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A Brief History of Ireland Richard Killeen 9781849014397
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41From the dawn of history to the decline of the Celtic Tiger - how Ireland has been shaped over the centuries. Ireland has been shaped by many things over the centuries: geography, war, the fight for... -
A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War by Victor Davis Hanson 9780812969702
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $15.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812969702Author Victor Davis HansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Impr -
The Sun of Knowledge (Shams al-Ma'arif): An Arabic Grimoire in Selected Translation by Ahmad Ibn 'Ali Al-Buni 9781947544352
RRP: $58.95Booksplease Price: $54.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947544352Author Ahmad Ibn 'Ali Al-BuniFormat PaperbackPage Count 324 -
The Fire of the Dragon: China’s New Cold War by Ian Williams 9781780278759
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $10.22Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2023 As seen in The Times, Sunday Times, Spectator, and on Tonight with Andrew Marr (LBC) Under President Xi Jinping, China's global ambitions have taken a... -
Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California by Ruth Wilson Gilmore 9780520242012
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $28.13Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what... -
The First Crusade 1096-99: Conquest of the Holy Land by Dr David Nicolle 9781841765150
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $16.80To many people the Crusades were the First Crusade. This first 'armed pilgrimage' to the Holy Land was, of course, the only Crusade that really succeeded. It resulted in the establishment of four... -
I Can Hear the Cuckoo: Life in the Wilds of Wales by Kiran Sidhu
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.83'A beautiful and poetic meditation on loss, nature, and what matters in life.' - Nigel WarburtonFrom the BAFTA award-winning writer of The New Yorker short film, Heart ValleyKiran Sidhu never thought... -
A Little History of Canada by H. V. Nelles
Booksplease Price: $17.41This lively and opinionated history is a whirlwind tour of the Canadian land and inhabitants from the earliest human occupation to the present. The country has undergone several fundamental changes -... -
Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor:: An Illustrated History by Mike Wallace
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $17.70It's called the Raptor. The F-22 will be the U.S. Air Force's premier fighter for the first decades of the 21st century. Like other expensive military programs, the F-22 endured continuous scrutiny... -
Rigged: The Incredible True Story of the Whistleblowers Jailed after Exposing the Rotten Heart of the Financial System by Andy Verity
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $31.95Rigged exposes a cover-up at the highest level on both sides of the Atlantic, upending the official story of the biggest scandal since the global financial crisis. It picks up where The Big Short... -
The Glamour Boys: The Secret Story of the Rebels who Fought for Britain to Defeat Hitler by Chris Bryant
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36A STORY OF UNSUNG BRAVERY AT A DEFINING MOMENT IN BRITAIN'S HISTORY 'Superb' Stephen Fry 'Thrillingly told' Dan Jones 'Fascinating' Neil MacGregor 'Astonishing' Peter Frankopan We like to... -
In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn by Sarah Morris
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $18.22Follow in the footsteps of Anne Boleyn from Hever Castle, to Richmond Palace and ultimately to the Tower of London. On the morning of 19 May 1536, a French blade stilled the heart of an English... -
The Man Who Drew London by Gillian Tindall 9780712667579
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $20.41The seventeenth-century London Wenceslaus Hollar knew is now largely destroyed or buried. Yet its populous river, its timbered streets, fashionable ladies, old St Paul's, the devestation of the Fire,... -
Pharaoh Seti I: Father of Egyptian Greatness by Nicky Nielsen 9781526739575
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $17.41Pharaoh Seti I ruled Egypt for only 11 years (1290-1279 BC), but his reign marked a revival of Egyptian military and economic power, as well as cultural and religious life. Seti was born the son of a... -
Hong Kong Then and Now (R) by Vaughan Grylls 9781910904084
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.09Hong Kong was first captured on camera when the British arrived to lay claim to its 'fragrant harbour' in 1841. Its fascinating history has been documented through photography ever since - from its... -
Rebel Prince: The Power, Passion and Defiance of Prince Charles by Tom Bower
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $11.38No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller Bestselling author Tom Bower reveals the making of a monarch - King Charles III King Charles faces many... -
Europe's Inner Demons: The Demonization of Christians In Medieval Christendom by Norman Cohn
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.29In this ground-breaking book, Professor Norman Cohn traces popular beliefs about witches to their origins. He examines the fantasies that inspired the great European witch-hunt of the 16th and 17th... -
Shadows At Dawn: An Apache Massacre and the Violence of History by Karl Jacoby
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Albert J. Beveridge Award (AHA).Book InformationISBN 9780143116219Author Karl JacobyFormat -
Mary Queen of Scots by Stefan Zweig 9781782275459
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.08From the moment of her birth to her death on the scaffold, Mary Stuart spent her life embroiled in power struggles that shook the foundations of Renaissance Europe. Revered by some as the rightful... -
Story of TheTower of London by Tracy Borman 9781858946337
