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Walking in Berlin: a flaneur in the capital by Franz Hessel 9781911344728
RRP: £9.99£6.90Take a walk around 1920s Berlin with one of its greatest luminaries. In this timeless guide, originally published in Germany in 1929, Franz Hessel invites his readers to join him on a stroll through Weimar-era Berlin, taking in some of the most... -
The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England Elizabeth Cleland 9781588396921
RRP: £50.00£44.38A fascinating new look at the artistic legacy of the Tudors, revealing the dynasty's influence on the arts in Renaissance England and beyond Ruling successively from 1485 through 1603, the five Tudor monarchs changed England indelibly, using the visual... -
Travel Egypt Nile Cruise by Janet Wood 9780954804961
RRP: £8.99£8.16Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed
RRP: £10.99£7.99Ten Days That Shook the World is John Reed's eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution. A contemporary journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping record of the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when... -
Lochaber and Glencoe: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: £6.99£5.02The Lochaber and Glencoe area is rich in historical associations. It was at Glenfinnan that Bonnie Prince Charlie started his long march southwards to lay claim to the British throne, and Glencoe was the scene of one of the most vicious massacres in... -
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole
RRP: £9.99£7.32Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Seacole's offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with racism and refusal. Undaunted, Seacole set out independently to... -
Among the Mosques: A Journey Across Muslim Britain by Ed Husain
RRP: £10.99£7.99'Timely and important' THE TIMES 'Considered and nuanced ... A must-read' The Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP 'Compelling and moving' Tom Holland, author of Dominion __________________ Islam is the fastest-growing faith community in Britain. Domes and... -
China Under Mao: A Revolution Derailed by Andrew G. Walder
RRP: £25.95£21.36China's Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long period of guerrilla insurgency followed by full-scale war, but the Chinese revolution was just beginning. China Under Mao narrates the rise and fall of the Maoist revolutionary state from 1949 to... -
The Great Pyramid Hoax: The Conspiracy to Conceal the True History of Ancient Egypt by Scott Creighton 9781591437895
RRP: £12.99£8.41Despite millennia of fame, the origins of the Great Pyramid of Giza are shrouded in mystery. Believed to be the tomb of an Egyptian king, even though no remains have ever been found, its construction date of roughly 2550 BCE is tied to only one piece of... -
Complete Flags of the World: The Ultimate Pocket Guide by DK
RRP: £12.99£9.74Explore the fascinating world of flags! Find intriguing stories and factoids on the design of country, province, state and special flags. Read how these flags are used as heraldic symbols, cultural and national emblems, and how designs and meanings have... -
Energy and Civilization: A History by Vaclav Smil
RRP: £21.00£14.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262536165Author Vaclav SmilFormat PaperbackPage Count 568Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 33mm -
The Tank Book: The Definitive Visual History of Armoured Vehicles by DK 9780241638781
RRP: £30.00£21.95Get up close to more than 400 of the most important tanks and armoured vehicles ever built.In 1916, the British built a machine that was impervious to enemy fire, and could dominate the battlefield, crushing obstacles and barbed wire in its path. The... -
Revolution: A History of England Volume IV by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £16.99£11.87Revolution, the fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England begins in 1688 with a revolution and ends in 1815 with a famous victory. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from William of Orange's accession following the Glorious Revolution to... -
The Armchair General World War One: Can You Win The Great War? John Buckley 9781529901016
RRP: £18.99£14.01'The Armchair General team has done it again. An absorbing read for Christmas.'Peter Caddick-Adams'Brilliant and immersive.'Harry SidebottomThe second book in the Armchair General series, where YOU choose the fate of the First World... -
Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History by Ben Mezrich
RRP: £8.99£6.65A gripping and shocking insight into Russia's most influential oligarchs, including Roman Abramovich and Boris Berezovsky, from New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires.To understand the state of Russia today, one must understand... -
November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War Peter Englund 9781847924803
RRP: £25.00£18.30**A Telegraph Best History Book of 2023*'An astonishing achievement' ANTONY BEEVORAn intimate history of the most important month of the Second World War as experienced by those who lived through it, completely based on their diaries, letters and memoirs... -
Life in a Medieval Village by Frances Gies 9780062415660
RRP: £10.99£7.46The reissue of Joseph and Frances Gies's classic bestseller on life in medieval villages. This new reissue of Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and... -
Aston Villa on This Day: History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year by Brian Beard
RRP: £9.99£3.88Aston Villa On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the club's distinguished past, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable diary of Villa history - with an entry... -
About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks by David Rooney 9780241370513
RRP: £10.99£7.99'An utterly dazzling book, the best piece of history I have read for a long time' Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps'Not merely an horologist's delight, but an ingenious meditation on the nature and symbolism of time-keeping... -
Bess Of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth by Mary S. Lovell
RRP: £14.99£10.05Bess of Hardwick was one of the most remarkable women of the Tudor era. Gently-born in reduced circumstances, she was married at 15, wedded at 16 and still a virgin. At 19 she married a man more than twice her age, Sir William Cavendish, a senior auditor... -
