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Meticulously researched while reading like a fast-paced thriller, this explosive new book details the way the Israel lobby deployed charges of anti-Semitism to destroy Jeremy Corbyn's bid for power as leader of the Labour Party. In an electrifying...

As featured on The Joe Rogan Experience______________________________A journalist's twenty-year obsession with the Manson murders leads to shocking new conspiracy theories about the FBI's involvement in this fascinating re-evaluation of one of the most...

'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with terrific learning, enthusiasm and good humour, Holland's book is not just supremely provocative, but often very funny'...

WATERSTONES WELSH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2023 From the author of Addlands, and featuring illustrations by Jackie Morris, an immersive and evocative non-fictional journey through Wales and a revelatory meditation on...

A WARREN OF WEIRD AND WONDERFUL FACTS AND TALES RESCUED FROM OBSCURITY The first trivia book from the team behind the hit history podcast The Rabbit Hole Detectives, investigating the provenance of historical objects, real and metaphorical, with...

THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA funny book about a serious subject, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame.'Clever, amusing, gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell - a funny man and skilled historian -...

'Clay contains infinite possibilities in its transmutations, evidenced on the shelves of our homes, our galleries and museums. Every time we make something with clay, we engage with the timelines that are in the material itself, whether it was dug from a...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the 'Five Best Books to understand the Israel-Palestine Conflict', as chosen by the Guardian Shortlisted for the 2020 Cundill History Prize A Granta Book of the Year 2023 'This cogent and compelling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957209008Author Eddie JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint FIFTY FIRST STATE PRESSPublisher FIFTY FIRST STATE PRESSWeight(grams)...

The real story behind the Tavistock Institute and its network, from a popular conspiracy expert The Tavistock Institute, in Sussex, England, describes itself as a nonprofit charity that applies social science to contemporary issues and problems. But this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985217273Author Joy a DegruyFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Joy Degruy Publications IncPublisher Joy Degruy Publications IncWeight(grams)...

'An ambitious story of love and betrayal' - Irish Times 'The ending is like a bomb thrown into your room -- you'll be reeling for days and weeks to come.' - Neel Mukherjee Berlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he...

THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT AND FINANCIAL TIMESA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Humanity has transformed the Earth:...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Coming November 2020 as a major motion picture from Netflix starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close 'The political book of the year' Sunday Times 'A frank,...

A 'Best Book of the Year 2023' in the New Statesman, Spectator and Waterstones 'Excellent' Ian Samson, TLS 'From plans for flying machines to philosophy - the remarkable joy of jotting things down' Guardian 'Surprisingly revealing' The Sunday...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682043738Author Adolf HitlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Free Thought BooksPublisher Free Thought BooksWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Being a woman was her only crime.Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a tragic fire that kills her father, Aila and her mother, Janet, move to the remote parish of Loth, north-west of Inverness. Blending in does not come easily to the women:...

The instant Sunday Times and Amazon charts bestseller"I found myself in the Auschwitz stables, and I felt an ember of hope. If I could make myself useful, helping these horses, maybe I could stay alive."In the darkest moment of history, one child found...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903854167Author Bartey GormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 281Imprint Milo BooksPublisher Milo BooksWeight(grams) 265g

The bestselling investigation of one of Northern Ireland's most brutal and infamous murder cases'Makes for gripping but altogether terrifying reading' Washington Times'Dillon is recommended reading for anyone wishing to understand the complexities of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805088090Author David FromkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 517gDimensions(mm) 204mm *...

Little Corgi cars, trucks, and planes are big collectibles worldwide. Production of these wonderful toys began in England in 1934, and continues today. This unique book shows every model issued to date in full color. The history and 128 color photographs...

The Strategy Bridge: Theory for Practice is an original contribution to the general theory of strategy. While heavily indebted to Carl von Clausewitz, Sun-tzu, and the very few other classic authors, this book presents the theory, rather than merely...

'If you had asked me why I had joined the militia I should have answered: "To fight against Fascism," and if you had asked me what I was fighting for, I should have answered: "Common decency."' Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's account of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578105253Author Stuart SladeFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Defense Lion PublicationsPublisher Defense Lion PublicationsWeight(grams)...

'Fascinating and hugely entertaining' MARINA HYDE'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once' GIDEON DEFOEPeople have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical...

A war is being waged against the Past. Whether it’s toppling statues, decolonising the curriculum or erasing terms from our vocabulary, a cultural crusade is underway designed to render the past toxic. It is condemned as enemy territory and has become...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read'...

This beautifully illustrated, large format volume accompanies the British Library’s major Autumn exhibition which seeks to recover women’s voices, visions and experiences in Britain and Europe from around 1100 to 1500. Women of this period, whether as...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023 'Epic,...

January, 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...

With the country at war, can they come together this winter? 'A heart-warming story perfect for saga lovers', Nancy Revell,Sunday Times bestselling author of The Shipyard Girls series 'Heartwarming, hopeful and...

SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'The most important book of the year' Daily Mail The brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world's foremost political writers ...

'Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway' SIMON SINGH 'A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers' HANNAH FRY How many cats are there in the world? What's...

The Sandhole was Preston's place of debauchery and shame. But Victorian morality ensured that it never appeared on any town maps, and despite regular reports in the newspapers of the time, it doesn't even survive in folk memory. It is a part of Preston's...

A full colour map showing London in about 1520 - its many churches, monasteries, legal inns, guild halls, and a large number of substantial private houses, in the context of the streets and alleyways that survived the Great Fire and can still be...

Bursting with fascinating facts for impressing friends, parents, grandparents and teachers - perfect for curious children everywhere! Wow your friends! Amaze your teachers! Astonish your family! Find over 130...

Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The choice of clay as writing medium in ancient Mesopotamia meant that records of all kinds could survive down to modern times, preserving fascinating...

This powerful collection of articles, essays, and letters spans the period between Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Fanon's landmark manifesto on the psychology of the colonized and the means of empowerment necessary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781335150004Author John BoesseneckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Hanover Square PressPublisher Hanover Square PressWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)...