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The Disappeared: Forced Disappearances in Ireland 1798-1998 by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc 9781785375026
RRP: $37.03$30.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785375026Author Pádraig Óg Ó RuaircFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union by Serhii Plokhy 9781780746463
RRP: $25.33$17.30BY THE AUTHOR OF CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY, WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2018 WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE RUSSIAN BOOK PRIZE 2015 On Christmas Day 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union. By the next day the... -
Himalaya: A Human History by Ed Douglas
RRP: $29.23$21.65'Magnificent ... this book is unlikely to be surpassed' TelegraphThis is the first major history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains.SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 DUFF COOPER PRIZEAn epic... -
Milk: An Intimate History of Breastfeeding by Joanna Wolfarth 9781474623230
RRP: $19.48$13.65- 'Illuminating . . . an important book' Sunday Times- 'A fascinating journey through the social, cultural and historical meanings of breastfeeding. A sublime book' Elinor Cleghorn, author of Unwell Women- 'Erudite, intimate and compelling . . . a... -
Popski's Private Army Vladimir Peniakoff 9781474609692
RRP: $25.33$17.22In October 1942, with the sanction of the army, Vladimir Peniakoff (nicknamed Popski) formed his own elite fighting force. By befriending and enlisting desert Arabs, he was able to penetrate deep into German territory without being detected - over the... -
The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam by Martin Windrow
RRP: $33.13$23.28Stalingrad in the jungle: the battle that doomed the French Empire and led America into VietnamIn winter 1953-54 the French army in Vietnam challenged its elusive enemy, General Giap's Viet Minh, to pitched battle. Ten thousand French paras and... -
The Hunger Games 4 Book Paperback Box Set by Suzanne Collins 9780702313813
RRP: $70.12$49.18Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Uncivil War: The British Army and the Troubles, 1966–1975 by Huw Bennett 9781107136380
RRP: $48.75$35.69When Operation Banner was launched in 1969 civil war threatened to break out in Northern Ireland and spread over the Irish Sea. Uncivil War reveals the full story of how the British army acted to save Great Britain from disaster during the most violent... -
Sons of the Brave Volume Two - The Old Boys of the Duke of York's Royal Military School who fell in the Second World War by Andy Benns 9781399983358
$40.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399983358Author Andy BennsFormat PaperbackPage Count 369Imprint Guston Gate PublishingPublisher Guston Gate Publishing -
The Real History Behind The Templars by Sharan Newman 9780425215333
RRP: $42.88$28.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425215333Author Sharan NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 415g -
Damaged Goods: The Rise and Fall of Sir Philip Green (The Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller) by Oliver Shah
RRP: $19.48$14.27DISCOVER THE SHOCKING TRUTH BEHIND THE BUSINESS AND LIFESTYLE OF SIR PHILIP GREEN In this jaw-dropping expose, Oliver Shah uncovers the truth behind one of Britain's biggest business scandals, following Sir Philip Green's journey to the big time, the... -
Inside 10 Rillington Place: John Christie and me, the untold truth by Peter Thorley
RRP: $17.53$12.9710 Rillington Place: the house of death.John Reginald Halliday Christie and Timothy John Evans were hanged after a series of brutal murders in the 1940s and 1950s.But should they both have been executed?The sole survivor who grew up with Christie and... -
Hesiod and Theognis by Hesiod
RRP: $19.48$14.27Together the poetry of Hesiod and Theognis offers a superb introduction to the life and thought of ancient Greece. Hesiod's Theogoney (c. 725 BCE) is a powerful creation myth: an epic, bloody tale of dark forces, sex and violence, tracing the history of... -
The Federalist Papers by James Madison
RRP: $25.33$18.21Written at a time when furious arguments were raging about the best way to govern America, The Federalist Papers had the immediate pratical aim of persuading New Yorkers to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. In this they were supremely... -
Executed at Dawn: British Firing Squads on the Western Front 1914-1918 by David Johnson
RRP: $25.33$19.25Much has been written about the 302 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were executed for military offences during the First World War, but there is usually only a passing reference to those who took part - the members of the firing squad, the officer... -
England's Witchcraft Trials by Willow Winsham 9781473870949
$26.64Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. With the echo of that chilling injunction hundreds were accused and tried for witchcraft across England throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. With fear and suspicion rife, neighbour could turn against... -
KJV, The King James Study Bible, Cloth over Board, Red Letter, Full-Color Edition: Holy Bible, King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780718079154
RRP: $87.75$65.64The full text of the classic King James Version with robust study notes, vibrant full-color images, and dozens of study resources to help you grow deeper in your faith. Published in large easy-to-read print type. Standing apart from all other KJV study... -
WJEC Eduqas GCSE History: Changes in Health and Medicine in Britain, c.500 to the present day R. Paul Evans 9781471868177
$47.78Exam Board: EduqasLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Endorsed by EduqasBring out the best in every student, enabling them to develop in-depth subject knowledge and historical skills with the market-leading... -
The Victorians by A. N. Wilson 9780099451860
RRP: $29.23$22.13People, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. N. Wilson's superb portrait of the Victorians, in which hundreds of different lives have been pieced together to tell a story - one which is still unfinished in our... -
Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain by Ronald Hutton
