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The Tudors For Dummies by David Loades 9780470687925
RRP: $21.92$15.40This entertaining guide covers the period from 1485 to 1603, exploring the life and times of everyday people (from famine and the flu epidemic, to education, witchcraft and William Shakespeare) as well as the intrigues and scandals at court. Strap... -
Military Intelligence Blunders by John Hughes-Wilson
RRP: $14.18$9.64'A cracking good read... I will recommend this book to anyone' - Professor Richard Holmes, CBE 'The Falklands, Yom Kippur, Tet and Pearl Harbor? Avoidable intelligence blunders or much worse? Altogether a compelling read from someone who knows the... -
The Romans: Gods, Emperors and Dormice by Marcia Williams 9781406354553
RRP: $11.60$8.45With her signature comic-strip style, Marcia WIlliams takes us behind the scenes at some of ancient Rome's most famous moments.Meet Dormeo: gladiator, dormouse, berry-nibbler, and guide to ancient Rome. He'll take you on a tour of Rome's most famous... -
Bad Land by Jonathan Raban 9781035034529
RRP: $14.18$10.23Jonathan Raban's enthralling journey into the history of the Great Plains of Montana - the least populated, most uncharted region of the United States - to uncover the heart and soul of the country.Bringing to life the extraordinary landscape of the... -
The Domesday Quest: In search of the Roots of England by Michael Wood
RRP: $21.92$15.84In 1086, Domesday Book, perhaps the most remarkable historical document in existence, was compiled. This tremendous story of England and its people was made at the behest of the Norman king William the Conqueror. It was called Domesday, the day of... -
E-Boat vs MTB: The English Channel 1941-45 Gordon Williamson 9781849084062
RRP: $20.63$17.20An examination of the 'small boat' war between the Germans and the British in the English Channel. During the Second World War, German E-Boats were so active in the English Channel that the narrow stretch of water became known as 'E-Boat Alley'. To... -
British Battle Tanks by David Fletcher
RRP: $38.70$28.32The 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: $23.21$20.82With 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... -
On Royalty by Jeremy Paxman
RRP: $14.18$10.02In On Royalty Jeremy Paxman delves deep into Britain's royal past. What is the point of Kings and Queens? What do they do all day? And what does it mean to be one of them?Jeremy Paxman is used to making politicians explain themselves - but royalty has... -
The Black Joke: The True Story of One British Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade by A. E. Rooks
RRP: $32.25$21.92**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 Promise: Love and Loss in Modern China by Xinran Xue
RRP: $12.89$9.89A spellbinding and magical narrative, this is the story of modern China through the women who lived through it. At the start of the twentieth century in China, the Hans were married in an elaborate ceremony before they were even born. They went on to... -
The History of Anti-Semitism, Volume 1: From the Time of Christ to the Court Jews by Leon Poliakov
RRP: $39.99$35.81Covering the story of prejudice against Jews from the time of Christ through the rise of Nazi Germany, The History of Anti-Semitism presents in elegant and thoughtful language a balanced, careful assessment of this egregious human failing that is nearly... -
Seafaring: The Full Story by Captain George P Boughton
RRP: $30.95$27.31A sailing classic, of real life adventure, beautifully illustratedTV Presenter JULIETTE FOSTER: "Captain George P Boughton's maritime career began in 1881 at the age of 12, and thanks to his grandson, the founder of GB Publishing Org, this intriguing... -
Chinese Arms and Armour by Natasha Bennett 9780948092893
RRP: $16.76$11.60The fabled treasures of China span thousands of years of history. From the exotic Silk Road to the mysterious Great Wall, China's allure is as vast as the country itself. Here, Natasha Bennett introduces the fascinating world of Chinese arms and armour... -
Western Europe's Democratic Age: 1945-1968 by Professor Martin Conway 9780691203485
RRP: $54.18$43.14A major new history of how democracy became the dominant political force in Europe in the second half of the twentieth centuryWhat happened in the years following World War II to create a democratic revolution in the western half of Europe? In Western... -
The Ties That Bound: Peasant Families in Medieval England by Barbara A. Hanawalt 9780195045642
RRP: $20.63$15.98Barbara 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... -
Sea and Fog by Etel Adnan 9780984459872
RRP: $16.76$11.13These interrelated meditations explore the nature of the individual spirit and the individual spiritedness of the natural world. As skilled a philosopher as she is a poet, in Sea & Fog, Adnan weaves multiple sonic, theoretical, and syntactic pleasures... -
Stargrave: Quarantine 37 by Joseph A. McCullough
RRP: $25.80$19.36When it was commissioned, Imperial Research Station 37 was home to nearly 10,000 scientists and researchers working on a vast array of biological and chemical projects. Then, six months before the outbreak of the war, Station 37 went dark. No escape pods... -
The World of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman
RRP: $35.48$30.82A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by... -
By Permission Of Heaven: The Story of the Great Fire of London Adrian Tinniswood 9780712668477
RRP: $16.76$11.73There had, of course, been other fires, Four Hundred and fifty years before, the city had almost burned to the ground. Yet the signs from the heavens in 1666 were ominous: comets, pyramids of flame, monsters born in city slums. Then, in the early hours... -
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann 9780385534246
RRP: $45.15$27.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Carnegie Medal 2017 and National Book Awards 2017.Book InformationISBN 9780385534246Author David GrannFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Doubleday & Co... -
Malaya and Singapore 1941-42: The fall of Britain's empire in the East by Mark Stille
