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The Library, Books 16-20: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Successors by Diodorus Siculus
RRP: $16.76$11.73Starting with the most meagre resources, Philip made his kingdom the greatest power in Europe The Greek historian Diodorus of Sicily is one of our most valuable sources from ancient times. His history, in forty volumes, was intended to range from... -
Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba...and Then Lost It to the Revolution by T J English
RRP: $21.92$20.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061712746Author T J EnglishFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Messiah by Jonathan Keates
RRP: $12.89$9.17In 1741, in just 24 days, the German-born, British-naturalized composer George Frideric Handel wrote an oratorio rich in tuneful arias and choruses of robust grandeur. Coolly received in London at first, after Handel's death Messiah enjoyed an... -
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
RRP: $16.76$10.73Includes a new foreword by the author The story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. It is a tale with... -
The Great Race: 60 years of the Bathurst 1000 by Aaron Noonan 9781460763568
RRP: $21.92$14.80The cars, the stars, the thrills and the spills from 60 years of the Bathurst classic by Australia's premier motorsports journalist with a foreword by five-time winner Garth Tander The Bathurst 1000 is undoubtedly Australia's 'Great Race', forever part... -
Warriors and Witches and Damn Rebel Bitches: Scottish women to live your life by by Mairi Kidd
RRP: $21.92$16.36Throughout history, Scottish women have broken the rules with attitude. WILLIAMINA FLEMING reached for the stars and took Harvard by storm. MARY SOMERVILLE challenged prejudice to claim the title 'scientist' for women. EFFIE GRAY knew the... -
Writings for a Liberation Psychology by Ignacio Martin-Baro
RRP: $39.93$31.50"In your country," Ignacio Martin-Baro remarked to a North American colleague, "it's publish or perish. In ours, it's publish and perish." In November 1989 a Salvadoran death squad extinguished his eloquent voice, raised so often and so passionately... -
Forgotten Voices of Burma: The Second World War's Forgotten Conflict by Julian Thompson
RRP: $21.92$15.84From the end of 1941 to 1945 a pivotal but often overlooked conflict was being fought in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War 2 - the Burma Campaign.In 1941 the Allies fought in a disastrous retreat across Burma against the Japanese - an enemy more... -
USMC M4A2 Sherman vs Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go: The Central Pacific 1943-44 by Romain Cansiere
RRP: $18.05$12.58The different national tank doctrines of the United States and Imperial Japan resulted in a terrible mismatch of the predominant tank types in the crucial Central Pacific campaign. A flawed Japanese doctrine emphasized light infantry support tanks, often... -
The New Kingdom by Wilbur Smith
RRP: $25.80$11.08BOOK 1 IN A THRILLING NEW ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SERIES, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King 'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times 'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The... -
The Cotswold House by Tim Jordan
RRP: $24.50$16.91From humble cottages and quintessential village houses to elegant manor houses, The Cotswold House is the first book to give a complete overview of the history, social and architectural, of the Cotswold home. Characteristic features tie all these... -
Who Will Write Our History?: Rediscovering a Hidden Archive from the Warsaw Ghetto by Samuel D. Kassow
RRP: $23.21$16.71In the Autumn of 1940 the Jews of Warsaw were forced into a crowded ghetto, enduring unimaginable conditions until most were killed. Yet, amid this, one man, Emanuel Ringelblum, started an extraordinary clandestine organization dedicated to recording... -
The Spinoza Problem: A Novel by Irvin D. Yalom
RRP: $19.34$14.55A haunting portrait of Arthur Rosenberg, one of Nazism's chief architects, and his obsession with one of history's most influential Jewish thinkersIn The Spinoza Problem, Irvin Yalom spins fact and fiction into an unforgettable psycho-philosophical drama... -
Genius and Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947 by Norman Lebrecht
RRP: $15.47$10.87A 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... -
A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw
RRP: $16.76$11.09A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the Roman Empire. The book focuses on questions of how we know about Classical civilization from archaeology and history; deals with the Mycenaean era and the world of Myth... -
NKJV, Value Thinline Bible, Large Print, Leathersoft, Burgundy, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780718075606
RRP: $24.50$18.07A balance of being both easy-to-read and easy-to-carry, this Bible is an ideal choice to take with you wherever you go.This edition is published in large NKJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most readable at... -
19th Century Female Explorers by Caroline Roope 9781399006866
RRP: $32.25$22.73As any historian will testify, a nineteenth-century woman's place was very much at home. Or was it? For a lucky (and plucky) few, who had a little determination, and the ability to withstand lice infestations, climbing mountains in corsets, rascally... -
Celestial Aspirations: Classical Impulses in British Poetry and Art by Philip Hardie
RRP: $54.18$42.62A unique look at how classical notions of ascent and flight preoccupied early modern British writers and artistsBetween the late sixteenth century and early nineteenth century, the British imagination-poetic, political, intellectual, spiritual and... -
Medieval Antisemitism? by Francois Soyer
RRP: $20.58$20.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641890076Author Francois SoyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press -
Crucible of Hell: Okinawa: The Last Great Battle of the Second World War by Saul David
RRP: $16.76$10.94'Excellent' Antony Beevor 'Saul David is a brilliant historian ... In shocking and jaw-dropping detail, he brings a battle that deserves far greater prominence and understanding vividly back to life'... -
A Woman's Work by Harriet Harman
RRP: $14.18$10.02GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017**Winner of best memoir at the Parliamentary Book Awards**Now with a new epilogue for the paperback'Compelling ... She has guts to spare ... An important story ... Role model? You bet' Tim Shipman, Sunday... -
