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A History of Wales by John Davies
RRP: £18.99£13.61Stretching from the Ice Ages to the present day, this masterful account traces the political, social and cultural history of the land that has come to be called Wales. Spanning prehistoric hill forts and Roman ruins to the Reformation, the Industrial... -
The Second Jim Corbett Omnibus: `My India', `Jungle Lore', `Tree Tops' by Jim Corbett
RRP: £10.99£7.99Jim Corbett is world famous for his classic man-eater stories. However, the three volumes collected here show a very different side to this remarkable man. In My India, he describes the villages of the Kumaon Hills, and the customs and lifestyles of... -
The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I's Dream by Charles Spencer
RRP: £10.99£6.72THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this' BILL BRYSON 'A brilliant read ... Game of Thrones but in the real world' ANTHONY HOROWITZ ... -
The Complete Roman Army by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: £19.99£13.75The Complete Roman Army draws on archaeology, ancient art and original documentary sources to present the most convincing picture ever published of the world's most famous fighting machine. Every aspect of the Roman army, from the daily lives of... -
This Sovereign Isle: Britain In and Out of Europe by Robert Tombs
RRP: £10.99£7.33THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERGeography comes before history. Islands cannot have the same history as continental plains. The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of European country as Germany, Poland or Hungary. For most of... -
The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology by Kevin Crossley-Holland
RRP: £7.99£5.98Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon, The Dream of the Rood, The Wanderer, and The Seafarer are among the greatest surviving Anglo-Saxon poems. They, and many other treasures, are included in The Anglo-Saxon World: chronicles, laws and letters, charters and... -
London: A History in Maps Peter Barber 9780712358798
RRP: £45.00£30.18Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and helps to explain the transformation. Side-by-side with the great,... -
The Arabs: A History - Revised and Updated Edition by Eugene Rogan
RRP: £18.99£13.61THE THIRD EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, REVISED AND UPDATED'A rich, galloping narrative that spans the Arab world...outstanding, gripping and exuberant...full of flamboyant character sketches, witty asides and magisterial scholarship, that... -
The Expedition of Cyrus by Xenophon
RRP: £8.99£6.65'Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!' The Expedition of Cyrus tells the story of the march of the Ten Thousand. The exploits... -
The Korean War: An Epic Conflict 1950-1953 by Max Hastings
RRP: £18.99£13.16The Korean War is journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings' compelling account of the forgotten war.'The best narrative history of the Korean conflict' - GuardianOn 25 June 1950 the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North launched one of... -
Bradford Pubs by Paul Jennings 9780752433028
RRP: £15.99£12.25This fascinating volume tells the story of Bradford's pubs over two centuries of history. Illustrated with over 150 old photographs, plans and advertisements, the collection recalls the pubs, the people who ran them, the customers who frequented them adn... -
The World's Most Prestigious Prize: The Inside Story of the Nobel Peace Prize by Geir Lundestad
RRP: £20.99£14.94The World's Most Prestigious Prize: The Inside Story of the Nobel Peace Prize is a fascinating, insider account of the Nobel peace prize. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Norwegian Nobel Institute's vast archive, it offers a gripping account of the... -
A Little History of Literature by John Sutherland
RRP: £10.99£9.61A much-loved author brings the world of literature alive for all ages This 'little history' takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter. John Sutherland is... -
After The Prophet by Lesley Hazleton
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385523943Author Lesley HazletonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Abandoned London: Discover the hidden secrets of the city in photographs by Katie Wignall
RRP: £19.99£15.46It seems bizarre that in a place as crowded, noisy and expensive as London there are still wasted unused spaces. The relentless drive for regeneration across Britain's capital deceives us into thinking that every spare building and patch of ground is... -
All-In Fighting by W E Fairbairn 9781783313419
£6.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783313419Author W E FairbairnFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Naval & Military PressPublisher Naval & Military PressWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm)... -
A Dancer in Wartime: The touching true story of a young girl's journey from the Blitz to the Bright Lights by Gillian Lynne
RRP: £16.99£12.28London during the Blitz was a time of hardship, heroism and hope.For Gillian Lynne - a budding ballerina - it was also a time of great change as she was evacuated from war-torn London to a crumbling mansion, where dance classes took place in the faded... -
The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories by Christopher Booker
RRP: £19.99£16.31This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays... -
The Brothers of Gwynedd Quartet by Edith Pargeter 9780747232674
RRP: £14.99£10.45Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Hadrian's Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: £10.99£8.48A beautifully produced account of the history and importance of Hadrian's Wall, by a bestselling author and expert on Ancient Rome. Located at the far-flung and wild edge of the Roman Empire, Hadrian's Wall was constructed by Emperor Hadrian in the... -
The Bodyguard's Story: Diana, the Crash, and the Sole Survivor by Trevor Rees-Jones 9780751537239
£12.73Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Wales and the Britons, 350-1064 by T. M. Charles-Edwards 9780198704911
RRP: £56.00£44.87This, the first volume in the History of Wales, provides a detailed history of Wales in the period in which it was created out of the remnants of Roman Britain. It thus begins in the fourth century, with accelerating attacks from external forces, and... -
