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Cornish Wrecking, 1700-1860 - Reality and Popular Myth by Cathryn J. Pearce 9781843835554
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $26.16Shows how the image of Cornish wreckers as villains deliberately luring ships on to the rocks is a myth. Highly Commended in Class 6 - Non-Fiction: History and Creative Arts of the Holyer an Gof... -
The King's Grave: The Search for Richard III Philippa Langley 9781848548930
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41Now with a new chapter.The official inside story of the life, death and remarkable discovery of history's most controversial monarch.On 22 August 1485 Richard III was killed at Bosworth Field, the... -
Berwick Upon Tweed Through Time by Jim Walker 9781848685604
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65Berwick Upon Tweed Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of Northumberland. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of the well-known streets... -
Hurricane: The Plane that Won the War by Jacky Hyams
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.59Britain's first-ever wartime fighter plane, the Hawker Hurricane, shot down more enemy planes than any other fighter. It was the true aviation hero of the Battle of Britain.Often eclipsed by the... -
Vehicles of the Long Range Desert Group 1940-45 by Gavin Mortimer
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11A fascinating study of the specialized vehicles, kit and techniques of the Long-Range Desert Group who pioneered long-range desert warfare in World War II and worked closely with the embryonic SAS. ... -
Anita Bean's Sports Nutrition for Young Athletes by Anita Bean
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $21.55A healthy diet can help the young sports stars of tomorrow fulfil their potential. Around 85% of children regularly take part in sports activities outside lessons. Swimming is the most common... -
Myths & Legends: An illustrated guide to their origins and meanings by Philip Wilkinson
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $20.17Discover the world's greatest myths and legends - from Greek mythology to Norse mythology - in this comprehensive guide.What did Japanese mythology say about the beginning of the Universe? How did... -
100 Tricks to Appear Smart In Meetings Sarah Cooper 9781910931189
RRP: $13.40Booksplease Price: $10.05Discover the perfect work companion from viral tik tok and Netflix star Sarah Cooper The book that's missing from offices and Zoom calls around the world: the idiot's guide to conquering the... -
The Real Enid Blyton by Nadia Cohen
Booksplease Price: $22.03She is the most prolific children's author in history, but Enid Blyton is also the most controversial. A remarkable woman who wrote hundreds of books in a career spanning forty years, even her razor... -
The Deluge: The Great War and the Remaking of Global Order 1916-1931 by Adam Tooze
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.27WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES PRIZE FOR HISTORY FINANCIAL TIMES AND NEW STATESMAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014On the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, Deluge is a powerful explanation of... -
Red Devils: The Trailblazers of the Paras in World War Two by Mark Urban
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65A GRIPPING, AUTHORISED HISTORY OF THE DARING 'RED DEVILS' TOLD THROUGH THE FATES OF SIX HEROES.'Riveting . . . Full of daring action, standout characters and cutting edge operations, this is... -
Antisemitism: A World History of Prejudice by Dan Cohn-Sherbok 9780750998628
RRP: $24.11Booksplease Price: $19.82'Dan Cohn-Sherbok has provided us with a magisterial overview of antisemitism . . . Whatever your religion, or your politics, Cohn-Sherbok's Antisemitism is necessary reading.' - The Most Reverend... -
Merlin: The Power Behind the Spitfire, Mosquito and Lancaster: The Story of the Engine That Won the Battle of Britain and WWII by Graham Hoyland
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.84The most iconic planes of WWII, the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, DeHavilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster, were all powered by one engine, the Rolls-Royce Merlin. The story of the... -
Titans of War by Wilbur Smith 9781838776329
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.43BOOK 2 IN A THRILLING NEW ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SERIES, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times'Wilbur Smith is one of those... -
Tailspin by John Armbruster
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Benjamin Franklin Award (New Voice Nonfiction) 2023.Book InformationISBN 9781645383147Author John Armbr -
Rif War: Insurgency in Northern Morocco, 1920-1927 by Javier Garcia de Gabiola 9781914377013
RRP: $22.71Booksplease Price: $18.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914377013Author Javier Garcia de GabiolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 80 -
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
RRP: $30.81Booksplease Price: $19.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062397348Author Howard ZinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint -
The A-Z of Curious Sussex: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics by Wendy Hughes
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.02In this engaging book, Wendy Hughes takes you on a grand tour of the curious and bizarre, the strange and the unusual from Sussex's past. Read about the Alfriston Star - the hostelry for medieval... -
The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories - 20th Anniversary Edition by Christopher Booker 9781399415927
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $21.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399415927Author Christopher BookerFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprin -
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.54From the international bestselling author of The Post-American World 'An intelligent, learned and judicious guide for a world already in the making' The New York TimesSince the end of the Cold War,... -
