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English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit, 1850-1980 by Martin J. Wiener 9780521604796
RRP: £39.99£33.26England was the world's first great industrial nation. Yet the English have never been comfortable with industrialism. Drawing upon a wide array of sources, Martin Wiener explores the English ambivalence to modern industrial society. His work reveals a... -
Mary of Guise in Scotland, 1548-1560: A Political Career by Pamela E. Ritchie
RRP: £30.00£20.60Challenging the conventional interpretation of Mary of Guise as the defender of Catholicism whose regime climaxed with the Reformation Rebellion, Pamela Ritchie shows that Mary was, on the contrary, a shrewd and effective politique, whose own dynastic... -
Beacon in the West: A Hundred Years of the Stornoway Trust by Roger Hutchinson 9781839830501
RRP: £15.99£11.42In 1918 Lord Leverhulme bought the island of Lewis with ambitious plans to massively expand its fishing industry and increase its population. In 1923, when his plans had failed, he offered it free of charge to the islanders in two parts. One part,... -
Martial Races: The Military, Race and Masculinity in British Imperial Culture, 1857-1914 by Heather Streets 9780719069635
RRP: £19.99£17.61This book explores how and why Scottish Highlanders, Punjabi Sikhs, and Nepalese Gurkhas became identified as the British Empire's fiercest, most manly soldiers in nineteenth century discourse. As 'martial races' these men were believed to possess a... -
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell 9781804172278
RRP: £7.99£5.60A new edition with a new introduction, this is a deeply personal record of Orwell's growing despair and disillusionment with the Spanish Civil War, gathering themes he would later explore to perfection in Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Having... -
Petticoat Heroes: Gender, Culture and Popular Protest in the Rebecca Riots by Rhian E. Jones
RRP: £19.99£15.23Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2016 The wave of unrest which took place in 1840s Wales, known as `Rebeccaism' or `the Rebecca riots', stands out as a success story within the generally gloomy annals of popular struggle... -
Invasion!: Operation Sea Lion, 1940 by Martin Marix Evans 9780582772946
RRP: £36.99£36.14This terrifying alternative reality is actually based on historical facts. The book follows the real course of events up to1 September, including the planning in Britain and Germany, and the aerial war. The fictional story then supposes that the Germans... -
Haunted Bishop's Stortford by Jenni Kemp 9780750964128
RRP: £12.99£9.62From a spectral horse and carriage heard galloping along Church Street to unexplained sightings of the market town's mysterious Grey Lady, this collection of hauntings from Bishop's Stortford is guaranteed to make your blood run cold. Featured here are... -
Plymouth: A City at War: 1914-45 by John van der Kiste
RRP: £12.99£9.62Home to all three armed services, Plymouth was greatly affected by both major conflicts of the twentieth century. Between 1914 and 1918, Devonport Dockyard was responsible for much routine repair and maintenance work as well as building new ships and... -
Out of the Shadows: A History of Women in Twentieth-century Wales by Deirdre Beddoe 9780708315910
RRP: £14.99£11.66This work reveals the story of women's lives in Wales during the 20th century. The areas of women's lives explored include: education; health; home life; leisure; politics; and waged work. The regional variations and differing linguistic and cultural... -
Jewish Letchworth: A Microcosm of the Jewish Communal Experience by Yanky Fachler
RRP: £17.95£13.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803710327Author Yanky FachlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
The Religious History of Wales: Religious Life and Practice in Wales from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day by Richard C. Allen 9781860570797
RRP: £24.99£20.29An essential reference guide, this volume draws together an impressive collection of academics and religious practitioners to map out for the first time the religious multiplicity and diversity of Wales. For the first fifteen hundred years or so of its... -
Hotspur: Henry Percy: Medieval Rebel by Andrew Boardman
RRP: £14.99£11.55'This book should be in your hands!' - Medieval History Magazine'A detailed and readable account of Hotspur's life that conveys a sense of the endemic violence of the Border Marches.' - Northern History'Boardman has studied the battlefields of Otterburn,... -
Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou and the Wars of the Roses: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records by Keith Dockray 9781781554692
RRP: £16.99£12.94Henry VI (1422-61), a man 'more given to God and devout prayer than handling worldly and temporal things', was the third, and least successful, Lancastrian king of England; his wife Margaret of Anjou, 'a great and strong laboured woman', became a... -
On the Trail of the Yorkshire Ripper: His Final Secrets Revealed by Richard Charles Cobb
RRP: £14.99£10.95Peter Sutcliffe, The Yorkshire Ripper, remains the most infamous serial killer in British criminal history. His reign of terror saw 13 women brutally murdered and the largest criminal manhunt in British history. Just like Jack the Ripper, his... -
The Tiger in the Smoke: Art and Culture in Post-War Britain by Lynda Nead
RRP: £35.00£31.17Taking an interdisciplinary approach that looks at film, television, and commercial advertisements as well as more traditional media such as painting, The Tiger in the Smoke provides an unprecedented analysis of the art and culture of post-war Britain... -
A Brummie in the Family: Family and Local History in Birmingham by Vanessa Morgan
RRP: £14.99£11.55Family history is one of the most popular hobbies of recent years, with many looking into their roots and finding out about their past. In this book you will learn how to find dates and events in your ancestors' lives, and it will help put flesh on the... -
History of the Law of Charity, 1532-1827 by Gareth Jones 9780521073929
RRP: £37.99£31.31This book covers the period from the Reformation to the end of Lord Eldon's Chancellorship when the modern law of charity had taken a definite shape. Mr Jones shows how the contemporary religious, economic and social pressures moulded the substantive law... -
Making Sense of History: 1901-present day by Neil Bates
£25.21Deliver engaging, enquiry-driven lessons and help pupils gain a coherent chronological understanding of and across periods studied with this complete offering for Key Stage 3 History. Designed for the 2014 National Curriculum this supportive learning... -
Towers in the North: The Brochs of Scotland by Ian Armit
RRP: £27.50£20.28The brochs are among the best-known ancient monuments in Scotland. However, despite a long and colourful history of research, it is only in the last 20 years that the results of field survey, excavation and radiocarbon dating have begun to flesh out a... -
Changing Times: The New Look and the Swinging Sixties - from the Hearth by Deirdre Beddoe 9781906784102
RRP: £11.99£8.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906784102Author Deirdre BeddoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 379Imprint Honno LtdPublisher Honno LtdWeight(grams) 456g -
Making Sense of History: 1745-1901 by John D. Clare
£25.21Deliver engaging, enquiry-driven lessons and help pupils gain a coherent chronological understanding of and across periods studied with this complete offering for Key Stage 3 History. Designed for the 2014 National Curriculum this supportive learning... -
Henry VIII: The Decline and Fall of a Tyrant by Robert Hutchinson
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Hutchinson brilliantly conveys the atmosphere of terror...a gripping narrative' DAILY MAIL'A brilliantly readable account of Henry's last years' SUNDAY TIMES'Vivid and shocking' BOOKSELLERThe Tudors retained only a precarious grip on the crown of... -
The Jamestown Brides: The Bartered Wives of the New World by Jennifer Potter
RRP: £10.99£7.32'Compelling... A real pleasure to read.' - BBC History MagazineIn 1621, fifty-six English women crossed the Atlantic in response to the Virginia Company of London's call for maids 'young and uncorrupt' to make wives for the planters of its new colony in... -
Highland Folk Ways by I.F. Grant
RRP: £16.99£12.08This is the classic book on the ancient customs, crafts and techniques of the Scottish Highlands. The past is evoked with a fascinating blend of historical narrative and detail, with descriptions of the fireplaces and furniture, the creels and cas chroms... -
Uplands and Birds (Collins New Naturalist Library) by Ian Newton
RRP: £35.00£23.20Ian Newton, author of Farming and Birds and Bird Migration returns to the New Naturalist series with a long awaited look at the uplands and its birds. The uplands of Britain are unique landscapes created by grazing animals, primarily livestock... -
Gordon Welchman: Bletchley Park's Architect of Ultra Intelligence by Joel Greenberg 9781473885257
