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Why Britain Rocked: How Rock Became Roll and Took over the World by Elizabeth Sharkey 9781680534450
RRP: $37.51Booksplease Price: $31.06The story goes that under the influence of blues and rock and roll, Britain suddenly started making spectacularly great music in the 1960s like some clever, quick learning cultural satellite of... -
Queen of the Desert: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Georgina Howell
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.07Archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, mountaineer and nation builder, Gertrude Bell was born in 1868 into a world of privilege and plenty, but she turned her back on all... -
The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Manuscripts that Illuminated the Renaissance Dr Ross King 9781784709372
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.29'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' WALL STREET JOURNALThe Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling... -
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.66THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Bristles with pure, crystalline intelligence, deep knowledge and human sympathy' Richard Dawkins Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate... -
Fragments of Victory: The Contemporary Irish Left David Landy 9780745348759
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.52There is much to learn from modern left-wing activism in Ireland. A rich tapestry of movements, including republicans, social democrats, trade unions, Trotskyists and anarchists, they have been... -
There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden 9780306832062
RRP: $37.52Booksplease Price: $25.26A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen's iconic album, Born in the U.S.A.-a record that both chronicled and foreshadowed the changing tides of modern AmericaOn June 4, 1984, Columbia... -
Martin Luther Lyndal Roper 9781784703448
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $18.85SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE 2017'A magnificent study of one of history's most compelling and divisive figures' Richard J. EvansWhen... -
This Is Your Everest: The Lions, the Springboks and the Epic Tour of 1997 by Tom English
RRP: $24.11Booksplease Price: $17.92'A rollicking read and a mighty achievement' - Donald McRae, The Guardian 'Magnificent' - Owen Slot, The Times The 1997 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa is one of the most iconic in... -
The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and Its Heritage by Arthur Koestler 9780394402840
RRP: $16.75Booksplease Price: $15.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394402840Author Arthur KoestlerFormat HardbackPage Count 255Imprint -
Hollow Places: An Unusual History of Land and Legend by Christopher Hadley 9780008319526
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.84'Impossible to summarise and delightfully absorbing, Hadley's book is comfortably the most unexpected history book of the year' Sunday Times A... -
The Samurai Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to Japan's Elite Warrior Class by Constantine Vaporis
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $18.76A captivating and comprehensive guide to Japan's elite class of warriors-revised and updated with over 70 color photographs!The Samurai played a leading role in Japanese society for centuries, and... -
The Giant Killer: American hero, mercenary, spy ... The incredible true story of the smallest man to serve in the U.S. Military-Green Beret Captain Richard J. Flaherty by Neil L Yuzuk 9781950659470
Booksplease Price: $14.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950659470Author Neil L YuzukFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint < -
The Paratrooper Training Pocket Manual 1939-1945 by Chris McNab
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36Airborne assault was one of the great innovations of the 1930s and 1940s, adding a new 'vertical' dimension to infantry warfare. By the onset of World War II in 1939, Germany, Italy, and Russia were... -
Mrs Guinness: The Rise and Fall of Diana Mitford, the Thirties Socialite by Lyndsy Spence
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.88Before Diana Mitford's disgrace as a social pariah, she was a celebrated member of the Bright Young Things, moving at the centre of 1920s and '30s London high society. She was a muse to many: Helleu... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History South Africa, 1948-94: from apartheid state to 'rainbow nation' Peter Clements 9781510418127
Booksplease Price: $15.41Exam board: EdexcelLevel: A-levelSubject: History First teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured... -
The Holocaust Codes: The Untold Story of Decrypting the Final Solution Christian Jennings 9781789467260
RRP: $29.48Booksplease Price: $21.17Never told in detail before, this is the account of how, for four years, British and Allied codebreakers decrypted secret SS and Gestapo messages detailing the mass killings of the Holocaust, and how... -
Man Walks Into A Pub: A Sociable History of Beer (Fully Updated Second Edition) by Pete Brown
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.75It's an extraordinary tale of yeast-obsessed monks and teetotal prime ministers; of how pale ale fuelled an Empire and weak bitter won a world war; of exploding breweries, a bear in a yellow nylon... -
Get Tough!: How to Win in Hand to Hand Fighting by W.E. Fairbairn 9781783313334
Booksplease Price: $12.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783313334Author W.E. FairbairnFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint -
Wandering Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way by Paul Clements
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $14.02Following the spirit of the world's longest coastal driving route, Paul Clements sets out to discover the real west of Ireland. Along the way he encounters memorable characters living on the Atlantic... -
Diary of an Invasion by Andrey Kurkov 9781800699090
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.92'Uplifting and utterly defiant' Matt Nixson, Daily Express 'Immediate and important ... This is an insider's account of how an ordinary life became extraordinary' Helen Davies, The Times'At first we... -
