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In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century Geert Mak 9780099516736
RRP: £14.99£10.95Geert Mak spent the year 1999 criss-crossing the continent, tracing the history of Europe from Verdun to Berlin, St Petersburg to Auschwitz, Kiev to Srebrenica. He set off in search of evidence and witnesses, looking to define the condition of Europe at... -
Roman Wales Sarah Symons 9781445643809
RRP: £15.99£10.85When the Roman army invaded Wales in AD 74, they had to build a continuous chain of fortresses along the length and breadth of the country because of the fierce opposition of the tribal population, the Celts. The clash of cultures that resulted gave... -
The Great Escaper: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell Simon Pearson 9781444760668
RRP: £10.99£7.40Roger Bushell was 'Big X', mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, immortalised in the Hollywood film The Great Escape.Very little was known about Bushell until 2011, when his family donated his private papers - a treasure... -
Frozen in Time: The Fagel Collection in the Library of Trinity College Dublin by Tim Jackson
RRP: £45.00£40.22'Hendrik Fagel the Younger (1765-1838), Greffier or Chief Minister of Holland, had the misfortune to have his property seized by invading French forces in the winter of 1794-5, but managed to secure the release of his family art collection and library,... -
The World Crisis Volume I: 1911-1914 by Sir Winston S. Churchill 9781472586407
RRP: £25.99£24.56The World Crisis is considered by many to be Winston S. Churchill's literary masterpiece. Published across five volumes between 1923 and 1931, Churchill here tells the story of The Great War, from its origins to the long shadow it cast on the following... -
The Treasures of Tutankhamun by Garry J Shaw
RRP: £12.99£8.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780500052181Author Garry J ShawFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Thames & Hudson LtdPublisher Thames & Hudson LtdWeight(grams) 121g -
The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting by Ben Lewis
RRP: £9.99£6.64In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the extraordinary journey of a masterpiece lost and found, lied and fought over... -
Strategy: Second Revised Edition by Hart B. H. Liddell 9780452010710
RRP: £23.00£18.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452010710Author Hart B. H. LiddellFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 357gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 134mm *... -
Newcastle Upon Tyne In Old Photographs by Peter Hepplewhite 9780752415987
RRP: £17.99£13.64With 200 images, selected from the archives, portraying the city in a bygone age, we embark on an intriguing pictorial journey around Newcastle upon Tyne. The Tyne of course dominates the scene, new bridges are built and old ones demolished to cope with... -
Another Man's Shoes Sven Somme 9780954913731
RRP: £9.95£8.74"Another Man's Shoes" is a gripping first-hand account of a Norwegian scientist's escape from German custody during the Second World War after his arrest for spying. Written just after the war, Sven Somme vividly describes his 200-mile trek across the... -
Feminine power: the divine to the demonic Belinda Crerar 9780714151304
RRP: £30.00£20.40An exciting, wide-ranging exploration of the power and diversity of female figures of worship in world cultures and belief systems, from the ancient world to today. ---------- 'Written in plain and accessible language, without losing academic rigor..... -
Arctic: culture and climate by Amber Lincoln
RRP: £35.00£25.89The Arctic, often imagined as one of the most inhospitable places on earth, has been inhabited for nearly 30,000 years. The various communities that call the region home have found ingenious ways to harness and celebrate their environment, and to... -
From Demons to Dracula: The Creation of the Modern Vampire Myth by Matthew Beresford
£21.14In blood-soaked lore handed down the centuries, the vampire is a monster of endless fascination: from Bram Stoker's "Dracula" to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", this seductive lover of blood haunts popular culture and inhabits our darkest imaginings. The... -
Around Hoyland by Geoffrey Howse
RRP: £12.99£9.62A history of HoylandBook InformationISBN 9780750922685Author Geoffrey HowseFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm -
Bringing Life to Aberdeen: A History of Maternity and Neonatal Services by Lesley G Dunbar
