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Parisian Days: The Rediscovered Classic Memoir by Banine 9781782278030
RRP: $23.08$15.83'A scintillating book' TLS 'Her company is a delight' Tatler 'Part memoir, part social history... sumptuous and unsparing' Financial Times A brilliantly witty memoir telling the story of a young woman's determined struggle for freedom ... -
The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome Harry Sidebottom 9780861546855
RRP: $23.08$15.14What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? Discover the scandalous life and times of Rome's worst emperor. 'Buy the book; it's very entertaining.' David Aaronovitch, The Times On 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen-year-old... -
The Lion's Share: A History of British Imperialism 1850 to the Present by Bernard Porter 9780367426989
$80.39Updated to incorporate a substantial new epilogue considering Brexit and its 'imperial' implications, the sixth edition of The Lion's Share remains an essential introduction to British imperialism from its Victorian heyday to the present.Well-known for... -
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand 9780007580576
RRP: $23.08$16.59The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER In 1943 a bomber crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Against all odds, one young lieutenant... -
Blue Mythologies: Reflections on a Colour by Carol Mavor
RRP: $37.80$27.64The sea, the sky, the veins of your hands, the earth when photographed from space--blue sometimes seems to overwhelm all the other shades of our world in its all-encompassing presence. The blues of Blue Mythologies include those present in the world's... -
The Last 100 Years (give or take) and All That by Al Murray 9781529411829 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$4.81'I squealed laughing at this but now worry that my knowledge of history has been dangerously ruined' Matt FordeA fascinating and hilarious gallop through twentieth-century British history, by comedian Al Murray.An awful lot has happened in the last 100... -
The Last 100 Years (give or take) and All That Al Murray 9781529411829
RRP: $31.48$18.42'I squealed laughing at this but now worry that my knowledge of history has been dangerously ruined' Matt FordeA fascinating and hilarious gallop through twentieth-century British history, by comedian Al Murray.An awful lot has happened in the last 100... -
Centuries Of Childhood by Philippe Aries
RRP: $35.68$26.19In this pioneering and important book, Philippe Aries surveys children and their place in family life from the Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century. The first section of the book explores the gradual change from the medieval attitude to... -
The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919 by Mark Thompson
RRP: $31.48$21.13The Western Front dominates our memories of the First World War. Yet a million and half men died in North East Italy in a war that need never have happened, when Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire in May 1915. Led by General Luigi Cadorna, the... -
Aethelred II: King of the English by Ryan Lavelle 9780752446783
RRP: $27.28$20.73Too often dismissed as the unready king - unprepared, ill-advised, and incapable of dealing with the military and political crises that faced the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, not least of which were a series of Viking onslaughts - King Aethelred has gone down in... -
Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent 9781471146992
RRP: $23.08$15.14Indianapolis is the thrilling true story of the greatest naval disaster in United States history - the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis during World War II - and the fight for survival and redemption that followed. Four days after delivering the... -
1947: when now begins by Elisabeth Asbrink 9781911617099
RRP: $18.88$13.27A Metro book of the year Interweaving the social, political, and personal, in 1947 Elisabeth Asbrink chronicles the year that 'now' began. In 1947, production begins of the Kalashnikov, Christian Dior creates the New Look, Simone de Beauvoir writes... -
Noble Power in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution by Keith M. Brown
RRP: $60.88$56.95Why did early modern nobilities remain so powerful? In this volume Brown builds on his previous book, "Noble Society in Scotland", to argue that in spite of the changes brought about by the Reformation, by the recovery of crown authority and by the regal... -
