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The Essex Hundred Histories by Andrew Summers
RRP: $19.48$14.27The 'Histories' follows on from the Essex Hundred and has been inspired by the ancient land system of hundreds. It delves into one hundred events or personalities from 2,000 years of the county's history. This second edition which has been reprinted 11... -
The Enlightenment: And Why it Still Matters by Mr. Anthony Pagden
RRP: $38.98$29.80The Enlightenment and Why It Still Matters tells nothing less than the story of how the modern, Western view of the world was born. Cultural and intellectual historian Anthony Pagden explains how, and why, the ideal of a universal, global, and... -
Becoming Neolithic: The Pivotal Transformation in Human History in Southwest Asia by Trevor Watkins 9780415221528
RRP: $72.13$63.43Becoming Neolithic examines the revolutionary transformation of human life that was taking place around 12,000 years ago in parts of southwest Asia. Hunter-gatherer communities were building the first permanent settlements, creating public monuments and... -
Shut Your Mouth and Save Your Life: The Dangers of Mouth Breathing and Why Nose or Nasal Breathing is Preferred, Based on the Native American Experience (Annotated) by George Catlin
RRP: $13.55$11.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611047141Author George CatlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Cedar Lake ClassicsPublisher Cedar Lake ClassicsWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 229mm... -
The Nubian Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives by Aidan Dodson 9781649031631
RRP: $58.48$47.11An innovative account of the careers of the Nubians who occupied the Egyptian throne, written by a leading Egyptologist and author of Tutankhamun, King of EgyptThe region of Nubia-now spanning the modern border between Egypt and Sudan-was long a subject... -
"Big Week" 1944: Operation Argument and the breaking of the Jagdwaffe by Douglas C. Dildy
RRP: $29.23$21.35A rigorous new analysis of America's legendary 'Big Week' air campaign which enabled the Allies to gain air superiority before D-Day. The USAAF's mighty World War II bomber forces were designed for unescorted, precision daylight bombing, but no-one ... -
The Norwegian Merchant Fleet in the Second World War by Kenneth L Privratsky 9781399043861
RRP: $42.90$30.46Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward: Sex, Scandal and Deadly Secrets in the Profumo Affair by Anthony Summers
RRP: $25.33$16.97The Profumo Affair was the political scandal of the twentieth century. The Tory War Minister, John Profumo, had been sleeping with the teenage Christine Keeler, while at the same time she had been sleeping with a Russian spy. The ensuing investigation... -
Ancient Iraq by Georges Roux
RRP: $33.13$23.95First 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... -
British and Commonwealth Warship Camouflage of WWII: Volume III: Cruisers and Minelayers by Malcolm George Wright 9781399024884
RRP: $33.13$23.95During the Second World War navies developed low visibility camouflage, applied to both the vertical and horizontal surfaces of their ships, in order to reduce visibility by blending in with the sea, or confuse the identity of a ship by applying... -
Young Bloomsbury: the generation that reimagined love, freedom and self-expression Nino Strachey 9781529306934
RRP: $48.75$32.72'Entirely original and thrilling . . . this is Gatsby made real' JULIET NICOLSON'This witty, fascinating book is a delight. Read it.' MIRIAM MARGOLYESIn the 1920s a new generation stepped forward to invigorate the Bloomsbury Group - creative young people... -
Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka's Hidden War by Frances Harrison 9781846274701
RRP: $29.23$19.31The tropical island of Sri Lanka is a paradise for tourists, but in 2009 it became a hell for its Tamil minority, as decades of civil war between the Tamil Tiger guerrillas and the government reached its bloody climax. Caught in the crossfire were... -
Brotherhood: When West Point Rugby Went to War by Martin Pengelly 9781567927115
RRP: $42.88$28.92"We're better off for having these men among us."-Wall Street JournalBefore 9/11, the rugby team at West Point learned to bond on a sports field. This is what happened when those 15 young men became leaders in war. Filled with drama, tragedy, and... -
Leyte Gulf 1944 (2): Surigao Strait and Cape Engano Mark Stille (Author) 9781472842855
