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Churchill's Folly: The Battles for Kos and Leros, 1943 by Anthony Rogers 9780750968355
RRP: £18.99£14.32In autumn 1943 the Italian-held Dodecanese was the setting for the last decisive German invasion of the Second World War - and the last irreversible British defeat. After the Italian armistice that followed the downfall of Mussolini, Churchill seized the... -
The Troubles with Us by Alix O'Neill
RRP: £14.99£13.45'Derry Girls meets David Sedaris' Elske Rahill, author of An Unravelling 'The writing is full of energy and originality' Irish Times Growing up on the Falls Road in 1990s Belfast,... -
The Japanese Cinema Book by Hideaki Fujiki
RRP: £36.99£32.19The Japanese Cinema Book provides a new and comprehensive survey of one of the world's most fascinating and widely admired filmmaking regions. In terms of its historical coverage, broad thematic approach and the significant international range of its... -
The Men of the North: The Britons of Southern Scotland by Tim Clarkson
RRP: £20.00£14.05The North Britons are the least-known among the inhabitants of early medieval Scotland. Like the Picts and Vikings they played an important role in the shaping of Scottish history during the first millennium AD but their part is often neglected or... -
Lewis Man by Peter May 9781529416817
RRP: £10.99£7.40THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERSAWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021'One of the best regarded crime series of recent years.' Independent'No one can create a more eloquently written... -
Golda Meir: Israel’s Matriarch by Deborah E. Lipstadt 9780300253511
RRP: £16.99£14.61A balanced biography of Golda Meir, who was both adored and abhorred, from award-winning author Deborah E. Lipstadt "Comprehensive. . . . Always thoughtful. . . . A nuanced account of a leader whose influence endures in the Middle East."-Kirkus Review ... -
The Complete Tutankhamun Nicholas Reeves 9780500052167
RRP: £40.00£27.75A fully updated and revised edition of a classic bestseller: the definitive guide to Tutankhamun and his tomb - what it contained, why, and what it means today. With its breathtaking treasures, the Tomb of Tutankhamun continues to exert a unique... -
A History of Britain - Volume 2: The British Wars 1603-1776 Simon Schama, CBE 9781847920133
RRP: £30.00£21.35Simon Schama explores the forces that tore Britain apart during two centuries of dynamic change - transforming outlooks, allegiances and boundaries.From the beginning of July 1637, battles raged on for 200 years - both at home and abroad, on sea and on... -
The Fin de Siècle: A Reader in Cultural History, c.1880-1900 by Sally Ledger 9780198742791
£54.51In an important contribution to the developing field of interdisciplinary studies in the Humanities, Ledger and Luckhurst make available to students and scholars a large body of non-literary texts which richly configure the variegated cultural history of... -
Polaris: The History of the UK's Submarine Force by Keith Hall 9780752451770
RRP: £17.99£13.64Between 15 June 1968 and 13 May 1996, the Polaris submarines of the 10th Submarine Squadron carried out a total of 229 patrols, travelling over 2 million miles. Wherever you sit on the nuclear debate, it makes an impressive tale; delivered on time and on... -
WJEC Eduqas GCSE History: The Development of the USA, 1929-2000 Steve Waugh 9781471868146
£24.12Exam Board: EduqasLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Endorsed by EduqasBring out the best in every student, enabling them to develop in-depth subject knowledge and historical skills with the market-leading... -
Charles & Camilla by Gyles Brandreth
RRP: £14.99£10.95This is the definitive account of one of the most extraordinary stories of our time. Gyles Brandreth, acclaimed biographer of the Queen and Prince Philip, presents a unique portrait of their son, Charles, Prince of Wales, and of the one 'non-negotiable'... -
Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault On Truth And Memory by Deborah E. Lipstadt
RRP: £10.99£7.77The powerful and deeply disturbing book that was at the heart of the David Irving libel case, now dramatized in the film Denial.The denial of the Holocaust has no more credibility than the assertion that the Earth is flat. Yet there are those who... -
Three Days at Camp David: How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global Economy by Jeffrey E. Garten
RRP: £20.00£13.74The former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard - breaking the... -
Sex and Sexuality in Stuart Britain by Andrea Zuvich 9781526753076
RRP: £16.99£12.28Peek beneath the bedsheets of Stuart Britain in this frank, informative, and captivating look at the sexual lives of the peoples of the British Isles between 1603 and 1714. Popular Stuart historian Andrea Zuvich, The Seventeenth Century Lady , explores... -
After the Annex: Anne Frank, Auschwitz and Beyond by Bas von Benda-Beckmann
RRP: £25.00£17.30On 27 January 1945 Otto Frank was liberated from Auschwitz by Russian soldiers. At that point not only his journey home started, but also his long quest to find out what had happened to his wife Edith, his daughters Margot and Anne and the four other... -
Trillion Dollar Triage: How Jay Powell and the Fed Battled the White House and Saved the Economy by Nick Timiraos
RRP: £25.00£18.71By February 2020, the U.S. economic expansion had become the longest on record. Unemployment was plumbing half-century lows. Stock markets soared to new highs. One month later, the public health battle against a deadly virus had pushed the economy into... -
Why Beethoven: A Phenomenon in 100 Pieces by Norman Lebrecht 9780861547241
RRP: £10.99£7.77Without Beethoven, music as we know it wouldn't exist. Who was this titan of world culture? 'You want to build a Beethoven library? There can be no better starting point... Brilliant.' John Suchet, Classic FM presenter Through 100 recordings,... -
Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts by Bill O'Reilly 9781250283320
RRP: £26.99£17.59Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and... -
Berlin Then and Now (R): Damals und Heute by Nick Gay
RRP: £20.00£14.34Berlin Then and Now captures the stark contrast between what came before and after the great conflicts of the twentieth century, using archival photographs of the city's grand buildings, monuments, and boulevards alongside modern views of the same scenes... -
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World Giles Milton 9781529393156
