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The Shortest History of Economics by Andrew Leigh 9781913083496
RRP: $29.23$21.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083496Author Andrew LeighFormat HardbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History by Josephine Quinn 9781526605184
RRP: $58.50$42.30A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, The Rest is Politics and Waterstones Highlight for 2024 'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we have here is a truly encyclopaedic and monumental account of the ancient world' THE TIMES 'A... -
KS2 History Discover & Learn: Romans in Britain Study Book (Years 3 & 4) CGP Books 9781782941972
RRP: $11.68$11.00This engrossing CGP Discover & Learn book is a superb way for children in Years 3 and 4 (ages 7-9) to understand and engage with the period of history when the Roman Empire extended into Britain. Each topic is presented on a full-colour double-page... -
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal by Professor of History William E Leuchtenburg 9780061836961
RRP: $23.38$22.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061836961Author Professor of History William E LeuchtenburgFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams)... -
Warpaint: Colours and Markings of British Army Vehicles 1903-2003: Volume 1 by Dick Taylor 9788389450630
$42.86The first book in a series of four volumes devoted to the colours and markings applied during the 20th century to vehicles in the British Army, from motorcycles to tanks. A detailed and authoritative work, this is essential reading for military... -
A 1970s Childhood: From Glam Rock to Happy Days by Derek Tait
RRP: $19.48$15.15Do you remember glam rock, flares, cheesecloth shirts and chopper bikes? Then it sounds like you were lucky enough to grow up during the 1970s. Who could forget all the glam rock bands of that era, like Slade, Wizard, Mud and Sweet, or singers like Alvin... -
The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, its Regions and their Peoples by David Gilmour
RRP: $25.33$18.21The book that explains the whole extraordinary course of Italian history like no other in English The Pursuit of Italy traces the whole history of the Italian peninsula in a wonderfully readable style, full of well-chosen stories and observations from... -
The Botanist's Daughter by Kayte Nunn
RRP: $19.48$8.33'The whole book is a delight... Perfect reading whilst sipping a g & t in a beautiful garden somewhere in the sun!' Rosanna LeyA buried secret... Present day: Anna is focused on growing her new gardening business and renovating her late grandmother's... -
The Rising Sun by John Toland
RRP: $40.95$28.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812968583Author John TolandFormat PaperbackPage Count 976Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 896gDimensions(mm) 231mm *... -
The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution by Christopher Hill
RRP: $25.33$18.21'His finest work and one that was both symptom and engine of the concept of "history from below" ... Here Levellers, Diggers, Ranters, Muggletonians, the early Quakers and others taking advantage of the collapse of censorship to bid for new kinds of... -
1964: Eyes of the Storm by Paul McCartney 9780241619711
RRP: $117.00$86.68Photographs and Reflections by Paul McCartney'Millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget for the rest of my life.'In 2020, an extraordinary trove of nearly a thousand photographs taken by Paul McCartney on a 35mm... -
The Walls Have Ears: The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II by Helen Fry
RRP: $25.33$22.35A history of the elaborate and brilliantly sustained World War II intelligence operation by which Hitler's generals were tricked into giving away vital Nazi secrets"A great book."-Michael Goodman, BBC History Magazine "An astonishing story of wartime... -
Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga
RRP: $25.33$16.98'[A] comprehensive and important history of black Britain . . . Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion.' - Kwasi Kwarteng, Sunday TimesIn this vital re-examination of a shared history, historian and broadcaster David... -
There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe
RRP: $21.43$15.35The defining experience of Chinua Achebe's life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War. For more than forty years Achebe was silent on those terrible years, until he produced this towering reckoning with one of modern Africa's most... -
The Lewis Man: AN INGENIOUS CRIME THRILLER ABOUT MEMORY AND MURDER (LEWIS TRILOGY 2) by Peter May
RRP: $21.43$14.63THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SEQUEL TO THE BLACKHOUSEBOOK TWO IN THE MILLION-SELLING LEWIS TRILOGY'One of the best regarded crime series of recent years' IndependentA MAN WITH NO NAMEAn unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog; the only... -
Grant by Ron Chernow
RRP: $46.80$35.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143110637Author Ron ChernowFormat PaperbackPage Count 1104Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1196gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 154mm... -
SAS: Rogue Heroes - the Authorized Wartime History by Ben Macintyre
RRP: $19.48$14.06THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERTHE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES, STARRING CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN AND DOMINIC WESTFrom the secret SAS archives and bestselling author Ben Macintyre: The first ever... -
Exercised: The Science of Physical Activity, Rest and Health by Daniel Lieberman
RRP: $25.33$18.21'Endlessly fascinating and full of surprises. Easily one of my books of the year' BILL BRYSONThe myth-busting science behind our modern attitudes to exercise: what our bodies really need, why it matters, and its effects on health and wellbeing. In... -
In Defence of Witches: Why women are still on trial by Mona Chollet
RRP: $21.43$15.07'Intriguing' - Sunday Times'A rousing read' - Irish Times'A bright light of Francophone feminism' - New York TimesRenowned journalist Mona Chollet recasts the witch as a powerful role model: an emblem of strength, free to exist beyond the narrow limits... -
The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people by Michael Wood
