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The Snows of Yesteryear: Portraits for an Autobiography by Gregor von Rezzori
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Snows of Yesteryear (1989) is Gregor von Rezzori's haunting evocation of his childhood in Czernowitz, in present-day Ukraine. Growing up after the First World War, Rezzori portrays a twilit world suspended between the dying ways of an imperial past... -
Italy and Its Eastern Border, 1866-2016 by Marina Cattaruzza
RRP: £43.99£38.84This is the first scholarly work in Modern European History which elucidates consistently how border issues affect the history of nations and states in the 19th and 20th centuries. The book rethinks the Italian history of the last 150 years from the... -
Old Greenock by Joy Monteith
RRP: £21.95£19.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840333145Author Joy MonteithFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Jane Austen, the Secret Radical by Helena Kelly 9781785781889
RRP: £10.99£7.32'A sublime piece of literary detective work that shows us once and for all how to be precisely the sort of reader that Austen deserves.' Caroline Criado-Perez, GuardianAlmost everything we think we know about Jane Austen is wrong. Her novels don't... -
Locks, Bolts and Bars: A Life Inside by John Massey
RRP: £20.00£15.04John Massey's story is unique. Part of a notorious duo that the Flying Squad dubbed 'Laurel and Hardy', his criminal activities included hijacking a police car after robbing a bank of GBP25,000 and relieving the Sunday Mirror of GBP50,000 - and all... -
The Northern Ireland Question: Perspectives on Nationalism and Unionism by Patrick John Roche 9781783241453
£16.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783241453Author Patrick John RocheFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Wordzworth PublishingPublisher Wordzworth PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Dumfries & Galloway Folk Tales by Tony Bonning
RRP: £12.99£9.62Storyteller Tony Bonning brings together stories from one of the most enigmatic regions of Scotland: a land hemmed in by rivers and mountains; a land that vigorously maintained its independence, and by doing so, has many unique tales and legends. Here... -
Railways and The Raj: How the Age of Steam Transformed India by Christian Wolmar
RRP: £12.99£8.56India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, an Empire that needed a rail network to facilitate its exploitation and reflect its ambition. But, by building India's railways, Britain radically changed the nation and unwittingly planted the seed... -
Prisoners of Time: Prussians, Germans and Other Humans by Christopher Clark
RRP: £10.99£7.77An intellectual tour de force: the major essays of the esteemed author of international bestseller The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers has become one of the most influential history books of our century: a remarkable rethinking of the... -
Power and Propaganda: Scotland 1306-1488 by Katie Stevenson
RRP: £23.99£21.85How did the later medieval kings of Scotland manipulate their power and alliances after the Wars of Independence? Power and Propaganda is a thematic reflection on the political history of late medieval Scotland, that considers the ways in which power... -
The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: £24.99£20.69This book documents developments in the countries of eastern Europe, including the rise of authoritarian tendencies in Russia and Belarus, as well as the victory of the democratic 'Orange Revolution' in Ukraine, and poses important questions about the... -
The Penguin History of Britain: New Worlds, Lost Worlds:The Rule of the Tudors 1485-1630 by Susan Brigden
RRP: £16.99£12.28No period in British history today retains more resonance and mystery than the sixteenth century. The leading figures of the time have become almost mythical, and the terrors and grandeurs of Tudor Britain have resonance with even the least historically... -
Shirlie and Martin Kemp: It's a Love Story by Martin Kemp
RRP: £20.00£15.42'A really emotional read... it's wonderful' - Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2'It's such a lovely book!' - Holly Willoughby, This Morning 'A lovely read... it's got everything - emotion and lots of laughs' - Alex Jones, The One Show'A gorgeous book!' -... -
The Diamond Heart: Jungian Psychology and the Christian Mystical Tradition by Julienne McLean 9781685030957
