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Riotous Assembly by Tom Sharpe
RRP: $19.48$14.27When Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational crime passionel, the gallant members of the South African police force are soon on the scene: Kommandant van Heerden, whose secret longing for the heart of an English gentleman... -
A House Through Time by David Olusoga
RRP: $21.43$15.89'A very readable history of the British way of life viewed through its homes' Choice MagazineIn recent years house histories have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history. People, many of whom have already embarked upon that great... -
Cairngorms: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy 9781780273709
RRP: $13.63$9.79The geology of the Cairngorms was created on a timeline that stretches back hundreds of millions of years. Much of the land is underlain by granite that formed deep within the Earth's crust and 'surfaced' as the overlying layers of rock were stripped... -
The Northumbrians: North-East England and Its People: A New History by Dan Jackson 9781787386006
RRP: $25.33$23.65The Northumbrians have been overlooked by British and global history, but they've made astonishing contributions to both. Dan Jackson sets out to recover this lost history, exploring the deep roots of Northumbrian culture-hard work and heavy drinking,... -
The Blunders of Our Governments by Anthony King 9781780744056
RRP: $23.38$16.89With unrivalled political savvy and a keen sense of irony, distinguished political scientists Anthony King and Ivor Crewe open our eyes to the worst government horror stories and explain why the British political system is quite so prone to appalling... -
My Revision Notes: OCR A-level History: Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Nicholas Fellows 9781510416444
RRP: $20.48$19.25Exam board: OCRLevel: A-HistorySubject: First teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016Target success in OCR A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation... -
Endeavour: The Sunday Times bestselling biography of Captain Cook's recently discovered ship Peter Moore 9781784703929
RRP: $29.23$19.07**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**An inventive biography of one of the most famous ships of all time - recently discovered off the coast of America- Endeavour is an alluring combination of history, adventure and science. From Johnson's Dictionary to... -
German and Italian Aircraft Carriers of World War II by Ryan K. Noppen
RRP: $25.33$18.21This fully illustrated study details Germany and Italy's failed development of World War II aircraft carriers, and the naval aviation ships that the two Axis powers sent into action in their place. The quest for a modern aircraft carrier was the... -
The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine by Bishop of Caesarea Eusebius
RRP: $25.33$18.21Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a... -
The Renaissance Notion of Woman: A Study in the Fortunes of Scholasticism and Medical Science in European Intellectual Life by Ian Maclean 9780521274364
RRP: $60.43$49.63This study of the world of scholarship and scholarly texts in the Renaissance, the so-called respublica literaria, affords insights into the intellectual infrastructure and modes of thought of the period by its examination of contemporary attitudes... -
The Annals of Imperial Rome by Cornelius Tacitus
RRP: $25.33$18.21His last work, regarded by many as the greatest work of contemporary scholarship, Tacitus' The Annals of Imperial Rome recount with depth and insight the history of the Roman Empire during the first century A.D. This Penguin Classics edition is... -
Terms & Conditions: Life in Girls' Boarding Schools, 1939-1979 by Ysenda Maxtone Graham 9780349143064
RRP: $19.48$13.65'Brilliant, hilarious... My book of the year' INDIA KNIGHT'A wonderful book' CRAIG BROWN, Mail on Sunday'Funny, bloodcurdling and moving' Daily MailThe cruel teachers. The pashes on other girls. The gossip. The giggles. The awful food. The homesickness... -
American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 by Alan Taylor 9780393354768
RRP: $31.18$26.95Often understood as a high-minded, orderly event, the American Revolution grows in this masterful history like a ground fire overspreading Britain's mainland colonies, fuelled by local conditions and resistant to control. Emerging from the rivalries of... -
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson 9781782392026
$23.28The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War One was, in the words of T.E. Lawrence, 'a sideshow of a sideshow'. Amidst the slaughter in European trenches, the Western combatants paid scant attention to the Middle Eastern theatre. As a result, the... -
Kings & Queens: The Concise Guide Cavendish, Richard 9780715323762
RRP: $25.33$17.18This best-selling title is a handy-format, fully comprehensive guide to the rulers of the British nations and their chequered histories, from pre-Roman times to the present day. From King Kenneth I and Henry VIII through to Princess Diana, the Queen... -
The Wood Age: How one material shaped the whole of human history by Roland Ennos 9780008318871
RRP: $19.48$13.34When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world. 'A stunning book on the incalculable debt humanity owes wood...' John Carey, The Sunday Times How did the... -
Fierce Bad Rabbits: The Tales Behind Children's Picture Books Clare Pollard 9780241354797
RRP: $21.43$15.58What is The Tiger Who Came to Tea really about? How is Meg and Mog related to Polish embroidery? And why does death in picture books involve being eaten? Fierce Bad Rabbits explores the stories behind our favourite picture books, weaving in tales of... -
Geography: A Very Short Introduction by John A. Matthews
RRP: $17.53$12.97Modern Geography has come a long way from its historical roots in exploring foreign lands, and simply mapping and naming the regions of the world. Spanning both physical and human Geography, the discipline today is unique as a subject which can bridge... -
Uncrowned Queen: The Fateful Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Matriarch by Nicola Tallis
RRP: $19.48$13.1028 January 1457. England is in the grip of the Wars of the Roses. Inside the walls of Pembroke Castle a thirteen-year-old girl gives birth to a boy. The ordeal nearly kills them both, forging a powerful bond that will see mother and son work together to... -
Southeast Asia: A Very Short Introduction by James R. Rush 9780190248765
RRP: $17.53$15.15Straddling the equator, Southeast Asia comprises Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and the Philippines, as well as Laos, Cambodia, Brunei, and East Timor. Despite its extraordinary diversity of ethnicities, religions, and... -
Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me by Matthew Lewis 9781445699097
RRP: $29.23$19.07King Richard III remains one of the most controversial figures in British history. Matthew Lewis's new biography aims to become a definitive account by exploring what is known of his childhood and the impacts it had on his personality and view of the... -
Skara Brae by David Clarke
RRP: $11.70$8.68The Neolithic village known as Skara Brae was continuously occupied for about 300 to 400 years, before being abandoned around 2500 BC. Despite severe coastal erosion, eight houses and a workshop have survived largely intact, with their stone furniture... -
Empire of the Deep: The Rise and Fall of the British Navy Ben Wilson 9780753829202
RRP: $33.13$23.61The bestselling complete history of the British Navy - our national story through a different prism.The story of our navy is nothing less than the story of Britain, our culture and our empire. Much more than a parade of admirals and their battles, this... -
A Social History of England, 1200-1500 by Rosemary Horrox 9780521789547
RRP: $72.13$64.45What was life really like in England in the later Middle Ages? This comprehensive introduction explores the full breadth of English life and society in the period 1200-1500. Opening with a survey of historiographical and demographic debates, the book... -
The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada by Don Hollway
RRP: $21.43$15.58'The Last Viking reads like the sagas on which it is based. It's Beowulf on steroids, laced with purple prose...This book is great fun. '- Gerard DeGroot, The Times Harald Sigurdsson burst into history as a teenaged youth in a Viking battle from which... -
The Medici by Mary Hollingsworth
RRP: $29.23$20.65'This forensic study of the Renaissance banking dynasty conjures up a world of art, literature, philosophy - and brutality' Telegraph 'Likely to become the standard work of reference on the members of the family that dominated Florence' TLS 'A... -
The Norman Conquest: A Very Short Introduction by George Garnett
RRP: $17.53$12.97The Norman Conquest in 1066 was the last time England was successfully invaded, and was one of the most profound turning points in English history, cataclysmically transforming a disparate collection of small nations into a European state. But what... -
Endurance: 100 Tales of Survival, Adventure and Exploration by Levison Wood
RRP: $48.75$36.86100 of the most astonishing stories of human survival, adventure and exploration, chosen by Levison Wood. We are always captivated by tales of courage and bravery, of world-firsts and death-defying experiences. In this anthology, explorer and... -
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States by James C. Scott
RRP: $29.23$25.41An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available that contradicts the standard narrative for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and... -
Budapest: Between East and West by Victor Sebestyen
RRP: $25.33$15.05Budapest has always been an important place. Almost at the centre of Europe, it is at the crossroads of geographical regions and of civilizations, at the intersection of ancient trade routes. Mountains that gradually slope into gentle hills converge on a... -
My Revision Notes: Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Migrants in Britain, c800-present and Notting Hill, c1948-c1970 Sam Slater 9781398368187
$10.06Exam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2021First exams: Summer 2022Target success in Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision.Key content coverage is combined... -
The Saffron Tales: Recipes from the Persian Kitchen by Yasmin Khan
RRP: $50.70$38.18'This is so much more than a compilation of recipes, gorgeous though they themselves are. This is a book that tells a story, both cultural and personal, and her voice is as engaging as her food' Nigella Lawson 'Barberries, fresh herbs, date molasses,... -
The Vanishing of Margaret Small: An uplifting and page-turning mystery by Neil Alexander 9781471414510
$24.98'An evocative, endearing, entertaining and thoroughly delicious character portrait and a terrific first novel' - Donal MacIntyre, TV presenter'A tender, thought-provoking and totally gripping novel from a wonderful storyteller...deserves to be a huge... -
Tornado Down: The Centenary Collection by John Nichol
RRP: $21.43$15.58Discover the brave, shocking and remarkable true story of two RAF lieutenants' capture during the Gulf War'HEROISM UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY' Independent'THE MOST COMPELLING STORY OF THE GULF WAR' Daily Mail_________RAF Flight Lieutenants John Peters and... -
Putin and the Return of History: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold War by Martin Sixsmith 9781399409865
RRP: $48.75$34.36An original history of Russia's thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics and rekindled the Cold War. Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has reshaped history. In the decades after the collapse of Soviet... -
In My Grandfather’s Shadow: A story of war, trauma and the legacy of silence by Angela Findlay 9780552177726
RRP: $21.43$15.58'Fascinating ... an extremely courageous work.' The Lady'Absolutely extraordinary ... Findlay reveals a vast, hidden European story that few nations have ever been brave enough to confront' Keith Lowe''Beautifully written, poignant and acutely... -
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful by Edmund Burke
RRP: $17.53$13.75'Pain and pleasure are simple ideas, incapable of definition.' In 1757 the 27-year-old Edmund Burke argued that our aesthetic responses are experienced as pure emotional arousal, unencumbered by intellectual considerations. In so doing he overturned... -
The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun by The Countess of Carnarvon 9780008531775
RRP: $21.43$14.29Enter a world of ancient secrets, old money, new ambitions and the discovery of priceless treasure in this revelatory new biography. Between November 1922 and spring 1923, a door to the ancient Egyptian world was... -
Making Sense of History: 1509-1745 Alec Fisher 9781471807879
$49.94Deliver engaging, enquiry-driven lessons and help pupils gain a coherent chronological understanding of and across periods studied with this complete offering for Key Stage 3 History. Designed for the 2014 National Curriculum this supportive learning... -
Sons of Zion vs Sons of Greece: Volume One: Survival of The Hebrew Gospels & the Messianic Church by Miles R Jones 9780578523217
RRP: $46.31$33.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578523217Author Miles R JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Institute for Accelerated Learning, Inc.Publisher Institute for Accelerated Learning,...