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Mynediad i Hanes: Yr Almaen: Democratiaeth i Unbennaeth tua 1918-45 ar gyfer CBAC (Access to History: Germany: Democracy to Dictatorship c.1918-1945 for WJEC Welsh-language edition) Nicholas Fellows 9781398364103
£25.21Exam board: WJECLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)Put your trust in the textbook series that has given thousands of A-level History students deeper knowledge and better... -
Catiline's Conspiracy, The Jugurthine War, Histories by Sallust
RRP: £9.99£7.32'the glory of wealth and physical beauty is fluid and fragile; but virtue is held brilliant and eternal' The Roman historian Sallust lived through troubled times. He deplored the moral and political decline of the Republic, and in his two monographs... -
The Twelve Caesars by Robert Graves
RRP: £10.99£7.99'Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel and the monster within' GORE VIDALAs private secretary to the... -
Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World by David Van Reybrouck 9781847927040
RRP: £30.00£21.69A story of staggering scope and drama, Revolusi is the masterful and definitive account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonisation of the modern world.'Astounding . . . history at its best' Yuval Harari'Utterly compelling' Financial... -
Yes To Life In Spite of Everything by Viktor E Frankl
RRP: £10.99£7.99'Viktor Frankl gives us the gift of looking at everything in life as an opportunity' Edith Eger, bestselling author of The Choice'Offers a path to finding hope even in these dark times' The New York Times A rediscovered masterpiece by the 16 million... -
Bath City Guide - English by Annie Bullen
RRP: £7.00£5.32See below for alternative language editions When the Romans arrived in this green valley nearly two thousand years ago they were captivated by the miraculous stream of endless hot water. The restored bath and temples complex and the splendid Abbey... -
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Professor Peter Frankopan
RRP: £30.00£20.17THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE AND FINANCIAL TIMES A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan... -
The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story by Nechama Birnbaum 9789493231795
RRP: £17.95£11.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493231795Author Nechama BirnbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Amsterdam PublishersPublisher Amsterdam PublishersWeight(grams) 414gDimensions(mm)... -
My Father's Keeper: Children of Nazi Leaders--An Intimate History of Damage and Denial by Stephan Lebert 9780316089753
RRP: £19.99£14.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316089753Author Norbert LebertFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)... -
The Order of Things by Michel Foucault 9780415267373
RRP: £16.99£15.22When one defines "order" as a sorting of priorities, it becomes beautifully clear as to what Foucault is doing here. With virtuoso showmanship, he weaves an intensely complex history of thought. He dips into literature, art, economics and even biology in... -
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
RRP: £7.99£6.06'I was born in Tuckahoe I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my... -
The Normans in the South, 1016-1130: The Normans in Sicily Volume I by John Julius Norwich
RRP: £12.99£8.80Chronicling the 'other Norman invasion', The Normans in the South is the epic story of the House of Hauteville, and in particular Robert Guiscard, perhaps the most extraordinary European adventurer between the times of Caesar and Napoleon. In one year,... -
The Ship Asunder: A Maritime History of Britain in Eleven Vessels by Tom Nancollas
RRP: £10.99£7.33A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Three and a half millennia of British Maritime history, from the Middle Bronze Age to the early 20th century ... This book is written with passion and sympathy. It will live with me for a very long time' Francis Pryor,... -
The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz: A Powerful True Story of Hope and Survival by Thomas Geve
RRP: £8.99£6.22'We felt an urge to document what we had witnessed. If we who had experienced it, I reasoned, did not reveal the bitter truth, people simply would not believe the extent of the Nazis' evil. I wanted to share our life, the events and our... -
In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology and Myth by J. P. Mallory 9780500276167
RRP: £34.95£25.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780500276167Author J. P. MalloryFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Thames & Hudson LtdPublisher Thames & Hudson Ltd -
Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place by Martin Doyle 9781785374609
RRP: £21.99£18.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374609Author Martin DoyleFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Mussolini by Richard J. B. Bosworth 9780340981733
RRP: £24.99£19.27In 1945, disguised in German greatcoat and helmet, Mussolini attempted to escape from the advancing Allied armies. Unfortunately for him, the convoy of which he was part was stopped by partisans and his features, made so familiar by Fascist propaganda,... -
The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book: Legends and Landmarks by Ordnance Survey 9781399611077
RRP: £16.99£9.82THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING PUZZLE SERIESCome on a puzzle adventure and meet iconic figures from British history.The bestselling series returns with over 300 new puzzles to test the whole family, including 40 maps from the Ordnance Survey's illustrious... -
The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain’s Colonial Legacy by Philippe Sands
RRP: £9.99£6.15FROM THE WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE and author of EAST WEST STREETTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Should be read by anyone who cares about justice, humanity and human rights' Elif Shafak'An essential account' Sunday Times'Powerful and... -
Eject! Eject! by John Nichol 9781398509405
RRP: £20.00£13.26'Catapults you into the heart of the most epic experiences of ejection, escape and survival' Andy McNab 'I thought the ejection seat was a rather dangerous, somewhat curious contraption. But that I would never need it . . .' When Jo Lancaster, the first... -
Origins of the First World War Gordon Martel (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada) 9781138928657
