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Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Become the Scapegoats by Maya Goodfellow 9781788733366
RRP: £12.99£8.48The UK government proudly calls the aim of its immigration policy to be the creation of a "hostile environment," while refugees drown in the Mediterranean and Britain votes to leave the EU against claims that "swarms"of migrants are entering Britain... -
The Passengers by Will Ashon 9780571364145
RRP: £14.99£10.95An original and profound portrait of contemporary Britain told through the testimonies of its inhabitants.SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2023'A spectacularly enjoyable and compelling reading experience . . . funny, moving, surprising and... -
Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution by Andrew Seaton 9780300268270
RRP: £20.00£16.98An engaging, inclusive history of the NHS, exploring its surprising survival-and the people who have kept it running In recent decades, a wave of appreciation for the NHS has swept across the UK. Britons have clapped for frontline workers and... -
Left for Dead?: The Strange Death and Rebirth of Labour Britain by Lewis Goodall
RRP: £9.99£6.64A timely and provocative account of the fall of New Labour, the rise of Corbyn, and what it means for the left in Britain. 'Lewis Goodall is one of the most exciting voices in British politics right now'... -
Charles: The Misunderstood Prince. 'The royal biography everyone's talking about' The Daily Mail by Sally Bedell Smith
RRP: £12.99£9.09Heir. Prince. King. Discover the real Charles - our King - in the definitive biography from the bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen 'Brilliant, startling. The royal biography everyone's talking about' Daily Mail_________His destiny was to become... -
Honourable Misfits: A brief history of Britain's weirdest, unluckiest and most outrageous MPs by Marie Le Conte 9781529349634
RRP: £14.99£9.80Politicians are weird - we can all agree on that. But do you know how much weirder they used to be? If not, Honourable Misfits is the book for you. Spanning from the past seven hundred years, this is a celebration of the oddest and most eccentric MPs the... -
About England by David Matless
RRP: £20.00£14.29'England' and 'Englishness' have received much attention in the twenty-first century, not least in debates over Brexit. About England explores how these concepts have been imagined since the 1960s, covering themes including politics, popular culture,... -
The Fall and Rise of Nuclear Power in Britain: A History by Simon Taylor 9781906860318
RRP: £22.99£17.07The story of the rise, fall and second ascendancy of nuclear power in the United Kingdom. Britain was a pioneer in civil nuclear power and there were once high hopes in the 1950s that this could be a source of cheap electricity and a valuable export... -
Britain in Fragments: Why Things are Falling Apart by Satnam Virdee
RRP: £19.99£14.28Britain today is falling apart. One of the most dominant states in world history finds itself confronted with growing demands for nationalist secessionism. Brexit has already secured its break from the European Union while looming Scottish independence... -
Britain's Jews: Confidence, Maturity, Anxiety by Harry Freedman
RRP: £20.00£14.98'...detailed and fair.' - The Spectator 'An exhaustive, impressive achievement.' - The Tablet As a minority, Jews in Britain are confident, their institutions competent and mature. And yet within Jewish life in Britain there is a pervading sense of... -
Savage Messiah by Laura Grace Ford
RRP: £28.99£20.20Savage Messiah collects the entire set of Laura Grace Ford's fanzine to date. Part graphic novel, part artwork, the book is both an angry polemic against the marginalization of the city's working class and an exploration of the cracks that open up in... -
Brexit Without The Bullshit: The Facts on Food, Jobs, Schools, and the NHS by Gavin Esler 9781912454358
RRP: £8.99£5.82'Punchy, pithy and short.' - POLLY TOYNBEE, GUARDIAN COLUMNIST 'In an ideal world every citizen would read this essential book, and think hard.' - PROFESSOR AC GRAYLING, ACADEMIC The broadcaster and journalist Gavin Esler reveals the long-lasting... -
This Is a Book for People Who Love the Royals by Rebecca Stoeker
RRP: £12.99£8.60From the line of succession to the Queen's corgis, this charming book is a perfect primer on the fascinating world of British royalty.Full of fun facts and surprising stories to delight longtime enthusiasts and new fans alike, This Is a Book for People... -
