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Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time by Hilary Spurling
RRP: £9.99£7.32BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 in The Sunday Times, Spectator, Mail on Sunday, Observer and Financial Times'A landmark biography' The Times, Books of the Year'One of our generation's greatest biographers' London Review of Books'Witty, spirited, richly crowded... -
The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia by James C. Scott
RRP: £22.00£21.62From the acclaimed author and scholar James C. Scott, the compelling tale of Asian peoples who until recently have stemmed the vast tide of state-making to live at arm's length from any organized state society For two thousand years the disparate groups... -
Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan
RRP: £9.49£6.98Maurice O'Sullivan was born on the Great Blasket in 1904, and 'Twenty Years A-Growing' tells the story of his youth and of a way of life which belonged to the Middle Ages. He wrote for his own pleasure and for the entertainment of his friends, without... -
This Stolen Land: A People's History of the Gwent Levels Marsha O'Mahony 9781781727645
RRP: £9.99£7.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781727645Author Marsha O'MahonyFormat PaperbackImprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales Press -
Palestinians and Israelis: A Short History of Conflict by Michael Scott-Baumann 9781803996769
RRP: £12.99£11.01Newly updated, this accessible history explores the origins and development of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Why has it proved so intractable, and what are the implications of escalating tensions for both the Middle East and the world? The ongoing... -
Commando Helicopter Aircrewman: 51 Years in Action with the RN and RAF by Sheldon, John 9781399093798
RRP: £20.00£14.29This is the remarkable story of one man's service in the Royal Navy, RAF and the Royal Naval Reserve Air Branch of the Fleet Air Arm. It is a flying career which lasted for an impressive 51 years and in which Warrant Officer Class 1 John Sheldon amassed... -
The Varangian Guard 988-1453 by Raffaele D'Amato 9781849081795
RRP: £12.99£9.89The Varangian Guards were Viking mercenaries who operated far beyond their native shores as an elite force within the Byzantine Armies. Descendants from a legendary line of warriors, the Varangian Guard was formed after a group of Viking mercenaries made... -
In Defense of Civilization: How Our Past Can Renew Our Present by Michael R.J. Bonner
RRP: £17.99£12.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990823060Author Michael RJ BonnerFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
County Durham Folk Tales by Adam Bushnell 9780750981507
RRP: £9.99£7.77Storyteller and author Adam Bushnell brings together stories from the rugged coastlines, limestone cliffs, remote moorland, pastoral dales and settled coalfields of County Durham. In this treasure trove of tales you will meet the evil fairies of... -
Pirate Ship 1660-1730 by Angus Konstam
£9.89Although pirates have a fascination which has resulted in the production of numerous books and documentaries in recent years (including titles by Osprey), no detailed depiction of their ships has ever been produced. Following the success of the Elite... -
The Heights of Courage: A Tank Leader's War On the Golan by Avigdor Kahalani 9780275942694
£55.96In October 1973, the State of Israel was invaded by Egyptian and Syrian forces. Despite early losses, Israel managed to outfight its opponents. The brief and bloody Yom Kippur War stands as a unique chapter in modern military history. Fought primarily by... -
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town Professor Mary Beard 9781861975966
RRP: £11.99£8.53WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008 'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an... -
Slave Wales: The Welsh and Atlantic Slavery, 1660-1850 by Chris Evans
RRP: £14.99£11.66Atlantic slavery does not loom large in the traditional telling of Welsh history. Yet Wales, like many regions of Europe, was deeply affected by the forced migration of captive Africans. This book looks at Slave Wales between 1660 and 1850. It casts... -
A Little History of Dublin by Trevor White 9781785374623
RRP: £14.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374623Author Trevor WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Railways and The Raj: How the Age of Steam Transformed India Christian Wolmar 9781782397670
RRP: £12.99£8.66India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, an Empire that needed a rail network to facilitate its exploitation and reflect its ambition. But, by building India's railways, Britain radically changed the nation and unwittingly planted the seed... -
Protective Practices: A History of the London Rubber Company and the Condom Business by Jessica Borge
RRP: £36.00£31.58From humble beginnings wholesaling at a small tobacconist-hairdresser shop in 1915, the London Rubber Company rapidly became the UK's biggest postwar producer and exporter of disposable rubber condoms. A first-mover and innovator, the company's... -
50 Speeches That Made the Modern World: Famous Speeches from Women's Rights to Human Rights Chambers 9781473640948
RRP: £20.00£14.35Throughout history, great speeches have produced great change. From inciting violence and asserting control to restoring peace and securing freedom, nothing has the raw emotional power of a speech delivered at the right moment, in the right place, with... -
Scottish Traditional Tales by Alan Bruford
RRP: £14.99£10.06All over the world traditional tales used to be told at the fireseide until their place came to be taken by books, newspapers, radio and television. This is an entertaining collection from Scotland, recorded and collected by researchers from the School... -
Social Struggles in Archaic Rome: New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders Kurt A. Raaflaub (Brown University) 9781405100618
RRP: £54.95£47.62This widely respected study of social conflicts between the patrician elite and the plebeians in the first centuries of the Roman republic has now been enhanced by a new chapter on material culture, updates to individual chapters, an updated... -
The G.I. Bride: A heart-warming saga full of tears, friendship and hope by Eileen Ramsay
RRP: £9.99£6.95If you love Donna Douglas' Nightingale Girls and the nurses of Nadine Dorries' Lovely Lane, be prepared to fall in love with April, Eugenie, Bess and Nancy as they band together to support each other through love, loss and scandal. In wartime, can new... -
