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On Christopher Street: Life, Sex, and Death after Stonewall by Michael Denneny
RRP: $35.10$30.03Through the eyes of publishing icon Michael Denneny, this cultural autobiography traces the evolution of the US's queer community in the three decades post-Stonewall. The Stonewall Riots of 1969 and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s have been captured in... -
Chasing the Soft Underbelly: Turkey and the Second World War John David Watson 9781804510261
RRP: $38.90$27.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510261Author John David WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Wellington'S Hidden Heroes: The Dutch and the Belgians at Waterloo by Veronica Baker-Smith
$41.07The Duke of Wellington described the Battle of Waterloo as 'the most desperate business I ever was in. I was never so near being beat'. The courage of British troops that day has been rightly praised ever since, but the fact that one-third of the forces... -
East End Murders: From Jack the Ripper to Ronnie Kray by Neil Storey
RRP: $29.23$22.85Neil R. Storey has drawn on a vast array of original sources - among them witness statements, coroners' reports and court records - to produce a revealing insight into the East End's darkest moments. As well as the murders of Jack the Ripper, perhaps the... -
Subsmash: The Mysterious Disappearance of HM Submarine Affray by Alan Gallop
RRP: $19.48$15.15In April 1951, the disappearance of HM submarine Affray knocked news of the Korean War and Festival of Britain from the front pages. Affray had put to sea on a routine peacetime simulated war patrol in the English Channel. She radioed her last position... -
The Classical Tradition by Anthony Grafton 9780674035720
RRP: $138.35$114.80"A vast cabinet of curiosities."-Stephen Greenblatt"Eclectic rather than exhaustive, less an encyclopedia than a buffet."-Frederic Raphael, Literary ReviewHow do we get from the polis to the police? Or from Odysseus's sirens to those of an ambulance? The... -
The Little Book of Surrey by Ruper Matthews 9780752456331
RRP: $19.48$15.15The Little Book of Surrey is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. The county's most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants,... -
Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East by Patrick Seale
RRP: $60.45$47.64'This is a book in the finest tradition of investigative scholarship. The research is awesome...Seale's great strength is his ability to explain the confusing kaleidoscopic nature of Middle Eastern diplomacy. He understands the game being played and also... -
Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir by Arthur Stanley Bullock 9780752447933
RRP: $29.23$22.85One of the most eventful periods in history - the first half of the twentieth century - is vividly and astutely described by Arthur Stanley Bullock in this entertaining memoir. His unique insight comes from having not been in any sense part of the... -
Inherit The Wind by Jerome Lawrence 9780345466273
RRP: $15.58$10.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345466273Author Jerome LawrenceFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Bantam USAPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)... -
The Art of War by Tzu Sun 9780140439199
RRP: $19.48$14.27For more than two thousand years, Sun-tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics and management strategies. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for... -
Voices of North and South Ockendon by Cecilia Pyke 9780752499185
RRP: $25.33$19.25This warm and nostalgic collection of memories reveals the fascinating history of North and South Ockendon before, during and after the Second World War. The 1930s saw great change in South Ockendon as London Land Company, London County Council and Essex... -
The Second World War: A Short History by R. A. C. Parker
RRP: $29.23$21.35The 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... -
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey
RRP: $35.10$19.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101980200Author Colin DickeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm *... -
Blood of Others: Stalin's Crimean Atrocity and the Poetics of Solidarity by Rory Finnin 9781487558253
RRP: $44.83$39.02In the spring of 1944, Stalin deported the Crimean Tatars, a small Sunni Muslim nation, from their ancestral homeland on the Black Sea peninsula. The gravity of this event, which ultimately claimed the lives of tens of thousands of victims, was shrouded... -
The Book History Reader by David Finkelstein 9780415359481
RRP: $85.78$76.91Following on from the widely successful first volume, this second edition has been updated and expanded to create an essential collection of writings examining different aspects of the history of books and print culture.Arranged in thematic sections,... -
A Pocket History of the 1916 Rising by Tony Potter
RRP: $13.63$10.20The Easter Rising was arguably the most important event in Irish history. It was an armed insurrection that occurred mainly in Dublin during Easter Week, 1916, mounted by Irish republicans intent on ending British rule in Ireland and establishing an... -
When We Were Arabs: A Jewish Family's Forgotten History by Massoud Hayoun
RRP: $54.58$35.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620974162Format HardbackPage Count 304Imprint The New PressPublisher The New Press -
Matthew Boulton and the Soho Mint: Copper to Customer by Sue Tungate
$31.49Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) was a globally important industrialist who introduced innovative minting practices at this Soho Mint. This book describes the processes involved, from mining the copper to the delivery of products to the customer. There was a... -
The Cecils: The Dynasty and Legacy of Lord Burghley by David Lee 9781399083775
RRP: $48.75$34.36The Cecils: The Dynasty and Legacy of Lord Burghley looks at the lives of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I's Chief Minister and Secretary of State and that of his son, Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury. Lord Burghley served three Tudor Monarchs... -
The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by Donald M. Kagan