The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown by Katie Nicholl 9780306827990
RRP: £16.99£11.54For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. During her lifetime she was constant in her desire to provide a steady presence and to be a trustworthy steward of the British people and the Commonwealth. In the face of her... -
Cathedrals of Steam: How London’s Great Stations Were Built – And How They Transformed the City by Christian Wolmar
£28.25'Fascinating' 'Books of the Year', Financial Times'London's twelve great rail termini are the epic survivors of the Victorian age... Wolmar brings them to life with the knowledge of an expert and the panache of a connoisseur.' Simon Jenkins'A wonderful... -
Dishing the Dirt: The Hidden Lives of House Cleaners by Nick Duerden
RRP: £9.99£6.41'A jaw-dropping investigation' - THE BOOKSELLER 'Succeeds brilliantly in dismantling casual assumptions about the drudgery of cleaning' - THE GUARDIAN 'A great book, well researched, funny and poignant. I loved it.' - KIT DE WAAL Dishing the... -
Elizabeth: The No 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the writer who knew her and her family for over fifty years by Gyles Brandreth
RRP: £16.99£13.52THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer who knew her family best'Compelling . . . Fascinating' DAILY MAIL'The writer who got closest to the human truth about our... -
Workers Can Win: A Guide to Organising at Work by Ian Allinson
RRP: £14.99£9.80The Covid, climate and cost of living crises all hang heavy in the air. It's more obvious than ever that we need radical social and political change. But in the vacuum left by defeated labour movements, where should we begin? For longtime workplace... -
Britain and Europe in a Troubled World by Vernon Bogdanor
RRP: £18.99£16.18The history of Britain's complex relationship with Europe, untangled"The best short introduction to both the political realignment that produced the 2016 Referendum result and the immense fallout since."-CapX, "Books of the Year" (2020)"[A] cool-headed,... -
Please, Nurse!: A Student Nurse in the 1950s by Joan Lock
RRP: £8.99£5.45Joan Lock's warm and nostalgic account of her three years of training as a young student nurse in the early 1950s. Perfect for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE.When Joan Lock began her formal training as a young nurse in the 1950s, she was unprepared for the... -
Scorpion and Scimitar: British Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicles, 1970-2020 by Grummitt, David 9781526774149
RRP: £16.99£12.28Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Way It Was: Life in Elizabeth’s Britain, 1952-1979 by Matthew Engel 9781786496690
RRP: £12.99£8.56Book of the Year in the Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph and New Statesman'A powerful illumination of a lost world that is nevertheless part of living memory.' Simon Heffer, 'Books of the Year' , Daily Telegraph'A joyous new book on post-war Britain.' Daily... -
Churchill: A Drinking Life: Champagne, Cognac, and Cocktails by Gin Sander
RRP: £14.99£9.36"An intoxicating read. You'll want to consume it twice." -A.J. Baime, New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental President and Dewey Defeats TrumanA fun little book packed with historic Churchill information, drinking companions, locations, and... -
Political Purgatory: The Battle to Save Stormont and the Play for a New Ireland by Brian Rowan
RRP: £31.95£15.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785373817Author Brian RowanFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Our Queen by Robert Hardman
RRP: £10.99£7.77________The bestselling and acclaimed biography of Queen Elizabeth II. With new material exclusive to the paperback edition, Our Queen examines the remarkable reign of Britain's most devoted monarch.History knew no monarch like her.She travelled farther... -
The Gatekeeper by Kate Fall
RRP: £9.99£5.82'A brilliant vivid and intimate new memoir' The Daily Mail 'For over a decade Kate Fall was the most influential woman in British politics.' Alice Thomson, The Times For eleven years Kate Fall was one of... -
Burning Horizon: British Veteran Accounts of the Iraq War, 2003 by Julian Whippy
