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Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die by Garrett M. Graff
RRP: £21.99£14.21Now a 6-part mini-series called Why the Rest of Us Die airing on VICE TV! The shocking truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil-even if the rest of us die-is "a frightening eye-opener" (Kirkus Reviews) that... -
The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty by Ray Takeyh
RRP: £14.99£13.03The surprising story of Iran's transformation from America's ally in the Middle East into one of its staunchest adversaries"An original interpretation that puts Iranian actors where they belong: at center stage."-Michael Doran, Wall Street Journal"An... -
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Medieval World by Andrew Jotischky
RRP: £16.99£12.28This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps - explores the Middle Ages from the coming of the barbarian invasions in the fourth century to the first voyages to the New World in the sixteenth... -
All Things Made New: Writings on the Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch
RRP: £12.99£8.32The Reformation which engulfed England and Europe in the sixteenth century was one of the most highly-charged, bloody and transformative periods in their history, and has remained one of the most contested. In this dazzling book, Diarmaid MacCulloch... -
Life in the Third Reich by Richard Bessel
RRP: £18.99£18.09The Third Reich, a regime which instigated the most destructive war in modern history, still evokes fascination and horror today. Yet how were the lives of ordinary German people of the 1930s and 1940s affected by the politics of Hitler and his... -
Even the Darkest Night: A Terra Alta Investigation by Javier Cercas
RRP: £10.99£7.40WINNER OF THE CWA DAGGER FOR CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION "A gem of a book, easily the best I've read this year. A contemporary police procedural with a literary edge. I was rooting for the flawed, but deeply compassionate Melchor Marin from the first... -
States and Citizens: History, Theory, Prospects by Quentin Skinner
RRP: £28.99£23.80The imminent demise of the nation-state in the face of global capitalism and supra-national agencies like the United Nations has often been predicted, yet in practice the death of the state seems unimaginable: indeed terrorist activity and corporate... -
A People Betrayed: A History of 20th Century Spain by Paul Preston
RRP: £12.99£8.48From the foremost historian of 20th century Spain, A People Betrayed is the story of the devastating betrayal of Spain by its political class, its military and its Church. This comprehensive history of modern Spain... -
The Essex Hundred Histories by Andrew Summers
RRP: £9.99£7.11The 'Histories' follows on from the Essex Hundred and has been inspired by the ancient land system of hundreds. It delves into one hundred events or personalities from 2,000 years of the county's history. This second edition which has been reprinted 11... -
At Day's Close: A History of Nighttime by A. Roger Ekirch
RRP: £10.99£7.40A fascinating and colourful social history of the nighttime.'A wonderful revelation of a vanished age of darkness' SPECTATOR'Fascinating' SUNDAY TIMES'A splendid book ... great entertainment' Sir Patrick Moore'A triumph of social history. Almost every... -
The Secret Listeners: The Men and Women Posted Across the World to Intercept the German Codes for Bletchley Park by Sinclair McKay
RRP: £14.00£9.20Behind the celebrated code-breaking at Bletchley Park lies another secret...The men and women of the ' Y' (for Wireless' ) Service were sent out across the world to run listening stations from Gibraltar to Cairo, intercepting the German military's... -
The Romantic Revolution by Tim Blanning
RRP: £9.99£6.80A compelling and persuasive account of how the Romantic Movement permanently changed the way we see things and express ourselves.Three great revolutions rocked the world around 1800. The first two - the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution -... -
Band Of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose 9781471158292
RRP: £9.99£6.41**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** The book that inspired Steven Spielberg's acclaimed TV series, produced by Tom Hanks and starring Damian Lewis. In Band of Brothers, Stephen E. Ambrose pays tribute to the men of Easy Company, a crack rifle company in... -
A Story Waiting to Pierce You: Mongolia, Tibet and the Destiny of the Western World by Peter Kingsley 9781890350215
RRP: £12.99£10.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890350215Author Peter KingsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Golden Sufi Center,U.S.Publisher Golden Sufi Center,U.S.Weight(grams) 350g -
An Illustrated Guide to Samurai History and Culture: From the Age of Musashi to Contemporary Pop Culture by Gavin Blair
RRP: £24.99£17.38The ultimate visual guide to Samurai history and culture! The Samurai are continuously celebrated as the greatest warriors the world has ever seen. They ruled Japan for centuries, finally uniting the nation after a prolonged period of brutal war and... -
Warriors, Witches, Women: Mythology's Fiercest Females by Kate Hodges
RRP: £18.99£13.15Meet mythology's fifty fiercest females in this modern retelling of the world's greatest legends. From feminist fairies to bloodsucking temptresses, half-human harpies and protective Vodou goddesses, these are women who go beyond long-haired, smiling... -
Spitfire Pilot by David Crook 9781906502041
RRP: £9.99£7.11Spitfire Pilot was written in 1940 in the heat of battle when the RAF stood alone against the might of Hitlers Third Reich. It is a tremendous personal account of one of the fiercest and most idealised air conflicts the Battle of Britain seen through... -
U-Boats in the Bahamas by Eric Wiberg 9781899694624
RRP: £35.95£27.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899694624Author Eric WibergFormat HardbackPage Count 378Imprint Brick Tower PressPublisher Brick Tower Press -
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Mieville
£11.46In February of 1917 Russia was a backward, autocratic monarchy, mired in an unpopular war; by October, after not one but two revolutions, it had become the world's first workers' state, straining to be at the vanguard of global revolution. How did this... -
