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Up The Country: Letters from India by Emily Eden 9780860684404
£13.81Emily Eden was born in 1797 into the charmed inner circle of the English upper class who conducted the country's political life. In 1836 this prominent member of Whig society joined her brother George in India where he was Governor-General. She stayed... -
The Dragon: Fear and Power by Martin Arnold
RRP: £30.00£21.95Dragons are a global phenomenon, one that has troubled mankind for thousands of years. From the fire-breathing beasts of North European myth and legend to the Book of Revelation's Great Red Dragon of Hell, from those supernatural agencies of imperial... -
Italy and Its Eastern Border, 1866-2016 by Marina Cattaruzza
RRP: £43.99£38.84This is the first scholarly work in Modern European History which elucidates consistently how border issues affect the history of nations and states in the 19th and 20th centuries. The book rethinks the Italian history of the last 150 years from the... -
Hanged at Liverpool by Steve Fielding
RRP: £14.99£11.55Over the years the high walls of Liverpool's Walton Gaol have contained some of the most infamous criminals from the north of England. Taking over from the fearsome Kirkdale House of Correction as the main centre of execution for Liverpool and other... -
Old Greenock by Joy Monteith
RRP: £21.95£19.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840333145Author Joy MonteithFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester
RRP: £16.99£11.47The definitive biography of the world's most important body of water - the Atlantic. One hundred and ninety million years ago, the shifting of two of the world's tectonic plates led to the creation of an immense chasm. This giant gash in the... -
Iamblichus on the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians: The Complete Text by Thomas Taylor 9780359737758
RRP: £12.81£11.64The Syrian philosopher Iamblichus is famous for his accounts of ancient religious traditions: this book contains Thomas Taylor's translations of his commentaries regarding Egypt, Assyria and Chaldea. Containing many references to the mystical... -
Migration: The Movement of Humankind from Prehistory to the Present by Robin Cohen
RRP: £20.00£13.75While recognizing that distinctions between categories are often fuzzy, Migration covers many types of migrants including explorers, slaves, pilgrims, mineworkers, labourers, exiles, refugees, sex workers, students, tourists, retirees and expatriates... -
How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions by Francis Wheen 9780007140978 [USED COPY]
RRP: £11.99£2.29An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. An intellectual call to arms, Francis Wheen's Sunday Times bestseller is one of 2004's most talked about books. In 1979 two events occurred that would... -
How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions by Francis Wheen
RRP: £11.99£8.43An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. An intellectual call to arms, Francis Wheen's Sunday Times bestseller is one of 2004's most talked about books. In 1979 two events occurred that would... -
O Sing unto the Lord: A History of English Church Music by Andrew Gant
RRP: £12.99£9.09Andrew Gant's compelling account traces English church music from Anglo-Saxon origins to the present. It is a history of the music and of the people who made, sang and listened to it. It shows the role church music has played in ordinary lives and how... -
Trolls: An Unnatural History by John Lindow
RRP: £14.99£10.95Trolls are everywhere. They lurk on the internet; they fill the pages of popular fantasy literature; they are hunted in Norwegian film. They are the homeless in California; they are comforting or threatening characters in children's books; they are... -
Olde Yorkshire Punishments by Howard Peach 9780752446615
RRP: £12.99£9.62This fascinating volume explores the darkest aspects of crime and punishment in Yorkshire over the centuries - a history by turns gruesome, intriguing and strange. From the stocks, joug and branding iron to the prison cell, galley - and noose - every... -
Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation by M. Mead 9780688050337
RRP: £10.99£9.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688050337Author M. MeadFormat PaperbackPage Count 223Imprint HarperPaperbacksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 228g -
Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors by Dith Pran 9780300078732
RRP: £22.50£21.68"Childhood testimonies by survivors of the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. . . . Compelling."-Kirkus Reviews"Underscores with great poignancy the horror of the Pol Pot period."-Nancy J. Smith-Hefner, Journal of Asian StudiesThis extraordinary book... -
The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century by David 9780857206374 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.65In Britain we have lost touch with the Great War. Our overriding sense now is of a meaningless, futile bloodbath in the mud of Flanders -- of young men whose lives were cut off in their prime for no evident purpose. But by reducing the conflict to... -
The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century by David 9780857206374
RRP: £10.99£7.00In Britain we have lost touch with the Great War. Our overriding sense now is of a meaningless, futile bloodbath in the mud of Flanders -- of young men whose lives were cut off in their prime for no evident purpose. But by reducing the conflict to... -
Old Ballynahinch by Rose Jane Leslie 9781840335811
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840335811Author Rose Jane LeslieFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm)... -
The Sumerians: Lost Civilizations by Paul Collins 9781789144154
RRP: £18.00£12.96The Sumerians are widely believed to have created the world's earliest civilization on the fertile floodplains of southern Iraq from about 3500 to 2000 BC. They have been credited with the invention of nothing less than cities, writing and the wheel, and... -
Only a Promise by Mary Balogh
RRP: £9.99£6.80Enter the world of New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh, where the magic, romance and mystery of Regency England come vibrantly to life . . .Ralph Stockwood prides himself on being a leader, but when he convinced his friends to fight in the... -
