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The Shipping Forecast Puzzle Book by Alan Connor
RRP: $19.34$12.29Attention all Shipping Forecast fans. Set sail on a voyage unlike any other...Each day, millions tune in to hear the Shipping Forecast's unique cadence and poetry, words thatturn our island landscape into something strangeand magical. It's almost like a... -
Reiki: From Beginner to Practitioner by Jacqueline Raison 9780719840838
RRP: $19.34$16.19Reiki is a gentle but powerful universal healing energy that boosts the body's ability to heal itself, whether the source of disease is physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. This Japanese healing method can aid relaxation and meditation, boosts our... -
Palmerston: A Biography by David Brown
RRP: $25.79$22.41A grand and fascinating figure in Victorian politics, the charismatic Lord Palmerston (1784-1865) served as foreign secretary for fifteen years and prime minister for nine, engaged in struggles with everyone from the Duke of Wellington to Lord John... -
The Story of Afro Hair by K. N. Chimbiri 9780702307416
RRP: $12.89$8.27Explore the incredible history of Afro hair. The Story of Afro Hair celebrates the fashion and styles of Afro hair over the last 5,000 years. From plaits to the Gibson Girl, cornrows to dreadlocks, the hi-top fade to funki dreds, The Story of Afro Hair... -
A Duty of Care: Britain Before and After Covid by Peter Hennessy
RRP: $16.76$11.73One of our most celebrated historians shows how we can use the lessons of the past to build a new post-covid society in BritainThe 'duty of care' which the state owes to its citizens is a phrase much used, but what has it actually meant in Britain... -
Hunting The Hangman by Howard Linskey 9781843449508
RRP: $16.76$11.13TWO MEN... ONE MISSION... TO KILL THE MAN WITH THE IRON HEART Based on true events, this gripping historical thriller is the culmination of Howard Linskey's fifteen-year fascination with the attempted assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the architect of... -
Compl Illust Enc of Lancaster Bomber by Nigel Cawthorne
RRP: $12.89$9.69This title tells the story of the greatest night bomber of World War II, illustrated with over 275 photographs. It takes you through the design, development, construction and history of the Lancaster, as well as its role in the major battles of the war... -
La Serenissima: The Story of Venice by Jonathan Keates 9781789545067
RRP: $19.34$14.13'Everything about Venice,' observed Lord Byron, 'is, or was, extraordinary - her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance.' Dream and romance have conditioned myriad encounters with Venice across the centuries, but the city's story... -
How Was It For You?: Women, Sex, Love and Power in the 1960s by Virginia Nicholson
RRP: $12.89$9.17'One of the great social historians of our time. No one else makes history this fun' Amanda Foreman'How Was It For You? subtly but powerfully subverts complacent male assumptions about a legendary decade' David Kynaston--------------------------------"A... -
Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age by Donna Zuckerberg 9780674241411
RRP: $21.87$17.87A Times Higher Education Book of the WeekA virulent strain of antifeminism is thriving online that treats women's empowerment as a mortal threat to men and to the integrity of Western civilization. Its proponents cite ancient Greek and Latin texts to... -
Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Carriers, 1921-45 by Mark Stille
$12.63The Imperial Japanese Navy was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world's first built-from-the-keel-up carrier, the 'Hosho'. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, it experimented with its carriers, perfecting their design and construction. As... -
Knives, Daggers & Bayonets, the World Encyclopedia of: An authoritative history and visual directory of sharp-edged weapons and blades from around the world, with more than 700 photographs by Tobias Capwell 9780754834847
RRP: $19.35$15.43Since sharpened tools emerged almost one million years ago, edged weapons have played an incredible role in the shaping of human history. This beautifully presented volume traces the history of daggers, knives and bayonets through to the 21st century... -
Atlas of the Great Irish Famine by John Crowley 9781859184790
$74.36The Great Famine is possibly the most pivotal event/experience in modern Irish history. Its global reach and implications cannot be underestimated. In terms of mortality, it is now widely accepted that over a million people perished between the years... -
Darwin's Ghosts by Rebecca Stott
RRP: $19.34$14.13Soon after publication of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin received a letter that deeply unsettled him. He had expected outrage and accusations of heresy, but this letter was different: it accused him of taking credit for a theory that wasn't his... -
The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century, Fifth Edition by Robert Service
RRP: $24.50$17.56Robert Service's The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century provides a superb panorama of Russia in the modern age. Russia's recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror and two world wars, and the... -
Without You, There Is No Us: My secret life teaching the sons of North Korea's elite by Suki Kim
RRP: $19.34$14.13It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, except for the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. This is where Suki Kim has accepted a job teaching English. Over the next six months she will... -
East End Neighbourhoods by Brian Girling 9780752435190
RRP: $21.92$16.69The River Thames, with its docks, wharves and associated industries, has been a source of livelihood for generations of East Enders living in the historic riverside neighbourhoods of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Stepney, Poplar and adjacent areas... -
Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom by Sanjeev Sanyal 9789356996557
RRP: $20.63$17.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356996557Author Sanjeev SanyalFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins India -
Fragments of the Histories. Letters to Caesar by Sallust
RRP: $32.19$30.17Sallust, Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86-35 BCE), a Sabine from Amiternum, acted as tribune against Cicero and Milo in 52, joined Caesar after being expelled from the Senate in 50, was restored to the Senate by Caesar and took part in his African campaign... -
Danube by Claudio Magris
