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The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq - The Alastair Campbell Diaries by Alastair Campbell
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €15.29The Burden of Power is the fourth volume of Alastair Campbell's diaries, and perhaps the most eagerly awaited given the ground it covers. It begins on September 11, 2001, a day which immediately... -
On Decoloniality: Concepts, Analytics, Praxis by Walter D. Mignolo
RRP: €26.39Booksplease Price: €22.54In On Decoloniality Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh explore the hidden forces of the colonial matrix of power, its origination, transformation, and current presence, while asking the crucial... -
Freedom'S Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II by Arthur Herman
RRP: €22.79Booksplease Price: €17.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812982046Author Arthur HermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint -
Discourses of the Elders: The Aztec Huehuetlatolli A First English Translation Sebastian Purcell 9781324076162
RRP: €16.79Booksplease Price: €15.29Western philosophers have long claimed that God, if such a being exists, is a personal force capable of reason and that the path to a good human life is also the path to a happy one. But what if... -
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by Admiral William H. McRaven 9781538729755
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €14.86Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of the most famous missions in recent memory, including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of... -
Strategy: A History by Sir Lawrence Freedman 9780199325153
RRP: €37.79Booksplease Price: €30.52In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking, in a consistently engaging... -
The War for American Independence, 1775-1783 by Jeremy Black
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €12.72The bitter and often bloody fight which accompanied the emergence of the United States of America as an independent force on the world stage has always been a subject of much debate and controversy... -
Behind the Privet Hedge: Richard Sudell, the Suburban Garden and the Beautification of Britain by Michael Gilson 9781789148602
RRP: €20.34Booksplease Price: €15.76It is said that Britain is a nation of gardeners; the suburban garden, with its roses and privet hedges, is widely admired and copied across the world. But it is little understood how millions across... -
Egyptian Mythology: A Traveller's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria by Garry J. Shaw
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €15.43Join Egyptologist Garry J. Shaw on a tour up the Nile, through a beautiful and fascinating landscape populated with a rich mythology: the stories of Horus, Isis, Osiris, and their enemies and allies,... -
O My America!: Second Acts in a New World by Sara Wheeler 9780099541349
RRP: €19.19Booksplease Price: €14.96Shortlisted for the Dolman Travel Book AwardAfter reckoning with the ends of the earth in acclaimed books such as Terra Incognita and The Magnetic North, Sara Wheeler rediscovered America thirty-five... -
Curious King's Cross by Andrew Whitehead 9781910170564
RRP: €14.39Booksplease Price: €11.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910170564Author Andrew WhiteheadFormat PaperbackImprint -
Deeds Not Words: The Story of Women's Rights - Then and Now Helen Pankhurst 9781473646872
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €10.55'An uplifting record of progress and strength... You'll lay the book down feeling not only informed, but galvanised to take action yourself.' Independent'An incredible book . . . with the potential... -
The D-Day Visitor's Handbook: Your Guide to the Normandy Battlefields and WWII Paris by Kevin Dennehy 9781510749498
Booksplease Price: €14.14For families of the heroes who fought on the beaches of Normandy during World War II, for fans of Saving Private Ryan, or for traveler interested in history, here is the complete guide to visiting... -
The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace's Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics by John Nichols 9781788737401
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €14.78Seventy-five years ago, Henry Wallace, then the vice president of the United States, mounted a campaign about the "Danger of American Fascism." As fighting in the European and Japanese theatres drew... -
The Story of Bracknell: Before the New Town Andrew Radgick 9781803995878
RRP: €24.00Booksplease Price: €17.40Bracknell is well known for being one of the 'new towns' built after the Second World War to relieve the pressure of housing and industry in London - but the history of Bracknell goes back much... -
The Last Days of Detroit: Motor Cars, Motown and the Collapse of an Industrial Giant by Mark Binelli
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €15.79Once America's capitalist dream town, the Silicon Valley of the Jazz Age, Detroit became the country's greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the furthest. The city of Henry Ford,... -
Bunion Derby: The 1928 Footrace Across America by Charles B. Kastner 9780826343017
RRP: €19.19Booksplease Price: €17.21On March 4, 1928, 199 men lined up in Los Angeles, California, to participate in a 3,400-mile transcontinental footrace to New York City. The Bunion Derby, as the press dubbed the event, was the... -
Bolton Street Names: Their Meanings and Origins by Sara Vernon 9780752446523
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €14.06Take a fascinating trip around Bolton with this comprehensive etymological guide to its highways and byways. Discover the origins of the peculiarly named 'Bowkers Row' and 'Thweat Street'. Delve into... -
Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times by Thomas R. Martin
RRP: €21.59Booksplease Price: €19.19This compact yet comprehensive history brings ancient Greek civilization alive, from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B.C. "A highly readable account of ancient Greece."-Kirkus Reviews... -
Street Without A Name: Childhood And Other Misadventures In Bulgaria by Kapka Kassabova 9781846271243
