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Island of Barbed Wire: The Remarkable Story of World War Two Internment on the Isle of Man by Connery Chappell 9780709077541
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $15.89At the start of the Second World War there were estimated to be 75,000 'enemy aliens' living in Britain, each a potential security risk. To screen these, Enemy Alien Tribunals were set up, with the... -
X3 to X54: The History of the British Midget Submarine by Keith Hall 9781803991993
RRP: $24.11Booksplease Price: $14.35The X- and XE-Class submarines were conceived during the Second World War: around 51ft (16m) long, they were designed to be towed by a 'mother' submarine and use their small size to complete stealth... -
Vikings Neil Oliver 9781780222820
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41The Vikings famously took no prisoners, relished cruel retribution, and prided themselves on their blood-thirsty skills as warriors. But their prowess in battle is only a small part of their story,... -
Calvin by Professor Bruce Gordon
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $20.94A revealing new portrait of John Calvin that captures his human complexity and the sixteenth-century world in which he fought his personal and theological battles During the glory days of the French... -
The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How A Scientific Revolution Is Rewriting Their Story by Dimitra Papagianni
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41There is a little Neanderthal in all of us. Although they have been extinct for 40,000 years, our genetic inheritance means that they are not entirely gone. Since the publication of the first... -
Estates: An Intimate History by Lynsey Hanley 9781783788651
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65Lynsey Hanley was born and raised just outside of Birmingham on what was then the largest council estate in Europe, and she has lived for years on an estate in London's East End. Writing with... -
Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well by Pellegrino Artusi 9780802086570
RRP: $60.30Booksplease Price: $50.89First published in 1891, Pellegrino Artusi's La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangier bene has come to be recognized as the most significant Italian cookbook of modern times. It was reprinted... -
My Revision Notes: OCR A-level History: Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Nicholas Fellows 9781510416444
Booksplease Price: $15.41Exam board: OCRLevel: A-HistorySubject: First teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016Target success in OCR A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key... -
German and Italian Aircraft Carriers of World War II by Ryan K. Noppen
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11This fully illustrated study details Germany and Italy's failed development of World War II aircraft carriers, and the naval aviation ships that the two Axis powers sent into action in their place. ... -
Energy and Civilization: A History by Vaclav Smil
RRP: $28.14Booksplease Price: $19.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262536165Author Vaclav SmilFormat PaperbackPage Count 568Imprint -
Selling Apartheid: South Africa's Global Propaganda War Ron Nixon 9780745399140
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $18.60This book lays bare the global propaganda war waged by the South African government in the attempt to bolster support for their apartheid regime. The world-wide campaign consisted of the government... -
Southern Scotland: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $8.07The south of Scotland has a long and turbulent geological past. Perhaps most notably, it marks the place where, 432 million years ago, an ocean, once as wide as the north Atlantic, was compressed by... -
Bizarre London: Discover the Capital's Secrets & Surprises by David Long
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $12.60A fascinating tour of London's strangest and most intriguing locations. Ranging from architectural evidence of past incidents and stories of life beneath the city, to anecdotes of magic, mystery and... -
The Penguin History of Britain: The Struggle for Mastery: Britain 1066-1284 by David Carpenter
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.66The two-and-a-half centuries after 1066 were momentous ones in the history of Britain. In 1066, England was conquered for the last time. The Anglo-Saxon ruling class was destroyed and and the English... -
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.08THE BEST-SELLING TRUE CRIME BOOK IN HISTORY______________________The shocking true story of the Tate-LaBianca murders, revealed in this harrowing, terrifying book penned by the prosecutor who finally... -
MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service by Gordon Corera 9780753828335
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Letters of Note: Love by Shaun Usher
RRP: $9.37Booksplease Price: $7.22In Letters of Note: Love, Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful messages about love ever composed, whether inspired by love's first blush or the recriminations at its ending, the... -
Magna Carta: The True Story Behind the Charter David Starkey 9781473610071
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41'A soaring account of the months that transformed a messy feudal squabble into Magna Carta...his crisp storytelling, based around short chapters and rolling rhetoric, is extremely entertaining.' Dan... -
Georgian and Regency Houses Explained Trevor Yorke 9781846740510
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36Using his own drawings, diagrams and photographs, author Trevor Yorke explains all aspects of the Georgian and Regency house and provides a comprehensive guide to the houses of this notable period... -
Spitfire vs Bf 109: Battle of Britain by Tony Holmes 9781846031908
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.07This book will explain what it felt like to be a fighter pilot during those crucial moments of the Battle of Britain flying some of the most iconic planes to have ever graced the skies during a... -
Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Janaway
