Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
Time's Anvil: England, Archaeology and the Imagination Richard Morris 9781780222448
RRP: $25.33$16.77A personal and lyrical rediscovery of the history of England through archaeology and the imagination.History thrives on stories. TIME'S ANVIL explores archaeology's influence on what such stories say, how they are told, who tells them and how we listen... -
Victoria Cross Heroes: Volume 11 by Michael Ashcroft 9781785902482
RRP: $25.33$18.06The Victoria Cross is Britain and the Commonwealth's most prestigious gallantry medal for courage in the face of the enemy. It has been bestowed upon 1,355 heroic individuals from all walks of life since its creation during the Crimean War. Lord... -
The Italian Invert: A Gay Man's Intimate Confessions to Emile Zola by Michael Rosenfeld
RRP: $48.75$41.32"Each of us has his tastes inscribed in his brain and heart; whether he fulfills his urges with regret or with joy, he must fulfill them. He should let others act according to their own nature. It's fate that creates us and guides us throughout our... -
The A-Z of Curious London by Gilly Pickup 9780752489681
RRP: $29.23$22.52Spooky, gruesome, weird but true things about one of the world's greatest cities come alive in The A-Z of Curious London. Discover London's tiniest house, a 4,000-year-old mouse made from Nile clay, and have a giggle at things people leave on London's... -
Angus: Britain in Old Photographs by Fiona C. Scharlau
RRP: $29.23$22.52Once known as Forfarshire, Angus is an area full of rich contrasts, from the coastal towns and villages of Arbroath, Montrose, Carnoustie and Monifieth, to the glens on the fringes of the Highlands. Yet it is the hidden history of the ordinary, and not... -
Victory and Woe by Mossie Harnett 9781906359980
$21.57The Centenary Classics series examines the fascinating time of change and evolution in the Ireland of 100 years ago during the 1916-23 revolutionary period. Each volume is introduced by Fearghal McGarry who sets the scene of this important period in... -
Scottish Gods: Religion in Modern Scotland 1900-2012 by Steve Bruce
RRP: $46.78$42.61Steve Bruce explores Scotland's transformation from the largely devout Presbyterian country of 1900, with the church as a major social force, to the diverse, more secular society of today, when less than 10 per cent of Scots attend church. He bases his... -
Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
RRP: $50.68$44.87This fourth edition of Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks's prize-winning survey features significant changes to every chapter, designed to reflect the newest scholarship. Global issues have been threaded throughout the book, while still preserving the clear... -
Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan 9781529351309
RRP: $29.23$22.58From their faithful camper van to boats, kayaks, bicycles, and motorbikes, join stars of Outlander Sam and Graham on a road trip with a difference, as two Scotsmen explore a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history, and warfare. Unlikely... -
The Bonnot Gang: The Story of the French Illegalists, 2nd ed. by Richard Parry 9781629631431
RRP: $35.08$23.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629631431Author Richard ParryFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
100 Best Video Games (That Never Existed) by Nate Crawley
RRP: $25.33$18.08The World's First Post-Truth Gaming BookAfter rashly tweeting he would dream up an imaginary computer game for every 'like' received, Nate Crowley found himself on an epic quest to conjure up hundreds of entirely fictional titles. From 1980s hits like... -
1916: The Rising Handbook by Lorcan Collins 9781847175991
RRP: $27.28$21.35A handbook to the events and locations of the Easter 1916 Rising. There are so many different versions of the story of Easter Week 1916. Lorcan Collins, an acknowledged expert on the subject and founder of the 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour, decided that... -
All Behind You, Winston: Churchill's Great Coalition 1940-45 by Roger Hermiston
RRP: $19.48$17.08'No man, even the greatest, stands alone. This is the beautifully researched fate of those extraordinary men who stood behind Winston when it mattered most.' Michael Dobbs On 14 May 1940, the Evening Standard published a cartoon with the caption "All... -
The Last Neoliberal: Macron and the Origins of France's Political Crisis by Stefano Palombarini
