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Voices of Guinness: An Oral History of the Park Royal Brewery by Tim Strangleman
RRP: $113.10$96.68Imagine a workplace where workers enjoyed a well-paid job for life, one where they could start their day with a pint of stout and a smoke, and enjoy free meals in silver service canteens and restaurants. During their breaks they could explore acres of... -
Bruchko And The Motilone Miracle by Bruce Olson 9781591857952
RRP: $29.23$22.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591857952Author Bruce OlsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Creation HousePublisher Creation House -
The Military Archives: A History: 2022 by Daniel Ayiotis
RRP: $39.00$32.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913934330Author Daniel AyiotisFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint WordwellPublisher Wordwell -
Isle & Empires: Romanov Russia, Britain and the Isle of Wight by Stephan Roman
$26.27The tumultuous story of the Romanovs and their enigmatic relationship with Britain is brought to life in Stephan Roman's Isle and Empires. This new book explores the misunderstandings, suspicions and alliances that created an uneasy partnership... -
The End of Jewish Modernity Enzo Traverso 9780745336664
RRP: $33.13$22.83Has Jewish modernity exhausted itself? Flourishing between the age of Enlightenment and the Second World War, the intellectual, literary, scientific and artistic legacy of Jewish modernity continues to dazzle us, however, in this provocative new book,... -
The Lavochkin La-7 by Dariusz Paduch
RRP: $42.90$30.46La-7 Soviet single-engine, single-seat fighter aircraft of the World War II period. Developed in the design bureau of S. A. Lavochkin as a successor to the La-5FN aircraft. The La-7 was a development of the La-5 design. Both the sizes and shapes of the... -
First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country by Thomas E Ricks
RRP: $38.98$24.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062997463Author Thomas E RicksFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 295g -
Tested by Bomb and Flame: Leicester versus Luftwaffe Air Raids 1939-1945 Austin J. Ruddy 9780857042514
RRP: $38.98$33.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857042514Author Austin J. RuddyFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Largest Sea Battle of the Second World War by John Grehan 9781526770394
RRP: $29.23$21.35By early 1944, offensives undertaken by the United States armed forces had driven the Japanese from many of their conquests in the south and central Pacific. The next American move was to sever Tokyo's communications with the remaining Japanese garrisons... -
Abandoned Alaska: Copper, Gold, and Rust by Paul Scannell 9781634992176
RRP: $36.08$27.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634992176Author Paul ScannellFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Fonthill Media LLcPublisher Fonthill Media LLcWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 231mm *... -
Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean by Christina Gerhardt
RRP: $58.50$47.37"A stunning atlas of the present and future."—Rebecca Solnit, author of several books including Infinite Cities: A Trilogy of Atlases—San Francisco, New Orleans, New York "An impassioned plea to save what remains of these remarkable island communities... -
Charles X's Wars Volume 2: The Danish Wars, 1657-1660 by Michael Fredholm Von Essen
RRP: $58.40$41.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070302Author Michael Fredholm Von EssenFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich: How the Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey 9780226823980
RRP: $31.20$26.99The economist and historian Deirdre Nansen McCloskey has been best known recently for her Bourgeois Era trilogy, a vigorous defense, unrivaled in scope, of commercially tested betterment. Its massive volumes, The Bourgeois Virtues, Bourgeois Dignity,... -
Around Redcar: Images of England by Sheila Barker 9780752437040
RRP: $29.23$22.85A history of Redcar.Book InformationISBN 9780752437040Author Sheila BarkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 170mm * 10mm -
Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End by Darrel Bristow-Bovey 9781837731060
RRP: $33.13$22.58Finding Endurance is beautiful, thrilling, heroic and kind, a ripping yarn and a generous and humane reflection on this business of being human. Since the discovery of the wreck of Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance on the bed of the Antarctic ocean,... -
Rotherham: A Potted History by James Barker
RRP: $31.18$21.16Rotherham's history dates back to a Roman fort by the River Don, through its mining and industrial past, particularly its steelworks, to today's busy town in Yorkshire. In the Middle Ages, much of the area around Rotherham was deer parks owned by local... -
The Political Writings of Archbishop Wulfstan of York by Andrew Rabin
RRP: $48.75$34.34Archbishop Wulfstan of York (d. 1023) is among the most important legal and political thinkers of the early Middle Ages. A leading ecclesiastic, innovative legislator, and influential royal councilor, Wulfstan witnessed firsthand the violence and social... -
Short History of Foxhunting by Alastair Jackson
RRP: $29.23$24.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906122577Author Alastair JacksonFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 313g -
The Running Book: A Journey through Memory, Landscape and History by John Connell
$23.85'Sensational! John Connell has done it again' - Dean KarnazesFrom the award-winning, No.1 bestselling author of The Cow BookIn The Running Book, John Connell vividly describes a marathon through County Longford, Ireland, where he lives and farms. Because... -
A History of Medieval Europe: From Constantine to Saint Louis by R. H. C. Davis 9780582784628
$103.12'Probably the best "buy" among recent works for one who comes to medieval history for the first time.'History (about the second edition)Consisting of two parts, this book successfully conveys the importance of the distant past in understanding our modern... -
Roath, Splott and Adamsdown by Roath Local History Society 9780752401997
RRP: $25.33$19.25Over 250 old photographs, many published for the first time, appear in this new collection covering the districts of Roath, Splott and Adamsdown. This area, along with Penylan, Tremorfa and part of Cathays, once had a collective unity as the... -