Germany: Memories of a Nation by Neil MacGregor
RRP: £16.99£12.28From Neil MacGregor, the author of A History of the World in 100 Objects, this is a view of Germany like no otherFor the past 140 years, Germany has been the central power in continental Europe. Twenty-five years ago a new German state came into being... -
Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts by Andrew Robinson 9780500288160
RRP: £24.95£17.35Beginning with the stories of three great decipherments - Egyptian hieroglyphs, Minoan Linear B and Mayan glyphs - Lost Languages moves on to dissect the most well-known and enigmatic undeciphered scripts from around the world. These include the... -
A Gypsy In Auschwitz: How I Survived the Horrors of the 'Forgotten Holocaust' by Otto Rosenberg 9781800961128
RRP: £7.99£3.66THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Otto Rosenberg is 9 and living in Berlin, poor but happy, when his family are first detained. All around them, Sinti and Roma families are being torn from their homes by Nazis , leaving behind schools, jobs, friends, and... -
The World War I Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK 9780241635094
RRP: £19.99£14.35Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies and turning points of the First World War - the epic conflict that was supposed to be "the war to end all wars".Combining authoritative, exciting text and bold images The World War I Book explores the... -
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes: Secrets from a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe by Kate Strasdin 9781529920819
RRP: £12.99£9.34The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life told through her unique scrapbook.In 1838, Anne Sykes was given a diary on her wedding day. Using it to collect snippets of fabric, she created a record of her life and times. Nearly two hundred years later,... -
Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began - Winner of the Scottish Book of the Year Award by Leah Hazard 9780349015804
RRP: £10.99£6.67*WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023* A landmark book on the womb - its history, its present and the possibilities for its future - by the bestselling author of Hard Pushed: A Midwife's Story'A gripping exploration of the science of the... -
The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White 9780199591961
RRP: £14.99£10.95Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne (1789) reveals a world of wonders in nature. Over a period of twenty years White describes in minute detail the behaviour of animals through the changing seasons in the rural Hampshire parish of Selborne. He... -
Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History of Time by Rebecca Struthers
RRP: £22.00£14.78A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'An exquisite book, beautifully put together... What a very wonderful book.' STEPHEN FRY'Forty-thousand years of our relationship with time condensed into 288 pages: a hugely entertaining achievement.' ESQUIRE'5/5 A true joy... -
Killers of the King by Charles Spencer
RRP: £14.99£10.59Charles Spencer tells the shocking stories and fascinating fates of the men who signed Charles I's death warrant in this Sunday Times bestseller 'Seamless, pacy and riveting ... exceptional' ALISON WEIR 'The virtues of a thriller and of scholarship... -
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 by Alistair Horne
RRP: £10.99£7.99The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 is the second book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes The Fall of Paris and To Lose a Battle and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany. The battle of Verdun lasted ten... -
The Politics of English Nationhood by Michael Kenny 9780199608614
£46.51The Politics of English Nationhood supplies the first comprehensive overview of the evidence, research and major arguments relating to the revival of Englishness, exploring its varied, and often overlooked, political ramifications and dimensions. It... -
Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic by Tabitha Stanmore 9781847927316
RRP: £20.00£14.91‘A brilliant book, written with wit and vigour’ MALCOLM GASKILL‘Absolutely fascinating’ IAN MORTIMERTabitha Stanmore transports us to a time when magic was used to navigate life's challenges and solve problems of both trivial and deadly importance.It’s... -
The Essential Hirschman by Albert O. Hirschman
RRP: £25.00£20.30The Essential Hirschman brings together some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkers. Albert O. Hirschman was a master essayist, one who possessed the rare ability... -
Churchill's D-Day: The Inside Story by Richard Dannatt 9781399727839
RRP: £25.00£16.78'This is a fascinating book which re-examines events that liberated and thus shaped the future of Europe.' Lord Soames, Winston Churchill's grandson 'An engrossing delight . . . Dannatt and Packwood have produced an account of Churchill's D-Day worthy... -
Images of Glasgow: A Pictorial History of Clydeside's People and Places by Robert Jeffrey
RRP: £12.99£9.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859836651Author Robert JeffreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Breedon Books Publishing Co LtdPublisher Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd -
The Final Innings: The Cricketers of Summer 1939 by Christopher Sandford
RRP: £14.99£11.72The declaration of war against Germany on 3 September 1939 brought an end to the second (and as yet, final) Golden Age of English cricket. Over 200 first-class English players signed up to fight in that first year; 52 never came back. In many ways, the... -
Crean: The Extraordinary Life of an Irish Hero Tim Foley 9781785374562
RRP: £16.99£14.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374562Author Tim FoleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Beastly: The Epic 40,000-Year History of Animals and Us by Keggie Carew 9781786896933
RRP: £10.99£7.54SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATIONA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES, WATERSTONES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST READBeastly is the 40,000-year story of our changing kinship with the animal world - from the...