RRP: £29.95£19.19Codenamed Operation Telic, the British component of the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was the largest gathering of British troops since the Second World War. Whilst the British public prepared for the worst as its soldiers were facing weapons of mass... -
Procession by Jack Cooke
RRP: £14.99£10.95A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous - and not so famous -... -
Alt-Finance: How the City of London Bought Democracy by Marlene Benquet
RRP: £14.99£9.80Powerful financial forces have supported the neoliberal project since the 1980s to advance their interests; but there are now signs that these forces have a new face and a new strategy. The majority of the British finance sector threw its support behind... -
Pastoral Song: A Farmer's Journey by James Rebanks 9780063073241
RRP: £18.99£11.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Notable Books (Nonfiction) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9780063073241Author RebanksPage Count 304Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins... -
In the Eighties: Portraits from Another Time by Derek Ridgers
RRP: £24.95£20.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908211569Author Derek RidgersFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Carpet Bombing CulturePublisher Carpet Bombing CultureWeight(grams) 1310gDimensions(mm)... -
A Killer's Confession: How I Brought My Daughter's Murderer to Justice by Deborah Lucy 9781472266668
RRP: £7.99£5.60A mother's fight to bring her daughter's killer, Christopher Halliwell, to justice'I have lived every parent's worst nightmare. On what would have been my daughter's 29th birthday, Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher knocked on the door and told me... -
The History of Britain and Ireland: Prehistory to Today by Prof. Kenneth L. Campbell 9781350260740
RRP: £27.99£24.44The History of Britain and Ireland: Prehistory to Today is a balanced and integrated political, social, cultural, and religious history of the British Isles. Kenneth Campbell explores the constantly evolving dialogue and relationship between the past and... -
The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies by Mariana Mazzucato 9780241573099
RRP: £16.99£12.96There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today which must change.Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our economies' reliance on companies such as McKinsey, Boston... -
Tribute to a Hero: The Life and Loss of Major Paul Harding MiD at Basra by Garry McCarthy
RRP: £25.00£17.62When a senior army officer is killed in action holding off an enemy attack threatening to overrun his outpost, the confidence of his comrades is rocked. Accolades of courage and eulogies flow freely from politicians and Generals alike. For the briefest... -
Difference Is Born on the Lips: Reflections on sexuality, stigma and society by Michael Handrick
RRP: £16.99£12.64In this shockingly raw but beautifully written book, Michael Handrick unpicks the toxic narratives and myths built up by society of what it means to be a man, gay and working class. Moving through time and memory, from a rural council estate surrounded... -
The Palace Papers: The Sunday Times bestseller by Tina Brown 9781529124712
RRP: £14.99£12.69The Amazon No.1 BestsellerTHE ROYAL BOOK OF THE YEAR_________________________________'Eye-poppingly revealing. . . impeccable sources, historical heft and canny insights served up with a zingy wit. There are many royal biographers, but few as good as... -
Beyond Brexit: Towards a British Constitution by Vernon Bogdanor
RRP: £14.99£11.47Brexit means exit, but what exactly will we be leaving behind? Entry into the European Community in 1973 was a momentous event - one which had seismic effects on the politics and constitution of Britain. Brexit, while equally as momentous, has almost... -
A Killer's Confession: How I Brought My Daughter's Murderer to Justice by Deborah Lucy
RRP: £20.00£14.29A mother's fight to bring her daughter's killer, Christopher Halliwell, to justice'I have lived every parent's worst nightmare. On what would have been my daughter's 29th birthday, Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher knocked on the door and told me... -
The Paras in Afghanistan by Craig Allen
RRP: £15.99£11.61In 2021, the British Army's 20-year engagement in Afghanistan ended with chaotic scenes at Kabul International Airport. The Parachute Regiment had been involved since the earliest days of conflict and was there at the end to provide security for the...