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Goliath: Why the West Isn't Winning. And What We Must Do About It. by Sean McFate
RRP: $14.18$10.02EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT WAR IS WRONG. We are living in an age of conflict: Russia's resurgence and China's rise, global terrorism, international criminal empires, climate change and dwindling natural resources.But while the West has been... -
The Guinness Story: The Family, The Business and The Black Stuff by Edward J. Bourke
RRP: $14.18$10.69This 250-year old story will fascinate lovers of Guinness beer and memorabilia as well as those interested in this remarkable family of brewers and the industrial history of Ireland's most famous export. Over 100 fascinating photographs bring to life... -
Abandoned Islands by Claudia Martin
RRP: $25.79$18.90Exploring some of the world's eeriest places, Abandoned Islands features American civil war forts, Europe's last leper colony and South Atlantic whaling stations, along with once grand mansions and colonial settlements and churches, and much more... -
Genghis Khan: Epic and Legendary Leaders by J.K. Jackson
RRP: $9.02$6.85A new title in the series created for the modern reader, introducing the heroes, cultures, myths and religions of the world. The tale of the legendary Mongol General Genghis Khan is as phenomenal as the man himself. Probably the greatest conqueror in... -
Ignorance: A Global History by Peter Burke
$26.32A rich, wide-ranging history of ignorance in all its forms, from antiquity to the present day A Seminary Coop Notable Book of 2023 "Ignorance: A Global History explores the myriad ways in which 'not-knowing' affects our lives, sometimes for good,... -
Dorset Murders by Nicola Sly
RRP: $19.34$14.90Life in the largely rural county of Dorset has not always been idyllic, for over the years it has experienced numerous murders, some of which are little known outside the county borders, others that have shocked the nation. These include arguments... -
The East Africa Campaign 1914-18: Von Lettow-Vorbeck's Masterpiece by David Smith
RRP: $21.92$15.84A fascinating, beautifully illustrated study of the daring war in East Africa waged by German colonial forces under Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck against the wide array of colonial and expeditionary forces of the Allied Powers. The East African Campaign in... -
The Spirit of French Capitalism: Economic Theology in the Age of Enlightenment by Charly Coleman
RRP: $36.11$31.14How did the economy become bound up with faith in infinite wealth creation and obsessive consumption? Drawing on the economic writings of eighteenth-century French theologians, historian Charly Coleman uncovers the surprising influence of the Catholic... -
Wild Garden by William Robinson
RRP: $36.12$31.23First published in 1870, The Wild Garden challenged the prevailing garden style of the day and advocated a naturalistic style, in which hardy plants, both native and exotic, are arranged in groupings that mimic wild landscapes. Thanks to Robinson's... -
Too Much by Rachel Vorona Cote
RRP: $25.80$18.43Lacing cultural criticism, Victorian literature, and storytelling together, Too Much explores how culture corsets women's bodies, souls, and sexualities - and how we might finally undo the strings.Written in the tradition of Shrill, Dead Girls, Sex... -
A Secret Love: Number 5 in series by Stephanie Laurens
RRP: $12.89$7.69When a mysterious lady, her face hidden by a black veil, begs Gabriel Cynster for his help, he cannot refuse her plea. For despite her disguise, Gabriel finds the woman alluring and he is powerless to deny her. But he exacts payment as only a Cynster... -
Ranger 22 - The No. 1 Bestseller: Lessons from the Front by Ray Goggins
RRP: $15.47$10.87'The path I have travelled, the things I have done and the people I have met in crisis situations have given me a window into those qualities that make us perform. My military training created a mindset, an outlook and skills that can be channelled into... -
SU-152/ISU-152 vs Tiger: Eastern Front 1943-45 by David Greentree
RRP: $19.34$14.13This fully illustrated volume compares two of the most iconic AFV's: the SU-152/ISU-152 and the Tiger, used on the Eastern Front during World War II. On the Eastern Front in 1943, the Tiger-equipped heavy Panzer battalions gave German armoured... -
Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500 by Peter H. Wilson 9780674987623
RRP: $51.54$45.81From the author of the acclaimed The Thirty Years War and Heart of Europe, a masterful, landmark reappraisal of German military history, and of the preconceptions about German militarism since before the rise of Prussia and the world wars.German military... -
Shaping the Nation: England 1360-1461 by Gerald Harriss
$75.21The Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred Years War, the War of the Roses... A succession of dramatic social and political events reshaped England in the period 1360 to 1461. In his lucid and penetrating account of this formative period, Gerald... -
The Witchcraft Sourcebook: Second Edition Brian P. Levack 9781138774971
RRP: $67.07$58.81The Witchcraft Sourcebook, now in its second edition, is a fascinating collection of documents that illustrates the development of ideas about witchcraft from ancient times to the eighteenth century. Many of the sources come from the period between 1400... -
Realm Divided: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England by Dan Jones
RRP: $11.60$8.321215 - the penultimate year of the reign of a king with the worst reputation of any in our history - saw England engulfed by crisis. Weakened by the loss of Normandy, King John faced insurrection by his disgruntled barons. With the assistance of the... -
The Spanish Civil War 1936-39 (1): Nationalist Forces by Alejandro De Quesada
RRP: $15.47$10.87The Spanish Civil War, 1936-39, was the curtain-raiser to World War II, and the major international event of the 1930s. It was the first great clash of 20th-century ideologies, between the rebel Nationalist army led by General Franco (right-wing, and... -
Beyond the Gatehouse: The Eccentric Lives of the English Aristocracy by David Long
RRP: $16.76$12.41Beyond the Gatehouse is a lighthearted, witty but factual biographical account of the eccentric lifestyles of the builders and residents of some of England's best-known country houses. Extraordinary buildings require extraordinary people, and over the... -
The Falaise Gap Battles: Normandy 1944 by Simon Forty 9781612005386
RRP: $12.89$9.17The denouement of the battle of Normandy, the fighting around Falaise and Chambois in August 1944 and the pursuit of the retreating German armies to the Seine provided the Allies with an immense victory. After ten weeks of hard attritional fighting, the... -
A Test Of Time: Volume One-The Bible-From Myth to History by David Rohl
RRP: $21.92$15.84By employing the same basic methodologies used to establish the currently accepted chronology, it has been possible for a group of young archaeologists, including David Rohl, to create a New Chronology which resolves many of the problems permeating... -
Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape by Jeremy Harte
RRP: $25.80$18.43According to legend, the English landscape - so calm on the surface - is really the Devil's work. Cloven Country tells of rocks hurled into place and valleys carved out by infernal labour. The Devil's hideous strength laid down great roads in one night,... -
Peace Work by Spike Milligan
RRP: $14.18$10.87Peace Work is volume seven of Spike Milligan's outrageous, hilarious, legendary War Memoirs.'I had not informed my parents of my return, I wanted it to be a lovely surprise; it was, for me, they were away ...'The seventh and last volume of Spike... -
The Middle Ages Unlocked: A Guide to Life in Medieval England, 1050-1300 by Katrin Kania
RRP: $16.76$10.94To our modern minds, the Middle Ages seem to mix the well-known and familiar with wildly alien concepts and circumstances. The Middle Ages Unlocked provides an invaluable introduction to this complex and dynamic period in England. Exploring a wide... -
Pirate Ship 1660-1730 by Angus Konstam
$12.63Although pirates have a fascination which has resulted in the production of numerous books and documentaries in recent years (including titles by Osprey), no detailed depiction of their ships has ever been produced. Following the success of the Elite... -
A Falklands Family at War: Diaries of the 1982 Conflict by Neville Bennett 9781399010238
RRP: $32.25$22.73Many 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... -
The Last 100 Years (give or take) and All That: An hilarious gallop through 20th Century Britain Al Murray 9781529411850
