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GCSE History AQA B: Modern World History Revision Guide (A*-G Course) by CGP Books 9781847624130 [USED COPY]
RRP: £5.95£2.29This GCSE History book is full of clear revision notes, maps and diagrams for Modern World History. The most popular topics for the AQA B exams are all covered, including both World Wars, the Cold War and key social changes in Britain, Germany, Russia... -
GCSE History OCR B: Modern World History Revision Guide (A*-G Course) by CGP Books 9781847624123 [USED COPY]
RRP: £5.95£2.29This GCSE History book is full of clear revision notes, maps and diagrams for Modern World History - fully updated for the latest 'strengthened' exams. The most popular topics for the OCR B exams are all covered, including World War I, the Interwar... -
GCSE History Schools History Project the Revision Guide (A*-G Course) by CGP Books 9781847622815 [USED COPY]
RRP: £4.95£2.29This GCSE History book is full of clear revision notes and practice questions for the Schools History Project - fully updated for the latest 'strengthened' exams. It covers 'The American West', 'Medicine Through Time' and 'Germany 1919-1945' for the AQA... -
Seal Team Six: The incredible story of an elite sniper - and the special operations unit that killed Osama Bin Laden by Howard E. Wasdin 9781847445490 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.99£2.29When the US Navy send their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six. SEAL Team Six is a clandestine unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue and counterinsurgency. Until recently its existence was a... -
The Great Composers: The Lives and Music of the Great Classical Composers by Jeremy Nicholas 9781847246172 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.80From the romantic agonies of Hector Berlioz to the lonely labours of Anton Bruckner, and from the cosmopolitan triumphs of George Frideric Handel to the politically fraught career of Dmitri Shostakovich in the Soviet Union, the lives of the great... -
The Tudor Chronicles by Susan Doran 9781847244222 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£3.27The Tudor period (1485 to 1603) marks in the minds of many the emergence of an English national identity. Defined by the totemic figure of the virgin queen - Elizabeth I - it witnessed the end of the dynastic uncertainties of the Wars of the Roses, the... -
Edexcel GCSE Modern World History Unit 3C A divided Union? The USA 1945-70 Student Book by Jane Shuter 9781846905520 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.49£2.29This Unit 3C: A divided union? The USA 1945-70 Student Book has been written by a team of experienced examiners and subject experts, and is designed to build students' historical skills, understanding and knowledge. Tailor-made to support the options... -
1913: The Year before the Storm by Florian Illies 9781846689512 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.65A witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched documentary traces and biographical fragments, 1913 is an intimate cultural portrait of a world that is about to change forever. The stuffy conventions of the nineteenth century are receding into the... -
Our Longest Days: A people's history of the Second World War by Sandra Koa Wing 9781846680885 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.80For six years the people of Britain endured bombs and the threat of invasion, and more than 140,000 civilians were killed or seriously wounded. Men and women were called to serve in the armed forces in record numbers, and everyone experienced air raids... -
Van Gogh by Steven Naifeh 9781846680250 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£11.79Vincent van Gogh created some of the best loved - and most expensive - works of art ever made, from the early The Potato Eaters to his late masterpieces Sunflowers and The Starry Night. He had worked as an art dealer, a missionary and as a teacher in... -
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson 9781846572319 [USED COPY]
£15.41In At Home, Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made A Short History of Nearly Everything one of the most lauded books of the last decade, and delivers one of the most... -
Forgotten Voices of the Falklands Part 2: Fighting for the Falklands by Hugh McManners 9781846570667 [USED COPY]
RRP: £11.91£5.90In April 1982, Argentina surprised the world by invading the Falkland Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The tiny islands had long been the subject of a fierce territorial dispute between Argentina and the UK, and the occupation quickly escalated into a... -
Exotic England: The Making of a Curious Nation by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown 9781846274190 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.65England may be a small country on a small island, but its inhabitants have always had a boundless curiosity about the world beyond their shoreline. From the nation's modern origins in the Renaissance, travellers have eagerly roamed the globe and been... -
