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The History of Alexander by Quintus Curtius Rufus
RRP: $25.33$18.21Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the most successful conqueror the world has ever seen. Yet although no other individual has attracted so much speculation across the... -
A Village in the Third Reich: How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed By the Rise of Fascism by Julia Boyd 9781783966219
RRP: $48.75$34.03___________ A Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2022 A New Statesman Book of the Year 2022 'Fascinating... You'll learn more about the psychological workings of Nazism by reading this superbly researched chronicle... than you will by reading a... -
London, A Fourteenth-Century City and its People by Warner, Kathryn 9781526776372
RRP: $38.98$28.29For the medieval period that was witness to a legion of political and natural disasters, the rise and fall of empires across the globe and one of the most devastating and greatest pandemics human kind has ever experienced, the fourteenth century was... -
Joan of Arc: The Warrior Saint by Stephen W. Richey 9780275981037
$127.78It began with voices-St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret speaking to an ordinary farmer's daughter. Inspired to aid the future King Charles VII, whose right to the throne had been denied by the English in the Hundred Years War, Joan of Arc made... -
Britain, 1947: Hope Amid Hardship by David Kirby 9781911723219
RRP: $58.50$52.94For the British people, 1947 was a momentous year. For three long months, they endured the worst winter in living memory, with drastic fuel shortages and power cuts, and continuing food rationing post-World War Two. Heavy snow gave way to widespread... -
Tales from the Captain's Log by The National Archives
RRP: $48.75$36.86For centuries, ships' commanders kept journals that recorded their missions. These included voyages of discovery to unknown lands, engagements in war and sea and general trade. Many of their logs, diaries and letters were lodged at The National Archives... -
Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39 John Wright 9781471861918
$45.59Exam Board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: June 2018Endorsed for EdexcelEnable students to achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this popular series from the... -
Tudor: The Family Story by Leanda de Lisle
RRP: $29.23$19.07*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Tudor tells a family story like no other.The Tudors are a national obsession, undoubtedly British history's most notorious family. But beyond the well-worn headlines is a family still more extraordinary than the one we... -
Images of the Ice Age by Paul G. Bahn
RRP: $77.98$68.70Images of the Ice Age, here in its third edition, is the most complete study available of the world's earliest imagery, presenting a fascinating and up-to-date account of the art of our Ice Age ancestors. Authoritative and wide-ranging, it covers not... -
DK Eyewitness Stockholm DK Eyewitness 9780241306253
RRP: $23.38$16.89The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this fascinating city.Stroll around picturesque Gamla Stan, marvel at a 400-year-old royal warship at the Vasamuseet,... -
NYE: The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan by Nick Thomas-Symonds 9781350452046
$39.43Aneurin - Nye - Bevan was one of the pivotal Labour Party figures of the post-war era in Britain. As Minister for Health in Attlee's government, his role in the foundation of the National Health Service, the world's largest publically-funded health... -
Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh Helena Norberg Hodge Hodge 9780712606561
RRP: $33.13$24.32Ladakh, or 'Little Tibet', is a wildly beautiful desert land up in the Western Himalayas. It is a place of few resources and an extreme climate. Yet for more than a thousand years, it has been home to a thriving culture. Traditions of frugality and... -
The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist
RRP: $35.08$30.79A pioneering exploration of the differences between the brain's right and left hemispheres and their effects on society, history, and culture-"one of the few contemporary works deserving classic status" (Nicholas Shakespeare, Times, UK) "Persuasively... -
Message To Adolf, Vol. 2 by Osamu Tezuka
RRP: $50.68$34.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935654445Author Osamu TezukaFormat HardbackPage Count 608Imprint Vertical Inc.Publisher Vertical Inc.Weight(grams) 814g -
Chatsworth: The gardens and the people who made them by Alan Titchmarsh 9781529148213
RRP: $68.25$48.13Discover Jane Austen's real-life inspiration for Darcy's Pemberley.Follow Alan into Chatsworth's irresistible world of visionaries, pioneers, heroes, villains and English eccentrics, and celebrate the men and women who have shaped the history of the... -
Victorian Stained Glass by Trevor Yorke
RRP: $17.53$13.98A beautifully illustrated guide to the world of Victorian stained glass and its manufacturers and designers. Victorian stained glass - magnificent, colourful and artistic - adorns countless British churches, municipal buildings and homes. Across the... -
Rodinsky's Room by Iain Sinclair
RRP: $25.33$17.16Rodinsky's world was that of the East European Jewry, cabbalistic speculation, an obsession with language as code and terrible loss. He touched the imagination of artist Rachel Lichtenstein, whose grandparents had left Poland in the 1930s. This text... -
Peace Comes Dropping Slow: My Life in the Troubles by Denis Bradley 9781785375002
RRP: $33.13$28.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785375002Author Denis BradleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion PressWeight(grams) 600g -
A Pocket History of the Irish Famine by Tony Potter 9780717179442
RRP: $13.63$10.34The Great Famine, an Gorta Mor in Irish, was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. Often referred to as the Irish Potato Famine, particularly outside Ireland, as around forty percent of the population were... -
Southend Then & Now by Ken Crowe 9780750965026
RRP: $29.23$18.95Southend-on-Sea has gone through many transformations since its birth in the Middle Ages when a settlement of farmers and fishermen was established at the southernmost end of the lands of Prittlewell Priory. Having acquired the name 'South End', the area... -
The NHS: Britain's National Health Service, 1948–2020 by Susan Cohen
RRP: $17.53$13.98A beautifully illustrated history of Britain's most revered and valued institution: the NHS. In March 2020 the UK went into lockdown to help contain the spread of COVID-19 and protect the NHS from one of the greatest threats that it has faced in its... -
