Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
Empress of Rome: The Life of Livia by Matthew Dennison
RRP: $16.76$11.09Empress of Rome is the fascinating biography of one of the most perplexing and powerful figures of the ancient world: the empress Livia. Second wife of the emperor Augustus and the mother of his successor Tiberius, Livia has been vilified by posterity... -
To Prove I'm Not Forgot by Sylvia M. Barnard
RRP: $19.34$14.90With the growth of English cities during the Industrial Revolution came a booming population too vast for churchyards. Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds was to become the first municipal cemetery in the country. This study relates how the cemetery was... -
The World War I Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK 9780241635094
RRP: $25.79$19.71Discover 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... -
Etta Lemon: The Woman who Saved the Birds by Tessa Boase
RRP: $16.76$11.09Read the fascinating story of one of the greatest unsung figures of the nature conservation movement, founder of the RSPB and icon of early animal rights activism, Etta Lemon. A heroine for our times, Etta Lemon campaigned for fifty years against the... -
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes: Secrets from a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe by Kate Strasdin 9781529920819
RRP: $16.76$11.73The 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,... -
The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White 9780199591961
RRP: $19.34$14.47Gilbert 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... -
NRSVCE, Illustrated Catholic Bible, Leathersoft, Black, Comfort Print: Holy Bible by Catholic Bible Press
RRP: $83.85$55.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780785239635Author Catholic Bible PressPage Count 2016Imprint ZondervanPublisher ZondervanWeight(grams) 1622gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 50mm -
Naval Battles of the Second World War: The Atlantic and the Mediterranean by Marriott, Leo 9781399098939
RRP: $32.25$18.95The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo... -
The Politics of English Nationhood by Michael Kenny 9780199608614
$60.00The 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... -
The Prisoner of Bhopal by Tim Walker 9781839133732
RRP: $10.31$7.22Amil has always dreamed of working at the modern, space-age pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, where he lives. Instead, on his tenth birthday, he is torn from his family and taken to work for Mr Kumar and his cruel son, Jalesh, in their dilapidated... -
The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, her daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal That Ignited a Kingdom by Nancy Goldstone
RRP: $16.76$9.69'A gripping tale of royal feuds and divided kingdoms' - AMANDA FOREMANParis, 1572. Catherine de' Medici, the infamous queen mother of France, is a consummate pragmatist and powerbroker who has dominated the throne for thirty years. Her youngest daughter,... -
Modern Russian Tanks: 1990-Present by Dr Stephen Hart
RRP: $23.21$15.98Created from what was left of the gigantic stockpiles of Soviet armoured fighting vehicles after the end of the Cold War, the Russian armoured forces were reorganized in the early 1990s. Ground forces were involved in a series of conflicts in border... -
Images of Glasgow: A Pictorial History of Clydeside's People and Places by Robert Jeffrey
RRP: $16.76$11.73Apologies 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 Book of Human Emotions: An Encyclopedia of Feeling from Anger to Wanderlust by Tiffany Watt-Smith
RRP: $14.18$10.42Is your heart fluttering in anticipation? Is your stomach tight with nerves? Are you falling in love? Feeling a bit miffed? Are you curious (perhaps about this book)? Do you have the heebie-jeebies? Are you antsy with iktsuarpok? Or giddy with... -
A History of Britain in 100 Maps by Jeremy Black 9780712354714
RRP: $51.60$33.02In A History of Britain in 100 Maps Jeremy Black takes readers deep into the unparalleled collections of the British Library Map Room to tell a new story of the British Isles through acknowledged treasures and previously undiscovered and unpublished... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Challenge and Transformation: Britain c1851-1964 by Sally Waller 9780198354666
$47.32Please 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 by Richard Moore
RRP: $14.18$10.02Greg 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... -
Fashion in the 1940s by Jayne Shrimpton
RRP: $11.60$9.55This book reveals the impact of wartime and austerity on British fashion and tells the story of how a spirit of patriotism and make-do-and-mend unleashed a wave of new creativity among women who were starved of high fashion by shortages and rationing... -
Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $16.76$11.73'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... -
Lily's Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live by Lily Ebert 9781529073447
RRP: $14.18$9.69The Sunday Times top 10 bestsellerThe incredibly moving and powerful memoir of an Auschwitz survivor who made headlines around the world. With a foreword by King Charles III.'Unforgettable' - Daily MailWhen Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert was liberated in... -
