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On The Psychology Of Military Incompetence by M. Dixon
RRP: £16.99£12.28This unique and penetrating book surveys 100 years of military inefficiency from the Crimean War, through the Boer conflict, to the disasterous campaigns of the First World War and the calamities of the Second. It examines the social psychology of... -
The Limits of Genius: The Surprising Stupidity of the World's Greatest Minds by Katie Spalding 9781472294081
RRP: £10.99£7.40A hilarious look at how the line between 'genius' and 'extremely lucky idiot' is finer than we'd like to admit.The more you delve into the stories behind history's greatest names, the more you realise they have something in common: a mystifying lack of... -
Henrietta Maria: Conspirator, Warrior, and Phoenix Queen – the true story of Charles I’s wife by Leanda de Lisle 9781529111040
RRP: £12.99£9.09A myth-busting biography of Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, which retells the dramatic story of the civil war from her perspectiveA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZEHenrietta Maria, Charles I's queen, is the most... -
Nothin' But a Good Time: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Glam Metal by Justin Quirk
RRP: £10.99£7.47From 1983 until 1991, Glam Metal was the sound of American culture. Big hair, massive amplifiers, drugs, alcohol, piles of money and life-threatening pyrotechnics. This was the world stalked by Bon Jovi, Kiss, W.A.S.P., Skid Row, Dokken, Motley Crue,... -
Pieter Bruegel and the Idea of Human Nature by Elizabeth Alice Honig
RRP: £14.95£10.9216th-century Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder redefined how people perceived human nature. Bruegel turned his critical eye to mankind's labours and pleasures, its foibles and rituals of daily life. Portraying landscapes, peasant life and biblical... -
The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power, 1898-1918 by Sean McMeekin
RRP: £12.99£9.09WINNER OF THE BARBARA JELAVICH BOOK PRIZE'Sean McMeekin has written a classic of First World War history ... This superb and original book is the reality behind Greenmantle' Norman StoneThe Berlin-Baghdad Express explores one of the big, previously... -
The Twisted Muse: Musicians and Their Music in the Third Reich by Michael H. Kater 9780195132427
RRP: £38.99£26.91Is music removed from politics? To what ends, beneficent or malevolent, can music and musicians be put? In short, when human rights are grossly abused and politics turned to fascist demagoguery, can art and artists be innocent? These questions and their... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: France in Revolution 1774-1815 by Sally Waller
£34.17Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, France in Revolution 1774-1815... -
Sea People: In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific by Christina Thompson
RRP: £12.99£8.48Winner of the 2020 Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award for nonfiction and the 2019 NSW Premier's History Awards for general history 'Wonderfully researched and beautifully written' Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan ... -
The Queen's Castle at Windsor: Fortress, Palace, Home by Elizabeth Newbery
RRP: £6.95£5.05The official children's guide to Windsor Castle, containing fun activities to break up the commentary or enhance a visit -Combines historical accuracy with humor and a lightness of touch appropriate for the 7-11 age range -Illustrations by the... -
Essential SQA Exam Practice: National 5 History Questions and Papers by John Kerr
RRP: £9.99£9.19Exam board: SQALevel: National 5Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First exam: Summer 2018Practice makes permanent. Feel confident and prepared for the SQA National 5 History exam with this two-in-one book, containing practice questions for... -
The Histories by Herodotus 9780140455397
RRP: £12.99£9.49Tom Holland's 'stirring new translation' (Telegraph) of Herodotus' Histories, one of the great books in Western history - now in paperbackThe Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half of the 5th century BC, is generally regarded as the first... -
The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Global History of Mathematics & its Unsung Trailblazers by Kate Kitagawa
RRP: £20.00£14.29A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday TimesMathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental... -
The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Dynasty by Natalie Livingstone 9781529366716
RRP: £25.00£17.38'Captivating, intimate, dazzling epic and revelatory' SIMON SEBAG-MONTEFIORE The story of the family who rose from the Frankfurt ghetto to become synonymous with wealth and power has been much mythologized. Yet half the Rothschilds, the women, remain... -
Allied Tanks at El Alamein 1942 by William E. Hiestand
RRP: £12.99£9.09Examines Eighth Army's 1,000-strong tank force - rebuilt, reorganized, and equipped with brand-new Sherman and Churchill tanks - that secured victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein. When Eighth Army retired into the defensive line at El Alamein on... -
Down and Out in Paris and London: New Edition by George Orwell 9781846976582
RRP: £7.99£5.46George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld of society. Written when Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, it documents his... -
The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction by David M. Gwynn
RRP: £8.99£6.61The rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of Rome grew to dominate the ancient Mediterranean. Led by her senatorial... -
MI9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two by Helen Fry
RRP: £11.99£10.15A thrilling history of MI9-the WWII organization that engineered the escape of Allied forces from behind enemy lines"A fitting tribute to the hundreds of men and women who risked their lives in assisting Allied escapees."-Giles Milton, Sunday Times... -
The Real Deadwood: True Life Histories of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Outlaw Towns, and Other Characters of the Lawless West by John Ames 9781596090316
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596090316Author John AmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Chamberlain BrosPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 192g -
