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The Devil's Horn by Michael Segell 9780312425579
£11.66The young 160-year history of the saxophone comes to brilliant life in Michael Segell's wonderfully researched, beautifully told "The Devil's Horn". Beginning with "a sound never heard before," Segell's portrait follows the iconographic instrument as it... -
Malplaquet 1709: Marlborough’s Bloodiest Battle by Simon MacDowall
RRP: £15.99£11.79In 1709, after eight years of war, France was on her knees. There was not enough money left in the treasury to pay, equip or feed the army and a bad harvest led to starvation throughout the kingdom. Circumstances had worsened to the point that King Louis... -
Community Nursing and Primary Healthcare in Twentieth-Century Britain Helen M. Sweet 9780415956345
RRP: £91.99£79.80This book takes a fresh look at community nursing history in Great Britain, examining the essentially generalist and low profile, domiciliary end of the professional nursing spectrum throughout the twentieth century. It charts the most significant... -
Red: A Natural History of the Redhead by Jacky Colliss Harvey
RRP: £16.99£11.76A New York Times bestseller, Red is the first book to explore the history of red hair and red-headedness throughout the world.With an obsessive fascination that is as contagious as it is compelling, Jacky Colliss Harvey explores red hair in the ancient... -
Churchill & Son Josh Ireland 9781529337754
RRP: £20.00£13.95'A compelling tragedy, but one which casts valuable new light on the outsized human dimensions of both men ... Agonising but excellent' The Telegraph'In this fascinating account of the turbulent Churchill father-and-son relationship, Josh Ireland shows... -
Oxford Colleges by Annie Bullen
RRP: £7.50£5.58The University of Oxford offers 800 years of history: its 39 colleges are inextricably linked with the daily life of a busy city with beautiful buildings, cobbled lanes, and turrets and spires. Fully revised for 2019, and with a map to guide visitors,... -
Left for Dead?: The Strange Death and Rebirth of Labour Britain by Lewis Goodall
RRP: £9.99£6.84A timely and provocative account of the fall of New Labour, the rise of Corbyn, and what it means for the left in Britain. 'Lewis Goodall is one of the most exciting voices in British politics right now'... -
Nottingham Date Book 2. 1800 -1845 by Richard Pearson 9780244467180
RRP: £31.98£28.38This is book two of a two volume set. The Nottingham Date Book is a book of the history of Nottingham from 850 to 1884. In particular, after about 1750, it is full of references to every-day happenings in the town and its people. Not just important... -
The Twelve Caesars by Matthew Dennison 9781848876859 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29One of them was a military genius; one murdered his mother and fiddled while Rome burned. Six of their number were assassinated, two committed suicide, and five of them were elevated to the status of gods. They have come to be known as the 'twelve... -
The Twelve Caesars by Matthew Dennison
RRP: £12.99£8.80One of them was a military genius; one murdered his mother and fiddled while Rome burned. Six of their number were assassinated, two committed suicide, and five of them were elevated to the status of gods. They have come to be known as the 'twelve... -
Somerset Folk Tales by Sharon Jacksties 9780752463339
RRP: £12.99£10.60These Somerset tales, newly collected or retold with a strong sense of the land and the waters that shaped them, reflect our enduring interest in the natural landscape. Let these stories from the Summer Lands take you on a journey: across wind-wild moors... -
The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty by Sarah Gristwood 9780861543748
RRP: £10.99£7.21A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 'One of the most important books to be written about the Tudors in a generation.' Tracy Borman In this groundbreaking history, Sarah Gristwood reveals the way courtly love made and marred the Tudor dynasty... -
manchester's lost district: life before the arndale by Keith Warrender 9780946361472
RRP: £16.95£14.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946361472Author Keith WarrenderFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Willow Publishing,TimperleyPublisher Willow Publishing,TimperleyDimensions(mm) 250mm... -
Queen Victoria's Gene: Haemophilia and the Royal Family by D. M. Potts
RRP: £10.99£8.47Queen Victoria's son, Prince Leopold, died from haemophilia, but no member of the royal family before his generation had suffered from the condition. Medically, there are only two possibilities: either one of Victoria's parents had a 1 in 50,000 random... -
Glastonbury and District Mail: The Post Offices and Their People Allen Cotton 9781906069124
RRP: £9.99£6.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906069124Author Allen CottonFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint The Squeeze PressPublisher The Squeeze Press -
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£7.21In 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... -
It's A Team Game: Scotland's Football Club Line-Ups In The Black & White Era by Steve Finan 9781845357948
RRP: £15.99£5.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845357948Author Steve FinanFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint D.C.Thomson & Co LtdPublisher D.C.Thomson & Co LtdWeight(grams) 1179gDimensions(mm) 225mm... -
Nottingham Date Book 1 850 -1800 by Richard Pearson 9780244467166
RRP: £20.00£17.62This is book 1 of a two Volume set. The Nottingham Date Book is a book of the history of Nottingham from 850 to 1884. In particular, after about 1750, it is full of references to every-day happenings in the town and its people. Not just important people,... -
The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn: A Life Revealed through Personal Writing by Mary McAuliffe 9781910820018
RRP: £40.00£37.72The diaries of Dr Kathleen Lynn, 1916–1955, cover her involvement in the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence, the Civil War, and the formative three and a half decades of the Irish Free State. They demonstrate the revolutionary, socialist and feminist... -
Witch-Hunting in Scotland: Law, Politics and Religion by Brian P. Levack