When the Children Came Home: Stories of Wartime Evacuees by Julie Summers 9781847398765 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$4.58On 1 September 1939 Operation Pied Piper bgan to place the children of Britain's industrial cities beyond the reach of the Luftwaffe. 1.5 million children, pregnant women and schoolteachers were evacuated in 3 days. A further 2 million children were... -
When the Children Came Home: Stories of Wartime Evacuees by Julie Summers 9781847398765
RRP: $20.98$15.37On 1 September 1939 Operation Pied Piper bgan to place the children of Britain's industrial cities beyond the reach of the Luftwaffe. 1.5 million children, pregnant women and schoolteachers were evacuated in 3 days. A further 2 million children were... -
Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat: Naval slang and its everyday usage by Martin Robson
RRP: $20.98$14.11As the crow flies'', ''chunder'', ''cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'', ''three sheets to the wind'' - many terms like these are used in everyday English language conversation and writing. But how many landlubbers know that they derive... -
When God Spoke English: The Making of the King James Bible by Adam Nicolson 9780007431007
RRP: $23.08$16.78A fascinating, lively account of the making of the King James Bible. James VI of Scotland - now James I of England - came into his new kingdom in 1603. Trained almost from birth to manage rival political factions, he was determined not only to... -
Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West by Katie Hickman 9780349008295
RRP: $52.50$35.24The extraordinary, dramatic story of the women of the American west'Brave Hearted is not just history, it is an incredibly intense page-turning experience. To read what these women endured is to be transported into another universe of courage, loss,... -
Love Letters of Great Men by Ursula Doyle 9781509895304
RRP: $20.98$14.87From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men collects together some of the most romantic letters in history.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound,... -
Merlin: The Prophet and His History by Geoffrey Ashe
RRP: $20.98$16.32Geoffrey Ashe's book on this legendary figure offers a succession of surprises. The Merlin of legend was born to be a magician. He was 'immaculately' conceived and was able to interpret dreams and utter prophecies. Even his fate was imbued with magic... -
The Edwardians by Roy Hattersley
RRP: $31.48$21.11Edwardian Britain is the quintessential age of nostalgia, often seen as the last long summer afternoon before the cataclysmic changes of the twentieth century began to take form. The class system remained rigidly in place and thousands were employed in... -
Unions and Divisions: New Forms of Rule in Medieval and Renaissance Europe Paul Srodecki 9781032057521
RRP: $75.58$67.07Providing a comprehensive and engaging account of personal unions, composite monarchies and multiple rule in premodern Europe: Unions and Divisions. New Forms of Rule in Medieval and Renaissance Europe uses a comparative approach to examine the phenomena... -
Christmas in Illinois by James Ballowe
RRP: $27.28$24.72Christmas seems to have been always with us. It is that time of year when we expect good cheer and goodwill, a moment's respite from the year's vicissitudes, solace during difficult times, writes James Ballowe in his introduction to Christmas in... -
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How one Jewish woman survived the holocaust by Edith Hahn Beer
RRP: $25.18$17.26Edith Hahn was a young law student in Vienna when Hitler absorbed Austria in 1938. Madly in love with a young man called Pepi who was half-Jewish, she was separated from him and sent to a forced labour camp. So began the extraordinary chain of events... -
Spuds, Spam and Eating For Victory: Rationing in the Second World War by Katherine Knight
RRP: $27.28$23.12The battle to keep the nation fed during the Second World War was waged by an army of workers on the land and the resourcefulness of the housewives on the Kitchen Front. The rationing of food, clothing and other substances played a big part in making... -
Behind Closed Doors: The Secret Life of London's Private Clubs by Dr Seth Alexander Thevoz
RRP: $52.50$35.76With a keen eye for the juicy anecdote, Thevoz tells the fascinating and entertaining story of the rise, decline and resurgence of London's private members' clubs, from the late-eighteenth century to the present day. In doing so he looks at cultural and... -
Haunted Leeds by Kenneth Goor 9780752440163
RRP: $31.48$24.61A creepy collection of true-life tales from ghost walker Kenneth Goor.About the AuthorKen Goor conducts tours of all kinds for the Leeds area, including Ghost and 'Dark Side' walks in the city.Book InformationISBN 9780752440163Author Kenneth GoorFormat... -