The Challenge to the Crown: The Struggle for Influence in the Reign of Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1567: Volume 1 by Robert Stedall 9781846246463 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.99£15.41'The Challenge to the Crown' provides a compelling account of the reign of Mary Queen of Scots and the complex power struggles that brought about her eventual downfall.Book InformationISBN 9781846246463Author Robert StedallFormat HardbackPage Count... -
Dear Quad by Sonia D. Roberts 9781846173677 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£14.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846173677Author Sonia D. RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 273Imprint Ulverscroft Large Print Books LtdPublisher F A Thorpe (Publishers) -
National Service: A Generation in Uniform, 1945-1963 by Richard Vinen 9781846143878 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£2.80This book is the winner of the Sunday Times Books of the Year and Financial Times Books of the Year 2014. This title is the winner of the templer medal and the wolfson history prize. This book is also the Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller Richard Vinen's... -
Heroes & Villains: Inside the minds of the greatest warriors in history by Frank McLynn 9781846072406 [USED COPY]
RRP: £18.99£2.29In the history of warfare, an elite group of men have attained almost legendary status through their courage, ambition and unrivalled military genius. But many of these same men possessed deep personal character flaws. In Heroes & Villains, acclaimed... -
Young Nelsons: Boy Sailors During the Napoleonic Wars by D. A. B Ronald 9781846033605 [USED COPY]
£2.65They 'fought like young Nelsons.' The words of a schoolmaster, writing from aboard the Mars after the battle of Trafalgar, describing the valour of his pupils in the heat of battle. Made immortal by the novels of Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forester and... -
Mafia: Inside the Dark Heart by A. G. D. Maran 9781845964573 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99£2.29The pre-dawn arrests of the last remaining mafiosi in December 2008 signalled the end of the Sicilian Mafia as we know it. In Mafia: Inside the Dark Heart, A.G.D. Maran charts the complete history of the world's most infamous criminal organisation, from... -
Mafia: Inside the Dark Heart by A. G. D. Maran 9781845962739 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.86When, after 40 years on the run, Bernardo Provenzano was captured in Sicily the day after Silvio Berlusconi lost the 2006 Italian general election, the worldwide media had a field day. 'The Last Godfather' was the general theme of the reportage, but the... -
Squaddie: A Soldier's Story by Steven McLaughlin 9781845961459 [USED COPY]
£2.29From the harsh realities of basic training to post-war chaos in Iraq and knife-edge tension in Northern Ireland, "Squaddie" takes us to a place not advertised in army recruitment brochures. It exposes the grim reality of everyday soldiering for... -
Dumfriesshire: A Geography (1912) by Joseph King Hewison 9781845300920 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.95£1.87First published as part of Cambridge University Press's County Geography Series, this volume provides a thorough overview of the local human, political and physical geography against which the developments of the twentieth century can be set. It includes... -
Something for the Girls by Alison Maloney 9781845297800 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.80Almost half of all women in the UK have been involved in Girlguiding at some stage in their lives. With over 10 million members in 145 countries, the movement has had an impact like none other on the lives of women around the world. Here is the... -
When it Happened in Britain by George Chamier 9781845296452 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.29This is a whistle-stop tour through 2,000 years of our nation's story from the Roman invasion to the Falklands War. Setting out the wide sweep of British history that is often ignored, historian George Chamier weaves together a reader-friendly... -
Slim, Master of War: Burma, 1942-5 by Robert Lyman 9781845292263 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.29General W J Slim achieved something no one believed possible. Appointed to lead what was soon to become the famous 'forgotten' 14th Army in 1943, at a time when British units in the Far East were defeated and demoralised, within six months he had dealt... -
Anthem for Doomed Youth: Twelve Soldier Poets of the First World War by Jon Stallworthy 9781845292218 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.09Leading poet and former professor of English Literature, Jon Stallworthy, tells the story of the lives and work of twelve major poets of the First World War and provides selections of their best work. The First World War began with flag-waving, parades... -
