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Behind Closed Doors by Hugo Vickers
RRP: $27.28$19.61Hugo Vickers has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Royal Family, and has had a fascination with the story of the Duchess of Windsor since he was a young man. There have been a number of books about this doomed couple, but this book brings a new... -
A History of Finland by Henrik Meinander
RRP: $39.88$36.23Henrik Meinander paints a brisk and bold picture of the history of Finland from integrated part of the Swedish kingdom to autonomous Grand Duchy within the Russian empire, gradually transformed and maturing into a conscious nation, independent state and... -
Edinburgh in the 1950s: Ten Years the Changed a City by Jack Gillon
RRP: $33.58$23.14EDINBURGH in the 1950s was a very different place. After the ravages of war, the International Festival and Military Tattoo was introduced as an antidote to post-war austerity, the new Civic Survey and Plan put forward grandiose recommendations for... -
The Picts: A History by Tim Clarkson
RRP: $23.08$15.83The Picts were an ancient nation who ruled most of northern and eastern Scotland during the Dark Ages. Despite their historical importance, they remain shrouded in myth and misconception. Absorbed by the kingdom of the Scots in the ninth century, they... -
Poacher's Pilgrimage: A Journey into Land and Soul by Alastair McIntosh
RRP: $31.48$21.13The islands of Scotland's Outer Hebrides boast some of the most remote and spectacular scenery in the world. They also feature an astonishing range of mysterious structures - stone circles, beehive dwellings, holy wells and 'temples' from the Celtic and... -
Blackpool at War: A History of the Fylde Coast during the Second World War by John Ellis 9780752485836
RRP: $31.48$24.61Although it escaped bombing raids, Blackpool played an important role in the Second World War as a centre for training - with numerous airfields and factories surrounding the area. This book is the first to offer a dedicated history of the town in the... -
Ballroom: A People's History of Dancing by Hilary French
RRP: $42.00$31.31In the early twentieth century, American ragtime and the Parisian tango fuelled a dancing craze in Britain. Public ballrooms were built throughout the country, providing a glamorous setting for dancing. The new English style, defined in the 1920s and... -
Why Men?: A Human History of Violence and Inequality by Nancy Lindisfarne 9781805260165
RRP: $52.50$46.26Are war and inequality inevitable, because evolution made men competitive and dominant? Think again with this entertaining yet powerful new history of 'true' human nature. How did humans, a species that evolved to be cooperative and egalitarian,... -
A History of Rest by Alain Corbin 9781509561537
RRP: $27.28$18.54Rest occupies a space outside of sleep and alertness: it is a form of recuperation but also of preparation for what is to come, and is a need felt by human and animal alike. Through the centuries, different and conflicting definitions and forms of rest... -
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides 9781780747453
RRP: $31.48$20.54The age of exploration was drawing to a close, yet the mystery of the North Pole remained. Contemporaries described the pole as the 'unattainable object of our dreams', and the urge to fill in this last great blank space on the map grew irresistible.In... -
1434: The Year a Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance by Gavin Menzies 9780007269556 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.08$4.81In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that it was also Chinese advances in science, art, and... -
1434: The Year a Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance by Gavin Menzies
RRP: $23.08$15.67In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that it was also Chinese advances in science, art, and... -
Country Hauntings by J M Shorney 9780244989460
RRP: $11.63$11.07Do you believe in ghosts? Does a phantom funeral procession, complete with headless horses and coachman, wind its way toward Bussock Hill House on moonlit nights? Or how about the solid looking shade of a long-dead man, leaning over the gate of a certain... -
Secret Warrington by Janice Hayes
RRP: $33.58$22.79Warrington is a twentieth-century New Town with a history stretching back to prehistoric times. Behind the present-day streetscape of a thriving Cheshire economic centre lie the ghosts of its Lancashire past. Secret Warrington reveals the often-forgotten... -
Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander by Gary Berntsen 9780307351067
RRP: $35.68$25.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307351067Author Gary BerntsenFormat PaperbackImprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 267g -
Bridgerton's England by Antonia Hicks
RRP: $14.68$10.10Bridgerton's England is a location guide to all the key filming sites in the hit Netflix series with author Antonia Hicks linking each fictional location to its real-life counterpart. Winston Churchill's former gentleman's retreat, The Reform Club,... -
Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox 1740 - 1832 by Stella Tillyard
RRP: $31.48$23.00A fascinating insight into 18th century aristocratic life through the lives of the four Lennox sisters, the great grandchildren of Charles II, whose extraordinary lives spanned the period 1740-1832. Passionate, witty and moving, the voices of the Lennox... -
Svensk Sprakl Ra Samt Kort Fversigt AF Svenska Sprakets Och Litteraturens Historia, Till Skolornas Tjenst Utgifven by Anders Fryxell 9781286875483
RRP: $33.58$32.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781286875483Author Anders FryxellFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Saraswati PressPublisher Saraswati PressWeight(grams) 189g -
Made in Hong Kong: Transpacific Networks and a New History of Globalization by Peter E. Hamilton
RRP: $63.00$48.91Between 1949 and 1997, Hong Kong transformed from a struggling British colonial outpost into a global financial capital. Made in Hong Kong delivers a new narrative of this metamorphosis, revealing Hong Kong both as a critical engine in the expansion and... -
The Third Reich in History and Memory by Sir Richard J. Evans
RRP: $27.28$18.54In this fascinating and enlightening collection of essays, one of the most important historians of our time reflects on the ways our understanding of Nazi Germany have been transformed in the twenty-first century. Richard Evans examines new historical... -
