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London: the Autobiography by Jon Lewis
RRP: $25.33$16.77In London: The Autobiography the life of the capital is told, for the first time, by those who made it and saw it at first hand. From Roman times to the 21st century, Londoners and visitors to the city have recounted the extraordinary events, everyday... -
Wilson by Paul Routledge 9781904950684
RRP: $25.33$17.53Harold Wilson held out the promise of technology and of 'the Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution'. A balance of payment crisis, leading to devaluation in 1967, frustrated the fulfilment of his prime ministerial... -
The Papacy, 1073-1198: Continuity and Innovation by I. S. Robinson
RRP: $113.08$99.41Before the mid-eleventh century the pope was far from being the active leader of the Church that he is today: he restricted himself to the local concerns of the diocese of Rome and was virtually ignored by the outside world. This book is a study of the... -
Modern Love by Marcus Collins 9781903809648
RRP: $39.00$27.87'In Modern Love, Marcus Collins sets out to survey the changing expectations men and women have brought to their relationships with one another.' -- Damian Thompson, Daily Telegraph Drawing on social, economic and political history, Modern Love explains... -
Germany's Gold by Deutsche Bundesbank 9783777431826
RRP: $58.40$39.74How did Germany's gold reserves arise and which role has gold played as a currency across the centuries? What significance did gold reserves have then and what is its role today? In this book the gold reserves of the Bundesbank are vividly illustrated... -
The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire by A. Wess Mitchell
RRP: $42.90$33.85The Habsburg Empire's grand strategy for outmaneuvering and outlasting stronger rivals in a complicated geopolitical worldThe Empire of Habsburg Austria faced more enemies than any other European great power. Flanked on four sides by rivals, it possessed... -
Jack the Ripper: The 21st Century Investigation by Trevor Marriott 9781844541034
RRP: $35.08$6.45The 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... -
A Companion to the Early Middle Ages: Britain and Ireland c.500 - c.1100 by Pauline Stafford
RRP: $75.95$67.47Drawing on 28 original essays, A Companion to the Early Middle Ages takes an inclusive approach to the history of Britain and Ireland from c.500 to c.1100 to overcome artificial distinctions of modern national boundaries. A collaborative history from... -
Berkshire Folk Tales by David England 9780752467450
RRP: $19.48$14.72This collection, inspired by the folklore of the Royal County, contains a plethora of tales robustly retold for a contemporary audience. The exploits of well-known figures such as Herne the Hunter and Dick Turpin feature alongside many of the county's... -
Wootton Bassett One Hundred Years Ago: The Great War by Sheridan Parsons 9780993054211
RRP: $19.48$17.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993054211Author Sheridan ParsonsFormat PaperbackImprint Project BoxPublisher Project Box -
The Silk Road in World History by Xinru Liu
RRP: $54.58$40.48The Silk Road was the current name for a complex of ancient trade routes linking East Asia with Central Asia, South Asia, and the Mediterranean world. This network of exchange emerged along the borders between agricultural China and the steppe nomads... -
Himmler's Crusade: The Nazi Expedition to Find the Origins of the Aryan Race by Hale
RRP: $54.58$49.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471262923Author HaleFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 789gDimensions(mm) 243mm *... -
Haunted Southend by Dee Gordon 9780752460826
RRP: $29.23$22.52The popular seaside resort of Southend-on-Sea has long been a haven for holidaymakers, but the town also harbours some disturbing secrets... Discover the darker side of Southend with this spooky collection of spine-chilling tales from around the town... -
Mob Town: A History of Crime and Disorder in the East End by John Bennett
RRP: $38.98$33.87A captivating history of a notorious neighborhood and the first book to reveal why London's East End became synonymous with lawlessness and crime Even before Jack the Ripper haunted its streets for prey, London's East End had earned a reputation for... -
The Autumn of the Middle Ages by Johan H. Huizinga 9780226359946
