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The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia by Orlando Figes
RRP: $37.03$26.54Orlando Figes' The Whisperers is a groundbreaking account of daily life in the chaotic and paranoid atmosphere of Stalinist Russia. Exploring the inner life of a Russia where everyone was afraid to talk and society spoke in whispers, whether to protect... -
The Unlikely Duke: Memoirs of an eclectic life - from rock 'n' roll to Badminton House Harry Beaufort 9781399725194
RRP: $48.75$32.43'Beaufort chronicles his unusual and rarified world with flashes of Wodehousian genius'. --- Jools Holland'So funny ... bristling with glamorous but eccentric characters'. --- Jilly Cooper'Very funny and touching, gentle, wise and unpretentious. This is... -
The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire by Edward N. Luttwak
RRP: $50.60$41.65In this book, the distinguished writer Edward Luttwak presents the grand strategy of the eastern Roman empire we know as Byzantine, which lasted more than twice as long as the more familiar western Roman empire, eight hundred years by the shortest... -
Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Queer Writing on Growing Up with the AIDS Crisis by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
RRP: $42.88$28.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551528502Author Mattilda Bernstein SycamoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Arsenal Pulp PressPublisher Arsenal Pulp Press -
Hellhound on his Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin Hampton Sides 9780718192068
RRP: $25.33$18.21Hellhound on His Trail is the story of two very different men whose lives catastrophically interweaved over the course of some nine months in the late 1960s: one was a thief and con man called James Earl Ray, the other one of the greatest American... -
The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj Anne De Courcy 9780753828960
RRP: $19.48$13.65The adventurous young women who sailed to India during the Raj in search of husbands.From the late 19th century, when the Raj was at its height, many of Britain's best and brightest young men went out to India to work as administrators, soldiers and... -
Vega Ventura: The erational Story of Lockheed's Lucky Star by John Stanaway
RRP: $37.03$23.93Drawn from the files of English, American, New Zealand, Australian and Canadian sources, as well as from veterans, this is the story of Lockheed's Lucky Star-the marvelous Ventura! Fashioned from the Lockheed Model 18 airliner, the Ventura went on to... -
Unshook Till the End of Time: A History of Relations between Britain & Oman 1650 - 1970 by Stuart Laing 9781908531070
RRP: $48.75$31.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908531070Author Stuart LaingFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Nomad PublishingPublisher Nomad Publishing -
The Little Book of Lincolnshire by Lucy Wood 9780750963619
RRP: $19.48$15.15The Little Book of Lincolnshire is a compendium of fascinating information about this historic county, past and present. Contained within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Lincolnshire's famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its towns... -
Who Dares Wins: The sequel to BORN FEARLESS, the Sunday Times bestseller by Phil Campion 9781529407402
RRP: $39.00$25.55JOIN SAS LEGEND PHIL CAMPION AS HE SHARES HIS DEEPLY PERSONAL LIFE STORY, WARTS AND ALLIn WHO DARES WINS Big Phil Campion reveals his chequered past, from terrible abuse suffered in a string of kids' homes to psychological abuse suffered at a top public... -
Secret Britain: Unearthing our Mysterious Past by Mary-Ann Ochota 9780711288850
RRP: $37.03$26.01"A cornucopia of our weirdest and most wonderful archaeological sites and artefacts. They make you feel proud to be a citizen of these gloriously intriguing isles." Sir Tony RobinsonAn Ice Age cannibal's skull cup, a hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold, a... -
An Unconsidered People: The Irish in London - Updated Edition by Catherine Dunne
RRP: $25.33$18.21New updated edition of the seminal work by Catherine Dunne, which charted the multifarious lives of the London Irish, in all their variety and colour, now with a brand new foreword by Diarmaid Ferriter. Before the 'Ryanair Generation', leaving home... -
In the Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century by Sebastian Strangio
RRP: $23.38$20.30A timely look at the impact of China's booming emergence on the countries of Southeast Asia"An expert and lucid synthesis of the historical context and recent developments of Southeast Asia's rich and complex relations with Beijing."-John Reed, Financial... -
NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHS: Collected 1636 - 1919 by Rosalind Kerven 9780953745487
RRP: $35.08$26.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953745487Author Rosalind KervenFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Talking StonePublisher Talking StoneDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 41mm -
Hidden Britain: Secret Tunnels, Lost Chambers and Unknown Passageways by Alvin Nicholas
RRP: $31.18$24.24Britain's history is rich in mystery and scandal, and our ancient buildings hide the fascinating stories. Hidden Britain takes you backstage at some of our country's most intriguing locations, into secret tunnels, down concealed passageways and behind... -
The Little Book of Lancashire by Alexander Tulloch
RRP: $25.33$19.25Did You Know?In Stacksteads, a village near Bacup, there is an annual event which has to rank among the wackiest in the country's sporting calendar: the Gravy Wrestling competition.According to legend King Arthur's mighty sword Excalibur is lying at the... -
Abandoned Places: A photographic exploration of more than 100 worlds we have left behind by Kieron Connolly
RRP: $38.98$30.15Steam trains half-buried in the desert, roller coasters entangled in trees, hulks of ships perched high and dry miles from water - images like these are bound to make us wonder: what happened here? From forgotten railway stations to flooded shopping... -
Attrition: Fighting the First World War by William Philpott
RRP: $25.33$17.22The First World War was too big to be grasped by its participants. In the retelling of their war in the competing memories of leaders and commanders, and the anguished fiction of its combatants, any sense of order and purpose, effort and achievement, was... -
The Home Front in World War Two by Neil R. Storey
RRP: $17.53$12.13When the Second World War broke out in September 1939, everybody in Britain knew that the civilian population would be affected far more than they had been in the First World War. As aircraft got more advanced, Britain's cities came within range and were... -
Widnes by Widnes Historical Society
RRP: $25.33$19.25Extensive changes to the Widnes scene over the last forty years have made collections of old photographs like this one an even more valuable asset than ever before. New road, bridges, housing estates and shopping centres follow on from factory closures,... -
OCR Ancient History AS and A Level Component 2: Rome by Robert Cromarty
RRP: $35.08$32.57This textbook supports the specification for AS and A-Level Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 2, both the compulsory Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies: Period Study: The Julio-Claudian... -
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations by Daniel Yergin
RRP: $29.23$21.35A new type of Cold War is emerging between China and the West. . The global order is being simultaneously shaken by climate change and the shale revolution in oil and gas - and now by the coronavirus. Controversial fracking technology has given America... -
It Happened in France: A Renowned Journalist's Account of Life Under the Occupation 1940–1944 by Francois Eliet 9781399037921
RRP: $39.00$30.46Ernest Grimaud de Caux was _The Times_ correspondent in Madrid from 1910 to 1939, encompassing the period of Primo de Rivera’s Dictatorship, the fall of the monarchy, and the Civil War. With his deep knowledge of Spain’s history, culture and politics, he... -
UXB Malta: Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal 1940-44: The Most Bombed Place on Earth by S. A. M. Hudson
RRP: $29.23$23.63As the Regia Aeronautica and the Luftwaffe unleashed their full might against the island of Malta, the civilian population was in the eye of the storm. Faced with the terror of the unexploded bomb, the Maltese people looked for help to the Royal... -
The Dirty War by Martin Dillon
RRP: $21.43$15.58___________'This excellent book demands the attention of anyone concerned about civil liberties in the United Kingdom' Guardian1969 was a year of rising tension, violence and change for the people of Northern Ireland. Rioting in Derry's Bogside led to... -
Mapping the Second World War: The history of the war through maps from 1939 to 1945 by Peter Chasseaud
RRP: $58.50$40.48Follow the conflict of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945 in this unique volume, published in association with Imperial War Museums, London, featuring historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert... -