RRP: £16.99£12.47How did Aberdeen revolutionise modern midwifery and mother and baby care? Whether you were born in - or gave birth in - Aberdeen or elsewhere, you will probably have benefitted from the pioneering work of some of the people mentioned in this book... -
A History of Solitude David Vincent (The Open University) 9781509536597
RRP: £14.99£9.80Solitude has always had an ambivalent status: the capacity to enjoy being alone can make sociability bearable, but those predisposed to solitude are often viewed with suspicion or pity. Drawing on a wide array of literary and historical sources, David... -
Someone to Wed by Mary Balogh 9780349419190
RRP: £9.99£6.80'One of the best!' Julia Quinn, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Bridgerton series A very practical marriage makes Alexander Westcott question his heart in this stunning Regency romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Someone to Hold... -
How Did Our Garden Grow?: The History of Hatton Garden by Vivian Watson
RRP: £40.00£30.80Never before has the full history of Hatton Garden and its diamond and jewellery trade been revealed in such detail.Stories of individuals who made the community what it is today and events that are usually hidden from the public's eye have been compiled... -
Fidel and Che: The Revolutionary Friendship Between Fidel Castro and Che Guevara by Simon Reid-Henry
RRP: £12.99£8.60'As exciting and readable as a Cold War thriller' The Times'Brings back the danger and intense emotions of that revolutionary period...it reads like adventure fiction' IndependentThe story of the remarkable and revolutionary friendship between two of the... -
The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland by Crawford Gribben 9780198868187
RRP: £31.49£22.34Ireland has long been regarded as a 'land of saints and scholars'. Yet the Irish experience of Christianity has never been simple or uncomplicated. The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland describes the emergence, long dominance, sudden division, and... -
Delacroix: New and Expanded Edition by Barthelemy Jobert 9780691182360
RRP: £55.00£44.51A newly expanded edition of the defining book on one of French Romanticism's most influential and elusive paintersEugene Delacroix (1798-1863) was a solitary genius who produced stormy Romantic works like The Death of Sardanapalus as well as more... -
The Highland Clans by Alistair Moffat
£12.14The story of the Highland clans is a gripping one, full of celebrated names and heroic deeds. It is also, as Alistair Moffat reveals, the story of a fearless people, shaped by the unique traditions and landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Here, he traces... -
Chartism: A New History by Dr. Malcolm Chase
RRP: £19.99£14.92Chartism, the mass movement for democratic rights, dominated British domestic politics in the late 1830s and 1840s. It mobilised over three million supporters at its height. Few modern European social movements, certainly in Britain, have captured the... -
How the French Think: An Affectionate Portrait of an Intellectual People by Sudhir Hazareesingh 9780241961063
RRP: £12.99£9.09WINNER OF THE GRAND PRIX DU LIVRE D'IDEESThe French: serious and frivolous, charming and infuriating, rational and mystical, pessimistic, pleasure-loving - and perhaps more than any other people, intellectual. This original and entertaining book shows... -
The Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi (1570): L'arte et prudenza d'un maestro cuoco (The Art and Craft of a Master Cook) by Terence Scully
RRP: £42.00£35.97Bartolomeo Scappi (c. 1500-1577) was arguably the most famous chef of the Italian Renaissance. He oversaw the preparation of meals for several Cardinals and was such a master of his profession that he became the personal cook for two Popes. At the... -
Two Gods in Heaven: Jewish Concepts of God in Antiquity by Peter Schafer
RRP: £30.00£23.29A book that challenges our most basic assumptions about Judeo-Christian monotheismContrary to popular belief, Judaism was not always strictly monotheistic. Two Gods in Heaven reveals the long and little-known history of a second, junior god in Judaism,... -
How the West Lost the Peace: The Great Transformation Since the Cold War Philipp Ther 9781509550609
RRP: £17.99£16.04When the Berlin Wall was stormed and the Soviet Union fell apart, the West and above all the United States looked like the sole victors of history. Three decades later, the spirit of triumph rings hollow. What went wrong? In this sequel to his... -
