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Diet for a Large Planet: Industrial Britain, Food Systems, and World Ecology by Chris Otter
RRP: £43.00£36.41We are facing a world food crisis of unparalleled proportions. Our reliance on unsustainable dietary choices and agricultural systems is causing problems both for human health and the health of our planet. Solutions from lab-grown food to vegan diets to... -
Radical Underworld: Prophets, Revolutionaries, and Pornographers in London, 1795-1840 by Iain McCalman 9780198122869
RRP: £62.00£61.85This is a paperback edition of a highly acclaimed study of English popular radicalism during the period between the anti-Jacobin government `Terror' of the 1790s and the beginnings of Chartism. Challenging conventional distinctions between `high' and... -
German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers: 1939-42 by Mark Lardas
RRP: £13.99£9.75This superbly illustrated study explores the epic clashes of British and German heavy cruisers at the beginning of World War II. The opposing heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy engaged in a global game of cat and mouse during... -
Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior by Fergus Cannan 9781846035777
RRP: £14.99£11.75Galloglass, from the Gaelic galloglaigh for 'foreign warriors', were mercenaries from the Western Isles of Scotland who fought in the retinues of Irish magnates from the mid-13th century until the early 17th century. This work looks at the clan and... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-1953 by Sally Waller
£34.17Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, Revolution and Dictatorship... -
Enigma Traitors: The Struggle to Lose the Cipher War by Dermot Turing 9781803991696
RRP: £22.00£16.44Everyone knows the story of Enigma and secret codebreaking in the Second World War: the triumph of Bletchley Park over world-class cipher technology. Except that excellence in codebreaking was nearly betrayed by incompetence in codemaking.German... -
Out of My Depth by Anne Darwin
RRP: £8.99£6.45When Anne Darwin told the world and her family that her husband, John, had disappeared while canoeing in the North Sea, her life changed forever.She had just lied to the police, the press, her friends and neighbours, insurance companies and her own sons... -
Inheritance: The Story of Knole and the Sackvilles by Robert Sackville-West 9781408809686
RRP: £14.99£10.95Since its purchase in 1604 by Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, the house at Knole, Kent, has been inhabited by thirteen generations of a single aristocratic family, the Sackvilles. Here, drawing on a wealth of unpublished letters, archives and... -
The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum by Sarah Wise 9781844133314
RRP: £10.99£7.77'An excellent and intelligent investigation of the realities of urban living that respond to no design or directive... This is a book about the nature of London itself' Peter Ackroyd, The TimesA powerful exploration of the seedy side of Victorian London... -
England's Villages: An Extraordinary Journey Through Time by Dr Ben Robinson
RRP: £10.99£7.47THE STUNNING NEW BOOK FROM THE HOST OF BBC 2'S VILLAGES BY THE SEAEngland's villages have survived, developed, and thrived over hundreds of years. But what makes a village and how has that changed over time? Take a charming and unexpected journey... -
The Crichel Boys by Simon Fenwick
RRP: £25.00£16.78In 1945, Eddy Sackville-West, Desmond Shawe-Taylor and Eardley Knollys - writers for the New Statesman and a National Trust administrator - purchased Long Crichel House, an old rectory with no electricity and an inadequate water supply. In this... -
Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket by Richard Holmes
RRP: £12.99£8.48Magnificent history of the common British soldier from 1700 to 1900 by one of Britain's best-known and accomplished military writers and broadcasters. Red Coat is non-fiction Sharpe, filled with anecdote and humour as well as historical analysis. ... -
We Are All Witches by Mairi Kidd
RRP: £16.99£12.68From 1563 to 1736 Scotland put thousands of women to death for witchcraft. Their supposed crimes have much to tell us about attitudes to women in the past, and in the present day. This book introduces sixteen women who lost their lives or lived in the... -
Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-1945 by Patrick Bishop
