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The Hemlock Cure by Joanne Burn
RRP: £14.99£10.20The entrancing historical read perfect for readers of Hamnet and The Manningtree Witches 'Vivid and poetic' JENNIFER SAINT 'Mesmerizing' ROSIE ANDREWS 'Page-turning' SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN 'Beautiful' ANNIE GARTHWAITE 'Exquisitely written' SONIA... -
The Harwich Striking Force: The Royal Navy's Front Line in the North Sea 1914 1918 by Dunn, Steve 9781399015967
RRP: £25.00£18.02The Harwich Force has made its name and will not be forgotten during the future annals of history'; so said Rear Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt on Armistice Day 1918. But that fame has not endured. Yet for the whole duration of the First World War, the... -
Good As You: From Prejudice to Pride - 30 Years of Gay Britain by Paul Flynn
RRP: £16.99£12.28'One of the most important books about gay culture in recent times' The QuietusLong-listed for the Polari First Book PrizeIn 1984 the pulsing electronics and soft vocals of Smalltown Boy would become an anthem uniting gay men. A month later, an... -
The Year Of Liberty: The Great Irish Rebellion of 1789 by Thomas Pakenham 9780349112527
RRP: £14.99£9.80This classic account of the great Irish rebellion of 1798 remains the only full-scale history of that tragic event. As relevant today as it was when first published in 1969, THE YEAR OF LIBERTY is now reissued with the addition of a chronology and a... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel A-level History: Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain 1780-1928 by Benjamin Armstrong
RRP: £10.50£9.62Exam board: EdexcelLevel: A-levelSubject: History First teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016Target success in Edexcel A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
The Panzers of Prokhorovka: The Myth of Hitler’s Greatest Armoured Defeat by Dr. Ben Wheatley
RRP: £25.00£19.21This ground-breaking new study of the battles of Kursk and Prokhorovka will transform our understanding of one of the most famous battles of the Second World War, widely mythologized as the largest tank battle in history. 'If ever there was a time for a... -
The Giants of Stonehenge and Ancient Britain by Jim Vieira 9780956786548
RRP: £15.99£14.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956786548Author Jim VieiraFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Avalon Rising PublicationsPublisher Avalon Rising PublicationsWeight(grams) 540g -
Polish Legions 1914-19 by Nigel Thomas
RRP: £10.99£8.38Due to its partitions and dissolution in the late eighteenth century, hundreds of thousands of Polish soldiers enlisted in distinct units in the armies of many countries - primarily those of the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires, but also that of the... -
The British Oskar Schindler: The Life and Work of Nicholas Winton by Edward Abel Smith 9781399011488
RRP: £20.00£14.29When Nicholas Winton cancelled his skiing holiday in favour of going to Prague to visit a friend, little did he know this decision would change the course of thousands of lives, including his own. As millions of Jewish families attempted to flee the... -
High Desert Deployment: Navy Colour on Display on NAS Fallon by Nicholas A Veronico 9781802823653
RRP: £18.99£13.61Since its establishment during World War Two, Navy squadrons have been deployed to the high desert outside of Fallon, Nevada, to hone their aerial combat skills. Today, Naval Air Station Fallon, with its 14,000 ft runway - the longest in the Navy - hosts... -
Uprooted: How 3000 Years of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight by Lyn Julius 9781910383667
RRP: £19.95£15.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910383667Author Lyn JuliusFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
The Story of Looking by Mark Cousins
RRP: £20.00£15.17In The Story of Looking, Mark Cousins takes us on a lightning-bright tour - in words and images - through how our looking selves develop over the course of a lifetime, and the ways that looking has changed over the centuries. From great works of art to... -
The Vikings: A Very Short Introduction by Julian D. Richards
RRP: £8.99£6.45The Viking reputation is of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, repeatedly plundering the British Isles and the North Atlantic throughout the early Middle Ages. Yet Vikings were also traders, settlers, and farmers, with a complex artistic and linguistic... -
Spitfire!: The Experiences of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot by Brian Lane
RRP: £9.99£6.64The remarkable Battle of Britain experiences of Spitfire pilot Brian Lane, DFC. Brian Lane was only 23 when he when he wrote his dramatic account of life as a Spitfire pilot during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. Lane was an 'ace' with six... -
The Future of War: A History by Sir Lawrence Freedman
RRP: £10.99£7.77For as long as there have been wars there have been fears about the next war. Where are the new dangers? What is the best defence? How might peace come about? This is the history of how over the last 150 years we have tried - rightly and wrongly - to... -
Esoteric Theravada: The Story of the Forgotten Meditation Tradition of Southeast Asia by Kate Crosby
RRP: £21.00£13.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611807943Author Kate CrosbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood by Irving Finkel 9781444757088
RRP: £10.99£7.40In THE ARK BEFORE NOAH, British Museum expert Dr Irving Finkel reveals how decoding the symbols on a 4,000 year old piece of clay enable a radical new interpretation of the Noah's Ark myth. A world authority on the period, Dr Finkel's enthralling... -
Egypt and the Egyptians by Douglas J. Brewer
RRP: £37.99£33.90Surveying more than three thousand years of Egyptian civilization, Egypt and the Egyptians offers a comprehensive introduction to this most rich and complex of early societies. From high politics to the concerns of everyday Egyptians, the book explores... -
Zelensky: A Biography of Ukraine's War Leader by Steven Derix
RRP: £9.99£6.41Zelensky is the first major biography of Ukraine's leader written for a Western audience. Told with flair and authority, it is the gripping story of one of the most admired and inspirational leaders in the world. Action-packed biography of Ukraine's... -
The Spiral Staircase by Karen Armstrong
