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Locke: Two Treatises of Government Student edition by John Locke 9780521357302
RRP: $33.13$30.24This is the revised version of Peter Laslett's acclaimed edition of Two Treatises of Government, which is widely recognised as one of the classic pieces of recent scholarship in the history of ideas, read and used by students of political theory... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel A-level History: The British Experience of Warfare, c1790-1918 Alan Farmer 9781510418134
RRP: $20.48$19.25Exam 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... -
Luftwaffe Eagle by Walter Schuck 9781910809280
RRP: $23.30$17.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809280Author Walter SchuckFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Teutoburg Forest AD 9: The destruction of Varus and his legions by Michael McNally
RRP: $33.13$23.95Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!' supposedly yelled Augustus Caesar when he received the news of the disaster in the Teutoburg Forest. One of the greatest military disasters of the Roman Empire, Teutoburg Forest witnessed the near-total... -
Japanese Conquest of Burma 1942: The Advance to the Gates of India by Tim Moreman
RRP: $31.18$22.64This book provides a fascinating exploration of the Japanese conquest of Burma, as the Allied forces were forced back in disarray to India and China. The Japanese invasion of Burma in January 1942 marked the beginning of the single longest campaign of... -
Coronation: A History of the British Monarchy by Roy Strong
RRP: $48.75$32.82The definitive history of coronations and the Royal Family, from acclaimed writer Roy Strong. 'What is the finest sight in the world? A Coronation.What do people talk most about? A Coronation.What is delightful to have passed? A... -
The Great Journeys in History by Robin Hanbury-Tenison
RRP: $25.33$16.28Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, David Livingstone, Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong: these are some of the greatest travellers of all time. This book chronicles their stories and many more, describing epic voyages of discovery from the extraordinary... -
Burke and Hare by Owen Dudley-Edwards
RRP: $29.23$19.31In a boarding house in West Port, an old army pensioner dies of natural causes. He owes the landlord rent. Instead of burying the body, the landlord, William Hare, and his friend, William Burke, fill the coffin with bark and sell the corpse to Dr. Robert... -
SR-71: The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, The World's Highest, Fastest Plane Richard H. Graham 9780760354483
RRP: $37.03$25.64SR-71 covers every aspect of the spyplane's development, manufacture, and active service, all from the insider's perspective of one its pilots. Features over 200 incredible photos. Flying to a coffee table near you comes the new paperback edition of this... -
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 9780753826980
RRP: $19.48$13.65The story of the most famous revolt of the ancient world, and its legendary leader, Spartacus the Gladiator.Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who started a prison breakout with 74 men, armed with kitchen knives. It grew into a full scale rebellion... -
The Salt Roads: How Fish Made a Culture by John Goodlad
RRP: $35.08$23.79This is the extraordinary story of how salt fish from Shetland became one of the staple foods of Europe, powered an economic boom and inspired artists, writers and musicians. It ranges from the wild waters of the North Atlantic, the ice-filled fjords... -
The Real History Behind The Templars by Sharan Newman 9780425215333
RRP: $42.88$28.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425215333Author Sharan NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 415g -
Turkey: A Modern History Erik J. Zurcher 9781784531874
RRP: $44.83$42.16This revised edition builds upon and updates its twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization of state and society. It begins with the forging of closer links with Europe after the French Revolution,... -
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
RRP: $21.43$15.58'A training manual for our troubled times ... It makes sense of our world, but is also capable of beautifully crafted pithy historical judgements. ... It is a book that cares about liberty, choice and a moral compass, that warns against hubris' Roger... -
The Baby Boomer Generation: A Lifetime of Memories by Paul Feeney
RRP: $21.43$16.52Do you remember washing in a tin bath by the fire, using outside lavatories and not having a television? Did you grow up in the 1950s and were you a teenager in the swinging sixties? If the Festival of Britain, food rationing and the Queen's coronation... -
Secret Whitby by Ian Thompson
RRP: $31.18$21.16Whitby is a beautiful fishing town on the North Yorkshire coast, best known for its fish and chip restaurants and its connections with the world's most famous vampire - Dracula. But, did you know that Whitby has more secrets locked away among the narrow... -
Aircraft of the Cold War 1945-1991: Identification Guide by Thomas Newdick
RRP: $38.98$27.40For over 40 years NATO and Warsaw Pact aircraft faced each other across the Iron Curtain, or fought in proxy wars around the world. Illustrated with detailed artworks of combat aircraft and their markings, Aircraft of the Cold War 1945-1991:... -
Waterloo: Wellington's Victory and Napoleon's Last Campaign by Christopher Hibbert
RRP: $19.48$6.75THE GREATEST OF BATTLESThe defining military engagement of the nineteenth century. The epic battle that forever ended one man's dreams of a European empire unified under his rule.THE GREATEST OF RIVALSThis epoch-defining conflict would ultimately be... -
HMS Hood: Pride of the Royal Navy by Daniel Knowles 9781781557235
RRP: $70.20$51.60For over twenty years the battlecruiser HMS 'Hood' toured the world as the most iconic warship in the Royal Navy. Unmatched in her beauty and charisma, 'Hood' is one of history's greatest warships. During the twilight years of the British Empire the... -
Dahomey and the Slave Trade: An Analysis of an Archaic Economy by Polanyi Karl 9781737276036
$24.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737276036Author Polanyi KarlFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Sophron EditorPublisher Sophron EditorWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *... -
Siena: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City by Jane Stevenson
