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Hyphens & Hashtags*: *The Stories behind the symbols on our keyboard by Claire Cock-Starkey
RRP: $25.33$19.46The punctuation marks, mathematical symbols and glyphs which haunt the edges of our keyboards have evolved over many hundreds of years. They shape our understanding of texts, calculations and online interactions. Without these symbols all texts would run... -
Last Best Hope by George Packer
RRP: $29.23$19.07What happened to America? Is there still hope?We have arrived at a critical moment in American history. The United States is divided, its democracy is shaken. But all is not lost.The remarkable fruit of two decades of research, Last Best Hope is a... -
Radical Hamilton: Economic Lessons from a Misunderstood Founder by Christian Parenti
RRP: $39.00$32.04In retelling the story of the radical Alexander Hamilton, Parenti rewrites the history of early America and the global economy. For much of the twentieth century, Hamilton-sometimes seen as the bad boy of the founding fathers or portrayed as the patron... -
The Shape of Battle: Six Campaigns from Hastings to Helmand Allan Mallinson 9781529177015
RRP: $21.43$15.35One of our most distinguished military historians tells the story of six defining battles . . .Every battle is different. Each takes place in a different context - the war, the campaign, the weapons. However, battles across the centuries, whether fought... -
Battle of Berlin 1943-44 by Richard Worrall
RRP: $33.13$23.95Throughout late-1943 into early-1944, an epic struggle raged over the skies of Germany between RAF Bomber Command and the Luftwaffe. This campaign had been undertaken by the Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, and was... -
History: Why It Matters Lynn Hunt 9781509525546
RRP: $19.48$17.65We justify our actions in the present through our understanding of the past. But we live in a time when politicians lie brazenly about historical facts and meddle with the content of history books, while media differ wildly in their reporting of the same... -
One Faith, One Law, One King: French Armies of the Wars of Religion 1562 - 1598 by T J O'Brien de Clare
RRP: $58.40$40.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914059704Author T J O'Brien de ClareFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Brotherhood and Sacrifice by Adam Makos
RRP: $21.43$14.70***NOW A MAJOR FILM, STARRING JONATHAN MAJORS AND GLEN POWELL***'This is aerial drama at its best. Fast, powerful, and moving.' Erik LarsonDevotion tells the gripping story of the US Navy's most famous aviator duo - Tom Hudner, a white New Englander, and... -
Troubled by Faith: Insanity and the Supernatural in the Age of the Asylum by Prof Owen Davies 9780198873006
RRP: $48.75$42.10The nineteenth century was a time of extraordinary scientific innovation, but with the rise of psychiatry, faiths and popular beliefs were often seen as signs of a diseased mind. By exploring the beliefs of asylum patients, we see the nineteenth century... -
Messiah by Jonathan Keates
RRP: $19.48$14.06In 1741, in just 24 days, the German-born, British-naturalized composer George Frideric Handel wrote an oratorio rich in tuneful arias and choruses of robust grandeur. Coolly received in London at first, after Handel's death Messiah enjoyed an... -
The Times Second World War: The history of the global conflict from 1939 to 1945 by Peter Chasseaud
$54.72The perfect gift for history fans. Follow the conflict of World War 2 from 1939 to 1945 through a unique collection of historical maps, expert commentary and photographs. Published in association and including material from the archives of the... -
The Forth Bridge: A Picture History by Sheila MacKay
RRP: $29.23$19.89At the time of its construction, the Forth Bridge was the largest bridge in the world, and to this day it remains a breathtaking monument to the vision and confidence of the Victorian age which created it. For seven years, thousands of men from all over... -
The World Aflame: The Long War, 1914-1945 by Dan Jones
RRP: $19.48$14.06'The events of the first and second world wars are brought to vivid, startling life thanks to Amaral's skill at colourising contemporary images' Observer The epic, harrowing and world-changing story - in words and colourized images - of global conflict... -
Shady Lady: 1,500 Hours Flying The U-2 Spy Plane by Rick Bishop
