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Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire - The Sunday Times Bestseller by Akala
RRP: $14.18$9.55*RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE | THE JHALAK PRIZE | THE BREAD AND ROSES AWARD & LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 'This is the book I've been waiting for - for years. It's personal, historical,... -
Space: A thrilling human history by Britain's beloved astronaut Tim Peake by Tim Peake 9781529913507
RRP: $28.38$20.67From bestselling author and British astronaut Tim Peake, an inspirational human history of space travel, from the Apollo missions to our future forays to Mars. The Right Stuff for a new generation.'This book is brilliant - once in a blue moon. A book for... -
Leftovers: A History of Food Waste and Preservation by Eleanor Barnett 9781803281575
RRP: $36.11$25.81A topical and richly entertaining history of food preservation and food waste in Britain from the sixteenth-century kitchen to the present day. In Leftovers, Eleanor Barnett explores the many ingenious ways in which our ancestors sought to extend the... -
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by Tom Holland
RRP: $38.70$22.27THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Holland, who co-hosts the podcast The Rest Is History, is at his best when having fun with Rome's bloody history' The Times 'A book for lovers of traditional, grand sweep narrative history' Sunday TimesThe definitive... -
Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee
RRP: $12.89$6.62The classic evocative tale of an idyllic childhood in the English countryside ... -
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Professor Mary Beard 9781846683787
RRP: $38.70$24.78THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER & BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 A BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF 2023 A PROSPECT BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR ... -
The Making Of The Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes 9781471111235
RRP: $21.92$15.58WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe Making of the Atomic Bomb is the seminal and complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan. Few... -
Century Sisters: Our Hundred Years by Patricia Owtram
RRP: $12.89$9.17The redoubtable Owtram sisters, best-selling authors of Codebreaking Sisters, take us back in time once again with recently rediscovered diaries and letters from the '20s and 30s that paint a vivid picture of their childhood at Newland Hall in... -
A 1970s Childhood: From Glam Rock to Happy Days by Derek Tait
RRP: $12.89$9.74Do you remember glam rock, flares, cheesecloth shirts and chopper bikes? Then it sounds like you were lucky enough to grow up during the 1970s. Who could forget all the glam rock bands of that era, like Slade, Wizard, Mud and Sweet, or singers like Alvin... -
Hello, Stranger: How We Find Connection in a Disconnected World by Will Buckingham
RRP: $12.89$10.23What if meeting new people were a gift, not a burden? How might we transform our lives if we set aside our fear of outsiders? When Will Buckingham's partner died, the shock of his grief told him to withdraw. Instead, he sought solace in throwing... -
The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk
RRP: $19.34$11.02For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth, Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia, fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Great Game', a phrase... -
In The Shadow Of The Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World by Tom Holland
RRP: $19.34$6.08A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER'A stunning blockbuster' Robert Fisk'A brilliant tour de force of revisionist scholarship and thrilling storytelling' Simon Sebag Montefiore'A compelling detective story of the highest order' Sunday Times'Tom Holland has... -
Wanderers: A History of Women Walking by Kerri Andrews
RRP: $12.89$9.17Now in B-format paperback, this book describes ten women over the past three hundred years who have found walking essential to their sense of themselves, as people and as writers. Wanderers traces their footsteps, from eighteenth-century parson's... -
Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year by Eleanor Parker 9781789147735
RRP: $14.18$10.02Now available in paperback, Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England, exploring the festivals, customs and traditions linked to the different seasons. Drawing on a wide variety of source... -
Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland
RRP: $16.76$6.85Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared to the glittering empires of Byzantium or Islam, the splintered kingdoms on the edge of the Atlantic appeared... -
Lessons of History by Will Durant
RRP: $12.89$9.17In this illuminating and thoughtful book, Will and Ariel Durant have succeeded in distilling for the reader the accumulated store of knowledge and experience from their five decades of work on the eleven monumental volumes of The Story of Civilization... -
A 1960s Childhood: From Thunderbirds to Beatlemania by Paul Feeney 9780752450124 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89$2.70Do you remember Beatlemania? Radio Caroline? Mods and Rockers? The very first miniskirts? Then the chances are you were born in the or around 1960.To the young people of today, the 1960s seems like another age. But for those who grew up in this decade,... -
A 1960s Childhood: From Thunderbirds to Beatlemania by Paul Feeney 9780752450124
RRP: $12.89$9.74Do you remember Beatlemania? Radio Caroline? Mods and Rockers? The very first miniskirts? Then the chances are you were born in the or around 1960.To the young people of today, the 1960s seems like another age. But for those who grew up in this decade,... -
What If...Book of Alternative History: Revisit Major Milestones That Shaped World History and Discover the Outcome If They Had Happened Differently by Jeff Greenfield
RRP: $25.79$17.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781497103764Author Jeff GreenfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Fox Chapel PublishingPublisher Fox Chapel PublishingWeight(grams) 653gDimensions(mm)... -
History Year by Year: The ultimate visual guide to the events that shaped the world by DK
RRP: $38.70$27.88Discover history's significant events since 3000 BCE through a detailed and dynamic, book-long, timeline! Perfect for history buffs and trivia enthusiasts alike.See history's most decisive moments, as and when they happened, and where they all took place... -
