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After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000 by John Darwin 9780141010229
RRP: £14.99£10.95Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Soviets, the Japanese and the Nazis.All built empires they hoped would last forever: all were destined to fail. But, as John Darwin shows in his magnificent book, their empire building... -
The Sami Peoples of the North: A Social and Cultural History by Neil Kent
RRP: £18.99£16.98The first comprehensive history of the Sami people of the Nordic countries and northwestern Russia. There is no single volume which encompasses an integrated social and cultural history of the Sami people from the Nordic countries and northwestern Russia... -
Tonight We Die as Men: The Untold Story of Third Batallion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Toccoa to D-Day by Ian Gardner 9781849084369
RRP: £12.99£9.09The exploits of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment have long been overshadowed by those of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion. Yet the actions of the 3rd Battalion during the D-Day landings were every bit as incredible. This is the astounding... -
Life and Early Travels by Cyriac of Ancona
£31.06Cyriac of Ancona (1391-1452) was among the first to study the physical remains of the ancient world in person and for that reason is sometimes regarded as the father of classical archaeology. This volume contains a life of Cyriac to the year 1435 by his... -
Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome by Lindsay C. Watson
RRP: £24.99£21.78Parting company with the trend in recent scholarship to treat the subject in abstract, highly theoretical terms, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome proposes that the magic-working of antiquity was in reality a highly pragmatic business, with very clearly... -
The Slave Trade by Hugh Thomas
RRP: £20.00£14.35The rise and fall of the business of slave trading - by a bestselling historianThe Atlantic slave trade was one of the largest and most elaborate maritime and commercial ventures. Between 1492 and about 1870, ten million or more black slaves were carried... -
Baroque Naples and the Industry of Painting: The World in the Workbench by Christopher R. Marshall
RRP: £57.50£49.30The second largest city in 17th-century Europe, Naples constituted a vital Mediterranean center in which the Spanish Habsburgs, the clergy, and Neapolitan aristocracy, together with the resident merchants, and other members of the growing professional... -
The Dickens Boy by Thomas Keneally
RRP: £9.99£6.80By the Booker-winning author of Schindler's Ark, a vibrant novel about Charles Dickens' son and his little-known adventures in the Australian Outback.In 1868, Charles Dickens dispatches his youngest child, sixteen-year-old Edward, to Australia. Posted to... -
Transforming the Dead in Graeco-Roman Egypt: The Spells of P. Louvre N. 3122 and P. Berlin P. 3162 by Ann-Katrin Gill 9783111079837
RRP: £97.50£78.81The belief that dead people could assume non-human forms is attested in Egyptian texts of all periods, from the Old Kingdom down to Graeco-Roman times. It was thought that assuming such forms enhanced their freedom of movement and access to nourishment... -
The Reconquest of Burma 1944–45: From Operation Capital to the Sittang Bend by Robert Lyman
RRP: £16.99£12.28A fascinating exploration of the dramatic battles and Allied operations to wrest back control of Burma (Myanmar) from the Japanese. The Allied reconquest of Burma was not part of Allied Grand Strategy in 1944 and 1945. It happened despite it - in... -
Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire by Niall Ferguson
RRP: £10.99£7.77Is America the new world empire? Presidents from Lincoln to Bush may have denied it but, as Niall Ferguson's brilliant and provocative book shows, the US is in many ways the greatest imperial power of all time. What's more, it always has been an... -
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine: Correspondence of War, Politics, Family and Love 1796-1814 by Henry Foljambe Hall 9780857060617
£12.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857060617Author Henry Foljambe HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *... -
RAF Airman Tests: Sample Test Questions for the RAF Airman Test by Richard McMunn
RRP: £13.00£9.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909229914Author Richard McMunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint How2become LtdPublisher How2become LtdDimensions(mm) 240mm * 170mm * 7mm -
Hadrian's Wall: Archaeology and history at the limit of Rome's empire by Nick Hodgson
RRP: £25.00£20.70Built around AD122, Hadrian's Wall was guarded by the Roman army for over three centuries and has left an indelible mark on the landscape of northern Britain. It was a wonder of the ancient world and is a World Heritage Site. Written by a leading... -
Aircraft Weapons of Word War One by Tom Laemlein 9789198842500
RRP: £29.99£20.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789198842500Author Tom LaemleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Canfora Grafisk FormPublisher Canfora Grafisk Form -
Oliver Cromwell (Penguin Monarchs): England's Protector by David Horspool
RRP: £7.99£5.79The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackAlthough he styled himself 'His Highness', adopted the court ritual of his royal predecessors, and lived in the former royal palaces of Whitehall... -
Nineteenth-Century Britain by Professor Jeremy Black
£35.61The nineetenth century was a period of striking developments, and subject to a great pressure of change. This process of change is the primary focus of the book. Organised into a series of thematic chapters, Black and MacRaild's wide-ranging text... -
Landing Ship, Tank (LST) 1942-2002 by Gordon L. Rottman 9781841769233
£9.08The Landing Ship Tank (LST) is one of the most famous of the many World War II amphibious warfare ships. Capable of discharging its cargo directly on to shore and extracting itself, the LST provided the backbone of all Allied landings between 1943 and... -
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: The Anti-Slavery Classic by Frederick Douglass
RRP: £9.99£6.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857089106Author Frederick DouglassFormat HardbackImprint Capstone Publishing LtdPublisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd -
Tarot: Cards For Divination, Wisdom And Self Discovery by Nikkie Jay
RRP: £29.99£20.92Gaining insight into our deeper selves through the use of divination tools to help decide future actions has preoccupied mankind since ancient times. In Europe, cards which became known as Tarot have been used to map the soul and predict the future since... -
The Demon Under the Microscope by Thomas Hager 9781400082148