RRP: $23.30$16.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352582Author Rick BishopFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Geordie Newcastle: How we used to live by Neil Storey
$25.99Geordie Newcastle is a unique collection of evocative photographs from a golden age in Newcastle's past. The result of hours of research in Newcastle City Library's archive to restore photographs from the original glass plates which hadn't been touched... -
Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire by Tom Zoellner
RRP: $33.05$27.42Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award "Impeccably researched and seductively readable...tells the story of Sam Sharpe's revolution manque, and the subsequent abolition of slavery in Jamaica, in a way that's acutely relevant to the racial... -
Russia's Last Gasp: The Eastern Front 1916-17 by Prit Buttar
RRP: $33.13$24.73Despite the increasingly futile, bloody struggles for territory that had characterised the Eastern Front the previous year, the German and Austro-Hungarian commands held high hopes for 1916. After the success of the 1915 Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive, which... -
Scottish Proverbs by Colin S.K Walker
RRP: $13.63$9.79Proverbs, once described as 'the wisdom of many and the wit of one', offer unique insights the way of life and the social mores of past generations. This book features an introduction which explores the role of proverbs in Scottish culture and over... -
Scapa 1919 by Innes McCartney
RRP: $58.50$42.80The German High Seas Fleet was one of the most powerful naval forces in the world, and had fought the pride of the Royal Navy to a stalemate at the battle of Jutland in 1916. After the armistice was signed, ending fighting in World War I, it surrendered... -
The Royal Scrapbook Robert Opie 9780954795436
RRP: $29.15$20.83All the pomp and circumstance of over 100 years of royal events come together in this colourful and evocative Royal Scrapbook, which celebrates the coronations, weddings and jubilees over five reigns, beginning with Queen Victoria's Diamond jubilee and... -
Folklore of Lincolnshire by Susanna O'Neill 9780752459646
RRP: $29.23$22.85The county of Lincolnshire is a beautiful mixture of low-lying marshy fen land, modest hills and the steep valleys of the rolling Wolds; it is also home to a wealth of folklore, legend and intrigue.With one of the most interesting dialects in the... -
The Gulag Doctors: Life, Death, and Medicine in Stalin's Labour Camps by Dan Healey 9780300187137
RRP: $58.50$48.46A pioneering history of medical care in Stalin’s Gulag—showing how doctors and nurses cared for inmates in appalling conditions A byword for injustice, suffering, and mass mortality, the Gulag exploited prisoners, compelling them to work harder for... -
Black Utopias: Speculative Life and the Music of Other Worlds by Jayna Brown
RRP: $40.93$35.82In Black Utopias Jayna Brown takes up the concept of utopia as a way of exploring alternative states of being, doing, and imagining in Black culture. Musical, literary, and mystic practices become utopian enclaves in which Black people engage in modes of... -
An Historical Map of Swansea & Mumbles: medieval town to Copperopolis by Matthew Stevens
RRP: $21.43$15.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838071929Author Matthew StevensPage Count 2Imprint The Historic Towns TrustPublisher The Historic Towns Trust -
Chernobyl by Michael Kerrigan
RRP: $38.98$27.40On 26 April 1986, the unthinkable happened near the Ukrainian town of Pripyat: two massive steam explosions ruptured No. 4 Reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, immediately killing 30 people and setting off the worst nuclear accident in history... -
Striking a Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and their Place in History Dr Louise Raw 9781441114266
$57.25This is the story of one of the most important strikes in labour history revealing the significance and truth of what actually happened. In July 1888, fourteen hundred women and girls employed by the matchmakers Bryant and May walked out of their East... -
From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795 by Brother James E. Fraser
RRP: $50.68$41.65From Caledonia to Pictland examines the transformation of Iron Age northern Britain into a land of Christian kingdoms, long before 'Scotland' came into existence. Perched at the edge of the western Roman Empire, northern Britain was not unaffected by the... -