RRP: $33.43Booksplease Price: $25.78This book reveals the fascinating stories, dramatic events and colorful characters that make up the Tower of London's remarkably long and varied history. Written from a social perspective, it... -
The Knights Templar and Scotland by Robert Ferguson 9780752493381
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $17.38Places and books like Rosslyn Chapel and The Da Vinci Code have focused attention on Scotland's Knights Templar. Who they were and what they did has been touched upon, but never properly explored... -
Spain by Jan Morris 9780571241767
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.37Spain is one of the absolutes. Nothing is more compelling than the drama, at once dark and dazzling, of that theatre over the hills - the vast splendour of the Spanish landscape, the intensity of... -
More Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience Shaun Usher 9781782114543
RRP: $40.20Booksplease Price: $28.09More Letters of Note is another rich and inspiring collection, which reminds us that much of what matters in our lives finds its way into our letters.These letters deliver the same mix of the... -
SAS in Italy 1943-1945: Raiders in Enemy Territory by Malcolm Tudor 9781781556979
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.42This is the story of Britain's elite special force in Italy during the Second World War. In the summer of 1943 the SAS came out of Africa to carry the fight to the Germans and Fascists in Sicily and... -
Common Ground: Did you ever have a friend who made you see the world differently? Naomi Ishiguro 9781472273338
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.75*An Evening Standard Must Read, Grazia Best Book of 2021 and Independent Debut Not to Miss*'Beautifully written, this is a book of real hope and connection' StylistDid you ever have a friend who made... -
The Long Range Desert Group in World War II by Gavin Mortimer
RRP: $40.20Booksplease Price: $29.08A major illustrated history of the Long Range Desert Group from the foremost expert on British wartime special forces. Formed in June 1940 for the purpose of gathering intelligence behind enemy... -
Cruel Crossing: Escaping Hitler Across the Pyrenees by Edward Stourton
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.68The mountain paths are as treacherous as they are steep - the more so in the dark and in winter. Even for the fit the journey is a formidable challenge. Hundreds of those who climbed through the... -
Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West by Katie Hickman
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41The epic story of the transformation of the American west, as seen through the eyes of the women who were there'This book is a triumph' AMANDA FOREMAN'Absolutely compelling' CHRISTINA LAMB'A blazing... -
Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune by Keith Thomson
RRP: $37.52Booksplease Price: $32.75The year is 1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy, and more than three hundred daring, hardened pirates-a potent mix of low-life scallywags and a rare breed of gentlemen buccaneers-gather on... -
Vintage Advertising: An A to Z by Julie Anne Lambert
RRP: $20.10Booksplease Price: $16.07How did the advertisers of the past sell magnetic corsets, carbolic smoke balls or even the first televisions? Which celebrities endorsed products? How did innovations in printing techniques and... -
The Architectural History of Venice: Revised and enlarged edition by Deborah Howard
Booksplease Price: $38.70This book is the indispensable guide to the history of architecture in Venice, encompassing the city's fascinating variety of buildings from ancient times to the present day. Completely updated and... -
John Knox by Jane Dawson
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $20.09The definitive biography of John Knox, a leader of the Protestant Reformation in sixteenth-century Scotland"Never before has there been such a thoroughly and sympathetically critical treatment of the... -
Western Civilization Bites Back by Jonathan Bowden, Et 9781935965770
RRP: $16.08Booksplease Price: $15.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935965770Author Jonathan Et BowdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprin -
Borodino 1812 by Philip J. Haythornthwaite
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.80The battle of Borodino was one of the greatest encounters in European history, and one of the largest and most sanguinary in the Napoleonic Wars. Following the breakdown of relations between Russia... -
Slybirds: A Photographic Odyssey of the 353rd Fighter Group During the Second World War by Graham Cross
RRP: $40.13Booksplease Price: $31.41The distinctive black and yellow chequered markings of the 353rd Fighter Group, the `Slybirds', made them one of the USAAF `Mighty' 8th Air Force's most colourful fighter groups. Flying P-47D... -
Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War by Vincent Brown 9780674260290
RRP: $24.05Booksplease Price: $20.03Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardWinner of the Frederick Douglass Book PrizeWinner of the Elsa Goveia Book PrizeWinner of the James A. Rawley Prize in the History of Race RelationsWinner of the... -
Lying About Hitler by Richard Evans 9780465021536
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $18.33In ruling against the controversial historian David Irving, whose libel suit against the American historian Deborah Lipstadt was tried in April 2000, the High Court in London labeled Irving a... -
The Good Sharps: The Brothers and Sisters Who Remade Their World by Hester Grant 9781784707224
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
In Patagonia: (Vintage Voyages) by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.68Chatwin's brilliantly unique record of his adventures in Patagonia and the fascinating people he meets along the way. Beautifully written and full of wonderful descriptions and intriguing tales, In... -
Gladstone by Roy Jenkins
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.07Winner of the Whitbread Biography of the Year.William Gladstone was, with Tennyson, Newman, Dickens, Carlyle, and Darwin, one of the stars of nineteenth-century British life. He spent sixty-three of...