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The Age Of Extremes: 1914-1991 by Eric Hobsbawm
RRP: $33.13$9.59THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and creative nature of... -
The Age Of Extremes: 1914-1991 by Eric Hobsbawm 9780349106717 [USED COPY]
RRP: $33.13$4.47THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and creative nature of... -
Politics On the Edge: From the host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics by Rory Stewart 9781787332713
RRP: $42.90$31.24A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout hit podcast The Rest Is Politics'The most exceptional political memoir I've ever read' ALAN JOHNSON'An instant... -
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard 9780871404237
RRP: $58.48$49.82Ancient Rome was an imposing city even by modern standards, a sprawling imperial metropolis of more than a million inhabitants, a "mixture of luxury and filth, liberty and exploitation, civic pride and murderous civil war" that served as the seat of... -
Nine, The: How a Band of Daring Resistance Women Escaped from Nazi Germany - The Powerful True Story by Gwen Strauss
RRP: $19.48$13.36'A compelling, beautifully written story of resilience, friendship and survival.' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of AuschwitzThe thrilling story of how nine young women, captured by the Nazis for being part of the Resistance, launched a... -
The Little Princesses: The Story Of The Queen's Childhood By Her Nanny Crawfie by Marion Crawford
RRP: $19.48$13.26'A unique insight into the isolated childhood of the future queen and her sister' YOU MAGAZINE, THE DAILY MAIL~The touching and ground-breaking stories of the Queen and Princess Margaret's childhoods told by their nanny, Marion Crawford. With a foreword... -
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
RRP: $23.38$17.22Mary Beard's new book Emperor of Rome is available now Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of... -
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan 9781408839997
RRP: $33.13$21.98For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in search of adventure and riches. The region stretching from eastern Europe and sweeping right across Central... -
Cilka's Journey: The Sunday Times bestselling sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
RRP: $19.48$12.71Cilka's Journey is the million copy bestselling sequel to the phenomenon The Tattooist of Auschwitz.Don't miss the conclusion to The Tattooist of Auschwitz Trilogy, Three Sisters. Available now.'She was the bravest person I ever met'Lale Sokolov, The... -
The Holocaust: An Unfinished History by Dan Stone 9780241508749
RRP: $25.33$15.07'This vital history shatters many myths about the Nazi genocide . . . . surprising . . . provocative . . . fizzes with ideas. Even if you think you know the subject, you'll probably find something here to make you think' Sunday Times'Erudite..... -
Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): Britain: Migration, Empires and the People c790-Present Day Revision Guide by Aaron Wilkes
RRP: $15.58$15.15This Britain: Migration, Empires and the People c790-Present Day Revision Guide is part of the popular Oxford AQA GCSE 9-1 History series. Written by our original author team to match the new AQA 9-1 GCSE specification, this guide covers exactly what... -
The Idea of Perfection: The Poetry and Prose of Paul Valery; A Bilingual Edition by Paul Valery
RRP: $48.75$30.24Heir to Mallarme and the symbolists, godfather to the modernists, Paul Valery was a poet with thousands of readers and few followers, great resonance and little echo. Along with Rilke and Eliot, he stands as a bridge between the tradition of the... -
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar by Tom Holland
RRP: $25.33$10.35'A masterly account of this first wicked century of the Roman Empire' Sunday Times'Holland does not just tell the story of the reign of the Julio-Claudian family. He knits the history of ancient Rome into his narrative - its founding myths, the fall of... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: Russia 1917-91: From Lenin to Yeltsin by Robin Bunce
RRP: $20.48$18.76Exam 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... -
Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 by Antony Beevor 9781474610162
RRP: $21.43$14.43'A masterpiece of history'DAILY TELEGRAPHBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era. An incompatible... -
The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason by Douglas Murray
RRP: $39.00$26.79SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'The most important book of the year' Daily Mail The brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world's foremost political writers ... -
Johnson at 10: The Inside Story by Anthony Seldon
RRP: $48.75$33.13***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***An FT, TELEGRAPH and THE TIMES Book of the Year'Excellent... first class... both fair and damning.' Daniel Finkelstein, The Times 'Authoritative, gripping and often jaw-dropping' Andrew Rawnsley,... -
The Gulag Archipelago: v. 1: Experiment in Literary Investigation by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 9780061253713
RRP: $42.88$25.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061253713Author Aleksandr SolzhenitsynFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Normandy '44: D-Day and the Battle for France by James Holland
RRP: $21.43$15.15'A devastating new account..Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military matters' Daily Mail, Book of the Week'A superb account of the invasion that deserves immense praise. To convey the human drama of Normandy requires great knowledge and... -
History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
RRP: $29.23$21.35'With icy remorselessness, it puts paid to any notion that the horrors of modern history might be an aberration - for it tells of universal war, of terrorism, revolution and genocide' Tom HollandThe long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta... -
Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland
RRP: $25.33$10.35Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared to the glittering empires of Byzantium or Islam, the splintered kingdoms on the edge of the Atlantic appeared... -
The Shortest History of Germany by James Hawes 9781910400739
RRP: $19.48$13.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910400739Author James HawesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street PublishingDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 20mm -
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz 9781845296445
RRP: $21.43$14.43'I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves'Slavomir RawiczSlavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19 November 1939 he was... -
Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillan
RRP: $29.23$19.11Previously published as PeacemakersBetween January and July 1919, after the war to end all wars, men and women from all over the world converged on Paris for the Peace Conference. At its heart were the leaders of the three great powers - Woodrow Wilson,... -
The Fall of Yugoslavia by Misha Glenny 9780140261011
RRP: $21.43$15.15Misha Glenny's acclaimed account of the war in former Yugoslavia contains substantial new material that discusses the end of the five-year conflict and looks ahead to an uneasy future in this turbulent region. Writing in the Evening Standard, Fitzroy... -
Poland: A history by Adam Zamoyski 9780007556212
RRP: $25.33$16.54Adam Zamoyski first wrote his history of Poland two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This substantially revised and updated edition sets the Soviet era in the context of the rise, fall and remarkable rebirth of an indomitable nation. ... -
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes
RRP: $29.23$19.89THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Life-filled and life-affirming history, steeped in romance and written with verve' GUARDIAN'Richly entertaining and impeccably researched' Peter FrankopanIstanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and... -
The Shortest History of Europe by John Hirst 9781910400807
RRP: $17.53$12.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910400807Author John HirstFormat PaperbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street PublishingDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 16mm -
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town by Mary Beard
RRP: $23.38$16.44WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008 'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an... -
Ancestors: A prehistory of Britain in seven burials by Alice Roberts
RRP: $21.43$13.65An extraordinary exploration of the ancestry of Britain through seven burial sites. By using new advances in genetics and taking us through important archaeological discoveries, Professor Alice Roberts helps us better understand life today.'This is a... -
Cilka's Journey: The Sunday Times bestselling sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris 9781785769047
RRP: $29.23$20.24Cilka's Journey is the million copy bestselling sequel to the phenomenon The Tattooist of Auschwitz.Don't miss the conclusion to The Tattooist of Auschwitz Trilogy, Three Sisters. Available now.'She was the bravest person I ever met'Lale Sokolov, The... -
Five Chimneys by Olga Lengyel 9780897333764
RRP: $29.15$18.54Having lost her husband, her parents, and her two young sons to the Nazi exterminators, Olga Lengyel had little to live for during her seven-month internment in Auschwitz. Only Lengyel's work in the prisoners' underground resistance and the need to tell... -
Fortress Malta: An Island Under Siege 1940-1943 by James Holland
RRP: $25.33$17.73The extraordinary drama of Malta's WWII victory against impossible odds told through the eyes of the people who were there.In March and April 1942, more explosives were dropped on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta - smaller than the Isle of Wight -... -
Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed by Wendy Lower 9780544828698
RRP: $42.90$29.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544828698Author Wendy LowerFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin -
Isle of Dogs: A canine adventure through Britain by Clare Balding 9781529195392
RRP: $42.90$30.46Every dog must have his day.Dogs are never just pets. Not for the British. We love them as members of the family. They work with us, sleep with us, eat with us, help us live our daily lives and come on holiday with us. Some parents will freely admit to... -
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
RRP: $21.43$13.65Ayaan Hirsi Ali is one of today's most admired and controversial political figures. She burst into international headlines following the murder of Theo van Gogh by an Islamist who threatened she would be next. An international bestseller, her life story... -
My Revision Notes: OCR A-level History: Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 by Andrew Holland
RRP: $20.48$18.76Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-LevelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: Summer 2016Target success in OCR A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation... -
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore
RRP: $29.23$19.89The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?This is the intimate story of twenty... -
The Knock at the Door: A Mother's Survival of the Armenian Genocide by Margaret Ajemian Ahnert 9780825306839
RRP: $27.20$21.57In 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,... -
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn: 'The Most Happy' by Eric Ives 9781405134637
RRP: $33.05$30.42This definitive biography of Anne Boleyn establishes her as a figure of considerable importance and influence in her own right. A full biography of Anne Boleyn, based on the latest scholarly research.Focusses on Anne's life and legacy and establishes...