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The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe Brian P. Levack 9781138808102
RRP: $51.59$49.72The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe, now in its fourth edition, is the perfect resource for both students and scholars of the witch-hunts written by one of the leading names in the field. For those starting out in their studies of witch-beliefs and... -
Footsteps by Richard Holmes
RRP: $14.18$10.02Richard Holmes's great work of biographical exploration, published alongside its sister volume 'Sidetracks'. In 1985, Richard Holmes published a small book of essays called Footsteps and the writing of biography was changed forever. A daring... -
The Nine Hundred: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz Heather Dune Macadam 9781529329353
RRP: $16.76$11.09'Books such as this are essential: they remind modern readers of events that should never be forgotten' - Caroline MooreheadOn March 25, 1942, nearly a thousand young, unmarried Jewish women boarded a train in Poprad, Slovakia. Filled with a sense of... -
Recovering Scotland's Slavery Past: The Caribbean Connection Tom M. Devine 9781474408806
RRP: $28.37$23.18For more than a century and a half the real story of Scotland's connections to transatlantic slavery has been lost to history and shrouded in myth. There was even denial that the Scots, unlike the English, had any significant involvement in slavery... -
The Searchers: The Quest for the Lost of the First World War Robert Sackville-West 9781526613141
RRP: $16.76$11.73SHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION CROWN AWARDS 2022 'Compelling and often horrifying' THE TIMES Best Paperbacks of 2022 The epic, moving stories of Britain's search to recover, identify and honour the missing soldiers of the First... -
The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty by Joseph Sassoon
RRP: $38.70$27.54The astonishing story of the Sassoons, one of the nineteenth century's preeminent commercial families and 'the Rothschilds of the East'The Sassoons were one of the great business dynasties of the nineteenth century, as eminent as traders as the... -
Cultivated Power: Flowers, Culture, and Politics in the Reign of Louis XIV by Elizabeth Hyde
$88.17Cultivated Power explores the collection, cultivation, and display of flowers in early modern France at the historical moment when flowering plants, many of which were becoming known in Europe for the first time, piqued the curiosity of European... -
The Little Book of Cardiff by David Collins
RRP: $12.89$9.74Authors David and Gareth take a trip through the places, peculiarities and past practices of Cardiff, stopping off to sample the culinary (and alcoholic) delights of the city along the way. From Clark's Pies and a heaped helping of 'Half and Half' to the... -
Time Song: Searching for Doggerland by Julia Blackburn
RRP: $19.34$14.64SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE AND THE HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE A journey told through stories and songs into Doggerland, the ancient region that once joined the east coast of England to HollandTime Song tells of the creation, the existence and the... -
Mastering Modern British History Norman Lowe 9781137603876
RRP: $43.85$40.36The new edition of this best-selling text includes a new section on the final years of the Labour government after Blair's resignation and a new chapter on the subsequent Coalition and Conservative governments. It is the ideal companion for students... -
Armies of Julius Caesar 58-44 BC by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: $19.34$14.13Gaius Julius Caesar remains the most famous Roman general of all time. Although he never bore the title, historians since Suetonius have judged him to be, in practice, the very first 'emperor' - after all, no other name in history has been synonymous... -
Pieces of the Action by Vannevar Bush
RRP: $23.21$17.16An inside account of one of the most innovative R&D ecosystems of the 20th century, from the man who was at the center of it all. Over a 60-year career in public affairs, Vannevar Bush-engineer, inventor, educator, and public face of government-funded... -
Negus: Majestic Tradition of Ethiopia by Miguel F. Brooks 9789768184153
RRP: $16.76$11.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789768184153Author Miguel BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint LMH PublishingPublisher LMH PublishingWeight(grams) 304g -
Goodbye Liverpool Maureen Lee 9781409192961
RRP: $11.60$8.00A heartbreaking story of wartime love, loss and courage, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and queen of saga, Maureen Lee.Liverpool, 1937. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Jessica endures her husband's petty cruelty for the sake of her two young children... -
Reconstruction Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner 9780062354518
RRP: $24.50$16.91Newly Reissued with a New Introduction: From the "preeminent historian of Reconstruction" (New York Times Book Review), a newly updated edition of the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War period which shaped modern America. Eric Foner's... -
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Robert F. Kennedy
RRP: $16.76$11.44During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In this unique... -
Yorkshire & Lancashire Regiment: Images of England by Jane Davies
RRP: $19.34$14.90This book shows the illustrious history of the York and Lancaster Regiment, or the 'young and lovelies' (one of their numerous nicknames), and illustrates the regiment's service around the globe. It shows the regiment its earliest days in the 65th and... -
British Marxist Historians, The Harvey J. Kaye 9781789048643
RRP: $29.66$24.94The British Marxist Historians remains the first and most complete study of the founders of one of the most influential contemporary academic traditions in history and social theory. In this classic text, Kaye looks at Maurice Dobb and the debate on the... -
The Eastern International: Arabs, Central Asians, and Jews in the Soviet Union's Anticolonial Empire by Masha Kirasirova 9780197685709
RRP: $25.79$23.49In the first few years after the Russian Revolution, an ideological project coalesced to link the development of what Stalin demarcated as the internal "East"--primarily Central Asia and the Caucasus--with nation-building, the overthrow of colonialism,... -
The Vikings by Rene Chartrand
RRP: $16.76$12.24The history of the Vikings is bloody and eventful, and Viking warriors capture the popular imagination to this day. They made history, establishing the dukedom of Normandy, providing the Byzantine Emperors' bodyguard and landing on the shores of America... -