RRP: $50.68$45.32Why did the Peace of Nicias fail to reconcile Athens and Sparta? In the third volume of his landmark four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the years between the signing of the peace treaty and the destruction of the Athenian... -
RAF Cold War Jet Aircraft in Profile: 2019 by Chris Sandham-Bailey
$75.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658115Author Chris Sandham-BaileyFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams)... -
The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History by Tonio Andrade 9780691178141
RRP: $42.90$34.44The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s, China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was easily... -
Brief Lives by Paul Johnson
RRP: $31.18$22.64In the course of a long and successful career as a journalist and author, Paul Johnson has known popes, presidents, prime ministers, painters, poets, playwrights, even the foul-mouthed publican Muriel Belcher, who ran the legendary Colony Club. Harking... -
Heroes of Telemark: Sabotaging Hitler's atomic bomb, Norway 1942-44 by David Greentree
RRP: $31.18$23.89In May 1941, the Norwegian Section of SOE received a dossier warning of the dangers of a hydroelectric fertiliser plant in Norway. Vemork produced heavy water, an essential part of making plutonium for nuclear weapons. When the Germans overran Norway the... -
A Grim Almanac of Hampshire by John van der Kiste 9780752454894
RRP: $29.23$22.85A Grim Almanac of Hampshire is a day-by-day catalogue of 366 ghastly tales from the county's past, full of dreadful deeds, macabre deaths, grisly accidents and strange occurrences. Among the gruesome tales included here are the sinking in 1545 of the... -
The First Showman: The Extraordinary Mr Astley, The Englishman Who Invented the Modern Circus by Karl Shaw
RRP: $39.00$26.79Before 'the greatest showman', P. T. Barnum, there was Philip Astley, an Englishman who revolutionised popular entertainment. This is his extraordinary story. The First Showman is a hugely entertaining history of the man who created the modern circus:... -
Team Dog: How to Establish Trust and Authority and Get Your Dog Perfectly Trained the Navy Seal Way by Mike Ritland
RRP: $35.08$24.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425276273Author Mike RitlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.Publisher Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.Weight(grams) 205g -
Waiting For Hitler Midge Gillies 9780340837993
RRP: $21.43$14.84The perfect follow-up for readers of Dunkirk, Hidden Britain, Finest Hour and other gripping, personal accounts of life during the Second World War.In late summer 1940, Hitler told his army to prepare to invade England. The nation waited, breathless with... -
Limbang Rebellion: Seven Days in December, 1962 Eileen Chanin 9781526796981
RRP: $29.23$21.35Between 8 and 12 December of 1962, world attention focused on a surprise rebel uprising that sprang up in northern Borneo, where hostages were taken and threatened with execution. The small river town of Limbang, administrative centre of the Fifth... -
Royal Tombs of Medieval England by Mark Duffy 9780752425795
RRP: $53.63$40.13This comprehensive and detailed survey of English royal tombs from 1066-1509, including junior royals as well as kings and queens, is combined with accounts of burial practice, tomb design, craftsmen, and construction.Book InformationISBN... -
Diamonds: Their History, Sources, Qualities and Benefits by Renee Newman
$70.82The beauty and sparkle and mystique of diamonds is unmatched by that of any other gem in the world. Since early times, diamonds have been treasured as good luck charms, remarkable tools and status symbols and have been worn, collected and presented as... -
A Century of Newport: Events, People & Place over the 20th Century by John O'Sullivan
RRP: $29.23$22.85This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Newport during the 20th century. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader... -
Gothic Whitby by Colin Waters 9780752452913
RRP: $29.23$22.85This fascinating volume celebrates every aspect of Whitby's Gothic past. With a detailed exploration of the town's connection with Dracula (including historical events such as the beaching of the Dmitri and a visit to many of the book's most famous... -
The Pan-African Pantheon by Adekeye Adebajo
RRP: $58.50$43.50With forty accessible essays on the key intellectual contributions to Pan-Africanism, this volume offers readers a fascinating insight into the intellectual thinking and contributions to Pan-Africanism. The book explores the history of Pan-Africanism and... -
40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII's Bloodiest Battles by Joseph Tachovsky
RRP: $25.33$16.40Winner of The 2020 Best Book Award for Military History -- American Bookfest An elite platoon of Marine Scout-Snipers, Lieutenant Frank Tachovsky's "40 Thieves" were chosen for their willingness to defy rules and beat all-comers. When two Marines got... -
Around Bury St. Edmunds in Old Photographs: Britain In Old Photographs by Robert Halliday
RRP: $29.23$22.85This is a fascinating selection of images featuring the town of Bury St Edmunds along with many of its surrounding villages. Robert Halliday has collected together over 250 old photographs, and these, coupled with his informative captions, give an... -
The Place Names of County Durham by Paul Chrystal
RRP: $27.20$24.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338713Author Paul ChrystalFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
General Jan Smuts and His Great War in Africa 1914-1917: Incorporating His German South West and East Africa Campaigns by David Katz 9781636240176
RRP: $58.50$41.63World War I ushered in a renewed scramble for Africa. At its helm, Jan Smuts grabbed the opportunity to realise his ambition of a Greater South Africa. He set his sights upon the vast German colonies of South-West Africa and East Africa - the demise of... -
Roman History, Volume I by Appian
RRP: $48.65$46.33Rome's foreign wars, nation by nation.Appian (Appianus) is among our principal sources for the history of the Roman Republic, particularly in the second and first centuries BC, and sometimes our only source, as for the Third Punic War and the destruction...