RRP: £37.99£33.38Shortlisted for the 2008 Katharine Briggs AwardWitch-Hunting in Scotland presents a fresh perspective on the trial and execution of the hundreds of women and men prosecuted for the crime of witchcraft, an offence that involved the alleged practice of... -
The Shaping of Modern Britain: Identity, Industry and Empire 1780 - 1914 by Eric Evans 9781408225646
£38.94In this wide-ranging history of modern Britain, Eric Evans surveys every aspect of the period in which Britain was transformed into the world's first industrial power. By the end of the nineteenth century, Britain was still ruled by wealthy landowners,... -
Frankfurt by Brian Melican 9781909930186
RRP: £12.99£12.13Frankfurt is a city that punches well above its weight. Despite its diminutive size--it has fewer than a million inhabitants--it is a financial centre of global importance, named alongside metropolises and capitals such as Tokyo, London, and New York... -
Voices of the Lake District by Jane Renouf 9780752456713
RRP: £12.99£8.56Voices of the Lake District is the unique and fascinating result of many conversations and interviews with local people in the Lakeland community, recalling life in the area over the past century. Compiled by Ambleside Oral History Group, vivid memories... -
The Genovese Family: A History of New York's Genovese Mafia Family by Andy Petepiece 9780228891949
£16.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780228891949Author Andy PetepieceFormat PaperbackPage Count 474Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 626gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
London: City of Cities by Phil Baker
RRP: £15.95£12.17City of cities, the modern world's first great metropolis, London has shaped everything from clothing to youth culture. It has a unique place in the world's memory, even as its role has changed from the capital of the planet to its playground, and as its... -
Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates by David Wootton 9780199212798
RRP: £16.99£12.28Just how much good has medicine done over the years? And how much damage does it continue to do? The history of medicine begins with Hippocrates in the fifth century BC. Yet until the invention of antibiotics in the 1930s doctors, in general, did... -
Faulks on Fiction by Sebastian Faulks 9781846079603 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£2.65Ever since Robinson Crusoe in 1719, the novel has introduced British readers to truly unforgettable characters - people in whom we can find deeper understanding of our own lives. In this engaging and personal book, Sebastian Faulks examines and... -
Faulks on Fiction by Sebastian Faulks
RRP: £15.99£11.79Ever since Robinson Crusoe in 1719, the novel has introduced British readers to truly unforgettable characters - people in whom we can find deeper understanding of our own lives. In this engaging and personal book, Sebastian Faulks examines and... -
Holy Hills and Pagan Places of Ireland by Hector McDonnell 9781904263623
RRP: £6.95£4.27The Irish landscape is alive with pagan powers, gods and spirits. Inside every hill are feasting halls of otherworldly beings who sometimes emerge into our realm, or entice the unwary into theirs. Lakes and rivers have their own divinities, sacred pagan... -
The World of Cognac by Michelle Brachet 9781846892400
RRP: £25.00£17.09The World of Cognac is a carefully researched study about the history and culture of Cognac - the most revered spirit in the world. Ranging from historical brandy anecdotes dating back to the 7th century all the way up to our modern-day cocktail culture,... -
On Brick Lane by Rachel Lichtenstein
RRP: £10.99£7.99Brick Lane today is a place of extremes - a street that's constantly reinventing itself. Blending history and reportage with personal testimony and urban myths, and interspersing these with maps and photography, On Brick Lane is a one-of-a-kind chronicle... -
Rails Through Wexford: The North and South Wexford Lines in Colour by Jonathan Beaumont 9781780733814
RRP: £20.00£18.30RAILS THROUGH WEXFORD is a photographic journey across the two scenic railway routes in the south of the county, which once upon a time connected Waterford city with Wexford town and points further afield, by two different routes. The photographs are... -
James VI, Britannic Prince: King of Scots and Elizabeth’s Heir, 1566–1603 by Alexander Courtney 9781138606265
RRP: £36.99£32.53By drawing upon recent scholarship, original manuscript materials, and previously unpublished sources, this new biography presents an analytical narrative of King James VI & I’s life from his birth in 1566 to his accession to the throne of England and... -
It Happened in Shropshire by Bob Burrows
RRP: £12.99£9.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906122195Author Bob BurrowsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 375g -
Beaconsfield by Colin Seabright
RRP: £12.99£9.87This intriguing selection of old postcards, many of which have never before been published, illustrates just how much Beaconsfield has changed over the last century. Illustrated by over 200 archive pictures, this volume includes vistas of shops, places... -
The Perfect Sword: Forging the Middle Ages by Edoardo Albert
RRP: £22.00£14.71The story of the Bamburgh Sword - one of the finest swords ever forged. In 2000, archaeologist Paul Gething rediscovered a sword. An unprepossessing length of rusty metal, it had been left in a suitcase for thirty years. But Paul had a suspicion that... -
The Knights Templar Sean Martin 9781842435632
RRP: £12.99£8.83The Knights Templar were the most powerful military religious order of the Middle Ages. Formed to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land, they participated in the Crusades and rapidly gained wealth, lands and influence and were answerable to none save the... -
A Testament of Hope by Martin Luther King 9780060646912
RRP: £29.99£18.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060646912Author Martin Luther King Jr.Page Count 736Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 951gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 153mm... -
Growing Up in Wartime Uxbridge by Stephen Skinner 9780752445434
RRP: £12.99£9.87From a child's viewpoint, the pre-war years of the 1930s were full of carefree, halcyon days when the sun always used to shine; but for many people the 1930s were, regrettably, quite the opposite. In this book all aspects from pre-war to post-war...