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Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion by Charles Townshend 9780141982472
RRP: £14.99£10.95Now with a new preface for the centenary of the Easter Rising, a compelling interpretation of the rebellion that launched Ireland into a new world.Before Easter 1916 Dublin had been a city much like any other British city, comparable to Bristol or... -
Typhoid Mary by Anthony Bourdain 9780747566878
RRP: £12.99£9.09In 1906, at a prosperous Long Island summer home, a family falls ill and typhoid is diagnosed. When Dr George Soper is called in to find the source of the contagion, he notices that the household cook has gone missing. She is Mary Mallon, the woman who... -
A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh by Alexander McCall Smith
RRP: £14.99£10.93'I love this city, and always shall. I write about it. I dream about it. I walk its streets and see something new each day - traces of faded lettering on the stone, still legible, but just; some facade that I have walked past before and not noticed; an... -
An Honourable Exit by Eric Vuillard
RRP: £14.99£10.59From the International Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Order of the Day and The War of the Poor comes a searing account of a conflict that dealt a fatal blow to French colonialism.A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023'Excoriating and profound . . . A... -
A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages by Martyn Whittock
RRP: £12.99£3.51Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life in this fascinating new portrait that brings together the everyday and the extraordinary.Thus we glimpse 11th-century rural society... -
The Malay Archipelago by Wallace Alfred Russel
RRP: £12.99£9.09Of all the extraordinary Victorian travelogues, The Malay Archipelago has a fair claim to be the greatest - both as a beautiful, alarming, vivid and gripping account of some eight years' travel across the entire Malay world - from Singapore to the... -
Brits: The War Against the IRA by Peter Taylor
RRP: £16.99£12.28The third part of the trilogy documenting modern-day Northern Ireland, by the author of Provos and Loyalists In the final part of his trilogy exploring 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland, Peter Taylor talks to undercover agents of the British state... -
Oxford Readings in Greek Religion by Richard F. Buxton 9780198721901
£56.29The study of ancient Greek religion has been excitingly renewed in the last thirty years. Key areas of interest have been: the relationship between religion and politics; new and unexpected perspectives opened up by archaeological finds; the symbiosis... -
The Witches of Fife: Witch-Hunting in a Scottish Shire, 1560-1710 by Stuart MacDonald
RRP: £20.00£14.05Along the coast of Fife, in villages like Culross and Pittenweem, history records that some women were executed as witches. Nevertheless, the reality of what happened the night that Janet Cornfoot was lynched at Pittenweem is hard to grasp as one sits by... -
Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen by Giles Tremlett
RRP: £16.99£12.28'Packed with vivid character sketches and lyrical description, Tremlett has told a gripping story, full of beauty and darkness' The Times WINNER OF THE 2018 ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE In 1474, a twenty-three year old woman ascended the throne of... -
American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World by David E. Stannard
RRP: £23.49£21.63For four hundred years--from the first Spanish assaults against the Arawak people of Hispaniola in the 1490s to the US Army's massacre of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee in the 1890s--the indigenous inhabitants of North and South America endured an... -
The Space Shuttle: A Mission-By-Mission Celebration of Nasa's Extraordinary Spaceflight Program by Roland Miller
RRP: £40.00£27.75"Any backyard astronomer or space enthusiast would be delighted to have this visual journey on their shelf." -The Strategist, The Year's Most Giftable Coffee-Table BooksA Barnes & Noble Best Gift Book of 2022 A Publishers Weekly Holiday Gift Guide 2022... -
'Ten Pound Poms': A Life History of British Postwar Emigration to Australia by A. James Hammerton
RRP: £15.99£12.20More than a million Britons emigrated to Australia between the 1940s and 1970s. They were the famous 'ten pound Poms' and this is their story. Illuminated by the fascinating testimony of migrant life histories, this is the first substantial history of... -
A-Z Brighton Hidden Walks: Discover 20 routes in and around the city by Ric Morris
RRP: £6.99£4.80Discover hidden gems around Brighton with 20 walking routes. Featuring 20 walks in and around the city, including lesser-known circuits and details on popular walks. Accompanied by guided walking instructions and written by a local expert, A-Z... -
Mortain 1944 by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: £16.99£12.28Following the successful landings in Normandy on D-Day and consolidation during Operation Cobra, the Wehrmacht was ordered to begin a counter-offensive named Operation Luttich. The plan was to send a large Panzer force across the First US Army... -
Assault in Norway: Sabotaging The Nazi Nuclear Program by Thomas Gallagher 9781599219127
RRP: £12.99£9.61"An exciting and dramatic episode."-Library Journal "Cliff-hanging suspense."-Christian Science Monitor Assault in Norway is the classic account of a legendary raid on the Nazi war program. By 1942 Germany had a seemingly insurmountable lead over the... -
Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer 9780300254433
RRP: £35.00£33.91The first full-scale history of Theoderic and the Goths in more than seventy-five years, tracing the transformation of a divided kingdom into a great power "A monumental exploration. . . . It is the most important treatment of its subject since Wilhelm... -
Still Life: Timeless Beauty by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 9783775751148
RRP: £38.00£24.24They fascinate us today as they did 500 years ago: elaborate compositions of exotic fruits or platters with oysters, floral arrangements and skulls, exquisitely decorated musical instruments and scientific instruments. Magical things testify to exuberant... -
Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic Second Edition by Michael Axworthy
RRP: £14.99£10.95FULLY UPDATED THIRD EDITION, NOW WITH NEW POSTSCRIPT BY ALI ANSARI'If you were to read only one book on present-day Iran you could not do better than this' Ervand Abrahamian, Times Higher EducationFor some 40 years the Islamic Republic has resisted... -
The Time Traveler's Guide to Regency Britain: A Handbook for Visitors to 1789-1830 by Ian Mortimer 9781639363841
