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All Change at the Beach Hotel: A heartwarming and romantic World War One saga Francesca Capaldi 9781804361351
RRP: £8.99£6.28Can she choose between her duty and her heart?While World War One changes the country beyond measure, with food becoming scarce and Britain's young men being called up to foreign battlefields, it is harder than ever to keep the grand Beach Hotel in... -
Painted People: A History of Humanity in 21 Tattoos by Matt Lodder
RRP: £20.00£13.74In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing 'an art without a history'. 'No-one', it went on, 'has made it the business of his life to study the development of tattooing.' Until now. Painted People is a... -
Common Entrance 13+ History Revision Guide Ed Adams 9781398317932
RRP: £19.99£18.46Exam board: ISEB Level: 13+ CE and KS3 Subject: History First exams: November 2022Consolidate knowledge and build confidence ahead of the ISEB CE 13+ History exam with this comprehensive, ISEB-endorsed revision guide aligned to the latest ISEB... -
Crackin' Castles by Terry Deary 9780702325168
RRP: £6.99£4.81Discover all the foul facts about the history of fortresses with history's most horrible headlines: Crackin' Castles edition. The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to 50 foul castles... -
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner
RRP: £9.99£7.32From its beginnings in the 1920s until its demise in the 1980s, Bell Labs-officially, the research and development wing of AT&T-was the biggest, and arguably the best, laboratory for new ideas in the world. From the transistor to the laser, from digital... -
Post-Roman Kingdoms: ‘Dark Ages' Gaul & Britain, AD 450–800 by Dr Raffaele D’Amato
RRP: £14.99£11.11Meticulously researched, this book examines the evidence for the post-Roman military forces of France and Britain during the 'Dark Ages', reconstructing their way of life and the battles they fought in compelling detail. The collapse of the former... -
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime by Judith Flanders
RRP: £12.99£8.71'We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence, nevertheless as what is done is not to be undone, let us make our money out of it.' Punch Murder in the 19th century was rare. But murder as... -
Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing by Peter Robison
RRP: £12.99£9.34'The astoundingly well reported and beautifully told story of the downfall of what was once a great American company. A must-read' Bethany McLean, bestselling author of The Smartest Guys in the Room 'Compelling and richly reported, Flying Blind is... -
New Oxford Organ Method by Anne Marsden Thomas 9780193518322
RRP: £35.95£28.38A single piece of repertoire is the primary focus for each chapter, with preparatory exercises providing the necessary technical work building towards the piece. Each lesson covers four main topics, which are systematically developed: practice methods,... -
Miami by Joan Didion 9781783785247
RRP: £10.99£7.54This is a surprising portrait of the pastel city, a masterly study of Cuban immigration and exile, and a sly account of vile moments in the Cold War. Miami may be the sunniest place in America but this is Didion's darkest book, in which she explores... -
Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction by Kenneth O. Morgan
RRP: £8.99£6.65First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Kenneth Morgan's Very Short Introduction to Twentieth-Century Britain examines the forces of consensus and of conflict in twentieth-century Britain. The account covers... -
Red Sky in Morning by Paul Lynch
RRP: £9.99£7.00BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED PROPHET SONG.'Paul Lynch is peerless' Donal Ryan, author of Strange FlowersSpring 1832: Donegal, north west Ireland. Coll Coyle wakes to a blood dawn and a day he does not want to face. The young father stands... -
Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest by Susan Brigden
RRP: £20.00£13.86Thomas Wyatt (1503?-1542) was the first modern voice in English poetry. His poetry holds a mirror to the secret, capricious world of Henry VIII's court, and alludes darkly to events which it might be death to describe. In the Tower, twice, Wyatt was... -
Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed by Lisa Duggan 9780520294776
RRP: £15.99£11.47"Astute."-New York Times Ayn Rand's complicated notoriety as popular writer, leader of a political and philosophical cult, reviled intellectual, and ostentatious public figure endured beyond her death in 1982. In the twenty-first century, she has been... -
John Stonehouse, My Father: The True Story of the Runaway MP by Julia Stonehouse
RRP: £10.99£7.54'Clear, dispassionate and selfless' Spectator'Exhaustive in her research, tenacious in spotting errors, indignant in denouncing lies.' Guardian'A compelling account of an extraordinary political scandal, written from inside the Stonehouse family'. Martin... -
The SBS in World War II Gavin Mortimer 9781472811134
RRP: £12.99£9.34A gripping history of Britain's Special Boat Squadron in World War II, drawing on veteran interviews and including rare photographs from the SAS Regimental Association. The Special Boat Squadron was Britain's most exclusive Special Forces unit during... -
Allied Fighter Aircraft 1939-45: American, British, French, Soviet, Dutch, Polish by Chris Chant
RRP: £19.99£13.86Allied Fighters 1939-45 offers an highly-illustrated guide to Allied fighter aircraft that fought in Europe during World War II. Featuring all the main models flown by the Allied air forces from 1939 to 1945, the book offers a wealth of detail, including... -
The Old Way: A Story of the First People by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas 9780312427283
RRP: £20.00£13.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312427283Author Elizabeth Marshall ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams)... -
De Gaulle by Julian Jackson 9781913368784
RRP: £11.99£8.58Charles de Gaulle, saviour of France's honour in 1940 and founder of the Fifth Republic, was a man and leader of deep contradictions. A conservative and a Catholic from a monarchist family, he restored democracy on his return to France in 1944, bringing... -
