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Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520 by Christopher Dyer 9780300101911
RRP: $35.08$30.79Dramatic social and economic change during the middle ages altered the lives of the people of Britain in far-reaching ways, from the structure of their families to the ways they made their livings. In this masterly book, preeminent medieval historian... -
Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well by Pellegrino Artusi 9780802086570
RRP: $87.75$78.94First published in 1891, Pellegrino Artusi's La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangier bene has come to be recognized as the most significant Italian cookbook of modern times. It was reprinted thirteen times and had sold more than 52,000 copies in the... -
Molotov's Magic Lantern: A Journey in Russian History by Rachel Polonsky
RRP: $25.33$18.21When Rachel Polonsky went to live in Moscow, she found an apartment block in Romanov Street, once a residence of the Soviet elite. One of those ghostly neighbours was Stalin's henchman Vyacheslav Molotov. In his former apartment, Rachel Polonsky... -
A Concise History of Finland by David Kirby
RRP: $44.83$38.16Few countries in Europe have undergone such rapid social, political and economic changes as Finland has during the last fifty years. David Kirby here sets out the fascinating history of this northern country, for centuries on the east-west divide of... -
I Used to Know That: History by Emma Marriott
RRP: $15.58$11.27If your response to a mention of the Wars of the Roses, the Sumerians or the Reformation is, 'Hmm, I've heard of that - what was that again?', then this is the book for you. This entertaining yet informative book travels back through time to fill in... -
The Punishment of Gaza by Gideon Levy
$32.90Israel's 2009 invasion of Gaza was an act of aggression that killed over a thousand Palestinians and devastated the infrastructure of an already impoverished enclave. The Punishment of Gaza shows how the ground was prepared for the assault and documents... -
Lighthouse Tony Parker 9780907871583
RRP: $29.23$19.60An extraordinary collection of interviews with lighthouse keepers and their families, in their own words - a record of a vanished profession and a vanished Britain of the 1970s. Described by William Golding as "one of the most fascinating social... -
The Paston Letters: A Selection in Modern Spelling by Norman Davis
RRP: $17.53$12.97The Pastons of Norfolk left behind them an incomparable picture of life in fifteenth-century England in the earliest great collection of family letters in English. The letters span three generations and most were written during the reigns of HenryVI,... -
Orwell’s Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century by Laura Beers 9781911723028
RRP: $39.00$35.31Seventy-five years after 1984 first published, George Orwell is back. Progressives denounce ‘Orwellian’ untruths by Trump, Johnson, Putin et al, while conservatives accuse governments and mainstream media of ‘Orwellian’ censorship. But what does... -
Olwibulo Lwa Lwande Wesonga by Elizabeth Masiga Kakembo 9780995599819
RRP: $87.75$77.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995599819Author Elizabeth Masiga KakemboFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Lwande BooksPublisher Lwande BooksWeight(grams) 472g -
The City of Rainbows: A Colourful History of Prince Rupert by Blair Mirau 9781772034752
RRP: $35.08$24.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772034752Author Blair MirauFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd -
Edmund Campion: Jesuit and Martyr by Evelyn Waugh
RRP: $19.48$14.27In 1581 Edmund Campion, a Jesuit priest working underground in Protestant England, was found guilty of treason and hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Years later he would be beatified. Evelyn Waugh's compelling and elegant narrative is a homage to... -
Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome by Arthur M. Eckstein 9780520259928
RRP: $58.50$46.20This ground-breaking study is the first to employ modern international relations theory to place Roman militarism and expansion of power within the broader Mediterranean context of interstate anarchy. Arthur M. Eckstein challenges claims that Rome was an... -
Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath – and Beyond by Geezer Butler 9780008476465
RRP: $48.75$42.49A Rough Trade Book of the Year The Sunday Times bestseller The much-anticipated first book from Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler With over 70 million records sold, heavy metal... -
Trojan Women by Seneca 9780801494314
RRP: $21.43$17.47This free and eloquent translation skillfully reproduces the imagery, power, and frequent irony and sarcasm of Seneca's language.Book InformationISBN 9780801494314Author SenecaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Cornell University PressPublisher... -
The Last Overland: Singapore to London: The Return Journey of the Iconic Land Rover Expedition (with a foreword by Tim Slessor) by Alex Bescoby
RRP: $39.00$27.03* NOW A MAJOR DOCUMENTARY SERIES ON ALL 4 *'This is a fabulous adventure - reckless, insanely ambitious and filled with sweat, tears and laughter ... irresistible reading.' Joanna Lumley 'Alex Bescoby weaves travel, adventure, history and the... -
Narrow Boat by L. T. C. Rolt
RRP: $29.23$24.47First published in 1944, and now reissued with new black-and-white illustrations and a foreword by Jo Bell, Canal Laureate, this book has become a classic on its subject, and may be said to have started a revival of interest in the English waterways. It... -
I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country by Elena Kostyuchenko 9781847927699
RRP: $42.90$30.95To be a journalist is to tell the truth. I Love Russia is Elena Kostyuchenko's fearless attempt to document Russia as experienced by those whom it systematically and brutally erases: village girls recruited into sex work, queer people in the outer... -
Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World by Gillen D'Arcy Wood
RRP: $35.08$27.38When Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. The volcano's massive sulfate dust cloud enveloped the Earth, cooling temperatures and disrupting... -
The Russian Origins of the First World War by Sean McMeekin
RRP: $40.85$34.20The catastrophe of the First World War, and the destruction, revolution, and enduring hostilities it wrought, make the issue of its origins a perennial puzzle. Since World War II, Germany has been viewed as the primary culprit. Now, in a major... -
Voices of the Forest: A Social History of Scottish Forestry in the Twentieth Century by Mairi Stewart
