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The Land Where Lemons Grow: The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit by Helena Attlee
RRP: £10.99£7.77'4 stars. Attlee, who knows and loves Italy and the Italians, takes the reader through the country's scented gardens with her sharp descriptions, pertinent stories and quotes and intriguing recipes. I was there with her' Anna del Conte, Sunday TelegraphA... -
The Twelve Apostles by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: £8.99£6.96Ireland, 1919: When Sinn Fein proclaims Dail Eireann the parliament of the independent Irish republic, London declares the new assembly to be illegal, and a vicious guerilla war breaks out between republican and crown forces. Michael Collins,... -
Mild Ale: History and Brewing Techniques, Recipes by David Sutula 9780937381687
RRP: £11.99£10.06Once a designation for an entire class of beer, mild ale now refers to a beer style some describe as the "elixir of life for the salt of the earth." Mild is a beer that can be at once light or dark, very low or very high in alcohol, and either rich in... -
The Shortest History of Greece by James Heneage
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083243Author James HeneageFormat PaperbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
A History Of Scotland by Neil Oliver
RRP: £12.99£8.60The dramatic story of Scotland - by charismatic television historian, Neil Oliver.Scotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. Yet the stories and figures that dominate Scottish history - tales of failure,... -
Queens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation by Ronald Hutton 9780300273342
RRP: £10.99£9.37A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day In this riveting account, renowned scholar Ronald Hutton explores the history of deity-like figures in Christian... -
Voices of the Old Sea by Norman Lewis 9781906011611
RRP: £14.99£9.26"Voices of the Old Sea" is Lewis' masterly description of the Costa Brava on the cusp of tourist development in the 1950s, a place where men regulated their lives by the sardine shoals of spring and autumn and the tuna fishing of summer, and where women... -
The Generalship of Muhammad: Battles and Campaigns of the Prophet of Allah by Russ Rodgers 9780813054599
RRP: £24.95£17.91There are many biographies of the Prophet, and they tend to fall into three categories: pious works that emphasize the virtues of the early Islamic community, general works for non-Muslim or non-specialist readers, and source-critical works that grapple... -
Monet: The Restless Vision by Jackie Wullschläger 9780241188309
RRP: £35.00£24.69The Art Book of the Year, The TimesA Telegraph, Sunday Times, Financial Times, Economist, Tablet and Evening Standard Book of the YearA magnificent new biography of the founder of ImpressionismIn the course of a long and exceptionally creative life,... -
Children of the Night: The Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania by Paul Kenyon
RRP: £12.99£9.79A vivid, brilliant, darkly humorous and horrifying history of some of the strangest dictators that Europe has ever seen. 'A witty and page-turning narrative full of grotesque characters' Misha Glenny 'Will leave you astonished, exhausted and... -
Lost Realms: Histories of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings by Thomas Williams
RRP: £10.99£7.12'A beautiful, beautiful book . . . archaeology is changing so much about the way we view the so-called Dark Ages ... [Williams] is just brilliant at bringing them to light' Rory Stewart on The Rest is Politics From the bestselling author of... -
Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris by Michael Allin 9780385334112
RRP: £19.00£13.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385334112Author Michael AllinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Delta (imprint of Dell Publishing)Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: The Making of Modern Britain 1951-2007 Revision Guide by J. M. A. Hugh 9780198421467
£11.51This The Making of Modern Britain 1951-2007 Revision Guide is part of the bestselling Oxford AQA History for A Level series. Written to match the new AQA specification, this series helps you deepen your historical knowledge and develop vital analytical... -
Six Tudor Queens: Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen: Six Tudor Queens 1 by Alison Weir
RRP: £10.99£7.40*A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller*Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by bestselling historian Alison Weir, author of The Lost Tudor Princess, is the first in a spellbinding six novel series about Henry VIII's Queens. Alison takes you on an engrossing... -
A Hangman's Diary: The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573-1617 by Franz Schmidt 9781629144801
RRP: £10.99£9.48Now an esoteric of legal and criminal history, A Hangman's Diary gives a year-by-year breakdown on all of Master Franz Schmidt's executions, which included hangings, beheadings, and other methods, as well as details of each capital crime and the reason... -
Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through a Country's Hidden Past by Giles Tremlett
RRP: £12.99£8.56Spaniards are reputed to be amongst Europe's most forthright people. So why have they kept silent about the terrors of their Civil War and the rule of General Franco? This apparent 'pact of forgetting' inspired writer Giles Tremlett to embark on a... -
Abandoned London: Discover the hidden secrets of the city in photographs by Katie Wignall
RRP: £19.99£15.25It seems bizarre that in a place as crowded, noisy and expensive as London there are still wasted unused spaces. The relentless drive for regeneration across Britain's capital deceives us into thinking that every spare building and patch of ground is... -
A Short History of Europe: From Pericles to Putin by Simon Jenkins
RRP: £12.99£9.09Discover the history of Europe - from the Dark Ages to present day - by the author of the bestselling A Short History of EnglandEurope is an astonishingly successful place. But it would take volumes to tell its story, right? Wrong. From warring peoples... -
Foundation: The History of England Volume I by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £16.99£11.87Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, the Thames, Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself. This first volume of six takes us from the time that England was first settled, more than 15,000 years ago, to the death in... -
Double Agent: My Secret Life Undercover in the IRA by Kevin Fulton
