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Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India by Lawrence James 9780349110127
RRP: $35.68$25.07This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India. They ruled it for another hundred, departing in 1947, leaving behind the independent states of... -
Histories of Nations: How Their Identities Were Forged by Peter Furtado 9780500293003 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$3.93National history is a vital part of national self-definition. Most books on the history of the world try to impose a uniform narrative, written usually from a single writer's point of view. Histories of Nations is different: it presents 28 essays written... -
Histories of Nations: How Their Identities Were Forged by Peter Furtado
RRP: $27.28$18.54National history is a vital part of national self-definition. Most books on the history of the world try to impose a uniform narrative, written usually from a single writer's point of view. Histories of Nations is different: it presents 28 essays written... -
The Course of German History: A Survey of the Development of German History since 1815 by A. J. P. Taylor
RRP: $31.48$28.52One of A.J.P. Taylor's best-known books, The Course of German History is a notoriously idiosyncratic work. Composed in his famously witty style, yet succinct to the point of sharpness, this is one of the great historian's finest, if more controversial,... -
Latin for Local History: An Introduction by Eileen Gooder 9780582487284
RRP: $100.78$96.56Latin for Local History provides a self-teaching guide for those historians who wish to tackle the language in which the majority of pre-eighteenth century historical records have been written. It is unique in dealing only with Latin found in historical... -
A History of London through Beer Goggles by Cyril O'Brien
$44.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788234887Author Cyril O'BrienFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Fife Folk Tales by Sheila Kinninmonth 9780750967532
RRP: $27.28$20.73Storyteller Sheila Kinninmonth brings together stories from the coastal fishing villages, rushing rivers, magical green farmland and rolling hills of Fife. In this treasure trove of tales you will meet Scottish Kings and Queens, saints and sinners,... -
The Guide to Mysterious Arran by Geoff Holder
RRP: $31.48$24.61This is the essential guide to everything strange, marvellous and paranormal on the beautiful and rugged Isle of Arran. Why did the police in 1889 bury the boots of the victim of the Arran Murder below the high-water mark? What happened to the miracle... -
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 by Rick Atkinson
RRP: $35.68$25.07In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how the American-led coalition fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all - the titanic battle for... -
Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City by Andrew Lawler 9780593311769
RRP: $35.68$24.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593311769Author Andrew LawlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie Collingham
RRP: $27.28$19.61Curry tells the story of an array of familiar Indian dishes and the people who invented, discovered, cooked and ate them. Curry is vivid, entertaining and delicious.'Fascinating and meticulously researched...layers historical fact with mouth-watering... -
London Map of Days by Mychael Barratt
$17.14The brainchild of Canadian-born, London-based artist, Mychael Barratt, London Map of Days is a miscellany of facts and fictions arranged around the events and characters of our capital city. Based upon an original and very limited eight-plate etching... -
Punch and Judy: A Short History with the Original Dialogue by John Payne Collier 9780486449036
RRP: $18.88$12.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486449036Author John Payne CollierFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Lost Rivers of Manchester by geoffrey ashworth 9780946361496
RRP: $37.70$31.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946361496Author geoffrey ashworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Willow Publishing,TimperleyPublisher Willow Publishing,Timperley -
Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare by Dr Annabel Sowemimo
RRP: $42.00$31.50A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023 A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK OF 2023 'Important and ambitious' Observer, Book of the Day 'An illuminating and powerful intersectional analysis of health inequalities and racism'... -
Battle of Britain: A day-to-day chronicle, 10 July-31 October 1940 Patrick Bishop 9781529409512
RRP: $27.28$18.54From the bestselling author of Fighter Boys and Bomber Boys, this is a magisterial chronicle of a defining episode in British history: the epic struggle of the Royal Air Force with the Luftwaffe. Patrick Bishop's Battle of Britain is a compelling account... -
Lonely Courage: The true story of the SOE heroines who fought to free Nazi-occupied France by Rick Stroud 9781471155666
RRP: $18.88$12.62'A fascinating, superbly researched and revelatory book - told with tremendous pace and excitement' William Boyd'Rick Stroud writes brilliantly about war ... an astonishing book ... a wonderful story' Ben Macintyre'Enthralling, edge-of-smart exciting and... -
Biracial Britain: What It Means To Be Mixed Race Remi Adekoya 9781472133441
RRP: $23.08$15.98'Barack Obama had a special talent for making different kinds of people feel comfortable around him because of his biracial life experience, says Adekoya. By the same token, Adekoya himself seems poised to become one of the most important and subtle new... -
Three Days at Camp David: How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global Economy by Jeffrey E. Garten
RRP: $42.00$28.85The former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standard - breaking the... -
Empires of the Steppes: The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation by Kenneth W. Harl 9781526630407
RRP: $63.00$44.00An epic history of how the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world. 'A rollercoaster of historical narration' History Today 'This is a history of epic scope that brings together the empires of the steppe land with the caravan... -