The Elan Valley Clearance: The Fate of the People and Places Affected by the 1892 Elan Valley Reservoir Scheme by David Lewis Brown
RRP: £12.95£11.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839362Author David Lewis BrownFormat PaperbackImprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books Ltd -
The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire by Ryan Gingeras 9780141992778
RRP: £12.99£9.09'A tour de force of accessible scholarship' The Guardian'Impressive ... It is a complicated story that still reverberates, and Gingeras narrates it with lucid authority' New StatesmanThe Ottoman Empire had been one of the major facts in European history... -
NEC4: Engineering and Construction Contract Option C: target contract with activity schedule by NEC NEC 9780727763136
RRP: £58.00£54.13New NEC4 Contract launched June 2017Book InformationISBN 9780727763136Author NEC NECFormat PaperbackImprint ICE PublishingPublisher ICE Publishing -
Elizabeth's Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen by Tracy Borman
RRP: £16.99£12.28'History as it should be written' Alison Weir, bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens seriesA groundbreaking and fascinating biography of England's most famous queen, viewed through the women who influenced her life.Elizabeth I is often portrayed as... -
The Borgias: Power and Fortune by Paul Strathern
RRP: £12.99£8.56* * A Daily Mail Book of the Week * *The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history.____________________ 'A wickedly entertaining read' The Times____________________The Borgias have become a byword for evil... -
Aston Villa on This Day: History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year by Brian Beard
RRP: £9.99£3.73Aston 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... -
My Family and Other Romans by Marie Basting
RRP: £7.99£5.23A rip-roaring Roman adventure from the acclaimed author of Princess BMX, Marie Basting! 'Perfect funny escapism with added Roman mythology ... Charming and mischievous!' LOUIE STOWELL, author of LOKI 'Full of fun... -
The French Revolution by Christopher Hibbert
RRP: £12.99£9.09Concise, convincing and exciting, this is Christopher Hibbert's brilliant account of the events that shook eighteenth-century Europe to its foundation. With a mixture of lucid storytelling and fascinating detail, he charts the French Revolution from its... -
Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know by Greg Jenner
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded... -
Landscape and Memory by Simon Schama 9780006863489
RRP: £35.00£24.22The forest primeval, the river of life, the sacred mount - read 'Landscape and Memory' to have these explained... 'Landscape and Memory' is a history book unlike any other. In a series of journeys through space and time, it examines our... -
London's Statues and Monuments by Peter Matthews
RRP: £18.50£13.69The streets and public spaces of London are rich with statues and monuments commemorating the city's great figures and events - from Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square and Sir Christopher Wren's Great Fire Monument to the charming Peter Pan statue in... -
Access to History: Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors, 1485-1603 for Edexcel by Roger Turvey
£25.21Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2017Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility... -
The Salt Roads: How Fish Made a Culture by John Goodlad
RRP: £17.99£12.20This is the extraordinary story of how salt fish from Shetland became one of the staple foods of Europe, powered an economic boom and inspired artists, writers and musicians. It ranges from the wild waters of the North Atlantic, the ice-filled fjords... -
My Life, Our Times by Gordon Brown
RRP: £14.99£10.95Former Prime Minister and the country's longest-serving Chancellor, Gordon Brown has been a guiding force for Britain and the world over three decades. This is his candid, poignant and deeply relevant story.In describing his upbringing in Scotland as the... -
Indigenous Borderlands: Native Agency, Resilience, and Power in the Americas by Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez 9780806191935
£26.27Pervasive myths of European domination and indigenous submission in the Americas receive an overdue corrective in this far-reaching revisionary work. Despite initial upheavals caused by the European intrusion, Native people often thrived after contact,... -
Great Britain's Great War by Jeremy Paxman
RRP: £10.99£7.77Jeremy Paxman's magnificent history of the First World War tells the entire story of the war in one gripping narrative from the point of view of the British people.'If there is one new history of the war that you might actually enjoy this is very likely... -
Four Reigns by Kukrit Pramoj 9789747100662
RRP: £25.99£21.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789747100662Author Kukrit PramojFormat PaperbackPage Count 663Imprint Firecracker InteractivePublisher Firecracker InteractiveWeight(grams) 454g -
The Pharmacist of Auschwitz: The Untold Story by Patricia Posner
RRP: £14.99£12.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909979413Author Patricia PosnerFormat PaperbackImprint Crux PublishingPublisher Crux PublishingWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 16mm -
Empires of the Dead: How One Man's Vision Led to the Creation of WWI's War Graves by David Crane
RRP: £10.99£7.25Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction. The extraordinary and forgotten story of the building of the World War One cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable man, Fabian Ware. ... -
British Battleship vs German Battleship: 1941–43 by Angus Konstam
RRP: £13.99£9.75At the outbreak of World War II, the four key Capital German ships comprised the Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Their primary threats where the Royal Navy's King George V class battleships, the most modern British battleships in commission... -
Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: £18.99£13.81'As a military historian Max Hastings has few equals.' - Times Literary Supplement One of the greatest military feats during the Second World War was the transformation of the German force's activities in the weeks following the battles in Holland and on...