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The Woman Who Would be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney 9781780747668
RRP: £12.99£9.34Hatshepsut, the daughter of a general who took Egypt's throne without status as a king's son and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty, was born into a privileged position of the royal household. Married to her brother, she was expected to bear the... -
Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan
RRP: £9.49£6.98Maurice O'Sullivan was born on the Great Blasket in 1904, and 'Twenty Years A-Growing' tells the story of his youth and of a way of life which belonged to the Middle Ages. He wrote for his own pleasure and for the entertainment of his friends, without... -
Young Romantics by Daisy Hay 9781408809723
RRP: £16.99£12.47'A most impressive achievement' Michael Holroyd 'Enthralling' Sunday Times 'Masterly' Telegraph _______________________ 'The web of our Life is of mingled Yarn' - John Keats In Young Romantics Daisy Hay shatters the myth of the Romantic poet as a... -
Comrades: Communism: A World History by Robert Service
RRP: £16.99£12.47Almost two decades have passed since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR. Robert Service, one of our finest historians of modern Russia, sets out to examine the history of communism throughout the world. His uncomfortable conclusion... -
Bourton on the Water: Illustrated Guide Paul Snowdon 9781901037289
£6.00"Bourton on the Water: An Illustrated Guide" is written by Paul Snowdon. This beautifully handrawn guide to this famous Cotswold village brings alive the history of the area dating from before Roman times, explore this village's history page by page... -
The Women Who Built Bristol 1184-2018 by Jane Duffus 9781910089712 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.00£2.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910089712Author Jane DuffusFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint Tangent BooksPublisher Tangent BooksWeight(grams) 750gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm * 30mm -
The Women Who Built Bristol: Volume One Jane Duffus 9781910089712
RRP: £15.00£11.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910089712Author Jane DuffusFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint Tangent BooksPublisher Tangent BooksWeight(grams) 750gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm * 30mm -
A Guide to the Stone Circles of the Lake District by David Watson 9780955943836
RRP: £6.99£6.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955943836Author David WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Photoprint ScotlandPublisher Photoprint Scotland -
Napoleon in Egypt: 'The Greatest Glory' by Paul Strathern
RRP: £16.99£12.47Napoleon's attack on Egypt in 1798 was the first on a Middle Eastern country by a Western power in modern times. With 335 ships and 40,000 men, it was the largest long-distance seaborne force the world had ever seen. Napoleon's assault was intended to be... -
The South Yorkshire Moors: A hand-drawn guide to walking and exploring the moorlands of South Yorkshire and northern Derbyshire, covering large parts of the Peak District by Christopher Goddard
RRP: £12.99£11.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995560963Author Christopher GoddardFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Gritstone PublishingPublisher Gritstone Publishing -
The Welsh Marcher Lordships: South-west (Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire): 2 by John Fleming 9781910839508
RRP: £20.00£16.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839508Author John FlemingFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books Ltd -
Lincoln City Guide by Pitkin
RRP: £6.00£4.60Few cities present as dramatic a profile as Lincoln. From many miles away the cathedral on its ridge makes a thrilling silhouette over the surrounding landscape. Closer to, its mighty Gothic towers dominate the city's rooftops. Nearer still, Lincoln's... -
West Bromwich People & Places: Britain In Old Photographs by Terry Price 9780750936781
RRP: £17.99£13.84During the latter part of the eighteenth century West Bromwich was mainly rural and sparsely populated. The area currently occupied by the High Street from Dartmouth Square to Carters Green was then little more than open heathland, giving no indication... -
The Siege Of Derry: A History by Carlo Gebler 9780349115559
£14.87THE SIEGE OF DERRY is one of the key flash points in the troubled history of Ireland and Britain. In 1688 William of Orange had claimed the English throne, forcing the catholic James II to flee to Ireland. From there he hoped to mount his comeback. In... -
Real Dorset by Jon Woolcott 9781781727171
RRP: £9.99£7.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781727171Author Jon WoolcottFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 12mm -
Forgotten Castles of Wales and the Marches by Paul R. Davis 9781910839522
RRP: £16.99£14.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839522Author Paul R. DavisFormat PaperbackImprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books Ltd -
The War The Infantry Knew: 1914-1919 by J.C. Dunn 9780349106359 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.29Sometimes, through word of mouth and shared enthusiasm, a secret book becomes famous. The War the Infantry Knew is one of them. Published privately in a limited edition of five hundred copies in 1938, it gained a reputation as an outstanding account of... -
The War The Infantry Knew: 1914-1919 by J.C. Dunn
RRP: £16.99£11.54Sometimes, through word of mouth and shared enthusiasm, a secret book becomes famous. The War the Infantry Knew is one of them. Published privately in a limited edition of five hundred copies in 1938, it gained a reputation as an outstanding account of... -
A Radical History Of Britain: Visionaries, Rebels and Revolutionaries - the men and women who fought for our freedoms by Edward Vallance
RRP: £14.99£10.05From medieval Runnymede to twentieth-century Jarrow, from King Alfred to George Orwell by way of John Lilburne and Mary Wollstonecraft, a rich and colourful thread of radicalism runs through a thousand years of British history. In this fascinating study,... -
CAMRA's Peak District Pub Walks by Bob Steel 9781852493530
RRP: £12.99£10.79A practical, pocket-sized guide to some of the best walks and finest pubs the Peak District has to offer. The 25 routes in this book combine stunning landscape, fascinating industrial heritage and some of the best real-ale pubs in the region. Detailed... -
The Great Defiance: How the world took on the British Empire by David Veevers
RRP: £25.00£18.30'Veevers brilliantly retells the story we thought we knew...Important and thrilling' Dan SnowThe story of the British Empire is a familiar one: Britain came, it saw, it conquered, forging a glorious world empire upon which the sun never set. In fact, far... -