RRP: $25.33$16.15'A learned, wise, wonderfully written single volume history of a civilisation that I knew I should know more about' Tom Holland'Masterful and engrossing...well-paced, eminently readable and well-timed. A must-read for those who want - and need - to know... -
The Voynich Manuscript by Raymond Clemens
RRP: $78.00$68.62The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle"For the first time, a complete reproduction [of] The Voynich Manuscript, has been published, featuring essays exploring what is known about the book... -
Prospero's Cell by Lawrence Durrell
RRP: $21.43$14.70Lose yourself in this glorious memoir of the island jewel of Corfu by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu.'In its gem-like miniature quality, among the best books ever written.' New York TimesIn his youth,... -
The Making Of The Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes 9781471111235
RRP: $33.13$23.89WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe Making of the Atomic Bomb is the seminal and complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan. Few... -
The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps by Edward Brooke-Hitching 9781471159459
RRP: $48.75$32.84A STUNNINGLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK REVEALING THE GREATEST MYTHS, LIES AND BLUNDERS ON MAPS 'Highly recommended' - Andrew Marr 'A spectacular, enjoyable and eye-opening read' - Jonathan RossThe Phantom Atlas is an atlas of the world not as it ever existed, but... -
Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West by Tom Holland
RRP: $25.33$13.10Tom Holland's bestselling account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC'Magisterial... told with great authority and a novelistic colour and verve' Books of the Year, Independent'Holland has a rare... -
The Murder of Princess Diana by Noel Botham 9781786064769
RRP: $17.53$12.32After in-depth research of the circumstances of that fateful night, investigative writer and former journalist Noel Botham finally reveals what he alleges to be the truth - Princess Diana fell victim to a ruthlessly executed assassination. Twenty years... -
Fate is the Hunter by Ernest K. Gann
RRP: $21.43$15.35The copper-bottomed classic from a memorable and courageous pilot.FATE IS THE HUNTER is a fascinating and thrilling account of some of the more memorable experiences Ernest K Gann had in the air. He's flown in both peace and war and come close to death... -
Ogilvy on Advertising by David Ogilvy 9781853756153
RRP: $29.23$20.09David Ogilvy is well known and respected as the most successful adman of all time. His bestselling book, Ogilvy on Advertising gives valuable advice to young hopefuls and veterans of the industry wanting to improve their success rate.David Ogilvy is well... -
Pagan Britain by Ronald Hutton
RRP: $29.23$25.41Britain's pagan past, with its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artifacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscriptions, is both enthralling and perplexing to a resident of the twenty-first century. In this ambitious and thoroughly... -
Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin
RRP: $21.43$14.29_______________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: the remarkable true story of the exploration ship featured in The Terror In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.On the first,... -
Persians: The Age of The Great Kings by Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
RRP: $25.33$17.22THE PERSIANS is a definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower.The Great Kings of Persia ruled over the largest Empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the Steppes of Asia, and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. At the heart... -
The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History - Abridged Edition by Ibn Khaldun
RRP: $39.00$30.91The Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), this monumental work established the... -
The Pike: Gabriele d'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
RRP: $37.03$24.78THE TIMES BIOGRAPHY OF THE DECADE WINNER OF THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION WINNER OF THE 2013 COSTA BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR ... -
A History of the Sikhs Vol 1 (SECOND EDITION): Volume 1 1469-1838 by Khushwant Singh 9780195673081
RRP: $25.33$23.73The new second edition volume one 1469-1839 is updated to the present recounts the return of the community to the mainstream of national life. Written in Khushwant Singh's trademark style to be accessible to a general, non-scholarly audience, the book is... -
Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley
RRP: $48.75$29.02** Shortlisted for the @CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award **'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A riveting portrait' - GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***'Christie lovers should read this biography... -
In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: $21.43$11.02'The book that redefined travel writing' Guardian Bruce Chatwin sets off on a... -
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine by Andrew Harding 9781804185025
RRP: $21.43$14.76'Extraordinary.' Philippe Sands'We are touched by the courage and dignity of Andrew Harding's characters - qualities that the author must surely possess in equal measure.' - Andrey Kurkov'A story of extraordinary heroism by ordinary people. - James... -
Who Rules the World? by Noam Chomsky
RRP: $21.43$10.86Who Rules the World is the essential account of geopolitics right now - including an afterword on President Donald Trump Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has done more to question the hidden actors who govern our... -
See Inside London Rob Lloyd Jones 9780746077535
RRP: $21.43$13.36A fantastic flap book that takes children on a journey through London from ancient times to today. Fabulous scenes show London in Roman times, in the Middle Ages, at the time of the Plague and during the Blitz, and each scene has flaps to lift to reveal... -
Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts
RRP: $37.03$27.32'A Napoleonic triumph of a book, irresistibly galloping with the momentum of a cavalry charge' Simon Sebag Montefiore'Simply dynamite' Bernard CornwellFrom Andrew Roberts, author of the bestsellers The Storm of War and Churchill: Walking with Destiny,...