The Pike: Gabriele d'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $18.88THE TIMES BIOGRAPHY OF THE DECADE WINNER OF THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION WINNER OF THE 2013... -
British Pacific Fleet 1944-45: The Royal Navy in the downfall of Japan Brian Lane Herder 9781472856777
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.07An illustration-packed new account of the powerful Royal Navy fleet that fought alongside the US Navy throughout the last year of the Pacific War. The British Pacific Fleet was the Royal Navy's... -
My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women by 9781529422214
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41"Powerful, profound and deeply moving, new fiction by Afghan women writers will expand your mind and elevate your heart" ELIF SHAFAK***A Financial Times Fiction in Translation Book of the Year... -
A-Z of St Helens: Places-People-History by Sue Gerrard
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65St Helens has a proud history of innovation, industrialisation, invention and entertainment. It started life as four townships, Eccleston, Parr, Sutton and Windle, but with the birth of the... -
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
RRP: $29.48Booksplease Price: $22.07Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one... -
The Great Fire of London by Samuel Pepys
RRP: $5.36Booksplease Price: $4.65'With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops'A selection from Pepys' startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great FireIntroducing... -
A Memoir Of The Warsaw Uprising by Miron Bialoszewski 9781590176658
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $13.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590176658Author Madeline LevineFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint -
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff 9781250158062
RRP: $40.20Booksplease Price: $25.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250158062Author Michael WolffFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint -
Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary and the Crisis That Shook the World by Alex Von Tunzelmann 9781847394606
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.41'This is proper history. It is illuminating to pick up this book with the twenty-first century's crises of Brexit and Iraq in mind.' Jeremy Bowen (BBC correspondent, and author of Six Days). Over... -
Strange Victoriana: Tales of the Curious, the Weird and the Uncanny from Our Victorian Ancestors by Jan Bondeson
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11This book makes use of a privately held archive of the old periodical Illustrated Police News to describe strange, macabre and uncanny episodes from the Victorian era. Dog-Faced Men are exhibited on... -
Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Crazy Adventure in a Crazy War *SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOVIE* by John Donohue
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41*** 'You will laugh and cry, but you will not be sorry that you read this rollicking story.' - Malachy McCourt 'An unforgettable wild right from start to finish.' - John Bruning, New York Times... -
The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram: A compelling story of courage and endurance in the Second World War by David M. Guss
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.92A genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram by David M. Guss is a riveting account of the wartime exploits of the Scotsman. It is a tale of courage in the face of... -
Tracing Lost Railways by Trevor Yorke
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $10.48The drastic railway closures of the 1960s led to the slow decay and re-purposing of hundreds of miles of railway infrastructure. Though these buildings and apparatus are now ghosts of their former... -
Leeds United in the 21st Century by Dave Tomlinson
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.51The last twenty years have been tortuous for supporters of Leeds United Football Club. In 2001 they were in the final four of the Champions League; within six years they were condemned to the third... -
Old Clarkston and Netherlee by Douglas Nisbet 9781840333893
RRP: $16.01Booksplease Price: $12.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840333893Author Douglas NisbetFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint -
Treasures of British History: The Nation's Story Told Through Its 50 Most Important Documents by Peter Snow
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $11.19Told by two of our most celebrated historians, this is a spirited journey of discovery of our nation's history seen through the examination of 50 key documents. With a wealth of experience between... -
123 Places in Turkey: A Private Grand Tour by Russell Francis 9781908524874
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.59This personal and well informed selection and description of the most interesting towns and individual buildings and archaeological sites in Turkey is the definitive guidebook for the discerning... -
Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain by Blessin Adams
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $18.88'Grimly fascinating ... engrossing' Daily Mail NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION. In early modern England, murder truly was most foul... -
The Dark Side of Camelot by Seymour Hersh 9780006530770
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.14Sex, the Kennedys, Monroe and the Mafia; the controversial American bestseller - 'Hersh has found more muck in this particular Augean stable than most people want to acknowledge' Gore Vidal ... -
The Medici by Mary Hollingsworth
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79'This forensic study of the Renaissance banking dynasty conjures up a world of art, literature, philosophy - and brutality' Telegraph 'Likely to become the standard work of reference on the...