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Bethnal Green: Images of London by Gary Haines
RRP: £15.99£12.43Gary Haines, East Ender, historian, once volunteer with Tower Hamlets Archives and now Archivist of the Whitechapel Gallery, has compiled this fascinating collection of over 200 archive photographs looking at the changes that have taken place in Bethnal... -
Drove Roads of Northumberland by Roberts Ian 9780752442303
RRP: £15.99£12.43Droving has been hugely important in shaping farming practice across Northumberland for 1,000 years or more. The necessity of transporting sheep and cattle has changed the landscape, and developed the roads and buildings and at one time, animals would be... -
The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the invention of computers David Leavitt 9780753822005
RRP: £10.99£7.61The story of Alan Turing, the persecuted genius who helped break the Enigma code and create the modern computer.To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary programmable calculating machine. But the idea... -
Is Capitalism Working?: A primer for the 21st century Jacob Field 9780500293676
RRP: £12.95£8.81The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsIs Capitalism Working? is a highly relevant question today - not least to a generation coming of age in a world still experiencing aftershocks from the near-meltdown of... -
Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove: A Battlefield Guide, with a Section on Wire Road by Earl J. Hess 9780803273665
RRP: £15.99£13.71Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove were three of the most important battles fought west of the Mississippi River during the Civil War. They influenced the course of the first half of the war in that region by shaping Union military efforts... -
Imperial Tragedy: From Constantine's Empire to the Destruction of Roman Italy AD 363-568 by Professor Michael Kulikowski
RRP: £12.99£9.34For centuries, Rome was one of the world's largest imperial powers, its influence spread across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle-East, its military force successfully fighting off attacks by the Parthians, Germans, Persians and Goths. Then came the... -
Railways and Industry in the Western Valley: Aberbeeg to Brynmawr and Ebbw Vale by John Hodge 9781473838086
RRP: £25.00£18.90This is the second in a new series on the South Wales Valleys by John Hodge, author of the South Wales Main Line series and North and West series, each of four volumes. The South Wales Valleys were famous for coal mining, iron and steel, tinplate works... -
Woodhouse by Leonard Widdowson
RRP: £12.99£9.87A history of WoodhouseBook InformationISBN 9780752410883Author Leonard WiddowsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 320gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm -
Empire of Blue Water: Henry Morgan and the Pirates who Rules the Caribbean Waves by Stephan Talty 9781416502937 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£3.66Henry Morgan, a twenty-year-old Welshman, arrived in the New World in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades, his exploits in the Caribbean in the service of the English became legend. His daring attacks on the mighty Spanish... -
Empire of Blue Water: Henry Morgan and the Pirates who Rules the Caribbean Waves by Stephan Talty 9781416502937
RRP: £14.99£11.11Henry Morgan, a twenty-year-old Welshman, arrived in the New World in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades, his exploits in the Caribbean in the service of the English became legend. His daring attacks on the mighty Spanish... -
Tower by Nigel Jones 9780099537656
RRP: £14.99£10.95No building has been more intimately involved in the story of Britain than the Tower of London - a mighty, brooding stronghold in the very heart of the capital. Castle, prison, torture chamber, execution site, zoo, mint, treasure house, armoury,... -
The Disinherited: A Story of Family, Love and Betrayal by Robert Sackville-West 9781408843406 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.15In the small hours of the morning of 3 June 1914, a woman and her husband were found dead in a sparsely furnished apartment in Paris. It was only when the identity of the couple was revealed in the English press a fortnight later that the full story... -
The Disinherited: A Story of Family, Love and Betrayal by Robert Sackville-West
RRP: £12.99£9.34In the small hours of the morning of 3 June 1914, a woman and her husband were found dead in a sparsely furnished apartment in Paris. It was only when the identity of the couple was revealed in the English press a fortnight later that the full story... -
Wild Wild about Tooting & Furzedown: From the common to the market by Amy Adams
RRP: £24.99£22.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916485853Author Amy AdamsFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Unity Print and Publishing LtdPublisher Unity Print and Publishing Ltd -
Power Knowledge by Michel Foucault
£11.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394739540Author Michel FoucaultFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm)... -
Country House Secrets: Behind Closed Doors Ruth Binney 9781910821312
RRP: £14.99£10.05With a foreword by Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey who concludes that: `This is the world that Ruth Binney has brought so wonderfully to life in her book'. Inside the country house, what exactly were the ... -
Slightly Tempted: Number 6 in series by Mary Balogh
RRP: £9.99£7.00From 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... -
2 Kings: The Power and the Fury by Dale Ralph Davis
RRP: £11.99£8.662 Kings provides a fast-paced narrative of insight into the history of Israel under its monarchy. This book is a continuation of the narrative begun in 1 Samuel, and continued through 2 Samuel and 1 Kings. Ralph finishes it off with a captivating and... -
Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War: 1938-1941 by Alan Allport 9781781257821
RRP: £10.99£7.99WINNER OF THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN A TIMES AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Britain's wartime story has been told many times, but never as cleverly as this.' Dominic Sandbrook In the bleak first half of the Second World War, Britain stood alone... -
Science in World History by James S. Trefil
