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My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: Britain transformed, 1918-97 Peter Clements 9781471876431
RRP: $20.48$19.25Exam 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: $29.23$22.85The 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
$66.63Please 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: $25.33$18.21'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
$26.91'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: $23.38$15.23'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: $48.75$35.69Jerry 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: $29.23$21.66THE 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: $33.13$23.95DAILY 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: $19.48$13.65Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Portuguese: A Portrait of a People by Barry Hatton
RRP: $29.23$26.99Portugal 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: $21.43$15.58The 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: $29.23$21.66Winston 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: $48.75$35.14A 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: $21.43$14.55A 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: $23.38$14.02BANDITS 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: $42.90$41.24Exam 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: $29.23$21.35THE 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: $50.68$35.65Here 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: $29.23$21.66Apologies 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 -
The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World by Peter Frankopan 9781526608246
RRP: $25.33$16.69From 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: $11.68$8.89Discover 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: $64.33$63.67This 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: $48.75$33.89Celebrated 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: $50.68$33.89Apologies 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: $58.50$38.08A 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: $42.90$29.19Apologies 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: $21.43$16.48Turkey 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: $59.46$43.45Author 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
$70.40Apologies 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: $31.18$24.24While 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... -
Madrid: A New Biography Luke Stegemann 9780300276336
RRP: $48.75$40.79The miraculous story of Madrid—how a village became a great world city For centuries Madrid was an insignificant settlement on the central Iberian plateau. Under its Muslim rulers the town was fortified and enlarged, but even after the Reconquista it... -
Black Tudors: The Untold Story by Miranda Kaufmann
RRP: $21.43$14.06Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018 A Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and the Observer A black porter publicly whips a white Englishman in the hall of a Gloucestershire manor house. A Moroccan woman is baptised in a London... -
Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie
RRP: $25.33$17.22Recognised as 'The first truly definitive English-language study of this myth-laden subject and a pleasure to read' (Sunday Times) COSA NOSTRA is the compelling story of the Sicilian mafia, the world's most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood... -
Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion by Peter Heather 9780141988535
RRP: $37.03$26.54'A fascinating story about a religion in a surprisingly precarious position' Dan Jones, Sunday Times'Superb storytelling ... captivating and profound' Literary Review'A page-turner' The SpectatorIn the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded out of... -
A Grim Almanac of Kent by W. H. Johnson
RRP: $29.23$22.52In A Grim Almanac of Kent, W.H. Johnson has discovered a sinister, macabre or horrifying occurrence for every day of the year, and presents his readers with 365 graphic, spine-tingling and dramatic events. The wicked, the mad, the foolish and the... -
The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre by the Men and Women Who Were There Sinclair McKay 9781845136338
RRP: $21.43$14.04Bletchley Park was where one of the war's most famous - and crucial - achievements was made: the cracking of Germany's "Enigma" code in which its most important military communications were couched. This country house in the Buckinghamshire countryside... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: Russia in revolution, 1894-1924 Robin Bunce 9781471876585
RRP: $20.48$19.25Exam 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... -
The Little Book of Norfolk by Neil Storey 9780752461601
RRP: $19.48$15.15The Little Book of Norfolk is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about one of England's most colourful counties. It is an essential to the born and bred Norfolk folk or anyone who knows and loves... -
AQA A-level History: The Tudors: England 1485-1603 by David Ferriby
$78.00Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016AQA approvedEnhance and expand your students' knowledge and understanding of their AQA breadth study through expert narrative, progressive skills...