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Denbighshire Folk Tales by Fiona Collins 9780752451879
RRP: $19.48$15.15Wales is especially rich in the folklore of place, and this collection brings a new perspective to the history of Denbighshire, the oldest inhabited area of Wales. With hills, valleys, moorland and coast, this varied land has inspired many tales of... -
Frontline Cookbook: Battlefield Recipes from the Second World War by Andrew Robertshaw
RRP: $25.33$19.25An army marches on its stomach and it fights on its stomach too - yet have you ever wondered how hundreds of men on the frontline are fed amidst hails of bullets and how kitchens are created in the desert or in the trench lines? In 1941 the army... -
Dersu the Trapper by V. K. Arseniev 9780929701493
RRP: $29.25$25.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929701493Author V. K. ArsenievFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint McPherson & Co Publishers,U.S.Publisher McPherson & Co Publishers,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
The Middle Ages and the Movies: Eight Key Films by Robert Bartlett
RRP: $39.00$29.46In The Middle Ages and the Movies eminent historian Robert Bartlett takes a fresh, cogent look at how our view of medieval history has been shaped by eight significant films of the twentieth century. The book ranges from the concoction of sex and... -
When Christians First Met Muslims: A Sourcebook of the Earliest Syriac Writings on Islam by Michael Philip Penn 9780520284944
RRP: $58.50$45.42The first Christians to meet Muslims were not Latin-speaking Christians from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speaking Christians from Constantinople but rather Christians from northern Mesopotamia who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Living under... -
Europe in the Sixteenth Century Andrew Pettegree (University of St. Andrew's) 9780631207047
RRP: $64.25$57.25Assuming no prior knowledge of the period, this engaging narrative history introduces readers to the central features and main developments of sixteenth-century Europe.About the AuthorAndrew Pettegree is Professor of Modern History at the University of... -
The Greatest Heist Stories Ever Told by Tom McCarthy 9781493039982
RRP: $29.23$22.48Crime does pay. At least for a while. You'll see that quickly in these the ten compelling and true stories of brilliant plans, guile, and nerves of steel. The thieves awaiting you seem to have it all. They are clever, cool, and set at their goals with... -
They Gave Me A Seafire Commander R M 'Mike' Crosley 9781399014441
RRP: $29.23$21.35A classic in every sense of the word, the re-issuing of this book is sure to provoke an enthusiastic response. First published in 1986 by Airlife, its publishing history has seen a great number of glowing reviews generated, coming from both historians... -
Leigh-on-Sea: A History by Judith Williams 9781860776595
RRP: $29.23$22.52Leigh-on-Sea was described in 1565 as 'a very proper town, well-furnished with good mariners, where commonly tall ships do ride'; during its heyday it had close associations with the Royal Navy. Following the decline of shipbuilding the town became known... -
Lyme Regis Past & Present by Jo Draper
RRP: $25.33$19.25Lyme Regis grew up as a medieval port, and re-invented itself as a seaside resort in the mid-eighteenth century. This book uses image picture collection at Lyme Regis Museum to illustrate the dramatic changes in the town and also the continuities. The... -
The Fair Sex: Women and the Great Western Railway by Rosa Matheson 9780752444192
RRP: $29.23$22.85The Great Western Railway struggled with what was called 'the women question' for many years. It had heartily agreed with The Railway Sheet and Official Gazette that 'the first aim of women's existence is marriage, that accomplished, the next is ordering... -
Power and Propaganda: Scotland 1306-1488 by Katie Stevenson
RRP: $46.78$43.27How did the later medieval kings of Scotland manipulate their power and alliances after the Wars of Independence? Power and Propaganda is a thematic reflection on the political history of late medieval Scotland, that considers the ways in which power... -
The World of the Oxus Civilization by Bertille Lyonnet 9781032570037
RRP: $87.73$77.20This collection of essays presents a synthesis of current research on the Oxus Civilization, which rose and developed at the turn of the 3rd to 2nd millennia BC in Central Asia. First discovered in the 1970s, the Oxus Civilization, or the... -
