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Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin 9780008661021
RRP: £25.00£14.52THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This will be the most important political book of the year' MATTHEW D'ANCONA, EVENING STANDARD 'The first serious and consistently... -
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner by Andrea Wulf
RRP: £14.99£8.41WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDWINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016'A thrilling adventure story' Bill Bryson'Dazzling' Literary Review 'Brilliant' Sunday Express'Extraordinary and gripping' New Scientist'A superb biography' The... -
The Daughter of Auschwitz: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - a heartbreaking true story of courage, resilience and survival by Tova Friedman
RRP: £9.99£2.79A Sunday Times bestseller (May 2023) - the incredible story of courage, resilience and survival. 'I am a survivor. That comes with a survivor's obligation to represent one and half million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis. They cannot speak. So I... -
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bettany Hughes 9781474610322
RRP: £25.00£13.98From SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING author Bettany Hughes'A wondrous wonderful achievement' Stephen Fry 'Fascinating' Observer 'Thrilling' GuardianTheir names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon... -
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam by Douglas Murray
RRP: £14.99£10.95THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A WATERSTONES POLITICS PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR, 2018 The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth-rates, mass immigration and... -
The Hut Six Story: Breaking the Enigma Codes by Gordon Welchman 9780947712341
£11.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780947712341Author Gordon WelchmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint M.& M.BaldwinPublisher M.& M.Baldwin -
Politics On the Edge: The instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller from the host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics by Rory Stewart 9781529922868
RRP: £10.99£7.77The searing inside story of our broken politics from the former Cabinet minister and co-host of The Rest Is Politics. 'The most exceptional political memoir I've ever read' ALAN JOHNSON 'An instant classic'MARINA HYDE 'At last a politician who can... -
The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason by Douglas Murray 9780008492847
RRP: £10.99£7.25SUNDAY 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 ... -
Citizens: A Chronicle of The French Revolution by Simon Schama 9780141017273
RRP: £20.00£14.69One of the great landmarks of modern history publishing, Simon Schama's Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution is the most authoritative social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution ever produced. 'Monumental ... provocative... -
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
RRP: £10.99£6.44The #1 testimony book that every Christian needs to read. As the Nazi madness swept across Europe, a quiet watchmaker's family in Holland risked everything for the sake of others, and for the love of Christ. Despite the danger and threat of discovery,... -
The Essential Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler 9781732353268
RRP: £17.00£12.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732353268Author Adolf HitlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Clemens & Blair, LLCPublisher Clemens & Blair, LLCWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm)... -
The Malleus Maleficarum by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart
RRP: £14.99£11.12The Malleus Maleficarum is one of the best-known treatises dealing with the problem of what to do with witches. It was written in 1487 by a Dominican inquisitor, Heinrich Institoris, following his failure to prosecute a number of women for witchcraft, it... -
Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome by Guy de la Bédoyère 9781408715154 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£7.52A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient worldLiving in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers, and poets who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous... -
Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome by Guy de la Bédoyère 9781408715154
RRP: £25.00£16.78A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient worldLiving in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers, and poets who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous... -
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by University Christopher Clark
RRP: £18.99£11.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061146664Author University Christopher ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 697Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 544g -
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon
RRP: £10.99£7.00'Those left cold by the sober tones of scholarship will find this voice liberating and intoxicating. Its energy is boundless and its range immense.' Wall Street Journal In Ancient Rome all the best stories have one thing in common - murder. Romulus... -
The Real Odessa: How Nazi War Criminals Escaped Europe by Uki Goni
RRP: £14.99£9.80'Powerful and gripping... Goni [is] impressively relentless: leaving no discoverable stone unturned' Philippe Sands, author of The Ratline As Russian forces closed in on Berlin, and Hitler's regime drew to a close, many Nazi officials began to... -
The Cambridge Five: The History and Legacy of the Notorious Soviet Spy Ring in Britain During World War II and the Cold War by Charles River Editors 9781983944260
RRP: £10.24£8.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781983944260Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
The Carnation Revolution: The Day Portugal's Dictatorship Fell by Alex Fernandes 9780861547548
RRP: £22.00£16.0225 April 1974, Lisbon. Over the course of a single day, Europe's oldest fascist regime falls. On its 50th anniversary, this is the story of the revolution that changed Portugal forever. 'A thrilling and inspiring page-turner.' Richard Zimler, author... -
Kings and Queens: 1200 Years of English and British Monarchs by Iain Dale 9781529379488
