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Memory Lane Leeds: Volume 1 by Yorkshire Evening Post 9781859839317
€16.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859839317Author Yorkshire Evening PostFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing -
Scottish History: Strange but True by John Hamilton 9780750987882
RRP: €15.46€11.45This book contains hundreds of 'strange but true' stories about Scottish history. Arranged into a miniature history of Scotland, and with bizarre and hilarious true tales for every era, it will delight anyone with an interest in Scotland's past.About the... -
We Sang Across the Sea: The Empire Windrush and Me by Benjamin Zephaniah 9780702311161
RRP: €8.32€5.52A powerfully moving and beautiful picture book about the voyage of HMT Empire Windrush from national treasure, Benjamin Zephaniah. The hopes, dreams and bravery of the Windrush generation are expressed in this... -
The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History by Peter H. Wilson
RRP: €22.60€16.67THE SUNDAY TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016'A definitive study of the amorphous state that lasted a thousand years ... The Holy Roman Empire deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus' Tom Holland, Daily Telegraph'Engrossing ... staggering ... a... -
God's War: A New History of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman
RRP: €26.18€19.06The story of how a group of warriors, driven by faith, greed and wanderlust, carved out new Christian-ruled states in the Middle East is one of the most extraordinary of all epics. The crusaders' stunning initial success started a sequence of great... -
How Britain Really Works: Understanding the Ideas and Institutions of a Nation by Stig Abell
RRP: €15.46€10.23'Absorbing . . . an intelligent and clear-eyed account of much that goes on in our country' Sunday TimesGetting to grips with Great Britain is harder than ever. We are a nation that chose Brexit, rejects immigration but is dependent on it, is getting... -
The Real History Behind The Templars by Sharan Newman 9780425215333
RRP: €26.17€17.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425215333Author Sharan NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 415g -
Early Modern Britain, 1450-1750 by John Miller
RRP: €30.93€28.10This introductory textbook provides a wide-ranging survey of the political, social, cultural and economic history of early modern Britain, charting the gradual integration of the four kingdoms, from the Wars of the Roses to the formation of 'Britain',... -
Paris to the Moon: A Family in France by Adam Gopnik
RRP: €15.46€10.23In 1995, Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York for the urbane glamour of Paris. Charmed by the beauties of the city, Gopnik set out to experience for himself the spirit and romance that has so... -
The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin by Aoife Moore 9781844885794
RRP: €21.41€15.89THE NO. 1 BESTSELLERA fascinating, insightful, warts-and-all portrait' - The Guardian 'Painstakingly researched ... informed by countless inside sources' - The Observer'Compelling and revealing' - Irish Times* * *Inside the rise of the political party,... -
The Victorians by A. N. Wilson 9780099451860
RRP: €17.84€13.51People, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. N. Wilson's superb portrait of the Victorians, in which hundreds of different lives have been pieced together to tell a story - one which is still unfinished in our... -
Chanel's Riviera: Life, Love and the Struggle for Survival on the Cote d'Azur, 1930-1944 by Anne de Courcy
RRP: €15.46€10.23Far from worrying about the onset of war, in the spring of 1938 the burning question on the French Riviera was whether one should curtsey to the Duchess of Windsor. Few of those who had settled there thought much about what was going on in the rest of... -
Dublin: The Making of a Medieval City by Howard Clarke
RRP: €16.65€13.03Dublin: The Making of a Medieval City is the story of a unique period in Irish history told with passion, imagination and accuracy. This book leads the reader through the noise and bustle of the medieval streets of Dublin looking at all aspects of life,... -
History+ for Edexcel A Level: Democracies in change: Britain and the USA in the twentieth century by Nick Shepley
€47.95Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Endorsed for EdexcelEnable your students to develop high-level skills in their Edexcel A level History breadth and depth studies through expert... -
My Early Life by Winston Churchill 9780907871620
RRP: €17.84€11.66Winston Churchill wrote this account of the first 25 years of his life in 1930. It reveals him struggling with Latin grammar at prep school, charging the Dervishes at Omdurman and preparing his first political speech for a Conservative fete.Book... -
In Pursuit of the Truth by Clive Driscoll
RRP: €17.84€13.03The true story behind the ITV series, StephenFormer Detective Chief Inspector Clive Driscoll is most famous for being the man who finally secured convictions for the murder of Stephen Lawrence, a case previously mired by claims of institutional racism... -
Sutton Hoo: The Excavation of a Royal Ship-Burial by Charles Green 9781574093537
RRP: €14.27€10.61Charles Green tells here the dramatic story of the initial excavation of Sutton Hoo, one of the richest archaeological finds of all time. In the Sutton Hoo burial grounds scientists unearthed a ship containing the treasures of a king who was most likely... -
Victorian Engineering by L. T. C. Rolt
RRP: €20.22€15.40L T C Rolt was an engineer and pioneer of industrial history; in this book he combined these two passions to give us a fascinating account of the men who 'made' Britain. From Brunel to Telford, he takes us on a journey from the first railway tracks being... -
British Politics: A Very Short Introduction by Tony Wright
RRP: €10.70€6.59At a time when politics in Britain is experiencing unprecedented turmoil, this Very Short Introduction examines the past, present, and possible future of British politics. Tony Wright puts current events into a longer and larger perspective, ranging from... -
Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan
RRP: €15.46€10.82THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWith a foreword by Diana Gabaldon. Two men. One country. And a lot of whisky.As stars of Outlander, Sam and Graham eat, sleep and breathe the Highlands on this epic road trip around their homeland. They discover that the real... -
