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Old Currie, Balerno and Juniper Green by George Monies 9781840331639
RRP: $15.42$14.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840331639Author George MoniesFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 165mm * 237mm * 4mm -
Britain's War Machine: Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World War by David Edgerton 9780141026107
RRP: $16.76$11.73GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEARThe familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. David Edgerton's bold, compelling new history shows the conflict in a new light, with Britain as a very wealthy... -
Great and Glorious Days: Marlborough's Battles 1704-09: Schellenberg, Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet by James Falkner 9781862274181
RRP: $21.92$16.69Armies led by John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough met and defeated general and army that King Louis XIV of France could put against them. This book brings soldierly understanding of the trials and tribulations of the fateful days of battle and... -
The Little Book of Somerset by Maurice Fells
RRP: $16.76$12.41Did you know?The town of Wincanton is twinned with a place that does not exist. William Gibbs of Tyntesfield House made his fortune by importing bird droppings from Peru. A song by 'Scrumpy and Western' singer Adge Cutler was banned by the BBC for being... -
Refilling Haig’s Armies: The Replacement of British Infantry Casualties on the Western Front, 1916-1918 by Alison Hine 9781912390700
RRP: $45.15$31.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390700Author Alison HineFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Chessmen Thief by Barbara Henderson
RRP: $10.31$7.11Win. Lose. Survive. I was the boy with a plan. Now I am the boy with nothing. From the moment 12-year-old Kylan hatches a plan to escape from his Norse captors, and return to Scotland to find his mother, his life becomes a dangerous game. The... -
William and Mary: Heroes of the Glorious Revolution by John van der Kiste
RRP: $20.63$15.80Mary (1662-94), daughter of James, Duke of York, heir to the English throne, then 15, is said to have wept for a day and a half when she was told she was to marry her cousin, William (1650-1702), son of William II of Orange (1626-50), Stadtholder of the... -
Scotland: Mapping the Nation by Christopher Fleet 9781780274836
RRP: $45.15$32.55Winner of the Saltire Society Research Book of the Year Whilst documents and other written material are obvious resources that help shape our view of the past, maps too can say much about a nation's history. This is the first book to take maps... -
The Kings & Queens of England by Nicholas Best 9780297834878
RRP: $11.60$7.03A beautifully illustrated companion to the Royal family throughout historySpanning ten dynasties of England's monarchs, The Kings and Queens of England presents portraits and potted biographies of England's monarchs. Spanning from the Normans through to... -
The Northumbrians: North-East England and Its People: A New History by Dan Jackson
RRP: $32.25$28.93The Northumbrians have been overlooked by British and global history, but they've made astonishing contributions to both. Dan Jackson sets out to recover this lost history, exploring the deep roots of Northumbrian culture-hard work and heavy drinking,... -
Rule, Nostalgia: A Backwards History of Britain by Hannah Rose Woods
RRP: $15.47$10.87** A FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR **'A must read' - Janina Ramirez, bestselling author of Femina'An eye-opening history of Britain's enduring fixation with its own past' - Jeremy Paxman'Rule, Nostalgia announces Woods as... -
About Britain: A Journey of Seventy Years and 1,345 Miles by Dr Tim Cole 9781472937261
RRP: $24.50$19.25A captivating glimpse of Britain then and now, seen from behind the steering wheel. In 1951, the Festival of Britain commissioned a series of short guides they dubbed 'handbooks for the explorer'. Their aim was to encourage readers to venture out... -
Fife at Work: Britain in Old Photographs by Carol McNeill 9780750970464
RRP: $19.34$14.90This fascinating pictorial history takes a look back at the days when Fife was home to a wide variety of traditional industries, including mining, farming, fishing, pottery and textile factories, shipping and shipbuilding. Featuring over 160 archive... -
Wartime Scrapbook: the Home Front 1939-1945 by Robert Opie 9780954795443
RRP: $19.29$13.91With the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War looming, this new edition of the Wartime Scrapbook revives memories of this evocative time in Britain's history. Life on the home front revolved around rationing, blackouts, and air raid... -
AQA GCSE (9-1) History Workbook: Health and the people, c1000 to the present day by Adele Fletcher 9781510418974 [USED COPY]
RRP: $7.73$3.11Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018 Practise and perfect the knowledge and skills that students need to achieve their best grade in the AQA GCSE (9-1) History exams.Packed full of consolidation... -
AQA GCSE (9-1) History Workbook: Health and the people, c1000 to the present day by Adele Fletcher
$9.38Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018 Practise and perfect the knowledge and skills that students need to achieve their best grade in the AQA GCSE (9-1) History exams.Packed full of consolidation... -
Viking London by Thomas Williams 9780008299897
RRP: $11.60$7.77London was reborn in the fires of the Viking Age, transformed by immigrants and natives, kings and commoners, warriors and saints. In this short history, bestselling historian Thomas Williams explores the profound... -
On a Pedestal: A Trip around Britain's Statues by Roger Lytollis
RRP: $25.80$17.22This is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who aren't. It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them.As Roger Lytollis travels Britain he encounters a man at Liverpool's... -
Good As You: From Prejudice to Pride - 30 Years of Gay Britain by Paul Flynn
RRP: $21.92$15.84'One of the most important books about gay culture in recent times' The QuietusLong-listed for the Polari First Book PrizeIn 1984 the pulsing electronics and soft vocals of Smalltown Boy would become an anthem uniting gay men. A month later, an... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel A-level History: Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain 1780-1928 by Benjamin Armstrong
RRP: $13.55$12.41Exam board: EdexcelLevel: A-levelSubject: History First teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016Target success in Edexcel A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
The Giants of Stonehenge and Ancient Britain by Jim Vieira 9780956786548