RRP: $54.60$54.19This is a portrait of life, thought and art in 14th- and 15th-century France and the Netherlands. Regarded as an historical classic by many scholars, it has also been criticized and incorrectly translated. This edition corrects changes made by other... -
Railways in South Wales and the Central Wales Line in the late 20th Century by Green, Peter J 9781399086547
RRP: $58.50$40.85In the early 1980s, I began to visit South Wales on a regular basis to photograph the railway scene. At that time, the collieries and steelworks were generating a lot of rail traffic with Class 37 diesels being the usual motive power. Passenger trains... -
Patton'S Panthers by Charles W. Sasser 9780743485005
$30.46to enter combat in WWII *Uncovers for the first time this important episode in history *Includes interviews with surviving members of the 716th Battalion From established military author Charles Sasser, comes the fascinating true story of the 761st... -
Got, Not Got: Manchester City: The Lost World of Manchester City by Derek Hammond
RRP: $25.33$17.73Got, Not Got: The Lost World of Manchester City is an Aladdin's cave of memories and memorabilia, guaranteed to whisk you back to Maine Road's fondly remembered 'Golden Age' of mud and magic - as well as a City-mad childhood of miniature tabletop games... -
Cooking and Dining in Medieval England by Peter Brears
RRP: $78.00$65.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Andre Simon Memorial Fund Award: Food 2008.Book InformationISBN 9781903018873Author Peter BrearsFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher... -
Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000-1300 by John France 9781857284676
RRP: $74.08$65.09In 1095 the First Crusade was launched, establishing a great military endeavour which was a central preoccupation of Europeans until the end of the thirteenth century. In Western warfare in the age of the Crusades, 1000-1300 John France offers a... -
A Photographic History of Sheffield Steel: Britain in Old Photographs by Geoffrey Howse 9780752459851
RRP: $29.23$22.52Sheffield has built its worldwide reputation on steelmaking. For centuries the area was renowned for its cutlery and tools and from the mid-eighteenth century Sheffield began to build a reputation for the production of high-quality steels. A hundred... -
Uppies and Downies: The Extraordinary Football Games of Britain by Hugh Hornby
RRP: $42.90$26.01Association football, aka 'soccer', is the world's most popular sport. As is known, its rules were drawn up in England between the 1840s and 1860s, largely at the behest of ex public school and university players. Rugby, another version of football honed... -
The Dreyfus Affair and the Crisis of French Manhood by Christopher E. Forth 9780801883859
$49.65In 1894, French army captain Alfred Dreyfus, an Alsatian Jew, was wrongly accused of passing military secrets to the Germans. The ensuing scandal has often been studied for what it reveals about French anti-Semitism and tensions between republicanism and... -
South! (Annotated): The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 by Ernest Shackleton
RRP: $42.80$30.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781649220158Author Ernest ShackletonFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Sastrugi Press LLCPublisher Sastrugi Press LLCWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm)... -
Unseen Newcastle-under-Lyme: Britain in Old Photographs by Neil Collingwood
RRP: $27.28$21.16Unseen Newcastle-under-Lyme, a collaboration between Neil Collingwood and Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council's Museum and Art Gallery, features 200 beautiful photographs mostly selected from the extensive archives held at the museum. Accompanied by... -
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Collins Classics) by Jessie Weston 9780008485535
RRP: $5.83$4.56HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. A green horse great and tall;A steed full stiff to guide,In broidered bridle allHe worthily bestrides Dating from around 1400 and composed by... -
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames: A Foundling's Story by Justine Cowan
RRP: $21.43$14.43The true story of a foundling. 'Extraordinary ... A fascinating, moving book: part history of the Foundling Hospital and the development of child psychology, part Cowan's own story, and part that of Cowan's mother' LUCY SCHOLES, TELEGRAPH Growing up in a... -
