatic novel of the pirates who hunt the seas of the Roman Empire Simon Scarrow 9781472213723
RRP: $19.48$13.46The Sunday Times bestseller!It is AD 25. Pirate ships strike terror in the hearts of those who brave the seas of the Roman Empire. When young Telemachus joins the crew of the merchant ship Selene, he's delighted to escape the rough streets of Piraeus. He... -
Six Records of a Floating Life by Shen Fu
RRP: $19.48$14.27Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social document written by a man who was educated as a scholar but earned his living as a civil servant and art dealer. In this intimate memoir, Shen Fu... -
The Stasi Game: The sensational Cold War crime thriller by David Young
RRP: $15.58$11.12The Stasi and MI6 clash in this gripping Cold War crime thriller, from the award-winning author of Stasi Child.______________________Dresden, East Germany, 1980 - A man's body is found buried in concrete at a building site in the new town district. When... -
A Life by Simone Veil
RRP: $25.33$17.73Veil, the former French politician who became first President of the European Union, was born Simone Jacob in 1927. In her long-awaited memoir, she describes in vivid detail a time of happiness and innocence spent in Nice where she grew up. This happy... -
Genius and Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947 by Norman Lebrecht
RRP: $23.38$16.63A unique chronicle of the hundred-year period when the Jewish people changed the world - and it changed them Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Bernhardt and Kafka. Between the middle of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries a few dozen men and women... -
The Tastemaker: My Life with the Legends and Geniuses of Rock Music by Tony King
RRP: $39.00$26.25The Tastemaker charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beating heart of music's most iconic moments for over sixty years and features stories of his time working with everyone from the Beatles to the Ronettes and Elton John to the Rolling... -
Dettingen 1743: Miracle on the Main by Michael McNally
RRP: $31.18$24.30The death of the Emperor Charles VI in 1741 was the catalyst for a conflict ostensibly about the female inheritance of the Hapsburg patrimony but, in reality, about the succession to the Imperial Throne. The great European powers were divided between...