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Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory by Keggie Carew
RRP: $14.18$10.02Discover a daughter's journey into her father's past in this Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the 2016 Costa Biography Award.Keggie Carew grew up under the spell of an unorthodox, enigmatic father. An undercover guerrilla agent during the Second... -
Paris: Biography of a City by Colin Jones
RRP: $21.92$15.84'Paris is the World, the rest of the Earth is nothing but its suburbs' - MarivauxIn this intelligently-written and supremely entertaining new history, Colin Jones seeks to give a sense of the city of Paris as it was lived in and experienced over time... -
Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal by Juan Jose Millas
RRP: $19.34$12.64A New Scientist Book of the Year Prehistory is all around us. We just need to know where to look. Juan Jose Millas has always felt like he doesn't quite fit into human society. Sometimes he wonders if he is even a Homo sapiens at all. Perhaps he is a... -
I Shall Bear Witness: The Diaries Of Victor Klemperer 1933-41 by Victor Klemperer
RRP: $19.34$12.64A publishing sensation, the publication of Victor Klemperer's diaries brings to light one of the most extraordinary documents of the Nazi period.'A classic ... Klemperer's diary deserves to rank alongside that of Anne Frank's' SUNDAY TIMES'I can't... -
How to Tidy Your Mind: Tips and Techniques to Help You Reduce Mental Clutter and Find Calm by Anna Barnes 9781800074088
RRP: $14.18$9.55A tidy mind is a calm mind. Through a series of easy-to-follow tips, this book will help you clear your mental clutter, improve your clarity and find peace. Do you ever feel frazzled and unable to concentrate? Are you drained by the never-ending... -
Former People: The Destruction of the Russian Aristocracy by Douglas Smith
$11.95Epic in scope, intimate in detail, heartbreaking in its human drama, this is the first book to recount the history of the nobility caught up the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolution and the creation of Stalin's Russia. Historian Douglas Smith's Former... -
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day by Peter Zuckerman 9780393345414
RRP: $18.05$14.81When eleven climbers died on K2 in 2008, two Sherpas survived. Their astonishing tale became the stuff of mountaineering legend. This white-knuckle adventure follows the Sherpas from their remote villages in Nepal to the peak of the world's most... -
A History of Britain - Volume 3: The Fate of Empire 1776-2000 by Simon Schama
RRP: $38.70$27.54The final stage of Simon Schama's epic voyage around Britain spans centuries, crosses the breadth of the empire and covers a vast expanse of topics - from the birth of feminism to the fate of freedom.The Fate of the Empire asks crucial questions about... -
Radical Play: Revolutionizing Children’s Toys in 1960s and 1970s America by Rob Goldberg 9781478025115
RRP: $29.66$25.81In Radical Play Rob Goldberg recovers a little-known history of American children's culture in the 1960s and 1970s by showing how dolls, guns, action figures, and other toys galvanized and symbolized new visions of social, racial, and gender justice... -
A Short History Of The Vietnam War by Gordon Kerr 9781843442134
RRP: $19.34$12.64On 8 March, 1965, 3,500 United States Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade made an amphibious landing at Da Nang on the south central coast of South Vietnam, marking the beginning of a conflict that would haunt American politics and society... -
Tainted Democracy: Viktor Orban and the Subversion of Hungary by Zsuzsanna Szelenyi 9781787388024
RRP: $32.25$28.42Hungary, once the poster-child of liberal democracy, is fast becoming an autocracy under Viktor Orban. After winning an absolute majority in 2010, Orban launched a series of 'reforms', fundamentally undermining the country's twenty-year, post-Cold War... -
The Culmination: Heidegger, German Idealism, and the Fate of Philosophy by Robert B. Pippin 9780226830001
RRP: $41.28$35.02A provocative reassessment of Heidegger's critique of German Idealism from one of the tradition's foremost interpreters. Heidegger claimed that Western philosophy ended-failed, even-in the German Idealist tradition. In The Culmination, Robert B. Pippin... -
In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire by Laurence Bergreen
RRP: $16.76$10.94"FASCINATING . . . Dramatic and timely." -New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceIn this grand and thrilling narrative, the author of the 200,000-copy paperback bestseller Over the Edge of the World reveals the singular adventures of Sir Francis... -
Napoleon in Egypt: 'The Greatest Glory' by Paul Strathern
RRP: $21.92$15.84Napoleon's attack on Egypt in 1798 was the first on a Middle Eastern country by a Western power in modern times. With 335 ships and 40,000 men, it was the largest long-distance seaborne force the world had ever seen. Napoleon's assault was intended to be... -
Retribution: The Soviet Reconquest of Central Ukraine, 1943 by Prit Buttar
RRP: $21.92$16.36Making use of the extensive memoirs of German and Russian soldiers to bring this story to life, Retribution follows on from On A Knife's Edge, which described the encirclement and destruction of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad and the offensives and... -
Operation Allied Force Volume 2: Air War Over Serbia, 1999 by Bojan Dimitrejevic
RRP: $25.74$18.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070654Author Bojan DimitrejevicFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Scimitar: Supermarine's Last Fighter by Richard Franks
RRP: $25.74$18.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905414109Author Richard A FranksFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingPublisher Dalrymple and Verdun... -
Night Terrors: Troubled Sleep and the Stories We Tell About It by Alice Vernon 9781785788680
RRP: $14.18$9.44** AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK IN DECEMBER 2022 **'Curious, lively, humble, utterly genuine ... a remarkable debut.' SUNDAY TIMESAlice Vernon often wakes up to find strangers in her bedroom.Ever since she was a child, her nights have been... -
The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel 9780300151305