Religion and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain by Callum G. Brown 9780582472891
£42.26During the twentieth century, Britain turned from one of the most deeply religious nations of the world into one of the most secularised nations. This book provides the first comprehensive account of religion in British society and culture between 1900... -
The Fresh and the Salt: The Story of the Solway by Ann Lingard 9781780278490
RRP: £12.99£8.80Shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year Firths and estuaries are liminal places, where land meets sea and tides meet freshwater. Their unique ecosystems support a huge range of marine and other wildlife: human activity too is profoundly... -
The War of American Independence, 1763-1783: Falling Dominoes by Stanley D. M. Carpenter 9780367484996
RRP: £35.99£31.69The War of American Independence, 1763-1783: Falling Dominoes addresses the military, maritime and naval, economic, key personalities, key societal groups, political, imperial rivalry, and diplomatic dynamics and events from the post-Seven Years' War era... -
Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Sigmund Freud
RRP: £8.99£7.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619492516Author Sigmund FreudFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Empire BooksPublisher Empire BooksWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 4mm -
Thunder Below!: The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II by Eugene B. Fluckey 9780252019258
RRP: £35.00£31.74The thunderous roar of exploding depth charges was a familiar and comforting sound to the crew members of the USS Barb, who frequently found themselves somewhere between enemy fire and Davy Jones's locker. Under the leadership of her fearless skipper,... -
Adriatic: A Two-Thousand-Year History of the Sea, Lands and Peoples by Caroline Boggis-Rolfe 9781398119574
RRP: £14.99£9.96Adriatic spans over two thousand years of history and the whole of the eastern Mediterranean region around the Adriatic Sea and part of the neighbouring Ionian Sea. Ever since the Romans, these lands and their peoples have experienced the coming and... -
The War That Never Ended: A Short History of the Korean War Gordon Kerr 9780857303882
RRP: £9.99£7.00The Korean War of 1950-1953 ended in a frustrating stalemate, the echoes of which reverberate to this day. It was the only conflict of the Cold War in which forces of major nations of the two opposing systems - capitalism and communism - confronted each... -
The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions by Kate Summerscale
RRP: £16.99£12.47THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANES A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND DAILY MAIL AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 WOMAN'S HOUR AND START THE WEEK Plunge into this rich, surprising and stunningly designed A-Z compendium to... -
Lost Kilmarnock Frank Beattie 9781398118232
RRP: £15.99£10.85Kilmarnock is the largest town in Ayrshire and a major centre for the west of Scotland. It expanded hugely during the Industrial Revolution and in recent decades has rebuilt itself extensively, streets and structures built by Victorian planners being... -
Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible by William N. Goetzmann 9780691178370
RRP: £17.99£15.00"[A] magnificent history of money and finance."--New York Times Book Review "Convincingly makes the case that finance is a change-maker of change-makers."--Financial Times In the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a... -
A Brief History of Medicine: From Hippocrates to Gene Therapy by Mr Paul Strathern 9781845291556 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29Paul Strathern follows the development of medicine through the lives of its greatest practitioners, whose discoveries (and errors) shaped the course of medical history. Includes geniuses, such as Paracelsus, the father of medical chemistry, and Edward... -
A Brief History of Medicine: From Hippocrates to Gene Therapy Mr Paul Strathern 9781845291556
£13.53Paul Strathern follows the development of medicine through the lives of its greatest practitioners, whose discoveries (and errors) shaped the course of medical history. Includes geniuses, such as Paracelsus, the father of medical chemistry, and Edward... -
The West Yorkshire Moors: A hand-drawn guide to walking and exploring all of the county of West Yorkshire's open access moorland by Christopher Goddard 9780995560970
RRP: £12.99£11.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995560970Author Christopher GoddardFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Gritstone PublishingPublisher Gritstone Publishing -
The Last Days Of The Incas by Kim MacQuarrie
RRP: £12.99£8.83The epic story of the fall of the Inca Empire to Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in the aftermath of a bloody civil war, and the recent discovery of the lost guerrilla capital of the Incas, Vilcabamba, by three American explorers. In 1532, the... -
Reinhard Heydrich Nine Months Riechsprotector by Tina Walford 9780244993481
RRP: £14.73£13.23Since his assassination in June 1942, the former Reich Protector, Chief of the Secret State Police and Security Service has been responsible for every outrage. In the so-called war crimes trials, the defendants blamed him for everything and everything... -
A Brief History of Spain by Jeremy Black
RRP: £10.99£3.88Despite being relatively brief, this very readable history covers environmental, political, social, economic, cultural and artistic elements, and is very open to regional variations and to the extent that the history of the peninsula and of its political... -
Pan: The Great God’s Modern Return by Paul Robichaud
RRP: £12.99£9.34Part-goat, part-man, Pan bridges the divide between the human and animal worlds. In exquisite prose, Paul Robichaud explores how Pan has been imagined in mythology, art, literature, music, spirituality and popular culture through the centuries. At times,... -
Spike Island: The Memory of a Military Hospital by Philip Hoare
RRP: £10.99£7.46The story of Netley in Southampton - its hospital, its people and the secret history of the 20th-century. Now with a new afterword uncovering astonishing evidence of Netley's links with Porton Down & experiments with LSD in the 1950s. It was... -
The Glorious Revolution: 1688 - Britain's Fight for Liberty by Edward Vallance
RRP: £12.99£8.83In 1688, a group of leading politicians invited the Dutch prince William of Orange over to England to challenge the rule of the catholic James II. When James's army deserted him he fled to France, leaving the throne open to William and Mary. During the...