Kohima 1944: The Battle That Saved India by Robert Lyman 9781846039393
RRP: £16.99£13.16In March 1944, the Japanese Army launched Operation U-Go, an attack on Assam in India intended to inspire a rising against British rule. A month earlier the Japanese had launched Operation Ha-Go, which was intended as a feint to draw British attention... -
Hellhound on his Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin Hampton Sides 9780718192068
RRP: £12.99£9.09Hellhound on His Trail is the story of two very different men whose lives catastrophically interweaved over the course of some nine months in the late 1960s: one was a thief and con man called James Earl Ray, the other one of the greatest American... -
Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking by Rocky Lang
RRP: £30.00£21.95Rare notes, memos, and telegrams from Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Jane Fonda, and more Letters from Hollywood reproduces in full color scores of entertaining and insightful pieces of correspondence from some of the most... -
U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear, Biological And Chemical Survival Manual by Captain (Retd.) Dick Couch
RRP: £13.99£11.42Experts agree that the next terrorist attack on our soil will not come in the same form as September 11. The possibility of nuclear, chemical or biological attack is increasingly likely. The U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear, Chemical and Biological... -
Modern Italy: A Very Short Introduction by Anna Cento Bull
RRP: £8.99£6.45The history of modern Italy is characterized by recurrent cultural and political projects of modernity, rejuvenation, and regeneration; projects which often had their roots in a widespread dissatisfaction with social and political reality, and perceived... -
The Battle of Crecy: A Casebook Michael Livingston 9781781382707
RRP: £27.50£25.55Winner of the Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award 2017This casebook is the most extensive collection of documents ever assembled for the study of one of the famous battles in history. Here we see the Battle of Crecy across the cultural... -
How to Read a Latin Poem: If You Can't Read Latin Yet by William Fitzgerald
£19.64Latin is very much alive in the poetry written by the great Latin poets, and this book is about their poetry, their language, and their culture. Fitzgerald shows the reader with little or no knowledge of the Latin language how it works as a unique... -
The Oldest Book in the World: Philosophy in the Age of the Pyramids by Bill Manley
RRP: £25.00£15.47A brand-new translation of a philosophical classic of the ancient world, The Teaching of Ptahhatp, written in Egypt 4,000 years ago. The Teaching of Ptahhatp, composed two millennia before the birth of Plato, is the oldest surviving statement of... -
Division Leclerc: The Leclerc Column and Free French 2nd Armored Division, 1940-1946 by Merlin Robinson
RRP: £14.99£10.95'General Leclerc' was the nom de guerre adopted by the Gaullist officer Philippe de Hautcloque, to protect his family in occupied France. He became France's foremost fighting commander, and his armored division (the '2e DB') its most famous formation... -
The Way Of A Pilgrim by H. Bacovain
£9.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385468145Author Helen BacovcinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group... -
The Chronicle of Theophanes: Anni mundi 6095-6305 (A.D. 602-813) by Harry Turtledove
RRP: £23.99£20.84The most important illuminating source that survived from the two centuries termed "the dark ages of Byzantium" is the chronicle of the monk Theophanes (d. 817 or 818). In it Theophanes paints a vivid picture of the Empire's struggle in the seventh and... -
The Great Gamble: The Soviet War in Afghanistan by Gregory Feifer 9780061143199
£11.13The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that has striking lessons for the 21st century. In "The Great Gamble", Gregory Feifer examines the conflict from the perspective of the soldiers on the ground. In gripping detail, he vividly depicts... -
The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter 9780393339741
RRP: £14.99£12.50Telling perhaps the most important forgotten story in American history, eminent historian Nell Irvin Painter guides us through more than two thousand years of Western civilization, illuminating not only the invention of race but also the frequent praise...