Healing Threads: Traditional Medicines of the Highlands and Islands by Mary Beith
RRP: £12.99£11.96The Gaelic pharmacy was rich, the sources of which lay almost entirely in nature and were subject to the minimum of preparation. Much of the rich store of material comes from the great legacy of medieval Gaelic manuscripts. In more recent times, papers... -
Nuremberg Diary by G. Gilbert
RRP: £15.99£13.82In August 1945 Great Britain, France, the USSR, and the United States established a tribunal at Nuremberg to try military and civilian leaders of the Nazi regime. G. M. Gilbert, the prison psychologist, had an unrivaled firsthand opportunity to watch and... -
The Story of Liverpool by Alexander Tulloch
RRP: £16.99£13.13There is something special about Liverpool. From its earliest beginnings it has always been associated with the ups and downs, the triumphs and tribulations of the rest of the country, acting like a mirror to the events that have shaped the country we... -
The Making of Minjung: Democracy and the Politics of Representation in South Korea by Namhee Lee 9780801475733
RRP: £23.99£20.67In this sweeping intellectual and cultural history of the minjung ("common people's") movement in South Korea, Namhee Lee shows how the movement arose in the 1970s and 1980s in response to the repressive authoritarian regime and grew out of a widespread... -
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman 9780008470180
RRP: £25.00£18.03*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *A Financial Times Book of the Year* *Economist Book of the Year* 'A political epic' - Guardian ... -
Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century by Alexandra Popoff
RRP: £17.99£15.39The definitive biography of Soviet Jewish dissident writer Vasily Grossman, called "gripping" and "fascinating" by William Taubman in the New York Times "[Popoff] tells Grossman's story with sensitivity and a keen understanding of his world, drawing on... -
Monsieur Linh and His Child by Philippe Claudel
RRP: £9.99£7.00Traumatized by memories of his war-ravaged country, and with his son and daughter-in-law dead, Monsieur Linh travels to a foreign land to bring the child in his arms to safety. The other refugees in the detention centre are unsure how to help the old... -
The Balkans, 1804-2012: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers by Misha Glenny 9781783784523
RRP: £19.99£13.85'A great achievement' Timothy Garton Ash Bloodshed. Invasions. Nationalist fervor. In this classic and celebrated history of the Balkans, Misha Glenny shows how the countries on the South-Eastern edge of Europe are seen by the rest of the world, and... -
Fall of the Roman Republic by Plutarch
RRP: £12.99£9.34Dramatic artist, natural scientist and philosopher, Plutarch is widely regarded as the most significant historian of his era, writing sharp and succinct accounts of the greatest politicians and statesman of the classical period. Taken from the Lives, a... -
A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro 9780465057955
£21.18The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the... -
Re-discovering Medieval Realms: Britain 1066-1500 Alan Large 9780719585425
£25.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780719585425Author Alan LargeFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Hodder MurrayPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 274mm * 212mm *... -
The Strange Survival of Liberal Britain: Politics and Power Before the First World War by Vernon Bogdanor 9781785907623
RRP: £35.00£25.93The turbulent years of 1895 to 1914 changed Britain's political landscape for ever. They saw a transition from aristocratic rule to mass politics and heralded a new agenda which still dominates today. The issues of the period - economic modernisation,... -
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: £10.99£7.99THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY'An indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation' Sunday Telegraph'This is present-minded history at its most urgent. Anyone wanting to... -
KJV, Pew Bible, Large Print, Hardcover, Black, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version by Thomas Nelson
£20.04The Thomas Nelson KJV Pew Bible Large Print Edition has long been a trusted and durable Bible for use in churches and various worship settings. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to... -
Salt by Mark Kurlansky
RRP: £12.99£9.34Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. As Mark Kurlansky so brilliantly relates here, salt has shaped civilisation from the beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of... -
The Hitler Years ~ Disaster 1940-1945 by Frank McDonough 9781789544688
RRP: £12.00£8.68The second volume of a new narrative history of the rise and fall of the Nazi regime, by an expert on the Third Reich. 'This book is like a time machine because McDonough writes so vividly' History of War 'McDonough writes clearly and readably with... -
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
RRP: £10.99£8.15With an introduction by author Anne Enright.Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book award, a story of civil war and a family's unbreakable bond.How you see a country depends on whether you are driving through it, or live in it. How you see a country... -
Uhtred’s Feast: Inside the world of the Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell 9780008352929
RRP: £22.00£14.31WELCOME TO UHTRED'S FEAST . . . Over the course of writing the Last Kingdom series, Bernard Cornwell discovered an increasing fascination for the Anglo-Saxon world: its people, their culture, and their domestic lives... -
NKJV, Personal Size Reference Bible, Sovereign Collection, Leathersoft, Black, Red Letter, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version Thomas Nelson 9780785264903
RRP: £30.00£20.84This elegant Bible edition honors the beauty and richness of the New King James Version in a convenient portable size with essential study tools and traditional red-letter text for the Words of Christ.The New King James Version in the Sovereign... -
Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s by Adam Rowe 9781419748691
RRP: £30.00£20.33A visual history of the spaceships, alien landscapes, cryptozoology, and imagined industrial machinery of 1970s paperback sci-fi artIn the 1970s, mass-produced, cheaply printed science fiction novels were thriving. The paper was rough, the titles...