RRP: £24.50£22.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685030957Author Julienne McLeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Chiron PublicationsPublisher Chiron PublicationsWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm)... -
A Book Forged in Hell: Spinoza's Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age by Steven Nadler 9780691160184
RRP: £16.99£12.19When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever published - "godless," "full of abominations," "a book forged in hell ...by the devil himself." Religious and secular authorities saw... -
Christopher Lloyd: His Life at Great Dixter by Stephen Anderton 9781845950965
RRP: £16.99£12.28Christopher Lloyd (Christo) was one of the greatest English gardeners of the twentieth century, perhaps the finest plantsman of them all. His creation is the garden at Great Dixter in East Sussex, and it is a tribute to his vision and achievement that,... -
Old Ballynahinch by Rose Jane Leslie 9781840335811
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840335811Author Rose Jane LeslieFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm)... -
When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century by Carolyn Marvin 9780195063417
RRP: £31.49£20.94This book describes how two newly invented communications technologies - the telephone and the electric light - were publicly envisioned, in specialized engineering trade journals as well as in more popular media, at the end of the nineteenth century... -
The German Revolution of 1918: A Study of German Socialism in War and Revolt by A.J. Ryder 9780521089654
RRP: £39.99£33.26On 28 October 1918, sailors of the German High Seas Fleet disobeyed orders to put to sea and challenge the British Grand Fleet in what they saw as a suicidal gesture. Crews of the battleships at Kiel and Wilhelmshaven let their fires go out, defied their... -
Kitty's Salon: Sex, Spying and Surveillance in the Third Reich by Nigel Jones
RRP: £22.00£14.91There is no book in English about the wartime Berlin 'salon' run by Kitty Schmidt under the secret control of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the architects of the Final SolutionSalon Kitty was the most notorious brothel in the decadent Berlin of the Weimar... -
Brew Like a Monk: Trappist, Abbey, and Strong Belgian Ales and How to Brew Them by Stan Hieronymus 9780937381878
RRP: £13.99£10.95This book delves into monastic brewing, detailing this rich-flavoured region of the beer world through detailed visits to the modern producers in both America and Belgium. Along the way, Stan Hieronymus examines methods for brewing these unique ales... -
The Irish: Tales of Emigration, Exile and Imperialism by Turtle Bunbury 9780500296646
RRP: £12.99£8.60Explore the lives of over forty men and women – great and otherwise – whose pioneering journeys beyond the Irish shore played a profound role in world history. The Irish have always been a travelling people. Since 1800 an estimated 10 million people... -
Family Business: An Intimate History of John Lewis and the Partnership by Victoria Glendinning
RRP: £10.99£7.25From Victoria Glendinning, winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, the James Tait Black Prize and (twice) the Whitbread Prize for Biography. 'It's Succession in tailcoats and spats ... This is a vivid and... -
Life in a Medieval Castle by Joseph Gies 9780062414793
RRP: £10.99£7.25"Some particular books I found useful for A Game of Thrones and its sequels deserve mention...Life in a Medieval Castle and Life in a Medieval City, both by Joseph and Frances Gies." -George R.R. Martin, author of the series A Song of Ice and... -
A Nearly Infallible History of the Reformation: Commemorating 500 years of Popes, Protestants, Reformers, Radicals and Other Assorted Irritants by Nick Page
RRP: £14.99£9.80500 years ago, Martin Luther nailed his ideas to a church door - and the Reformation began. Or maybe it was a little more complicated than that. Nick Page brings his skills as an unlicensed historian to bear on this key period in European (and world)... -
Resistance: Who can you trust when you're behind enemy lines? by Mara Timon
RRP: £8.99£6.89'RESISTANCE WOULD BE FUTILE' THE TIMES'I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!' CLAIRE GRADIDGEPerfect for fans of Code Name Helene and The Alice Network.THREE WOMEN. ONE MISSION. ENEMIES EVERYWHERE.May 1944. When spy Elisabeth de Mornay, code name Cecile, notices a... -
The German Freikorps 1918-23 by Carlos Caballero Jurado