RRP: $37.03$32.33Crushed by the Romans in the first century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain left almost no reliable evidence behind. Because of this, historian Ronald Hutton shows, succeeding British generations have been free to reimagine, reinterpret, and reinvent... -
The Art of War by Tzu Sun
RRP: $13.63$10.34Still a source of inspiration for soldiers on the battlefield and managers in the boardroom 2000 years after it was written, Sun-Tzu's The Art of War is the most influential book of strategy in the world, translated from the Chinese by John Minford in... -
Dublin: The Making of a Medieval City by Howard Clarke
RRP: $27.28$21.35Dublin: The Making of a Medieval City is the story of a unique period in Irish history told with passion, imagination and accuracy. This book leads the reader through the noise and bustle of the medieval streets of Dublin looking at all aspects of life,... -
Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated History Lorna Oakes 9780754834458
RRP: $39.00$32.97A detailed history with fascinating insights and a gorgeous visual reference, this book tours the sacred Egyptian sites, from the impressive mortuary temples of the pharaohs to those dedicated to the many gods and goddesses.It includes an in-depth... -
Escape from Kabul: The Inside Story Levison Wood 9781399718127
RRP: $48.75$33.21'An important account of one of the defining moments of the modern world' PETER FRANKOPANThe evacuation of Kabul in August 2021 will go down in military history as one of the most unexpected events in modern times. In an eerie replay of the disastrous... -
The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages Sara J. Charles 9781789149166
RRP: $33.13$24.32This book takes the reader on an immersive journey through medieval manuscript production in the Latin Christian world. Each chapter opens with a lively vignette by a medieval narrator - including a parchment-maker, scribe and illuminator - introducing... -
My Early Life by Winston Churchill 9780907871620
RRP: $29.23$19.60Winston Churchill wrote this account of the first 25 years of his life in 1930. It reveals him struggling with Latin grammar at prep school, charging the Dervishes at Omdurman and preparing his first political speech for a Conservative fete.Book... -
The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz
RRP: $29.23$21.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679761808Author Fran LebowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age by Reid Mitenbuler 9780063352438
RRP: $33.13$22.37The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the underground resistance networks of World War II."An absolute joy...Wanderlust... -
The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 by Christopher Andrew
RRP: $37.03$27.32'Sensationally good ... A riveting story, the real-life spooks and spies far more compelling than anything you will see on the screen ... history doesn't come more fascinating than this' Evening Standard For over 100 years, the agents of MI5 have... -
Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis by Ian Kershaw
RRP: $38.98$28.63Winner of the Wolfson Prize for History, Ian Kershaw's Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis is the concluding second volume of one of the greatest biographies of modern times. No figure in twentieth century history more clearly demands a close biographical... -
Prognostic. Regimen in Acute Diseases. The Sacred Disease. The Art. Breaths. Law. Decorum. Dentition by Hippocrates 9780674997585
RRP: $48.65$45.61The definitive English edition of the “Father of Medicine.”This is the second volume in the Loeb Classical Library’s complete edition of Hippocrates’ invaluable texts, which provide essential information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and... -
Battleships: The World's Greatest Battleships from the 16th Century to the Gulf War by David Ross
RRP: $38.98$28.98For more than 400 years, the big-gun warship stood as the supreme naval war machine. It was not only a major instrument of warfare, but a visible emblem of a nation's power, wealth and pride. Battleships features 52 of the greatest warships to have... -
Strangers on a Pier by Tash Aw
RRP: $17.53$12.13'So wise and so well done. It made me wish it were much longer than it is' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie From the award-winning author of Five Star Billionaire and We, The Survivors comes a whirlwind personal... -
Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization by Justin Marozzi
RRP: $29.23$21.35'Outstanding, illuminating, compelling ... a riveting read' Peter Frankopan, Sunday Times Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North... -
Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945 by Richard Overy
RRP: $37.03$27.32A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORYSHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY'A masterpiece. It puts all previous single-volume works of the conflict in the shade' Saul David, The... -
Orkney: A Historical Guide by Caroline Wickham-Jones
RRP: $21.43$14.70Orkney lies only 20 miles north of mainland Scotland, yet for many centuries its culture was more Scandanavian than Scottish. Strong westerly winds account for the scarcity of trees on Orkney and also for the tradition of well-constructed stone... -
A Queer Little History of Art by Alex Pilcher
RRP: $29.25$21.70A celebration of over 100 years of queer creativity, featuring 70 outstanding works of drawing, painting, photography, sculpture and installation. Over the last century, many artists have made works that challenge dominant models of gender and... -
Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History Tracy Borman 9781399705080
RRP: $48.75$33.21'(A)sensational book by one of our greatest and best-loved historians... Astoundingly good.' - Alison Weir 'Masterful, captivating, page-turning, this is solid gold history at its best.' - Nicola Tallis'(A) thought-provoking, impeccably researched, and... -
The Book Of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi 9781590309841
RRP: $35.08$22.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590309841Author Miyamoto MusashiFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 294g -
Harlem 69: The Future of Soul by Stuart Cosgrove 9781846974748
RRP: $19.48$13.46In 1969, among Harlem's Rabelaisian cast of characters are bandleader King Curtis, soul singers Aretha Franklin and Donny Hathaway, and drug peddler Jimmy 'Goldfinger' Terrell. In February a raid on tenements across New York leads to the arrest of 21...