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Blue Angels: The US Navy's Flight Demonstration Team, 1946 to the Present by Ken Neubeck 9780764356582
RRP: £22.99£15.65A thorough photographic history of the US Navy Blue Angels flying-demonstration team. Since 1946, the world-famous US Navy Blue Angels flying-demonstration team has performed in airshows in the United States and around the world. This book details... -
Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593): The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593) by Dr. Timothy Ashby
RRP: £24.99£17.71Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593) is the biography of William Ashby, Elizabethan intelligence agent and diplomat who served as ambassador to Scotland during the Spanish Armada crisis. It provides a fresh social,... -
If the Allies Had Fallen: Sixty Alternate Scenarios of World War II by Harold C Deutsch 9781616085469
RRP: £19.99£12.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616085469Author Dennis E ShowalterFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)... -
The Trump Indictments: The 91 Criminal Counts Against the Former President of the United States by Ali Velshi 9780063382589
RRP: £14.99£9.70Edited and introduced by MSNBC's Ali Velshi, The Trump Indictments collects the complete charging documents brought by the Department of Justice and the Fulton County (GA) and Manhattan (NY) district attorneys-a riveting and shocking narrative of the... -
Kashmir at the Crossroads: Inside a 21st-Century Conflict by Sumantra Bose
RRP: £19.99£16.97An authoritative, fresh, and vividly written account of the Kashmir conflict-from 1947 to the present The India-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir is one of the world's incendiary conflicts. Since 1990, at least 60,000 people have been killed-insurgents,... -
A-Z of Warwick: Places-People-History by S. C. Skillman 9781398115767
RRP: £15.99£10.85The county town of Warwick is famous for its magnificent castle rising above the River Avon but there is much more to this historic town. Although many medieval houses were destroyed by the Great Fire of 1694, buildings from an earlier age can still be... -
Elizabeth & Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens by Susan Doran
£34.85This book seeks to refresh and retell the story of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots through their own words. Accompanying a major British Library exhibition, Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens brings new insights to the familiar... -
The Egyptians by Sergio Donadoni 9780226155562
RRP: £27.00£26.47Providing an accessible introduction to the people who lived along the Nile for almost 35 centuries, this collection of essays presents studies of ancient Egyptians arranged by social type - slaves, craftsmen, priests, bureaucrats, pharaohs, peasants and... -
Origins of the Cold War: An International History by Melvyn P. Leffler 9780415341103
RRP: £39.99£35.06The Cold War dominated the world political arena for forty-five years. Focusing on the international system and on events in all parts of the globe, Melvyn P. Leffler and David S. Painter have brought together a truly international collection of articles... -
Creed of a Fascist Revolutionary & Why I Left Mosley by A. K. Chesterton 9780993288500
RRP: £7.00£6.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993288500Author A. K. ChestertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 55Imprint The A. K. Chesterton TrustPublisher The A. K. Chesterton Trust -
The King's Chamberlain: William Sandys of the Vyne, Chamberlain to Henry VIII by John Jenkins
RRP: £20.00£13.34This book looks at the life, activities and achievements of William, 1st Baron Sandys, Knight of the Garter. It is the story of a Hampshire man who, during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII, achieved prominence from a relatively modest but... -
Fortress Europe: From Stone to Steel Fortifications,1850 1945 by Kaufmann, J E
RRP: £40.00£29.39A few of the fortifications and fortified lines of the world wars are well known and have often been written about, illustrated and studied. But they tend to distract attention from the wide range of fixed defences constructed across Europe on an... -
South Africans versus Rommel: The Untold Story of the Desert War in World War II by David Brock Katz
RRP: £30.00£23.25After bitter debate, South Africa, a dominion of the British Empire at the time, declared war on Germany five days after the invasion of Poland in September 1939. Thrust by the British into the campaign against Erwin Rommel's German Afrika Korps in North... -
Reorienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity by Khododad Rezakhani
RRP: £24.99£20.29In the mediaeval period, Central Asia rose to prominence as a centre of Persian-Islamic culture, from the Seljuks to the Mongols. Khodadad Rezakhani tells the back story of this rise to prominence, the story of the famed Kushans and mysterious 'Asian... -
Rebranding Rule: The Restoration and Revolution Monarchy, 1660-1714 by Kevin Sharpe
RRP: £47.50£41.24In the climactic part of his three-book series exploring the importance of public image in the Tudor and Stuart monarchies, Kevin Sharpe employs a remarkable interdisciplinary approach that draws on literary studies and art history as well as political,... -
Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II by Matthew Black
RRP: £26.99£17.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806542157Author Matthew BlackFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. -
Religious Reading and Everyday Lives in Devotional Hinduism by Emilia Bachrach 9780197648599
RRP: £70.00£63.74Religious texts are not stable objects, passed down unchanged through generations. The way in which religious communities receive their scriptures changes over time and in different social contexts. This book considers religious reading through a study... -
A Shoe Story: Van Gogh, the Philosophers and the West by Lesley Chamberlain 9781905128242
RRP: £14.00£9.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905128242Author Lesley ChamberlainFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Harbour Books (East) LtdPublisher Harbour Books (East) Ltd -
The Second World War: A Short History by R. A. C. Parker
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Second World War is a compact but comprehensive and absorbing history of the war. It examines the causes of the war, how it was won and lost, and its far-reaching consequences for humanity. In tracing the key events of both the European and the Far... -
Hawker Hunter by Tony Buttler
RRP: £15.99£11.61This fully illustrated volume looks at the classic jet fighter, the Hawker Hunter. The type's development, entry into service and operations are examined in detail.About the AuthorTony Buttler was born in England. He joined High Duty Alloys in 1974 as a... -
