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Oh Happy Day: Those Times and These Times by Carmen Callil
RRP: $20.98$15.37'A triumphant family memoir' Hallie Rubenhold'Powerfully told...an impressive work' The Times'Gives a voice to the voiceless' Australian Book ReviewIn this remarkable book, Carmen Callil discovers the story of her British ancestors, beginning with her... -
Hearts West: True Stories Of Mail-Order Brides On The Frontier by Chris Enss 9780762727568
RRP: $20.98$16.30Complete with actual advertisements from both women seeking husbands and males seeking brides, New York Times bestselling book Hearts West includes twelve stories of courageous mail order brides and their exploits. Some were fortunate enough to marry... -
Hanes Cymoedd y Gwendraeth a Llanelli/History of the Gwendraeth Valleys and Llanelli by D. Huw Owen 9781847719003 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.50$5.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847719003Author D. Huw OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
Hanes Cymoedd y Gwendraeth a Llanelli/History of the Gwendraeth Valleys and Llanelli D. Huw Owen 9781847719003
$13.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847719003Author D. Huw OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
Violence: A Modern Obsession by Richard Bessel 9781471147920
RRP: $20.98$13.88After a century that has been described as the most violent in the history of humanity, Professor Richard Bessel has written an intelligent and fascinating book on the history of our violent world and how we have become obsessed about violence. He... -
The Workers Party and Democratization in Brazil by Margaret E. Keck 9780300063196
$57.56In this groundbreaking study of the Workers' Party-the first legal mass party on the left in Brazil's recent history-Margaret E. Keck sheds new light on significant changes in Brazilian political organization and society over the past two decades. Her... -
Loughborough Pubs by Lynne Dyer 9781398113435
RRP: $33.58$22.79As a market town conveniently located on major transport routes, Loughborough historically has offered visitors and inhabitants a large number of drinking establishments - pubs, taverns, coaching inns, post houses, alehouses - and the town was once home... -
Old Stewarton, Dunlop and Lugton by Susan Milligan 9781840331431
RRP: $25.10$23.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840331431Author Susan MilliganFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 165mm * 175mm * 3mm -
Haunted Winchester by Matthew Feldwick 9780752438467
RRP: $31.48$24.61Scary tales from around the ancient City of Winchester.Book InformationISBN 9780752438467Author Matthew FeldwickFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 230gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 8mm -
Memory and History: Understanding Memory as Source and Subject by Joan Tumblety
RRP: $79.78$70.10How does the historian approach memory and how do historians use different sources to analyze how history and memory interact and impact on each other? Memory and History explores the different aspects of the study of this field. Taking examples from... -
The Kinver Light Railway: Echoes of a Lost Tramway by Paul Collins 9780752466323
RRP: $33.58$26.10The Kinver Light Railway once linked the Black Country to Kinver, an inland resort to which local people flocked on high days and holidays. On some occasions over 20,000 people were carried by tramcar in one day! Part conventional street tramway, part... -
Witches of Northamptonshire by Gary Poole 9780752439808
RRP: $20.98$16.32The persecution of witches has a long and bloody history; this illustrated book gives a graphic account of Northampton's history of witchcraft through the ages - from magical rites in the prehistoric era to 1951 when the Witchcraft Act was repealed in... -
The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union by Martin McCauley 9780582784659
RRP: $79.78$77.87'An expert in probing mafia-type relationships in present-day Russia, Martin McCauley here offers a vigorously written scrutiny of Soviet politics and society since the days of Lenin and Stalin.'John Keep, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.The... -
Secret Brighton by Kevin Newman
RRP: $33.58$22.79Secret Brighton offers a unique insight into the intriguing and eccentric city of Brighton through the lesser-known aspects of its history. This book highlights the history 'below the surface' of Brighton, revealing hidden aspects that even most... -
Germany, 1914-1933: Politics, Society and Culture by Matthew Stibbe 9781405801362
$61.87Germany, 1914-1933: Politics, Society and Culture takes a fresh and critical look at a crucial period in German history. Rather than starting with the traditional date of 1918, the book begins with the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, and argues... -
Old Portknockie, Findochty and Portessie Douglas G. Lockhart 9781840339048
RRP: $25.10$23.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840339048Author Douglas G. LockhartFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Across the Boundaries of Race & Class: An Exploration of Work & Family among Black Female Domestic Servants Bonnie T. Dill 9781138965850
RRP: $100.78$87.80First published in 1994. Almost fifteen years after this study was written, many social changes have occurred affecting domestic service; yet some things remain the same. Among the changes are the increased labor force participation rates of women and... -
Black Country Memories by Carl Chinn 9781858582665
$30.39It is a thrill to have written a local history book in conjunction with the Express and Star. The paper is not only the biggest-selling evening newspaper in the country outside London, but also it is marked out by its commitment to its region and the... -
On the Trail of the Real Macbeth: King of Alba by Cameron Taylor 9781910745298
RRP: $16.78$12.87Macbeth was not the monstrous caricature created by Shakespeare; he was a real man who was born in Moray, part of the Kingdom of Alba, in the early 11th century. From early childhood Macbeth fought real-life treachery to protect his birthright to the... -
Royal Leamington Spa Revisited: Images of England by Jeff Watkin 9780752443348
RRP: $31.48$24.61Featuring over 200 photographs and supporting captions that show what life was really like years ago, this book presents the history of the beautiful spa town that grew from a tiny village. It further explores the town's history with particular emphasis... -
Hodder GCSE (9-1) History for Pearson Edexcel Foundation Edition: Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941-91 by Neil Owen
