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Terrorism: How to Respond by Richard English 9780199590032
RRP: £16.99£12.28The post-9/11 War on Terror has spectacularly failed and this book argues that we now need a radically new approach to dealing with international terrorism. Recent policies have ignored the lessons of the past.Terrorist : How to Respond seeks to remedy... -
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings by Matthew Kneale
RRP: £12.99£8.80A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWaterstone's Book of the Month, 2018Nominated for the 2017 Pen Hessell-TiltmanMail on Sunday's the Best Paperback, 2018A sweeping history of the city of Rome, seen through the eyes of its most significant sackings, from the Gauls... -
The Queen’s Dolls’ House: Revised and Updated Edition by Lucinda Lambton 9781909741904
RRP: £16.95£12.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909741904Author Lucinda LambtonFormat HardbackPage Count 132Imprint Royal Collection TrustPublisher Royal Collection TrustWeight(grams) 580g -
The Prophets of Doom by Neema Parvini 9781788361118
RRP: £14.95£14.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788361118Author Neema ParviniFormat PaperbackImprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 2100mm * 135mm * 13mm -
The Liverpool Girls by Pam Howes
RRP: £8.99£5.62It's 1966 and in Liverpool two sisters are about to have their lives turned upside down...Sisters Carol and Jackie haven't had the easiest of childhoods, but as they grow up and begin their own lives both hope for happier times ahead. Stylish Carol works... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Challenge and Transformation: Britain c1851-1964 by Sally Waller 9780198354666
£36.68Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, Challenge and Transformation... -
Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour de France Richard Moore 9780224082914
RRP: £10.99£7.99Greg LeMond, 'L'Americain': fresh-faced, prodigious newcomer. This is supposed to be his year.Bernard Hinault, 'The Badger': aggressive, headstrong, five-time winner of the Tour. He has pledged his unwavering support to his team mate, LeMond.The team is... -
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon 9780571064106
RRP: £9.99£6.90'It is my own story I am trying to tell, and as such it must be received; those who expect a universalization of the Great War must look for it elsewhere.'Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first published in 1930, is Siegfried Sassoon's fictionalized... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: Britain transformed, 1918-97 Peter Clements 9781471876431
RRP: £10.50£9.87Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
Liverpool in the 1950s: Britain in Old Photographs by Robert F. Edwards 9780752487885
RRP: £14.99£11.72The 1950s was a time of great change in Britain - especially after the immediate post-war austerity years. In Liverpool, massive slum clearance programmes started to change the face of the city, television began to infiltrate people's lives, and the... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: International Relations and Global Conflict c1890-1941 by Kat Kearey 9780198354543
£34.17Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining all the well-loved features from the previous editions, International... -
Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: £12.99£9.34'A thrilling read' Tom Holland 'History-writing at its best' Barry Strauss By the end of his short life, Alexander the Great had redrawn the map of the ancient world to create an empire that stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indian subcontinent... -
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece by Robin Waterfield
£13.80'WE GREEKS ARE ONE IN BLOOD AND ONE IN LANGUAGE; WE HAVE TEMPLES TO THE GODS AND RELIGIOUS RITES IN COMMON, AND A COMMON WAY OF LIFE.' So the fifth-century historian Herodotus has the Athenians declare, in explanation of why they would never betray... -
Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert 9780199686636
RRP: £11.99£7.81'For certain men the stronger their desire, the less likely they are to act.' With his first glimpse of Madame Arnoux, Frederic Moreau is convinced he has found his romantic destiny, but when he pursues her to Paris the young student is unable to... -
London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People by Jerry White 9781847924537
RRP: £25.00£18.30Jerry White's London in the Twentieth Century, Winner of the Wolfson Prize, is a masterful account of the city's most tumultuous century by its leading expert.In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and grandeur. Yet it was also a city where... -
Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955 by Harald Jahner 9780753557884
RRP: £14.99£11.11THE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION******SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE******SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE***A Book of the YearThe Times * Sunday Times * Telegraph * New... -
Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven
RRP: £16.99£12.28DAILY TELEGRAPH and INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 20122011 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALISTIn the wake of Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons, unpoliceable border areas, shelter of the Afghan Taliban and Bin... -
The Catastrophist by Ronan Bennett 9780747260332
RRP: £9.99£7.00Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Portuguese: A Portrait of a People by Barry Hatton
RRP: £14.99£13.84Portugal is an established member of the European Union, one of the founders of the euro currency and a founder member of NATO. Yet it is an inconspicuous and largely overlooked country on the continent s south-west rim. Barry Hatton shines a light on... -
Ancien Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville
RRP: £10.99£7.99The Ancien Regime and the Revolution is a comparison of revolutionary France and the despotic rule it toppled. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) is an objective observer of both periods - providing a merciless critique of the ancien regime, with its... -
