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How Was It For You?: Women, Sex, Love and Power in the 1960s by Virginia Nicholson
RRP: $12.89$9.17'One of the great social historians of our time. No one else makes history this fun' Amanda Foreman'How Was It For You? subtly but powerfully subverts complacent male assumptions about a legendary decade' David Kynaston--------------------------------"A... -
The Families Who Made Rome: A History and a Guide Anthony Majanlahti 9781844134090
RRP: $21.92$15.84How often does a visitor to Rome drift towards some landmark and wonder who created it? Why? What was their story? This fascinating book provides the answers. At once a history and a guide, it divides Rome into the districts dominated by the fabulously... -
The Cambridge Companion to Winston Churchill by Allen Packwood
RRP: $29.66$25.75Viewed by some as the saviour of his nation, and by others as a racist imperialist, who was Winston Churchill really, and how has he become such a controversial figure? Combining the best of established scholarship with important new perspectives, this... -
Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century by Geoffrey Parker 9780300219364
RRP: $20.63$17.83An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change First published in 2013, Geoffrey Parker's prize-winning best seller Global Crisis analyzes the unprecedented... -
David I: The King Who Made Scotland by Richard Oram
RRP: $16.76$12.41Few kings deserve more than David I the reputation as 'maker' of his kingdom. Although overshadowed in popular memory by his descendant, the later 'saviour' of Scotland, Robert Bruce, it was David who laid the foundations of the medieval Scottish... -
The Black British Quiz Book by Prtyhere 9780008584313
RRP: $16.76$10.94Dive into this fun and entertaining quiz book from the UK's biggest Black British pub quiz! Get your thinking caps on because it's time to test your knowledge on all things Black and British, with rounds on... -
Palmerston: A Biography by David Brown
RRP: $25.79$22.41A grand and fascinating figure in Victorian politics, the charismatic Lord Palmerston (1784-1865) served as foreign secretary for fifteen years and prime minister for nine, engaged in struggles with everyone from the Duke of Wellington to Lord John... -
English Longbowman 1330–1515 by Clive Bartlett 9781855324916
RRP: $19.34$16.23The English military ascendancy which lasted from the mid-14th to the early 15th century was founded upon defensive tactics based on the use of the longbow. This weapon, distinctive in that it was used by English forces alone, was probably the most... -
Colour Bar: The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation by Susan Williams
RRP: $16.76$11.73Sir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir apparent to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and great prosperity to his nation after colonial rule. But for six long years from 1950, Seretse had been forced into... -
Anglo-Saxon England by Sir Frank M. Stenton 9780192801395
RRP: $29.66$21.00'outstanding ... one of the most valuable contributions ever made to our knowledge of the history of our own land' English Historical Review This book covers the emergence of the earliest English kingdoms to the establishment of the Anglo-Norman... -
Boom & Bust: The Resilient Women of Historic Telegraph Cove by Jennifer L Butler
RRP: $25.79$20.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771512985Author Jennifer L ButlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint TouchWood EditionsPublisher TouchWood Editions -
Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson 9780198796695
RRP: $12.89$9.17'People were poorer and had not the comforts, amusements, or knowledge we have today; but they were happier.' Lark Rise to Candleford is Flora Thompson's classic evocation of a vanished world of agricultural customs and rural culture. The trilogy of... -
Chindit by Richard Rhodes James
RRP: $14.18$10.02Part of the SECOND WORLD WAR VOICES series in partnership with the podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk, presented by comedian Al Murray and bestselling historian James Holland.'Heroic, punishing excursions behind enemy lines, the Chindit expeditions... -
MI6: British Secret Intelligence Service Operations, 1909-1945 by Nigel West 9781526755742
RRP: $32.25$23.25Written by the renowned expert Nigel West, this book exposes the operations of Britain's overseas intelligence-gathering organisation, the famed Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, and traces its origins back to its inception in 1909. In this meticulously... -
The European Dynastic States 1494-1660 by Richard Bonney 9780198730231
$84.15This is a study of Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries - a period of economic and cultural upheaval, of dramatic changes in politics, society, and religion, and of constant warring among the emergent states. Richard Bonney draws... -
Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans Who Undertook One Last Mission and Honored a Promise in Afghanistan by LT Col Scott Mann 9781668003640
RRP: $25.79$15.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668003640Author LT Col Scott MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 213mm *... -
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das
RRP: $38.70$25.25WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE A SPECTATOR, WATERSTONES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PROSPECT AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the... -
Footmarks: A Journey Into our Restless Past by Jim Leary
RRP: $24.50$16.10'Lucid, poetic and fascinating' ALICE ROBERTS'Engaging, authoritative and full of fascinating stories of the past' RAY MEARS'A gentle, personal and very readable book' JULIA BLACKBURN AUTHOR OF TIME SONG'A triumph!' JAMES CANTON, AUTHOR OF THE OAK... -
The War That Doesn't Say Its Name: The Unending Conflict in the Congo by Jason K. Stearns 9780691224510
RRP: $24.50$19.50Why violence in the Congo has continued despite decades of international intervention Well into its third decade, the military conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been dubbed a "forever war"-a perpetual cycle of war, civil unrest, and... -
Origin Story: A Big History of Everything by David Christian
RRP: $14.18$10.02David Christian, creator of Big History ('My favourite course of all time' Bill Gates), brings us the epic story of the universe and our place in it, from 13.8 billion years ago to the remote future'Nails home the point: Life is a miracle ... A... -
German Combat Equipment, 1939-45 by Gordon L. Rottman
