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Unofficial Britain: Journeys Through Unexpected Places by Gareth E. Rees
RRP: $19.48$13.36'Terrific... Britain's urban landscape is just as freighted with myth and mystery as its castles and ancient monuments and [Rees] proves it by unearthing a treasure trove of riveting stories.' - Sunday Times, Best Books of the Year, 2020 ----- There is... -
Lucifer'S Court: A Heretic's Journey in Search of the Light Bringers by Otto Rahn
RRP: $29.23$23.01Otto Rahn's lifelong search for the Grail brought him to the attention of the SS leader Himmler, who shared his esoteric interests. Induced by Himmler to become the chief investigator of the occult for the Nazis, Rahn traveled throughout Europe--from... -
Molotov's Magic Lantern: A Journey in Russian History by Rachel Polonsky
RRP: $25.33$16.69When Rachel Polonsky went to live in Moscow, she found an apartment block in Romanov Street, once a residence of the Soviet elite. One of those ghostly neighbours was Stalin's henchman Vyacheslav Molotov. In his former apartment, Rachel Polonsky... -
The Crystal Palace by Patrick Beaver 9781860771989
RRP: $39.00$30.11The Crystal Palace was built in Hyde Park to house the treasures of the world for the Great Exhibition of 1851. It became a microcosm of Victorian life, industry and leisure, reflecting every aspect of its age. Designed by Joseph Paxton as a temporary... -
A Concise History of Finland by David Kirby
RRP: $44.83$37.34Few countries in Europe have undergone such rapid social, political and economic changes as Finland has during the last fifty years. David Kirby here sets out the fascinating history of this northern country, for centuries on the east-west divide of... -
An Utterly Impartial History of Britain: (or 2000 Years Of Upper Class Idiots In Charge) by John O'Farrell
RRP: $21.43$15.15Many of us were put off history by the dry and dreary way it was taught at school. Back then 'The Origins of the Industrial Revolution' somehow seemed less compelling than the chance to test the bold claim on Timothy Johnson's 'Shatterproof' ruler.But... -
100 Tricks to Appear Smart In Meetings by Sarah Cooper
RRP: $19.50$13.88Discover the perfect work companion from viral tik tok and Netflix star Sarah Cooper The book that's missing from offices and Zoom calls around the world: the idiot's guide to conquering the corporate meeting. In it you will learn the essential subtle... -
Juve! by Herbie Sykes
RRP: $25.33$17.73The definitive history of the iconic football club: the glory, the scandal, the stars and its enduring influence on Italian life.Juventus utterly dominates the Italian game. Home to some of the biggest names in sport, it has won title after title, trophy... -
The Captive Mind by Czeslaw Milosz
RRP: $25.33$17.73Written in Paris in the early 1950s, this book created instant controversy in its analysis of modern society that had allowed itself to be hypnotized by socio-political doctrines, and to accept totalitarian terror on the strength of a hypothetical future... -
Philip's Highlands of Scotland: Leisure and Tourist Map 2020 Edition: Leisure and Tourist Map by Philip's Maps
RRP: $15.58$11.29A folded map specially created for touring the glories of the Scottish Highlands, with a wealth of places of interest clearly marked. It includes detailed coverage of the area's road network with easy-to-read road mapping perfect for route-planning... -
Posh Boys: How English Public Schools Ruin Britain by Robert Verkaik
RRP: $21.43$15.15'The latest in the series of powerful books on the divisions in modern Britain, and will take its place on many bookshelves beside Reni Eddo-Lodge's Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race and Owen Jones's Chavs.' -Andrew Marr, Sunday... -
Convoys: The British Struggle Against Napoleonic Europe and America by Roger Knight 9780300273403
RRP: $25.33$22.35The first account of Britain's convoys during the Napoleonic Wars-showing how the protection of trade played a decisive role in victory During the Napoleonic Wars thousands of merchant ships crisscrossed narrow seas and wide oceans, protected by... -
Siena: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City by Jane Stevenson 9781801101158
RRP: $29.23$18.58An authoritative, richly illustrated history, and affectionate celebration, of Siena, one of the best-loved and most-visited cities in Italy. Occupying a hilltop site in the midst of a vast, undulating landscape, Siena is as much a magnet for... -