UFO Crash Retrievals: The Complete Investigation - Status Reports I-VII (1978-1994) by Leonard Stringfield 9780359685080
RRP: £61.34£53.45This is the ultra-rare complete compilation of Leonard H. Stringfield's legendary "UFO Crash Retrieval" series. All 7 of the volumes are included in this one book.Book InformationISBN 9780359685080Author Leonard StringfieldFormat PaperbackPage... -
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity by Roy Porter 9780006374541 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£2.29A definitive study of the history of medicine, from the earliest humans to the present day. Medicine is advancing at an incredible rate. We now have the ability to overcome sickness but also to transform the nature of life itself: in many... -
Pembrokeshire Villages by Geoffrey Davies 9781850589655
RRP: £8.99£6.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850589655Author Geoffrey DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Sigma PressPublisher Sigma PressDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 10mm -
THE CORNWALL VILLAGE BOOK: The places, the people and their stories by Cornwall Federation of Women's Institutes
RRP: £11.95£7.70The Cornwall Village Book is a celebration of the unique communities at the heart of a diverse and fascinating county. Compiled by the Cornwall Federation of Women's Institutes, it gathers together descriptions of 150 villages, recalling the history,... -
Supernatural Wales by Alvin Nicholas
RRP: £18.99£13.61Wales is a land of ghosts and dark legends, strange animals and unexplained phenomena. From the Abergele Ghost Ship to the Witch Lakes of the Brecon Beacons, Alvin Nicholas takes the reader on a comprehensive A-Z tour. Supernatural Wales is the... -
Twelfth Night, or What You Will (Annotated by Henry N. Hudson with an Introduction by Charles Harold Herford) by William Shakespeare 9781420953428
£7.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420953428Author William ShakespeareFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Why Beethoven: A Phenomenon in 100 Pieces by Norman Lebrecht
RRP: £20.00£14.29Without Beethoven, music as we know it wouldn't exist. Who was this titan of world culture? 'You want to build a Beethoven library? There can be no better starting point... Brilliant.' John Suchet, Classic FM presenter Through 100 recordings,... -
Grandmothers Of The Light by Paula Gunn Allen 9780807081037
£19.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807081037Author Paula Gunn AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
Engaging with AQA GCSE (9-1) History: Conflict and tension, 1918-1939 Wider world depth study by Dale Banham
£19.76Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Trust the power of cognitive science to help students to understand more, remember more and feel more confident about their exams.Dale Banham is not your... -
The Isle of Skye by Iain Kirk Campbell 9780473347604
RRP: £12.95£10.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473347604Author Iain Kirk CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint ICPPublisher ICP -
The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
RRP: £14.99£9.75Sixty years after the defeat of the Third Reich, the complexities of Nazi ideology are still being unravelled. This enormously influential book has provided the first serious account of these ideological origins. The book demonstrates the way in which... -
The Story of Gloucester's Pubs by Darrel Kirby 9780752455570
RRP: £14.99£11.55Gloucester is a city with a long and distinguished history and it has had more than its fair share of interesting pubs. This book identifies more than 600 pubs, going back as far as the thirteenth century; it explores the most interesting of these, past... -
Great Stagecoach Robberies of the Old West by R. Michael Wilson 9780762741274
RRP: £9.99£7.54Stagecoach robbers evolved as a consequence of the discovery of gold or silver, or some other mineral treasure, and a town would "spring forth from the earth" overnight. Roads were soon built and stage lines began operating. A "pitching Betsy" would take... -
A Toast to the Old Stones: A Tale from Kinloch by Denzil Meyrick
RRP: £9.99£6.70'a wonderfully atmospheric tale ... offers a brief, magical escape to a kinder, simpler time' - Roger Cox, The Scotsman It's 1968, and the fishermen of Kinloch are preparing to celebrate the old New Year on the twelfth of January. The annual... -
Augustine of Hippo: A Biography by Peter Brown 9780520280410
£25.41This classic biography was first published forty-five years ago and has since established itself as the standard account of Saint Augustine's life and teaching.About the AuthorPeter Brown is Rollins Professor of History emeritus at Princeton University... -
Sidmouth by Les Berry
RRP: £12.99£9.62When the future Queen Victoria arrived in Sidmouth in the early years of the last century many of the fine buildings which grace the modern town had just been built. Since then the resort has acquired an air of general respectability which the twentieth... -
Jack Tar: Life in Nelson's Navy by Roy A. Adkins
RRP: £12.99£8.60The Royal Navy to which Admiral Lord Nelson sacrificed his life depended on thousands of sailors and marines to man the great wind-powered wooden warships. Drawn from all over Britain and beyond, often unwillingly, these ordinary men made the navy... -
West Bromwich Memories: Britain In Old Photographs by Terry Price 9780750944274
RRP: £17.99£13.64From a few Anglo-Saxon hamlets set in a mostly agricultural landscape, to the industrial revolution of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, West Bromwich gradually developed into one of the most successful and prosperous towns in the Black Country... -
Slightly Tempted: Number 6 in series by Mary Balogh
RRP: £9.99£6.80From the moment he spies Lady Morgan Bedwyn across the glittering ballroom, Gervase Ashford, Earl of Rosthorn, knows he has found the perfect instrument of his revenge. But wedlock is not on the mind of the continent's most notorious rake. Nor is it of... -
Thin Paths: Journeys in and around an Italian Mountain Village by Julia Blackburn
RRP: £10.99£7.77Shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Biography Award and the 2012 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize Julia Blackburn and her husband moved to a little house in the mountains of northern Italy in 1999. She arrived as a stranger but a series of events...