The Crusades, 1095-1204 by Professor Jonathan Phillips 9781405872935
$82.40The crusades are an area of medieval history that continues to fascinate modern audiences. This is the first true introduction to the crusades that provides a balanced, comprehensive overview aimed specifically at students.Jonathan Phillips outlines the... -
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey by Leanda de Lisle
RRP: $31.48$20.92'Leanda de Lisle brings the story of nine days' queen, Lady Jane Grey and her forgotten sisters, the rivals of Elizabeth I, to vivid life in her fascinating biography' Philippa Gregory The dramatic... -
The Clyde: Mapping the River by John Moore
RRP: $63.00$45.40The Clyde is arguably the most evocative of Scottish rivers. Its mention conjures up a variety of images of power, productivity and pleasure from its 'bonnie banks' through the orchards of south Lanarkshire to its association with shipbuilding and trade... -
The Unnatural History of the Sea by Callum Roberts
RRP: $81.90$76.13Humanity can make short work of the oceans' creatures. As Callum M. Roberts reveals in The Unnatural History of the Sea, the oceans' bounty didn't disappear overnight. While today's fishing industry is ruthlessly efficient, intense exploitation began not... -
1848: Year Of Revolution by Mike Rapport 9780349118642 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$4.83In 1848, Europe was engulfed in a firestorm of revolution. The streets of cities from Paris to Bucharest and from Berlin to Palermo were barricaded and flooded by armed insurgents proclaiming political liberties and national freedom. The conservative... -
1848: Year Of Revolution by Mike Rapport
RRP: $31.48$21.11In 1848, Europe was engulfed in a firestorm of revolution. The streets of cities from Paris to Bucharest and from Berlin to Palermo were barricaded and flooded by armed insurgents proclaiming political liberties and national freedom. The conservative... -
The Old Isle of Skye by Guthrie Hutton 9781840338454
RRP: $25.10$23.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338454Author Guthrie HuttonFormat PaperbackImprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
High Flying Around: Memories of the 1960s Leicester Music Scene by Shaun Knapp 9781780915500
RRP: $31.48$31.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780915500Author Shaun KnappFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint JMD MediaPublisher JMD Media -
Enlightening Delilah M.C. Beaton 9781780333144
$22.32'If you have a Wild, Unruly, or Undisciplined Daugher, two Ladies of Genteel Birth offer to Bring Out said Daughter and Refine what may have seemed Unrefinable. We can make the Best of the Worst'When Amy and Effie Tribble, two charming but impoverished... -
The Illustrated History of Liverpool's Suburbs by David Lewis 9781780913728
$33.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780913728Author David LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing -
Ledbury: People and Parish before the Reformation: England's Past for Everyone by Sylvia Pinches
RRP: $31.48$24.61Ledbury is a small town in the lush Herefordshire countryside. How did it come to be here and who and what shaped its development? This volume explores a quiet corner of England from the earliest times until the middle of the 16th century. Hunters,... -
Barefoot Soldier by Johnson Beharry
RRP: $27.28$18.54Born in 1979 in Grenada as one of eight children, living in a two-bedroom hut, surviving on meagre meals of beans and rice and walking barefoot, three miles to school. At 13 Johnson Beharry quit school and worked as a decorator and labourer. In 1999 he... -
The New Science of the Enchanted Universe: An Anthropology of Most of Humanity by Marshall Sahlins 9780691215938
RRP: $35.68$29.11One of the world's preeminent cultural anthropologists leaves a last work that fundamentally reconfigures how we study most other culturesFrom the perspective of Western modernity, humanity inhabits a disenchanted cosmos. Gods, spirits, and ancestors... -
Lost Wolverhampton by Alec Brew 9781398105300
RRP: $33.58$22.79Wolverhampton was granted city status in 2000, but its origins lie in Anglo-Saxon England. During the Middle Ages Wolverhampton was a prosperous Staffordshire market town and a centre for the wool trade. Its coal and iron deposits enabled it to grow... -
The Communist Manifesto: A Modern Edition by Karl Marx 9781844678761 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.68$11.19In the two decades following the fall of the Berlin Wall, global capitalism became entrenched in its modern, neoliberal form. Its triumph was so complete that the word "capitalism" itself fell out of use in the absence of credible political alternatives... -
The Communist Manifesto: A Modern Edition by Karl Marx
RRP: $14.68$12.73In the two decades following the fall of the Berlin Wall, global capitalism became entrenched in its modern, neoliberal form. Its triumph was so complete that the word "capitalism" itself fell out of use in the absence of credible political alternatives... -
The Witchcraft Sourcebook: Second Edition Brian P. Levack 9781138774971
RRP: $109.18$96.47The Witchcraft Sourcebook, now in its second edition, is a fascinating collection of documents that illustrates the development of ideas about witchcraft from ancient times to the eighteenth century. Many of the sources come from the period between 1400... -
Blood on the Risers: An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-five Months in Vietnam by John Leppelman
RRP: $18.88$15.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804105620Author John LeppelmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Ivy Books,U.S.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 171mm *... -
The A-Z of Curious Essex: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics by Paul Wreyford 9780752489865
RRP: $31.48$24.61'Curious' is perhaps not the first word you would use to label Essex. But 'curiouser and curiouser' it becomes when you dig below the surface. Forget the popular image of Essex boy and girl. Come and meet larger-than-life characters, including the... -
The Fields Beneath Gillian Tindall 9781906011482
RRP: $31.48$21.11A masterpiece of local history, by the Queen of the genre; Gillian Tindall has acquired a devoted readership through her lovingly researched works, such as the prize-winning "The House" by the Thames and "Celestine: Voices from a French Village". A...