Bloody British History: Lincoln by Douglas Wynn 9780752462899
RRP: $29.23$22.85Built by the Romans, looted by the Danes and conquered by King William I (who devastated the town to build a castle and a cathedral), the city of Lincoln has had a long and most dreadful history. Containing medieval child murder, vile sieges of (and... -
Jack the Ripper: The Forgotten Victims by Paul Begg 9780300117202
RRP: $43.88$37.73Experts agree that Jack the Ripper murdered five London women, but how many others did he slaughter in Britain or across the seas? The number of women murdered and mutilated by Jack the Ripper is impossible to know, although most researchers now agree on... -
Literary Texts and the Roman Historian by David S. Potter
RRP: $74.08$65.09Literary Texts and the Roman Historian looks at literary texts from the Roman Empire which depict actual events. It examines the ways in which these texts were created, disseminated and read.Beside covering the major Roman historical authors such as Livy... -
From Kilts to Sarongs: Scottish Pioneers of Singapore by Graham Berry
RRP: $48.73$35.12Farquhar, Crawford, Cavenagh, Thomson, Anderson, Napier, Fullerton, Henderson, MacRitchie, MacPherson, Outram, Purvis, Spottiswoode. These are some of the Scots who have played a part in making Singapore.Guthrie, Fraser & Neave, Rodyk & Davidson, Sime... -
The Bomb: The Weapon That Changed the World by Didier Alcante
RRP: $42.88$29.76From the Big Bang to Hiroshima, the incredible story of the most disastrous weapon ever invented On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 in the morning, an explosive charge of more than 15 kilotons fell on the city of Hiroshima. Tens of thousands of people were... -
Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization by Lars Brownworth
RRP: $39.00$19.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307407962Author Lars BrownworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
Game of Thrones versus History: Written in Blood by Brian Alexander Pavlac 9781119249429
RRP: $25.25$17.18Since it first aired in 2011, Game of Thrones galloped up the ratings to become the most watched show in HBO's history. It is no secret that creator George R.R. Martin was inspired by late 15th century Europe when writing A Song of Ice and Fire, the... -
Hanged at Gloucester by Jill Evans
RRP: $35.08$26.99This book gathers together the stories of the 123 prisoners who were executed at Gloucester between 1792, when the first prisoner was hanged on the roof over the entrance gate of the newly-built prison, and 1939, when the last convict was executed within... -
Return to Ruin: Iraqi Narratives of Exile and Nostalgia by Zainab Saleh
RRP: $42.88$37.42With the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iraqis abroad, hoping to return one day to a better Iraq, became uncertain exiles. Return to Ruin tells the human story of this exile in the context of decades of U.S. imperial interests in Iraq-from the U.S. backing of... -
South Wales Collieries Volume 2 by David Owen 9780752423937
RRP: $29.23$22.85This is part of a series on South Wales Collieries, which illustrates the area's industrial history during the past 200 years, in text and photographs, and gives a glimpse of both working and village life in the valleys. This volume covers the Lewis... -
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed by Slavenka Drakulic 9780060975401
RRP: $33.13$19.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060975401Author Slavenka DrakulicFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Wild About Fulham: A Special Village in London by Andrew Wilson 9780993319310
RRP: $42.88$38.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993319310Author Andrew WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint Unity Print and Publishing LtdPublisher Unity Print and Publishing LtdWeight(grams)... -
Marriage of Inconvenience Robert Brownell 9781843680765
RRP: $58.48$39.78Effie Gray was an innocent victim of a male-dominated society, repressed and mistreated. Or was she? John Ruskin, the greatest art critic and social reformer of his time, was a callous misogynist and upholder of the patriarchy. Or was he? John Everett... -
Tales of London Docklands by Henry T. Bradford
RRP: $29.23$22.52An anthology of true stories, drawn from Henry Bradford's personal experience as a Registered Docker in the Port of London - when traffic through the docks was at its peak.About the AuthorHenry Bradford worked in the Port of London for thirty-two years;... -