RRP: £12.99£8.48Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945. As featured on the BBC 1 documentary BOMBER BOYS, presented by Ewan McGregor. ... -
Blood, Fire and Gold: The story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici by Estelle Paranque
RRP: £12.99£9.09'A story told with verve and passion' The Times, Book of the Week'An alternative and engaging biography...accessible and unpretentious' The Telegraph'A stunning portrayal of two of the most powerful women in European history' Tracy Borman'Exciting and... -
Around Dorking and Box Hill: Images of England by June M. Spong 9780752411521
RRP: £12.99£9.62This fascinating collection of over 200 old photographs and ephemera encapsulates two hundred years in the history of Dorking, Box Hill and surrounding villages. The earliest pictures are engravings from the 1770s and the latest photographs date from the... -
The 1950s Home by Sophie Leighton 9780747807117
RRP: £7.99£6.64The 1950s home presented an exciting new way of living for the generation that moved out of the suburbs. Young couples who had previously rented accommodation in urban centres found themselves able to afford new-build homes with hot running water, an... -
Hut/Hytte by Lesley Riddoch 9781913025632
RRP: £9.99£7.27Victorian visitors had shooting lodges - Scots had trips doon the watter. Norwegian citizens had hytte - Scots had Butlins. Why have the inhabitants of one of Europe's prime tourist destinations been elbowed off the land and exiled from nature for so... -
Lord Chesterfield's Letters by Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
RRP: £10.99£7.77`My object is to have you fit to live; which, if you are not, I do not desire that you should live at all.' So wrote Lord Chesterfield in one of the most celebrated and controversial correspondences between a father and son. Chesterfield wrote almost... -
New Forest Voices by Mike Turner 9780752416250
RRP: £12.99£9.62This book is part of a series, which combines the reminiscences of local people with old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in Great Britain, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN... -
The Littlehampton Libels: A Miscarriage of Justice and a Mystery about Words in 1920s England by Christopher Hilliard 9780198799658
RRP: £45.99£45.62The Littlehampton Libels tells the story of a poison-pen mystery that led to a miscarriage of justice in the years following the First World War. There would be four criminal trials before the real culprit was finally punished, with the case challenging... -
Sunshine and Laughter: The Story of Morecambe & Wise by Louis Barfe 9781838933388
RRP: £9.99£7.11The unique story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise - British television's most iconic double act. 'A warm and sympathetic portrait of two pals who conquered the world simply by radiating hilarious friendship' Sunday Times 'Barfe lifts the lid on the... -
Black Handsworth: Race in 1980s Britain by Kieran Connell 9780520300682
RRP: £30.00£23.29In 1980s Britain, while the country failed to reckon with the legacies of its empire, a black, transnational sensibility was emerging in its urban areas. In Handsworth, an inner-city neighborhood of Birmingham, black residents looked across the Atlantic... -
Big Chief Elizabeth: How England's Adventurers Gambled and Won the New World by Giles Milton
RRP: £12.99£8.60In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of North American Indians had made her their weroanza - 'big chief'.The news was received with great joy, both by the Queen and her favourite, Sir Walter Ralegh. His first American... -
The Book in the Cathedral: The Last Relic of Thomas Becket by Christopher de Hamel
RRP: £9.99£7.11From the bestselling author of Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts, a captivating account of the last surviving relic of Thomas Becket The assassination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 is one of the most famous events in... -
Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom by Iain Ballantyne
RRP: £10.99£7.00Now a major television documentary (Channel 4, 2021)The epic mission to destroy Hitler's flagship.'Bismarck was now loose in the Atlantic ... we had to find and sink her.'May, 1941. The most powerful battleship the world has ever seen, the German Navy's... -
Crisis? What Crisis?: Britain in the 1970s by Alwyn W. Turner 9781781310717
RRP: £11.99£8.00'A masterful work of social history and cultural commentary, told with much wit. It almost makes you feel as if you were there' ROGER LEWIS, Mail on Sunday The 1970s. They were the best of times and the worst of times. Wealth inequality was at a record... -