Heroes of the Holocaust: Ordinary Britons who risked their lives to make a difference by Lyn Smith 9781529107470
RRP: £12.99£9.09In March 2010, twenty-seven Britons who took matters into their own hands to protect Jews from the Nazis during one of the darkest times in human history were formally recognised as 'Heroes of the Holocaust' by the British Government. The silver medal,... -
The History of Sexuality: 3: The Care of the Self by Michel Foucault
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Bristles with provocative insights into the tangled liaisons of sex and self' Times Higher EducationIn the third volume of his acclaimed examination of sexuality in modern Western society, Foucault investigates the Golden Age of Rome to reveal a ... -
Somerled by John Marsden
RRP: £20.00£14.05Through most of eight hundred years, Somerled of Argyll has been variously denounced as an intractable rebel against his rightful king and esteemed as the honoured ancestor of the later medieval Lord of the Isles, but he can be recognised now as a much... -
Suffolk Strange But True by Robert Halliday
RRP: £16.99£12.94Suffolk Strange But True describes many unusual, odd and extraordinary people, places and events from this fascinating county. Featured within these pages are tales of 'the fasting woman of Shottisham', who was alleged not to have eaten for five months;... -
Empires of the Steppes: The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation by Kenneth W. Harl 9781526630407
RRP: £30.00£20.95An epic history of how the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world. 'A rollercoaster of historical narration' History Today 'This is a history of epic scope that brings together the empires of the steppe land with the caravan... -
Discovering Tudor London: A Journey Back in Time by Natalie Grueninger 9780750970150
RRP: £9.99£7.55This engaging and practical travel guide takes you on a journey through the best of Tudor London, to sites built and associated with this fascinating dynasty, and to the museums and galleries that house tantalising treasures from this rich period of... -
The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East by Christopher Phillips
RRP: £13.99£12.25An unprecedented analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and other nations have played in shaping Syria's ongoing civil war"One of the best informed and non-partisan accounts of the Syrian tragedy yet published."-Patrick... -
From Palestine to Israel: A Photographic Record of Destruction and State Formation, 1947-1950 by Ariella Azoulay 9780745331690
RRP: £24.99£16.38In this carefully curated and beautifully presented photobook, Ariella Azoulay offers a new perspective on four crucial years in the history of Palestine/Israel. The book reconstructs the processes by which the Palestinian majority in Mandatory... -
It Was Snowing Butterflies by Charles Darwin 9780141398556
RRP: £3.00£2.49'The vessel drove before her bows two billows of liquid phosphorus'A selection of Darwin's extraordinary adventures during the voyage of the Beagle Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate... -
The Man Who Sank Titanic: The Troubled Life of Quartermaster Robert Hichens by Sally Nilsson 9780752460710
RRP: £8.99£6.85Robert Hichens has gone down in history as the man who was given the famous order to steer the Titanic away from the iceberg and failed. Following this, his falling out with the 'Unsinkable Molly Brown' over the actions of the lifeboats saw him branded a... -
The European Game: The Secrets of European Football Success by Daniel Fieldsend 9781909715486
RRP: £21.99£14.69The European Game is an adventure. Over three months Dan Fieldsend travelled the continent discovering the methods for success used at some of the biggest clubs in Europe, from Ajax and Juventus, to Feyenoord, Inter Milan, Bayern Munch, Benfica, Athletic... -
On Atlas' Shoulders: RAF Transport Aircraft Projects Since 1945 by Chris Gibson
RRP: £29.95£22.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902109510Author Chris GibsonFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Hikoki PublicationsPublisher Hikoki Publications -
The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. It may not have been the result of deliberate government policy, yet British... -
Youthquake: Why African Demography Should Matter to the World by Edward Paice
RRP: £10.99£7.77A riveting study of Africa's demographics - its youth and growth - and what they mean for the continent, today and into the future. 'Essential reading' Guardian 'Intensely researched - and very important!' The Week 'The research in Youthquake... -
Battleships of World War I & World War II by E V Martindale
RRP: £17.99£12.39For centuries, battleships provided overwhelming firepower at sea. They were not only a major instrument of warfare, but a visible emblem of a nation's power, wealth and pride. The rise of the aircraft carrier following the Japanese aerial strike on... -
Hellfire: Evelyn Waugh and the Hypocrites Club by David Fleming
RRP: £20.00£16.83Late one evening in March 1924, a tipsy young nun was seen trying to slip into Balliol, an all-male Oxford college, just as the gates were about to close for the night. The nun - subsequently unmasked as the son of the college bursar - was returning... -
The Cold War by Norman Friedman
RRP: £7.99£5.60A graphic account of this long-running global drama, The Compact Guide: The Cold War is published in a new era of fear and uncertainty. It encompasses moments of high tension, such as the Berlin Crisis of 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the... -
French Secret Projects 3: French and European Spaceplane Designs 1964-1994 by J. C. Carbonel
RRP: £27.50£20.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809914Author J. C. CarbonelFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Access to History: The Unification of Italy 1789-1896 Fourth Edition by Andrina Stiles
£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... -
Stony The Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525559559Author Henry Louis Jr GatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Belfast: The Story of a City and its People by Feargal Cochrane 9780300264449
£20.00A lively and inviting history of Belfast-exploring the highs and lows of a resilient city Modern Belfast is a beautiful city with a vibrant tradition of radicalism, industry, architectural innovation, and cultural achievement. But the city's many...