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Forgotten Land: Journeys Among the Ghosts of East Prussia by Max Egremont
RRP: £14.99£11.13East Prussia is no longer on any map, though it was once a thriving land, famously military, deeply forested, artistically fertile, and the birthplace of Immanuel Kant. As the scene of Stalin's 'terrible revenge' it came to embody the turbulence of the... -
Voyages and Discoveries by Richard Hakluyt
RRP: £14.99£10.95Renaissance diplomat and part-time spy, William Hakluyt was also England's first serious geographer, gathering together a wealth of accounts about the wide-ranging travels and discoveries of the sixteenth-century English. One of the epics of this great... -
Glasgow East: Images of Scotland by Gordon Adams 9780752445670
RRP: £15.99£12.25This fascinating collection of more than 200 archive photographs explores the history of the east of Glasgow over the last 100 years - travelling through the city centre and Glasgow Green, Calton, Mile-end and Bridgeton, Dennistoun, Camlachie and... -
The Trauma of Captivity: PoW Mental Heath by Julie Cook 9781399016827
RRP: £22.00£15.62The Trauma of Captivity seeks to shed new light on a forgotten aspect of what it meant to be a prisoner of war: their homecoming. With primary source archive content and interviews with family members of prisoners of war from the Second World War, as... -
Yorkshire: There and Back Andrew Martin 9781472154873
RRP: £12.99£7.51In Yorkshire: There and Back, Andrew Martin celebrates Britain's most charismatic county, looking back at the Yorkshire of his 1970s childhood and as it is today.Journeying to every historic corner, Martin writes affectionally about its past, present and... -
The Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-3 Vol. II by Dariusz Paduch
RRP: £24.00£16.96The I-200 fighter project was a compromise between design office's capabilities, realities of the Soviet aviation industry, with its available technologies, and military requirements.According to the brief description of the MiG-3 from 1941, it was, in... -
Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor:: An Illustrated History by Mike Wallace
RRP: £18.99£12.65It's called the Raptor. The F-22 will be the U.S. Air Force's premier fighter for the first decades of the 21st century. Like other expensive military programs, the F-22 endured continuous scrutiny throughout its development - the aircraft that evolved... -
Gypsies: An English History by David Cressy
RRP: £14.99£10.95Gypsies, Egyptians, Romanies, and--more recently--Travellers. Who are these marginal and mysterious people who first arrived in England in early Tudor times? Are claims of their distant origins on the Indian subcontinent true, or just another of the many... -
A is for Bee Ellen Heck 9781782693628
RRP: £12.99£8.18What letter does the word bee start with? If you said "B" you're right - in English! But in many, many languages, it actually starts with A. Bee is Anu in Igbo. Ari in Turkish. Aamoo in Ojibwe. And Abelha in Portuguese... -
Vintage Crime: A Short History of Wine Fraud by Rebecca Gibb 9780520385931
RRP: £25.00£19.05"This slim yet insightful and entertaining volume documents the many instances where wine drinkers did not get what they paid for, sometimes with deadly consequences."-New York Times, Best Wine Books of 2023How fakes, fraudsters, and grape crusaders have... -
Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison by David P. Chandler
RRP: £25.00£19.59The horrific torture and execution of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge during the 1970s is one of the century's major human disasters. David Chandler, a world-renowned historian of Cambodia, examines the Khmer Rouge phenomenon... -
Haunted Bath by David Brandon 9780752447599
RRP: £12.99£9.62A pub with a deceased barmaid who simply refuses to leave, a Grey Lady in the Theatre Royal; a poltergeist in the Garrick's Head pub; a man in a black hat at the Assembly Rooms. Bath is one of the few British cities which may justifiably be called... -
A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn - the Last Great Battle by James Donovan
RRP: £13.99£10.95In June of 1876, on a hill above a river called the Little Bighorn, George Armstrong Custer and all 210 men under his direct command were annihilated by 2,000 Sioux and Cheyenne. The news of this stunning defeat caused an uproar, and those involved... -
The Great Stain: Witnessing American Slavery by Noel Rae 9781468315134
RRP: £40.00£24.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781468315134Author Noel RaeFormat HardbackPage Count 591Imprint Harry N. AbramsPublisher Harry N. AbramsWeight(grams) 807gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 44mm -