RRP: £41.99£36.75In Science in World History, James Trefil presents a comprehensive, thematic survey of the history of science from its roots in different cultures around the world through to the present day. He explores crucial milestones in scientific development and... -
The Groundings with My Brothers by Walter Rodney 9781788731157
RRP: £11.99£9.96In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, South America, the African continent, and the Caribbean. In each locale,... -
Cumbrian Folk Tales by Taffy Thomas
RRP: £12.99£9.87These engaging folk tales from Cumbria were collected as fragments that the author has brought back to life. Shaped by the natural world, local customs and generations of chattering, these traditional tales reflect the unique Cumbrian wit and wisdom... -
The Gilded Stage: A Social History of Opera by Daniel Snowman
RRP: £30.00£21.02The Gilded Stage is a comprehensive tour of the world of opera. From its origins in the courts of northern Italy, to its internationally recognised position in modern culture, Snowman explores the social history of opera houses and impresarios,... -
To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway by Christian Wolmar
RRP: £16.99£11.76Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the northern extension ordered by Brezhnev and its current success as a vital artery. He also explores the crucial... -
The Globe: How the Earth Became Round by James Hannam 9781789147582
RRP: £16.99£12.47The Globe tells the story of humanity's quest to discover the form of the world. Philosophers in ancient Greece deduced the true shape of the Earth in the fourth century BCE; the Romans passed the knowledge to India, and from there it spread to Baghdad... -
The Dragon: Fear and Power by Martin Arnold
RRP: £30.00£22.29Dragons 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... -
Strasbourg AD 357 by Dr Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: £15.99£11.79Civil war in the Western Roman Empire between AD 350-53 had left the frontiers weakly defended, and the major German confederations along the Rhine - the Franks and Alemanni - took advantage of the situation to cross the river, destroy the Roman... -
The Century of Revolution: 1603-1714 by Christopher Hill 9780415267397
RRP: £19.99£17.69There is an immense range of books about the English Civil War, but one historian stands head and shoulders above all others for the quality of his work on the subject. In 1961 Christopher Hill first published what has come to be acknowledged as the best... -
Eyam: Plague Village by David Paul
RRP: £16.99£11.47In September 1665, plague was inadvertently transported from London to Eyam in Derbyshire on a consignment of cloth. This small country village subsequently became famous for its decision to instate a 'cordon sanitaire', isolating itself to prevent the... -
History and Memory by Geoffrey Cubitt 9780719060786
RRP: £19.99£18.10In recent years, 'memory' has become a central, though also a controversial, concept in historical studies - a term that denotes both a new and distinctive field of study and a fresh way of conceptualizing history as a field of inquiry more generally. ... -
Eighteenth-Century British Premiers: Walpole to the Younger Pitt by D. Leonard 9780230284784
RRP: £44.99£44.97Following his earlier surveys of 19th and 20th Century British Prime Ministers, Dick Leonard turns his attention to their 18th Century predecessors, including such major figures as Robert Walpole, the Elder Pitt (Lord Chatham), Lord North and the Younger... -
Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France by Caroline Moorehead 9780099554646 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29A SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2014From the author of the New York Times bestseller A Train in Winter comes the extraordinary story of a French village that helped save thousands who were pursued by the Gestapo... -
Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France by Caroline Moorehead 9780099554646
RRP: £10.99£7.99A SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2014From the author of the New York Times bestseller A Train in Winter comes the extraordinary story of a French village that helped save thousands who were pursued by the Gestapo... -
Othello (new edition) John O'Connor 9781408236888
£9.81Fully updated to meet the needs of the GCSE 2010 specifications. Exclusive awarding-body specific support to help students realise their full potential. The most accessible texts with supportive notes, activities and advice to engage students. Remains... -
Why Beethoven: A Phenomenon in 100 Pieces by Norman Lebrecht
RRP: £20.00£14.51Without 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,... -
Vietnamese Colonial Republican: The Political Vision of Vu Trong Phung by Peter Zinoman 9780520276284
RRP: £46.00£36.08This volume is a comprehensive study of Vietnam's greatest and most controversial 20th century writer who died tragically in 1939 at the age of 28. Vu Trong Phung is known for a remarkable collection of politically provocative novels and sensational... -
The Knights Templar and Scotland by Robert Ferguson 9780752493381
RRP: £15.99£12.43Places and books like Rosslyn Chapel and The Da Vinci Code have focused attention on Scotland's Knights Templar. Who they were and what they did has been touched upon, but never properly explored until now. They were close advisors to Scotland's early... -
The Life of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton: Extraordinary Perseverance by David Bruce
RRP: £102.00£89.14The social conscience of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845) developed as he operated a brewery in Spitalfields, nineteenth-century London's poorest parish. His interest and research on penal discipline brought him national prominence and led to a... -
The Hitler Bloodline: Uncovering the Fuhrer’s Secret Family by David Gardner 9781789466683 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£5.38Adolf Hitler was one of six children born to his mother, and one of eight born to his father from two of his three marriages. Alois Hitler, ne Schicklgruber, was an official of the Austrian customs service, and the combination of an imperial uniform and... -
The Hitler Bloodline: Uncovering the Fuhrer’s Secret Family by David Gardner 9781789466683
RRP: £9.99£7.05Adolf Hitler was one of six children born to his mother, and one of eight born to his father from two of his three marriages. Alois Hitler, né Schicklgruber, was an official of the Austrian customs service, and the combination of an imperial uniform and...