History+ for Edexcel A Level: Communist states in the twentieth century by Robin Bunce
€47.95Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: AS: Summer 2016; A-level: Summer 2017Endorsed for EdexcelEnable your students to develop high-level skills in their Edexcel A level History breadth and depth... -
The Survival of the Princes in the Tower: Murder, Mystery and Myth by Matthew Lewis 9781803990019
RRP: €17.84€11.34The murder of the Princes in the Tower is the most famous cold case in British history. Traditionally considered victims of their ruthless uncle, there are other suspects too often and too easily discounted. There may be no definitive answer, but by... -
Goodbye Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land by Jacob Mikanowski
RRP: €26.18€18.14An epic history of the 'other' Europe, a place of conflict and coexistence, of faith and folklore. 'Do not rush to bid farewell to eastern Europe until reading this book. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this very personal story of the... -
Defending the Border: Identity, Religion, and Modernity in the Republic of Georgia by Mathijs Pelkmans
RRP: €33.31€28.73This book, one of the first in English about everyday life in the Republic of Georgia, describes how people construct identity in a rapidly changing border region. Based on extensive ethnographic research, it illuminates the myriad ways residents of the... -
History of Civilization in Europe by Francois Guizot 9780865978379
RRP: €13.03€11.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865978379Author Francois GuizotFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 540g -
A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto by China Miéville
RRP: €13.08€9.25China Mieville's brilliant reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political document: The Communist Manifesto. 'It's thrilling to accompany Mieville... as he wrestles - in critical good faith and incandescent commitment - with a... -
Lonely Teardrops by Freda Lightfoot
RRP: €13.08€11.41Blood is thicker than water...It's a rainy day on Champion Street as Harriet attends the funeral of her beloved father. But then her grandmother drops a bombshell on her out of nowhere and she can hardly take in the words for shock and grief.Joyce, the... -
A Lethal Legacy: A History of Ireland in 18 Murders by Fin Dwyer 9780008555993
RRP: €20.22€13.65The Instant Top 5 Irish Times Bestseller From the creator of The Irish History Podcast comes a fascinating look at Irish history through the lens of murder. In A Lethal Legacy, Fin Dwyer charts 200 years of... -
Skios by Michael Frayn 9780571281459
RRP: €11.89€7.97Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 'Good God, thought Oliver, as he saw the smile. She thinks I'm him! And all at once he knew it was so. He was Dr Norman Wilfred.' On the sunlit Greek island of Skios, the Fred Toppler Foundation's annual lecture is to... -
Leeds Then and Now by Eric Musgrave
RRP: €17.84€12.73Using archive photos from the 1860s to the 1960 paired with a modern viewpoint, Leeds Then and Now shows how the great northern powerhouse has retained and adapted its classic Victorian buildings, such as Kirkgate Market, to a 21st-century economy. ... -
Lily's Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live by Lily Ebert
RRP: €22.60€16.67The Sunday Times top 10 bestsellerWith a foreword by King Charles III.'A stunningly moving book about the power of hope and love to overcome the very worst of mankind' - Piers MorganWhen Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert was liberated in 1945, a... -
The Black Prince by Michael Jones 9781784972943
RRP: €13.08€9.25A major new biography of the Black Prince. 'A clear-eyed and thrilling vision of the man behind the legend' DAN JONES. 'Pacy, vivid and extremely readable' TLS. In 1346, at the age of sixteen, he won his spurs at Crecy; nine years later he... -
Language of the Third Reich: LTI: Lingua Tertii Imperii by Victor Klemperer
RRP: €23.79€23.69A labourer, journalist and a professor who lived through four successive periods of German political history - from the German Empire, through the Weimar Republic and the Nazi state through to the German Democratic Republic - Victor Klemperer is regarded... -
Re-discovering the Twentieth-Century World: A World Study after 1900 by Colin Shephard
€29.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780719585487Author Colin ShephardFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Hodder MurrayPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 400gDimensions(mm) 274mm * 210mm... -
A Treasury of British Folklore: Maypoles, Mandrakes and Mistletoe by Dee Dee Chainey
RRP: €15.46€10.09An entertaining and engrossing collection of British customs, superstitions and legends from past and present. Did you know, in Cumbria it was believed a person lying on a pillow stuffed with pigeon's feathers could not die? Or that green is an... -
Dreadnought: Britain,Germany and the Coming of the Great War by Robert K. Massie
RRP: €22.60€16.67A gripping chronicle of the personal and political rivalries from the birth of Queen Victoria to the unification of Germany during the decades leading up to WW1 from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie 2018 marks the centenary of the end of the First... -
The Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill: A Treasury of More Than 1000 Quotations by James C. Humes 9780060925772
RRP: €13.09€12.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060925772Author James C. HumesFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Favourite Irish Crochet Designs by Rita Weiss
RRP: €10.70€6.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486249629Author Rita WeissFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 185gDimensions(mm)... -
Angel Meadow: Victorian Britain's Most Savage Slum by Dean Kirby
RRP: €17.84€13.03"It is all free fighting here. Even some of the windows do not open, so it is useless to cry for help. Dampness and misery, violence and wrong, have left their handwriting in perfectly legible characters on the walls."(Manchester Guardian, 1870... -
Medieval Monsters by Damien Kempf
RRP: €11.90€8.09From satyrs and sea creatures to griffins and dragons, monsters lay at the heart of the medieval world. Believed to dwell in exotic, remote areas, these inexplicable parts of God's creation aroused fear, curiosity and wonder in equal measure. Powerfully...