The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege by Marilynne K. Roach
RRP: £19.99£15.28Based on twenty-seven years of original archival research, including the discovery of previously unknown documents, this day-by-day narrative of the hysteria that swept through Salem Village in 1692 and 1693 reveals new connections behind the events, and... -
The Fabulous Flotilla: Scotland's Adventure on the Rivers of Burma by Paul Strachan 9781849955324
RRP: £18.99£15.65The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, known in colonial Burma as the ‘Fabulous Flotilla’, was the largest privately-owned fleet of ships in the world. It was an entirely Scottish enterprise with nearly all its investors, management and ship’s officers drawn... -
Kremlin Winter: Russia and the Second Coming of Vladimir Putin by Robert Service
RRP: £25.00£22.19Vladimir Putin has dominated Russian politics since Boris Yeltsin relinquished the presidency in his favour in May 2000. He served two terms as president, before himself relinquishing the post to his prime minister, Dimitri Medvedev, only to return to... -
Is Capitalism Working?: A primer for the 21st century Jacob Field 9780500293676
RRP: £12.95£8.58The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsIs Capitalism Working? is a highly relevant question today - not least to a generation coming of age in a world still experiencing aftershocks from the near-meltdown of... -
Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West by Malcolm V. Lowe
RRP: £16.99£12.28Using specially commissioned artwork and detailing technical specifications, this book explores the Bf 109's different roles occasioned by wartime necessity, from its employment as a fighter to its evolution as a fighter-bomber. One of the principal... -
The Celts: A Sceptical History by Simon Jenkins
RRP: £10.99£7.77A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022 'Simon Jenkins, as ever, writes with clarity and insight' Times 'One of the liveliest commentators in Britain, always worth reading and pleasingly contrarian' Jeremy Paxman, Guardian Who were the Celts?... -
Fighting the French Revolution: The Great Vendee Rising of 1793 by Rob Harper 9781473868960
RRP: £25.00£17.62In 1793 France was facing foreign invasion along its borders and a fierce political war was raging in Paris when a large-scale revolt, centred on the western Department of the Vendee, suddenly erupted, almost bringing the new-born French Republic to its... -
On Laudianism: Piety, Polemic and Politics During the Personal Rule of Charles I by Peter Lake 9781009306812
RRP: £39.99£35.23Laudianism was both a way of being Christian and a political ideology. This definitive account establishes the theological roots and political resonances of Laudianism, and shows how it was based on the recuperation of the theological principles and... -
Merseyside Tales: Curious and Amazing True Stories from History by Ken Pye
RRP: £9.99£7.55This fantastic collection of true tales celebrates the strange and curious secrets of Merseyside's history. The fifty stories inside - from the lion in the wheelbarrow on the tightrope to the twelve young women 'smothered by the incurable malady they... -
Louise Nevelson: Art is Life by Laurie Wilson
RRP: £24.95£17.35Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was, with Calder, Noguchi and David Smith, one of the great American sculptors of the 20th century. She created extraordinary work, from room-size installations composed of boxes to gnarled and majestic steel structures. Her... -
A Brief History of Thailand: Monarchy, War and Resilience: The Fascinating Story of the Gilded Kingdom at the Heart of Asia by Richard A. Ruth 9780804851213
RRP: £14.99£9.80Thailand is known for its picturesque beaches and famous temples, but there's much more to this popular holiday destination than many realize.A Brief History of Thailand offers an engaging look at the country's last 250 years-from coups and violent... -
The Origins of the First World War: Diplomatic and Military Documents by Annika Mombauer
RRP: £25.00£22.43Annika Mombauer's essential source reader translates, cross-references and annotates a vast range of international diplomatic and military documents on the origins of the First World War. It collects together documents which are newly discovered or were... -
Imperial Tragedy: From Constantine's Empire to the Destruction of Roman Italy AD 363-568 by Professor Michael Kulikowski
RRP: £12.99£9.09For centuries, Rome was one of the world's largest imperial powers, its influence spread across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle-East, its military force successfully fighting off attacks by the Parthians, Germans, Persians and Goths. Then came the... -