$38.98This book analyses the French political crisis, which has entered its most acute phase in more than thirty years with the break-up of traditional left and right social blocs. Governing parties have distanced themselves from the working classes, leaving... -
Forged in America: How Irish-Jewish Encounters Shaped a Nation by Hasia R. Diner 9781479826070
RRP: $42.88$37.42Examines how Irish and Jewish Americans defined their place in a complex society. The story of America is the story of the unlikely groups of immigrants brought together by their shared outsider status. Urban American life took much of its shape from... -
The Four Symbols: The Black Sun Series, Book 1 Giacometti 9781529359398
RRP: $19.48$13.26From multi-million copy bestselling authors Giacometti & Ravenne comes a Nazi spy thriller for fans of Dan Brown, Steve Berry and Wilbur Smith"I couldn't put it down ... the authors write like Dan Brown!" -Anthony, 5-Star NetGalley reviewer*** RATED 5... -
Legions of Pigs in the Early Medieval West by Jamie Kreiner
RRP: $63.38$61.58An exploration of life in the early medieval West, using pigs as a lens to investigate agriculture, ecology, economy, and philosophy From North Africa to the British Isles, pigs were a crucial part of agriculture and culture in the early medieval... -
Among the Coal Dust Christine Jones 9781800747265
RRP: $17.53$12.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800747265Author Christine JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers -
Re-living Britain in the 1940s by Robin Wichard
RRP: $48.75$34.36The 1940s remains an iconic period in world history and retains a fascination for so many. Re-enacting the 40s is becoming increasingly popular but there is little available information explaining how to start in the hobby. This book is the first to... -
Corpus Christi College, Oxford: A History by Thomas Charles-Edwards 9780198792475
$158.03Corpus Christi College, Oxford, is 500 years old in March 2017. This book is the first history of the College in over a century and covers the full chronological range from its foundation by Richard Fox in pre-Reformation Oxford to the present day... -
German Superheavy Panzer Projects of World War II: Wehrmacht Concepts and Designs by Michael Frohlich 9780764358654
RRP: $62.38$53.49Tank design bureaus first became involved in the development of very heavy tanks after WWI. In addition to the militaries of Germany and England, the Soviet Union was also fascinated by these monsters. Behind it was the concept of transferring the heavy... -
Alexander III, 1249-1286: First Among Equals by Norman H. Reid 9781910900222
RRP: $117.00$81.35Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year Presiding over an age of relative peace and prosperity, Alexander III represented the zenith of Scottish medieval kingship. The events which followed his early and unexpected death... -
A Brief History of London by Jeremy Black
RRP: $25.33$8.01As the United Kingdom left the European Union, during a period of international and domestic turmoil, London found itself at a turning point. This critical moment presents an opportunity to look back, with a distinctive perspective, a focus on London in... -
Talking Until Nightfall by Isaac Matarasso
RRP: $33.13$23.95'Whoever listens to a witness, becomes a witness.' - Elie Wiesel When Nazi occupiers arrived in Greece in 1941, it was the beginning of a horror that would reverberate through generations. In the city of Salonica (Thessaloniki), almost 50,000 Jews... -
The Tudors: Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty by G. J. Meyer
RRP: $33.13$24.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385340779Author G. J. MeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)... -
Young Elizabeth: One Extraordinary African Summer in the Life of the Princess Graham Viney 9781472143198
RRP: $21.43$14.43Young Elizabeth captures in vivid detail perhaps the single-most important formative experience in Queen Elizabeth's life, the 1947 royal tour of southern Africa with her parents King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, during which she... -
Female Intelligence: Women and Espionage in the First World War by Tammy M. Proctor
RRP: $46.78$40.64When the Germans invaded her small Belgian village in 1914, Marthe Cnockaert's home was burned and her family separated. After getting a job at a German hospital, and winning the Iron Cross for her service to the Reich, she was approached by a neighbor... -