RRP: £12.99£8.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400082148Author Thomas HagerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.,U.S.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Memory and Amnesia: The Role of the Spanish Civil War in the Transition to Democracy by Paloma Aguilar 9781571814968
RRP: £27.95£22.58"...this excellent history of the Spanish desire for reconciliation is a major contribution to the study of both the Transition and memory." * Journal of Modern History "This book ...is one of the most important research studies written... -
Below Stairs: The Bestselling Memoirs of a 1920s Kitchen Maid by Margaret Powell 9780330535380
RRP: £8.99£6.60Arriving at the great houses of 1920s London, fifteen-year-old Margaret's life in service was about to begin... As a kitchen maid - the lowest of the low - she entered an entirely new world; one of stoves to be blacked, vegetables to be scrubbed,... -
The People's Songs: The Story of Modern Britain in 50 Records by Stuart Maconie
RRP: £16.99£12.28These are the songs that we have listened to, laughed to, loved to and laboured to, as well as downed tools and danced to. Covering the last seven decades, Stuart Maconie looks at the songs that have sound tracked our changing times, and - just sometimes... -
Hitler's Winter: The German Battle of the Bulge by Anthony Tucker-Jones
RRP: £20.00£14.69'What a brilliant book this is... a terrific narrative of Hitler's Ardennes offensive of December 1944 - superb storytelling that achieves a skilful balance between drama and detail.' - James Holland The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German... -
British Town Class Cruisers: Southampton & Belfast Classes: Design, Development & Performance by Conrad Waters 9781526718853
RRP: £40.00£29.99Entering service between 1937 and 1939, the ten British Town' class cruisers were the most modern vessels of their type in the Royal Navy when the Second World War began. Built in response to large 6-inch gunned cruisers in the US and Japanese Navies... -
Kafka: The Years of Insight by Reiner Stach 9780691165844
RRP: £22.00£18.36This volume of Reiner Stach's acclaimed and definitive biography of Franz Kafka tells the story of the final years of the writer's life, from 1916 to 1924--a period during which the world Kafka had known came to an end. Stach's riveting narrative, which... -
Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero by Lucy Riall 9780300144239
RRP: £19.99£17.37The first sustained analysis of the cult of the legendary Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary leader and popular hero, was among the best-known figures of the nineteenth century. This book seeks to examine his life and the making... -
Lilibet: The Girl Who Would be Queen by A.N. Wilson
RRP: £12.99£8.73A celebration of the life of Queen Elizabeth II, showing us that the Queen's qualities of duty, self-sacrifice and love of country were present in her from an early age.'The moments in life of "knowing". On Bognor Beach, with Grandpa England, she had... -
Angels by Cecil Collins 9780954440909
RRP: £4.99£4.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954440909Author Cecil CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 51Imprint Fools' PressPublisher Fools' Press -
Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650 by David Howarth 9780300276497
RRP: £12.99£11.46"Overflowing with surprises."-William Dalrymple, The Spectator "Essential reading."-Dan Jones, Times (UK) "Fascinating and authoritative."-Jerry BrottonThe unlikely beginnings of the East India Company-from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior... -
Emmerdale at War: an uplifting and romantic read perfect for nights in (Emmerdale, Book 3) by Pamela Bell
RRP: £7.99£5.60Emmerdale at War is a must for fans of ITV's Emmerdale, and readers who love heartwarming and heartbreaking stories set during wartime. Britain is at war once again and the families of Emmerdale are trying their best to cope with a new way of life... -
Cnut (Penguin Monarchs): The North Sea King by Ryan Lavelle
RRP: £7.99£5.79'A reputation as a ruthless ruler was sealed that would last beyond his lifetime. In that respect, at least, Cnut had succeeded...'Cnut, or Canute, is one of the great 'what ifs' of English history. The Dane who became King of England after a long... -
From Docks and Sand: Southport and Bootle’S Battalion, the 7th King’S Liverpool Regiment, in the First World War by Adrian Gregson 9781911512165
RRP: £29.95£24.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911512165Author Adrian GregsonFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Visionary: The Mysterious Origins of Human Consciousness (the Definitive Edition of Supernatural) by Graham Hancock 9781637480069
RRP: £29.95£19.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637480069Author Graham HancockFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint New Page BooksPublisher New Page BooksWeight(grams) 721gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 154mm... -
Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad by Michela Wrong
RRP: £10.99£7.25SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2022 'Superb' The Times 'Engrossing and revelatory' Observer 'Powerful, compelling and meticulously researched' New Statesman A new book from the award winning... -
A History of Britain - Volume 1: At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC-AD 1603 by Simon Schama
RRP: £30.00£21.35Change - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Simon Schama's unapologetically personal and grippingly written history of Britain, especially the changes that wash over custom and habit, transforming our... -
The Memory Code: Unlocking the Secrets of the Lives of the Ancients and the Power of the Human Mind by Dr. Lynne Kelly
RRP: £20.00£14.69In ancient, pre-literate cultures across the globe, tribal elders had encyclopedic memories. They could name all the animals and plants across a landscape, identify the stars in the sky and recite the history of their people. Yet today, most of us... -
Elizabeth’s Navy: Seventy Years of the Postwar Royal Navy by Dr Paul Brown
RRP: £45.00£35.63With over 260 images, this is a highly illustrated history of the ships and operations of the Royal Navy during the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II. During the 70 years spanned by the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Navy changed... -
The Queen's Wardrobe: The Story of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Clothes by Kate Hindley
RRP: £9.99£7.27The story of Queen Elizabeth II, who famously said 'if I wore beige, no one would know who I was', told through her clothes and jewellery. The Queen's Wardrobe is a gorgeous gift to treasure, celebrating a long life devoted to service. This book tells...