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William Burrell: A Collector's Life by Martin Bellamy
RRP: $48.75$45.14In 1944, Glasgow received one of the greatest gifts ever made to any city in the world: a collection of over 6,000 artworks of many types spanning centuries and civilisations. The benefactors were Glasgow-born shipping magnate Sir William Burrell and... -
Desert Raids with the SAS: The Wartime Experiences of Major Anthony Hough - Action, Capture and Escape by Major Tony Hough
RRP: $38.98$27.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399007221Author Major Tony HoughFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Pen & Sword MilitaryPublisher Pen & Sword MilitaryWeight(grams) 152g -
The United Irishmen, Rebellion and the Act of Union, 1798-1803 by John Gibney 9781526751454
RRP: $25.33$17.92The 1790s is one of the most critical decades in the history of modern Ireland. The decade witnessed the birth of the modern ideology of separatist Irish republicanism, the creation of the Orange Order, and the greatest bloodletting in modern Irish... -
Battle of Britain Spitfire Ace: The Life and Loss of One of The Few, Flight Lieutenant William Henry Nelson DFC by Peter J Usher 9781036106126
$59.34Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Practice of History Geoffrey R. Elton (Late of the University of Cambridge) 9780631229803
RRP: $62.30$55.59The new edition of G. R. Elton's classic work is a wide-ranging, succinct and practical introduction for all students and general readers of history. It makes a major contribution to the question "what is history?".About the Author G. R. Elton was... -
Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth by Bryan Burrough
RRP: $60.43$33.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984880093Author Bryan BurroughFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult -
Kilmichael: The Life and Afterlife of an Ambush by Eve Morrison
RRP: $35.08$33.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788551458Author Eve MorrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Irish Academic Press LtdPublisher Irish Academic Press Ltd -
Waterloo: The French Perspective by Field, Andrew W 9781526752505
RRP: $33.13$23.95The story of the Battle of Waterloo - of the ultimate defeat of Napoleon and the French, the triumph of Wellington, Bl cher and their allied armies - is most often told from the viewpoint of the victors, not the vanquished. Even after 200 years of... -
Children of the 1940s: A Social History by Mike Hutton 9781399049504
RRP: $42.90$30.46What was it really like growing up in the 1940s? There are tales of being dragged from bombed out homes and of watching dog fights in the skies above. Of evacuation and a clash of cultures between city centre kids and their country cousins. All endured... -
Smells: A Cultural History of Odours in Early Modern Times Robert Muchembled (University of Paris) 9781509536788
RRP: $35.08$23.67Why is our sense of smell so under-appreciated? We tend to think of smell as a vestigial remnant of our pre-human past, doomed to gradual extinction, and we go to great lengths to eliminate smells from our environment, suppressing body odour, bad breath... -
The Guide to Mysterious Skye and Lochalsh by Geoff Holder 9780752449890
RRP: $31.18$24.24From the dark corries of the mighty Cuillin Hills to the dramatic caves and cliffs of its stunning coastline, the beautiful Isle of Skye is alive with tales of ghosts, fairies, clan battles, Celtic mythology and witchcraft, and they are all collected in... -
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender Dr Kit Heyam 9781529377743
RRP: $39.00$26.03One of History Today's Best Books of 2022'I felt exquisitely anchored reading this wonderful book' Juno Roche'A thoughtful, fun, and refreshingly readable romp through the history of gender variance' Susan Stryker'A searing, reflexive read . . . that... -
The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order by Sean McFate
RRP: $31.18$28.76It was 2004, and Sean McFate had a mission in Burundi: to keep the president alive and prevent the country from spiraling into genocide without anyone knowing that the United States was involved. The United States was, of course, involved, but only... -
German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers: 1939-42 by Mark Lardas
RRP: $27.28$19.21This superbly illustrated study explores the epic clashes of British and German heavy cruisers at the beginning of World War II. The opposing heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy engaged in a global game of cat and mouse during... -
Schweinfurt-Regensburg 1943: Eighth Air Force's costly early daylight battles Marshall Michel III 9781472838674
RRP: $29.23$21.35In 1943, the USAAF and RAF launched the Combined Bomber Offensive, designed to systematically destroy the industries that the German war machine relied on. At the top of the hit list were aircraft factories and plants making ball-bearings - a component... -
Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
$39.74B.R. Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste is one of the most important, yet neglected, works of political writing from India. Written in 1936, it is an audacious denunciation of Hinduism and its caste system. It offers a scholarly critique of Hindu... -
Somerled by John Marsden
RRP: $39.00$27.40Through most of eight hundred years, Somerled of Argyll has been variously denounced as an intractable rebel against his rightful king and esteemed as the honoured ancestor of the later medieval Lord of the Isles, but he can be recognised now as a much... -
Burning Heresies: A Memoir of a Life in Conflict, 1979-2019 by Kevin Myers
RRP: $35.08$29.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785372612Author Kevin MyersFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed Martin Evans 9780300108811
RRP: $107.25$103.17How Algeria became a breeding ground for instability, violence, and Islamic terrorism After liberating itself from French colonial rule in one of the twentieth century's most brutal wars of independence, Algeria became a standard-bearer for the... -
Agents of War: A History of Chemical and Biological Weapons by Edward M. Spiers
RRP: $29.23$21.35Often described as the misuse of science, chemical and biological weapons have incurred widespread opposition over the years. Despite condemnation from the United Nations, governments, and the disarmament lobby, they remain very real options for rogue... -
