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The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason by Douglas Murray 9780008492847
RRP: £10.99£7.25SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'The most important book of the year' Daily Mail The brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world's foremost political writers ... -
Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend
RRP: £17.49£13.28In November 1519, Hernando Cortes walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always following the... -
The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason by Douglas Murray
RRP: £20.00£13.74SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'The most important book of the year' Daily Mail The brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world's foremost political writers ... -
How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS by David France
RRP: £14.99£10.86The riveting, powerful and profoundly moving story of the AIDS epidemic.Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionWinner of The Green Carnation Prize for LGBTQ literatureWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT non-fictionShortlisted for the... -
Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton
£2.88 - £7.35THE 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH A NEW FOREWORD FROM WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'A book to read, reread, then read again to your children' Independent on Sunday 'Once embarked upon the journey of the book, one is loath, sometimes unable to turn back' Sunday... -
A Brief History of Slavery: A New Global History by Professor Jeremy Black
RRP: £10.99£3.51A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our past but also the present day.In this panoramic history, Jeremy Black tells how slavery was first developed in the ancient world, and reaches all... -
The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson
RRP: £10.99£7.77'An irresistible page-turner that reads like the most compelling, sleep defying fiction' TIME OUT One was an architect. The other a serial killer. This is the incredible story of these two men and their realization of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893,... -
The American Civil War by John Keegan
RRP: £14.99£10.95The American Civil War was one of the longest and bloodiest of modern wars. It is also one of the most mysterious. It has captured the imagination of writers, artists and film-makers for decades but the reality of it confuses and divides historians even... -
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman 9780008470180
RRP: £25.00£18.62*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *A Financial Times Book of the Year* *Economist Book of the Year* 'A political epic' - Guardian ... -
The Last Emperor of Mexico: A Disaster in the New World by Edward Shawcross
RRP: £12.99£8.56'Hilarious, heartbreaking and utterly extraordinary.' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times Books of the Year'Superbly entertaining.' Financial Times'Jaw-dropping.' Sunday Times'Fascinating.' Guardian'Gripping.' The Times'Terrific . . . A page-turning history... -
A Rumor Of War by Philip Caputo
RRP: £16.99£12.28The first memoir of the Vietnam War and an all-time classic of war literature|40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION|In March 1965, Marine Lieutenant Philip J. Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to fight in Vietnam. Sixteen months... -
I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys by Miranda Seymour
RRP: £10.99£7.12'An absolute belter of a biography' MARINA HYDE A Times Literary Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022 An LA Times Best Book of the Year 2022 An... -
They Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van Sertima
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812968170Author Ivan Van SertimaFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm)... -
The West: A New History in 14 Lives by Naoise Mac Sweeney
RRP: £22.00£16.02*A BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week*'A fantastic achievement' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'Bright, expansive, and iconoclastic, this deliciously witty book has the potential to upset the applecart of "Western Civilisation" itself... Magnificent'... -
The West: A New History of an Old Idea by Naoíse Mac Sweeney 9780753558935
RRP: £12.99£9.09*A BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week*'A fantastic achievement' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'Bright, expansive, and iconoclastic, this deliciously witty book has the potential to upset the applecart of "Western Civilisation" itself... Magnificent'... -
102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer
RRP: £10.99£7.77________________________________________The only book on 9/11 to focus solely on the remarkable testimony of those inside the Twin Towers during the attacks.At 8.46 am on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the Twin Towers in New York - reading... -
The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire by Stephen Bown
RRP: £17.99£12.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385694094Author Stephen BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Random House USAPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the American War of Independence by Digby Smith
RRP: £19.99£17.42The uniforms of the fighting men of the American War of Independence are a vivid illustration of the difficulties and complexities of the conflict, and this book brings together for the first time a sweeping survey of what they should have worn, what... -
How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America by Heather Cox Richardson
RRP: £23.49£16.61In this provocative new work, Heather Cox Richardson argues that while the North won the Civil War, ending slavery, oligarchy, and giving the country a "new birth of freedom," the victory was short-lived. Settlers from the East pushed into the West,... -
A History of America in 100 Maps by Susan Schulten 9780712352178
RRP: £30.00£21.00In this richly visual narrative, acclaimed historian Susan Schulten explores five centuries of American history through maps. From the voyages of European discovery to the digital age, she reveals the many ways that maps have shaped history. Whether made... -
Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 by Rick Perlstein 9781476793061
RRP: £14.99£10.36A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020 From the bestselling author of Nixonland and The Invisible Bridge comes the dramatic conclusion of how conservatism took control of American political power.Over two decades, Rick Perlstein has published three... -
The Freedom of Speech: Talk and Slavery in the Anglo-Caribbean World by Miles Ogborn
RRP: £31.00£30.19The institution of slavery has always depended on myriad ways of enforcing the boundaries between slaveholders and the enslaved. As historical geographer Miles Ogborn reveals in The Freedom of Speech, no repressive tool has been as pervasive as the... -
1491: The Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann 9781862078765
RRP: £12.99£8.56Up until very recently it was believed that in 1491, the year before Columbus landed, the Americas, one-third of the earth's surface, were a near-pristine wilderness inhabited by small roaming bands of indigenous people. But recently unexpected... -
The Inca Empire: An Illustrated History by David Jones
RRP: £20.00£16.69The history of the Incas fascinates the modern world. This groundbreaking book separates fact from fiction, exploring the native peoples of Peru and the Andes, their mythologies and ancient belief systems, and the amazing beauty of Inca art and... -
Truman by David McCullough
RRP: £16.99£12.08The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the Korean War, told by America's beloved and distinguished historian.The life of... -
Connecting History: National 4 & 5 The Atlantic Slave Trade, 1770–1807 by Eleanor Trevena
£20.84Exam board: SQALevel: National 4 & 5Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First assessment: Summer 2018Fresh stories, fresh scholarship and a fresh structure. Connecting History informs and empowers tomorrow's citizens, today.Bringing together... -
Killing Kennedy: Exposing the Plot, the Cover-Up, and the Consequences by Jack Roth
RRP: £27.99£18.17Startling new insights into the JFK assassination In Killing Kennedy: Exposing the Plot, the Cover-Up, and the Consequences, author Jack Roth interviews researchers, scholars, eyewitnesses, and family members of those who were part of the tangled web of... -
Conquistador by Buddy Levy
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553384710Author Buddy LevyFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
Son Of The Morning Star: General Custer and the Battle of Little Bighorn by Evan S. Connell
RRP: £16.99£12.28On a scorching June Sunday in 1876, thousands of Indian warriors - Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho - converged on a grassy ridge above the valley of Montana's Little Bighorn River. On the ridge five companies of United States cavalry - 262 soldiers,... -
Canada: A Very Short Introduction by Donald Wright 9780198755241
RRP: £8.99£6.45Canada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a country Canada is very successful, in part because it maintains national diversity through bilingualism, multiculturalism, and federalism. Alongside this... -
A New Voyage Round the World by William Dampier
RRP: £12.99£9.09'A roaring tale ... remains as vivid and exciting today as it was on publication in 1697' GuardianThe pirate and adventurer William Dampier circumnavigated the globe three times, and took notes wherever he went. This is his frank, vivid account of his... -
The Great Depression and New Deal: A Very Short Introduction by Eric Rauchway
RRP: £8.99£6.45The New Deal shaped our nation's politics for decades, and was seen by many as tantamount to the "American Way" itself. Now, in this superb compact history, Eric Rauchway offers an informed account of the New Deal and the Great Depression, illuminating... -
River of Darkness: The Deadly First Voyage Through The Amazon by Buddy Levy 9781635769197
RRP: £16.88£12.92The acclaimed author of Conquistador and Labyrinth of Ice charts one of history's greatest expeditions, a legendary 16th-century adventurer's death-defying navigation of the Amazon River. In 1541, Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his lieutenant... -
Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction by W. J. Rorabaugh 9780190280109
RRP: £8.99£6.45Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry. After decades of pressure from rural Protestants such as the hatchet-wielding Carry A. Nation and organizations such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union... -
American Injustice: Inside Stories from the Underbelly of the Criminal Justice System by David S. Rudolf 9780008525118
RRP: £14.99£9.70'A bracing account of abuses of power and corruption in the criminal justice system.' The Guardian From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with Netflix's The Staircase comes an essential... -
Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams 9781469663685
£25.56Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism... -
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
RRP: £9.99£7.11THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the Civil War to our combustible present, White Rage reframes the continuing conversation about race in America, chronicling the history of the powerful forces opposed to black progress. Since the abolishment of... -
The Armada Legacy (Ben Hope, Book 8) by Scott Mariani
RRP: £9.99£7.26A GRIPPING THRILLER FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart . . . packs a real punch' Andy McDermott A SUNKEN SECRET. A MISSING WOMAN.A... -
Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend by Casey Tefertiller 9780471189671
RRP: £34.99£22.83"Quite impressive. I doubt if there has been or will be a moredeeply researched and convincing account." --Evan Connell, authorSon of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn "The book to end all Earp books--the most complete, and... -
Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations That Built British Colonialism by Philip J. Stern 9780674988125
RRP: £29.95£23.72"A landmark book...[a] bold reframing of the history of the British Empire."-Caroline Elkins, Foreign AffairsAn award-winning historian places the corporation-more than the Crown-at the heart of British colonialism, arguing that companies built and...