RRP: £9.99£6.85'"I am a British soldier," I told my reflection. "I am a British soldier and I'm saving lives. I'm saving lives. I'm a British soldier and I'm saving lives..."'Kevin Fulton was one of the British Army's most successful intelligence agents. Having been... -
Without a Trace: Manchester and Salford in the 1960s by Shirley Baker 9780750988988
RRP: £20.00£15.44Shirley Baker started to photograph the streets of Manchester and Salford in the early 1960s when homes were being demolished and communities were being uprooted. 'Whole streets were disappearing and I hoped to capture some trace of everyday life of the... -
The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe by Martyn Rady
RRP: £35.00£25.29'Fascinating, masterful ... gems scattered throughout the book' Peter Frankopan, Spectator'Quirkily original but also scholarly and authoritative, to be read for pleasure and serious reflection' Telegraph*The dramatic history of Europe's shape-shifting... -
The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English by Hana Videen
RRP: £9.99£7.11An entertaining collection of strange, delightful and unexpectedly apt words from the origins of English, which illuminates the lives, beliefs and habits of our linguistic ancestors. 'A marvelous book' Neil Gaiman 'Wonderful' - Tom Holland 'A... -
Hearts of Stone: A gripping historical thriller of World War II and the Greek resistance by Simon Scarrow
RRP: £10.99£7.40A STUNNING SECOND WORLD WAR THRILLER SET IN OCCUPIED GREECE FROM THE AUTHOR OF BLACKOUT AND DEAD OF NIGHTThe fierce courage of the men and women of the Greek Resistance is brought to vivid life in Sunday Times bestseller Simon Scarrow's powerful novel. ... -
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain by Michael Portillo
RRP: £9.99£6.85Discover the hidden history of Britain through the stories of its 'lost' or abandoned places and buildings.Portillo's Secret History of Britain presents a compelling and wonderfully evocative history of Britain through the stories of its 'lost' or... -
The English Soul: The Faith of a Nation by Peter Ackroyd 9781789148459
RRP: £20.00£14.29The English Soul portrays the spirit and nature of English Christianity as it has developed over the last 1,400 years. As the predominant faith of the people, Christianity has been the reflection, perhaps the embodiment, of the English soul. This... -
Viking Britain: A History by Thomas Williams
RRP: £9.99£6.64A new narrative history of the Viking Age, interwoven with exploration of the physical remains and landscapes that the Vikings fashioned and walked: their rune-stones and ship burials, settlements and battlefields. To... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: The rise and fall of Fascism in Italy c1911-46 by Sarah Ward
RRP: £10.50£9.62Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
New Selected Poems 1966-1987 by Seamus Heaney
RRP: £14.99£9.80This volume contains a selection of work from each of Seamus Heaney's published books of poetry up to and including the Whitbread prize-winning collection, The Haw Lantern (1987).'His is 'close-up' poetry - close up to thought, to the world, to the... -
Little Book of Prada by Laia Farran Graves
RRP: £13.99£9.20Little Book of Prada is the pocket-sized and beautifully illustrated story of the legendary fashion house. Understated elegance and luxury, technologically advanced fabrics and sublime originality of design are all hallmarks of the House of Prada. In... -
NKJV, Personal Size Reference Bible, Sovereign Collection, Leathersoft, Black, Red Letter, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version by Thomas Nelson
RRP: £30.00£20.53This 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... -
Dear Gay: Letters to The Gay Byrne Show – a handwritten history of Ireland by Suzy Byrne 9780717195633
RRP: £25.99£18.28For 25 years, Gay Byrne received thousands of letters from listeners all over Ireland. Some of these letters were light-hearted and innocent, but others were more challenging. While many people didn't feel comfortable sharing their issues with their... -
Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer
RRP: £25.00£16.53AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * TELEGRAPH * SPECTATOR * PROSPECT'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand... -
The Ritz London: The Cookbook by John Williams
RRP: £40.00£27.75AS SEEN ON TVAs featured on ITV's 'Inside the Ritz' series 'When you look at the dishes in this book, the photographs - it's beyond beautiful. You wouldn't need to cook a thing. You could just flick through these pages - it is a proper feast for the eyes... -
Who Dares Wins: Britain, 1979-1982 by Dominic Sandbrook
RRP: £18.99£14.01SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 BY THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, LONDON EVENING STANDARD, DAILY MAIL AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Magisterial ... If anyone wants to know what has been happening to Britain since the 1950s, it is difficult to imagine a more... -
A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr
RRP: £16.99£12.47A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. This edition also includes an extra chapter charting the course from Blair to Brexit.It tells the story of how the great political visions of New... -
The Knock at the Door: A Mother's Survival of the Armenian Genocide by Margaret Ajemian Ahnert 9780825306839
RRP: £13.95£11.04In 1915, Armenian Christians in Turkey were forced to convert to Islam, barred from speaking their language, and often driven out of their homes as the Turkish army embarked on a widespread campaign of intimidation and murder. In this riveting book,... -
London Under by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £10.99£7.77London Under is an atmospheric, imaginative introduction to everything that goes on under London, from original springs and streams and Roman amphitheatres to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts and modern Underground stations. This book tunnels down through... -
The Times Lives Less Ordinary: Obituaries of the eccentric, unique and undefinable by Nigel Farndale 9780008637071
RRP: £9.99£6.64Discover the lives of some of the most fascinating and unconventional characters of recent times, with 85 obituaries carefully curated from The Times archive. Be they dons, pop stars, vicars, MPs, rugby players or aristocrats, each has marched to the... -
Undercover War by Harry McCallion
RRP: £9.99£6.85When British troops first deployed to Northern Ireland in 1969 to keep apart rioting factions of loyalists and nationalists, they could not have known that they were being drawn into the longest campaign in the British Army's history, a battle against...