RRP: £14.99£12.55This book charts the seemingly spontaneous growth of the 'Free Corps' movement from the ashes of the Imperial German Army following the 1918 Armistice. Large numbers of former officers and soldiers - often from elite units - assembled in 'private armies'... -
Thoroughly Modern: The pioneering life of Barbara Ker-Seymer, photographer, and her brilliant Bohemian friends by Sarah Knights
RRP: £22.00£14.96The life of pioneering photographer Barbara Ker-Seymer'Thoroughly entertaining... Knights expertly evokes this hedonistic period' The Times'A picturesque portrayal of a world that sounds as thoroughly maniacal as it was modern' Daily Telegraph'I just... -
The Girl by the Sea: A nostalgic WWII tale by the Queen of Family Saga by Sheila Newberry
RRP: £7.99£5.60Previously published in ebook as The Daughter's ChoiceA charming and nostalgic World War II tale from the author of The Nursemaid's Secret and Bicycles and Blackberries, perfect for readers of Katie Flynn. 1934Following the death of her beloved mother,... -
Scottish Handwriting 1150-1650: An Introduction to the Reading of Documents by Grant Simpson
RRP: £20.00£14.05Reading original documents is the only way to achieve a sound basis in historical studies and to acquire a true perspective on cultural evolution. Much modern research has been applied to Scotland's history, but until this volume there has been no... -
Berlin Rules: Europe and the German Way by Paul Lever
RRP: £15.99£12.46In the second half of the twentieth century, Germany became the dominant political and economic power in Europe - and the arbiter of all important EU decisions. Yet Germany's leadership of the EU is geared principally to the defence of German national... -
The Last Jews in Berlin by Leonard Gross 9780786706877
£15.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786706877Author Leonard GrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Avalon Publishing GroupPublisher Avalon Publishing Group -
OCR A Level History: From Pitt to Peel 1783-1846 by Mike Wells
£31.89Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016This is an OCR endorsed resource.Build strong subject knowledge and skills in A Level History using the in-depth analysis and structured support in this... -
The Crusader Armies: 1099-1187 by Steve Tibble
RRP: £12.99£11.46A major new history of the Crusades that illuminates the strength and sophistication of the Western and Muslim armies During the Crusades, the Western and Muslim armies developed various highly sophisticated strategies of both attack and defense, which... -
Cavalier: The Story Of A 17th Century Playboy by Lucy Worsley
RRP: £14.99£9.80William Cavendish, courageous, cultured and passionate about women, embodies the popular image of a cavalier. Famously defeated at the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, he went into a long and miserable continental exile before returning to England in... -
Beowulf and the North before the Vikings by Tom Shippey
RRP: £16.95£16.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802700138Author Tom ShippeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press -
Bordering Britain: Law, Race and Empire by Nadine El-Enany
RRP: £14.99£10.95(B)ordering Britain argues that Britain is the spoils of empire, its immigration law is colonial violence and irregular immigration is anti-colonial resistance. In announcing itself as postcolonial through immigration and nationality laws passed in the... -
Agnes Finnie: The 'Witch' of the Potterrow Port by Mary W Craig
RRP: £9.99£7.27Witchcraft holds a continued fascination for readers around the world, and the Scottish witch hunts have recently received renewed media attention, especially with the BBC 2 show Lucy Worsley Investigates, bringing attention to Edinburgh’s witches.Expert... -
Science and Colonial Expansion: The Role of the British Royal Botanic Gardens by Lucile H. Brockway 9780300091434
£19.17This widely acclaimed book analyzes the political effects of scientific research as exemplified by one field, economic botany, during one epoch, the nineteenth century, when Great Britain was the world's most powerful nation. Lucile Brockway examines how... -
Hitler's I'm Kamp by Bob Prophette 9781739129125
RRP: £16.99£12.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739129125Author Bob ProphetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint Bob ProphettePublisher Bob ProphetteWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...