Homeland Elegies: A Barack Obama Favourite Book Ayad Akhtar 9781472276896
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.92A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST AND ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'I read it in a fever, swept up in the kind of rapture you fall into when your most audacious friend kicks off on a hilarious,... -
Blood And Thunder: An Epic of the American West by Hampton Sides
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.07Hampton Sides's extraordinary book brings the history of the American conquest of the West to ringing life. It is a tale with many heroes and villains, but at the centre of it all stands the... -
The Forgotten Slave Trade: The White European Slaves of Islam by Webb, Simon 9781526797094
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79A century before Britain became involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, whole villages and towns in England, Ireland, Italy, Spain and other European countries were being depopulated by slavers,... -
Pie and Mash down the Roman Road: 100 years of love and life in one East End market Melanie McGrath 9781473641976
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $12.41SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN, THE ANDRE SIMON FOOD BOOK AWARDS AND THE FORTNUM & MASON BOOK AWARDS'Filled with hearty goodness and packed together with care, this will go down a treat'... -
Runes Martin Findell 9780714180298
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.04From late antiquity through to the early middle ages, people across north-western Europe were inscribing runes on a range of different objects. Once identified and interpreted by experts, runes... -
The Clanlands Almanac: Seasonal Stories from Scotland by Sam Heughan
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $13.79A seasonal meander through the wilds of Scotland. 'If Clanlands was a gentle road trip through Scotland, this almanac is a top down, pedal to the metal up and down odyssey through the many byways of... -
Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workshop Ricardo Semler 9780712678865
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.29The international bestseller that tells how Semler tore up the rule books - and defied inflation running at up to 900% per year!- Workers make decisions previously made by their bosses- Managerial... -
Hitler's English Girlfriend: The Story of Unity Mitford by David Rehak
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.70A free-spirited rebel from the start, Unity will do and say just about anything to get herself in trouble. She's different, an outsider. In Adolf Hitler, she finds her idol of nonconformity. But soon... -
1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization by National Geographic
Booksplease Price: $36.881001 Inventions provides unique insight into a significant time period in Muslim history that has been looked over by much of the world. A time where discoveries were made and inventions were created... -
Castles in Wales - A Handbook by Gerald Morgan
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $10.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847710314Author Gerald MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint -
Yokosuka D4Y 'Judy' Units by Mark Chambers
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.22In 1938, the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal, acting under the requirements issued by the Kaigun Koku Hombu for a Navy Experimental 13-Shi Carrier Borne specification for a dive-bomber to... -
The Giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt by Christopher Dunn 9781879181502
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.84Did a highly advanced civilization exist in prehistory? Is the Giza Pyramid a remnant of their technology? Then, what was the power source that fueled such a civilization? The technology of harmonic... -
The Times 50 Greatest Football Matches Richard Whitehead 9780750990585
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $16.79From the earliest FA Cup finals in the 1870s between teams of former public schoolboys to the glittering world of 21st-century Champions League matches contested by squads of millionaires, The Times... -
Madness: A Brief History Roy Porter (, Former Professor of the Social History of Medicine, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London) 9780192802675
RRP: $19.42Booksplease Price: $12.34This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. Roy Porter explores what we really... -
A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony: Revised and Expanded by Hector Garcia
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $20.41Created specifically for fans of Japanese cool culture, A Geek in Japan is one of the most iconic, hip, and concise cultural guides available. Reinvented for the internet age, it is packed with... -
The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness by Cecil B. Hartley
RRP: $22.71Booksplease Price: $16.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843915416Author Cecil B. HartleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint
Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception by Annie Jacobsen
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $21.51The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena, from the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain and international bestseller Area...
The Egyptian Book of the Dead by John Romer
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.67The Book of the Dead is a unique collection of funerary texts from a wide variety of sources, dating from the fifteenth to the fourth century BC. Consisting of spells, prayers and incantations, each...
Men-of-War: Life in Nelson’s Navy by Patrick O’Brian 9780008355999
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.22Out of print for many years, this is a brand new edition of the definitive companion to the acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series of novels, written by the author himself. ...
The Regiment: 15 Years in the SAS by Rusty Firmin
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.28From its early beginnings in World War II, the Special Air Service (SAS) has won renown in some of the most dramatic, dangerous and controversial military special operations of the 20th century. It...