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Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition by Czeslaw Milosz
RRP: $14.18$10.02After 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: $21.92$15.17A 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: $25.80$18.12The 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: $12.89$8.41Shortlisted 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: $20.63$16.01The 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: $25.80$15.79Apologies 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: $27.03$22.29The 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: $21.92$16.09In 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: $38.70$27.54World 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: $19.34$12.99You 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: $21.92$15.84Many 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: $14.18$10.02Culloden 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: $21.92$14.94The 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: $14.18$10.02'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: $19.34$13.13Southend-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: $14.18$9.55When 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: $14.18$9.35'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: $18.05$12.58'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: $19.34$13.26A 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... -
The King's Revenge: Charles II and the Greatest Manhunt in British History by Michael Walsh 9780349123769
RRP: $16.76$11.09When Charles I was executed, his son Charles II made it his role to search out retribution, producing the biggest manhunt Britain had ever seen, one that would span Europe and America and would last for thirty years.Men who had once been among the most... -
Teaching Latin: Contexts, Theories, Practices Steven Hunt 9781350161375
RRP: $32.24$26.37Building on and updating some of the issues addressed in Starting to Teach Latin, Steven Hunt provides a guide for novice and more experienced teachers of Latin in schools and colleges, who work with adapted and original Latin prose texts from beginners'... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: The American Dream: Reality and Illusion 1945-1980 by Mark Stacey 9780198354550
$44.08Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining all the well-loved features from the previous editions, The American Dream has... -
Edie: An American Biography by Jean Stein
RRP: $16.76$11.73A brilliant and unique biography of Andy Warhol's tragic muse, the 60s icon Edie Sedgwick'Exceptionally seductive... You can't put it down' LA TimesOutrageous, vulnerable and strikingly beautiful - in the 1960s Edie Sedgwick became both an emblem of, and... -
Daily Readings From The Christian In Complete Armour by William Gurnall
RRP: $19.34$15.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802413369Author William GurnallFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Moody PublishersPublisher Moody Publishers -
Big Bangs by Howard Goodall
RRP: $16.76$11.73The dramatic story of five key turning points in a thousand years of Western music - discoveries that changed the course of history. Who first invented 'Doh Re Mi...'?What do we mean by "in tune"?Looking back down the corridor of a thousand years, Howard... -
Uncommon Wrath: Caesar, Cato, and the quarrel that ended the Roman Republic by Josiah Osgood 9780192859563
RRP: $37.40$26.16A dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire warning: republics collapse when personal pride overrides the common good. In Uncommon Wrath, historian Josiah Osgood tells the story of how the political rivalry between... -
Women Forgotten in History by Emily Rice 9781398462922
RRP: $16.76$11.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398462922Author Emily RiceFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams)... -
A People’s Tragedy: Studies in Reformation by Professor Eamon Duffy
RRP: $25.80$18.43As an authority on the religion of medieval and early modern England, Professor Eamon Duffy is preeminent. In his revisionist masterpiece The Stripping of the Altars, Duffy opened up new areas of research and entirely fresh perspectives on the origin... -
Access to History: The American Dream: Reality and Illusion, 1945-1980 for AQA, Second Edition Vivienne Sanders 9781510459380
$33.04Exam board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)Put your trust in the textbook series that has given thousands of A-level History students deeper knowledge and better... -
Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
RRP: $20.63$14.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592409259Author Cristin O'Keefe AptowiczFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 462g -
Battles that Changed History by DK
RRP: $32.25$22.73From the fury of the Punic Wars to the onslaught of Operation Desert Storm, relive the most famous battles in history in this gripping guide.This military history book takes you on a journey through the battlefields of history, from the ancient world to... -
The First World War: A New History by Sir Hew Strachan 9781471134265
RRP: $14.18$9.03A brilliant and penetrating new history of the First World War by one of the world's foremost experts on the conflict. Reissued with a new introduction from the author. Hew Strachan is one of the world's foremost experts on the Great War of 1914-18. His... -
Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America by Kathleen Belew 9780674237698
RRP: $23.16$18.83A Guardian Best Book of the Year"A gripping study of white power...Explosive."-New York Times"Helps explain how we got to today's alt-right."-Terry Gross, Fresh AirThe white power movement in America wants a revolution.Returning to a country ripped apart... -
Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller
RRP: $19.34$12.64The best oils are made by authentic artist-craftsmen, who marry centuries-old agricultural wisdom with cutting-edge extraction technology, and now produce the finest oils in history. However, these producers are being steadily driven from the market:... -
History+ for Edexcel A Level: Nationalism, dictatorship and democracy in twentieth-century Europe by Mark Gosling
$52.75Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Endorsed for EdexcelEnable your students to develop high-level skills in their Edexcel A level History breadth and depth studies through expert... -
Me 262 vs P-51 Mustang by Robert Forsyth
RRP: $18.05$12.58Arguably two of the finest fighters built during the course of World War II, the Me 262 and P-51 Mustang heralded new dawns in aircraft performance. Making its operational debut in the summer of 1944, and powered by the Jumo 004 jet engine, the Me 262... -
The Craft of International History: A Guide to Method by Marc Trachtenberg 9780691125695
RRP: $45.15$35.78This is a practical guide to the historical study of international politics. The focus is on the nuts and bolts of historical research--that is, on how to use original sources, analyze and interpret historical works, and actually write a work of history... -
The Haunters and the Haunted by Sean O'Connor
RRP: $25.80$17.11Marianne Foyster, Harry Price and the most haunted house in England - the perfect read for Halloween. 'Borley Rectory is perhaps the definition of an old haunt, still exerting an extraordinary grip on the popular imagination... Balanced, surprising and... -
The Last Man in Russia: And The Struggle To Save A Dying Nation by Oliver Bullough
RRP: $14.18$10.02'Wonderful ... These are the chronicles of a writer who truly knows Russia' New York TimesAward-winning writer Oliver Bullough travels the country from crowded Moscow train to empty windswept village, following in the footsteps of one extraordinary man,... -
The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c.1000-264 BC) by Tim Cornell
RRP: $38.69$34.88Using the results of archaeological techniques, and examining methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of the rise of Rome.The Beginnings of Rome offers insight on major issues such as:Rome's relations with the...