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The Story of Wales by Jon Gower 9781849903738
RRP: $29.23$21.35The Story of Wales is a vibrant portrait of 30,000 years of power, identity and politics. Revisiting major turning points in Welsh history, from its earliest settlements to the present day, Jon Gower re-examines the myths and misconceptions about this... -
European Ironclads 1860-75: The Gloire sparks the great ironclad arms race Angus Konstam 9781472826763
RRP: $23.38$16.63From Spain to Russia, and from Ottoman Turkey to Bismarck's Prussia, this book explores 15 years that transformed European naval warfare. When the Gloire slid down the Toulon slipway in 1859, it changed sea power forever. With this ship, the... -
The Spitfire Story by Peter R. March
RRP: $19.48$15.15Probably the most famous fighter aircraft of all time, the Supermarine Spitfire reigned supreme and unsurpassed from the biplane era to the dawn of the jet age, a period that included the Second World War. Here is the incredible story of this legendary... -
Before the Light Fades: A Memoir of Grief and Resistance by Natasha Walter
RRP: $37.03$21.70'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past' BLAKE MORRISON, Guardian'A... -
The Black Death: The Intimate Story of a Village in Crisis 1345-50 John Hatcher 9780753823071
RRP: $21.43$14.84How the people of a typical English village lived and died in the worst epidemic in history.The Black Death remains the greatest disaster to befall humanity, killing about half the population of the planet in the 14th century. John Hatcher recreates... -
The Gardens of Mars: Madagascar, an Island Story John Gimlette 9781788544733
RRP: $21.43$15.35A journey - both historical and contemporary - among the fantastical landscapes, resourceful inhabitants and isolated tribes of the world's fourth-largest island of enduring fascination for its rich biodiversity: Madagascar. 'A beautifully written... -
The Fire of the Dragon: China’s New Cold War by Ian Williams 9781780278759
RRP: $25.33$17.16Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2023 As seen in The Times, Sunday Times, Spectator, and on Tonight with Andrew Marr (LBC) Under President Xi Jinping, China's global ambitions have taken a dangerous new turn. Bullying and intimidation have replaced... -
How to Survive a Crisis: Lessons in Resilience and Avoiding Disaster by David Omand
RRP: $39.00$27.87'David Omand is exactly the man you need in a crisis' Rory Stewart'An extraordinary achievement. Probably the best book ever written on crisis management' Christopher Andrew, author of Defence of the RealmWe never know when a crisis might explode. Some... -
Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837 by Linda Colley 9780300152807
RRP: $35.08$30.79How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This brilliant and seminal book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade, and empire... -
The Good Doctor of Warsaw by Elisabeth Gifford 9781643136363
RRP: $50.60$32.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643136363Author Elisabeth GiffordFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 152mm... -
A Woman's Work by Harriet Harman
RRP: $21.43$15.58GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017**Winner of best memoir at the Parliamentary Book Awards**Now with a new epilogue for the paperback'Compelling ... She has guts to spare ... An important story ... Role model? You bet' Tim Shipman, Sunday... -
The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History by David Hackett Fischer 9780195121216
RRP: $53.61$38.18A unique view of historical change, based on the rise and fall of prices.About the AuthorDavid Hackett Fischer is Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University. He has won numerous awards for scholarship and teaching, including the Carnegie Prize as... -
Ancient Greece: An Illustrated History Nigel Rodgers 9780754833574
RRP: $39.00$32.97The legacy of the ancient Greeks has shaped our world. Classical Greece's military prowess, political sophistication and cultural innovations continue to influence modern society. The first half of the book focuses on political and military history, from... -
Danube Claudio Magris 9781784871314
RRP: $25.33$17.92'Neither a travel book, nor a vast prose poem, nor a history, nor philosophy, nor voyage of discovery, but often all at once' Independent on SundayWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD FLANAGAN In this fascinating journey Claudio Magris, whose knowledge is... -
Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World by Peter Chapman
RRP: $19.48$13.46In this compelling history, Peter Chapman shows how the United Fruit Company took bananas from the jungles of Costa Rica to the halls of power in Washington, D.C., with not just clever marketing, but covert CIA operations, bloody coups and brutalised... -
In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn by Sarah Morris
RRP: $37.03$24.78Follow in the footsteps of Anne Boleyn from Hever Castle, to Richmond Palace and ultimately to the Tower of London. On the morning of 19 May 1536, a French blade stilled the heart of an English queen. Her name was Anne Boleyn and her story has made an... -
American History: A Very Short Introduction by Paul S. Boyer
RRP: $17.53$13.08This brief history of America will span the earliest migrations to the present, reflecting Paul S. Boyer's interests in social, intellectual, and cultural history, including popular culture and religion. It will reflect his personal view of American... -
Keeper Of Genesis by Robert Bauval
RRP: $21.43$15.58FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHORS OF FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS AND THE ORION MYSTERY'An exciting book . . . deservedly a bestseller' SPECTATOR___________________________________________In Keeper of Genesis, Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval present a tour de... -
Shot Down and on the Run: True Stories of RAF and Commonwealth Aircrews of WWII by Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork
RRP: $21.43$16.54First hand accounts of adventure and bravery from RAF pilots shot down and forced to flee enemy forces. Thousands of airmen shot down over enemy soil between 1940 and 1945 miraculously escaped capture. This compelling narrative reveals their... -
The Lancaster Bomber Pocket Manual by Martin Robson
RRP: $19.48$15.15The Avro Lancaster was the RAF's most famous and successful heavy bomber of the Second World War. Used predominantly at night, 'Lancs' dropped 608,612 tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties in the period 1942-1945. Some of these missions were incredibly daring... -
The Dirty Tricks Department: The Untold Story of the Real-life Q Branch, the Masterminds of Second World War Secret Warfare by John Lisle
