Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt
RRP: $35.68$26.63FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER AWARD A magisterial and acclaimed history of post-war Europe, from Germany to Poland, from Western Europe to Eastern Europe, selected as one of New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year Europe in 1945 was drained. Much of the... -
The Tin Ring: My Memoir of Love and Survival in the Holocaust by Zdenka Fantlova 9780857162298
RRP: $27.28$19.09The Tin Ring is moving memoir of love, loss and hope. Zdenka Fantlova's peaceful life was changed forever when she was sent to Terezin concentration camp. Here, she was given a humble engraved tin ring by her first love Arno. When he gave her the ring he... -
The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici by Christopher Hibbert
RRP: $27.28$19.09At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often bloody political scene was dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous of which were the... -
Letters for the Ages: The Private and Personal Letters of Sir Winston Churchill by Sir Sir Winston S. Churchill
RRP: $42.00$30.01Here are some of the best of Churchill's letters, many of a more personal nature, written to a wide range of people, including his schoolmaster, his American grandmother and former President Eisenhower. Letters for the Ages concentrates on the more... -
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning by Nigel Biggar
RRP: $52.50$35.34The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West's colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the 'End of History' - that the... -
The Auschwitz Photographer: Based on the true story of Wilhelm Brasse prisoner 3444 by Luca Crippa
RRP: $23.08$16.32Based on the powerful true story of Auschwitz prisoner number 3444 Wilhelm Brasse, whose photographs helped to expose the atrocities of the Holocaust.'Horror in sharp focus... important, because the world must know.' John Lewis-Stempel, Daily... -
Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire: Vols 1-3 by Edward Gibbon
RRP: $126.00$93.35Easily the most celebrated historical work in English, Gibbon's account of the Roman empire was in its time a landmark in classical and historical scholarship and remains a remarkable fresh and powerful contribution to the interpretation of Roman history... -
Six Tudor Queens: Anna of Kleve, Queen of Secrets: Six Tudor Queens 4 by Alison Weir
RRP: $23.08$15.54'Alison Weir transforms Henry VIII's much-maligned fourth wife into a woman of passion, courage and mystery' Tracy Borman Alison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, Anne Boleyn: A King's... -
Singapore Burning: Heroism and Surrender in World War II by Colin Smith
RRP: $31.48$23.00Churchill's description of the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, after Lt-Gen Percival's surrender led to over 100,000 British, Australian and Indian troops falling into the hands of the Japanese, was no wartime exaggeration. The Japanese had... -
Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century by Mark Mazower
RRP: $27.28$19.09From award-winning historian Mark Mazower, Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century retells the story of a century of division, charting the struggles of rival ideologies to create a new world order for mankind. The end of the First World War saw old... -
Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century by Helen Thompson 9780198864981
RRP: $48.28$34.19Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s. The 21st century has brought a powerful tide of geopolitical, economic, and democratic shocks. Their fallout has... -
Dreams of Freedom by Amnesty International
RRP: $27.28$18.06" I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter... I have taken a moment to rest, but I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities." Nelson Mandela" If you... -
Japan's Infamous Unit 731: First-hand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program by Hal Gold
RRP: $23.08$15.54This is a riveting and disturbing account of the medical atrocities performed in China during WWII.Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far... -
War in Japan: 1467-1615 by Stephen Turnbull
RRP: $25.18$17.70Fully illustrated with colour maps and 50 images, this is an accessible introduction to the most violent, turbulent, cruel and exciting chapter in Japanese history. In 1467 the Onin War ushered in a period of unparalleled conflict and rivalry in Japan... -
Chanel: Her life, her world, and the woman behind the legend she herself created by Edmonde Charles-Roux
RRP: $35.68$24.23***Now the subject of a major sell-out exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert Museum***She revolutionized how women looked. She banned corsets, shortened skirts and scented the world with Chanel No.5. Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel was an icon. But how... -
The Battle for the Falklands by Max Hastings
RRP: $39.88$27.64'Excellent' Financial Times'Stirring, impressively detailed' Time magazineThe Battle for the Falklands is a thoughtful and informed analysis of an astonishing chapter in modern British history from journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings and... -
OCR GCSE History SHP: The Making of America 1789-1900 by Alex Ford
$46.05Exam board: OCR (Specification B, SHP)Level: GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018An OCR endorsed textbookLet SHP successfully steer you through the OCR B specification with an exciting, enquiry-based series,... -
The Lady Di Look Book: What Diana Was Trying to Tell Us Through Her Clothes by Eloise Moran
RRP: $52.50$39.10***Fashion writer Eloise Moran has studied thousands of pictures of Princess Diana over the past few years. Looking carefully at Diana's clothes, she discovered that behind each outfit lies a carefully crafted strategy. What Lady Di couldn't express... -
Forbidden History: Extraterrestrial Intervention Prehistoric Technologies and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization by J. Douglas Kenyon
RRP: $37.78$24.51In Forbidden Historywriter and editor J. Douglas Kenyon has chosen 42 essays that have appeared in the bimonthly journal Atlantis Risingto provide readers with an overview of the core positions of key thinkers in the field of ancient mysteries and... -
Red Warning by Matthew Quirk
RRP: $35.68$25.79A CIA agent hunts an old foe in this gripping new international thriller from Matthew Quirk. Deadly enemies, dangerous games... CIA agent Sam Hudson has been hunting Konstantin, a Russian deep cover operative responsible for numerous murders on US and... -
