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Old Leith by Guthrie Hutton 9781872074658
RRP: £10.95£9.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872074658Author Guthrie HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 180mm * 240mm * 4mm -
The Berliners by Emma Harding
RRP: £9.99£5.96'Sometimes I get fanciful and think the buildings speak. That all their history is locked into the walls and if you listened closely enough, you could hear all the people who'd once been there.'Sigi lived upstairs from Sara at Friedrichstrasse 19 yet... -
The Wood Age: How one material shaped the whole of human history by Roland Ennos 9780008318871
RRP: £9.99£6.64When 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 by Clare Pollard
RRP: £10.99£7.77What 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... -
The Bells of Old Tokyo: Travels in Japanese Time by Anna Sherman
RRP: £10.99£7.51As read on BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year AwardLonglisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize'Sherman's is a special book. Every sentence, every thought she has, every question she asks, every detail she... -
Geography: A Very Short Introduction by John A. Matthews
RRP: £8.99£6.45Modern 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... -
The Story of Exeter by Hazel Harvey 9780750966184
RRP: £20.00£15.44Exeter is one of the oldest cities in Britain. It was an inhabited place some two hundred years before the Romans came, and people have lived here without a break for more than two thousand years. The High Street has been in continuous use as a... -
Veritas: a Harvard professor, a con man, and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife by Ariel Sabar
RRP: £18.99£12.83From award-winning author Ariel Sabar comes the gripping, true story of a sensational religious forgery and the scandal that engulfed Harvard University. In 2012, Dr Karen King, a star professor at Harvard Divinity School, announced a blockbuster... -
Glastonbury: Isle of Avalon by George Wingfield 9781904263197
RRP: £5.99£4.69Did Jesus really visit the Holy Isle of Avalon as a young man? And did Joseph of Arimathea really found the first church here too? Is King Arthur really buried with Guinevere in the Abbey grounds? In this small guide book, local historian George... -
The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way by Anthony Seldon
RRP: £20.00£13.86'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... -
Skara Brae by David Clarke
RRP: £6.00£4.29The 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... -
Nelson: A Dream of Glory by John Sugden
RRP: £35.00£25.29"Nelson: A Dream of Glory" is the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched account ever written of Horatio Nelson's rise to international fame. Giving us the private as well as the public man, it combines ground-breaking scholarship with a... -
Biracial Britain: A Different Way of Looking at Race by Remi Adekoya 9781472133441
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Barack Obama had a special talent for making different kinds of people feel comfortable around him because of his biracial life experience, says Adekoya. By the same token, Adekoya himself seems poised to become one of the most important and subtle new... -
A Social History of England, 1200-1500 by Rosemary Horrox 9780521789547
RRP: £36.99£33.05What 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 Lost Peace: How the West Failed to Prevent a Second Cold War by Richard Sakwa 9780300255010
RRP: £25.00£20.92The end of the Cold War was an opportunity - our inability to seize it has led to today's renewed era of great power competition 1989 heralded a unique prospect for an enduring global peace, as harsh ideological divisions and conflicts began to be... -
Voices from the Asylum: West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum by Mark Davis
RRP: £15.99£10.85Almost forgotten by time, tucked away beyond the sight of the passerby, there is a little piece of old England, which was for many years a forgotten wilderness. If it were not for a weather-beaten plaque on the gatepost few would realise that beyond the... -
Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa by Paul Kenyon
RRP: £10.99£7.77A Financial Times Book of the Year 'Jaw-dropping' Daily Express 'Grimly fascinating' Financial Times 'Humane, timely, accessible and well-researched' Irish Times The dictator who grew so rich on his country's cocoa crop that he built a... -
India After Gandhi: A History by Ramachandra Guha 9781035014729
RRP: £25.00£17.84'Magisterial' - The Financial TimesAn updated edition of Ramachandra Guha's India After Gandhi with new material that explains the major events, policy shifts and controversies of the past decade, placing them in their proper sociological and historical... -
If War Should Come by Mark Barnes
RRP: £24.95£19.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809457Author Mark BarnesFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The European Economy since 1945: Coordinated Capitalism and Beyond by Barry Eichengreen 9780691138480
RRP: £35.00£28.14In 1945, many Europeans still heated with coal, cooled their food with ice, and lacked indoor plumbing. Today, things could hardly be more different. Over the second half of the twentieth century, the average European's buying power tripled, while... -
Harlow by George Taylor
RRP: £12.99£9.62This book is part of the Archive Photographs series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in Great Britain, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752403304Author... -
My Revision Notes: Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Migrants in Britain, c800-present and Notting Hill, c1948-c1970 by Sam Slater
£4.99Exam 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... -
Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson
RRP: £12.99£9.09Winner of the Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize 2013In 1412, Europe was a miserable backwater ravaged by plague, bad sanitation and incessant war, while the Orient was home to dazzling civilizations. Yet, somehow, the West came to dominate... -
Meeting Churchill: A Life in 90 Encounters by Sinclair McKay 9780241678558
RRP: £16.99£12.28This insightful portrait of Winston Churchill delves beyond well-known political moments, incorporating perspectives from various individuals who encountered him throughout his life.From Bletchley Park codebreakers and Hollywood stars such as Charlie... -
Christine: A Search for Christine Granville by Madeleine Masson
RRP: £10.99£7.40Christine Granville, G.M., O.B.E. and Croix de Guerre, one of the most successful women agents of the Second World War and said to have been Churchill's 'favourite spy', was murdered, aged 37, in a London Hotel in 1952. Her actions as a British secret... -
The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun by The Countess of Carnarvon 9780008531775
RRP: £10.99£7.12Enter 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... -
Renegades: Born in the USA Barack Obama 9780241561249
RRP: £35.00£25.89THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - AND THE GIFT THAT WILL BE ON EVERY BRUCE AND BARACK FAN'S WISH LIST THIS CHRISTMAS!Two long-time friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music and their enduring love of America, with all its... -
102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer
RRP: £10.99£7.77________________________________________The only book on 9/11 to focus solely on the remarkable testimony of those inside the Twin Towers during the attacks.At 8.46 am on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the Twin Towers in New York - reading... -
Netley Diary 1915-1916 by Alec Riley 9780645235975
RRP: £17.99£13.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645235975Author Alec RileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Little Gully PublishingPublisher Little Gully PublishingWeight(grams) 249g -
The King's Assassin: The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I by Benjamin Woolley
RRP: £14.99£11.13Now a major TV series, Mary & George, starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine.The King's Assassin is the scandalous story of George Villiers, lover - and murderer - of King James I.The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power... -
The Saboteur of Auschwitz: The Inspiring True Story of a British Soldier Held Prisoner in Auschwitz by Colin Rushton
RRP: £8.99£6.20For fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Librarian of Auschwitz and The Choice, this is the incredible true story of a British soldier POW. In 1942, young British soldier Arthur Dodd was taken prisoner by the German Army and transported to Oswiecim... -
Paradise Lost: The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance by Giles Milton
RRP: £12.99£8.60On Saturday 9th September, 1922, the victorious Turkish cavalry rode into Smyrna, the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire. What happened over the next two weeks must rank as one of the most compelling human dramas of the twentieth... -
Soviet Cavalry Operations During the Second World War: and the Genesis of the Operational Manoeuvre Group by Harrel, John S 9781526743022
RRP: £25.00£18.02While the development of tanks had largely led to the replacement of cavalry in most armies by 1939, the Soviets retained a strong mounted arm. In the terrain and conditions of the Eastern Front they were able to play an important role denied them... -
DB COOPER and the FBI: A Case Study of America's Only Unsolved Skyjacking by Bruce a Smith 9781952439384
RRP: £26.00£25.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952439384Author Bruce a SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 506Imprint Moonshine Cove Publishing, LLCPublisher Moonshine Cove Publishing, LLCWeight(grams)... -
The History of the SAS by Chris Ryan
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Drawing on the stories of the soldiers who were there, this dramatic history of the SAS is full of bravado. Forged to fight guerrillas in the sweltering jungles of Malaya... Ryan writes with the authority of a man familiar with every nuance of the... -
السودان: مهبط التوراة ومجمع البحرين by محمود عثمان رزق 9780464535218
RRP: £12.72£11.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780464535218Author محمود عثمان رزقFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 336g -
The Viceroy's Daughters by Anne De Courcy
RRP: £12.99£8.60The lives of the three daughters of Lord Curzon: glamorous, rich, independent and wilful.Irene (born 1896), Cynthia (b.1898) and Alexandria (b.1904) were the three daughters of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India 1898-1905 and probably the grandest and most... -
Domesday Book: A Complete Translation by Geoffrey Martin
RRP: £40.00£29.39Domesday Book has been described as 'the most valuable piece of antiquity possessed by any nation.' (David Hume) But a complete translation has never been available before at an affordable price. Penguin's edition will change that. Compiled in a matter... -
The Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis
RRP: £12.99£9.09A brilliantly arresting historical work, John Lewis Gaddis's The Cold War takes us as never before to the time when the world stood on the brink of destruction. In 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning... Here is the... -
Early Medieval Art by Lawrence Nees
RRP: £23.49£17.01The first millennium saw a rich and distinctive artistic tradition form in Europe. While books had long been central to the Christian religious tradition, education, and culture, they now became an important artistic medium, sometimes decorated with...