A Life on the Lines: The Grand Old Man of Steam by R. H. N. Hardy
RRP: $21.92$17.49During much of his early career, from 1944 through to the early 1960s, Richard Hardy took hundreds of pictures of life on the railways and the men he knew and worked with on a daily basis, using his trusty Brownie 620 box camera. These unique behind the... -
A History of Silence: From the Renaissance to the Present Day Alain Corbin (University of Paris I) 9781509517367
RRP: $19.34$12.64Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in the inner citadel that great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries. It characterizes our most intimate and sacred spaces, from private bedrooms... -
Memories and Postmemories of the Partition of India Anjali Roy 9781032091068
RRP: $51.59$45.23This book examines the afterlife of Partition as imprinted on the memories and postmemories of Hindu and Sikh survivors from West Punjab to foreground the intersection between history, memory and narrative. It shows how survivors script their life... -
Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend 9780190673062
RRP: $31.59$27.32In November 1519, Hernando Cortes walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always following the... -
The Kings & Queens of Scotland by Richard Oram
RRP: $19.34$14.90The history of the Scottish monarchy is a long tale of triumph over adversity, characterised by the personal achievements of remarkable rulers who transformed their fragile kingdom into the master of northern Britain. The Kings and Queens of Scotland... -
The Elizabethan Image: An Introduction to English Portraiture, 1558-1603 Roy Strong 9780300260595
RRP: $36.77$30.53The new paperback edition of Roy Strong's popular introduction to Elizabethan portraiture Written for the general reader, Roy Strong's popular introduction to Elizabethan portraiture synthesizes scholarship and research on this subject into a concise... -
Chasing Sam Maguire: The All-Ireland Football Championship 1928–1977 by Dermot Reilly 9781788493802
RRP: $41.27$38.53It is almost one hundred years since the Sam Maguire Cup was first awarded to the winner of the All-Ireland Football Championship, the pinnacle of sporting ambition for generations of Gaelic footballers. Here, we celebrate all the heartbreak and glory of... -
Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb by Francois-Rene De Chateaubriand
RRP: $16.76$11.73The most enjoyable, glamorous and gripping of all 19th-century autobiographies - a tumultuous account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutionsMemoirs from Beyond the Tomb is the greatest and most influential of all French autobiographies - an... -
x Football Legends #5: Lionel Messi by E. L. (Emma) Norry 9780702301896
RRP: $7.73$5.22Be inspired by Football Legend, Lionel Messi! Football Legends: Young readers will love finding out all about the lives of their favourite players in this incredible biography series. Discover the... -
Renegade Women: 50 Trailblazers in Film and TV by Elizabeth Weitzman
RRP: $18.05$11.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525574545Author Elizabeth WeitzmanFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale -
A Brief History of the English Civil Wars by John Miller
RRP: $14.18$5.30Miller provides a clear and comprehensible narrative, a coherent and accurate synthesis, intended as a guide for students and the general reader to an extremely complex period in British history. His aim is to help readers avoid getting lost in a maze of... -
The A-Z of Curious Lincolnshire: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics by Stephen Wade 9780752460277
RRP: $19.34$16.19Curious Tales from Lincolnshire is filled with hilarious and surprising examples of folklore, eccentrics, historical and literary events, and popular culture from days gone by, all taken from Lincolnshire's tumultuous history. Here the reader will meet... -
The Destruction of the Imperial Army Volume 3: The Sedan Campaign 1870 by Grenville Bird 9781804513323
$59.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513323Author Grenville BirdFormat PaperbackPage Count 552Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Fife at Work: Britain in Old Photographs by Carol McNeill 9780750970464
RRP: $19.34$14.90This fascinating pictorial history takes a look back at the days when Fife was home to a wide variety of traditional industries, including mining, farming, fishing, pottery and textile factories, shipping and shipbuilding. Featuring over 160 archive... -
Das Reboot: How German Football Reinvented Itself and Conquered the World by Raphael Honigstein
RRP: $14.18$10.02'Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win' Gary Lineker Packed with exclusive interviews with key protagonists, Raphael Honigstein's book lifts the lid on the secrets of German football's... -
Keenie Meenie: The British Mercenaries Who Got Away with War Crimes by Phil Miller 9780745340791
RRP: $25.79$17.22Keenie Meenie Services - the most powerful mercenary company you've never heard of - was involved in war crimes around the world from Sri Lanka to Nicaragua for which its shadowy directors have never been held accountable. Like its mysterious name,... -
Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency London by Vic Gatrell
RRP: $32.25$23.63Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, and a Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year. On the night of 23 February 1820, twenty-five impoverished craftsmen assembled in an obscure stable in Cato Street, London, with a plan to massacre... -
THE CORNWALL VILLAGE BOOK: The places, the people and their stories by Cornwall Federation of Women's Institutes
RRP: $15.42$9.93The Cornwall Village Book is a celebration of the unique communities at the heart of a diverse and fascinating county. Compiled by the Cornwall Federation of Women's Institutes, it gathers together descriptions of 150 villages, recalling the history,... -
Tory Nation: How one party took over by Samuel Earle
RRP: $21.92$14.29'A witty, lucid investigation into one of the great mysteries of our time' JONATHAN COE'Should be read and enjoyed by readers on the left, right and centre' David Edgerton, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT ________________________________________________Why do... -
The Spanish Armada by Robert Hutchinson
RRP: $12.89$8.77A dramatic blow-by-blow account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English fleet - a tale of daring and disaster on the high seas by one of our best narrative historians.After the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558, Protestant England was beset by...