RRP: £19.95£13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639363841Author Ian MortimerFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 148mm *... -
Remedios Varo: Science Fictions by Caitlin Haskell
RRP: £30.00£25.85An exploration of the captivating work and mystical outlook of the modern artist Remedios Varo, focusing on her years in Mexico City This publication offers a definitive look at the artistic practice of Remedios Varo (1908-1963) following her... -
The Deadly Trade: The Complete History of Submarine Warfare From Archimedes to the Present by Iain Ballantyne
RRP: £12.99£9.00The Deadly Trade takes readers on an epic and enthralling voyage through submarine warfare, including how U-boats in two world wars tried to achieve victory, first for the Kaiser and then 20 years later for Adolf Hitler. It tells the story of how such... -
Brain Games - Amazing History Word Search: Find Hundreds of Unbelievable Facts and Incredible Events by Publications International Ltd
RRP: £12.98£11.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645585602Author Publications International LtdPage Count 192Imprint Publications International, Ltd.Publisher Publications International, Ltd... -
Elizabeth Stride and Jack the Ripper: The Life and Death of the Reputed Third Victim by Dave Yost 9780786433186
RRP: £21.99£17.97As soon as the newspapers hit the streets on October 1st, 1888, Elizabeth Stride became world renowned as the third victim of Jack the Ripper. Reportedly, Stride was killed only an hour before fellow victim Catherine Eddowes, becoming a key player in the... -
The Poltergeist Prince of London: The Remarkable True Story of the Battersea Poltergeist by Clark James
RRP: £12.99£9.62It began with a key. One afternoon in 1956, in the home of the Hitchings family in Battersea, south London, a small silver key appeared on Shirley Hitchings' bed. This seemingly insignificant event heralded the beginning of one of the most terrifying,... -
Whatever Happened to Tradition?: History, Belonging and the Future of the West by Tim Stanley
RRP: £20.00£15.24The West feels lost. Brexit, Trump, the coronavirus: we hurtle from one crisis to another, lacking definition, terrified that our best days are behind us. The central argument of this book is that we can only face the future with hope if we have a... -
Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China from Mao's Stratagem to the Rise of Xi by Victor Shih
RRP: £26.99£22.80For the first time since Mao, a Chinese leader may serve a life-time tenure. Xi Jinping may well replicate Mao's successful strategy to maintain power. If so, what are the institutional and policy implications for China? Victor C. Shih investigates how... -
The Desert War: Book 4 of the Ladybird Expert History of the Second World War by James Holland
RRP: £7.99£5.79Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.____________Why was North Africa such a key component in Britain's success over Mussolini and his Italian Army?How did they blunt Italy's actions?What challenges did they face?And what new technologies were... -
India: A History in Objects by T. Richard Blurton
RRP: £30.00£20.40An authoritative visual history of one of the world's oldest and most vibrant cultures, drawing on South Asian art and artefacts from prehistory to the present. Arranged chronologically, and abundantly illustrated with expertly selected objects, this... -
Civilization or Barbarism by Diop
RRP: £17.95£14.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556520488Author Cheikh Anta DiopFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Lawrence Hill & Co.Publisher Lawrence Hill & Co.Weight(grams) 607g -
Eleni by Nicholas Gage
RRP: £12.99£9.09A son's quest to avenge his mother's murder.In 1948, in a Greek mountain village, Eleni Gatzoyiannis was arrested, tortured and shot. She was one of the 158,000 victims of the Greek Civil War. Her crime had been to help her children escape from the... -
Farming, Fighting and Family: A Memoir of the Second World War by Miranda McCormick
RRP: £16.99£13.34Farmer, author and broadcaster Arthur (A.G.) Street was one of the leading voices of British agriculture during the Second World War. His daughter Pamela - herself an aspiring writer - was 18 when war broke out. David, her future husband, served with the... -
Henry VIII (Penguin Monarchs): The Quest for Fame by John Guy
RRP: £7.99£5.79The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackHenry VIII's reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. Magnificent, tyrannical, a strong ruler, a 'pillager of the... -
Cleopatra and the Undoing of Hollywood: How One Film Almost Sunk the Studios by Patrick Humphries
RRP: £20.00£15.85There had been stars before. There had been films prior to Cleopatra. But in all the cynical, greedy, magical, histrionic history of the movies, there had never been a combination like that of Elizabeth Taylor and Cleopatra.Other films may have taken... -
Haunted York by Rupert Matthews
RRP: £14.99£12.55This is a terrifying collection of true-life tales of ghosts, poltergeists and spirits of all kinds in the streets, buildings and graveyards of York. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, Haunted York contains a chilling range of ghostly... -
Lev's Violin: An Italian Adventure by Helena Attlee 9780141991078
RRP: £10.99£7.77*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*'Utterly enthralling - a beautifully-written voyage of discovery that takes us deep into the heart of music-making' Deborah MoggachFrom the moment she hears Lev's violin for the first time, Helena Attlee is captivated. She is... -
Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America by Cameron McWhirter 9781250009067
RRP: £17.99£12.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250009067Author Cameron McWhirterFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm)... -
State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda by Steven Luckert 9780896047143
RRP: £35.99£31.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780896047143Author Susan BachrachFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumPublisher United States Holocaust Memorial... -
Perfect Soldiers: The Hijackers - Who They Were, Why They Did It by Terry McDermott 9780060584702
RRP: £11.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060584702Author Terry McDermottFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 332g -
Access to History: Reaction and Revolution: Russia 1894-1924 Fifth Edition by Michael Lynch
£25.21Exam board: Pearson Edexcel; OCRLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)Put your trust in the textbook series that has given thousands of A-level History students deeper knowledge...