RRP: $21.92$15.84For the British Empire it was a military disaster, but for Imperial Japan the conquest of Malaya was one of the pivotal campaigns of World War II. Giving birth to the myth of the Imperial Japanese Army's invincibility, the victory left both Burma and... -
Our Flag Stays Red by Phil Piratin 9781905007288
RRP: $18.06$17.78Our Flag Stays Red is a unique account of communist and anti-fascist activity in London's East End in the 1930s and 1940s. Its author was Communist MP for Stepney from 1945 to 1950, and played a leading role in the events described in the book - which... -
Four Ball One Tracer: Commanding Executives Outcomes in Angola and Sierra Leone by Roelf Van Heerden
RRP: $16.76$14.25Unapologetic, unassuming and forthright, the combat exploits of Executive Outcomes (EO) in Angola and Sierra Leone are recounted for the first time by a battlefield commander who was physically on the ground during all their major combat operations. From... -
The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China by Dieter Kuhn
RRP: $28.32$24.34Just over a thousand years ago, the Song dynasty emerged as the most advanced civilization on earth. Within two centuries, China was home to nearly half of all humankind. In this concise history, we learn why the inventiveness of this era has been... -
Island Stories: Britain and Its History in the Age of Brexit by David Reynolds 9780008282356
RRP: $12.89$8.57'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... -
In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn by Sarah Morris
RRP: $24.50$16.40Follow in the footsteps of Anne Boleyn from Hever Castle, to Richmond Palace and ultimately to the Tower of London. On the morning of 19 May 1536, a French blade stilled the heart of an English queen. Her name was Anne Boleyn and her story has made an... -
Indigenous London: Native Travelers at the Heart of Empire by Coll Thrush
RRP: $38.70$38.25An imaginative retelling of London's history, framed through the experiences of Indigenous travelers who came to the city over the course of more than five centuries"Thrush has certainly offered a powerful corrective to the usual geographies imagined for... -
The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire by Kyle Harper
RRP: $49.02$39.23A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman Empire Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to... -
The British Phonebox by Nigel Linge
RRP: $20.63$14.00It has achieved iconic status; it symbolises Britain; but it is now seldom used! The British phonebox or, more correctly, kiosk began life as the silence cabinet in the late 1800s, but started to establish itself firmly as part of the landscape in the... -
How the Workers' Parliaments Saved the Cuban Revolution: Reviving Socialism After the Collapse of the Soviet Union by Pedro Ross
RRP: $23.21$19.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583679784Author Pedro RossFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel by Max Blumenthal 9781568589510
RRP: $27.08$24.772014 Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Notable Book AwardIn Goliath , New York Times bestselling author Max Blumenthal takes us on a journey through the badlands and high roads of Israel-Palestine, painting a startling portrait of Israeli society... -
Victoria's Children of the Dark: The Women and Children who Built Her Underground by Alan Gallop 9780752456980
RRP: $12.89$9.74Victoria's Children of the Dark tells the story of Queen Victoria's invisible subjects - women and children who laboured beneath her 'green and pleasant land' harvesting the coal to fuel the furnaces of the industrial revolution. Following the real... -
A Wargamer's Guide to the Battle of Leipzig 1813 by Rohan Saravanamuttu
RRP: $32.25$23.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510100Author Rohan SaravanamuttuFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
I Escaped from Auschwitz: The Shocking True Story of the World War II Hero Who Escaped the Nazis and Helped Save Over 200,000 Jews by Rudolf Vrba
RRP: $19.34$15.63The Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz Survivor April 7, 1944-This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded and notorious concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The escapees, Rudolf... -
Smugglers and Smuggling by Trevor May 9780747812074
RRP: $11.60$9.55Smuggling was rife in Britain between the seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, and since then smugglers have come often to be romanticised as cheeky rogues - as highwaymen of the coasts and Robin Hood figures. The reality could be very different... -
Let Me Take You by the Hand: True Tales from London's Streets by Jennifer Kavanagh
RRP: $12.89$8.77In 1861, the great journalist and social advocate Henry Mayhew published London Labour and the London Poor, an oral history of those living and working on the streets of Victorian London. Nothing on this scale had been attempted before. On the surface,... -
Armchair Nation: An intimate history of Britain in front of the TV by Joe Moran
RRP: $16.76$12.19But what does your furniture point at?' asks the character Joey in the sitcom Friends on hearing an acquaintance has no TV. It's a good question: since its beginnings during WW2, television has assumed a central role in our houses and our lives, just as... -
The Afterlife of the 'Soviet Man': Rethinking Homo Sovieticus Dr Gulnaz Sharafutdinova 9781350167728
RRP: $16.76$14.31Almost three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, today more often than ever, global media and intellectuals rely on the concept of homo sovieticus to explain Russia's authoritarian ills. Homo sovieticus - or the Soviet man - is understood to... -
The Lightning Boys: True Tales from Pilots of the English Electric Lightning by Richard Pike
RRP: $16.76$11.73In an international study, the Lightning was voted the fifth most popular military aircraft of all time. It has many thousands of devotees who are a ready market for this entertaining book which relates the highs and lows, the dramas and the demands of...