RRP: $19.34$16.81A celebration of reading, of libraries, and of the mysterious human desire to give order to the universe Inspired by the process of creating a library for his fifteenth-century home near the Loire, in France, Alberto Manguel, the acclaimed writer on... -
Mercenaries in the Classical World by Stephen English 9781848843301
RRP: $25.79$24.60Mercenaries were a significant factor in many of the wars of the Classical world, being employed in large numbers by many states. By far the most famous were Xenophon's 'Ten Thousand', who had to cut their way out of the Persian Empire after the death of... -
The Encyclopedia of Warfare by Professor Dennis Showalter 9781838863418
RRP: $64.50$46.17'Every age has its own kind of war.' - Clausewitz, On War Raids, invasions and sieges; trench battles, naval encounters and aerial dogfights; civil wars, guerrilla wars, trade wars and nuclear wars; wars of succession, religion and independence - wars... -
London's Secret Square Mile by David Long
RRP: $16.76$12.41The streetscape of London's historic square mile has been evolving for centuries, but the City's busy commercial heart still boasts an extensive network of narrow passages and alleyways, secret squares and half-hidden courtyards.Using his wealth of local... -
The Little Book of Herefordshire by David Vaughan 9780750993821
RRP: $16.76$12.41The Little Book of Herefordshire is a compendium full of information which will make you say, 'I never knew that!' Contained within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Herefordshire's famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its literary,... -
Martin Luther by Lyndal Roper
RRP: $21.92$15.84SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE 2017'A magnificent study of one of history's most compelling and divisive figures' Richard J. EvansWhen Martin Luther nailed a sheet of paper to the church door... -
High Minds: The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain by Simon Heffer 9781643139173
RRP: $51.54$43.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643139173Author Simon HefferFormat HardbackPage Count 896Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 1134gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *... -
The Invisible Landscape by Terence McKenna 9780062506351
RRP: $23.21$15.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062506351Author T McKennaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 284gDimensions(mm) 155mm *... -
The Prince (Reader's Library Classics) by Niccolò Machiavelli 9781954839274
RRP: $7.73$7.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954839274Author Niccol MachiavelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Reader's Library ClassicsPublisher Reader's Library ClassicsWeight(grams)... -
Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine by Anna Reid
RRP: $14.18$9.55FULLY UPDATED'A fascinating and often violent odyssey, spanning more than 1,000 years of conflict and culture'INDEPENDENTFlat, fertile, and fatally tempting to invaders, for centuries Ukraine was fought over by more powerful neighbours. Though its modern... -
The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden by Dr Chloe Duckworth
RRP: $32.25$24.36The Great British Dig brings history and archaeology closer to home than ever before. Each week a team of archaeologists (led by presenter Hugh Dennis) descend on streets and gardens the length and breadth of the country to discover the treasures we... -
The Penguin Social History of Britain: English Society in the Eighteenth Century by Roy Porter
RRP: $16.76$11.73A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered include - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages.About the AuthorRoy... -
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel 9780008609979
RRP: $12.89$8.50Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. ... -
Iceland's Secret: The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Con by Jared Bibler 9780857198990
RRP: $29.66$20.03Born in Massachusetts, Jared Bibler relocated to Iceland in 2004 only to find himself in the middle of an unprecedented financial crisis a handful of years later. Personally wiped out and seeking to uncover the truth about a collapse that brought the... -
The Fire of the Dragon: China’s New Cold War by Ian Williams 9781780278759
RRP: $16.76$11.04Shortlisted 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 dangerous new turn. Bullying and intimidation have replaced... -
Maybe You Will Survive: A Holocaust Memoir by Aron Goldfarb 9781804364307
RRP: $16.76$10.55"Go on, my son. Maybe you will survive..." The remarkable autobiography of a Holocaust escapeeAron Goldfarb was fifteen years old when he was ripped from his bed in Poland and forced to enter a Jewish work camp.Watching helplessly as Nazis murdered his... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy 1603-1702 by Sally Waller 9780198354628
$47.32Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, Stuart Britain and... -
Vienna: The International Capital by Angus Robertson
RRP: $32.25$21.92Vienna is unique amongst world capitals in its consistent international importance over the centuries. From the ascent of the Habsburgs as Europe's leading dynasty to the Congress of Vienna, which reordered Europe after Napoleon, to bridge- building... -
Bedlam: London and its Mad by Catharine Arnold 9781847390004
RRP: $12.89$9.17'Bedlam!' The very name conjures up graphic images of naked patients chained among filthy straw, or parading untended wards deluded that they are Napoleon or Jesus Christ. We owe this image of madness to William Hogarth, who, in plate eight of his 1735... -
A League of Our Own: The Cymru Premier Story 1992-93 to 2022-23 by Mark Langshaw 9781904609100
RRP: $24.50$20.19A League of Our Own is the first book to tell the remarkable story of the establishment and 30-year history of the League of Wales, which was rebranded as the Welsh Premier League in 2010 and the Cymru Premier in 2019. The League of Wales kicked-off its... -
Big Bangs by Howard Goodall
RRP: $16.76$11.73The dramatic story of five key turning points in a thousand years of Western music - discoveries that changed the course of history. Who first invented 'Doh Re Mi...'?What do we mean by "in tune"?Looking back down the corridor of a thousand years, Howard... -
Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule by Katherine Pangonis 9781474614092
RRP: $12.89$8.77In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls a last-ditch defence was being led by an unlikely trio - including Sibylla, Queen of...