Diary of an Invasion Andrey Kurkov 9781914495847
RRP: $33.13$19.15'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 TimesThis journal of the invasion, a collection of Andrey Kurkov's... -
Jewish London, 3rd Edition: A Comprehensive Guidebook for Visitors and Londoners by Rachel Kolsky
RRP: $23.38$15.76Jewish London is the only travel guidebook that focuses on the sights, heritage and culture of London's historic and present Jewish community. Packed with fascinating and practical information, it features everything for the visitor to London, from... -
Mexico's Once and Future Revolution: Social Upheaval and the Challenge of Rule since the Late Nineteenth Century by Gilbert M. Joseph
RRP: $42.88$38.01In this concise historical analysis of the Mexican Revolution, Gilbert M. Joseph and Jurgen Buchenau explore the revolution's causes, dynamics, consequences, and legacies. They do so from varied perspectives, including those of campesinos and workers;... -
The Covent Garden Ladies: the book that inspired BBC2’s ‘Harlots’ by Hallie Rubenhold
RRP: $21.43$15.58***By the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FIVE***'A fascinating expose of the seamy side of eighteenth century life' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Rubenhold's pages practically reek with smelly, pox-ridden Georgian Soho'... -
Henry V: The Life of the Warrior King & the Battle of Agincourt by Teresa Cole
RRP: $23.38$15.78In the latter years of the fourteenth century a child was born, so unimportant that even his exact date of birth is unknown. Yet before his twenty-seventh birthday the turn of fortune's wheel had brought him the crown of England. The kingdom he inherited... -
Secret Coventry by David McGrory
RRP: $31.18$21.16Secret Coventry goes behind the facades of the familiar to discover the lesser-known aspects of the city's fascinating past. Join author David McGrory as he reveals the city's forgotten and untold tales, and its heroes and villains. Find out about... -
Tannenberg 1914: Destruction of the Russian Second Army by Michael McNally
RRP: $33.13$23.95Explore the Eastern Front battle that resulted in one of the greatest defeats of World War I, in which an entire Russian army was annihilated by German arms. Tannenberg is a major battle that deserves a fully illustrated treatment all of its own, and... -
Born For War: One SAS Trooper's Extraordinary Account of the Falklands War Tony Hoare 9781802791389
RRP: $33.13$19.15'Tony is the real deal.' Andy McNabThe full, explosive, boots-on-the-ground story of the Falklands War, from a soldier at the heart of the action, published for the 40th anniversary of the conflict. Tony Hoare always knew he wanted to be in the SAS.Both... -
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
RRP: $19.48$13.65As discussed in The Da Vinci Code... Long buried and suppressed, the Gnostic Gospels contain the secret writings attributed to the followers of Jesus.In 1945 fifty-two papyrus texts, including gospels and other secret documents, were found concealed in... -
'Unsuitable for Females': The Rise of the Lionesses and Women's Football in England by Carrie Dunn 9781913759094
RRP: $19.48$13.46Shortlisted for the 2023 Sports Book Awards for Best Football Writing of the Year Discover the origins of the Lionesses that brought football home. England's Lionesses are on the front and back pages; their stars feature on prime-time television;... -
Dark Money: how a secretive group of billionaires is trying to buy political control in the US by Jane Mayer 9781925228847
RRP: $25.33$17.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for LA Times Book Prize 2017 (United States) and PEN/Jean Stein Book Award 2017 (United States) and J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize 2017 (United States) and... -
Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939 by Virginia Nicholson
RRP: $31.18$22.64Virginia Nicholson's Among the Bohemians is a portrait of England's artistic community in the first half of the twentieth century, engaged in a grand experiment.Subversive, eccentric and flamboyant - the Bohemians ate garlic and didn't always wash; they... -
The Real 'Dad's Army': The War Diaries of Col. Rodney Foster Rodney Foster 9780670919802
RRP: $31.18$22.99Rodney Foster's The Real Dad's Army is the true-life account of Britain's Home Guard and now the subject of the new film Dad's Army (Feb 2016).'Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler?' Not Colonel Rodney Foster, a platoon commander of the Kent Home... -
The Unremembered Places: Exploring Scotland's Wild Histories by Patrick Baker
RRP: $19.48$13.46Shortlisted for the The Great Outdoors Awards - Outdoor Book of the Year 2020 Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 2020 There are strange relics hidden across Scotland's landscape: forgotten places that are touchstones... -
Fire in Babylon: How the West Indies Cricket Team Brought a People to its Feet by Simon Lister
RRP: $25.33$18.21WINNER OF THE CRICKET SOCIETY AND MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD'I doubt there will be a better book written about this period in West Indies cricket history.' Clive LloydCricket had never... -
Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters by Steven E Koonin
RRP: $38.98$26.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (Science/Technology) 2021.Book InformationISBN 9781950665792Author Steven E. KooninFormat HardbackPage Count... -
Blindness and Reorientation: Problems in Plato's Republic by C. D. C. Reeve 9780199934430
RRP: $169.65$134.26Are the just happier than the unjust? In Plato' s Republic, Thrasymachus argues that they aren't, that justice is simply the advantage of the stronger. Though Socrates apparently refutes him, Plato's brothers, Glaucon and Adeimantus, take up his argument... -
Putin's Prisoner: My Time as a Prisoner of War in Ukraine by Aiden Aslin 9781804993194
RRP: $21.43$15.58Brought to you by Penguin.Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian marines in 2018, compelled to defend his adopted homeland from the growing threat of Russian invasion. In February 2022, as Russia mounted a full-scale offensive, Aiden and his unit were... -
My Revision Notes: AQA GCSE (9–1) History: Medieval England: the reign of Edward I, 1272–1307 by Rae Linton
RRP: $13.63$13.40Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Target success in AQA GCSE (9-1) History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision. Key content coverage is combined with exam-style...