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Cyprus Emergency: The Divided Island 1955-1974 by Nik Van Der Bijl 9781783462162
RRP: £14.99£10.95The UK has been involved in Cyprus for over 125 years. Strategically placed in the Eastern Mediterranean, it was initially ideal for protection of the Suez Canal and more recently as a 'listening post' for the troubled Middle East and southern flank of... -
The Maya: A Very Short Introduction by Matthew Restall
RRP: £8.99£6.45The Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas - and in all of human history. Long before contact with Europeans, Maya communities built spectacular cities with large, well-fed large populations. They mastered the... -
Good Honest Tales: 150 Years of Batemans Brewery by Adam Cartwright 9781398117693
RRP: £16.99£11.47In 2024 the determinedly independent Lincolnshire brewing firm of Batemans will celebrate its 150th anniversary. Nestling beside the Steeping River in the little town of Wainfleet, Batemans' Salem Bridge Brewery forms a quintessential English scene -... -
Ghost Patrol: A History of the Long Range Desert Group 1940-1945 by John Sadler
RRP: £16.99£12.28The origins of most of the west's Special Forces can be traced back to the Long Range Desert Group which operated across the limitless expanses of the Libyan Desert, an area the size of India, during the whole of the Desert War from 1940 - 1943. After... -
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by Professor of History David Levering Lewis 9780684856575
RRP: £26.00£20.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684856575Author W E B Du BoisFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
Operation Trojan Horse: The true story behind the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years by Stephen Davis 9781789464603
RRP: £20.00£14.05'Damning' - Mail on Sunday'Gripping and shocking [...] an unputdownable read' - Stephen Grey, award-winning investigate journalist and author of GHOST PLANE and THE NEW SPYMASTERS'This investigation rings true' - Publishers WeeklyOn 1 August, 1990,... -
Spitfire VC vs A6M2/3 Zero-sen by Peter Ingman
RRP: £13.99£9.75Just weeks after Pearl Harbor, Darwin was mauled by a massive Japanese attack. Without a single fighter to defend Australian soil, the Australian government made a special appeal to Britain for Spitfires. A year later the Spitfire VC-equipped No 1... -
She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen: British Women in India by Katie Hickman
RRP: £9.99£7.40'Sharply observed, snappily written and thoroughly researched, She Merchants provides a fabulous panorama of a largely ignored area of social history. Katie Hickman successfully challenges the stereotype of the snobbish, matron-like memsahib by... -
Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis by Volker Ullrich 9781324093466
RRP: £25.00£21.32The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography: "I have a pretty thorough knowledge of history, but never, to my recollection, has it produced such madness in such gigantic proportions." He was referring to Germany in 1923, a "year... -
Maradona: The Hand of God by Jimmy Burns
RRP: £10.99£7.77'The definitive work on Diego Maradona' The 42 'One of football's greatest stories ... this is the best football book in ages' Goal 'A modern footballing classic' FHM _________________________ Anyone doubting that Diego Maradona was more than just a... -
Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust by Ari Joskowicz
RRP: £28.00£21.80A major new history of the genocide of Roma and Jews during World War II and their entangled quest for historical justiceJews and Roma died side by side in the Holocaust, yet the world did not recognize their destruction equally. In the years and decades... -
Noble Savages: The Olivier Sisters by Sarah Watling
RRP: £12.99£9.09*A NEW STATESMAN AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR**WINNER OF THE TONY LOTHIAN PRIZE*'Interesting women have secrets. They also ought to have sisters.'From the beginning of their lives, the Olivier sisters stood out: surprisingly emancipated, strikingly... -
The Real Lives of Roman Britain by Guy de la Bedoyere
RRP: £12.99£11.46An innovative, informative, and entertaining history of Roman Britain told through the lives of individuals in all walks of life The Britain of the Roman Occupation is, in a way, an age that is dark to us. While the main events from 55 BC to AD 410 are... -
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks
RRP: £12.99£9.09Cutting through the headlines and spin, this is the first book to give us a true picture of the reality on the ground, through the words of the people there - from commanders to intelligence officers, army doctors to ordinary soldiers. Providing... -
Field Work: Faber Modern Classics by Seamus Heaney
RRP: £9.99£6.70Seamus Heaney was 'the greatest poet of our age' (Guardian). From his remarkable debut in 1966, he pioneered the poetry of our times across five decades of cultural and political change, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995.Field Work,... -
Making Movie Magic: The Photographs by John Richardson
RRP: £30.00£22.03In 2019, Oscar-winning special effects supremo John Richardson released his first book, the bestselling Making Movie Magic, which chronicled his remarkable career in the film industry. A year later, during a house clear-out as the UK was stuck in a... -
Bath at War 1939-45 by Lassman, David 9781526706287
RRP: £12.99£9.09Bath at War 1939-45 is a comprehensive account of the city's experience of the conflict, covering in detail life on the Home Front set against the background of the wider theatres of war. The narrative of that global struggle is given with a focus on... -
War in Ukraine Volume 5: Main Battle Tanks of Russia and Ukraine, 2014-2023: Post-Soviet Ukrainian MBTs and Combat Experience by Wen Jian Chung 9781804514252
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804514252Author Wen Jian ChungFormat PaperbackImprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Treasure Islands: True Tales of a Shipwreck Hunter by Alec Crawford
RRP: £9.99£6.52An extraordinary true story of danger, innovation and deep sea discovery. In 1971 Alec Crawford is determined to make his fortune from ship salvage. Early attempts lead nowhere until he teams up with a new partner, Simon Martin. Diving in Hebridean... -
Why Men?: A Human History of Violence and Inequality by Nancy Lindisfarne 9781805260165
RRP: £25.00£22.03Are war and inequality inevitable, because evolution made men competitive and dominant? Think again with this entertaining yet powerful new history of 'true' human nature. How did humans, a species that evolved to be cooperative and egalitarian,... -