Kent's Industrial Heritage by James Preston
RRP: £15.99£10.85Kent is thought of as the 'Garden of England' and has been described as a county of 'hops, apples and cherries'. This may be true of a large part of the county, particularly after the Weald lost its important broadcloth and iron industries, but north... -
Writing, Kingship and Power in Anglo-Saxon England by Rory Naismith
RRP: £25.99£23.63The workings of royal and ecclesiastical authority in Anglo-Saxon England can only be understood on the basis of direct engagement with original texts and material artefacts. This book, written by leading experts, brings together new research that... -
Knowledge Lost: A New View of Early Modern Intellectual History by Professor Martin Mulsow
RRP: £35.00£27.74A compelling alternative account of the history of knowledge from the Renaissance to the EnlightenmentUntil now the history of knowledge has largely been about formal and documented accumulation, concentrating on systems, collections, academies, and... -
Ugliness: A Cultural History by Gretchen E. Henderson
RRP: £11.99£8.43In this riveting book Gretchen E. Henderson explores perceptions of ugliness through history, from ancient Roman feasts to medieval grotesque gargoyles, from Mary Shelley's monster cobbled from corpses to the Nazi Exhibition of Degenerate Art. Covering... -
Sex Before Sexuality: A Premodern History by Barry Reay 9780745625232
£17.13Sexuality in modern western culture is central to identity but the tendency to define by sexuality does not apply to the premodern past. Before the 'invention' of sexuality, erotic acts and desires were comprehended as species of sin, expressions of... -
Freedom and History and Other Essays: An Introduction to the Thought of Richard McKeon by Richard P. McKeon 9780226560298
RRP: £30.00£29.25This volume of essays is an important introduction to the thought of one of the twentieth century's most significant yet underappreciated philosophers, Richard McKeon. The originator of philosophical pluralism, McKeon made extraordinary contributions to... -
Nazi Germany by Jane Caplan 9780199276875
RRP: £32.99£30.15The history of National Socialism as movement and regime remains one of the most compelling and intensively studied aspects of twentieth-century history, and one whose significance extends far beyond Germany or even Europe alone. This volume presents an... -
Decolonisation: The British Experience Since 1945 Nicholas White 9781408245637
RRP: £36.99£35.74Decolonisation: The British Experience since 1945 is a concise and accessible introduction which introduces students to this often dramatic story of colonial wars and emergencies, and fraught international relations. The 2nd edition provides an overview... -
Practical Cues and Social Spectacle in the Chester Plays by Matthew Sergi
RRP: £26.00£24.85Amid the crowded streets of Chester, guild players portraying biblical characters performed on colorful mobile stages hoping to draw the attention of fellow townspeople. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, these Chester plays employed flamboyant... -
Wigan Athletic by Dean Hayes 9780750925341
RRP: £12.99£9.62Wigan Athletic was founded in 1932 after a public meeting at the Queen's Head at which it was decided to establish a new club to attempt to regain the League place of disbanded Wigan Borough. It was not, however, until 1978 that the Latics finally won... -
A Little Girl's War Wendy Appleton 9781445606392
RRP: £9.99£7.11Wendy ran home through the streets of Bexleyheath with the air-raid siren wailing, her little gas mask box bumping against her hip. Just as she reached her front gate, a Spitfire spiralled out of the air and crashed into the school field at the end of... -
Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation Edward Glaeser 9781529364323
RRP: £20.00£12.05From New York to New Delhi, COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on our urban world, turning the physical proximity which is central to the creative energy of the city into a potentially deadly threat to our health and well being. Yet most of us live... -
The Shifting Sands of the North Sea Lowlands: Literary and Historical Imaginaries by Katie Ritson
RRP: £37.99£33.38Global seawater levels are rising and the low-lying coasts of the North Sea basin are amongst the most vulnerable in Europe. In our current moment of environmental crisis, the North Sea coasts are literary arenas in which the challenges and concerns of... -
Daily Life in Ancient Egypt by Don Nardo
RRP: £8.99£6.45This book explores what life was really like for everyday people in Ancient Egypt. Using primary sources and information from archeological discoveries, it uncovers some fascinating insights and explodes some myths. Supported by timelines, maps and... -
To Meet in Hell: Bergen-Belsen, the British Officer Who Liberated It, and the Jewish Girl He Saved by Bernice Lerner
RRP: £10.99£7.25On April 15, 1945, Brigadier H. L. Glyn Hughes entered Bergen-Belsen for the first time. Waiting for him were 10,000 unburied, putrefying corpses and 60,000 living prisoners, starving and sick. One month earlier, 15-year-old Rachel Genuth arrived at... -
Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy by Caroline Kennedy
RRP: £50.00£38.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401324254Author Caroline KennedyFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 1020gDimensions(mm) 252mm * 166mm * 46mm -
Cannae: Hannibal's Greatest Victory by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: £16.99£9.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541699250Author Adrian GoldsworthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm *... -
Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory Of The Web by David Weinberger
£17.13In this insightful social commentary, David Weinberger goes beyond misdirected hype to reveal what is truly revolutionary about the Web. Just as Marshall McLuhan forever altered our view of broadcast media, Weinberger shows that the Web is transforming... -
No Return: Jews, Christian Usurers, and the Spread of Mass Expulsion in Medieval Europe by Professor Rowan Dorin
RRP: £42.00£33.04A groundbreaking new history of the shared legacy of expulsion among Jews and Christian moneylenders in late medieval EuropeBeginning in the twelfth century, Jewish moneylenders increasingly found themselves in the crosshairs of European authorities, who... -
Alcohol in World History by Gina Hames 9780415311526
RRP: £36.99£32.53From the origins of drinking to the use and abuse of alcohol in the present day, this global historical study draws on approaches and research from biology, anthropology, sociology and psychology. Topics covered include: the impact of colonialism ...