Henry VIII’s True Daughter: Catherine Carey, A Tudor Life by Wendy J Dunn 9781399012249
RRP: £22.00£15.87The lives of Tudor women often offer faint but fascinating footnotes on the pages of history. The life of Catherine – or Katryn as her husband would one day pen her name – Carey, the daughter of Mary Boleyn and, as the weight of evidence suggests, Henry... -
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk
RRP: £10.99£7.61The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of... -
Going Solo by Roald Dahl 9780241677391
RRP: £7.99£5.98It was truly the most breathless and in a way the most exhilarating time I have ever had in my life.This beautiful edition of Going Solo, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is... -
The Stonemason: A History of Building Britain by Andrew Ziminski
RRP: £10.99£5.65A stonemason's story of the building of Britain: part archaeological history, part deeply personal insight into an ancient craft. In his thirty-year career, stonemason Andrew Ziminski has worked on many of our greatest monuments. From Neolithic... -
Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa by Paul Kenyon
RRP: £10.99£7.99A 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... -
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece by Robert Morkot
RRP: £19.99£14.28The cradle of Western civilisation, Ancient Greece was a land of contradictions and conflict. Intensely quarrelsome and competitive, the Greek city-states consistently proved unwilling and unable to unite. Yet, in spite of or even because of this... -
Call The Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s by Jennifer Worth 9780753823835
RRP: £8.99£2.82A fascinating slice of social history - Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London, now a major BBC TV series.Jennifer Worth came from a sheltered background when she became a midwife in the Docklands in the 1950s. The conditions in which... -
To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949 by Ian Kershaw
RRP: £16.99£12.28'Superb ... likely to become a classic' ObserverIn the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its... -
An Autobiography by M. K. Gandhi
RRP: £10.99£7.99Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity... -
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II: Owners' Workshop Manual by Haynes
RRP: £25.00£21.641972 to date (all marks), Dubbed 'Warthog' - or just 'Hog' - the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is the world's undisputed close air-support attack jet. As tough as it is ugly, it has built a fearsome reputation as a tank buster and infantry... -
The Ancient Paths: Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe by Graham Robb
RRP: £10.99£7.73Graham Robb's The Ancient Paths will change the way you see European civilization.Inspired by a chance discovery, Robb became fascinated with the world of the Celts: their gods, their art, and, most of all, their sophisticated knowledge of science. His... -
The Devil's Atlas: An Explorer's Guide to Heavens, Hells and Afterworlds by Edward Brooke-Hitching 9781398503557
RRP: £25.00£16.84'Very beautiful and illuminating' Mariella Frostrup Edward Brooke-Hitching, author of the international bestseller The Phantom Atlas delivers an atlas unlike any other. The Devil's Atlas is an illustrated guide to the heavens, hells and lands of the dead... -
The Suffocating Night: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 4 by Andrew Taylor
RRP: £9.99£7.00'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the fourth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth seriesThe Korean war rumbles in the background throughout this... -
Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age by Stephen R. Platt
RRP: £14.99£10.46SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZEA Financial Times Book of the YearA Sunday Times Book of the Year ________________________________________'Entertaining and well-paced... Platt's compelling book is a sobering read that should focus the minds... -
100 Facts - Victorian Britain by Miles Kelly
RRP: £7.99£4.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842369845Author Miles KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Miles Kelly Publishing LtdPublisher Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd -
The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman
RRP: £16.99£11.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735217966Author Chuck KlostermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press -
York Pubs by Nathen Amin
RRP: £15.99£10.85York is the second-most visited city in the UK, attracting millions of visitors from all across the world who are spellbound by the city's medieval churches, quaint snickelways and its plentiful pubs. In 1663 it was recorded that York had 263 licensed... -
Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers by Filip Muller 9781566632713
RRP: £12.99£11.96Filip Muller came to Auschwitz with one of the earliest transports from Slovakia in April 1942 and began working in the gassing installations and crematoria in May. He was still alive when the gassings ceased in November 1944. He saw millions come and... -
Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia by Peter Pomerantsev
RRP: £10.99£7.54**HOW TO WIN AN INFORMATION WAR: THE PROPAGANDIST WHO OUTWITTED HITLER AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**'Electrifying.' Anne Applebaum'Mesmerising.' Financial Times'Seductive and terrifying in equal measure.' The Times'Required reading.' ObserverA journey... -
Masterpieces of the British Museum by J. D. Hill
RRP: £18.99£13.94The British Museum's collection is one of the world's finest and broadest, ranging from prehistoric times to the present in ancient and modern cultures around the globe. This new and updated edition includes many recent acquisitions and new discoveries,... -
Elsie and Mairi Go to War: Two Extraordinary Women on the Western Front by Diane Atkinson
RRP: £9.99£7.32When they met at a motorcycle club in 1912, Elsie Knocker was a thirty year-old motorcycling divorcee dressed in bottle-green Dunhill leathers, and Mairi Chisholm was a brilliant eighteen-year old mechanic, living at home and borrowing tools from her...