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A Knock at the Door by Rob Parsons 9780008708665
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $24.78Christmas 1975 and Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody is riding high in the charts. In a residential street just outside Cardiff a loud knocking breaks the stillness of the evening. When Rob Parsons, a young lawyer, opens his door, he finds a homeless man... -
Freedom: Memories 1954 - 2021 Angela Merkel 9781035020751
RRP: $68.25Booksplease Price: $47.29The most important book of the year, publishing 26 November 2024For 16 years, Angela Merkel was Chancellor of Germany. She led the country through numerous crises, shaping both Germany and international politics with her actions and attitudes. In her... -
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Bettany Hughes 9781474610346
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $17.20'A wondrous wonderful achievement' STEPHEN FRYThe Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositions on our planet. They were also brilliant adventures of the mind, test cases for the reaches of human imagination. Now only the great... -
Medieval Women: Voices & Visions: The Book of the British Library Exhibition Eleanor Jackson 9780712355902
RRP: $68.25Booksplease Price: $45.30This beautifully illustrated, large format volume accompanies the British Library’s major Autumn exhibition which seeks to recover women’s voices, visions and experiences in Britain and Europe from around 1100 to 1500. Women of this period, whether as... -
The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates 9780241724187
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $27.59With his bestseller, Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates established himself as a unique voice in his generation of American authors; a brilliant writer and thinker in the tradition of James Baldwin.In his keenly anticipated new book, The Message,... -
Adventures in Time: Nelson, Hero of the Seas Dominic Sandbrook 9780241552216
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $22.64Enter a fearsome battle across the seas with the latest instalment in the hit children's history series The world is at war, and oceans have become battlefields. Napoleon Bonaparte, tyrant of France, has crushed one country after another. Now his cruel... -
Women Pioneers of the Arts and Crafts Movement (Victoria and Albert Museum) Karen Livingstone 9780500480731
RRP: $68.25Booksplease Price: $46.86A celebration of the work and ambition of the women who were at the heart of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Women Pioneers of the Arts and Crafts Movement is a celebration of the work and ambition of the women who were at the heart of the most... -
Italian Fighters 1939-1945 Volume Two Fiat Luigino Caliaro 9781800353121
RRP: $78.00Booksplease Price: $57.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800353121Author Luigino CaliaroFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse: The curious destinies of Queen Victoria's granddaughters Frances Welch 9781780725215
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $34.36A gripping family saga and a portrait of a world in turmoilThe Princesses of Hesse were Queen Victoria's grandchildren. After the sudden death of her daughter Alice, Queen Victoria took an obsessive interest in the marriage prospects of the four girls... -
Web of Betrayal: Murder in Ireland’s brutal gangland Nicola Tallant 9781804185377
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $22.93From the author of the 2023 bestselling Cocaine Cowboys, murder and deception and the underworld of Irish gangland intertwine in a deadly dance of power and survival.A murder in Belfast of gangland's most wanted man, Robbie Lawlor, uncovers a web of... -
Ground Forces in the Korean War 1950–53 (1): The North Korean People’s Army and the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army Benjamin Lai 9781472861016
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $18.15Featuring full-color artwork, this book describes and illustrates the Chinese and North Korean troops who fought US and UN forces in Korea during 1950-53. In June 1950, North Korean forces armed and equipped by the Soviet Union invaded South Korea,... -
Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious James Russell 9781781301302
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $38.38This beautifully illustrated book is the first full-length critical study to focus on the works of fine artist and printmaker, Tirzah Garwood (1908-1951), wife of artist Eric Ravilious. Tirzah Garwood (1908-1951) proved herself an artist of rare... -
Church Going: A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British Isles Andrew Ziminski 9781800818682
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $33.79A joyous and illuminating exploration of our glorious heritage of old churches. A must for anyone who's ever stared at an apse or a misericord with no idea what they're looking at - Sir Tony Robinson Andrew Ziminski's books are treasure troves of... -