Rome's Revolution: Death of the Republic and Birth of the Empire by Richard Alston 9780190663469
RRP: £15.99£12.63Novelized, televised, and endlessly scrutinized by scholars, the fall of the Roman Republic marks one of history's great turning points. Historians have studied the descent of the Republic into civil war as a great political tragedy, a warning from the... -
Lucky Bunnies 4: Ruby's Red Skates by Catherine Coe 9780702300530
RRP: £4.99£4.04The bunnies are back with another adventure in Bright Burrow! Every bunny knows that a little bit of luck can turn an ordinary day into an adventure! Welcome to Bright Burrow, home to the six hoppiest, floppiest,... -
Lost Cities of the Ancient World by Philip Matyszak
RRP: £25.00£16.78A fascinating tour of cities that have been lost to history, from the Neolithic period up to the late Roman Empire, that offers a fresh new perspective on the roots of urban life. The ruins of ancient Athens, Luxor and Rome are familiar cornerstones of... -
The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced by Stephanie Dalley
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon is an exciting story of detection involving legends, expert decipherment of ancient texts, and a vivid description of a little-known civilization. Recognized in ancient times as one of the Seven Wonders of the... -
Blood and Bronze: The British Empire and the Sack of Benin by Paddy Docherty
RRP: £20.00£17.84An incisive history revealing Britain's conquest of the Kingdom of Benin and the plunder of its fabled Bronzes. The Benin Bronzes are among the British Museum's most prized possessions. Celebrated for their great beauty, they embody the history, myth... -
Making a New Land: Enviromental Histories of New Zealand by Eric Pawson 9781877578526
RRP: £19.95£16.80Making a New Land presents an interdisciplinary perspective on one of the most rapid and extensive transformations in human history: that which followed Maori and then European colonization of New Zealand's temperate islands. This is a new edition of... -
Armies of Medieval Burgundy 1364–1477 by Nicholas Michael 9780850455182
RRP: £12.99£11.01King John the Good of France was captured by the English at the battle of Poitiers in 1356; his 14-year-old son Philip fought valiantly by his side until the bitter end, and as soon as he was in a position to do so, King John rewarded his son's courage... -
Look Back in Anger: The Miners' Strike in Nottinghamshire 30 Years on by Harry Paterson 9781907869952
RRP: £9.99£8.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907869952Author Harry PatersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Five Leaves PublicationsPublisher Five Leaves Publications -
1848: Year Of Revolution by Mike Rapport
RRP: £14.99£9.80In 1848, Europe was engulfed in a firestorm of revolution. The streets of cities from Paris to Bucharest and from Berlin to Palermo were barricaded and flooded by armed insurgents proclaiming political liberties and national freedom. The conservative... -
A New History of Ireland Volume VII: Ireland, 1921-84 by J.R. Hill 9780199592821
£57.86A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes, it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and... -
Munich 1919: Diary of a Revolution Victor Klemperer 9781509510597
RRP: £12.99£11.94Munich 1919 is a vivid portrayal of the chaos that followed World War I and the collapse of the Munich Council Republic by one of the most perceptive chroniclers of German history. Victor Klemperer provides a moving and thrilling account of what turned... -
The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb by Sam Kean 9781529374889
RRP: £12.99£8.60Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely in history have scientific secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the midst of planning the Manhattan Project, the U.S. Office of Strategic Services created a secret offshoot - the Alsos... -
Poetics of Relation by Betsy Wing 9780472066292
£22.36Edouard Glissant, long recognized in the French and francophone world as one of the greatest writers and thinkers of our times, is increasingly attracting attention from English-speaking readers. Born in Martinique in 1928, Glissant earned a doctorate... -
Around Crieff and Strathearn by Colin Mayall 9780752427973
RRP: £14.99£11.55For over two millennia, people have inhabited Strathearn. From Stone Age man to the Romans and Picts there are numerous remains to be found. But it is within the past two centuries that Crieff and the surrounding towns and villages (including Comrie and... -
With My Face to My Bitter Foes: Nana's War 1880-1881 Robert N Watt 9781915113092
RRP: £35.00£24.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915113092Author Robert N WattFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Pirates Of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the 17th-Century Mediterranean by Adrian Tinniswood
RRP: £12.99£7.12From the coast of Southern Europe to Morocco and the Ottoman states of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, Christian and Muslim seafarers met in bustling ports to swap religions, to battle and to trade goods and sales - raiding as far as Ireland and Iceland in... -
Up and Down Stairs: The History of the Country House Servant Jeremy Musson 9780719597305
RRP: £10.99£7.40Country houses were reliant on an intricate hierarchy of servants, each of whom provided an essential skill. Up and Down Stairs brings to life this hierarchy and shows how large numbers of people lived together under strict segregation and how sometimes... -
Stethoscope: The Making of a Medical Icon by Anna Harris
RRP: £25.00£17.62This book explores the colourful past, present and future of an instrument that is, quite literally, close to our hearts. The stethoscope has become the symbol of medicine itself, but how did this come to be? What makes the stethoscope such a familiar... -
Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain by Amy Jeffs
RRP: £25.00£17.38A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2022A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC HISTORY MAG BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Expressive, bold and quite beautiful' The Lady'[a] delight... -
History of the Caucasus: Volume 1: At the Crossroads of Empires by Christoph Baumer
RRP: £30.00£24.84"Magnificent [and] wondrous." The Spectator "Rich and illuminating." Literary Review "Phenomenally accurate." History Today "Stunning." The Morning Star "Sweeping." The New European "A wonderful book." Current World Archaeology "In a class of...