RRP: $44.83$34.16In the summer of 1942, Stanley Lovell, a renowned industrial chemist, received a mysterious order to report to an unfamiliar building in Washington, D.C. When he arrived, he was led to a barren room where he waited to meet the man who had summoned him... -
The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York Anne de Courcy 9781474601450
RRP: $21.43$14.63Towards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the twentieth, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of power, privilege and breeding in which the titled, land-owning governing class had barricaded itself for so... -
A Pocket Essential Short History of The Gnostics Sean Martin 9781842433393
RRP: $25.33$17.92Gnosticism - derived from the Greek word gnosis, to know - is the name given to various religious schools that proliferated in the first centuries after Christ and, at one time, it almost became the dominant form of Christianity. Yet some Gnostic beliefs... -
Age of Hope: Labour, 1945, and the Birth of Modern Britain by Richard Toye 9781472992307
RRP: $48.75$36.82"The clue to our future lies in our past and Toye has winkled it out with elegant and devastating precision." Chris Bryant, MP for Rhondda WAS THE ATTLEE GOVERNMENT OF 1945 REALLY THE GOLDEN PERIOD OF LABOUR POWER? 2024 marks the centenary of the... -
London and the Seventeenth Century: The Making of the World's Greatest City by Margarette Lincoln
RRP: $25.33$22.35The first comprehensive history of seventeenth-century London, told through the lives of those who experienced it "Lively and arresting. . . . [Lincoln] is as confident in handling the royal ceremonials of political transition . . . as she is with... -
The Habsburg Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Martyn Rady
RRP: $17.53$12.97The Habsburgs are the most famous dynasty in continental Europe. From the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, they ruled much of Central Europe, and for two centuries were also rulers of Spain. Through the Spanish connection, they acquired lands... -
Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution by Peter Longerich
RRP: $51.66$36.29The complete story of the Wannsee Conference, the meeting that paved the way for the Holocaust. On 20 January 1942, fifteen men arrived for a meeting in a luxurious villa on the shores of the Wannsee in the far-western outskirts of Berlin. They came... -
Wales from the Air: history in the hills by Paul R. Davis 9781910839690
RRP: $39.00$32.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839690Author Paul R. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books Ltd -
Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World by Philip Matyszak
RRP: $39.00$26.03An overview of the lost peoples and cultures who flourished and fought for survival alongside the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. Beyond the Greeks, Romans and Hebrews of the Classical and Biblical eras, a rich diversity of peoples helped lay the... -
Political Parties in Britain 1783-1867 by Eric J. Evans
RRP: $72.13$63.43The theme of Professor Evan's book is the growth of a recognizable modern party system from the much looser and often family-based attachments of the eighteenth century. He examines the significance of the terms 'Whig' and 'Tory' in the later eighteenth... -
Islington: Britain in Old Photographs by Gavin Smith 9780752449609
RRP: $29.23$22.85Islington retains a distinct personality which dates back to the days when it was a villages in the countryside visited by Londoners for leisure pursuits. This fascinating collection of nearly 200 old photographs of the Borough takes a nostalgic look... -
German Armies 1870-71: Prussia: v. 1 by Michael Solka
RRP: $25.33$21.47In 1870 Bismarck, Prime Minister of Prussia, engineered a war with France that would result in the fall of the Second Empire. It was the first modern European war and saw the use of bolt action rifles, machine guns, railway transport and professional... -
Forgotten Voices of The Holocaust: A new history in the words of the men and women who survived by Lyn Smith
RRP: $29.23$21.35Following the success of Forgotten Voices of the Great War, Lyn Smith visits the oral accounts preserved in the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, to reveal the sheer complexity and horror of one of human history's darkest hours. The great majority of... -
The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo
RRP: $21.43$15.07The Book of Tea describes all aspects of the Japanese tea ceremony and explains how its rituals blend seamlessly with traditional Japanese life.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics. These... -
Tour of the Arnhem Battlefields by John Waddy 9780850525717
RRP: $25.33$21.66Although the Battle of Arnhem was fought over sixty years ago. It still evokes such interest that it would seem to rank with the great victories of Agincourt, Trafalgar, Waterloo and the Battle of Britain, all of which proved to be turning points in the... -
The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts and Harrimans - A Story of Love and War by Catherine Grace Katz
RRP: $25.33$16.98The brilliant untold story of three daughters of diplomacy: Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Kathleen Harriman, glamorous, fascinating young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference with Stalin in the waning... -
Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal by Andreas Viestad
RRP: $39.00$27.87'There is more history in a bowl of pasta than in the Colosseum', writes Andreas Viestad in Dinner in Rome. From the table of a classic Roman restaurant, Viestad takes us on a fascinating culinary exploration of The Eternal City, and global civilization... -
Records of the Medieval Sword Ewart Oakeshott 9780851155661
RRP: $58.50$50.41The origins, development and use of the two-edged knightly sword of the European middle ages, from the great migrations to the Renaissance. Forty years of intensive research into the specialised subject of the straight two-edged knightly sword of the... -
Unwinnable: Britain's War in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 by Theo Farrell
RRP: $25.33$17.92Afghanistan was an unwinnable war. As British and American troops withdraw, discover this definitive account that explains why. It could have been a very different story. British forces could have successfully withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2002, having... -
Friends of Israel: The Backlash Against Palestine Solidarity by Hil Aked 9781786637659
RRP: $37.03$30.52Friends of Israel provides a forensically researched account of the activities of Israel's advocates in Britain, showing how they contribute to maintaining Israeli apartheid. The book traces the history and changing fortunes of key actors within the...