Inferno (Collins Classics) by Dante Alighieri
RRP: $5.83$4.56HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.' Considered one of the greatest medieval poems written in the common... -
Women of the Right Spirit: Paid Organisers of the Women's Social and Political Union (Wspu), 1904-18 by Krista Cowman
RRP: $38.98$32.02This book is the first investigation on how official organizers built and sustained the national militant campaign of the Women's Social and Political Union between 1903 and 1918. Whilst the overall policy of the Union was devised by an ever-decreasing... -
The Gentleman's Daughter: Women's Lives in Georgian England by Amanda Vickery 9780300102222
RRP: $27.28$23.89What was the life of an eighteenth-century British genteel woman like? In this lively and controversial book, Amanda Vickery invokes women's own accounts of their intimate and their public lives to argue that in the eighteenth and early nineteenth... -
Scotland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood by Alistair Moffat
RRP: $29.23$19.11A charming, lively and often amusing tour of 36 forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of Scottish history. While Scotland's history cannot be separated from its kings and queens, saints and warriors, there is a rich story to tell about the... -
OCR A Level History: Britain 1930-1997 by Mike Wells
$62.19Exam 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... -
Robert The Bruce: King Of Scots by Ronald McNair Scott
RRP: $21.43$14.27Robert the Bruce had himself crowned King of Scots at Scone on a frozen March morning in 1306. After years of struggle, Scotland had been reduced to a vassal state by Edward I of England and its people lived in poverty. On the day he seized the crown... -
Ireland: A History by Thomas Bartlett
RRP: $60.43$40.93Ireland has rarely been out of the news during the past thirty years. Whether as a war-zone in which Catholic nationalists and Protestant Unionists struggled for supremacy, a case study in conflict resolution or an economy that for a time promised to... -
Healing through the Bones: Empowerment and the Process of Exhumations in the Context of Cyprus by Kristian T. P. Fics 9780761868194
RRP: $58.50$54.64Violent conflict created a divide in Cyprus (1950-1974) that still exists to this day between Turkish and Greek Cypriots. This study explores specifically an effect of violent conflict-Missing Persons and the bi-communal process of their humanitarian... -
I Flew for the Fuhrer: The Memoirs of a Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot by Heinz Knoke 9781784386023
RRP: $25.33$17.73Heinz Knocke was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of World War II and this vivid first-hand record of his experiences has become a classic among aviation memoirs, a best-selling counter-balance to the numerous accounts written by Allied... -
Edmund Burke: The Visionary who Invented Modern Politics by Jesse Norman
RRP: $25.33$16.54Longlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; both conservative and subversive, Burke's beliefs have never been more relevant, as MP Jesse Norman explains. Philosopher, statesman, and founder of modern... -
Enoch Powell: Politics and Ideas in Modern Britain by Paul Corthorn
RRP: $33.13$23.95Best known for his notorious 'Rivers of Blood' speech in 1968 and his outspoken opposition to immigration, Enoch Powell was one of the most controversial figures in British political life in the second half of the twentieth century and a formative... -
Measly Middle Ages (newspaper edition) by Terry Deary 9780702311260
RRP: $13.63$9.05Discover all the foul facts about the Measly Middle Ages with history's most horrible headlines. All the foul facts about the Measly Middle Ages are ready to uncover, including: why chickens had... -
Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War by Laurence Rees
RRP: $25.33$17.73'You have to read it' Volodymyr Zelensky'Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and compelling analysis in this superb account' Professor Sir Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler: Hubris and Hitler: Nemesis'In this... -
The Sutton Hoo Story - Encounters with Early England by Martin Carver
RRP: $38.98$33.87A definitive account of Sutton Hoo, its discovery, history and famed treasure. The Sutton Hoo ship-burial is one of the most significant finds ever made in Europe. It lies in a burial ground which contains all the elements of archaeological mystery:... -