RRP: $14.18$9.55A fascinating and hilarious gallop through twentieth-century British history, by comedian Al Murray.An awful lot has happened in the last 100 years or so. In fact, when you look at how much went on in the 20th century, it's amazing it didn't take longer... -
Tribals, Battles & Darings: The Genesis of the Modern Destroyer by Alexander Clarke 9781399077958
RRP: $21.92$15.84The ships that dominate so much of the history of the Royal Navy in the Second World War are more often than not the carriers or battleships – Ark Royal, Warspite, Hood – and rarely do ships smaller than cruisers move centre stage. Apart that is from one... -
Half-Track: A History of American Semi-Tracked Vehicles by R P Hunnicutt 9781626548602
$45.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626548602Author R P HunnicuttFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)... -
German 88mm Gun vs Allied Armour: North Africa 1941-43 by David Campbell
RRP: $18.05$12.58Few weapons developed a more deadly reputation than the German '88' in the role of anti-tank gun, its long reach and lethal hitting power making it a significant problem for every type of British and later American armour. Despite its individual potency,... -
A Thousand Miles up the Nile by Amelia B. Edwards 9780856982514
RRP: $38.06$31.98"This is the most important of my books, and the one by which I most hope to be remembered - if I may hope to be remembered at all!" Amelia B Edwards, 1877. A chance visit to Egypt in 1873 by Amelia Edwards changed the future of British Egyptology... -
Gendering Peace in Europe c. 1880–2000 by Julie V. Gottlieb 9781032227252
RRP: $51.59$45.23This book examines the connection between notions of gender, diplomacy, society and peacemaking in the period c. 1880 to the mid- to late-twentieth century. The chapters in this volume place gender history at the interface with international history and... -
Rez Life by David Treuer 9780802120823
$17.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802120823Author David TreuerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press -
The History of the English People 1000-1154 by Henry of Huntingdon
RRP: $10.31$7.47'In the year of grace 1066, the Lord, the ruler, brought to fulfilment what He had long planned for the English people: He delivered them up to be destroyed by the violent and cunning Norman race.' Henry of Huntingdon's narrative covers one of the... -
Sport and Ireland: A History by Paul Rouse
RRP: $38.04$35.02This is the first history of sport in Ireland, locating the history of sport within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. Sport and Ireland demonstrates that there are aspects of Ireland's sporting history... -
Women of the Right Spirit: Paid Organisers of the Women's Social and Political Union (Wspu), 1904-18 Krista Cowman 9780719070037
RRP: $25.79$21.18This book is the first investigation on how official organizers built and sustained the national militant campaign of the Women's Social and Political Union between 1903 and 1918. Whilst the overall policy of the Union was devised by an ever-decreasing... -
Ancient Iraq by Georges Roux
RRP: $21.92$15.84First published in 1964, Ancient Iraq is the classic work on Mesopotamia and the great civilizations that sprung from the region bounded by the Euphrates and Tigris. It remains an invaluable primer for anyone fascinated by the extraordinary ruins and... -
Scotland by Douglas Skelton
RRP: $12.89$9.17For a country with a relatively small population, Scotland has had a massive impact on the world. This intriguing miscellany uncovers the culture surrounding its shores, and celebrates the many characters, legends, firsts and inventions that have shaped... -
Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars - A Spectacle of Celebrity, Talent, and Burning Ambition Sian Evans 9781473618053
RRP: $16.76$11.09'ENORMOUS FUN' GUARDIAN'SO ENTERTAINING' THE TIMES'GOSSIPY, LIGHT AND FUN' TLSQueen Bees looks at the lives of six remarkable women who made careers out of being society hostesses, including Lady Astor, who went on to become the first female MP, and Mrs... -
The Tyne Bridge: Icon of North-East England by Paul Brown
RRP: $21.92$19.75The Tyne Bridge, opened in 1928 by King George V, is one of Britain's most iconic structures, a Grade II* listed building. Linking Newcastle and Gateshead, this symbol of Tyneside and the region is also a monument to the Tyne's industrial past. Paul...