RRP: $48.75$36.89The creation of large new tracts of forest, together with the development of a modern wood processing sector, was the single biggest transformation to occur in the Scottish countryside during the twentieth century. While the environmental and landscape... -
A War of Empires: Japan, India, Burma & Britain: 1941–45 by Robert Lyman
RRP: $33.13$24.73SHORTLISTED FOR THE RUSI DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2022 'This is a superb book.' - James Holland In 1941 and 1942 the British and Indian Armies were brutally defeated and Japan reigned supreme in its newly conquered territories... -
Precision Rifle Marksmanship: The Fundamentals - A Marine Sniper's Guide to Long Range Shooting: A Marine Sniper's Guide to Long Range Shooting by Frank Galli
RRP: $38.98$27.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951115104Author Frank GalliFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Gun Digest BooksPublisher Krause PublicationsWeight(grams) 635g -
Edible Economics: The World in 17 Dishes by Ha-Joon Chang
RRP: $21.43$15.58RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Economic thinking - about globalisation, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more - in its most digestible formFor decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this is bland... -
Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People by Susan McKay
RRP: $48.65$28.70First published in 2000, 'Northern Protestants - An Unsettled People' was an instant success and is widely recognised as a ground-breaking book. Based on over sixty in-depth interviews with a wide range of northern Protestants, Susan McKay presents an... -
Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution by Ruth Scurr 9780099458982
RRP: $33.13$23.95'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, Financial TimesRobespierre was only thirty-six when he died, sent to the guillotine where he had sent thousands ahead of him. Robespierre and the Revolution were... -
Women, Workplace Protest and Political Identity in England, 1968-85 by Jonathan Moss 9781526160430
RRP: $48.75$34.94This book draws upon original research into women's workplace protest to deliver a new account of working-class women's political identity and participation in post-war England. Focusing on the voices and experiences of women who fought for equal pay,... -
The Library of Greek Mythology by Apollodorus
RRP: $15.58$11.66The only work of its kind to survive from classical antiquity, the Library of Apollodorus is a unique guide to Greek mythology, from the origins of the universe to the Trojan War. Apollodorus' Library has been used as a source book by classicists... -
The Great Race: 60 years of the Bathurst 1000 by Aaron Noonan 9781460763568
RRP: $33.13$22.37The cars, the stars, the thrills and the spills from 60 years of the Bathurst classic by Australia's premier motorsports journalist with a foreword by five-time winner Garth Tander The Bathurst 1000 is undoubtedly Australia's 'Great Race', forever part... -
The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
RRP: $58.50$43.47Describing his collection of Essays as 'a book consubstantial with its author', Montaigne identified both the power and the charm of a work which introduces us to one of the most attractive figures in European literature. A humanist, a sceptic, an acute... -
Death and the Victorians: A Dark Fascination by Adrian Mackinder 9781399082556
RRP: $48.75$34.36From spooky stories and real-life ghost hunting, to shows about murder and serial killers, we are fascinated by death - and we owe these modern obsessions to the Victorian age. Death and the Victorians explores a period in history when the search for... -
Wisdom of the Ancients: Life lessons from our distant past by Neil Oliver
RRP: $21.43$15.58THE PERFECT READ FOR TROUBLED TIMESFrom the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places comes this inspiring and beautifully written meditation on the wisdom inherited from our ancestors.For all we have gained in the modern world,... -
Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen by Greg Jenner
RRP: $21.43$14.84'Fizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp of a book.' Guardian'A fascinating, rollicking book in search of why, where and how fame strikes. Sit back and enjoy the ride.' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'[An] engaging and... -
The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VI: The Hereditary Houses, III by Ssu-ma Ch'ien
RRP: $76.05$66.53The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VI, contains annotated translations of the "hereditary houses" for the Ch'in and Han dynasties. Such "houses" were an invention of Ssu-ma Ch'ien and in early periods treated the history of various states. Here, however,... -
The Invention of Miracles: language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end Deafness by Katie Booth
RRP: $48.75$33.13A revelatory revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell - renowned inventor of the telephone and powerful enemy of the deaf community. When Alexander Graham Bell first unveiled his telephone to the world, it was considered miraculous. But few... -
Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project by Jack Mayer 9780984111312
RRP: $27.30$22.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984111312Author Jack MayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Long Trail PressPublisher Long Trail PressWeight(grams) 544g -
An Economic History of the English Garden by Roderick Floud
RRP: $29.23$21.35'Roderick Floud's ground-breaking study of the history, money, places and personalities involved in British gardens over the past 350 years gives fascinating insight into why gardening is part of this country's soul.' Michael Heseltine, Deputy Prime... -
Capitalism in the Colonies: African Merchants in Lagos, 1851–1931 A. G. Hopkins 9780691258843
RRP: $81.90$64.43An account that challenges the conventional views of African merchants under colonialism, examining the emergence and changing fortunes of indigenous entrepreneurs in Lagos, NigeriaIn Capitalism in the Colonies, A. G. Hopkins provides the first... -
Robert The Bruce: King Of Scots by Ronald McNair Scott
RRP: $21.43$14.70Robert the Bruce had himself crowned King of Scots at Scone on a frozen March morning in 1306. After years of struggle, Scotland had been reduced to a vassal state by Edward I of England and its people lived in poverty. On the day he seized the crown... -
The Ancient Greeks: Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World by Edith Hall
RRP: $21.43$15.58They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote the timeless myths of Odysseus and Oedipus, and the histories of Leonidas's three hundred Spartans and Alexander...