All the Way by The Grand Canal by Jo Kerrigan 9781788493437
RRP: $35.08$26.91Stretching from Dublin right through the Midlands and west to the mighty Shannon, the Grand Canal was a stunning feat of engineering in the eighteenth century, vital for Ireland's trade and industry. Over two centuries later, the canal has a new life... -
Nantwich: Britain in Old Photographs by Anne Wheeler
RRP: $29.23$22.52This fascinating collection of 200 archive images from the collection held at Nantwich Museum provides a rare insight into the changing history of the town and its surrounding area over the last century. Each image is accompanied by a detailed caption,... -
The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women by Nancy Marie Brown 9781250200846
RRP: $60.45$34.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250200846Author Nancy Marie BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm)... -
Reconstructing Women's Wartime Lives: Discourse and Subjectivity in Oral Histories of the Second World War by Penny Summerfield 9780719044618
RRP: $38.98$34.75Examines the effects of the Second World War on women's sense of themselves. Using oral history it explores the interaction between cultural representations of men and women in the war, and women's own narratives of their wartime lives.About the... -
Lost Cornwall from Magic Lantern Slides by Malcolm McCarthy 9781781552902
RRP: $33.13$21.98Cornwall through Magic Lantern Slides is a quality book of 287 superb professional photographs of bygone Cornwall from the later years of Queen Victoria and through the reign of Edward VII. The book transports the reader back to the nostalgic, but hard... -
French Naval & Colonial Troops 1872-1914 by Rene Chartrand
RRP: $25.33$21.47France's colonial wars in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia were very largely fought by an organization completely separate from both the home-defence Metropolitan Army and the Armee d'Afrique in Algeria. The Naval Troops (Troupes de la Marine) were... -
The Annals of St-Bertin: Ninth-Century Histories, Volume I by Janet L. Nelson
RRP: $38.98$28.31The Annals of St-Bertin, covering the years 830 to 882, are the main narrative source for the Carolingian world in the ninth century. This richly-annotated translation by a leading British specialist makes these Carolingian histories accessible in... -
Rome and the Invention of the Papacy: The Liber Pontificalis by Rosamond McKitterick 9781108836821
RRP: $68.23$59.46The remarkable, and permanently influential, papal history known as the Liber pontificalis shaped perceptions and the memory of Rome, the popes, and the many-layered past of both city and papacy within western Europe. Rosamond McKitterick offers a new... -
The Elizabethans by A. N. Wilson
RRP: $33.13$23.95England under Elizabeth I.A time of war and plague, politics and rebellion, personal heroism and religious fanaticism. When if you were born poor you stayed poor, and the thumbscrews and the rack could be the grim prelude to the executioner's block.But... -
The English Poor Law, 1531-1782 by Paul Slack
RRP: $46.78$31.55The poor law had a profound impact on English society between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries. Designed to reform the poor as much as to relieve poverty, it also shaped institutions of government and determined people's expectations and... -
De Valera: Rise 1882–1932 by David McCullagh 9780717155866
RRP: $66.28$59.55From the host of RTE's Primetime and author of The Reluctant Taoiseach, the widely acclaimed biography of John A. Costello, Rise 1882-1932 is the first volume of a major two-part reassessment of the man who shaped modern Ireland. Eamon de Valera is... -
Tay Bridge Disaster: The People's Story by Robin Lumley 9780752499468
RRP: $31.18$23.89On Sunday, 28 December 1879, the 5.27 mail and passenger train from Burntisland to Dundee went out across the world's longest bridge on a black, fierce night, only to be dashed to pieces in the River Tay as the bridge collapsed during one of the worst... -
Beer: Britain in Old Photographs by Ted Gosling 9780752461908
RRP: $25.33$18.76The village of Beer has a very special community spirit which has built up over the years. No doubt the rich history and heritage that Beer has is the reason why its inhabitants are so justifiably proud of the place in which they live. With its idyllic...