RRP: £12.99£8.48A raw, intensely personal memoir of spiritual exploration from one of the world's great commentators on religion. After seven years in a convent, which she left, dismayed by its restrictions, an experience recounted in 'Through the Narrow... -
The Highland Clearances Trail by Rob Gibson
RRP: £7.99£5.94The Highland Clearances Trail answers the where, why, what and whens of the Highland Clearances. Taking you around the significant sites of the Highland Clearances this vivid guide gives a scholarly introduction to a tragic moment in Scotland's history... -
Four Weeks in May: A Captain's Story of War at Sea by David Hart-Dyke 9781843545910
RRP: £10.99£7.32Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War.A Sunday Times Bestseller'Electric... Outstanding.' GuardianIn March 1982 the guided-missile destroyer HMS Coventry was one of a small squadron of ships on exercise off Gibraltar. By the end of April... -
The Bomb: The Weapon That Changed the World by Didier Alcante
RRP: £21.99£14.76From the Big Bang to Hiroshima, the incredible story of the most disastrous weapon ever invented On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 in the morning, an explosive charge of more than 15 kilotons fell on the city of Hiroshima. Tens of thousands of people were... -
Los Angeles. Portrait of a City by Kevin Starr 9783836502917
£57.23From the first known photograph taken in Los Angeles to its most recent sweeping vistas, this photographic tribute to the City of Angels provides a fascinating journey through the city's cultural, political, industrial, and sociological history. It... -
Fatal Passage by Ken McGoogan
RRP: £10.99£7.77The true story of the remarkable John Rae - Arctic traveller and Hudson's Bay Company doctor - FATAL PASSAGE is a tale of imperial ambition and high adventure. In 1854 Rae solved the two great Arctic mysteries: the fate of the doomed Franklin expedition... -
Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari
RRP: £10.99£7.77Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Great men, and their immortal works, are brought vividly to life, as Vasari... -
The Not-So-Secret Service: Agency Tales from FDR to the Kennedy Assassination to the Reagan Era by Vincent Palamara 9781634241205
RRP: £20.99£12.97While there haven't been many Secret Service related books about U.S. presidents, the ones still in print (and even those long out of print) are often sanitized memoirs of a politically correct nature or "tell-all" tabloid historical junk meant merely... -
God's Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland by Dr. Micheal O Siochru
RRP: £12.99£8.56Cromwell spent only nine months of his eventful life in Ireland, yet he stands accused there of war crimes, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing. In a century of unrelenting, bloody warfare and religious persecution throughout Europe, Cromwell was,... -
Redeeming Features: A Memoir by Nicky Haslam
RRP: £15.99£11.61Nicky Haslam has always been at the centre of things wherever he is - at parties, opening nights, royal weddings - and has stories to tell of crossing paths, and more, with the cultural icons of our time: Cecil Beaton, Francis Bacon, Diana Cooper, Lucian... -
Henry IV by Chris Given-Wilson
RRP: £22.00£18.96This definitive biography of England's Henry IV reassesses the adversities of his reign, his ruthlessness and extravagance, and his previously unrecognized successes"This wonderful biography of the first of the Lancastrian kings is no less accomplished... -
100 Things They Don't Want You To Know: Conspiracies, mysteries and unsolved crimes by Daniel Smith
RRP: £9.99£6.80THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE . . . Who was Jack the Ripper? Where did the Nazis stash their gold? Who are the real Men in Black? Did aliens send the 'WOW' signal? And how will the world end? 100 Things They Don't Want You to Know sets out to uncover the truth... -
Reporting the Raj: The British Press and India, C.1880-1922 by Chandrika Kaul 9780719061769
RRP: £19.99£17.61This book is the first analysis of the dynamics of British press reporting of India and the attempts made by the British Government to manipulate press coverage as part of a strategy of imperial control. The press was an important forum for debate over... -
Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West by Michael Scott
RRP: £14.99£10.95'This vivid and engaging book brings to life some of the most important moments in ancient history, moments that have shaped not only the politics and culture of bygone eras, but the institutions, thoughts and fantasies of our time.' Yuval Noah Harari... -
Lee Kuan Yew by Graham Allison
RRP: £19.99£13.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539500Author Graham AllisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
My Disappearing Uncle: Europe, War and the Stories of a Scattered Family by Kathy Henderson
RRP: £20.00£15.04'That's what happens when you listen to the stories and they start to tell themselves all over again ... the more you hear, the more questions there are, answers unpeeling like the layers of an onion.'Memoir, detective work and political history come... -
The Maldives: Islamic Republic, Tropical Autocracy by John Robinson 9781849045896
RRP: £25.00£22.03The Maldives is a small and beautiful archipelago south of India, more renowned for luxury resorts than experiments in democracy. It is a country of contradictions, where tourists sip cocktails on the beach while on nearby islands local women are flogged... -
The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie
RRP: £12.99£8.56In the eleventh century, the rulers of the lands surrounding the North Sea are all hungry for power. To get power they need soldiers, to get soldiers they need silver, and to get silver there is no better way than war and plunder. This vicious cycle... -
Access to History: The Middle East 1908-2011 Second Edition by Michael Scott-Baumann
£25.21Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and... -
The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette 9781556529580
RRP: £18.99£13.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556529580Author Ned SubletteFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Lawrence Hill BooksPublisher Lawrence Hill BooksWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 226mm... -
European Medieval Tactics 1: The Fall and Rise of Cavalry 450-1260 by David Nicolle
RRP: £14.99£11.75After the fall of the Western Roman Empire there was a decline in 'professional' cavalry forces, and infantry dominated in the Germanic successor 'barbarian' kingdoms. In the Carolingian and Norman periods from the 9th to the 11th centuries, the cavalry...