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A 1980s Childhood by Derek Tait
RRP: £9.99£6.64This book describes just what it was like to be a child during the 1980s. It was a time before people had smartphones, and the last decade before work, society and social life changed forever with the introduction of the internet in the 1990s. There were... -
Yorkshire & Lancashire Regiment: Images of England by Jane Davies
RRP: £14.99£11.55This book shows the illustrious history of the York and Lancaster Regiment, or the 'young and lovelies' (one of their numerous nicknames), and illustrates the regiment's service around the globe. It shows the regiment its earliest days in the 65th and... -
Survivor of the Long March: Five Years as a PoW 1940-1945 by Charles Waite 9780750968478
RRP: £14.99£11.55Nothing 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... -
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Three: Herself Alone by Charles Moore
RRP: £18.99£14.01The final part of Charles Moore's bestselling and definitive biography of Britain's first female Prime Minister, 'One of the great biographical achievements of our times' (Sunday Times)A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, IRISH TIMES, NEW... -
Civilization: A History of the World in 1000 Objects by DK
RRP: £30.00£23.35Discover how humans created their world from the objects they left behind - from the US Constitution to the first iPhone - in DK's latest history book. From the beginning of human history, the one thing that has defined us is our talent for making... -
The Scientific Method: An Evolution of Thinking from Darwin to Dewey by Henry M. Cowles
RRP: £31.95£25.57The surprising history of the scientific method-from an evolutionary account of thinking to a simple set of steps-and the rise of psychology in the nineteenth century.The idea of a single scientific method, shared across specialties and teachable to... -
More Lancashire Murders by Alan Hayhurst 9780752456454
RRP: £14.99£11.55In this follow-up to Lancashire Murders, Alan Hayhurst brings together more murderous tales that shocked not only the county but made headline news throughout the nation. They include the case of Oldham nurse Elizabeth Berry, who poisoned her own... -
The Quantum Astrologer's Handbook: a history of the Renaissance mathematics that birthed imaginary numbers, probability, and the new physics of the universe by Michael Brooks 9781911617358
RRP: £9.99£6.70A Daily Telegraph book of the year. This is a landmark in science writing that resurrects from the vaults of neglect the polymath Jerome Cardano, a Milanese of the sixteenth century. Who is he? A gambler and blasphemer, inventor and chancer,... -
'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?': A Confrontation in the Desert by Spike Milligan
RRP: £9.99£7.75VOLUME TWO OF SPIKE MILLIGAN'S LEGENDARY MEMOIRS IS A OUTRAGEOUS, HILARIOUS WW2 MEMOIRS'Brilliant verbal pyrotechnics, throwaway lines and marvelous anecdotes' Daily Mail'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' Sunday Times______________'Keep talking, Milligan... -
The Weaponisation of Everything: A Field Guide to the New Way of War by Mark Galeotti 9780300270419
RRP: £10.99£9.37An engaging guide to the various ways in which war is now waged-and how to adapt to this new reality "This brisk everyman's guide-straight-talking and free of jargon-is a useful tasting menu to a fast moving, constantly evolving set of problems. . . . A... -
The Jewish Revolt AD 66-74 by Si Sheppard
RRP: £15.99£11.61In AD 66 a local disturbance in Caesarea caused by Greeks sacrificing birds in front of a local synagogue exploded into a pan-Jewish revolt against their Roman overlords. Gaining momentum, the rebels successfully occupied Jerusalem and drove off an... -
The Perfect Stranger by P. J. Kavanagh 9781910463291
RRP: £8.99£6.20The Perfect Stranger was first published in the '60s and since then has continued to find a select group of passionate admirers. Evocative and engaging, and ultimately deeply emotional, The Perfect Stranger is the story of a soldier, a poet and a husband... -
Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes by Tariq Ali
RRP: £25.00£24.88The subject of numerous biographies and history books, Winston Churchill has been repeatedly voted as one of the greatest of Englishmen. Even today, Boris Johnson in his failing attempts to be magisterial, has adopted many of his hero's mannerism! And,... -
Six Records of a Floating Life by Shen Fu
RRP: £9.99£7.11Six 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... -
12th Ss Panzer Division Hitlerjugend: From Operation Goodwood to April 1945 by Massimiliano Afiero 9781636243146
RRP: £24.95£17.23Formed in 1943 with the express purpose of blocking the forthcoming Allied invasion in the West, the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend carved out a reputation as one of the Wehrmacht's foremost panzer divisions, as witnessed by its tenacious defense... -
The Tastemaker: My Life with the Legends and Geniuses of Rock Music by Tony King
RRP: £20.00£13.46The 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... -
Shock City - Image and Architecture in Industrial Manchester by Mark Crinson
RRP: £35.00£29.57A bold reassessment of the major architectural monuments and urban forms of the world's first industrial city: Manchester From the mid-eighteenth century to the nineteen-twenties, from the birth of the Industrial Revolution to the height of Manchester's... -
Droylsden and Audenshaw by Jill Cronin 9780752410685
RRP: £12.99£9.62Once part of Lancashire, Droylsden and Audenshaw are now part of Tameside Metropolitan Borough of Manchester. The varied histories of both towns see the transition from farming to an industrial community. Droylsden is still home to the James Robertson's... -
Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944-45 by Prit Buttar 9781849087902
RRP: £16.99£13.56An engrossing history of the last year of the Second World War, charting the battles fought between the Soviet Red Army and the Nazis across German soil. The terrible months between the arrival of the Red Army on German soil and the final collapse of... -
The Tank Factory: British Military Vehicle Development and the Chobham Establishment by William Suttie