Alarmstart: The German Fighter Pilot's Experience in the Second World War: Northwestern Europe - from the Battle of Britain to the Battle of Germany by Patrick Eriksson
RRP: $14.18$9.35Alarmstart (scramble) charts the experiences of the German fighter pilots in the Second World War, based on extensive recollections of veterans as well as primary documents, diaries and flying log books, with photographs from the veterans themselves,... -
The History of Magic: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present by Chris Gosden
RRP: $16.76$10.73A Telegraph Book of the Year A remarkable, unprecedented account of the role of magic in cultures both ancient and modern -- from the first known horoscope to the power of tattoos.'Fascinating, original, excellent' Simon Sebag... -
KJV, The King James Study Bible, Leathersoft, Brown, Red Letter, Full-Color Edition: Holy Bible, King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780718079826
RRP: $83.85$69.44The full text of the classic King James Version with robust study notes, vibrant full-color images, and dozens of study resources to help you grow deeper in your faith. Published in large easy-to-read print type. Standing apart from all other KJV study... -
WJEC Eduqas GCSE History: The Elizabethan Age, 1558-1603 by R. Paul Evans
$31.11Exam Board: EduqasLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Endorsed by EduqasBring out the best in every student, enabling them to develop in-depth subject knowledge and historical skills with the market-leading... -
The Great Train Robber: My Autobiography: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Notorious Heist by Chris Pickard 9781789465976
RRP: $12.89$8.84The day is 8 August 1963. It is the early hours of the morning, and a group of men are waiting at a railway bridge in Buckinghamshire. They are about to rob a mail train, on its way to London from Glasgow, and they have no idea that on board they will... -
The Coming of the Railway: A New Global History, 1750-1850 by David Gwyn
RRP: $32.25$27.50The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory. But from the 1750s onward the introduction of iron rails led to a dramatic technological evolution-one that... -
Ancient African Kingdoms: A Captivating Guide to Civilizations of Ancient Africa Such as the Land of Punt, Carthage, the Kingdom of Aksum, the Mali Empire, and the Kingdom of Kush by Captivating History
RRP: $16.73$12.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647489243Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm)... -
The Eastern Fleet and the Indian Ocean, 1942 1944: The Fleet that Had to Hide by Stephenson, Charles
RRP: $20.63$14.98The story of the British Eastern Fleet, which operated in the Indian Ocean against Japan, has rarely been told. Although it was the largest fleet deployed by the Royal Navy prior to 1945 and played a vital part in the theatre it was sent to protect, it... -
Riding Denver's Rails: A Mile High Streetcar History by Kevin Pharris 9781609499150
RRP: $25.79$18.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609499150Author Kevin PharrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 141Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 152mm *... -
Black Girl from Pyongyang: In Search of My Identity by Monica Macias
RRP: $24.50$17.48The extraordinary true story of a West African girl's upbringing in North Korea under the guardianship of President Kim Il Sung. In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was sent from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea by her... -
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists by Irene Taylor
RRP: $32.25$22.69'A diary is an assassin's cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen', wrote William Soutar in 1934. But a diary is also a place for recording everyday thoughts and special occasions, private fears and hopeful dreams. The... -
Orkney's Italian Chapel: The True Story of an Icon by Philip Paris
RRP: $19.34$14.13Orkney's Italian Chapel was built by Italian POWs held on the island during the Second World War. In the sixty-five years since it was built it has become an enduring symbol of peace and hope around the world. The story of who built the chapel and how it... -
The Western European Union: International Politics Between Alliance and Integration by Sally Rohan 9780367669416
RRP: $54.17$47.92This full-term study of the Western European Union (WEU) brings to life the history of Europe’s search for a co-operative security and defence order, from its post World War II origins to the present day. Establishing the WEU as a support organization,... -
Paying the Land by Joe Sacco 9781910702581
RRP: $28.38$22.47In his first full-length work of journalism in a decade, the 'heir to R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman' (Economist) brings his comics mastery to a story of indigenous North America, resource extraction, and our debt to the natural world*A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE... -
In Sicily by Norman Lewis
RRP: $16.76$11.09In Sicily is a loving take on an extraordinary island, based on Norman Lewis's sixty-yearlong fascination with all things Sicilian! Few places on earth have escaped the singular eye of Norman Lewis, but always, in the course of his long career, he has... -
Gloucestershire Folk Tales by Anthony Nanson
RRP: $12.89$9.74Gloucestershire's stories go back to the days of Sabrina, spirit of the Severn, and the Nine Hags of Gloucester. Tales tell of sky-ships over Bristol, the silk-caped wraith of Dover's Hill, snow foresters on the Cotswolds, and Cirencester's dark-age... -
The Jail Busters: The Secret Story of MI6, the French Resistance and Operation Jericho by Robert Lyman
RRP: $16.76$11.09In the new year of 1944 the French Resistance in northern France was on its knees. Relentless attacks on its diverse and disorganised networks by the Gestapo and the Abwehr had put many of its best operatives in prison, or worse. But in the lead up to... -
The Story of the Country House by Clive Aslet
RRP: $25.79$21.89The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present "An eclectic scholarly account, tracing the evolution of the country house from the hunting lodges of the Middle Ages to the modern villas... -
Power and Identity in the Middle Ages: Essays in Memory of Rees Davies by Huw Pryce 9780199285464
RRP: $177.38$153.38Collecting sixteen thought-provoking new essays by leading medievalists, this volume celebrates the work of the late Rees Davies. Reflecting Davies' interest in identities, political culture and the workings of power in medieval Britain, the essays range...