RRP: $78.00$55.71An authoritative, richly illustrated history, and affectionate celebration, of Siena, one of the best-loved and most-visited cities in Italy. Occupying a hilltop site in the midst of a vast, undulating landscape, Siena is as much a magnet for... -
Spitalfields: The History of a Nation in a Handful of Streets by Dan Cruickshank
RRP: $31.18$23.42SHORTLISTED FOR THE HESSELL-TILTMAN HISTORY PRIZE 2017AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016Religious strife, civil conflict, waves of immigration, the rise and fall of industry, great prosperity and grinding poverty - the handful of streets that constitute... -
The Crusader Strategy: Defending the Holy Land by Steve Tibble
RRP: $53.63$44.64"Engagingly written."-Andrew D Buck, BBC History Magazine "[A] compelling book."-Ian Garrick-Mason, Spectator Shortlisted for the 2020 Duke of Wellington Medal for Military HistoryA new look at the crusaders, which shows how they pursued long-term plans... -
Albert and the Whale by Philip Hoare 9780008323295
RRP: $33.13$23.95A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BEST ART BOOK OF 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022 'This is a wonderful book. A... -
Leyte Gulf 1944 (1): The Battles of the Sibuyan Sea and Samar by Mark Stille
RRP: $31.18$22.64In October 1944, the US prepared to invade the Philippines to cut Japan off from its resource areas in Southeast Asia. The Japanese correctly predicted this, and prepared a complex operation to use the remaining strength of its navy to defend its... -
Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes by Tariq Ali
RRP: $48.75$40.37The subject of numerous biographies and history books, Winston Churchill has been repeatedly voted as one of the greatest of Englishmen. Even today, Boris Johnson in his failing attempts to be magisterial, has adopted many of his hero's mannerism! And,... -
Coffeeland: A History by Augustine Sedgewick
RRP: $21.43$15.58*Winner of the 2022 Cherasco International Prize*'Thoroughly engrossing' Michael Pollan, The Atlantic'Wonderful, energising' Kathryn Hughes, The GuardianCoffee is one of the most valuable commodities in the history of the global economy and the world's... -
Dover in the Second World War by Terry Sutton
RRP: $37.03$27.92This book tells in detail what it was like to live in an English town constantly under siege from enemy guns in the Second World War. Many towns in Britain suffered from enemy action during the 1939-45 war but none endured the almost daily explosions of... -
Young Bloods (Wellington and Napoleon 1) by Simon Scarrow
RRP: $19.48$13.96YOUNG BLOODS is the first gripping novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Wellington and Napoleon quartet. Perfect for fans of Robert Harris.Arthur Wesley (the future Duke of Wellington) was born and bred to be a leader. With a firm belief that the nation... -
Relentless Courage: Ukraine and the World at War Carol Guzy 9781950968947
RRP: $87.75$56.61From the front lines of the war in Ukraine comes this compelling collection of images from world-class photographers that captures the humanity, perseverance, and determination of the nation's fight for freedom and independence against all odds. "What... -
The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade by Susan Wise Bauer
RRP: $54.58$46.92In her earlier work, The History of the Ancient World, Susan Wise Bauer wrote of the rise of kingship based on might. But in the years between the fourth and twelfth centuries, rulers had to find new justification for their power, and they turned to... -
Up in Smoke: The Failed Dreams of Battersea Power Station by Peter Watts 9780993570209
RRP: $39.00$32.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993570209Author Peter WattsFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Paradise RoadPublisher Paradise Road -
The Crimean War: Europe's Conflict with Russia by Hugh Small 9780750985871
RRP: $35.08$26.99The Crimean War was the most destructive conflict of Queen Victoria's reign, the outcome of which was indecisive; most historians regard it as an irrelevant and unnecessary conflict despite its fame for Florence Nightingale and the Charge of the Light... -
100 Years of London Ammonite Press 9781781453582
RRP: $19.48$14.24Hub of finance, home of the Royal Family, seat of government, centre for the arts, host to international sporting events: London is all of these but also home and workplace to over 8 million people, who go about their lives amid the celebrations and... -
Secret Spitfires: Britain's Hidden Civilian Army by Howman
RRP: $39.00$29.91September 1940: In the midst of the Second World War, The Luftwaffe unleashed a series of devastating raids on Southampton, all but destroying its Spitfire factories.But production didn't stop. Instead, manufacturing of this iconic fighter moved... -
The Anglo-Saxon Landscape: The Kingdom of the Hwicce by Della Hooke
RRP: $38.98$28.31The landscape of pre-Conquest England can often be reconstructed in minute detail. Yet this is one of the first attempts at such a project. Here the evidence is examined for the West Midlands - the counties of Worcestershire, Warwickshire and... -
The War of Nerves: Inside the Cold War Mind by Martin Sixsmith 9781781259139
RRP: $25.33$17.92'Essential ... endlessly fascinating ... to read Sixsmith is to want to read more Sixsmith' Forbes More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the human mind. And, nearly thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet... -
African Europeans: An Untold History by Olivette Otele 9781787381919
RRP: $48.75$43.74As early as the third century, St Maurice-an Egyptian-became leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion. Ever since, there have been richly varied encounters between those defined as 'Africans' and those called 'Europeans'. Yet Africans and African... -
Walking the Great North Line: From Stonehenge to Lindisfarne to Discover the Mysteries of Our Ancient Past by Robert Twigger
RRP: $21.43$9.52Robert Twigger, poet and travel author, was in search of a new way up England when he stumbled across the Great North Line. From Christchurch on the South Coast to Old Sarum to Stonehenge, to Avebury, to Notgrove barrow, to Meon Hill in the midlands, to... -
An Analysis of Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust Simon Taylor 9781912128419
RRP: $12.68$12.11Daniel Goldhagen's study of the Holocaust offers conclusions that run directly counter to those reached by Christopher Browning, whose book Ordinary Men is also the subject of a Macat analysis. As such, the two analyses make possible some interesting...