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That'll be the Day by Freda Lightfoot
RRP: $19.48$12.50Flowers spill everyone's secrets...Working on their busy flower stall in Champion Street Market, Lynda and her mother, Betty, have lots of opportunities to observe their customers and speculate about their lives.Sam regularly buys bouquets for his wife,... -
Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Remembered by Stephen Humphrey 9780752433165
RRP: $25.33$18.76There are few areas of London that have changed in recent decades as much as the dockside areas of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe. As the importance of London as a shipping port declined in the post-war years many of the city's docklands began to see changes... -
A Different Kind Of Weather: A Memoir by William Waldegrave
RRP: $21.43$12.62'Why did you go into politics in the first place?'A question that former Cabinet minister has found himself asked, and indeed asking himself, over the years, Lord Waldegrave's is a life lived through politics.The youngest of seven children, and the son... -
A History of Birmingham by Chris Upton
RRP: $38.98$30.07Birmingham was a village worth only one pound in the Domesday Survey, yet it rose to become the second city of the British Empire with a population that passed a million. Its growth began when Peter de Birmingham obtained a market charter in 1154 for his... -
Scheming: A Social History of Glasgow Council Housing, 1919-1956 by Sean Damer 9781474440578
RRP: $42.88$35.04Sean Damer provides a sustained critique of the Corporation of Glasgow's council housing policy and argues that it had the unintended consequence of amplifying social segregation and ghettoisation in the city.Book InformationISBN 9781474440578Author Sean... -
East of Acre Lane by Alex Wheatle
RRP: $19.48$12.95'Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion' Steve McQueen, director of Small Axe East of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right thing from... -
Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh by Anna Beer 9781786076700
RRP: $21.43$15.15A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year A writer, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer, Sir Walter Ralegh lived more lives than most in his own time, in any time. The fifth son of a Devonshire gentleman, he rose to become Queen Elizabeth's... -
The Chalice of Magdalene: The Search for the Cup That Held the Blood of Christ by Graham Phillips 9781591430384
RRP: $36.95$32.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591430384Author Graham PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bear & CompanyPublisher Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyWeight(grams) 1g -
Mr Barry's War: Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament after the Great Fire of 1834 by Caroline Shenton 9780198707202
RRP: $29.23$21.35When the brilliant classical architect Charles Barry won the competition to build a new, Gothic, Houses of Parliament in London he thought it was the chance of a lifetime. It swiftly turned into the most nightmarish building programme of the century... -
Britannia Airways: The World's Largest Holiday Airline by Graham M Simons 9781526758781
RRP: $58.50$40.85Founded in 1961 as Euravia by British businessman Ted Langton and aviation consultant J.E.D. Walker, at a time of considerable turmoil for the independent sector of the British air operators' industry, Britannia Airways went on to become the world's... -
The Isle of Thanet: From Prehistory to the Norman Conquest by Gerald Moody 9780752446899
RRP: $35.08$26.60The Isle of Thanet is located at the eastern tip of Kent and was once separated from the East Kent mainland by the Wantsum channel. With its unique position which made it part of a key trade route in the Romano-British period, the island has a long and... -
September 1, 1939: A Biography of a Poem by Ian Sansom
RRP: $33.13$18.27This is a book about a poet, about a poem, about a city, and about a world at a point of change. More than a work of literary criticism or literary biography, it is a record of why and how we create and respond to great poetry. This is a book... -
Mortar Gunner on the Eastern Front: The Memoir of Dr Hans Rehfeldt - Volume I: From the Moscow Winter Offensive to Operation Zitadelle by Rehfeldt, Hans Heinz 9781784383619
RRP: $48.75$35.14A visceral account from contemporaneous diaries of a soldier who frequently came close to death but somehow survived. Following his Abitur (A-levels) in 1940, Rehfeldt volunteered for the Panzer Arm but was trained on the heavy mortar and heavy MG with... -
