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The Ornament Of The World by Maria Rosa Menocal
RRP: $19.34$15.47This classic bestseller - the inspiration for the PBS series - is an "illuminating and even inspiring" portrait of medieval Spain that explores the golden age when Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance (Los Angeles... -
Crystal Clear: The Autobiographies of Sir Lawrence and Lady Bragg by A. M. Glazer 9780198744306
RRP: $61.26$61.25Crystal Clear takes you behind the scenes in the life of one of the most prominent scientists of the twentieth century, William Lawrence Bragg (WLB) - an innovative genius, who together with his father, William Henry Bragg (WHB) founded and developed a... -
South Wales Collieries Volume 3 by Owen David 9780752427751
RRP: $19.34$14.90This is part of a series on South Wales Collieries, which illustrates the area's industrial history during the past 200 years, in text and photographs, and gives a glimpse of both working and village life in the valleys.Book InformationISBN... -
The Plot to Save South Africa: The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a New Nation by Justice Malala
RRP: $32.25$20.95'Superbly reported, compelling . . . wonderfully captures the spirit of that time' Financial Times'Gripping and important' Observer __________________________________________________________________________ Nine days that set the course of a nation..... -
A Traveller's History of Venice by Peter Mentzel
RRP: $14.18$11.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566566117Author Peter MentzelFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, IncWeight(grams)... -
Devon at War 1939 45 by Derek Tait 9781473855755
RRP: $16.76$11.73When war was declared on 1 September 1939, the people of Devon pulled together in a way that they hadn't done since the Great War of 191418. This book covers the people of Devon's contribution to the war effort, from the commencement of the conflict in... -
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner 9780393340662
RRP: $19.34$15.88Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian, Eric Foner draws Lincoln... -
Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika by Giles Foden
RRP: $20.63$14.98At the start of World War One, German warships controlled Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa. The British had no naval craft at all upon 'Tanganjikasee', as the Germans called it. This mattered: it was the longest lake in the world and of great strategic... -
A Dangerous Game: Growing Up East of the Oder Under the Nazis and Soviets by Luise Urban
RRP: $16.76$12.41Luise Urban was born in 1933 into a world about to be turned upside down. Her family lived east of the river Oder. Fatefully, her family were not Nazi Party members and suffered as a result. As the Third Reich crumbled and the Red Army advanced, she was... -
The World Crisis Volume III: 1916-1918 by Sir Winston S. Churchill
$38.02The 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... -
Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain Padraic X. Scanlan 9781472142351
RRP: $32.25$21.65'Engrossing and powerful . . . rich and thought-provoking'Fara Dabhoiwala, Guardian'Path-breaking . . . a major rewriting of history'Mihir Bose, Irish Times'Slave Empire is lucid, elegant and forensic. It deals with appalling horrors in cool and... -
The Dark Queens: A gripping tale of power, ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France by Shelley Puhak
RRP: $14.18$10.02A vivid double biography of two fearless early medieval queens. 'Brings the Merovingian empire to thrilling, bewildering, horrifying life' Helen Castor 'Restores two half-forgotten and much-mythologized queens to their proper place in medieval... -
Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War: 1938-1941 by Alan Allport
RRP: $32.25$28.63Shortlisted for The Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2021 A Times History Book of the Year 'Britain's wartime story has been told many times, but never as cleverly as this' Dominic Sandbrook 'Will make you think anew not just about... -
A History of Central Europe: Nations and States Since 1848 by Robert Austin
RRP: $32.24$28.86This textbook offers a survey of the history of Central Europe since 1848, from the 'Springtime of Nations', through the world wars and communist period, to NATO and EU membership. With an emphasis on nation-building, it gives the reader a better... -
In Fact: An Optimist's Guide to Ireland at 100 by Mark Henry 9780717190386
RRP: $29.66$22.29If you follow the headlines, you could be forgiven for thinking that things in Ireland are worse than ever. In fact, we live longer than ever before, we have never been healthier or better educated, we earn five times more than our grandparents did, our... -
Ghosts and Legends of Northumbria by Beryl Homes 9780955540677
RRP: $6.44$5.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955540677Author Beryl HomesFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Northern HeritagePublisher Northern Heritage ServicesDimensions(mm) 200mm * 128mm * 50mm -
Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II Prit Buttar 9781472807496
RRP: $21.92$17.49The Baltic States suffered more than almost any other territory during World War II, caught on the front-line of some of the war's most vicious battles and squeezed between the vast military might of the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army. From an... -
Murder in the Graveyard: A Brutal Murder. A Wrongful Conviction. A 27-Year Fight for Justice. by Don Hale
RRP: $12.89$8.57'An Extraordinary story of innocence and persecution, determination and grit ... it had me rattling through the pages' SOPHIE DRAPER A gripping true crime investigation into the longest miscarriage of justice in... -
The Russian S-300 and S-400 Missile Systems by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $16.76$11.73An expert account of the development, role, and capabilities of the S-300 and S-400 air defence missile systems, key strategic weapons in Putin's Russia. Few modern missile systems have had such significance as the S-300 family. Highly regarded... -
The War of Jenkins' Ear: The Forgotten Struggle for North and South America: 1739-1742 by Robert Gaudi
RRP: $16.76$10.55Filled with unforgettable characters and maritime adventure, the incredible story of a forgotten war that shaped the fate of the United States-and the entire Western Hemisphere.In the early 18th century, the British and Spanish Empires were fighting for... -