RRP: $16.76$11.73'Neither a travel book, nor a vast prose poem, nor a history, nor philosophy, nor voyage of discovery, but often all at once' Independent on SundayWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD FLANAGAN In this fascinating journey Claudio Magris, whose knowledge is... -
The Last Secret of the Secret Annex by Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl 9781398518216
RRP: $25.80$20.33The extraordinary, never-before-told story of Bep Voskuijl, Anne Frank’s closest friend during the 761 days she spent in the Secret Annex. Bep was just twenty-three when the Franks went into hiding and she risked her life to protect them, plunging into... -
Merthyr, The Crucible of Modern Wales by Joe England
RRP: $24.50$17.56Merthyr Tydfil was the town where the future of a country was forged: a thriving, struggling surge of people, industry, democracy and ideas. It was the iron making capital of the world, and would become the crucible of modern Wales. The major figures... -
Forgotten Victorian Generals: Studies in the Exercise of Command and Control in the British Army 1837-1901 by Christopher Brice 9781910777206
RRP: $32.25$26.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910777206Author Christopher BriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Numidians 300 BC–AD 300 by William Horsted
RRP: $15.47$10.87The Numidian light cavalry were among the best-known horsemen in the ancient world: riding without saddles or bridle, carrying only hide shields for defense and clutching a handful of light javelins, they were renowned for their darting attacks, swift... -
Feminism for Women: The Real Route to Liberation by Julie Bindel
RRP: $21.92$12.36'Timely, necessary and important' J.K. Rowling'[This book is] guaranteed to remind us what we have still to fight for. I can't think of a single person who wouldn't benefit from reading it' Observer'Bindel is a rock star of second-wave feminism . . . an... -
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski
RRP: $16.76$11.73Tadeusz Borowski's concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. In spare, brutal prose he describes a world where where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards... -
Welsh at Mametz Wood, The Somme 1916, The by Jonathan Hicks
RRP: $16.76$12.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784612382Author Jonathan HicksFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
Cooking With Heroes: The Royal British Legion Centenary Cookbook by Jon Pullen
RRP: $25.74$20.56To celebrate the centenary of The Royal British Legion, some of the world's bestselling celebrity chefs - including Jamie Oliver, Ainsley Harriott, Cyrus Todiwala, Melissa Helmsley and the Hairy Bikers - have teamed up with acting or former members of... -
Fleet Air Arm Legends: Fairey Swordfish by Matthew Willis
RRP: $21.92$15.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658498Author Mathew WillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 245mm... -
Lilia: a true story of love, courage, and survival in the shadow of war by Linda Ganzini 9781777607319
RRP: $19.34$18.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781777607319Author Linda GanziniFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Menzini PublishingPublisher Menzini PublishingWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War by Doug Stanton
RRP: $24.50$15.49SELECTED BY MILITARY TIMES AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * SELECTED BY THE SOCIETY OF MIDLAND AUTHORS' AS THE BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR The New York Times bestselling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers shares the powerful account of an... -
SAS: The Illustrated History of the SAS by Joshua Levine
RRP: $32.25$21.32The authorised illustrated history of the SAS by the number one bestselling author of Dunkirk, Joshua Levine. With never-before-seen photographs and unheard stories, this is the SAS's wartime history in vivid and astonishing detail. ... -
Ancient Greece: an Illustrated History by Nigel Rodgers 9780754833574
RRP: $25.80$21.53The legacy of the ancient Greeks has shaped our world. Classical Greece's military prowess, political sophistication and cultural innovations continue to influence modern society. The first half of the book focuses on political and military history, from... -
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Roberts
RRP: $24.50$17.56From the author of Masters and Commanders, Andrew Roberts' The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War has been hailed as the finest single-volume account of this epic conflict. The Second World War lasted for 2,174 days and claimed the... -
The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World by Peter Frankopan
RRP: $25.80$18.43From the internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads: everything you need to know about the present and future of the world 'Masterly mapping out of a new world order' Evening Standard 'Frankopan is a brilliant guide to terra incognita' The... -
The Egyptian Book of the Dead by John Romer
RRP: $25.80$18.95The Book of the Dead is a unique collection of funerary texts from a wide variety of sources, dating from the fifteenth to the fourth century BC. Consisting of spells, prayers and incantations, each section contains the words of power to overcome... -
The House By The Thames: And The People Who Lived There by Gillian Tindall
RRP: $16.76$11.73Just across the River Thames from St Paul's Cathedral stands an old and elegant house. Over the course of almost 450 years the dwelling on this site has witnessed many changes. From its windows, people have watched the ferrymen carry Londoners to and... -
Demanding the Impossible by Peter Marshall
RRP: $25.79$17.71A fascinating and comprehensive history, Demanding the Impossible is a challenging and thought-provoking exploration of anarchist ideas and actions from ancient times to the present day. Navigating the broad 'river of anarchy', from Taoism to... -
The Marsh Arabs by Wilfred Thesiger
RRP: $16.76$11.73During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. Travelling from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing... -
The Swordfish and the Star: Life on Cornwall's most treacherous stretch of coast by Gavin Knight
RRP: $14.18$9.18The Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall is where the land ends. In The Swordfish and the Star Gavin Knight takes us into this huddle of grey roofs at the edge of the sea at the beginning of the twenty-first century. He catches the stories of a whole community,...