RRP: $31.18$22.64This is the second volume in a two-part illustrated study of the October 23-26 Battle of Leyte Gulf, which resulted in a decisive defeat for the Japanese. The Battle of Leyte Gulf-the largest naval battle in history-comprised four major actions... -
Nine Lives: The Engrossing Memoir of a Cold War Harrier Pilot by Chris Burwell
RRP: $48.75$35.14Chris Burwell charts one man's career in aviation from joining the RAF in 1969 aged 18, to having responsibility for training pilots for the world's major airlines nearly 50 years later. After training at RAF Cranwell and RAF Valley and a tour as a... -
Viking Age Iceland by Jesse L. Byock
RRP: $29.23$21.35Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defence forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. It should have been a utopia yet its literature is dominated by brutality and killing. The reasons for this,... -
Jagdpanther Tank Destroyer: German Army, Western Europe 1944 -1945 by Dennis Oliver 9781526710895
RRP: $29.23$21.35Combining the destructive firepower of the 88mm gun with the outstanding mobility of the Panther series, the Jagdpanther is quite probably the best-known tank destroyer of the Second World War. In the vehicle's first action on 30 July 1944, three... -
The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced by Stephanie Dalley
RRP: $33.13$23.95The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon is an exciting story of detection involving legends, expert decipherment of ancient texts, and a vivid description of a little-known civilization. Recognized in ancient times as one of the Seven Wonders of the... -
Hurricane: Victor of the Battle of Britain Leo McKinstry 9781848543416
RRP: $25.33$16.97In the summer of 1940 the fate of Europe hung in the balance. Victory in the forthcoming air battle would mean national survival; defeat would establish German tyranny.The Luftwaffe greatly outnumbered the RAF, but during the Battle of Britain it was the... -
Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England by Annie Whitehead
RRP: $29.23$21.35Many Anglo-Saxon kings are familiar. AEthelred the Unready is one, yet less is written of his wife, who was consort of two kings and championed one of her sons over the others, or his mother who was an anointed queen and powerful regent, but was also... -
Escape from Earth: A Secret History of the Space Rocket by Fraser MacDonald
RRP: $19.48$14.06ESCAPE FROM EARTH is the untold story of the engineers, dreamers and rebels who started the American space programme. In particular, it is the story of Frank Malina, founder of what became Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the scientist who cracked... -
Black Box Canberras: British Test and Trials Canberras Since 1951 by Dave Forster
RRP: $58.40$43.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902109534Author Dave ForsterFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Hikoki PublicationsPublisher Hikoki Publications -
Battlecruiser Repulse: Detailed in original Builders' Plans John Roberts 9781526757289
RRP: $58.50$42.80The technical details of British warships were recorded in a set of plans produced by the builders on completion of every ship. Known as the as fitted' general arrangements, these drawings represented the exact appearance and fitting of the ship as it... -
Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator by Keith Houston 9780393882148
RRP: $48.75$41.57Starting with hands, abacus and slide rule, humans have always reached for tools to simplify math. Pocket-sized calculators ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, took us to the bottom of the ocean and accompanied us to the moon... -
British Battle Tanks by David Fletcher
RRP: $58.50$42.80The idea of British soldiers using American tanks was not viewed with a great deal of enthusiasm by the British Army. They perceived American tanks as being crudely made, mechanically unsophisticated and impossible to fight in. However, once British... -
Estonia: A Modern History by Neil Taylor
RRP: $35.08$31.47With only 1.3 million inhabitants, Estonia is one of Europe's least populous nations -- yet it boasts one of the continent's fastest growing economies. In the first serious English-language history of this small Baltic state, Neil Taylor charts Estonia's... -
Estonian Textbook: Grammar, Exercises, Conversation by J. Tuldava