RRP: £17.99£13.64Despite being the inventor of the tank and responsible for campaign-winning tactics, by the start of the Second World War the United Kingdom had fallen well behind other nations in the design and build of armoured vehicles. Here, William Suttie uncovers... -
Why Empires Fall: Rome, America and the Future of the West by John Rapley
RRP: £20.00£14.29'Fascinating, informative and deeply thoughtful' Financial Times'This essay has changed my view both of the past and the present' Carlo Rovelli, The Observer*What can the fall of Rome teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a... -
Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War by Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Powerful and poetic ... For anyone interested in the myth of Che Guevara ... this book is essential reading' Colm Toibin, Observer'We were an army of shadows, of ghosts, walking as if to the beat of some dark psychic mechanism...'The Cuban Revolution... -
The History of England by Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay
RRP: £12.99£9.09One of the greatest figures of his age, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59) was widely admired throughout his life for his prose, poetry, political acumen and oratorical skills. Among the most successful and enthralling histories ever written, his... -
Daggers Drawn: Real Heroes of the SAS & SBS by Mike Morgan 9780752466064
RRP: £12.99£9.62Mike Morgan presents 25 stories about the larger-than-life exploits of the SAS and SBS in World War II, supported by a selection of rare archive and action shots.These vivid stories, including some new and previously unpublished, supported by an updated... -
Around Yarmouth, Totland and Freshwater by Anthony Mitchell
RRP: £14.99£11.55Within these covers are over 200 high-quality images from the fascinating past of Yarmouth, Totland, Freshwater and the whole of the western end of the Isle of Wight. This area is world-famous because of its unique geographical and topographical features... -
1913: The Year before the Storm by Florian Illies
RRP: £10.99£7.77A witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched biographical fragments, 1913 is an intimate vision of a world that is about to change forever. The stuffy conventions of the nineteenth century are receding into the past, and 1913 heralds a new age... -
The Final Curtsey: A Royal Memoir by the Queen's Cousin by Margaret Rhodes 9781780270852
RRP: £9.99£6.70This is the intimate and revealing autobiography of the late Margaret Rhodes, the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and the niece of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Margaret was born into the Scottish aristocracy, into a now almost vanished world of... -
11+ Maths Practice and Test for the GL Assessment Ages 10-11 by Nicola Palin 9780702319549
RRP: £6.99£4.64Board: GL 11+ Subjects covered: Mathematics Type: Skills Practice For Ages: 10 to 11 "Great quality, imaginatively written" Dr Samina Rashid, 11+ tutor Prepare for the GL 11+ tests with targeted... -
The Great Cities in History by John Julius Norwich
RRP: £12.99£8.60A work of history, but also about art and architecture, trade and commerce, travel and exploration, economics and politics, this is above all a book about people and how, over the millennia, they have managed to live closely together. From the origins of... -
The Arcades Project by Walter Benjamin
RRP: £33.95£29.01"To great writers," Walter Benjamin once wrote, "finished works weigh lighter than those fragments on which they labor their entire lives." Conceived in Paris in 1927 and still in progress when Benjamin fled the Occupation in 1940, The Arcades Project... -
Welsh Legends and Myths by Graham Watkins 9781291985276
RRP: £14.12£12.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781291985276Author Graham WatkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Lulu Press IncPublisher Lulu Press Inc -
Common People: The History of An English Family by Alison Light
RRP: £13.99£9.75Shortlisted 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... -
Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown
RRP: £12.99£11.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061348112Author Daniel James BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
The Case for Palestine: An International Law Perspective by John Quigley 9780822335399
RRP: £23.99£20.79John Quigley brings a necessary international law perspective to bear on the seemingly intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict in this updated edition of his important book. Since 2000, the cycle of bloodshed and retribution has spiraled increasingly... -
The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Yang Jisheng 9781800750852
RRP: £14.99£10.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800750852Author Yang JishengFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Swift PressPublisher Swift Press -
Puget Sound Whales for Sale: The Fight to End Orca Hunting by Sandra Pollard 9781626196025
RRP: £19.99£14.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626196025Author Sandra PollardFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 229mm... -
Left to Tell: One Woman's Story of Surviving the Rwandan Genocide by Immaculee Ilibagiza
RRP: £14.99£8.83Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family that she cherished.But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into bloody holocaust. Immaculee's family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that... -
World Mythology in Bite-sized Chunks by Mark Daniels
RRP: £7.99£3.51A masterful introduction to world mythology, shedding light on the impact it has had on cultures past and present and untangling the complex web of deities, monsters and myths.From the signs of the zodiac to literature and art, the influence of world... -
Gaelic Proverbs by Alexander Nicolson
RRP: £12.99£9.34Designed for those interested in the lore and tradition of a language, spoken until comparatively recently across much of Scotland, this is a compendium of Gaelic sayings and usage. The book includes notes, historical and social, and comparisons with... -
The Hotel Years: Wanderings in Europe between the Wars by Joseph Roth
RRP: £9.99£6.52'A hugely significant and wonderfully haunting collection' William Boyd In the 1920s and 1930s, Joseph Roth travelled extensively in Europe, living in hotels and writing about the towns through which he passed and the people he encountered. Collected...