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A Prairie Faith: The Religious Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder by John J Fry 9780802876287
RRP: £19.99£14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802876287Author John J FryFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing CoWeight(grams)... -
Backwards & in Heels: The Past, Present and Future of Women Working in Film by Alicia Malone 9781633536173
RRP: £12.99£9.32Women in Filmmaking and Their Struggle Against Bias"After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels" -Ann Richards#1 Bestseller in Acting & Auditioning, Performing Arts, and Guides & Reviews... -
The Secret Agent's Pocket Manual: 1939-1945 by Stephen Bull
RRP: £9.99£7.67A remarkable insight into the training and techniques of Allied agents operating behind enemy lines during the Second World War. Most wars have had some element of espionage and subterfuge, but few have included as much as the Second World War, where... -
The 'Russian' Civil Wars 1916-1926: Ten Years That Shook the World by Jonathan D. Smele
RRP: £19.99£18.22This volume offers a comprehensive and original analysis and reconceptualisation of the compendium of struggles that wracked the collapsing Tsarist empire and the emergent USSR, profoundly affecting the history of the twentieth century. Indeed, the... -
French Soldier vs German Soldier by David Campbell
RRP: £13.99£9.75On 21 February 1916, the German Army launched a major attack on the French fortress of Verdun. The Germans were confident that the ensuing battle would compel France to expend its strategic reserves in a savage attritional battle, thereby wearing down... -
Stalag 383 Bavaria: A History of the Camp, the Escapes and the Liberation by Stephen Wynn
RRP: £19.99£14.28Stalag 383 was somewhat unique as a Second World War prisoner of war camp. Located in a high valley surrounded by dense woodland and hills in Hofenfels, Bavaria, it began life in 1938 as a training ground for the German Army. At the outbreak of war it... -
Bolt Action: Campaign: Italy: Soft Underbelly by Warlord Games
RRP: £25.00£18.47With the Axis Powers ejected from North Africa, the Western Allies look to take the fight across the Mediterranean and into Mussolini's Italy. This supplement for Bolt Action focuses on Operation Husky, the airborne and naval invasion of Sicily, the... -
South Tyrol: A Minority Conflict of the Twentieth Century by Rolf Steininger
RRP: £43.99£39.60South Tyrol, a region in the heart of the Alps about half the size of Connecticut, brings into sharp focus an important part of twentieth-century history. Tyrol, a province that had been part of Austria for over 500 years and was almost totally... -
Soviet Machine Guns of World War II by Chris McNab
RRP: £14.99£10.95This study looks at how the Soviet armed forces developed and deployed a range of machine guns that fitted with their offensive and defensive infantry tactics across six years of total war. In 1939, three machine guns dominated the Red Army's... -
The Rise and Fall of the The Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR 1945 - 1991 by Philip Hanson
RRP: £49.99£47.84Why did the Soviet economic system fall apart? Did the economy simply overreach itself through military spending? Was it the centrally-planned character of Soviet socialism that was at fault? Or did a potentially viable mechanism come apart in... -
Elizabeth Stride and Jack the Ripper: The Life and Death of the Reputed Third Victim by Dave Yost 9780786433186
RRP: £21.99£17.97As soon as the newspapers hit the streets on October 1st, 1888, Elizabeth Stride became world renowned as the third victim of Jack the Ripper. Reportedly, Stride was killed only an hour before fellow victim Catherine Eddowes, becoming a key player in the... -
Blood Across the Water by Mark Bridgeman
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995779556Author Mark BridgemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Watermill BooksPublisher Watermill Books -
East Devon at War: Britain in Old Photographs by Ted Gosling
RRP: £12.99£9.62This book chronicles the various wars that have affected East Devon through the centuries, from the invasions of Celts and Romans, Saxons and Danes, to the First and Second World Wars. It is only in more recent times that we have had the benefit of... -
Venice: A New History by Thomas F. Madden
RRP: £21.00£12.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780147509802Author Thomas F. MaddenFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 213mm... -
Rebel Women Between the Wars: Fearless Writers and Adventurers by Sarah Lonsdale
RRP: £20.00£14.93What did it mean to be a 'rebel woman' in the interwar years? Taking the form of a multiple biography, this book traces the struggles, passions and achievements of a set of 'fearlessly determined' women who stopped at nothing to make their mark in the... -
The Dissolution of the Monasteries Joyce Youings 9781032038506
RRP: £28.99£25.09Originally published in 1971 this book begins with the assumption that the Dissolution of the Monasteries was neither an integral nor an essential part of the English reformation. This book pursues the story chronologically and thus helps students... -
Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn by Daniel Gordis 9780062368744
RRP: £32.50£24.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062368744Author Daniel GordisFormat HardbackPage Count 560Imprint ECCO PressPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism by Jenn M. Jackson 9780593243336
RRP: £25.00£16.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593243336Author Jenn M. JacksonFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Inside the Tudor Home: Daily Life in the Sixteenth Century by Bethan Watts 9781399089272
£25.50Power. Politics. Prosperity. Plague. Tudor England; a country replete with sprawling landscapes, dense forests and twisting urban labyrinths. This is a place of stagnation and of progress; of glorious cultural revolution, where the wheel of fortune is... -
Why History?: A History by Donald Bloxham
£26.07What is the point of history? Why has the study of the past been so important for so long? Why History? A History contemplates two and a half thousand years of historianship to establish how very different thinkers in diverse contexts have conceived... -