A Short History of the World According to Sheep by Sally Coulthard
RRP: $12.89$9.17'This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari's Sapiens. It's every bit as fascinating and is surely destined to be just as successful' Julian Norton From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia,... -
Helmet for my Pillow: The World War Two Pacific Classic by Robert Leckie
RRP: $16.76$11.73The inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFICHere is one of the most riveting first-person accounts to ever come out of World War 2. Robert Leckie was 21 when he enlisted in the US Marine Corps in January 1942. In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his... -
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters
RRP: $19.34$14.13On D-Day, Dick Winters took off with 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and prepared to parachute into German-held north France. Ground troops landing on Utah beach were relying on Easy Company to secure one of the causeways that were vital if the troops... -
Seasonal Soups by Fraser Reid 9781916316577
RRP: $19.35$13.17At last, a soup for every week of the year! Packed full of vegan-friendly recipes, this new edition of Fraser Reid's cult bestseller features everything from winter favourites like Alternative Scotch Broth to such summery delights as Plum Tomato, Orzo... -
A Village in the Third Reich: How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed By the Rise of Fascism by Julia Boyd
RRP: $14.18$9.64___________ A Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2022 A New Statesman Book of the Year 2022 'Fascinating... You'll learn more about the psychological workings of Nazism by reading this superbly researched chronicle... than you will by reading a... -
A Cold Spell: A Human History of Ice by Max Leonard 9781526631190
RRP: $25.80$18.43Taking us from the beginning of our story to the present day, A Cold Spell examines how ice has shaped our thoughts, actions and societies - and what it means for us that it is rapidly disappearing from our planet 'A warm-hearted tale of the bizarre,... -
The Shortest History of Europe by John Hirst 9781910400807
RRP: $11.60$8.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910400807Author John HirstFormat PaperbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street PublishingDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 16mm -
Spent Light by Lara Pawson 9781739421229
RRP: $14.18$10.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739421229Author Lara PawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint CB EditionsPublisher CB Editions -
A 1940s Childhood: From Bomb Sites to Children's Hour by James Marsh 9780752499505 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89$2.72Do you remember collecting shrapnel and listening to Children's Hour? Carrying gas masks or sharing your school with evacuees from the city? The 1940s was a decade of great challenge for everyone who lived through it. The hardships and fear created by a... -
A 1940s Childhood: From Bomb Sites to Children's Hour by James Marsh 9780752499505
RRP: $12.89$9.74Do you remember collecting shrapnel and listening to Children's Hour? Carrying gas masks or sharing your school with evacuees from the city? The 1940s was a decade of great challenge for everyone who lived through it. The hardships and fear created by a... -
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town by Mary Beard
RRP: $15.47$10.87WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008 'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an... -
Ancestors: A prehistory of Britain in seven burials by Alice Roberts
RRP: $14.18$9.03An extraordinary exploration of the ancestry of Britain through seven burial sites. By using new advances in genetics and taking us through important archaeological discoveries, Professor Alice Roberts helps us better understand life today.'This is a... -
Bad Days in History by Michael Farquhar 9781426218071
$17.27From Caligula's blood-soaked end to hotelier Steve Wynn's unfortunate run-in with a priceless Picasso, Bad Days in History delves into the past to present 365 delightfully told tales of historically bad days.About the AuthorMichael Farquhar, a former... -
Liverpool in the 1950s: Britain in Old Photographs by Robert F. Edwards 9780752487885
RRP: $19.34$16.19The 1950s was a time of great change in Britain - especially after the immediate post-war austerity years. In Liverpool, massive slum clearance programmes started to change the face of the city, television began to infiltrate people's lives, and the... -
Iowa Interstate Railroad: History Through the Miles by Barton Jennings 9780984986675
RRP: $25.79$17.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984986675Author Barton JenningsFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Techscribes, Inc.Publisher Techscribes, Inc.Weight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
White Heat: A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties by Dominic Sandbrook
RRP: $21.92$15.40Harold Wilson's famous reference to 'white heat' captured the optimistic spirit of a society in the midst of breathtaking change. From the gaudy pleasures of Swinging London to the tragic bloodshed in Northern Ireland, from the intrigues of Westminster... -
Bohemian Grove:: Cult of Conspiracy by Mike Hanson
RRP: $38.64$24.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781930004696Author Mike HansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 447Imprint Rivercrest PublishingPublisher Rivercrest PublishingWeight(grams) 658g -
Shadowplay: Behind the Lines and Under Fire: The Inside Story of Europe's Last War by Tim Marshall
RRP: $12.89$8.84A gripping eyewitness account of a major 20th-century military conflict by the UK's most popular writer on geopolitics; The shattering of Yugoslavia in the 1990s showed that, after nearly 50 years of peace, war could return to Europe. It came to its... -
Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin 9781529152616
RRP: $28.38$18.98From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him.The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking... -
Russia′s War by J McGlynn
RRP: $19.34$17.52In the early hours of 24 February 2022, Russian forces attacked Ukraine. The brutality of the Russian assault has horrified the world. But Russians themselves appear to be watching an entirely different war - one in which they are the courageous...