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Lives: v. 7 by Plutarch
RRP: £24.95£23.39Comparative biographies of distinguished Greeks and Romans.Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. AD 45-120, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular... -
Armies of Ancient Italy 753-218 BC: From the Foundation of Rome to the Start of the Second Punic War by Gabriele Esposito 9781526751850
RRP: £25.00£10.78Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Catherine of Braganza: Charles Ii's Restoration Queen by Sarah-Beth Watkins
RRP: £9.99£8.59Catherine of Braganza, a Portuguese princess, married Charles II in 1662 and became the merry monarch's Restoration queen. Yet life for her was not so merry - she put up with the king's many mistresses and continuous plots to remove her from the throne... -
Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery by Eric Ives
RRP: £15.95£14.78Lady Jane Grey, is one of the most elusive and tragic characters in English history. In July 1553 the death of the childless Edward VI threw the Tudor dynasty into crisis. On Edward's instructions his cousin Jane Grey was proclaimed queen, only to be... -
Spirit of Place: Artists, Writers and the British Landscape by Susan Owens
RRP: £12.99£8.60When we look at the landscape, what do we see? Do we experience the view over a valley or dappled sunlight on a path in the same way as those who were there before us? We have altered the countryside in innumerable ways over the last thousand years, and... -
The Little Book of Lancashire by Alexander Tulloch
RRP: £12.99£9.62Did 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... -
The War for American Independence, 1775-1783 by Jeremy Black
RRP: £14.99£11.55The bitter and often bloody fight which accompanied the emergence of the United States of America as an independent force on the world stage has always been a subject of much debate and controversy. Historian Jeremy Black challenges many traditional... -
The Long Journey Home by Cecily Blench
RRP: £8.99£6.45A moving and powerful novel of love, secrets and redemption in a country torn apart by war. For readers of Kate Furnivall and Dinah Jefferies.It's 1941 and Kate is living in Rangoon, Burma, a world away from her traditional English upbringing. When she... -
To Save An Army: The Stalingrad Airlift by Robert Forsyth
RRP: £25.00£18.02Using the diaries of Luftwaffe commanders, rare contemporary photographs and other previously unpublished sources, Robert Forsyth analyzes the human, strategic, tactical and technical elements of one of the most dramatic operations arranged by the... -
The Italians by John Hooper
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Hooper has written a fascinating, affectionate and well-researched study that delivers the tantalising flavour of a country as hot, cold, bitter and sweet as an affogato' The Telegraph'This portrait of a nation is required reading for anyone heading to... -
Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans by Garrett Ryan
RRP: £16.99£13.11Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to drink fine wine, use birth control, or survive surgery? In a series of short and humorous essays, Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants explores... -
The Complete Musashi: The Book of Five Rings and Other Works: Definitive New Translations of the Writings of Miyamoto Musashi - Japan's Greatest Samurai! by Miyamoto Musashi 9784805316160
RRP: £11.99£8.00The culmination of 25 years of research, Alex Bennett's groundbreaking English translation of Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings reveals the true meaning of the original work. Plus, definitive translations of five more known works of Musashi! This... -
What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture by Ben Horowitz
RRP: £20.00£13.34Ben Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist, modern management expert, and New York Times bestselling author combines lessons both from history and modern organisational practice with practical and often surprising advice to help us build... -
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
RRP: £18.90£13.09Millions of readers of Little House on the Prairie believe they know Laura Ingalls - the pioneer girl who survived blizzards and near-starvation on the Great Plains where 'as far as a man could go to the north in a day, or a week, or a whole month, there... -
Amilcar Cabral: The Life of a Reluctant Nationalist by Antonio Tomas
RRP: £30.00£26.95On 20 January 1973, the Bissau-Guinean revolutionary Amilcar Cabral was killed by militants from his own party. Cabral had founded the PAIGC in 1960 to fight for the liberation of Portuguese Guinea and Cape Verde. The insurgents were Bissau- Guineans,... -
Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn by Daniel Gordis 9780062368751
RRP: £24.00£12.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062368751Author Daniel GordisFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations by Daniel Yergin
RRP: £14.99£10.95A 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... -
Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher
RRP: £30.00£20.70Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and... -
The Dirty War by Martin Dillon
RRP: £10.99£7.77___________'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... -
The Shortest History of Sex by David Baker 9781913083519
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083519Author David BakerFormat HardbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
The Beauty And The Sorrow: An intimate history of the First World War by Peter Englund
