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Slate Quarrying in Wales: A Gazetteer by Des Marshall 9781845245382
$29.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845245382Author Des MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Llygad Gwalch CyfPublisher Llygad Gwalch CyfDimensions(mm) 198mm * 128mm * 15mm -
Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth by Gordon Campbell
RRP: $51.66$36.87The story of the Vikings in North America as both fact and fiction, from the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries to the myths and fabrications about their presence there that have developed in... -
Cymru Gudd by Dylan Arnold 9781800991910
$29.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800991910Author Dylan ArnoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 210mm * 241mm * 18mm -
When The Clyde Ran Red: A Social History of Red Clydeside by Maggie Craig
RRP: $21.43$14.70When the Clyde Ran Red paints a vivid picture of the heady days when revolution was in the air on Clydeside. Through the bitter strike at the huge Singer Sewing machine plant in Clydebank in 1911, Bloody Friday in Glasgow's George Square in 1919, the... -
Philip Skippon and the British Civil Wars: The "Christian Centurion" by Ismini Pells
RRP: $77.98$68.89Philip Skippon was the third-most senior general in parliament's New Model Army during the British Civil Wars. A veteran of European Protestant armies during the period of the Thirty Years' War and long-serving commander of the London Trained Bands, no... -
Origins of the French Revolution by Professor William Doyle
RRP: $101.40$94.85First published in 1980, this book rapidly established itself as the indispensable guide to what brought about the French Revolution, and to the debates of historians about the issue. It combined a full critical account of recent controversies with a... -
The Hero by Lee Child 9780008361877
RRP: $11.68$8.46THE ENDURING MYTH THAT MAKES US HUMAN What makes a hero? Who better to answer that question than Lee Child... 'It's Lee Child. Why would you not read it?' Karin... -
Aircraft Wrecks: A Walker's Guide: Historic Crash Sites on the Moors and Mountains of the British Isles by C. N. Wotherspoon 9781781594735
RRP: $33.13$24.73Originally published to acclaim in 2009, this paperback re-issue aims to give readers access to the tangible remains of hundreds of historic aircraft that still lie at crash sites on the moors and mountains of the British Isles, all of which can be... -
The Japanese Cruiser Asama by Aleksander Suchaniewicz
RRP: $50.60$35.59"Azuma" was one of the six armored cruisers built under the programme. Four of them were built by the British Armstrong shipyard, but "Azuma" was ordered in France, and its sister vessel, the "Yakumo", in Germany. Both cruisers were to carry British... -
The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims by Khaled A. Beydoun
RRP: $44.85$36.08"The New Crusades is an intersectional milestone. It lucidly illustrates how converging systems of subordination, power, and violence related to Islamophobia are experienced across the globe."-Kimberle Crenshaw, from the foreword "A profound wake-up call... -
Secrets of the Cold War: Espionage and Intelligence Operations - From Both Sides of the Iron Curtain Andrew Long 9781526790255
RRP: $48.75$34.36The Cold War, which lasted from the end of the Second World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, was fought mostly in the shadows, with the superpowers manoeuvring for strategic advantage in an anticipated global armed confrontation that... -
Dogs in Medieval Manuscripts Kathleen Walker-Meikle 9780712353021
RRP: $25.33$17.22Throughout the Middle Ages, medieval manuscripts often featured dogs, from beautiful and loving depictions of man's best friend, to bloodthirsty illustrations of savage beasts, to more whimsical and humorous interpretations. Featuring stunning... -
A Bite-sized History Of France: Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment St (c)phane H (c)naut 9781620975473
RRP: $27.28$18.25From the cassoulet that won a war to the crepe that doomed Napoleon, from the rebellions sparked by bread and salt to the new cuisines forged by empire, the history of France is intimately entwined with its gastronomic pursuits. A witty exploration of... -
The Mercurial Emperor: The Magic Circle of Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague by Peter Marshall
RRP: $33.13$23.95In the late 16th century the greatest philosophers, alchemists, astronomers, painters, and mathematicians of the day flocked to Prague to work under the patronage of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, an emperor more interested in the great minds of his... -
1491 (Second Edition): New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C Mann
RRP: $37.05$25.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400032051Author Charles C. MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 527gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior by Col David H Hackworth
RRP: $52.65$40.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982144043Author David HackworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 912Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster -
The Turning Point: A Year that Changed Dickens and the World by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
RRP: $21.43$15.35A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR The year is 1851. It's a time of radical change in Britain, when industrial miracles and artistic innovations rub shoulders with political unrest, poverty and disease. It's also a turbulent time in the life of Charles Dickens,... -
Goliath: Why the West Isn't Winning. And What We Must Do About It. by Sean McFate
RRP: $21.43$15.35EVERYTHING 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... -
A Sword for Christ: The Republican Era in Great Britain and Ireland by Jonathan Cobb
RRP: $58.50$38.42The fifteen-year period between 1645 and 1660 was one of the most dynamic in British history, during which the republican Commonwealth and Cromwellian Protectorate attempted to create a new type of 'Godly' state after the execution of Charles I. ... -
Democracy: A Life by Paul Cartledge 9780198815136
RRP: $29.23$21.35Democracy is either aspired to as a goal or cherished as a birthright by billions of people throughout the world today -- and has been been for over a century. But what does it mean? And how has its meaning changed since it was first coined in ancient... -
This Is a Book for People Who Love the Royals by Rebecca Stoeker
