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Armies of Early Colonial North America 1607 - 1713: History, Organization and Uniforms by Gabriele Esposito
RRP: €23.79€17.47Gabriele Esposito presents a detailed overview of the military history of Colonial North America during its earliest period, from the first colonial settlement in Jamestown to the end of the first continental war fought in the Americas. He follows the... -
The Great War: A Photographic Narrative by The Imperial War Museum 9780224096553
RRP: €47.60€37.24As we mark the centenary of the end of World War One, this astonishing book collects over five hundred remarkable photographs and rarely seen material of the war from the Imperial War Museum archivesThe Great War was the first conflict to be documented... -
Heysel Stadium Brussels: European Football's Darkest Hour by Paul McCallam 9781739707712
RRP: €17.84€17.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739707712Author Paul McCallamFormat PaperbackPage Count 508Imprint Paul McCallam BooksPublisher Paul McCallam BooksWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
Britain and the Bomb by W. J. Nuttall 9781849953894
RRP: €22.60€18.62This is a very British story from more than 50 years ago. It is a story of remarkable technological ambition from a different country than is seen today. It was an era in which the country adjusted to decolonisation and a dangerous nuclear arms race... -
Berlin Then and Now by Tony Le Tissier 9780900913723
RRP: €53.49€44.90Chronicling the history of Berlin, this book charts the Communist-Nazi struggle of the Weimar Republic; the "Thousand Year Reich" with its penchant for show and architectural grandeur which transformed the city; and its consequent battering by the Allies... -
English Martial Arts by Terry Brown 9781898281627
€23.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781898281627Author Terry BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Anglo-Saxon BooksPublisher Anglo-Saxon BooksDimensions(mm) 246mm * 178mm * 13mm -
Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Murder by James E. Waller
RRP: €36.28€30.65Social psychologist James Waller uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. Waller offers a sophisticated and comprehensive psychological view of how anyone can potentially participate... -
Daily Life in Ancient Rome: The People and the City at the Height of the Empire by Jerome Carcopino
RRP: €15.46€10.82In this portrait of life in Ancient Rome, the author begins by painting a backcloth on which the social, political, cultural and religious aspects of the community are drawn. He enlarges on the details of everyday life, following the typical routine of a... -
English Paleography and Manuscript Culture, 1500-1800 by Kathryn James
RRP: €35.70€31.48An engaging, accessible introduction to reading and understanding early modern English manuscripts This engaging book provides an essential introduction to the manuscript in early modern England. From birth to death, parish record to probate inventory,... -
Jack the Ripper: The 21st Century Investigation by Trevor Marriott 9781844541034
RRP: €21.41€3.94The case of Jack the Ripper has at last been cracked by the one man most qualified to do so - a former murder squad detective. Trevor Marriott casts aside the rumours which have for so long dogged the most famous police case of all time. Revealing the... -
Sex and the Weimar Republic: German Homosexual Emancipation and the Rise of the Nazis by Laurie Marhoefer
RRP: €38.08€31.54Liberated, licentious, or merely liberal, the sexual freedoms of Germany's Weimar Republic have become legendary. The home of the world's first gay rights movement, the republic embodied a progressive, secular vision of sexual liberation. Immortalized -... -
George Orwell: English Rebel by Robert Colls
RRP: €17.84€13.51An intellectual who did not like intellectuals, a socialist who did not trust the state, a writer of the left who found it easier to forgive writers of the right, a liberal who was against free markets, a Protestant who believed in religion but not in... -
The Isle of Avalon: Sacred Mysteries of Arthur and Glastonbury Tor by Nicholas R. Mann
RRP: €17.84€13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953663132Author Nicholas R. MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Green Magic PublishingPublisher Green Magic PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Scorpion and Scimitar: British Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicles, 1970-2020 by Grummitt, David 9781526774149
€21.16Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Wroxeter: Life & Death of a Roman City by Roger White 9780752414096
RRP: €21.41€16.23The 'Old Work', the largest fragment of a Roman civilian building still standing in Britain, is a spectacular landmark which points to the site of Wroxeter Roman City, between medieval Shrewsbury and modern Telford. In its prime the city was the fourth... -
London Buses in the 1970s: 1975-1979: From Crisis to Recovery by Jim Blake 9781473887169
RRP: €29.75€22.16Continuing with photographs from Jim Blake's extensive archives, this book examines the second half of the 1970s, when both London Transport and London Country were still struggling to keep services going. This resulted both from being plagued by a... -
Wolverhampton by Mary Mills 9780752430201
RRP: €17.84€13.74The photographs in this fascinating selection, the majority of which are previously unpublished, recall the changes Wolverhampton underwent between the 1860s and 1960s, a century during which the town centre saw the completion of slum clearance... -
Prince Philip: Duke of Edinburgh by Annie Bullen
RRP: €9.51€6.81As the longest serving royal consort in British history (1921-2021), this fully-illustrated guide celebrates Prince Philip's remarkable contribution to the monarchy. A strong character full of vigour and verve, he found himself married to the most... -
Simon: The Genius in my Basement by Alexander Masters
RRP: €14.27€10.71From the author of 'Stuart: A Life Backwards'; a warm and witty portrait of a harmless, eccentric, bona fide genius. Alexander Master's landlord, Simon, lives in the basement of their Cambridge house. Between teetering towers of outdated maps... -
Craft Beer: More than 100 of the world's top craft beers (Collins Little Books) by Dominic Roskrow
RRP: €8.32€5.60The perfect stocking filler for craft beer lovers. This beautifully presented Little Book is an excellent introduction to the world of craft beer including the major UK, US, and European microbreweries. It includes a fascinating history of the... -