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Story of Huguette Clark and the Loss of One of the World's Greatest Fortunes by Paul Clark Newell
RRP: $42.00$29.55Empty Mansions is a rich mystery of wealth and loss, connecting the Gilded Age opulence of nineteenth-century America with a twenty-first-century battle over a $300 million inheritance. At its heart is a reclusive heiress named Huguette Clark, a woman so... -
Dethroned: The Downfall of India's Princely States by John Zubrzycki 9781805260530
RRP: $52.50$46.26The dramatic true story of the betrayal of hundreds of Indian princely states by both the departing British and the new Congress government. In July 1947, India's last Viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten, stood before New Delhi's Chamber of Princes to... -
The World We Have Lost by Peter Laslett
RRP: $37.78$33.68What was life like in England before the Industrial Revolution? The World We Have Lost is widely regarded as a classic of historical writing and a vital book in reshaping our understanding of the past and the structure of family life in England. Turning... -
Leeds Then and Now by Eric Musgrave
RRP: $31.48$23.02Using archive photos from the 1860s to the 1960 paired with a modern viewpoint, Leeds Then and Now shows how the great northern powerhouse has retained and adapted its classic Victorian buildings, such as Kirkgate Market, to a 21st-century economy. ... -
Isle of Wight Villains: Rogues, Rascals and Reprobates by Jan Toms 9780752462196
RRP: $27.28$20.73Once renowned as a place to dump criminals, and with a past steeped in smuggling, the Isle of Wight provides copious tales of corruption, violence and delinquency. From the customs officer who had both his hands severed by smugglers, to Bembridge witch... -
A Ramble About Tallaght: History, People, Places by Albert Perris 9781788493369
RRP: $58.78$46.79A fascinating history of an ancient place. From its first mention in legend in the Book of Invasions, through early Christian monastic settlements, castles and grand residences, Fenian raids and the Battle of Tallaght, there has been huge change in... -
Golden Lane Estate by Stefi Orazi
RRP: $52.50$37.38The story of the building of an iconic mid-century housing estate, that is often seen as the model for housing architecture. Fully illustrated with commissioned photography of the interiors and exteriors, archive images and newly commissioned writing by... -
Critique of the Power of Judgment by Immanuel Kant 9780521348928
RRP: $83.98$66.93The Critique of the Power of Judgment (a more accurate rendition of what has hitherto been translated as the Critique of Judgment) is the third of Kant's great critiques following the Critique of Pure Reason and the Critique of Practical Reason. This... -
Society of the Snow: The Definitive Account of the World’s Greatest Survival Story by Pablo Vierci
RRP: $52.50$35.26NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX FILMIt was 13 October 1972. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying a team of young rugby players, their families and friends, took off for the very last time. A deadly miscalculation saw F571 crash directly into the Andean mountains... -
Old Clarkston and Netherlee by Douglas Nisbet 9781840333893
RRP: $25.10$22.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840333893Author Douglas NisbetFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 174mm... -
On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics by Sheila Fitzpatrick
RRP: $42.00$33.87Stalin was the unchallenged dictator of the Soviet Union for so long that most historians have dismissed the officials surrounding him as mere yes-men and political window dressing. On Stalin's Team overturns this view, revealing that behind Stalin was a... -
Missions to the Moon: The Story of Man's Greatest Adventure Brought to Life with Augmented Reality by Rod Pyle
RRP: $52.50$32.51Full of personal insights and accounts of the long journey to getting a man on the moon, Missions to the Moon is the perfect companion for anyone with a love of space travel, the moon landings, or NASA, CNSA, RFSA, and the rest of the world's space... -
History Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events that Shaped the World by DK 9780241605400
RRP: $63.00$45.78Discover the world's most significant events through a detailed, dynamic, book-long timeline of over 7 million years.When did Hannibal cross the Alps? What caused the War of Jenkins' Ear? Who was Rosa Parks? How did the Arab Spring unfold? Discover...