RRP: $20.63$18.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956786548Author Jim VieiraFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Avalon Rising PublicationsPublisher Avalon Rising PublicationsWeight(grams) 540g -
The Highland Clearances Trail by Rob Gibson
RRP: $10.31$7.66The Highland Clearances Trail answers the where, why, what and whens of the Highland Clearances. Taking you around the significant sites of the Highland Clearances this vivid guide gives a scholarly introduction to a tragic moment in Scotland's history... -
The Spirit of London by Boris Johnson 9780007511174 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89$2.95First published as Johnson's Life of London, now released with new material following Jubilee and Olympic celebrations in 2012. This updated history of London shows that the ingenuity, diversity, creativity and enterprise of the city are second to none..... -
Quartz and Feldspar: Dartmoor - A British Landscape in Modern Times by Matthew Kelly
RRP: $19.34$14.13Granite, a tough composite of quartz, feldspar and mica, is the stuff of Dartmoor, the most formidable of the five granite bosses punctuating Britain's southwest peninsula. A miserable place of rain and bog or a sunny upland of exquisite natural beauty,... -
The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie
RRP: $16.76$11.04In the eleventh century, the rulers of the lands surrounding the North Sea are all hungry for power. To get power they need soldiers, to get soldiers they need silver, and to get silver there is no better way than war and plunder. This vicious cycle... -
The Catholics: The Church and its People in Britain and Ireland, from the Reformation to the Present Day by Roy Hattersley
RRP: $21.92$15.84The story of Catholicism in Britain from the Reformation to the present day, from a master of popular history - 'A first-class storyteller' The TimesThroughout the three hundred years that followed the Act of Supremacy - which, by making Henry VIII head... -
The Pinecone by Jenny Uglow
RRP: $21.92$14.94The Pinecone is set in the village of Wreay, near Carlisle, where a masterpiece in Victorian architecture stands - the strangest and most magical church in England. This vivid, original book tells the story of its builder, Sarah Losh, strong-willed and... -
Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion by Charles Townshend 9780141982472
RRP: $19.34$14.13Now with a new preface for the centenary of the Easter Rising, a compelling interpretation of the rebellion that launched Ireland into a new world.Before Easter 1916 Dublin had been a city much like any other British city, comparable to Bristol or... -
Imperial Mud: The Fight for the Fens by James Boyce
RRP: $14.18$9.44**WINNER OF THE HISTORY AND TRADITION CATEGORY, EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARDS 2020****SHORTLISTED FOR THE TASMANIAN LITERARY AWARD 2022****LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2021** 'A real page-turner ... a warning about what happens when the rich and... -
Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey by Jessie Childs
RRP: $16.76$11.73Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was one of the most flamboyant and controversial characters of Henry VIII's reign. A pioneering poet, whose verse had a profound impact on Shakespeare, Surrey was nevertheless branded by one contemporary as 'the most foolish... -
AQA GCSE History: Medieval England - the Reign of Edward I 1272-1307 by Alf Wilkinson
$26.88Exam Board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018AQA approvedCreate a stimulating, well-paced teaching route through the 2016 GCSE History specification using this tailor-made series that draws on a legacy of... -
British Motor Torpedo Boat 1939-45 by Angus Konstam
$12.63During the Second World War, flotillas of the Royal Navy's Motor Torpedo Boats and other coastal forces fought a deadly war for control of the English Channel and the North Sea. These small, fast boats attacked enemy convoys, escorted freighters, landed... -
The Story of the Country House by Clive Aslet
RRP: $25.79$21.89The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present "An eclectic scholarly account, tracing the evolution of the country house from the hunting lodges of the Middle Ages to the modern villas... -
The Making Of The British Army by Allan Mallinson 9780553815405 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.34$3.42Edgehill, 1642: Surveying the disastrous scene in the aftermath of the first battle of the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell realizes that war can no longer be made in the old, feudal way: there has to be system and discipline, and therefore -... -
The Making Of The British Army by Allan Mallinson
RRP: $19.34$14.64Edgehill, 1642: Surveying the disastrous scene in the aftermath of the first battle of the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell realizes that war can no longer be made in the old, feudal way: there has to be system and discipline, and therefore -... -
Dear Green Sounds - Glasgow's Music Through Time and Buildings: The Apollo, Glasgow Pavilion, Mono, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, King Tut's Wah Wah Hut and More by Kate Molleson
RRP: $19.35$15.43Glasgow has always been known for its live music, and at the heart of any music community it is the live venues and buildings that are important, and play host to local and touring acts. One of the main reasons for Glasgow's continued blossoming as a... -
John Maclean: Hero of Red Clydeside by Henry Bell
RRP: $21.92$14.89'I am not here, then, as the accused; I am here as the accuser of capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot' - John Maclean, Speech from the Dock, 1918. Feared by the government, adored by workers, celebrated by Lenin and Trotsky; the head of... -
Great Western Castle Class 4-6-0 Locomotives 1923 - 1959 by David Maidment
RRP: $51.60$36.62The Great Western Castles were one of the most successful locomotive designs of the twentieth century in terms of both performance and efficiency. Designed by Charles Collett in 1923, based on the 1907 Churchward Star' class, 155 were constructed almost... -
On Brick Lane by Rachel Lichtenstein
RRP: $14.18$10.02Brick Lane today is a place of extremes - a street that's constantly reinventing itself. Blending history and reportage with personal testimony and urban myths, and interspersing these with maps and photography, On Brick Lane is a one-of-a-kind chronicle... -
The Roman Shore Forts: Coastal Defences of Southern Britain by Andrew Pearson
RRP: $32.25$23.92The eleven forts constructed by the Romans along the British coast between Branchester in Norfolk and Portchester in Hampshire have traditionally been referred to as the 'Forts of the Saxon Shore'. However, recent research suggests that these sites may...