Churchill: The Power of Words by Winston Churchill
RRP: £14.99£11.11Winston Churchill understood and wielded the power of words throughout his six decades in the public eye. His wartime writings and speeches revealed both his vision for the future and his own personal feelings, fascinating generation after generation... -
Thorns, Lust and Glory: The betrayal of Anne Boleyn by Estelle Paranque 9781529149562
RRP: £25.00£18.02A queen on the edge.Anne Boleyn has mesmerised the English public for centuries. Her tragic execution, orchestrated by her own husband, never ceases to intrigue. How did this courtier's daughter become the queen of England, and what was it that really... -
All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between by Mike Parker 9780008499211
RRP: £10.99£7.46A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic route along the England-Wales border: Britain's deepest faultline. There is a... -
Bandits by Eric Hobsbawm
RRP: £11.99£7.19BANDITS is a study of the social bandit or bandit-rebel - robbers and outlaws who are not regarded by public opinion as simple criminals, but rather as champions of social justice, as avengers or as primitive resistance fighters. Whether Balkan haiduks,... -
Access to History: South Africa, 1948-94: from apartheid state to 'rainbow nation' for Edexcel by Peter Clements
RRP: £22.00£21.15Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS), Summer 2017 (A-level)Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging... -
The Holocaust: A New History by Laurence Rees
RRP: £14.99£10.95THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER AND THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT FOR 30 YEARS.'By far the clearest book ever written about the Holocaust, and also the best at explaining its origins and grotesque mentality, as well as its chaotic development'... -
The Irish Civil War in Colour by Michael B. Barry 9780717195862
RRP: £25.99£18.28Here is the story of Ireland's Civil War in colour - a defining moment in Irish history brought to life for the first time in hand-coloured photographs. The events of 1922-1923 are revealed using photographs painstakingly hand-coloured by John O'Byrne... -
The Shortest History of Italy by Ross King 9781913083564
RRP: £14.99£11.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083564Author Ross KingFormat HardbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
Scotland: History of a Nation by David Frost
RRP: £7.99£6.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842043868Author David FrostFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Lomond BooksPublisher Lomond Books -
The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World by Peter Frankopan 9781526608246
RRP: £12.99£8.56From the internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads: everything you need to know about the present and future of the world 'Masterly mapping out of a new world order' Evening Standard 'Frankopan is a brilliant guide to terra incognita' The... -
Treasures from Sutton Hoo Gareth Williams 9780714128252
RRP: £5.99£4.56Discover the real story behind The Dig, streaming now on Netflix, starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes The objects unearthed in 1939 from an Anglo-Saxon ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, rank among the most splendid treasures in the collection... -
England and Europe 1485-1603 by Susan Doran 9780582289918
RRP: £32.99£32.65This Seminar Study introduces students to England's foreign policy during the reigns of the Tudor monarchs. In this succinct introduction the author addresses the key questions facing students - for example, to what extent did monarch or minister make... -
Colours of London: A History Peter Ackroyd 9780711269422
RRP: £25.00£17.38Celebrated novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd paints a vivid picture of one of the world's greatest cities in this brilliant and original work, exploring how the city's many hues have come to shape its history and identity. Think of the... -
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
RRP: £25.99£17.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612199337Author David GraeberFormat HardbackPage Count 560Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing -
Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 by Max Hastings
RRP: £30.00£19.53A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings 'the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis' Daily Telegraph The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous... -
The SS Brotherhood of the Bell: NASA's Nazis, JFK and MAJIC-12 by Joseph P. Farrell 9781931882613
RRP: £22.00£14.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931882613Author Joseph P. FarrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 460Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited PressWeight(grams) 1g -
Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Andrew Finkel 9780199733040
RRP: £10.99£8.45Turkey occupies a strategic position in today's world: culturally, historically, and geographically, it is the link between Islam and Western democracy, between Europe and the Middle East. The only predominantly Muslim nation to be a member of NATO and... -
World War II at Sea: A Global History by Craig L. Symonds
RRP: £30.49£22.28Author of Lincoln and His Admirals (winner of the Lincoln Prize), The Battle of Midway (Best Book of the Year, Military History Quarterly), and Operation Neptune, (winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature), Craig L. Symonds has... -
The Early Tudors: England 1485-1558 by Samantha Ellsmore
£36.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780719574849Author David HudsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Hodder MurrayPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 931gDimensions(mm) 274mm * 212mm *... -
Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization by Edward Slingerland 9780316453356
RRP: £15.99£12.43While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place.Drunk elegantly cuts...