A Lack of Offensive Spirit?: The 46th (North Midland) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916 by Alan MacDonald 9780955811906
$44.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955811906Author Alan MacDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 708Imprint Iona BooksPublisher Iona BooksWeight(grams) 152g -
The Passengers: Shortlisted for The Rathbones Folio Prize 2023 by Will Ashon 9780571364152
RRP: $19.48$13.07An original and profound portrait of contemporary Britain told through the testimonies of its inhabitants.'A spectacularly enjoyable and compelling reading experience . . . funny, moving, surprising and thought-provoking. It humanises literature in this... -
Captain Swing by E. J. Hobsbawm
RRP: $46.78$46.41Sir Your name is down amongst the Black hearts in the Black Book and this is to advise you and the like of you, who are Parson Justasses, to make your wills Ye have been the Blackguard Enemies of the People on all occasions, Ye have not yet... -
Showfolk: An Oral History of a Fairground Dynasty by Frank Bruce
RRP: $21.43$17.43Travelling showfolk have been entertaining Scots for centuries and a visit to 'the shows' was a highlight of the year until recent memory. The Codonas are one of the longest and most established show families, having arrived from the continent in the... -
Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton by Nicholas McDowell 9780691154695
RRP: $58.50$46.20A groundbreaking biography of Milton’s formative years that provides a new account of the poet’s political radicalizationJohn Milton (1608–1674) has a unique claim on literary and intellectual history as the author of both Paradise Lost, the greatest... -
The Black Notebook by Patrick Modiano
RRP: $17.53$12.09A writer discovers a set of notes in his notebook and sets off on a journey through the Paris of his past, in search of the woman he loved forty years previously.Set in the Montparnasse district of Paris, the author, Jean, retraces his nocturnal... -
The High Girders by John Prebble
RRP: $19.48$13.26'A tale of irresponsibility and inexperience' THE TIMES'Graphically written with a sense of dramatic construction' SCOTSMANOn December 28th 1879, the night of the Great Storm, the Tay Bridge collapsed, along with the train that was crossing, and everyone... -
The British Sailor of the First World War by Quintin Colville
RRP: $17.53$9.05How the Royal Navy saw off the U-boat challenge in the Great War, and the daily lives of its sailors. In 1914 Great Britain's navy was the largest and most powerful the world had ever seen - but what was the everyday experience of those who served in... -
Scotland: a New History by Michael Lynch
RRP: $48.75$35.14From Bannockburn and Robert the Bruce to the union of the crowns and Mary, Queen of Scots; from the Reformation and John Knox, to the Enlightenment and the Highland Clearances, and right up to devolution, Scotland is the definitive history of a country... -
Lucy Hutchinson and the English Revolution: Gender, Genre, and History Writing by Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille 9780192857538
RRP: $185.25$158.44In Lucy Hutchinson and the English Revolution, Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille explores Lucy Hutchinson's historical writings and the Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, which, although composed between 1664 and 1667, were first published in 1806... -
Cardano's Cosmos: The Worlds and Works of a Renaissance Astrologer by Anthony Grafton
RRP: $50.60$40.25Girolamo Cardano was an Italian doctor, natural philosopher, and mathematician who became a best-selling author in Renaissance Europe. He was also a leading astrologer of his day, whose predictions won him access to some of the most powerful people in... -
Estonia: A Modern History by Neil Taylor
RRP: $35.08$31.47With only 1.3 million inhabitants, Estonia is one of Europe's least populous nations -- yet it boasts one of the continent's fastest growing economies. In the first serious English-language history of this small Baltic state, Neil Taylor charts Estonia's... -
The Brief History of World War 2: The Rise of Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany and the Third Reich, Allied Forces, and the Battles from Blitzkriegs to Atom Bombs (1939-1945) by Academy Archives 9789493298729
RRP: $25.33$17.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493298729Author Academy ArchivesFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Academy ArchivesPublisher Academy ArchivesWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The Black Joke: The True Story of One British Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade by A. E. Rooks