Never Better: My Life in Our Times by Tommie Gorman
RRP: $21.43$14.27The warm, rich and fascinating memoir of beloved broadcaster Tommie Gorman.When Tommie Gorman was growing up in Sligo in the 1960s, struggle was never far away but his household had a surplus of love and warmth. From modest beginnings as a local reporter... -
SAS in Italy 1943-1945: Raiders in Enemy Territory by Malcolm Tudor 9781781556979
RRP: $39.00$29.33This is the story of Britain's elite special force in Italy during the Second World War. In the summer of 1943 the SAS came out of Africa to carry the fight to the Germans and Fascists in Sicily and the mainland. On the Italian Armistice and Surrender in... -
Dishing the Dirt: The Hidden Lives of House Cleaners by Nick Duerden
RRP: $19.48$12.50'A jaw-dropping investigation' - THE BOOKSELLER 'Succeeds brilliantly in dismantling casual assumptions about the drudgery of cleaning' - THE GUARDIAN 'A great book, well researched, funny and poignant. I loved it.' - KIT DE WAAL Dishing the... -
Unapproved Routes: Histories of the Irish Border, 1922-1972 by Peter Leary 9780198778578
RRP: $78.96$78.59The delineation and emergence of the Irish border radically reshaped political and social realities across the entire island of Ireland. For those who lived in close quarters with the border, partition was also an intimate and personal occurrence,... -
The Good Bohemian: The Letters of Ida John by Michael Holroyd
RRP: $29.23$21.35'It is right that, after more than one hundred years, she should have her say' John Carey, Sunday Times Twelve days before her twenty-fourth birthday, on the foggy morning of Saturday 12 January 1901, Ida Nettleship married Augustus John in a private... -
Terriers in India: British Territorials 1914-19 by Peter Stanley
RRP: $58.40$40.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510513Author Peter StanleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Bill Edgar's Quirky Football Quiz Book by Bill Edgar 9781472146304
RRP: $23.38$15.60'Bill Edgar is simply the best. His quizzes draw upon one of the greatest minds in football. This is a book nobody with a love of the game can afford to miss'MATTHEW SYED'It must be good if it's Bill's book!!'JAMIE CARRAGHER'The stuff he comes up with is... -
Fighting Through to Hitler's Germany: The Memoirs and Letters of Richard Laird, A Japanese Prisoner of War by Mark Forsdike 9781526772862
RRP: $48.75$35.14After landing on D-Day, 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment fought through France, Holland and into Germany as part of the 3rd (British) Infantry Division. Ever cheerful, the Battalion were opposed by an increasingly ruthless enemy determined to deny the... -
State and Minorities in Communist East Germany by Mike Dennis 9780857451958
RRP: $193.05$156.92Based on interviews and the voluminous materials in the archives of the SED, the Stasi and central and regional authorities, this volume focuses on several contrasting minorities (Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, guestA" workers from Vietnam and... -
The Making of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1550-1700: An Interpretation by R. J. W. Evans 9780198730859
$130.73This book examines and accounts for the emergence of a powerful Habsburg state in central Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. Charting the transformation of the Habsburg lands from a casual juxtaposition of territories into a major and reasonably... -
Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II by Belton Y. Cooper 9780891418146
RRP: $11.68$11.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891418146Author Belton Y. CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio Press -
Medieval Rome: Stability and Crisis of a City, 900-1150 by Chris Wickham 9780198811220
RRP: $55.56$39.76Medieval Rome analyses the history of the city of Rome between 900 and 1150, a period of major change in the city. This volume doesn't merely seek to tell the story of the city from the traditional Church standpoint; instead, it engages in studies of the... -
The Day Parliament Burned Down by Caroline Shenton 9780199677504
RRP: $29.23$22.48In the early evening of 16 October 1834, to the horror of bystanders, a huge ball of fire exploded through the roof of the Houses of Parliament, creating a blaze so enormous that it could be seen by the King and Queen at Windsor, and from stagecoaches on...