RRP: $40.93$36.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780933070547Author J TuldavaFormat PaperbackPage Count 379Imprint Research Institute for Inner Asian StudiesPublisher Research Institute for Inner Asian... -
The Black Joke: The True Story of One British Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade by A. E. Rooks
RRP: $48.75$33.13**Longlisted for the Mountbatten Maritime Media Awards 2022**A groundbreaking history of the Black Joke, the most famous member of the British Royal Navy's anti-slavery squadron, and the long fight to end the transatlantic slave trade.Initially a slaving... -
The Preacher and the Prelate: The Achill Mission Colony and the Battle for Souls in Famine Ireland by Patricia Byrne 9781785371721
RRP: $25.33$21.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785371721Author Patricia ByrneFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Undercover Agent: How a young SOE agent thwarted the Nazis in Occupied France by Mark Seaman
RRP: $37.03$26.17Tony Brooks was unique. He was barely out of school when recruited in 1941 by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), the wartime secret service established by Churchill to 'set Europe ablaze'. After extensive training he was parachuted into France in... -
The Underground Sea by John Berger 9781805302995
RRP: $33.13$22.58The Underground Sea is a succinct, urgent collection of writing from John Berger's archive. It brings together for the first time his work on mineworkers and the miners' strikes and has been edited as a set of actions for today. Publication of The... -
A History of New York in 27 Buildings: The 400-Year Untold Story of an American Metropolis by Sam Roberts
RRP: $37.03$26.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620409800Author Sam RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 578g -
Haunted Stevenage by Paul Adams
RRP: $19.48$15.15From unexplained sightings to the search for evidence of ghosts, this book contains a chilling range of spooky tales from Old and New Stevenage and the surrounding area. Compiled by paranormal historian Paul Adams, this collection features the restless... -
The Ties That Bound: Peasant Families in Medieval England by Barbara A. Hanawalt 9780195045642
RRP: $31.18$24.16Barbara A. Hanawalt's richly detailed account offers an intimate view of everyday life in Medieval England that seems at once surprisingly familiar and yet at odds with what many experts have told us. She argues that the biological needs served by the... -
The Crisis of the Meritocracy: Britain's Transition to Mass Education since the Second World War by Peter Mandler 9780198840145
RRP: $61.41$43.56Before the Second World War, only about 20% of the population went to secondary school and barely 2% to university; today everyone goes to secondary school and half of all young people go to university. How did we get here from there? The Crisis of... -
A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi`is by John McHugo
RRP: $25.33$17.22The 1400-year-old schism between Sunnis and Shi'is is currently reflected in the destructive struggle for hegemony between Saudi Arabia and Iran - with no apparent end in sight. But how did this conflict begin, and why is it now the focus of so much... -
Java Sea 1942 by Mark Stille
RRP: $31.18$22.64The battle of the Java Sea, fought in February 1942, was the first major surface engagement of the Pacific War and one of the few naval battles of the entire war fought to a decisive victory. It was the culminating point of the Japanese drive to occupy... -
Island Stories: Britain and Its History in the Age of Brexit by David Reynolds 9780008282356
RRP: $19.48$13.34'Concise, elegant and lucid ... A very useful primer on the delusions of an English mentality' Guardian What do we get wrong about Britain's history and its place in the world? In... -
Piccadilly: London's West End and the Pursuit of Pleasure by Stephen Hoare
RRP: $39.00$29.91Piccadilly, London's milelong western artery, was originally known for its busy coaching inns and magnificent aristocratic palaces, and, more recently, for its internationally renowned department stores, theatres, restaurants and hotels. At the junction... -
China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord by Philip Snow
RRP: $48.75$40.79A compelling, expansive history of the relationship between China and Russia, from the seventeenth century to the present Russia and China, the largest and most populous countries in the world, respectively, have maintained a delicate relationship for...