RRP: £25.00£16.78'Brilliantly recapturing the febrile atmosphere of Berlin in the first four years after the Second World War, Giles Milton reminds us what an excellent story-teller he is' - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with DestinyBerlin was in ruins... -
Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition by Czeslaw Milosz
RRP: £10.99£7.77After The Second World War, Czeslaw Milosz was exiled for many years from his home country of Poland. In Native Realm, he evokes that homeland and his years away from it; how it nurtured him and how its divisions and destruction shaped a generation... -
Master Slave Husband Wife: An epic journey from slavery to freedom by Ilyon Woo 9781804183632
RRP: £16.99£11.76A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA New York Times bestseller, the incredible true story of a couple that escaped slavery in the South and eventually made their way to the UK, Africa and beyond.The remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who... -
Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters by Andrew Morton
RRP: £20.00£14.05The first in-depth dual-biography of Elizabeth & Margaret, written by the bestselling royal biographer, Andrew Morton.They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle Edward VIII decided to... -
Burial Rites: The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick by Hannah Kent 9781035038626
RRP: £9.99£6.52Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and a BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick!'Outstanding' - Madeline Miller, author of Circe'Gripping, intriguing and unique' - Kate Mosse, author of The Burning ChambersNorthern Iceland, 1829. A woman... -
Wine: A Graphic History by Benoist Simmat
RRP: £15.99£12.41The history of wine is the history of civilisation. It is the religious drink par excellence. In Greek mythology, references to wine abound. In the Bible, after the Flood, Noah plants a vineyard. In the Middle Ages, it was in the monasteries and... -
How The Scots Invented The Modern World by Arthur Herman
RRP: £20.00£12.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609809990Author Arthur HermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
The Russian Origins of the First World War by Sean McMeekin
RRP: £20.95£17.28The catastrophe of the First World War, and the destruction, revolution, and enduring hostilities it wrought, make the issue of its origins a perennial puzzle. Since World War II, Germany has been viewed as the primary culprit. Now, in a major... -
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History by Peter Heather
RRP: £16.99£12.47In AD 378 the Roman Empire had been the unrivalled superpower of Europe for well over four hundred years. And yet, August that year saw a small group of German-speaking asylum-seekers rout a vast Imperial army at Hadrianople, killing the Emperor and... -
General Jan Smuts and His Great War in Africa 1914-1917: Incorporating His German South West and East Africa Campaigns by David Katz 9781636240176
RRP: £30.00£21.35World War I ushered in a renewed scramble for Africa. At its helm, Jan Smuts grabbed the opportunity to realise his ambition of a Greater South Africa. He set his sights upon the vast German colonies of South-West Africa and East Africa - the demise of... -
MÖTLEY CRÜE - THE DIRT: DECLASSIFIED: THE DIRT: DECLASSIFIED by Mötley Crüe
RRP: £14.99£10.07You thought you knew the story behind the world's most notorious rock band...the music, the mayhem...it is the stuff of rock n roll legend, chronicled in the New York Times bestselling book and subsequent Netflix movie, The Dirt. Now, as Nikki Sixx,... -
A Falklands Family at War: Diaries of the 1982 Conflict Neville Bennett 9781399010276
RRP: £16.99£12.28Many military accounts of the British side of the Falklands War have been published as well as memoirs written by servicemen who took part, so this aspect of the story of the Argentine occupation and the British liberation of this remote territory in the... -
Culloden Tales: Stories from Scotland's Most Famous Battlefield by Hugh G. Allison
RRP: £10.99£7.77Culloden was the last battle on British soil. It marked the end of clan culture and was the harbinger of the Highland Clearances. It ensured the inevitability of the American Revolution and increased the outpouring of Scots across the globe. It is the... -
The Pinecone by Jenny Uglow
RRP: £16.99£11.58The Pinecone is set in the village of Wreay, near Carlisle, where a masterpiece in Victorian architecture stands - the strangest and most magical church in England. This vivid, original book tells the story of its builder, Sarah Losh, strong-willed and... -
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven Pinker_________________________In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we... -
Southend Then & Now by Ken Crowe 9780750965026
RRP: £14.99£10.18Southend-on-Sea has gone through many transformations since its birth in the Middle Ages when a settlement of farmers and fishermen was established at the southernmost end of the lands of Prittlewell Priory. Having acquired the name 'South End', the area... -
Unspeakable: The Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography John Bercow 9781474616645
RRP: £10.99£7.40When John Bercow retired as Speaker of the House of Commons on 31 October 2019, he had become one of the most recognisable and iconoclastic figures in British politics, occupying a ringside seat during one of the most febrile periods in modern British... -
Fighter Pilot: The Life of Battle of Britain Ace Bob Doe by Helen Doe
RRP: £10.99£7.25'I saw a mass of ME 109s and went up to attack. I looked behind and found three on each side diving to attack me.' Bob Doe, Combat Report 16 August 1940 In June 1940, at the age of twenty, Bob Doe believed himself to be the worst pilot in his squadron... -
Tales from Lindford by Catherine Fox 9781910674659
RRP: £13.99£9.75'Lyrical, compelling and full of insight. I found this very hard to put down.' KATIE FFORDE, THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Catherine Fox writes with immense compassion, unsentimental faith and an impressively undisciplined humour.' ... -
London Street Signs: A visual history of nameplates by Alistair Hall
RRP: £14.99£10.28A showcase of London's street nameplates - from the curious to the ornate. All around London, you can find a remarkable public archive of lettering in the city's street nameplates. A unique collection of styles and forms that stretches back to the 17th...