Who Were the Druids? by Michael Senior 9781845242411 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.50£2.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845242411Author Michael SeniorFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Llygad Gwalch CyfPublisher Llygad Gwalch Cyf -
Just Boris: The Irresistible Rise of a Political Celebrity - a Biography of Boris Johnson by Sonia Purnell 9781845136659 [USED COPY]
£2.29A major and controversial new biography of one of the most compelling and contradictory figures in modern British life. Born Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, to most of us he is just 'Boris' - the only politician of the age to be regarded in such... -
Greasepaint and Cordite: How ENSA Entertained the Troops During World War II by Andy Merriman 9781845136185 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.29Once the Second World War had broken out, it soon became clear that morale would be crucial in the military effectiveness of our armed forces. And so was born the Entertainment National Services Association, or ENSA - to send the nation' s best singers,... -
The Spade as Mighty as the Sword: The Story of World War Two's `Dig for Victory' Campaign by Daniel Smith 9781845136178 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.29After food rationing was introduced in 1940, and German U-boats began threatening merchant shipping bringing in essential foodstuffs, the Ministry of Agriculture decided something had to be done to make the kitchens of Britain more self-sufficient. The... -
The Revenge of History: Crisis, War and Revolution in the Twenty First Century by Seumas Milne 9781844679638 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.30From the outset, Seumas Milne's Guardian essays on the West's war on terror provoked angry denunciations on both sides of the Atlantic. A decade on, the advocates of violent capitalism have been silenced. From class to religion, Blair to Obama, Palestine... -
Britain's Last Tommies: A Tribute to the Soldiers of the 1914-18 War by Richard Van Emden 9781844153152 [USED COPY]
RRP: £19.99£2.29The First World War as a living history is to all intents and purposes over. As of February 2009 there were only two veterans from six million alive who served on the Western Front. Richard has spent the last 20 years interviewing and carefully recording... -
Sharpshooter of the Crimea by Michael Springman 9781844152377 [USED COPY]
RRP: £19.99£3.11The letters home to his family by Gerald Goodlake, a young officer in the Coldstream Guards, make remarkable reading. They vividly describe the ill-preparedness of the British Army and the dire conditions experienced by all ranks in the Crimea... -
Haig's Command: a Reassessment by Denis Winter 9781844152049 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.65This book sets out to expose and analyse a major historical fraud. The author's theme is the Western Front in Haig's time - from the Somme to the armistice. Using evidence that the documents from which previous histories have been written are... -
Shipmates by Chris Terrill 9781844137916 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.80This is the tie-in book to a two part "BBC 1" documentary series to be screened at 9.00pm in October and which will end on the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October. Chris Terrill is famous for his fly on the wall documentaries... -
1001 Days That Shaped Our World by Peter Furtado 9781844039050 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.80This remarkable book presents enthralling accounts of 1001 life-changing events that have taken place around the world since the Big Bang. From the foundation of Rome on 21 April 753BCE to the Charlie Hebdo shootings in January 2015, and from the Battle... -
Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate, Cheshire by National Trust 9781843592587 [USED COPY]
RRP: £4.99£2.29This pioneering 18th century cotton mill, complete with working water wheels and looms once belonged to the wealthy Greg family. It houses the most powerful working water wheel in Europe and two 19th century mill engines. Styal Village was built by the... -
50 Strategies That Changed History by Daniel Smith 9781845436131 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.65Get right inside the strategic thinking behind 50 of history's greatest military, political and economic triumphs - and disasters. Learn how strategic thinking evolved as history's most gifted generals, politicians and business tycoons looked to the past... -
Phoenicia by George Rawlinson 9781845110192 [USED COPY]
RRP: £21.99£5.12George Rawlinson's classic account of the Phoenicians, one of the most important and compelling of ancient civilizations - and one of the least familiar to the general public - is here reissued in its first paperback edition. Topics covered include... -
The Island Nation: A History of Britain and the Sea by Brian Lavery 9781844860166 [USED COPY]
£2.29What does it mean to be an island people? How has our rich and complex relationship with the sea shaped our national psyche? This beautifully illustrated exploration of Britain's maritime history sets out to discuss these questions. Brian Lavery takes...