$48.34Exam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Help more students to access the content for Pearson Edexcel GCSE History with this Foundation Edition, containing bespoke text and... -
Jarrow Then & Now by Paul Perry 9780752463162 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$11.93Renowned as a centre of ship-building and steel-working in the early twentieth century, the town of Jarrow, on the river Tyne, has seen a huge amount of change over the course of the last 100 years. Today, the famous shipyards of Jarrow are silent, yet... -
Henry VIII in 100 Objects: The Tyrant King Who Had Six Wives by Paul Kendall 9781526731289
RRP: $63.00$44.84Henry VIII is one of history's most memorable monarchs. Popularly known for his six wives, and the unfortunate fate which befell Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, Henry initiated many reforms and changes which still affect our lives today. The annulment... -
Medieval Royal Mistresses: Mischievous Women who Slept with Kings and Princes Julia A Hickey 9781399081948
RRP: $52.50$37.59Marriage for Medieval kings was about politics, power and the provision of legitimate heirs. Mistresses were about love, lust and possession. It was a world that included kidnap, poison, murder, violation, public shaming and accusations of witchcraft... -
A13 Mk.I & Mk.II Cruiser Tanks A Technical History by P.M. Knight 9780244509989
RRP: $60.88$54.22The A13 Cruiser Tank was created by Colonel Giffard Le Quesne Martel after he had witnessed the performance of the fast Soviet BT tanks while on a military mission to Russia in 1936. These had in turn been developed from a prototype tank designed by the... -
Hodder GCSE (9-1) History for Pearson Edexcel Foundation Edition: Early Elizabethan England 1558-88 Benjamin Armstrong 9781510473218
$48.34Exam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Help more students to access the content for Pearson Edexcel GCSE History with this Foundation Edition, containing bespoke text and... -
Modern Italy, 1871 to the Present Martin Clark 9781405823524
RRP: $83.98$82.40This classic textbook covers the social, economic and political history of Italy from unification in 1870 to the present time. This new edition brings students right up to date, with increased coverage of the the 1980's and 90's and a new section on the... -
Hengeworld by Michael W. Pitts 9780099278757 [USED COPY]
RRP: $35.68$4.81In November 1997 English Heritage announced the discovery of a vast prehistoric temple in Somerset. The extraordinary wooden rings at Stanton Drew are the most recent and biggest of a series of remarkable discoveries that have transformed the way... -
Secret History of the West Nicholas Hagger 9781905047048
RRP: $35.68$31.98Contrary to popular belief, Western civilisation as we know it today is not the end result of steady progress. For over half a millennium revolution has succeeded revolution like a succession of tidal waves. At one level this book is a chronological... -
Herodotus in Context: Ethnography, Science and the Art of Persuasion by Rosalind Thomas 9780521012416
RRP: $83.98$69.85Herodotus called his work an enquiry and wrote before 'history' was a separate discipline. Coming from Halicarnassus, at the crossroads between the Persian and Athenian spheres of influence, he combined the culture of Athens with that of the more... -
Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives by Darcy Eveleigh
RRP: $52.50$32.05In February 2016, Rachel Swarms, Darcy Eveleigh, Damien Cave, and Dana Canedy discovered dozens of photographs--and explored the history behind them--and chronicled them in the popular blog series Unpublished Black History. The month-long series was... -
Sunny Vale Pleasure Gardens: A Postcard from Sunny Bunces by Chris Helme 9780752443553
RRP: $31.48$24.61A history of Sunnyvale Pleasure GardensBook InformationISBN 9780752443553Author Chris HelmeFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 400g -
Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life by Robert M. Utley
RRP: $33.58$28.69Robert M. Utley does what countless books, movies, television shows, musical compositions, and paintings have failed to do: he successfully strips off the veneer of legendry to expose the reality of Billy the Kid. Using previously untapped sources, he... -
Warm Covers: A Scottish Textile Story by Janet Rae 9781908326904
RRP: $52.50$40.17History of quiltmaking, needlework and textiles in ScotlandAbout the AuthorJanet Rae is the author of Quilts of the British Isles and, with Dinah Travis, Making Connections: Around the World with Log Cabin. She is a former heritage officer of The... -
The Social System by Neil J Smelser 9781610271394
RRP: $79.78$66.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610271394Author Neil J SmelserFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Quid Pro, LLCPublisher Quid Pro, LLCWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Twelve Days of Terror: Inside the Shocking 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks by Richard G. Fernicola 9781493023240
RRP: $31.48$29.65Upon the 100th anniversary of the most terrifying stretch of shark attacks in American history--a wave said to have been the inspiration for Jaws--comes a reissue of the classic account and investigation. In July 1916, a time when World War I loomed over... -
Redruth: Britain in Old Photographs by Paddy Bradley
RRP: $31.48$24.26This unique sequence of old pictures of Redruth are selected from the author's own extensive collection of old picture postcards and photographs collected by him over many years. The scenes depict life in and around the town as it used to be in the early... -
Voices of Rawmarsh & Parkgate by Anthony Dodsworth
RRP: $27.28$20.73This fascinating book is the culmination of more than a year's research by Anthony Dodsworth helped by members of the Rawmarsh and Parkgate Local History Group and some of the students from St Pius X Catholic High School, Wath-upon-Dearne. The area's... -
The Rome Escape Line by Sam Derry
RRP: $46.10$36.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780353352100Author Sam DerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Franklin Classics Trade PressPublisher Franklin Classics Trade PressWeight(grams)... -
The Avenue: A Newcastle Backstreet Boyhood by Samuel W. Herbert 9780752468860
RRP: $20.98$16.32This is a hard-hitting account of growing up in Newcastle's West End during the uncertain years of the First World War and the Depression. Samuel Herbert had to grow up fast when his mother moved the family to a cockroach-infested tenement in Elswick...