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €9.54After years on the outside, Bulgaria has finally made it into the EU club in 2007, but beyond the cliches about undrinkable wine, cheap property and assassins with poison-tipped umbrellas, the... -
Letters from Russia by Marquis de Custine 9780141394510
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.74The Marquis de Custine's unique perspective on a vast, fascinating country in the grip of oppressive tyrannyIn 1839, encouraged by his friend Balzac, Custine set out to explore Russia. His... -
Kilvert's Diary by William Plomer
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €11.35Few have written more beautifully about the British countryside than Francis Kilvert. A country clergyman born in 1840, Kilvert spent much of his time visiting parishioners, walking the lanes and... -
Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story by Matti Friedman 9781785900433
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €9.83It was just one remote hilltop in an unnamed war in the late 1990s, but it would send out ripples that are still felt today, foreshadowing the chaos of 21stcentury conflicts in the Middle East. The... -
The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories by Robert B Strassler 9781400031146
RRP: €38.40Booksplease Price: €32.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400031146Author HerodotusFormat PaperbackPage Count 1024Imprint -
Templar Knight vs Mamluk Warrior by David Campbell 9781472813336
RRP: €19.19Booksplease Price: €14.96Step into the violent world of the 13th century, where the European states of the Levant battled with Muslim powers for control of Jerusalem. At the cutting edge of the conflict were the elite... -
Tracing Your Family Tree by Kathy Chater 9781844778843
RRP: €9.59Booksplease Price: €8.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781844778843Author Kathy ChaterFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint -
The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe by Chris Fowler 9780198832492
Booksplease Price: €66.70The Neolithic --a period in which the first sedentary agrarian communities were established across much of Europe--has been a key topic of archaeological research for over a century. However, the... -
Angels of the North: Notable Women of the North East - with a Preface by Ann Cleeves by Joyce Quin 9780951048863
Booksplease Price: €15.592018 marks the centenary of the year when (some) women in Britain were allowed to vote for the first time. It is also the year of the `Great Exhibition of the North' when we are reflecting on the... -
AD 381: Heretics, Pagans and the Christian State by Charles Freeman 9781845950071
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €14.16In AD 381, Theodosius, emperor of the eastern Roman empire, issued a decree in which all his subjects were required to subscribe to a belief in the Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This... -
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
RRP: €30.00Booksplease Price: €19.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Quill Award.Book InformationISBN 9780143117001Author Jared DiamondFormat Paperback -
War in Ukraine Volume 3: Armed Formations of the Luhansk People's Republic, 2014-2022 by Edward Crowther 9781804512173
RRP: €23.94Booksplease Price: €15.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512173Author Edward CrowtherFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint -
Auschwitz: the Complete Guide by Perry Buck 9781742577562
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €17.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781742577562Author Perry BuckFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint -
Skean: The Distinctive Fighting Knife of Gaelic Ireland, 1500-1700 by Robert Gresh
RRP: €27.59Booksplease Price: €20.32This is the history of the distinctive fighting knife of the Gaelic Irish, the skean (Irish: scian). Author Robert Gresh has scoured primary sources for references to the weapon in use and traveled... -
Hello, Stranger: How We Find Connection in a Disconnected World by Will Buckingham
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €9.40What if meeting new people were a gift, not a burden? How might we transform our lives if we set aside our fear of outsiders? When Will Buckingham's partner died, the shock of his grief told... -
Egyptologists’ Notebooks by Chris Naunton
RRP: €38.40Booksplease Price: €29.82For centuries the beguiling ancient ruins of Egypt have provided an endless source of fascination for explorers, antiquarians, treasure hunters and archaeologists. All, from the very earliest... -
The Little Book of Norwich by Neil Storey 9780750961424
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €12.72Norwich is a city that has seen it all. Its citizens have been murdered with poisoned dumplings, royalty and rogues have walked the same cobbled streets, and rioters have mustered outside its city... -
Last Train to Hilversum by Charlie Connelly
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €11.11Despite the all-pervading influence of television ninety per cent of people in Britain still listen to the radio, clocking up over a billion hours of listening between us every week. It's a... -
Machiavelli: His Life and Times by Alexander Lee
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €15.79'A wonderfully assured and utterly riveting biography that captures not only the much-maligned Machiavelli, but also the spirit of his time and place. A monumental achievement.' - Jessie Childs,... -
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson 9780008303334
RRP: €23.99Booksplease Price: €17.34'To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can sing ... A powerful new voice has been added to the dialogue about [America's] origins as a people and a nation. It is... -
Hoards: Hidden History Eleanor Ghey 9780714118253
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.11Every so often a remarkable discovery hits the headlines - often an account of treasure hunters striking lucky after years of searching the land, or perhaps a chance find made by a farmer after...