Court Number One: The Trials and Scandals that Shocked Modern Britain by Thomas Grant
RRP: $25.33$16.77A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR'Superbly told' Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph'A hamper of treats' Sunday Telegraph'[Grant employs] scholarship and depth of evidence' London Review of Books'These... -
The Voice: 40 years of Black British Lives The Voice 9781529902426
RRP: $39.00$27.87Launched at the 1982 Notting Hill Carnival, The Voice newspaper captured and addressed a generation figuring out what it meant to be Black and British. Written for and by Black people, the newspaper shone a light on systematic injustices as well as... -
Reveal: Robbie Williams by Chris Heath 9781911274919
RRP: $39.00$12.66An intimate, funny and frank account of the moments behind the music, of the truth behind the headlines and of the fascinatingly complicated man behind the imperious entertainer, Reveal is Robbie Williams as you've never seen him before.More than twelve... -
Austrian Historical Memory and National Identity by Gunter Bischof
RRP: $89.68$79.03When the Hapsburg monarchy disintegrated after World War I, Austria was not considered to be a viable entity. In a vacuum of national identity the hapless country drifted toward a larger Germany. After World War II, Austrian elites constructed a new... -
Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day by Brian Groom
RRP: $39.00$26.79A Waterstones Best History Book of 2022 The bestselling history of the North of England as told through the lives of its inhabitants. 'Entertaining' The Times ... -
The Churchill Girls: The Story of Winston's Daughters by Rachel Trethewey
RRP: $39.00$30.11Bright, attractive and well-connected, in any other family the Churchill sisters - Diana, Sarah, Marigold and Mary - would have shone. But they were not in any other family, they were Churchills and neither they nor anyone else could ever forget it. From... -
A Tudor Christmas by Alison Weir
RRP: $29.23$21.35Christmas in Tudor times was a period of feasting, revelry and merrymaking 'to drive the cold winter away'. A carnival atmosphere presided at court, with a twelve-day-long festival of entertainments, pageants, theatre productions and 'disguisings', when... -
Fear and Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona vs Real Madrid by Sid Lowe
RRP: $25.33$17.73'A history of modern Spain told through one of world football's most intense rivalries' Independent'Sports Book of the Year' Sunday TimesIt's Messi vs Ronaldo, it's Catalonia vs Castilla. It's the nation against the state, freedom fighters vs Franco's... -
NKJV, Personal Size Reference Bible, Sovereign Collection, Leathersoft, Brown, Red Letter, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version by Thomas Nelson
RRP: $58.50$40.03This elegant Bible edition honors the beauty and richness of the New King James Version in a convenient portable size with essential study tools and traditional red-letter text for the Words of Christ.The New King James Version in the Sovereign... -
The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe by Mark Mazower
RRP: $33.13$23.95WINNER OF THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2022A NEW STATESMAN AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021'Deserves to remain the standard treatment of the subject in English for many decades to come' Roderick Beaton,... -
Lady Katherine Knollys: The Unacknowledged Daughter of King Henry VIII by Sarah-Beth Watkins 9781782795858
RRP: $19.48$16.75Katherine Knollys was Mary Boleyn's first child, born in 1524 when Mary was having an affair with King Henry VIII. Katherine spent her life unacknowledged as the king's daughter, yet she was given prime appointments at court as maid of honour to both... -
Spitalfields: The History of a Nation in a Handful of Streets by Dan Cruickshank
RRP: $31.18$23.42SHORTLISTED FOR THE HESSELL-TILTMAN HISTORY PRIZE 2017AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016Religious strife, civil conflict, waves of immigration, the rise and fall of industry, great prosperity and grinding poverty - the handful of streets that constitute... -
Set in Stone: The Geology and Landscapes of Scotland by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $19.48$13.07The land that was to become Scotland has travelled across the globe over the last 3,000 million years - from close to the South Pole to its current position. During these travels, there were many continental collisions, creating mountain belts as high as...