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.85Schopenhauer is the most readable of German philosophers. This book gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system, concentrating on the original aspects of his thought, which inspired many... -
The Face of Britain: The Stories Behind the Nation's Portraits by Simon Schama
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.73Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC series The Face of Britain and the major National Portrait Gallery exhibitionChurchill and his painter locked... -
The Italians by Luigi Barzini
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.08The 'fatal charm of Italy' has held Lord Byron - and millions of tourists ever since - in its spell. Yet, beneath 'the brilliant and vivacious surface', what are the realities of Italian life? Few... -
Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries of Postwar Britain by Simon Garfield
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $16.24In 1936 anthropologist Tom Harrison, poet and journalist Charles Madge, and documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings set up the Mass Observation Project. The idea was simple: ordinary people would... -
Sicily: A Literary Guide for Travellers by Andrew Edwards 9781838601829
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $16.80This compelling guide uncovers Sicily's multi-faceted personality through famous literary figures. Rising up from the heart of the Mediterranean, Sicily has a rich and ancient history spanning... -
The Border - A Journey Around Russia: SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 Erika Fatland 9780857057785
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.07"Erika Fatland [is] shaping up to be one of the Nordics' most exciting new travel writers" National Geographic**SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORDS DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**"A hauntingly... -
Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Iconic Poet by Marta McDowell 9781604698220
RRP: $29.48Booksplease Price: $23.69"A visual treat as well as a literary one...for gardeners and garden lovers, connoisseurs of botanical illustration, and those who seek a deeper understanding of the life and work of Emily Dickinson... -
Slate Mining in the Lake District: An Illustrated History by Alastair Cameron
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65The remnants of slate mining and quarrying form as much a part of the Lakeland historic landscape as the stone walls, heathered moorlands and Lakeland farms do. A significant number of local families... -
Napoleon's Greatest Triumph: The Battle of Austerlitz by Gregory Fremont-Barnes
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.48In August 1805, Napoleon abandoned his plans for the invasion of Britain and diverted his army to the Danube valley to confront Austrian and Russian forces in a bid for control of central Europe. The... -
My Revision Notes: Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Migrants in Britain, c800-present and Notting Hill, c1948-c1970 Sam Slater 9781398368187
Booksplease Price: $8.04Exam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2021First exams: Summer 2022Target success in Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History with this proven formula for... -
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER - REISSUED WITH A NEW FOREWORD FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY 'Magnificent, vivid, moving, superb' Max Hastings, Sunday Times ______________This is the closest you will ever get... -
The Vanishing of Margaret Small: An uplifting and page-turning mystery by Neil Alexander 9781471414510
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.75'An evocative, endearing, entertaining and thoroughly delicious character portrait and a terrific first novel' - Donal MacIntyre, TV presenter'A tender, thought-provoking and totally gripping novel... -
This Golden Fleece: A Journey Through Britain's Knitted History by Esther Rutter
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65'A compelling literary journey through the social history of wool in the British Isles' Karen Lloyd, author of The Gathering Tide Travel the length of the British Isles with Esther Rutter, as she... -
The American Civil War by John Keegan
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.29The American Civil War was one of the longest and bloodiest of modern wars. It is also one of the most mysterious. It has captured the imagination of writers, artists and film-makers for decades but... -
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World by Vaclav Smil
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious about the world. I unabashedly recommend this... -
Gardens of Stone: My Boyhood in the French Resistance Stephen Grady 9781444760620
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.24An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable resonance and poignancy. September 2011, Halkidiki, Northern Greece. A... -
Cutting Point: Solving the Jack the Ripper and the Thames Torso Murders by Christer Holmgren 9789187611360
Booksplease Price: $20.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789187611360Author Christer HolmgrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint -
Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell Prof. Peter Caddick-Adams, TD, VR, BA (Hons), PhD, FRHistS, FRGS, KJ 9780099568674
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.68The five-month Monte Cassino campaign in central Italy is one of the best-known European land battles of World War Two, alongside D-Day and Stalingrad. It has a particular resonance now, because... -
Measly Middle Ages (newspaper edition) by Terry Deary 9780702311260
RRP: $9.37Booksplease Price: $6.94Discover all the foul facts about the Measly Middle Ages with history's most horrible headlines. All the foul facts about the Measly Middle Ages are ready to... -
Medieval Britain, c.1000-1500 by David Crouch
RRP: $36.18Booksplease Price: $35.58Though England was the emerging super-state in the medieval British Isles, its story is not the only one Britain can offer; there is a wider context of Britain in Europe, and the story of this period...