Manchester Stories by David Clayton 9781905769414
RRP: $23.38$22.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905769414Author David ClaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Fort Publishing LtdPublisher Fort Publishing LtdDimensions(mm) 232mm * 155mm * 17mm -
The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America by Jeffrey Rosen 9781668002476
RRP: $56.53$34.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668002476Author Jeffrey RosenFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
History and International Relations: From the Ancient World to the 21st Century Howard LeRoy Malchow (Tufts University, USA) 9781350111646
RRP: $58.48$51.95This updated and enhanced second edition of History and International Relations charts the foundations, development and use of International Relations from a historian's perspective. Exploring its engagement with the history of war, peace and foreign... -
Insignia of the Waffen-SS: Cuff Titles, Collar Tabs, Shoulder Boards and Badges by Rolf Michaelis
RRP: $37.03$26.87All of the uniform-specific insignia used by the Waffen-SS in World War II are presented in this concise, all-color book. Included are sleeve and cap eagles in their various versions, collar tabs, sleeve shields, and cuff titles, as well as shoulder... -
Apocalypse. An Alexandrian World Chronicle by Pseudo-Methodius
RRP: $58.40$47.64This volume contains two texts that crossed the Mediterranean in Late Antiquity. The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius was one of the first works composed in response to the Arab invasions and the establishment of the Muslim empire in the seventh century... -
Have a Nice Day: How I Stopped Sneering and Learned to Love America Justin Webb 9781906021528
RRP: $29.23$19.31This title is about the real America: a nation more misunderstood than any other on Earth. It is a counter-blast to the lazy anti-Americanism that infects European thinking, an effort to answer the simple question, 'why is America so successful?'.About... -
Anglo Nostalgia: The Politics of Emotion in a Fractured West by Edoardo Campanella
RRP: $58.50$52.14Nostalgia has become a major force in global politics. While Donald Trump hopes to 'make America great again', Xi Jinping calls for a 'great rejuvenation of the Chinese people', and a majority of Russians still mourn the Soviet Union. But it is Brexit,... -
On Plato's <i>Timaeus</i> by Calcidius
RRP: $58.40$47.64Until the Renaissance, the work of Calcidius offered the medieval West almost the only direct access to Plato's corpus not dispersed in fragments. In the 4th century CE, Calcidius translated into Latin an important section of Plato's Timaeus,... -
The Fatimid Caliphate: Diversity of Traditions by Farhad Daftary
$85.37The Fatimids ruled much of the Mediterranean world for over two centuries. From the conquest of Qayrawan in 909 to defeat at the hands of Saladin in 1171, the Fatimid caliphate governed a vast area stretching, at its peak, from the Red Sea in the East to... -
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights by Philip Pullman 9780702311413
RRP: $19.48$13.71"Remarkable writing: courageous and dangerous as the best art should be." The Times "Only Rankin can light and photograph faces with such intensity and drama. I'm delighted with this vision of my story." Philip Pullman... -
Violence: A Modern Obsession by Richard Bessel 9781471147920
RRP: $19.48$12.89After a century that has been described as the most violent in the history of humanity, Professor Richard Bessel has written an intelligent and fascinating book on the history of our violent world and how we have become obsessed about violence. He... -
Loughborough Pubs by Lynne Dyer 9781398113435
RRP: $31.18$21.16As a market town conveniently located on major transport routes, Loughborough historically has offered visitors and inhabitants a large number of drinking establishments - pubs, taverns, coaching inns, post houses, alehouses - and the town was once home... -
A History of Southeast Asia: Critical Crossroads Anthony Reid 9781118513002
RRP: $56.45$50.432016 PROSE Award Honorable Mention for Textbook in the Humanities A History of Southeast Asia: Critical Crossroads presents a comprehensive history of Southeast Asia from our earliest knowledge of its civilizations and religious patterns up to the... -
U.S. Army Special Forces Guide to Unconventional Warfare: Devices and Techniques for Incendiaries by Army 9781616080099
RRP: $19.48$16.98The official manual from the United States, meant for novices and experienced soldiers. Describes ways to use tannerite, aluminum powder, thermite, fuse cords, fuse igniters, and more in unconventional warfare-and much more.U.S. Army Special Forces Guide... -
The Cambridge History of Warfare by Geoffrey Parker 9781316632765
RRP: $48.73$40.35The new edition of The Cambridge History of Warfare, written and updated by a team of eight distinguished military historians, examines how war was waged by Western powers across a sweeping timeframe beginning with classical Greece and Rome, moving... -
Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker by Katherine J. Cramer
RRP: $50.70$48.46Since the election of Scott Walker, Wisconsin has been seen as ground zero for debates about the appropriate role of government in the wake of the Great Recession. In a time of rising inequality, Walker not only survived a bitterly contested recall that... -
Fighting the Slave Trade - West African Strategies by Sylviane A. Diouf
RRP: $48.73$47.39This collection of thirteen case studies by international scholars examines the strategies whole societies adopted in opposition to slavery over a period of five centuries. This is the first book to explore in a systematic manner the strategies used... -
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 9781668050804
RRP: $19.48$12.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668050804Author Marcus AureliusFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm *... -
After Alfred: Anglo-Saxon Chronicles and Chroniclers, 900-1150 by Pauline Stafford
RRP: $56.53$52.08The vernacular Anglo-Saxon Chronicles cover the centuries which saw the making of England and its conquest by Scandinavians and Normans. After Alfred traces their development from their genesis at the court of King Alfred to the last surviving chronicle...