RRP: £36.99£36.02Origins of the First World War summarizes the policies, issues and crises that brought Europe to war in 1914. Examining the strategic and political problems that confronted each of the great powers and the way in which social and economic factors... -
Mons, an Artillery Battle by David Hutchison 9781912390731
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390731Author David HutchisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War by Giles Tremlett
RRP: £14.99£10.18** Shortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award ** 'Magnificent. Narrative history at its vivid and compelling best' Fergal Keane The first major history of the International Brigades: a tale of blood, ideals and tragedy in... -
US Navy Pacific Fleet 1941: America's mighty last battleship fleet Mark Lardas 9781472859501
RRP: £15.99£11.61The first book to examine the battleship-led 1941 Pacific Fleet as it was intended to fight. Packed with illustrations, this study explains how the US Navy saw the approaching war unfolding. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the Pacific Fleet was... -
Panzertruppen: The Complete Guide to the Creation and Combat Employment of Germany's Tank Force, 1933-1942 by Thomas L. Jentz 9780887409158
RRP: £54.99£36.49This companion volume presents how the Panzertruppen fought during their defensive struggle with details on the units, organizations, types of Panzers, and tactics.Book InformationISBN 9780887409158Author Thomas L. JentzFormat HardbackPage Count... -
Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism by Catherine Hall 9781009098854
RRP: £35.00£31.10Why does Edward Long's History of Jamaica matter? Written in 1774, Long's History, that most 'civilised' of documents, attempted to define White and Black as essentially different and unequal. Long deployed natural history and social theory, carefully... -
A History of the Crusades II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East 1100-1187 by Steven Runciman
RRP: £10.99£7.99The second volume of Steven Runciman's classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades'There was magic about. Saladin himself was troubled by terrible dreams...'Steven Runciman's unrivalled history of the Crusades is a classic of... -
The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way by Anthony Seldon
RRP: £20.00£14.69'A formidable achievement... a moving enactment of a modern pilgrimage' Rory Stewart'Thoughtful [and] heartfelt' Observer'Profound [and] compelling' Spectator'A noble endeavour' New Statesman***A WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 PICK***Without a permanent... -
The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy by Martin Gilbert
RRP: £19.99£14.68This is a very thorough account of the experience of the Jews of Europe during World War II. It is virtually a day-by-day account, in men and women's own words, of the horrifying events of the Holocaust - the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish race... -
The Rebel's Mark by S. W. Perry
RRP: £18.99£14.01Elizabeth's reign is reaching its winter and England's old adversaries are fading. But in a world on the brink of change, showing any weakness can be fatal...1598. Nicholas Shelby, unorthodox physician and reluctant spy for Robert Cecil, has brought his... -
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel
RRP: £10.99£7.99Now a major film starring GEORGE CLOONEY, MATT DAMON, CATE BLANCHETT, BILL MURRAY, JOHN GOODMAN, HUGH BONNEVILLE, BOB BALABAN, JEAN DUJARDIN and DIMITRI LEONIDAS.What if I told you that there was an epic story about World War II that has not been told,... -
How the Girl Guides Won the War Janie Hampton 9780007356324
RRP: £12.99£8.71A completely original history of one of the most extraordinary movements in the world - the Girl Guides - and how they helped win the war. Mention Girl Guides to any woman and the reaction will be strong. They either loved them or hated them;... -
A Brief History of China: Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic by Jonathan Clements
RRP: £14.99£11.11A comprehensive, yet entertaining look at China's history through a modern lens. For millennia, China was the largest and richest nation on earth. Two centuries ago, however, its economy sank into a depression from which it had not fully recovered-until... -
Reporter: A Memoir by Seymour M. Hersh 9780141989099
RRP: £10.99£7.99'Reporter is just wonderful. Truly a great life, and what shines out of the book, amid the low cunning and tireless legwork, is Hersh's warmth and humanity. Essential reading for every journalist and aspiring journalist the world over' John le CarreIn... -
Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend by Andrew Downie 9781471154089
RRP: £9.99£6.61'Compelling from start to finish...Downie does full justice to an extraordinary life' Pete Davies, author of All Played Out. A stunning new biography of Socrates, the iconic captain of the greatest Brazil side never to win the World Cup. Socrates was... -
Cilka's Journey: The Sunday Times bestselling sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris 9781838770433
RRP: £6.99£6.45Her beauty saved her life - and condemned her.In 1942 Cilka Klein is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation... -
The Spinoza Problem: A Novel by Irvin D. Yalom
RRP: £14.99£12.33A haunting portrait of Arthur Rosenberg, one of Nazism's chief architects, and his obsession with one of history's most influential Jewish thinkersIn The Spinoza Problem, Irvin Yalom spins fact and fiction into an unforgettable psycho-philosophical drama... -
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
RRP: £12.99£8.80Pat Tillman was well-known to American sports fans: a chisel-jawed and talented young professional football star, he was on the brink of signing a million dollar contract when, in 2001, al-Qaeda launched terrorist attacks against his country. Driven by... -
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Collins Classics) by Frederick Douglass
RRP: £2.99£2.47HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. Born into slavery during the early nineteenth century,... -
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho: “An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel” STEPHEN FRY by Paterson Joseph 9780349702377
RRP: £9.99£7.00'A great storyteller and a fabulous actor. Well done, sir!' DAVID HAREWOOD'Phenomenal! Highly recommended.' MALORIE BLACKMAN'An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel. Hugely recommended.' STEPHEN FRYFor fans of The...