And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails by Wayne Curtis
RRP: $33.58$22.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525575023Author Wayne CurtisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain: Oral Histories 1930s-Present Day Dr Eithne Nightingale 9781350332607
RRP: $37.78$34.23Almost half the people displaced worldwide are under 18, yet their voices are rarely heard. This book records the experiences of children arriving in Britain from Hitler's Europe in the 1930s to those escaping war in Ukraine in 2022. It follows the... -
The Cow Book: A Story of Life on an Irish Family Farm by John Connell 9781783784189
RRP: $23.08$14.62Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, he finds himself back on the farm and begins to learn the ways of the farmer and the way of the cows. Connell... -
Witchcraze by Anne Llewellyn Barstow 9780062510365
RRP: $33.58$21.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062510365Author Anne BarstowFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 235gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Into the Crucible by Jean M Morris 9780244075705
RRP: $52.19$45.51This rich and well researched history of Widnes brings vividly to life the personalities and events of early days. It traces the development of industry and the effects of immigration, religion and sport on this fascinating social fabric. This book... -
Waterloo: Four Days that Changed Europe's Destiny by Tim Clayton
RRP: $31.48$21.95The bloodbath at Waterloo ended a war that had engulfed the world for over twenty years. It also finished the career of the charismatic Napoleon Bonaparte. It ensured the final liberation of Germany and the restoration of the old European monarchies,... -
History and Material Culture: A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources Karen Harvey 9781138928671
RRP: $77.68$68.84Sources are the raw material of History, but whereas the written word has traditionally been seen as the principal source, historians now recognize the value of sources beyond text. In this new edition of History and Material Culture, contributors... -
Julian of Norwich: A Very Brief History by Janina Ramirez
RRP: $23.08$16.78Over six hundred years ago a woman known as Julian of Norwich wrote what is now regarded as one of the greatest works of literature in English. Based on a sequence of mystical visions she received in 1373, her book is called Revelations of Divine Love. ... -
The The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels
RRP: $25.18$20.92In this provocative and now-classic work, Friedrich Engels explores the interrelated development of the family and the state from ancient society to the Victorian era. Drawing on new anthropological theories of his time, Engels argued that matriarchal... -
Hebridean Journey: The Magic of Scotland's Outer Isles by Brigid Benson
RRP: $39.88$27.78Shortlisted for the Scottish Nature Photography Book Awards Washed by the surging waves of the Atlantic Ocean, the island chain of Scotland's Outer Hebrides lies at the very edge of Europe. From white shell sands, peaty moors and gnarly mountains to... -
Lost in Shangri-La: Escape from a Hidden World - A True Story by Mitchell Zuckoff 9780007410958
RRP: $25.18$19.40An utterly gripping nonfiction adventure narrative, Lost in Shangri-La is an untold true story of war, survival, discovery, heroism, and a near-impossible rescue mission. Three months before the end of World War II, a U.S. Army plane flying... -
Born in the 70s by Tim Glynne-Jones 9781784047450 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.68$4.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784047450Author Tim Glynne-JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
Born in the 70s by Tim Glynne-Jones
RRP: $14.68$11.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784047450Author Tim Glynne-JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
Eltham by David Sleep 9780752433813
RRP: $31.48$24.61A history of Eltham.Book InformationISBN 9780752433813Author David SleepFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 310gDimensions(mm) 250mm * 165mm * 10mm -
A Heavy Reckoning: War, Medicine and Survival in Afghanistan and Beyond by Emily Mayhew
RRP: $20.98$15.37What happens when you reach the threshold of life and death - and come back? As long as humans have lived on the planet, there have been wars, and injured soldiers and civilians. But today, as we engage in wars with increasingly sophisticated... -
Scotland: A History from Earliest Times by Alistair Moffat
RRP: $31.48$21.97In this book, Alistair Moffat brings vividly to life the story of this great nation, from the dawn of prehistory through to the twenty-first century. Ambitious, richly detailed and highly readable, Scotland: A History From Earliest Times skilfully... -
It's All a Game: A Short History of Board Games by Tristan Donovan
RRP: $23.08$16.74'Timely... wonderfully entertaining' - The Wall Street JournalIn It's All A Game renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible and often surprising history and psychology of board games. He traces the evolution of the game across... -
The Great Wall by John Man 9780553817683 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.08$4.81China's Great Wall north of Beijing is one of the world's most famous sights. Millions every year climb the line of stone snaking over mountains. We all feel we know the Wall. But we are wrong. It is too big, too varied, too complex to be captured by a... -
The Great Wall by John Man 9780553817683
RRP: $23.08$16.78China's Great Wall north of Beijing is one of the world's most famous sights. Millions every year climb the line of stone snaking over mountains. We all feel we know the Wall. But we are wrong. It is too big, too varied, too complex to be captured by a... -
Secret Edinburgh by Jack Gillon
RRP: $33.58$22.79Not all of Edinburgh's history is well known; some of it has remained a secret, lost behind the facades of the familiar and hidden from view ... until now. Fascinated by Edinburgh's hidden history, author Jack Gillon has plundered the records in a quest...