The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez by Philip Carlo
RRP: $20.63$14.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806538419Author Philip CarloFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 530g -
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece by Robin Waterfield
RRP: $17.40$15.31'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... -
London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People by Jerry White 9781847924537
RRP: $32.25$23.25Jerry 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... -
OCR Classical Civilisation A Level Components 23 and 24: Invention of the Barbarian and Greek Art by Athina Mitropoulos
RRP: $20.63$19.05This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 23 and 24 from the 'Culture and the Arts' Component Group: Invention of the Barbarian by Alastair... -
Empress of the Nile: the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt’s ancient temples from destruction by Lynne Olson
RRP: $32.25$21.40The riveting story of a true-life female Indiana Jones: an archaeologist who survived the Nazis and then saved Egypt's ancient temples. In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: fifty countries had contributed... -
The Catastrophist by Ronan Bennett 9780747260332
RRP: $12.89$8.77Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Born Survivors: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Wendy Holden
RRP: $12.89$5.30The Sunday Times bestseller now updated with a new forewordAmong millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944, Priska, Rachel, and Anka each passed through its infamous gates with a secret. Strangers to each other, they were newly... -
American Bomber Aircraft of World War II by Edward Ward 9781838863272
RRP: $23.21$15.98The United States built the best strategic bombers of World War II, and by the end of the conflict America’s bombers dominated the skies in both Europe and the Pacific. American Bomber Aircraft of World War II is a detailed guide to all the bombers... -
All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between by Mike Parker 9780008499211
RRP: $14.18$9.35A 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... -
Titanic by Stephen Davies
RRP: $7.73$5.22What was it like to be on the Titanic on its fateful journey? Titanic tells the story of a young boy aboard the 'unsinkable' Titanic. This gripping first-hand account is perfect for children... -
Gypsy by Lesley Pearse
RRP: $11.60$8.32Be whisked away in the moving story of a girl travelling far and wide for a better life, from the internationally bestselling author Lesley PearseTragedy sent her on a journey far from home . . .Fifteen-year-old Beth's life is shattered when she and her... -
Access to History: South Africa, 1948-94: from apartheid state to 'rainbow nation' for Edexcel by Peter Clements
RRP: $28.38$26.73Exam 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... -
Akenfield by Ronald Blythe
RRP: $12.89$9.17'The best portrait of rural life in England' Roger Deakin'Exquisite' John Updike'The finest contemporary writer on the English countryside' ObserverRonald Blythe's perceptive and vivid evocation of the rural Suffolk he had known since childhood was... -
The Irish Civil War in Colour by Michael B. Barry 9780717195862
RRP: $33.53$25.74Here 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 Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe by Martyn Rady
RRP: $45.15$32.62'Fascinating, masterful ... gems scattered throughout the book' Peter Frankopan, Spectator'Quirkily original but also scholarly and authoritative, to be read for pleasure and serious reflection' Telegraph*The dramatic history of Europe's shape-shifting... -
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America by Russell Shorto
RRP: $16.76$11.09When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polyglot society began to disappear into myths about an island purchased for 24 dollars and a cartoonish peg-legged governor. But the story of the Dutch colony... -
The Lewis Man: AN INGENIOUS CRIME THRILLER ABOUT MEMORY AND MURDER (LEWIS TRILOGY 2) by Peter May
RRP: $12.89$4.53THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SEQUEL TO THE BLACKHOUSEBOOK TWO IN THE MILLION-SELLING LEWIS TRILOGY'One of the best regarded crime series of recent years' IndependentA MAN WITH NO NAMEAn unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog; the only... -
Between the Wars: 1919-1939 by Philip Ziegler
RRP: $16.76$11.09At the end of 1918 one prescient American historian began to write a history of the Great War. "What will you call it?" he was asked. "The First World War," was his bleak response.In Between the Wars Philip Ziegler examines the major international... -
The Black Death by Sean Martin
RRP: $11.60$8.32The Black Death is the name most commonly given to the pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the medieval world in the late 1340s. From Central Asia the plague swept through Europe, leaving millions of dead in its wake. Between a quarter and a third of... -
The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore by Hilda M. Ransome 9780486434940
RRP: $19.34$12.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486434940Author Hilda RansomeFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...