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The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal- and forgotten- massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War IIIn December 1937, one of the most horrific atrocities in the long annals of...

How should we live: how should we care for one another; grow our capabilities to work, to learn, to love and fully realise our potential? This exciting and ambitious book shows how we can re-design the welfare state for this century. The welfare state...

Schindler's List meets The Sound of Music as best-selling New York Post investigative journalist Isabel Vincent delves into pre-World-War-II history to recover the amazing story of two British spinsters who masterminded a plan to spirit dozens of Jewish...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party - or the parsonage.' Antonia Fraser'A refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and...

"The guerrilla fights the war of the flea, and his military enemy suffers the dog's disadvantages: too much to defend; too small, ubiquitous, and agile an enemy to come to grips with." With these words, Robert Taber began a revolution in conventional...

'A visionary book' Philip Pullman'Essential and magnificent' George Monbiot'Deft and wonderfully poetic' Grace BlakeleyThe right have hijacked Englishness. Can it be reclaimed?With the UK more divided than ever, England has re-emerged as a potent force...

Bursting with fascinating facts for impressing friends, parents, grandparents and teachers - perfect for curious children everywhere! Wow your friends! Amaze your teachers! Astonish your family! Find over 130...

THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA funny book about a serious subject, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame.'Clever, amusing, gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell - a funny man and skilled historian -...

If it had not been for Owain Glyndwr's 15-year struggle against overwhelming odds, the Welsh would not have survived as Europe's oldest nation. His war is the defining era in the history of Wales. Yet Glyndwr is hardly known - a cultured, literate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593330258Author Joseph PfeiferFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873176931Author Albert MeltzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 535g

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The Nazis spared their lives because they were twins.In the summer of 1944, Eva Mozes Kor and her family arrived at Auschwitz.Within thirty minutes, they were separated. Her parents and two older sisters were taken to the gas...

The hilariously anarchic and bestselling picture book about a dragon who has lost his flame - but may just find fire elsewhere . . . Perfect for fans of The Dinosaur That Pooped series. Sir Wayne's dragon has lost his flame. Are his teeth TOO clean?...

Forgotten is an extraordinary blend of military and social history - a story that pays tribute to the valour of an all-black battalion whose crucial contributions at D-Day have gone unrecognised to this day. In the early hours of June 6, 1944, the...

In the winter of 1417, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties plucked a very old manuscript off a dusty shelf in a remote monastery, saw with excitement what he had discovered, and ordered that it be copied. He was Poggio Bracciolini,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781983944260Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Ordinary Men has been admired all over the world and is now published in the UK for the first time. It takes as its basis the detailed records of one squad from the Nazis' extermination groups and explores in detail its composition, its actions, andthe...

Meticulously researched while reading like a fast-paced thriller, this explosive new book details the way the Israel lobby deployed charges of anti-Semitism to destroy Jeremy Corbyn's bid for power as leader of the Labour Party. In an electrifying...

Based on explosive new evidence, bestselling author David Talbot tells America's greatest untold story: the United States' rise to world dominance under the guile of Allen Welsh Dulles, the longest-serving director of the CIA. America's rise...

Oleg Gordievsky was the highest ranking KGB officer ever to work for Britain.For eleven years, from 1974 to 1985, he acted as a secret agent, reporting to the British Secret Intelligence Service while continuing to work as a KGB officer, first in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781572493131Author M S W Robert WeissFormat PaperbackImprint Burd Street PressPublisher Burd Street PressWeight(grams) 386g

Andrea Dworkin, once called Feminism's Malcolm X," has been worshipped, reviled, criticized, and analyzed-but never ignored. The power of her writing, the passion of her ideals, and the ferocity of her intellect have spurred the arguments and activism...

An award-winning journalist investigates a story largely ignored by mainstream media but right there, in front of our eyes ... Are we not alone? The moment we have an answer to the question might have arrived.Award-winning investigative journalist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781960069382Author Heinrich KramerFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Dalcassian Publishing CompanyPublisher Dalcassian Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

It's time to spice up your home cooking and transform your dishes from bland and boring to punchy and flavoursome with this definitive guide to spices!Taking the periodic table of spices as a starting point, this adventurous recipe book explores the...

A fully updated fourth edition written by a team of specialists. Enabling students to place early modern Europe within a global context and to see how Europe interacted with the broader early modern world through the exchange of ideas and goods. New...

Does America's pro-Israel lobby wield inappropriate control over US foreign policy? This book has created a storm of controversy by bringing out into the open America's relationship with the Israel lobby: a loose coalition of individuals and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941165515Author Vincent J SperanzaFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Vincent J. SperanzaPublisher Vincent J. SperanzaWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060899684Author Jay WinikFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Love, corruption, violence and the dangerous politics of aid in the Sudan, by an exciting new writer. Emma McCune's passion for Africa, her unstinting commitment to the children of the Sudan, and her striking glamour set her apart from other...

Set sail and discover what happened when the "unsinkable" ship hit an iceberg with this picture-packed guide to the Titanic disaster.Introduce children aged 9-12 years to the story of Titanic's fateful maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City...

The NKJV Deluxe Gift Bible is perfect for personal use or to give as a gift to celebrate special occasions like graduations, baptisms, birthdays, or achievements.The popular and reliable New King James Version, now with the enhanced readability of Thomas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143125785Author Eric SchlosserFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 138mm...

GO AND BUY THIS BOOK - SHALINA IS AN EXTRAORDINARY TEACHER AND MAKES EVERY SUBJECT FASCINATINGBella Mackie, author of How to Kill Your FamilyTaking the reader on a tour through history, from the Romans to the Second World War via Tudor courts, medieval...

**NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ROBERT PATTINSON, CHARLIE HUNNAM AND SIENNA MILLER**'A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure' JOHN GRISHAMThe story of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle's The Lost...

The Sunday Times bestselling edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller, perfect for readers of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham.'Essential' New York Times'A...

'Poetic and profound, Time and Tide is wise, considered and full of surprises' Observer'Poignant and touching' Mail on Sunday'Miraculous' ScotsmanA village waits at the bottom of a reservoir. A monkey puzzle tree bristles in a suburban garden. A skein of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780878426843Author Ernest ArroyoFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Pictorial Histories Publishing CompanyPublisher Pictorial Histories Publishing...

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION **NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING LEONARDO...

How does hope for peace form and proliferate in the seemingly hopeless reality of conflict, and why do despair and fear often prevail? How do political elites utilize hope and skepticism to manipulate their public during conflict? And how does hope...