Collared: How We Made the Modern Dog Chris Pearson 9781800816411
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $25.66Dogs are our constant companions: models of loyalty and unconditional love for millions around the world. But these beloved animals are much more than just our pets - and our shared history is far richer and more complex than you might assume. Here,... -
Animals of Courage Martin Clunes 9780241723784
RRP: $42.90Booksplease Price: $31.04Pre-order this remarkable account of the moving and sometimes astonishing ways animals have enriched our lives, from national treasure Martin ClunesGuide-dog Laura needed a new home. And, after listening to her owner, Jaina, talk on the radio about what... -
The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too Tim Clare 9781805301349
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $24.18'The best book on games I've read in years' G.T. KARBER, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of MURDLE'Clare is a fabulous tour guide through the history of table games' Tom Brewster, presenter of Shut Up & Sit DownWhy is playing games a... -
Adventures in Time: The Fall of the Aztecs Dominic Sandbrook 9780141999210
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.01Take a journey to a vanished world with the ADVENTURES IN TIME series - stories so exciting you won't believe they're all true'An invisible tremor ran through the Aztecs on the rooftops, a breathless gasp of excitement. On the edge of the city the... -
Squarzi Archive: The Vintage Collection of an Italian Fashion Icon Andrea Ventura 9780764368462
RRP: $79.93Booksplease Price: $55.46A visual showcase of fashion icon Alessandro Squarzi's 6000-piece American vintage collection of rare garments spanning military to workwear, embodying styles from the '20s to the '80s with an Italian touch. The Squarzi Archive unveils... -
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I Douglas Brunt 9781982169916
Booksplease Price: $25.43This instant New York Times bestselling "dynamic detective story" (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world's greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I.September 29, 1913: the... -
Twilight of the Shadow Government: How Transparency Will Kill the Deep State Kevin Shipp 9781510782068
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $41.52In this groundbreaking book, Kevin Shipp, a veteran CIA agent who worked with all four Directorates of the agency, including protecting the head of the CIA, provides his perspective on how the agency has strayed so far from its original mission to... -
Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science Dava Sobel 9780008536916
RRP: $42.90Booksplease Price: $28.43Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory. For decades Marie Curie was the... -
A Short History of British Architecture: From Stonehenge to the Shard by Simon Jenkins 9780241674956
RRP: $52.63Booksplease Price: $37.52The architecture of Britain is an art gallery all around us. From our streets to squares, through our cities, suburbs and villages, we are surrounded by magnificent buildings of eclectic styles. A Short History of British Architecture is the gripping and... -
Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022 Frank Trentmann 9780141985848
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $26.54Shortlisted for the 2024 Wolfson History PrizeA Telegraph and Der Spiegel Book of the YearSueddeutsche Zeitung's Number One Most Important Political Book of 2023Die Zeit, ZDF, Deutschlandfunk, taz Number One, Best Non-Fiction Books December 2023 and... -
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa Anthony Grafton 9780140276916
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.58At the heart of the extraordinary ferment of the High Renaissance stood a distinctive, strange and beguiling figure: the magus. An unstable mix of scientist, bibliophile, engineer, fabulist and fraud, the magus ushered in modern physics and chemistry... -
322508 MJ 322508 MJ 9780241486368
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $28.61Pre-order the final book in Stephen Fry's acclaimed internationally bestselling Greek myths series telling the story of The Odyssey - can a hero find his way home?Follow Odysseus after he leaves the fallen city of Troy and takes ten long dramatic years -... -
Bathild of Francia: Anglo-Saxon Slave, Merovingian Queen, and Abolitionist Saint Isabel Moreira 9780197792612
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $32.14This book tells the remarkable life of Balthild of Francia (c. 633-80), a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon slave who became a queen of France. Described in contemporary sources as beautiful and intelligent, she rose to power though her marriage to the... -
The Vietnam War: The Definitive Illustrated History DK 9780241719978
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $34.36This revised and updated guide to the Vietnam War charts the unforgettable story of America's longest and most controversial conflict, 50 years on from its end.Hundreds of insightful images and a compelling narrative combine to chronicle this... -
Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic Lindsay M. Chervinsky 9780197653845
RRP: $52.63Booksplease Price: $44.46An authoritative account of the second president of the United States that shows how John Adams's leadership and legacy defined the office for those who followed and ensured the survival of the American republic. The United States of 1797 faced... -
Tamara de Lempicka Gioia Mori 9780300278507
RRP: $97.50Booksplease Price: $74.51A landmark retrospective on the Art Deco painter exploring her intersectional identities Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980), the "Baroness with a Brush," is often cast as one of Art Deco's most celebrated artists, though her work transcends categorization,... -
Sword Art Online Abec Artworks New World Abec 9798855407259
RRP: $46.78Booksplease Price: $44.23This third collection of SAO illustrations highlights events from Volumes 16 through 22 of the main story, as well as Volumes 1 through 3 of Sword Art Online: Progressive. Art from the anime and games is also featured, along with all-new illustrations... -
Arctic Convoys: Bletchley Park and the War for the Seas David Kenyon 9780300279351
RRP: $23.38Booksplease Price: $20.22An incisive account of the Arctic convoys, and the essential role Bletchley Park and Special Intelligence played in Allied success Between 1941 and 1945, more than eight hundred shiploads of supplies were delivered to the Soviet Union protected by... -
Thucydides: A Very Short Introduction Jennifer T. Roberts 9780192855824
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.29Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In 432 BCE the powerful city-state of Sparta on the peninsula of the Peloponnesus in southwestern Greece declared war on Athens, head of a mighty naval coalition. The war would last until Sparta... -
How Maoism Was Made: Reconstructing China, 1949-1965 Aaron William Moore 9780197267813
RRP: $232.05Booksplease Price: $230.92How Maoism Was Made focuses on the history of the early years in China after 1949, featuring new scholarship by academics across Europe and North America. The field of early PRC history has been transformed by the unprecedented accessibility of archives...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $232.05Booksplease Price: $230.92Subtotal:$0.00 -
The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr. 9780300280098
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $25.41How the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challenge This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It... -
Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe Matthew Gabriele 9780063336674
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $32.04The authors of The Bright Ages return with a real-life Game of Thrones saga—the story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody, protracted battle pitting brother against brother, father against son, that would end an empire, upend a continent, and lay down... -
The Routledge Companion to Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century Lesley Shipley 9780367748203
RRP: $87.73Booksplease Price: $75.41The Routledge Companion to Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century brings together a wide range of geographical, cultural, historical, and conceptual perspectives in a single volume of new essays that facilitate a deeper understanding of the field... -
Everyday Politics, Ordinary Lives: A New History of British Democracy, 1918-1992 Adrian Bingham 9780198840350
RRP: $58.50Booksplease Price: $49.80What did British citizens really feel about the political system, their role in it, and the people who represented them? Everyday Politics, Ordinary Lives examines British democracy from below, investigating how electors understood politics and how they... -
The Dark Path: The Structure of War and the Rise of the West Williamson Murray 9780300270686
RRP: $58.50Booksplease Price: $48.46From an esteemed military historian, a sweeping history of the revolutions in war-fighting that have shaped the modern world Heraclitus wrote that “war is the father of all,” and it has formed much of the modern world. Although the fundamental nature of... -
Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City Alex Hannaford 9780063253025
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $32.04A long-time Austinite and journalist’s exploration of the profound movements that have shaped Austin, Texas—charting the shifts within its vibrant music scene, the impact of rapid urbanization, and the challenges of gentrification—ultimately questioning... -
The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968 Luke A. Nichter 9780300280135
Booksplease Price: $32.25The unknown story of the election that set the tone for today's fractured politics A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2023: Politics "The book is a delightful demolition of the many political myths that continue to muddy our understanding of that...