The Museum of the Wood Age by Max Adams 9781788543514
RRP: £12.99£9.19A passionate and imaginative exploration of wood - the material that shaped human history. Wood - humankind's long-term partner in our evolution from woodland foragers to engineers of our own destiny - has no equal in strength, resilience,... -
The Black Death: A New History of the Great Mortality in Europe, 1347-1500 by John Aberth
£33.99In The Black Death: A New History of the Great Mortality in Europe, 1347-1500, leading scholar John Aberth provides the most authoritative, up-to-date treatment of the Black Death, giving not just a narrative account but also a thorough examination of... -
Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall by Spike Milligan
RRP: £9.99£7.76VOLUME FOUR OF SPIKE MILLIGAN'S LEGENDARY MEMOIRS IS A HILARIOUS, SUBVERSIVE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF WW2 'Brilliant verbal pyrotechnics, throwaway lines and marvelous anecdotes' Daily Mail 'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' Sunday Times ______________ A... -
Young Lives on the Left: Sixties Activism and the Liberation of the Self by Celia Hughes
RRP: £30.00£26.68This book examines the coming of age experiences of young men and women who became active in radical Left circles in 1960s England. Based on a rich collection of oral history interviews, the book follows in depth the stories of approximately twenty... -
Young Stalin Simon Sebag Montefiore 9781474614825
RRP: £12.99£8.70Winner of the Costa Biography AwardWhat makes a Stalin? Was he a Tsarist agent or Lenin's bandit? Was he to blame for his wife's death? When did the killing start? Based on revelatory research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic... -
What's Tha Up To?: Memories of a Yorkshire Bobby Martyn Johnson 9780751547771
RRP: £10.99£7.61'A wonderful slice-of-life autobiography' Daily Express'I've turned boys into men and policemen into coppers,' said the Sergeant. 'Policemen have got brains, but coppers, they've got brains and common sense.'No two days were ever the same for... -
World Mythology in Bite-sized Chunks by Mark Daniels
RRP: £7.99£3.61A masterful introduction to world mythology, shedding light on the impact it has had on cultures past and present and untangling the complex web of deities, monsters and myths.From the signs of the zodiac to literature and art, the influence of world... -
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder
£20.17Americans call the Second World War "the Good War." But before it even began, America's ally Stalin had killed millions of his own citizens-and kept killing them during and after the war. Before Hitler was defeated, he had murdered six million Jews and... -
The Suffragette Bombers: Britain's Forgotten Terrorists by Simon Webb
RRP: £14.99£10.95In the years leading up to the First World War, the United Kingdom was subjected to a ferocious campaign of bombing and arson. Those conducting this terrorist offensive were members of the Women's Social and Political Union; better known as the... -
My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall by John Major 9780007450145
RRP: £14.99£9.96Shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize; former prime minister John Major takes a remarkable journey into his own unconventional family past to tell the story of the British music hall. John Major shares memories of his performer father Tom and... -
A Monarch in the Making: From Accession to Coronation by Pamela Hartshorne 9781909741881
RRP: £24.95£15.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909741881Author Pamela HartshorneFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Royal Collection TrustPublisher Royal Collection TrustWeight(grams) 740g -
Spirit Voices: The Mysteries and Magic of North Asian Shamanism by David Shi 9781578637928
RRP: £22.00£17.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578637928Author David ShiFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser -
Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Histories by Diarmuid Hester 9780141998060
RRP: £12.99£9.34'With originality and subtlety, Diarmuid Hester examines how the gay imagination deals with place and with displacement, allowing for mystery and a kind of magic' Colm Toibin'Hester is a fizzingly brilliant writer' Robert Macfarlane'Haunted and haunting... -
The Inca: Lost Civilizations by Kevin Lane 9781789145465
RRP: £18.00£12.96From their mythical origins to astonishing feats of engineering, an expertly informed reassessment of one of the great empires of the Americas: the Inca. In their heyday, the Inca ruled over the largest land empire in the Americas, reaching the pinnacle... -
Poland Alone: Britain, SOE and the Collapse of the Polish Resistance, 1944 by Jonathan Walker 9780750993975
RRP: £14.99£11.72Poland was the 'tripwire' that brought Britain into the Second World War, but it was largely the fear of the new Nazi-Soviet Pact rather than the cementing of an old relationship that created the formal alliance. But neither Britain, nor Poland's older... -
Warriors of Anatolia: A Concise History of the Hittites by Trevor Bryce
£17.82In this lively treatment of one of antiquity's most mysterious civilizations, whose history disappeared from the records over 3,000 years ago, Trevor Bryce sheds fresh light on Hittite warriors as well as on the Hittites' social, religious and political... -
Red Star: The First Bolshevik Utopia by Alexander Bogdanov
RRP: £15.99£15.02"[A] surprisingly moving story." -The New Yorker"Bogdanov's novels reveal a great deal about their fascinating author, about his time and, ironically, ours, and about the genre of utopia as well as his contribution to it." -Slavic Review"Bogdanov's... -
Comrades: Communism: A World History by Robert Service
RRP: £16.99£12.47Almost two decades have passed since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR. Robert Service, one of our finest historians of modern Russia, sets out to examine the history of communism throughout the world. His uncomfortable conclusion... -
K2, the Savage Mountain: The Classic True Story of Disaster and Survival on the World's Second-Highest Mountain by Charles Houston
RRP: £14.99£11.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493050246Author Charles HoustonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Lyons PressPublisher Lyons PressWeight(grams) 152g -
Manorial Records by Denis Stuart
RRP: £14.99£11.55The manor was for centuries the main unit of local government and virtually the only source of written local records. Once the local or family historian has taken his researches back beyond the mid-16th century, manorial records must be the greatest hope...