Armies of the Muslim Conquest by David Nicolle
RRP: $16.76$14.20The dramatic eruption of the Arab peoples from Arabia after their adoption of the Muslim faith in the 7th century remains one of the most extraordinary events in world history. By the end of that century they ruled a state that stretched from the... -
Black Watch by Gregory Burke
RRP: $14.18$9.44Viewed through the eyes of those on the ground, Black Watch reveals what it means to be part of the legendary Scottish regiment, what it means to be part of the war on terror, and what it means to make the journey home.This book contains Gregory Burke's... -
Voices from History: East London Suffragettes by Rosemary Taylor
RRP: $12.89$9.74In 1914, the East London Federation of Suffragettes, led by Sylvia Pankhurst, split from the WSPU. Sylvia's mother and sister, Emmeline and Christabel, had encouraged her to give up her work with the poor women of East London - but Sylvia refused... -
Clacton-on-Sea by Norman Jacobs 9780752418575
RRP: $16.76$12.41Clacton-on-Sea's motto Lux, Salubritas, Felicitas (Light, Health and Happiness), sums up the main reason for the town's existence. Born in 1871, the brainchild of Victorian entrepreneur Peter Bruff, it was created from nothing to become one of the... -
In the Footsteps of the Brontes by George Sheeran
RRP: $20.63$14.00The lives and works of the celebrated Bronte family are so ingrained in our cultural psyche that we think we know them inside out - but walking in the footsteps of the literary greats and their characters offers a new perspective on their work. Our... -
London Labour and the London Poor by Victor Neuburg
RRP: $19.34$14.13London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of newspaper articles written by the great journalist Henry Mayhew between 1849 and 1850. A dozen years later, it had grown into the fullest picture we have of labouring people in the world's... -
Hitler's Vienna: A Portrait of the Tyrant as a Young Man by Brigitte Hamann 9781848852778
RRP: $32.25$16.91What turned Adolf Hitler, a relatively normal and apparently unexceptional young man, into the very personification of evil? To answer this question, acclaimed historian Brigitte Hamann has turned to the critical, formative, years that the young Hitler... -
Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora by Stephanie E. Smallwood
RRP: $30.90$24.69This bold, innovative book promises to radically alter our understanding of the Atlantic slave trade, and the depths of its horrors. Stephanie E. Smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the... -
Citizen Sailors: The Royal Navy in the Second World War by Glyn Prysor
RRP: $19.34$14.13During the Second World War the Royal Navy was the most powerful of Britain's armed forces. Its sailors fought across the globe in vast battleships and claustrophobic corvettes, makeshift minesweepers and silent submarines. They endured nerve-wracking... -
New Rome: The Roman Empire in the East, AD 395 - 700 - Longlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award by Paul Stephenson
RRP: $19.34$14.13'Fascinating ... illuminating ... Stephenson examines ordinary life, painting a vivid and intriguing picture.' The Times Long before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a new city had risen to take its place as the beating heart of a late antique... -
The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton 9780393354447
RRP: $16.76$12.84A perennial favourite, Edith Hamilton's best-selling The Greek Way captures with "Homeric power and simplicity" (The New York Times) the spirit of the golden age of Greece in the fifth century BC, the time of its highest achievements. She explores the... -
The Archaeology of the Gravel Terraces of the Upper and Middle Thames: Early Prehistory to 1500 BC by Tony Morigi 9780954962784
RRP: $45.14$44.66A review of the rich and diverse evidence for understanding past climate and environmental change in the Thames Valley, and the effects on plant and animal populations and the challenges and opportunities these presented to early humans. Part 1 of... -
Hidden History of the Korean War: New Edition by I F Stone
RRP: $32.25$26.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685900083Author I F StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Battle of the Bulge 1944-45 by Andrew Rawson
RRP: $12.89$9.74In December 1944 the German military made its final attempt to end the Second World War by throwing in all its reserves in a desperate attempt to shatter the Allied lines. After breaking through the American-held sector in the Ardennes, two Panzer armies... -
Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
RRP: $16.76$11.73SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2022 A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022 _______________ 'Rigorous, deft and entertaining ... a sparkling read' - The Spectator 'The ride is thrilling ... a work of serious scholarship' - Sunday... -
Slavic Myths by Ema Lakinska
RRP: $11.60$8.45With a new introduction, this collection of Slavic tales is based on the oral storytelling traditions of the peoples of Eastern Europe, from the Polish and the Slovaks to the Macedonians, Czechs and Serbians, with roots in pagan folklore and influenced... -
The Bolivian Diary by Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
RRP: $12.89$8.41'Guevara was a figure of epic proportions. These diaries, stark and moving, will be his most enduring monument' ObserverThe final diaries of Che Guevara begin in 1966, when he travelled to Bolivia to foment a revolution, and end just two days before his... -
The Oxford History of Modern Europe by T. C. W. Blanning
RRP: $20.63$14.98Written by eleven contributors of international standing, this book offers a readable and authoritative account of Europe's turbulent history from the French Revolution in the late eighteenth century to the present day. Each chapter portrays both change... -
More Lancashire Murders by Alan Hayhurst 9780752456454
RRP: $19.34$14.90In this follow-up to Lancashire Murders, Alan Hayhurst brings together more murderous tales that shocked not only the county but made headline news throughout the nation. They include the case of Oldham nurse Elizabeth Berry, who poisoned her own... -
Life and Afterlife in Ancient China by Jessica Rawson
RRP: $51.60$34.77A Prospect Book of the YearAn epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombsThe three millennia up to the establishment of the first imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC cemented many of the distinctive elements of...