An Alternative History of Britain: The English Civil War by Timothy Venning 9781473827820
RRP: £19.99£6.92With hindsight, the victory of Parliamentarian forces over the Royalists in the English Civil War may seem inevitable but this outcome was not a foregone conclusion. Timothy Venning explores many of the turning points and discusses how they might so... -
The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942: Clash for supremacy in the Pacific by Mark Stille
RRP: £15.99£11.61The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. The battle of Savo Island on the night of 9 August 1942, saw the Japanese inflict a sever defeat... -
Fight To The Finish: Canadians in the Second World War, 1944-45 by Tim Cook
RRP: £19.99£14.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction 2016.Book InformationISBN 9780143189558Author Tim CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Late Roman Army by Gabriele Esposito
RRP: £30.00£17.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996365796Author Gabriele EspositoFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Winged Hussar PublishingPublisher Winged Hussar PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK, and Castro by Thomas Maier
RRP: £14.99£13.43From bestselling author and the producer of the hit cable series Masters of Sex, Thomas Maier, comes a true story of espionage and mobsters, based on the never-before-released JFK Files.From Vegas to Miami to Havana, the shocking connections between the... -
Forces of the Hanseatic League: 13th-15th Centuries Dr David Nicolle 9781782007791
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the North Sea and Baltic coasts of what are now Germany and her neighbours, which eventually dominated maritime trade in Northern Europe and... -
The Godwins: The Rise and Fall of a Noble Dynasty Frank Barlow 9781138138285
RRP: £135.00£117.28The family of Earl Godwin of Wessex stands among the most famous in English history, whose most famous son was King Harold.Frank Barlow charts the family through to Harold - the last Anglo-Saxon king - and finally the crowning of William the Conqueror... -
Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America by James Webb
RRP: £15.99£11.61More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in the bitter settlements of England's Ulster Plantation in... -
Cronies, a Burlesque: Adventures with Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, the Merry Pranksters and the Grateful Dead by Ken Babbs
RRP: £21.99£15.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989446297Author Ken BabbsFormat HardbackPage Count 518Imprint Tsunami PressPublisher Tsunami PressWeight(grams) 152g -
Sheep - The remarkable story of the humble animal that built the modern world. Alan Butler 9781846943812
RRP: £9.99£8.59What was the most important step in civilization? Alan Butler's answer is that it was when we began capturing wild sheep, domesticating and breeding them. Sheep were the mainstay of ancient cultures, by far the most important of the domesticated animals... -
Master of Deception: The Wartime Adventures of Peter Fleming by Alan Ogden
RRP: £13.99£11.04Master of Deception is a biography of Peter Fleming, elder brother of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond. Peter Fleming worked as a travel writer and journalist, serving with distinction throughout World War II and played a crucial role in British... -
Shady Lady: 1,500 Hours Flying The U-2 Spy Plane by Rick Bishop
RRP: £11.95£8.41Apologies 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 -
Dornier Do 17 Units of World War 2 by Chris Goss
RRP: £14.99£10.95Initially designed as a high-speed mail aeroplane and airliner, the Do 17 first made an appearance as a military aircraft in the Spanish Civil War, both as a bomber and in reconnaissance roles. In the early stages of World War II, it, together with the... -
Brazil: The Troubled Rise of a Global Power by Michael Reid
RRP: £14.99£13.03A knowledgeable appreciation of a complex, vital South American giant, destined to be one of the world's premier economic powers Experts believe that Brazil, the world's fifth largest country and its seventh largest economy, will be one of the most... -
A Translucent Mirror: History and Identity in Qing Imperial Ideology by Pamela Kyle Crossley
RRP: £30.00£23.69In this landmark exploration of the origins of nationalism and cultural identity in China, Pamela Kyle Crossley traces the ways in which a large, early modern empire of Eurasia, the Qing (1636-1912), incorporated neighboring, but disparate, political... -
Go, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992 by Rick Houston
RRP: £31.00£21.59The talented men (and later women) who worked in mission control at what is now Johnson Space Center occupied a room located on the third floor of Building 30, a room that at first glance looked like just another auditorium in just another government... -
Cultures of Disaster: Society and Natural Hazard in the Philippines Greg Bankoff 9781138879263
RRP: £47.99£41.81Engagingly written with 34 graphs and 15 tables showing climate changes and the history of hazards in the PhilippinesWith the current threat of global warming, this is something that will affect other countries in the futureThis study will be of interest... -
Mithras to Mormon: A Religious History of London by Philippa Bernard
RRP: £25.00£22.03When the Romans settled in Britain in 43 CE they could hardly have imagined that the small agricultural settlement of Londinium on the Thames would eventually become one of the biggest cities in the world. Its people worshipped then in small buildings... -
Jihad: A Short History by Terry Bushell
RRP: £20.00£14.29Never before has such a serious subject been written about with such elegance, wit and humour. Jihad: A Short History is entertaining popular history in strict chronological order enlivened throughout with wordplay, comedy, graphic detail and vivid... -
Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern England by Michael Alexander
RRP: £16.99£14.61Now reissued in an updated paperback edition, this groundbreaking account of the Medieval Revival movement examines the ways in which the style of the medieval period was re-established in post-Enlightenment England-from Walpole and Scott, Pugin, Ruskin,...