Against White Feminism by Rafia Zakaria 9780241989319
RRP: $21.43$15.58Personal, provocative and powerfully persuasive - an essential guide to what white feminism is, why it matters, and how we can put an end to it'Thoughtful and provocative... It is a must-read' Roxane Gay'A book to make you stop and think' Mishal... -
Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar by Stephen E. Murphy 9781472268358
RRP: $25.33$17.22The explosive memoir of legendary DEA agents and the subject of the hit Netflix series Narcos, Steve Murphy and Javier F. Pena For the first time, legendary DEA operatives Steve Murphy and Javier F. Pena tell the true story of how they took down Pablo... -
Jan Tschichold and the New Typography: Graphic Design Between the World Wars by Paul Stirton
RRP: $55.58$46.94An original account of the life and work of legendary designer Jan Tschichold and his role in the movement in Weimar Germany to create modern graphic design Richly illustrated with images from Jan Tschichold's little-known private collection of design... -
A Little History of Economics by Niall Kishtainy 9780300234527
RRP: $21.43$18.74A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and through the ideas of great thinkers in the field"A whistle-stop introduction to the great works and thinkers of each age, this is a clear and... -
Flying through the Ranks: The Extraordinary Experiences of Airmen to Air Marshals from the Cold War to the Gulf Air Marshal G. A. 'Black' Robertson 9781911714101
RRP: $48.75$34.91The inspiration for this brilliant anthology is the ‘I Learnt About Flying from That’ articles that first appeared in the RAF Flight Safety magazine Air Clues in the 1940s and continues to feature in the magazine to this day. Flying Through the Ranks... -
Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence by Yaroslav Trofimov
RRP: $62.40$24.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593655184Author Yaroslav TrofimovFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 624gDimensions(mm) 242mm... -
The Zookeeper's Wife: An unforgettable true story, now a major film Diane Ackerman 9780755365036
RRP: $21.43$14.84Now a major motion picture, starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Bruhl, based on a remarkable true story of bravery and sanctuary during World War II - out in Spring 2017.When Germany invades Poland, Luftwaffe bombers devastate Warsaw and the city's zoo... -
Life Under Fire: How to Build Inner Strength and Thrive Under Pressure by Jason Fox
RRP: $17.53$12.97THE EXTRAORDINARY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.Take control of your life, build resilience and learn to thrive in any situation with the powerful and inspiring new book from the number one bestselling author of Battle Scars.In Life Under Fire, ex-Special... -
North by Seamus Heaney
RRP: $25.33$17.16In North Seamus Heaney found a myth which allowed him to articulate a vision of Ireland - its people, history and landscape. Here the Irish experience is refracted through images drawn from different parts of the Northern European experience, and the... -
Adriatic: A Two Thousand-Year History of the Sea, Lands and Peoples by Caroline Boggis-Rolfe
RRP: $58.50$38.08Adriatic spans over two thousand years of history and the whole of the eastern Mediterranean region around the Adriatic sea and part of the neighbouring Ionian sea. Ever since the Romans, these lands and their peoples have experienced the coming and... -
Real Port Talbot by Lynne Rees
RRP: $19.48$14.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781726525Author Lynne ReesFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales Press -
Defying Hitler: A Memoir Sebastian Haffner 9781842126608
RRP: $19.48$13.65An absolute classic of autobiography and history - one of the few books to explore how and why the Germans were seduced by Hitler and Nazism.'If you have never read a book about Nazi Germany before, or if you have already read a thousand, I would urge... -
DK Eyewitness Las Vegas by DK
RRP: $25.33$18.21The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this spectacular city.Experience flamboyant resorts and luxurious hotels, marvel at the natural splendour of the... -
Coffee with Hitler: The British Amateurs Who Tried to Civilise the Nazis by Charles Spicer 9780861546176
RRP: $21.43$14.82How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history's greatest 'what ifs'... A TELEGRAPH AND SPECTATOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding true story of a handful of amateur British intelligence...