£15.11'A magnificent biography which finally provides recognition to one of Bletchley's and Britain's lost heroes.' Michael Smith. The Official Secrets Act and the passing of time have prevented the Bletchley Park story from being told by many of its key... -
Catastrophe at Spithead: The Sinking of the Royal George by Hilary L Rubinstein
RRP: £25.00£18.02In one of the most sensational and perplexing incidents in naval history, Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt, a much-voyaged veteran and outstanding officer, drowned along with more than 800 crew and many civilian visitors, male and female, on a calm... -
Manchester Oddities: Curious People and Places Around Manchester by Keith Warrender 9780946361434
RRP: £15.95£13.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946361434Author Keith WarrenderFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Willow Publishing,TimperleyPublisher Willow Publishing,TimperleyDimensions(mm) 250mm... -
Around Sheldon by David Green 9780752433639
RRP: £14.99£11.55A history of Sheldon.Book InformationISBN 9780752433639Author Margaret D. GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 8mm -
Heinemann Advanced History: The Coming of the Civil War 1603-49 by David Sharp
£26.87A study of the Civil War for AS Level History students. It is designed to fulfil the specifications in place from September 2000. It provides two sections featuring narrative and explanation of the topic. There are notes, biography boxes and definitions... -
South! (Annotated): The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 by Ernest Shackleton
RRP: £21.95£15.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781649220158Author Ernest ShackletonFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Sastrugi Press LLCPublisher Sastrugi Press LLCWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm)... -
The SS Great Britain Story by John Christopher 9780752456041
RRP: £9.99£7.55The SS Great Britain Story is a concise account of one of the most famous steamships ever built. The great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel embraced the latest innovations, including an iron hull and a screw-propeller, to create an ocean liner... -
The Girls Who Went to War: Heroism, heartache and happiness in the wartime women's forces by Duncan Barrett 9780007501229
RRP: £9.99£7.58The personal accounts of three young women who joined up in 1940. In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against Germany. The British Army stood at just over one and a half million men, while the Germans had three times that many, and a... -
Life in the Victorian Kitchen by Karen Foy 9781783036394
RRP: £12.99£9.09Have you ever wondered what life was like for domestic servants, the etiquette involved during upper class banquets, or simply wished for a glimpse of day-to-day life in the Victorian kitchen? During the nineteenth century,the kitchen was a place where... -
Chartist Revolution by Rob Sewell 9781913026189
£15.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913026189Author Rob SewellFormat PaperbackPage Count 482Imprint Wellred BooksPublisher Wellred BooksWeight(grams) 576gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 30mm -
Heroes of the RNLI: The Storm Warriors by Martyn R Beardsley
RRP: £16.99£11.27Whenever vessels have foundered off the coasts of Britain, there have always been those willing to give their all to save those in peril. But in 1823, Sir William Hillary decided that this admirable but impromptu approach was not enough. He believed that... -
The Military Airfields of Britain: Scotland and Northern Ireland by Ken Delve
RRP: £16.99£14.50This series of books, based on the author's popular series for Flypast magazine, provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of Britain. The books, each of which includes a number of counties on a regional basis, are designed for the... -
Decoding the Pictish Symbols by W. A. Cummins 9780752452395
RRP: £19.99£15.02The Picts, the most powerful nation in northern Britain for some 500 years, mysteriously disappeared from contemporary records in the ninth century. All that remains of the language they spoke are a few fragments in the names of places or people. Their... -
When the Hangman Came to Galway: A Gruesome True Story of Murder in Victorian Ireland by Dean Ruxton 9780717180851
RRP: £16.99£12.28The paths of a secret paramour, a jilted lover and a reluctant hangman cross in one fateful winter week in Galway, 1885 James Berry was the notorious hangman who ended the lives of over 100 criminals in Victorian Britain and Ireland. Tortured by...