The Social History of the Machine Gun by John Ellis 9780801833588
RRP: $44.85$44.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780801833588Author John EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Johns Hopkins University PressPublisher Johns Hopkins University PressWeight(grams) 295g -
Daphne Du Maurier's Cornwall by Bret Hawthorne
RRP: $29.23$19.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857040466Author Bret HawthorneFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
Rot at the Core: The Serious Crimes of a Detective Sergeant by Graham Satchwell 9780750996181
RRP: $31.18$24.24In March 1972, four young black men were arrested by a specialist pickpocket squad at Oval Underground Station and charged with theft and assault of police officers. Sentenced to two years in prison, the case seemed straightforward and credible to the... -
Maiden Voyages: women and the Golden Age of transatlantic travel Sian Evans 9781473699045
RRP: $21.43$14.63HOW THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRANSATLANTIC TRAVEL BETWEEN THE WARS TRANSFORMED WOMEN'S LIVES ACROSS ALL CLASSES - A VIVID CROSS SECTION OF LIFE ON-BOARD THE ICONIC OCEAN LINERS FROM BELOW DECKS TO THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE.'In this riveting slice of social history,... -
Blazing Star, Setting Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942-March 1943 by Jeffrey Cox
RRP: $33.13$24.73From popular Pacific Theatre expert Jeffrey R. Cox comes this insightful new history of the critical Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign at the height of World War II. Cox's previous book, Morning Star, Rising Sun, had found the US Navy at its absolute... -
Heroes of the Holocaust: Ordinary Britons who risked their lives to make a difference Lyn Smith 9781529107470
RRP: $25.33$17.92In March 2010, twenty-seven Britons who took matters into their own hands to protect Jews from the Nazis during one of the darkest times in human history were formally recognised as 'Heroes of the Holocaust' by the British Government. The silver medal,... -
Folklore of the Scottish Highlands by Anne Ross 9780752419046
RRP: $29.23$24.22The folklore of the Scottish Highlands is unique and very much alive. Dr Anne Ross is a Gaelic-speaking scholar and archaeologist who has lived and worked in crofting communities. This has enabled her to collect information at first hand and to assess... -
The Age of Empires by Robert Aldrich
RRP: $29.23$19.60Empires evoke potent images: Stanley, Livingstone and the colonial gallery of great explorers; the Spanish Conquistador's quest for gold and silver; and the Dutch heritage of trade in the East Indies. For over 500 years empires have been a feature of the... -
The Little History of the East End by Dee Gordon 9780750991964
RRP: $23.40$17.88The modern history of London's East End has been well-documented - but what of its ancient roots? From embryonic beginnings in the Stone Age, through Roman rule and civil wars, all the way to its jam-packed twentieth-century timeline, the East End has... -
Isabella by Kirstin Downey
RRP: $33.13$22.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2015. Long-listed for PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780307742162Author Kirstin... -
Borodino Field 1812 & 1941: How Napoleon and Hitler Met Their Matches Outside Moscow by Robert Kershaw
RRP: $48.75$36.70The Battle of Borodino resonates with the patriotic soul of Mother Russia. The epic confrontation in September 1812 was the single bloodiest day of the Napoleonic Wars, leaving France's Grande Armee limping to the gates of Moscow and on to catastrophe in... -
Stone on Stone: The Men Who Built The Cathedrals by Imogen Corrigan
RRP: $48.75$40.17Standing in the nave of a cathedral, it is hard not to wonder how ordinary human beings could have created sky-scraping, dizzyingly high buildings on which even the top-most parts were delicately decorated, in an age before even the simplest of power... -
The Dali Legacy: How an Eccentric Genius Changed the Art World and Created a Lasting Legacy by Jean-Pierre Isbouts
RRP: $38.98$28.16This immersive dive into the life and work of Salvador Dali unlocks the secret of this creative genius and reveals for the first time how his erotically charged paintings changed the world of modern art. In turns beloved and reviled, twentieth century...