A Savage War Of Peace by Alistair Horne
RRP: $31.48$21.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590172186Author Alistair HorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime by Misha Glenny
RRP: $23.08$16.32The extraordinary real stories that inspired the major BBC series Have you ever illegally downloaded a DVD? Taken drugs? Fallen for a phishing scam?Organised crime is part of all our worlds - often without us even knowing. McMafia is a journey through... -
Thomson: The Origins of the Thomsons and Their Place in History by Iain Gray 9781852171193
RRP: $8.38$6.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852171193Author Iain GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd -
The Angel's Game: The Cemetery of Forgotten Books 2 by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
RRP: $20.98$14.28'A heady brew of detective thriller, supernatural horror tale, magical realist fable and a heartbreaking love story' DAILY MAIL'Readers familiar with The Shadow of the Wind will find themselves back in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books where, from a... -
The Boy from Block 66: The Children Saved from the Death March by the Buchenwald Camp Resistance by Limor Regev 9781802472509
RRP: $20.98$14.28January, 1945. 14-year-old Moshe Kessler steps off the train at Buchenwald concentration camp. Having endured the horrors of Auschwitz-Birkenau, lost touch with his entire family, and survived the death march in the freezing European winter, he has seen... -
Occupational Hazards by Rory Stewart
RRP: $27.28$18.44A fascinating insight into the complexity, history and unpredictability of Iraq from Rory Stewart, bestselling author of Politics on the Edge and host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics.By September 2003, six months after the US-led invasion of Iraq,... -
The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by S. A. Smith
RRP: $18.88$13.55This Very Short Introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. It examines the impact of the revolution on society as a whole--on different classes, ethnic groups, the army, men... -
The Eyes of Malta: The Crucial Role of Aerial Reconnaissance and Ultra Intelligence, 1940-1943 by Salvo Fagone 9781804512418
RRP: $73.50$51.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512418Author Salvo FagoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Policy of Deceit: Britain and Palestine, 1914-1939 by Peter Shambrook 9780861546329
RRP: $73.50$69.49'Policy of Deceit is the work of a lifetime, a forensic, fair-minded examination of the Hussein-McMahon correspondence that exposes how the British government broke its promises to the people of Palestine.' The Times Literary Supplement, Books of the... -
The Scottish Nation: A Modern History by T. M. Devine
RRP: $39.88$29.42HERALD BOOKS OF THE YEAR and NEW STATESMAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014 Part of a trilogy on Scottish history, T.M. Devine's The Scottish Nation: A Modern History traces the epic story of a nation from the Union with England to today's debates on the... -
D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Battle For The Normandy Beaches by Stephen E. Ambrose
RRP: $27.28$18.02On the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, bestselling author and World War II historian Stephen E. Ambrose reveals for the first time anywhere that the intricate plan for the invasion of France in June 1944 had to be abandoned... -
The Rebel's Mark: A gripping Elizabethan crime thriller, perfect for fans of S. J. Parris and Rory Clements by S. W. Perry
RRP: $20.98$14.07Elizabeth's reign is reaching its winter and England's old adversaries are fading. But in a world on the brink of change, showing any weakness can be fatal...1598. Nicholas Shelby, unorthodox physician and reluctant spy for Robert Cecil, has brought his... -
Baader-Meinhof: The Inside Story of the R.A.F by Stefan Aust 9780195372755
RRP: $69.28$56.07The Baader-Meinhof Group-later known as the Red Army Faction (RAF)-was a violent urban guerilla group which terrorized Germany in the 1970s and '80s, killing 47 people, wounding 93, taking 162 hostages, and robbing 35 banks-all in an attempt to bring... -
Jeoffry: The Poet's Cat by Oliver Soden
RRP: $27.28$20.20Jeoffry was a real cat who lived 250 years ago, confined to an asylum with Christopher Smart, one of the most visionary poets of the age. In exchange for love and companionship, Smart rewarded Jeoffry with the greatest tribute to a feline ever written... -
War Journal: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine by Andrey Kurkov
RRP: $35.68$20.12'Uplifting and utterly defiant' Matt Nixson, Daily Express 'Immediate and important ... This is an insider's account of how an ordinary life became extraordinary' Helen Davies, The TimesThis journal of the invasion, a collection of Andrey Kurkov's... -
Access to History: The Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Second Edition by Alan Farmer
$52.94Exam board: Pearson Edexcel; OCRLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)Put your trust in the textbook series that has given thousands of A-level History students deeper knowledge... -
The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland
RRP: $42.00$28.88SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 WINGATE LITERARY PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA MAIL ON SUNDAY, THE TIMES, THE... -
The Spirit of District Six by Cloete Breytenbach 9781485303060
RRP: $39.88$32.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781485303060Author Cloete BreytenbachFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 445g -
The Long Song: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010: Now A Major BBC Drama by Andrea Levy
RRP: $23.08$15.54Now a major BBC TV drama, starring Tamara Lawrance, Lenny Henry and Hayley Atwell.A Sunday Times bestseller (2011), shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, The Long Song by Andrea Levy is a hauntingly beautiful, heartbreaking and unputdownable novel of the... -
The Enlightenment: A Beginner's Guide by Kieron O'Hara 9781851687091
RRP: $20.98$13.46Blamed for the bloody disasters of the 20th century: Auschwitz, the Gulags, globalisation, Islamic terrorism; heralded as the harbinger of reason, equality, and the end of arbitrary rule, the Enlightenment has been nothing if not divisive. To this day...