RRP: £25.00£16.78'We all know about Queen Victoria, Edward VIII and Queen Elizabeth II, but how much do we really know about other monarchs? Yes, we know William the Conqueror beat King Harold at the Battle of Hastings. We know George III was mad, but what else do we... -
Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass by Theodore Dalrymple
RRP: £12.99£9.49Here is a searing account-probably the best yet published-of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does. Theodore Dalrymple, a British psychiatrist who treats the poor in a slum hospital and a prison in England, has seemingly seen it all. ... -
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark
RRP: £18.99£13.61The pacy, sensitive and formidably argued history of the causes of the First World War, from acclaimed historian and author Christopher ClarkFINANCIAL TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014SUNDAY TIMES and INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2012Winner of the Los... -
Alice's Book: How the Nazis Stole My Grandmother's Cookbook by Karina Urbach 9781529416329
RRP: £10.99£7.40"A remarkable and important story" BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour"Unputdownable . . . Urbach has also retold the tragic Holocaust story in quite unforgettable lines" A.N. Wilson"In a remarkable new book, Alice's granddaughter Karina, a noted historian, has... -
The Wisdom of the Beguines: The Forgotten Story of a Medieval Women's Movement by Laura Swan 9781629190082
RRP: £10.99£7.38The beguines began to form in various parts of Europe over eight hundred years ago. Beguines were laywomen, not nuns, and they did not live in monasteries. They practiced a remarkable way of living independently, and they were never a religious order or... -
A Night to Remember: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Sinking of the Titanic by Walter Lord
RRP: £10.99£7.12'There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers.' - Phillip Franklin, White Star Line Vice-PresidentOn April 15th, 1912, Titanic, the world's largest passenger ship, sank... -
The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander the Great by James Romm
RRP: £25.00£17.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400079674Author James RommFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Time and Tide: The Long, Long Life of Landscape by Fiona Stafford 9781473686328
RRP: £20.00£13.35'Poetic and profound, Time and Tide is wise, considered and full of surprises' Observer'Poignant and touching' Mail on Sunday'Miraculous' ScotsmanA village waits at the bottom of a reservoir. A monkey puzzle tree bristles in a suburban garden. A skein of... -
The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire by John Newsinger 9781909026292
RRP: £13.99£9.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909026292Author John NewsingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Bookmarks PublicationsPublisher Bookmarks PublicationsWeight(grams) 468g -
Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
RRP: £12.99£8.60'The book that really held me, in fact, obsessed me, was Rubicon . . . This is narrative history at its best. Bloody and labyrinthine political intrigue and struggle, brilliant oratory, amazing feats of conquest and cruelty' Ian McEwan, Books of the... -
A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women Emma Southon 9780861548323
RRP: £10.99£7.77Rome as you've never seen it before - brazenly unconventional, badly behaved and ever so feminine. 'Hugely entertaining and illuminating' -Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 Here's how the history of... -
The Roads To Rome: A History by Catherine Fletcher 9781847928047
RRP: £16.99£13.35Brimming with life and drama, this is the first book to explore two thousand years of European history through one the greatest imperial networks ever built'A delightful, novel and authoritative history from the ground up' JUDITH HERRIN'Epic and witty ..... -
Napoleon'S Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History by Penny Le Couteur
RRP: £13.99£12.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585423316Author Penny Le CouteurFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Nine, The: How a Band of Daring Resistance Women Escaped from Nazi Germany - The Powerful True Story by Gwen Strauss
RRP: £9.99£5.77'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... -
William Blake's Universe by David Bindman 9781781301272
RRP: £35.00£27.73A beautifully illustrated book that explores William Blake's relationship with Europe against a backdrop of political turmoil. Responding to revolution and war in Europe, enslavement and exploitation in European colonies, and repression and reaction... -
Bruegel to Rubens: Great Flemish Drawings by An Van Camp 9781910807590
RRP: £25.00£17.38"This is the very best of Antwerp and the best from here in Oxford." - The Oxford Times Weekend "This entertaining exhibition of the 16th- and 17th-century drawings from the Low Countries has energy to spare." - The Telegraph This catalogue will... -
The European World 1500-1800: An Introduction to Early Modern History by Beat Kumin
RRP: £33.99£31.00A fully updated fourth edition written by a team of specialists. Enabling students to place early modern Europe within a global context and to see how Europe interacted with the broader early modern world through the exchange of ideas and goods. New... -
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar by Tom Holland
RRP: £12.99£4.39'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... -
An Italian Girl in Brooklyn: A spellbinding story of buried secrets and new beginnings by Santa Montefiore
RRP: £8.99£4.84Dark secrets and hidden sorrows abound in Santa Montefiore's spellbinding novel set in war-torn Italy and the streets of New York. 'A wonderful story, beautifully told. I absolutely tore through it!' KAREN SWAN New York, 1979. It is Thanksgiving and... -
Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945 by Halik Kochanski
RRP: £20.00£12.08*WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2023**A NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEAR*'The best book about the subject I have ever read' Max Hastings, Sunday TimesA sweeping history of occupation and resistance in war-torn Europe, from the acclaimed author of The... -
Cilka's Journey: The Sunday Times bestselling sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris 9781785769047
RRP: £14.99£8.65Cilka'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...