The Northern Ireland Conflict: A Beginner's Guide by Aaron Edwards 9781851687299
RRP: $19.48$14.06The Northern Ireland conflict was one of the most bloody, protracted, and bitter campaigns of terrorist violence in modern history. Rooted in the partition of Ireland in 1921, over 50,000 people were killed or seriously injured because of the hostilities... -
The Brandon Men: In the Shadow of Kings by Sarah Bryson
RRP: $21.43$14.86Four generations of Brandon men lived and served six English kings, the most famous being Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, best friend and brother-in-law to King Henry VIII. Yet his family had a long history tied closely to the kings of the Wars of the... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Third Reich by Robert Gellately
RRP: $61.41$44.73At age thirty in 1919, Adolf Hitler had no accomplishments. He was a rootless loner, a corporal in a shattered army, without money or prospects. A little more than twenty years later, in autumn 1941, he directed his dynamic forces against the Soviet... -
The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon by John Paul Rathbone 9780143119333
RRP: $46.80$32.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143119333Author John Paul RathboneFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 287gDimensions(mm) 214mm *... -
The Tangier Diaries by John Hopkins
RRP: $29.23$23.26John Hopkins brings back to life all the decadence and flamboyance of Tangier in the 1960s and 1970s. Tangier in the 1960s and '70s was a fabled place. This edge city, the 'Interzone', became muse and escapist's dream for artists, writers,... -
From the Mill to Monte Carlo: The Working-Class Englishman Who Beat the Monaco Casino and Changed Gambling Forever by Anne Fletcher
RRP: $19.48$13.34This is the story of a man who went from Yorkshire mill worker to Monte Carlo millionaire. Amongst the men 'who broke the bank at Monte Carlo', Joseph Hobson Jagger is unique. He is the only one known to have devised an infallible and completely legal... -
US Half-Tracks: In World War II by David Doyle
RRP: $37.03$24.51Based on an adaptation of the White Scout Car, the US half-track vehicles of WWII combined the cross-country ability of a fully tracked vehicle with the road performance of a medium truck. A myriad of variations of these vehicles were produced,... -
That Place We Call Home: A journey through the place names of Ireland by John Creedon 9780717189854
RRP: $42.88$35.65John Creedon has always been fascinated by place names, from when he was a young boy growing up in Cork City to travelling around Ireland making his popular television show. In this brilliant new book, he digs beneath the surface of familiar place names,... -
Lightbringers of the North: Secrets of the Occult Tradition of Finland by Perttu Hakkinen
RRP: $48.75$31.67* Examines the significant figures and groups of Finland's occult world, including their esoteric practices and the secret societies to which they were connected * Investigates the relationship of nationalism and esotericism in Finland as well as the... -
A Velvet Empire: French Informal Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century by David Todd 9780691205335
RRP: $48.75$38.81How France's elites used soft power to pursue their imperial ambitions in the nineteenth centuryAfter Napoleon's downfall in 1815, France embraced a mostly informal style of empire, one that emphasized economic and cultural influence rather than military... -
The Negro Question Part 5 Joseph and the 12th dynasty of Egypt by Lee Cummings 9781517359416
RRP: $19.48$16.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781517359416Author Lee CummingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Mesmerized: Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain by Alison Winter 9780226902234
RRP: $46.80$45.69Thousands of men and women all across Britain in the Victorian age were being mesmerized, twisted into bizarre postures and speaking out in unknown languages, and the Victorians were literally entranced with this phenomenon. The text focuses on... -
The Russian Revolution by Anthony Wood 9780582355590
$69.69A popular concise guide - one of the clearest available on the Russian Revolution.Book InformationISBN 9780582355590Author A. WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 146gDimensions(mm) 138mm * 216mm...