RRP: $25.80$15.09The field equipment of the German Army in World War II was closely related to that used throughout World War I and earlier, yet it was of relatively light weight, ruggedly constructed, well designed, functional, and generally of a high quality, though... -
How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America by Heather Cox Richardson
RRP: $30.30$21.98In this provocative new work, Heather Cox Richardson argues that while the North won the Civil War, ending slavery, oligarchy, and giving the country a "new birth of freedom," the victory was short-lived. Settlers from the East pushed into the West,... -
Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy by Ayesha Siddiqa
RRP: $28.37$18.78Pakistan is a strategic ally of the US in the 'war on terror'. It is the third largest recipient of US aid in the world. Yet Pakistan is a state run by its army and intelligence service. Operating in the shadows, Pakistan's military industrial complex... -
A History of Norfolk in 100 Objects by John A. Davies 9780752461625
RRP: $19.34$14.90Compiled by two highly respected authors and museum curators, this richly illustrated book features 100 objects - ranging from a Viking Thor's Hammer and Lord Nelson's funeral drape, to the whistle used during the Christmas truce of 1914. Norfolk has... -
The Complete Book of Us Presidents: Fourth Edition by Bill Yenne
$23.50Discover the history and personal stories of 46 US Presidents in this beautifully illustrated volume.From the first president, George Washington, to the forty-sixth, Joe Biden, the United States has seen a host of extraordinary men take office. Their... -
American Aircraft Development Second World War Legacy: 1945-1953 and the Korean Conflict by Bill Norton 9781781558287
RRP: $58.05$42.32This volume focuses on the influence of America's Second World War aviation development and experience, subsequent aviation technological advances, and world events, in shaping American choices in military aircraft and associated weapons' development... -
World War II Croatian Legionaries: Croatian Troops under Axis Command 1941-45 by Vladimir Brnardic
RRP: $15.47$10.87As Europe descended into war the newly formed state of Croatia found itself an ally in Nazi Germany. Tens of thousands of Croatians volunteered for the German Wehrmacht, with Croatian-badged units created within the Army, Navy, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS and... -
The Habsburg Monarchy 1809-1918: A History of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary by A. J. P. Taylor
RRP: $19.34$14.13A history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. The book offers an insight into the problems inherent in the attempt to give peace, stability and common loyalty to a hetergeneous population... -
Typhoid Mary by Anthony Bourdain 9780747566878
RRP: $16.76$11.73In 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... -
Apartheid, 1948-1994 by Saul Dubow
RRP: $37.40$35.59This new study offers a fresh interpretation of apartheid South Africa. Emerging out of the author's long-standing interests in the history of racial segregation, and drawing on a great deal of new scholarship, archival collections, and personal memoirs,... -
The First Crusade: A New History by Thomas Asbridge 9781471196423
RRP: $14.18$10.02'A nuanced and sophisticated analysis... Exhilarating' Sunday Telegraph Nine hundred years ago, one of the most controversial episodes in Christian history was initiated. The Pope stated that, in spite of the apparently pacifist message of the New... -
London's 100 Strangest Places by David Long
RRP: $16.76$14.20The bustling metropolis of London is home to scores of unusual and unique places and spaces. In this feast of peculiarities, author David Long guides you off the beaten path and allows you under the skin of the hidden city that is modern-day London,... -
One Week in April: The Scottish Radical Rising of 1820 by Maggie Craig 9781780276328
$26.25In April 1820, a series of dramatic events exploded around Glasgow, central Scotland and Ayrshire. Demanding political reform and better living and working conditions, 60,000 weavers and other workers went on strike. Revolution was in the air. It was... -
An Iron Girl in a Velvet Glove: The Life of Joan Rhodes by Triona Holden
RRP: $21.92$16.69Joan Rhodes would leave audiences speechless as she bent steel bars with her teeth, ripped large phone books into quarters, and lifted two men at a time. But what she did was real. Joan had a superstrength, forged out of desperation to survive. Born into... -
Japan: A Short History by Mikiso Hane
RRP: $14.18$10.02What is a shogun? Who were the samurai and what is the warrior code? What lies behind the Japanese work ethic? From the ancient tea ceremony to the boom and subsequent downturn of its economic prosperity, this uniquely concise introduction to Japan and... -
India: A Wounded Civilization by V. S. Naipaul
RRP: $12.89$9.38The second book in V. S. Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy. In 1964 V. S. Naipaul published An Area of Darkness, his semi-autobiographical account of a year in India. Two visits later, prompted by the Emergency of 1975, he came to write India: A Wounded... -
The Mosquito Pocket Manual: All marks in service 1941-1945 by Martin Robson
RRP: $12.89$9.17The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a British multi-role combat aircraft with a two-man crew that served during and after the Second World War. It was one of few operational front-line aircraft of the era constructed almost entirely of wood and was... -
Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Imperial Bodyguard by Guy de la Bedoyere
RRP: $16.76$14.78A riveting account of ancient Rome's imperial bodyguard, the select band of soldiers who wielded the power to make-or destroy-the emperors they served Founded by Augustus around 27 B.C., the elite Praetorian Guard was tasked with the protection of the... -
London: The Concise Biography by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: $25.80$18.95An abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial biography of the city of London.Prize-winning historian, novelist and broadcaster, Peter Ackroyd takes us on a journey - historical, geographical and imaginative - through the city of London. Moving back... -
A Companion to Global Environmental History by Professor J. R. McNeill 9781118977538
RRP: $46.38$41.37The Companion to Global Environmental History offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing field, to provide an essential road map to past developments, current controversies, and future...