The Great Irish Potato Famine by James S. Donnelly
RRP: £30.00£22.43In the century before the great famine of the late 1840s, the Irish people, and the poor especially, became increasingly dependent on the potato for their food. So when potato blight struck, causing the tubers to rot in the ground, they suffered a... -
The Violence of Britishness: Racism, Borders and the Conditions of Citizenship by Nadya Ali
RRP: £16.99£11.54In post-Brexit Britain wracked by multiple crises, the entitlements of citizenship grow increasingly precarious. 'Britishness' is a way of understanding the nation shaped by white nationalism that acts as a powerful tool of racial bordering, separating... -
Sea of Storms: Shipwrecks of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by Richard Larn 9780995502864
RRP: £25.00£17.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995502864Author Richard LarnFormat HardbackPage Count 170Imprint Mabecron Books LtdPublisher Mabecron Books Ltd -
Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith by James H. Billington
RRP: £44.99£40.28This book traces the origins of a faith--perhaps the faith of the century. Modern revolutionaries are believers, no less committed and intense than were Christians or Muslims of an earlier era. What is new is the belief that a perfect secular order will... -
A History of Cadbury by Wordsworth, Diane 9781526733375
RRP: £19.99£14.28When John Cadbury came to Birmingham in 1824, he sold tea, coffee and drinking chocolate in a small shop on Bull Street. Drinking chocolate was considered a healthy alternative to alcohol, something Cadbury, a Quaker, was keen to encourage. In 1879,... -
The Darkest Days: The Truth Behind Britain's Rush to War, 1914 Douglas Newton 9781781688168
RRP: £9.99£8.17The centenary of the outbreak of the First World War may be commemorated by some as a great moment of national history. But the standard history of Britain's choice for war is far from the truth. Using a wide range of sources, including the personal ... -
Stalin's Gamble: The Search for Allies against Hitler, 1930-1936 by Michael Jabara Carley 9781487544416
RRP: £66.00£54.56Shedding light on the origins of the Second World War in Europe, Stalin's Gamble aims to create a historical narrative of the relations of the USSR with Britain, France, the United States, Poland, Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia, and Romania during the... -
Samuel Pepys and the Strange Wrecking of the Gloucester: A True Restoration Tragedy by Nigel Pickford
RRP: £20.00£15.04In 1682, Charles II invited his scandalous younger brother, James, Duke of York, to return from exile and take his rightful place as heir to the throne. To celebrate, the future king set sail in a fleet of eight ships destined for Edinburgh, where he... -
Beneath Another Sky: A Global Journey into History by Norman Davies
RRP: £18.99£13.61Human history is a tale not just of constant change, but of perpetual restlessness. In Beneath Another Sky the esteemed historian Norman Davies embarks upon a journey round the world to show the layers of experience that underpin our present - and ... -
Bolt Action: Campaign: D-Day: US Sector by Warlord Games
RRP: £25.00£17.62Covering the fiercely contested US sectors of D-Day, including the beaches of Omaha and Utah, this new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to refight the fierce American beach landings, beach head breakouts, and Airborne assaults. New, linked... -
The Dukes Cut: The Bridgewater Canal by Cyril J. Wood
RRP: £14.99£11.55The Bridgewater Canal is distinguished as England's first canal and its development marked the beginning of a transport revolution that provided a crucial foundation for industrial and commercial development in England. Since its completion in 1765, the... -
Makers of Democracy: A Transnational History of the Middle Classes in Colombia by A. Ricardo Lopez-Pedreros
RRP: £23.99£20.84In Makers of Democracy A. Ricardo Lopez-Pedreros traces the ways in which a thriving middle class was understood to be a foundational marker of democracy in Colombia during the second half of the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide array of sources... -
The Colony of New Netherland: A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-Century America by Jaap Jacobs 9780801475160
RRP: £21.99£17.86The Dutch involvement in North America started after Henry Hudson, sailing under a Dutch flag in 1609, traveled up the river that would later bear his name. The Dutch control of the region was short-lived, but had profound effects on the Hudson Valley...