RRP: $25.33$19.40From the line of succession to the Queen's corgis, this charming book is a perfect primer on the fascinating world of British royalty.Full of fun facts and surprising stories to delight longtime enthusiasts and new fans alike, This Is a Book for People... -
Ghostly Tales and Sinister Stories of Old Edinburgh by Alan J. Wilson 9781851584567
RRP: $19.48$15.13Over a hundred gripping tales - of murder and mystery, ghosts and ghouls, body-snatching and witch-burning - reveal the darker side of genteel Edinburgh's history. Ghostly Tales and Sinister Stories is a highly readable collection, fully illustrated... -
The School That Escaped the Nazis Deborah Cadbury 9781529365771
RRP: $39.00$26.81*JEWISH CHRONICAL CRITICS' CHOICE: NON-FICTION OF THE YEAR 2022*'A devastatingly affecting book. . . Bunce Court! I keep saying the name to myself because it encapsulates all that is gentle and comically charming about wartime England' The Times ... -
Freud's Patients: A Book of Lives by Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen 9781789144550
RRP: $39.00$28.65Everyone knows the characters described by Freud in his case histories: 'Dora', the 'Rat Man', the 'Wolf Man'. But what do we know of the people, the lives behind these famous pseudonyms: Ida Bauer, Ernst Lanzer, Sergius Pankejeff? Do we know the... -
Liberty's Dawn: A People's History of the Industrial Revolution by Emma Griffin
RRP: $29.23$28.96This remarkable book looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class. The Industrial Revolution brought not simply misery and... -
The Suffragettes In Pictures by Diane Atkinson
RRP: $43.88$33.33This book draws extensively on the little-known but important Suffragette Fellowship Collection of archive photographs, newspapers, personal correspondence, artefacts and memoirs, to present a vivid picture of Suffragette life. The strength of the book... -
Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain Men: A Guide to the Equipment of the Trappers and Fur Traders Who Opened the Old West by Carl P. Russell 9781602399693
$23.05This classic, scholarly history of the fur trappers and traders of the early nineteenth century focuses on the devices that enabled the opening of the untracked American west. Sprinkled with interesting facts and old western lore, this guide to traps and... -
Korea 1950–53: B-29s, Thunderjets and Skyraiders fight the strategic bombing campaign by Michael Napier 9781472855558
RRP: $33.13$23.95A spectacularly illustrated new history and analysis of the strategic bombing campaign in the Korean War, which saw the last combat of America's legendary B-29s. Just five years after they defeated Japan, at the dawn of the jet age, the most... -
Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe by Richard Holloway
RRP: $33.13$23.95Throughout history we have told ourselves stories to try and make sense of what it all means: our place in a small corner of one of billions of galaxies, at the end of billions of years of existence. In this new book Richard Holloway takes us on a... -
Napoleon's Infantry Handbook by Terry Crowdy 9781399023580
RRP: $29.23$23.95If not a field marshals baton, what did Napoleons soldiers really carry in their backpacks? Napoleons Infantry Handbook is an essential reference guide, filled with fascinating detail on the training, tactics, equipment, service and administration of... -
Heritage: A History of How We Conserve Our Past by James Stourton 9781838933173
RRP: $29.23$21.35What is heritage? When was it invented? What is its place in the world today? What is its place tomorrow? Heritage is all around us: millions belong to its organisations, tens of thousands volunteer for it, and politicians pay lip service to it. When... -
The Secret History Of The Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford
RRP: $33.13$22.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307407160Author Jack WeatherfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm)... -
The January 6 Report by The January 6th Committee
RRP: $29.23$19.70The instant #1 New York Times bestsellerThe official report and findings of the bipartisan Congressional investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and Donald Trump's related coup conspiracies to overthrow the election, with an original... -
Women Our History by DK
RRP: $39.00$30.40Re-examining history from a female perspective, this book celebrates the numerous important roles women have played in culture and society that are less often told.Packed full of evocative images, this gloriously illustrated book reveals the key events... -
Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception by Annie Jacobsen
RRP: $29.23$27.01The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena, from the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain and international bestseller Area 51.This is a book about a team of scientists and... -
Raw Generals and Green Soldiers: Catholic Armies in Ireland 1641-43 by Padraig Lenihan
RRP: $58.40$40.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804511947Author Padraig LenihanFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Magic Box: Viewing Britain through the Rectangular Window by Rob Young
RRP: $25.33$18.39A LOUDER THAN WAR BOOK OF THE YEARA riveting journey into the psyche of Britain through its golden age of television and film; a cross-genre feast of moving pictures, from classics to occult hidden gems, The Magic Box is the nation's visual self-portrait... -
How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400 Year History by Felipe Fernández-Armesto 9781789148404
RRP: $48.75$34.36"Sixteenth-century Spain was small, poor, disunited and sparsely populated. Yet the Spaniards and their allies built the largest empire the world had ever seen. How did they achieve this? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto and Manuel Lucena Giraldo argue that... -
The Knights Templar in Yorkshire by Diane Holloway
RRP: $35.08$26.99Where can you see an effigy of a Templar? What prompted King John to hand England over to an Italian? Who worked for the Templars in Yorkshire? The Knights Templar in Yorkshire answers all these questions and many more. This new book explores what... -
Exploring the Lancaster Canal: A history and guide Robert Swain 9781910837221
RRP: $23.40$16.65200 years ago, in 1819, the Lancaster Canal was officially completed. It represented a new and bright future for all those who traded between Preston and Kendal. It was to become a vital navigable artery during Britain's industrial heyday, and also a...