RRP: £12.99£9.49There are many books on the First World War, but award-winning and bestselling historian Peter Englund takes a daring and stunning new approach. Describing the experiences of twenty ordinary people from around the world, all now unknown, he explores the... -
Legacy: Gangsters, Corruption and the London Olympics by Michael Gillard
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Reveals criminal corruption on a scale that the Kray twins would never have dreamt of' John Pearson, Profession of Violence, The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins 'Gillard's detailed investigation makes for a stunning and shocking read' Barry Keeffe,... -
Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England: How our ancestors lived two centuries ago by Roy A. Adkins
RRP: £12.99£8.60Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England explores the real England of Jane Austen's lifetime. It was a troubled period, with disturbing changes in industry and agriculture and a constant dread of invasion and revolution. The comfortable, tranquil country... -
The Little Book of Yorkshire by Geoffrey Howse
RRP: £9.99£7.55The Little Book of Yorkshire is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. The county's most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants,... -
Rot at the Core: The Serious Crimes of a Detective Sergeant by Graham Satchwell 9780750996181
RRP: £15.99£12.25In March 1972, four young black men were arrested by a specialist pickpocket squad at Oval Underground Station and charged with theft and assault of police officers. Sentenced to two years in prison, the case seemed straightforward and credible to the... -
That Tyrant, Persuasion: How Rhetoric Shaped the Roman World by J. E. Lendon
RRP: £35.00£28.14How rhetorical training influenced deeds as well as words in the Roman EmpireThe assassins of Julius Caesar cried out that they had killed a tyrant, and days later their colleagues in the Senate proposed rewards for this act of tyrannicide. The killers... -
Cameron at 10: The Verdict by Anthony Seldon
RRP: £16.99£11.87The most intimate account of a serving prime minister ever published, this is the gripping inside story of David Cameron's government as told by senior figures, including the Prime Minister, George Osborne and Boris Johnson. Spanning the early... -
Mid-Victorian Imperialists: British Gentlemen and the Empire of the Mind by Edward Beasley 9781138878150
RRP: £43.99£38.44Throughout the nineteenth century the British Empire was the subject of much writing; floods of articles, books and government reports were produced about the areas under British control and the policy of imperialism. Mid-Victorian Imperialists... -
Muhammad: Biography of the Prophet by Karen Armstrong
RRP: £9.99£6.80A life of the prophet Muhammad by bestselling religious writer Karen Armstrong.'Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to its fundamentals, without over-simplifying' SUNDAY TIMES'One of our best living... -
Monte Cassino by Matthew Parker
RRP: £10.99£7.4080th anniversary of the Battle of Monte CassinoThe six-month battle for Monte Cassino was Britain's bitterest and bloodiest encounter with the German army on any front in World War Two.At the beginning of 1944 Italy was the western Allies' only active... -
Our Enemies will Vanish by Yaroslav Trofimov 9780241655443
RRP: £25.00£18.02A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian resistance by Pulitzer Prize finalist Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.'Reads like a great novel' SEBASTIAN... -
The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London by Christopher Skaife 9780008307936
RRP: £10.99£7.25'Packed with insight and anecdote, his story brings the Tower ravens to vivid life, each bird with a personality of its own. I've been fortunate enough to tour the Tower and meet the ravens a few times in years past; after reading this... -
My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: The English Revolution, 1625-1660 by Oliver Bullock
RRP: £12.50£11.84Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
Real Port Talbot by Lynne Rees
RRP: £9.99£6.99Apologies 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 -
Night by Elie Wiesel 9780140189896
RRP: £8.99£6.45Elie Wiesel's harrowing first-hand account of the atrocities committed during the Holocaust, Night is translated by Marion Wiesel with a preface by Elie Wiesel in Penguin Modern Classics. Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was... -
Fear: An Alternative History of the World by Robert Peckham 9781788167239
RRP: £25.00£18.02It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been driving forces - perhaps the driving force - of world history: fear of... -
Secret Flotillas Vol 1: Clandestine Sea Operations to Brittany 1940-44 by Brooks Richards
RRP: £16.99£12.68As the fall of France took place, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands. Clandestine sea transport operations provided lines of vital intelligence for wartime Britain. These "secret flotillas" landed and picked up agents in... -
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson 9781782392026
£11.69The 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... -
Dada and Surrealism: A Very Short Introduction by David Hopkins
RRP: £8.99£6.45The avant-garde movements of Dada and Surrealism continue to have a huge influence on cultural practice, especially in contemporary art, with its obsession with sexuality, fetishism, and shock tactics. In this new treatment of the subject, Hopkins... -
Six Days: How the 1967 War Shaped the Middle East by Jeremy Bowen 9780743449694
RRP: £10.99£7.00The Six-Day War was an extraordinary human drama. It swept up a generation of Israelis and Arabs whose children still cannot live peacefully in the world the war created. Today, Israel is the superpower of the region. It has nuclear weapons but has never...