RRP: $48.75$33.13**Longlisted for the Mountbatten Maritime Media Awards 2022**A groundbreaking history of the Black Joke, the most famous member of the British Royal Navy's anti-slavery squadron, and the long fight to end the transatlantic slave trade.Initially a slaving... -
The Ties That Bound: Peasant Families in Medieval England by Barbara A. Hanawalt 9780195045642
RRP: $31.18$24.16Barbara A. Hanawalt's richly detailed account offers an intimate view of everyday life in Medieval England that seems at once surprisingly familiar and yet at odds with what many experts have told us. She argues that the biological needs served by the... -
Treasury of Medieval Illustrations by Paul Lacroix 9780486460123
$17.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486460123Author Paul LacroixFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Edwardian Devon 1900-1914: Before the Lights Went Out by David Parker
RRP: $29.23$22.52A century ago, Britain was locked in a devastating worldwide conflict that would change every aspect of society. This book explores life in Devon between 1900 and 1914, offering a revealing glimpse of a world now long-vanished before war broke out. Devon... -
Enfield: Britain in Old Photographs by Alan Dumayne 9780752452166
RRP: $33.13$27.50The London Borough of Enfield, which includes the former boroughs of Southgate and Edmonton, came into being in 1965. This selection of superb photographs gives an unforgettable impression of the recent history of these areas, and shows how they... -
Our Flag Stays Red by Phil Piratin 9781905007288
RRP: $27.30$26.87Our Flag Stays Red is a unique account of communist and anti-fascist activity in London's East End in the 1930s and 1940s. Its author was Communist MP for Stepney from 1945 to 1950, and played a leading role in the events described in the book - which... -
Island Stories: Britain and Its History in the Age of Brexit by David Reynolds 9780008282356
RRP: $19.48$12.95'Concise, elegant and lucid ... A very useful primer on the delusions of an English mentality' Guardian What do we get wrong about Britain's history and its place in the world? In... -
Astrid Lindgren: The Woman Behind Pippi Longstocking by Jens Andersen
RRP: $53.63$45.42A powerful biography of the internationally renowned writer who created one of the most enduring characters in children's literature, Pippi Longstocking"[An] Insightful, elegantly written biography of the beloved author of the Pippi Longstocking tales, a... -
In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn by Sarah Morris
RRP: $37.03$24.78Follow in the footsteps of Anne Boleyn from Hever Castle, to Richmond Palace and ultimately to the Tower of London. On the morning of 19 May 1536, a French blade stilled the heart of an English queen. Her name was Anne Boleyn and her story has made an... -
The Mint: Lawrence After Arabia by T E Lawrence
RRP: $25.33$19.09Lawrence's own account of his experience after the Arab Revolt - when he joined the RAF under a new name. In 1922, his dreams of an independent Arabia shattered, T.E. Lawrence enlisted in the RAF under the assumed name John Hume Ross. Though... -
Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass by Theodore Dalrymple
RRP: $25.33$18.58Here is a searing account-probably the best yet published-of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does. Theodore Dalrymple, a British psychiatrist who treats the poor in a slum hospital and a prison in England, has seemingly seen it all. ... -
The Queen's Promise: A fresh and gripping take on Anne Boleyn's story by Lyn Andrews
RRP: $19.48$13.26THE QUEEN'S PROMISE by Sunday Times bestselling author Lyn Andrews sheds new light on the compelling story of Anne Boleyn and her first love, Henry Percy. Readers who enjoy the novels of Philippa Gregory, Jean Plaidy and Elizabeth Chadwick should be sure... -
Smugglers and Smuggling by Trevor May 9780747812074
RRP: $17.53$14.43Smuggling was rife in Britain between the seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, and since then smugglers have come often to be romanticised as cheeky rogues - as highwaymen of the coasts and Robin Hood figures. The reality could be very different... -
An Encyclopaedia of Myself by Jonathan Meades
RRP: $19.48$12.95LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2014 'A symphonic poem about postwar England and Englishness ... A masterpiece' Financial Times The 1950s were not grey. In Jonathan Meades's detailed, petit-point memoir they are luridly...