Hoards: Hidden History by Eleanor Ghey
RRP: £12.99£8.60Every so often a remarkable discovery hits the headlines - often an account of treasure hunters striking lucky after years of searching the land, or perhaps a chance find made by a farmer after ploughing. With each new hoard comes a story, or a number of... -
The Interest: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery by Michael Taylor
RRP: £10.99£7.77Discover how the campaign to end slavery divided Britain and was almost thwarted by some of the most powerful and famous figures of the era.**SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING**In 1807, Parliament outlawed the slave trade in the... -
South Manchester Remembered by Graham Phythian 9780752470023
RRP: £14.99£11.55South Manchester Remembered is a fascinating compilation of articles written by author and South Manchester Reporter columnist Graham Phythian. Take a nostalgic journey into South Manchester's colourful past with this rich collection of tales from bygone... -
Orkney: A Historical Guide by Caroline Wickham-Jones
RRP: £10.99£7.32Orkney lies only 20 miles north of mainland Scotland, yet for many centuries its culture was more Scandanavian than Scottish. Strong westerly winds account for the scarcity of trees on Orkney and also for the tradition of well-constructed stone... -
King Charles III: 100 moments from his journey to the throne by Arthur Edwards 9780008629304
RRP: £14.99£9.70Stunning, photographic King Charles III memorabilia gift for royal fans As the nation celebrates the coronation of a new monarch, The Sun looks back on 100 moments in the life of the man who would be king. The longest heir apparent in British history,... -
Castles in Wales - A Handbook by Gerald Morgan
£8.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847710314Author Gerald MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 175mm * 120mm * 16mm -
The Plantation of Ulster by Jonathan Bardon 9780717154470
£23.25The Plantation of Ulster was the most ambitious scheme of colonisation ever attempted in modern Europe, and one of the largest European migrations of the period. It was a pivotal episode in Irish history, sending shock waves reverberating down the... -
Empires of the Normans: Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia by Levi Roach
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Powerful' The Economist'Fascinating, panoramic . . . Roach brings an expert eye and page-turning energy' Helen Castor, bestselling author of She Wolves'Narrated with pace, clarity, authority and style, Roach's book is a bracing tour of the world that... -
A League of Our Own: The Cymru Premier Story 1992-93 to 2022-23 by Mark Langshaw 9781904609100
RRP: £18.99£15.65A League of Our Own is the first book to tell the remarkable story of the establishment and 30-year history of the League of Wales, which was rebranded as the Welsh Premier League in 2010 and the Cymru Premier in 2019. The League of Wales kicked-off its... -
William II (Penguin Monarchs): The Red King by John Gillingham
RRP: £6.99£5.13'To provide splendid settings for their displays of majesty, kings had great halls built, and none more so than Rufus' William II, or William Rufus, son and successor to William the Conqueror, is most famous for his death: killed by an arrow while out... -
Brunel: The Man Who Built the World by Dan Cruickshank 9780753821251
RRP: £9.99£6.80A celebration of the life and engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel by two of the world's foremost authorities.In his lifetime, Isambard Kingdom Brunel towered over his profession. Today, he remains the most famous engineer in history, the... -
The Men Who Flew the Halifax by Bowman, Martin W 9781526705686
RRP: £25.00£17.62This is the story of the air war over Western Europe, much of it told by the Halifax pilots and air crew who took part. It spans the period between 1942 and 1945 and covers the encounters between the Luftwaffe and the air forces of Britain and the... -
Shaping the Day: A History of Timekeeping in England and Wales 1300-1800 by Paul Glennie 9780199278206
RRP: £100.00£75.89Timekeeping is an essential activity in the modern world, and we take it for granted that our lives are shaped by the hours of the day. Yet what seems so ordinary today is actually the extraordinary outcome of centuries of technical innovation and...