Roman Army Units in the Western Provinces 2: 3rd Century AD by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: $25.33$17.92The appearance of Roman soldiers in the 3rd century AD has long been a matter of debate and uncertainty, largely thanks to the collapse of central control and perpetual civil war between the assassination of Severus Alexander in 235 and the accession of... -
Sea of Blood: A Military History of the Partisan Movement in Yugoslavia 1941-45 by Gaj Trifković
RRP: $68.25$49.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914059940Author Gaj TrifkovićFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
South Staffordshire Ironmasters by Ray Shill 9780752448312
RRP: $37.03$28.35Several generations have now passed since iron making and working was an important trade in the Black Country. It was started by itinerant bloomers, who moved their bloomeries around the district to make use of local supplies of ore, smelting it with... -
Patriot vs Loyalist: American Revolution 1775-83 by Si Sheppard
RRP: $29.23$21.35Following the American Declaration of Independence, communities from Boston to Savannah were forced to make a choice: to strike out for an independent republic, or remain true to the British Crown. This study explores the origins, methods and combat... -
A Case of Hysteria: (Dora) by Sigmund Freud 9780199639861
RRP: $19.48$14.27'I very soon had an opportunity to interpret Dora's nervous coughing as the outcome of a fantasized sexual situation.' A Case of Hysteria, popularly known as the Dora Case, affords a rare insight into how Freud dealt with patients and interpreted what... -
The History of Central Asia: The Age of Islam and the Mongols by Christoph Baumer
RRP: $165.75$148.80Between the ninth and the fifteenth centuries, Central Asia was a major political, economic and cultural hub on the Eurasian continent. In the first half of the thirteenth century it was also the pre-eminent centre of power in the largest land-based... -
Kenya: A History Since Independence by Charles Hornsby
$56.84Since independence from Great Britain in 1963, Kenya has survived five decades as a functioning nation-state, holding regular elections; its borders and political system intact and avoiding open war with its neighbours and military rule internally. It... -
Knowledge and information: The Potential and Peril of Human Intelligence Peter Frankopan 9789189069619
RRP: $39.00$27.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789189069619Author Peter FrankopanFormat HardbackPage Count 345Imprint Stolpe PublishingPublisher Stolpe PublishingWeight(grams) 1040g -
Women in Aviation by Julian Hale
RRP: $15.58$12.38Amy Johnson and Amelia Earhart may be the most famous trailblazing women within the world of early aviation, but there were many others. From the Wright brothers' sister Katherine, who was awarded the Legion d'honneur, to Mary, Lady Heath, the first... -
A Paignton Scrapbook by Peggy Parnell
RRP: $25.33$19.25Telling stories about well-known local characters of Paignton, the history of local businesses, A Paignton Scrapbook explores the truth behind various myths and legends, and, reminds readers of long-gone buildings, and bygone pubs and clubs, among others... -
Hans Holbein: The Artist in a Changing World by Jeanne Nuechterlein
RRP: $35.00$25.97Immensely skillful and inventive, Hans Holbein molded his approach to art-making during a period of dramatic transformation in European society and culture: the emergence of humanism, the impact of the Reformation on religious life and the effects of new... -
Ben Walsh History: Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1): Superpower relations and the Cold War, The American West and Weimar and Nazi Germany Ben Walsh 9781510480216
$60.02Exam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Endorsed for Pearson Edexcel qualificationsDiscover a fresh approach to Pearson Edexcel GCSE History, developed by bestselling author Ben... -
Pepys's London: Everyday Life in London 1650-1703 by Stephen Porter
RRP: $21.43$14.55Samuel Pepys's London was a turbulent, boisterous city, enduring the strains caused by foreign wars, the Great Plague and the Great Fire, yet growing and prospering. The Restoration in 1660 brought the reopening of the theatres, with women appearing on... -
Invasive Aliens: The Plants and Animals From Over There That Are Over Here by Dan Eatherley
RRP: $33.13$19.09'The story of "invasive species" is really the story of human history, and Eatherley tells it with great verve ... Fascinating' Daily Telegraph A unique history of plant and animal invaders of the British isles spanning thousands... -
No Sleep: NYC Nightlife Flyers 1988-1999 by Adrian Bartos 9781576878088
RRP: $66.28$44.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576878088Author Adrian BartosFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S. -
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates by David Cordingly
RRP: $42.90$25.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812977226Author David CordinglyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
Dark Brilliance: The Age of Reason from Descartes to Peter the Great by Paul Strathern 9781838958558
RRP: $48.75$32.94A sweeping history of the Age of Reason, which shows how, although it was a time of progress in many areas, it was also an era of brutality and intolerance, by the author of The Borgias and The Florentines.During the 1600s, between the end of the... -
Renegade Women: 50 Trailblazers in Film and TV by Elizabeth Weitzman
RRP: $27.28$18.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525574545Author Elizabeth WeitzmanFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale -
Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis Volker Ullrich 9781324093466
RRP: $48.75$41.57The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography: "I have a pretty thorough knowledge of history, but never, to my recollection, has it produced such madness in such gigantic proportions." He was referring to Germany in 1923, a "year... -
Sunken cities: Egypt's lost worlds by Franck Goddio 9780500292372
RRP: $48.75$35.06Beneath the waters of Abukir Bay, at the edge of the Nile Delta, lie the submerged remains of the ancient Egyptian cities Canopus and Thonis-Heracleion, which sank over 1,000 years ago but were dramatically rediscovered in the 20th century and brought to...