Tiny Histories: Trivial events and trifling decisions that changed British history by Dixe Wills 9781787134591
RRP: €11.89€8.46Tiny Histories is a fond, fun and informative look at the seemingly insignificant coincidences, decisions and tiny moments that triggered major events and changed the course of British history.It might be difficult to believe when watching the news but... -
RSHA Reich Security Main Office: Organisation, Activities, Personnel by Stephen Tyas 9781781558676
RRP: €53.55€39.04During the Nazi regime in Germany, all police forces were centralised under the command of Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler. The political police (Gestapo), the criminal police (Kripo), and the security service (SD) were all brought together under the... -
Dambuster Raid Crash Sites: 617 Squadron in Holland and Germany by Chris Ward
RRP: €15.46€10.82Many of the 617 Squadron crews who took part in the famous attacks on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams and also the raids on the Dortmund-Ems Canal did not return. This book takes the reader to many of the crash sites that resulted. They include the coast... -
Women in Twentieth-Century Britain: Social, Cultural and Political Change by Dr Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska 9780582404809
€55.91Women's lives have changed dramatically over the course of the twentieth century: reduced fertility and the removal of formal barriers to their participation in education, work and public life are just some examples. At the same time, women are... -
Derbyshire Folk Tales by Pete Castle
RRP: €15.46€11.45Passed down from generation to generation, many of Derbyshire's most popular folk tales are gathered together here for the first time. Ranging from stories specific to the region, such as 'The Derby Ram', to others which are local versions of well-known... -
Marcel Proust: A Life by Edmund White 9780143114987
RRP: €28.56€18.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143114987Author Edmund WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 124gDimensions(mm) 179mm *... -
Tornado F3: A Navigator's Eye on Britain's Last Interceptor by David Gledhill 9781781553077
RRP: €29.75€23.25The Tornado F2 had a troubled introduction to service. Unloved by its crews and procured as a political imperative, it was blighted by failures and was developed to counter a threat that disappeared. Modified rapidly before it could be sent to war, the... -
The Diaries of Maria Gyte of Sheldon, Derbyshire 1913-1920 by Maria Gyte 9780907758969
€18.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907758969Author Maria GyteFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Scarthin BooksPublisher Scarthin BooksWeight(grams) 569g -
Aircraft Engine Test Beds: British Jet Fighters and Bombers by Tony Buttler
RRP: €19.03€13.82During the late 1940s and into the 1950s, a number of British jet fighter and bomber aircraft were fitted with new, different or additional engines, both jet and rocket, to enable them to serve as test beds for those specific powerplants. These aircraft... -
Generals: Ten British Commanders who Shaped the World by Mark Urban
RRP: €15.46€10.19Mark Urban tells the story of ten exceptional generals who left their mark on Britain, the British Empire, and the world. Some - including the Duke of Wellington, Lord Kitchener and Bernard Montgomery - are names etched in the national mythology. Others... -
The Normans: A History of Conquest by Trevor Rowley
RRP: €20.17€11.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639362165Author Trevor RowleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm *... -
A Tolerant Nation?: Revisiting Ethnic Diversity in a Devolved Wales by Charlotte Williams 9781783161881
RRP: €35.69€26.62The population of Wales is the product of successive waves of immigration. During the industrial revolution many diverse groups were attracted into Wales by the economic opportunities it offered - notably Irish people, black and minority ethnic sailors... -
The Bielski Brothers by Peter Duffy 9780060935535
RRP: €13.08€12.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060935535Author Peter DuffyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperCollins (USA)Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Around Tewkesbury: Images of England by Cliff Burd 9780752422732
RRP: €16.65€12.91This splendid pictorial record of almost 200 photographs explores the market town of Tewkesbury. The reader is taken on a tour of the town, looking at how it has progressed and developed throughout the decades of the twentieth century. Changes that have... -
The Art of Prowling by G. Wade
RRP: €8.32€6.10'It is extraordinary how reluctant the British soldier is to show cunning. We try to play the game of war as if it had rules for fair play like cricket and football.' 'If you want to make your spell of duty pass quickly, concentrate on prowling... -
Garibaldi in South America: An Exploration by Richard Bourne 9781787383135
RRP: €29.75€26.22For over twelve years in the first half of the nineteenth century, Giuseppe Garibaldi, the hero of Italian unification, lived, learned and fought in South America. He was tortured, escaped death on countless occasions, and met his Brazilian wife, Anita,... -
The Fiume Crisis: Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire by Dominique Kirchner Reill 9780674244245
RRP: €36.83€29.54Recasting the birth of fascism, nationalism, and the fall of empire after World War I, Dominique Kirchner Reill recounts how the people of Fiume tried to recreate empire in the guise of the nation.The Fiume Crisis recasts what we know about the birth of... -
Who Beat the All Blacks? by Alun Gibbard 9781912631421
RRP: €11.89€10.42A new edition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest rugby moments ever. Against all expectations, on 31 October 1972 Carwyn James' Llanelli beat New Zealand 9-3. The day's events are recalled by those who were there. First edition... -
A Brief History of the British Monarchy by Jeremy Black
RRP: €20.22€13.73The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, this book charts the very beginnings of British reign through to the longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II - and looks forward to the reign of King Charles III.Much more than a... -
The Language of Whisky by David McNicoll 9781733568210
RRP: €16.66€16.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733568210Author David McNicollFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Wheatfield PressPublisher Wheatfield PressWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...