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Themes in Modern European History since 1945 Rosemary Wakeman (Fordham College at Lincoln, New York, USA) 9780415219884
RRP: $83.98$73.63Broad in geographical scope, this collection explores the most important transformations and upheavals of post-1945 Europe in the light of recent scholarship.A wide array of authors from the UK, the USA and across Europe contribute twelve chapters... -
North Yorkshire Folk Tales by Ingrid Barton 9780752489971
RRP: $27.28$20.73Whether hailing from the open Yorkshire Dales or the close-knit neighbourhoods of its towns and cities, North Yorkshire folk have always been fond of a good tale. This collection of stories from around the county is a tribute to their narrative vitality,... -
The Power of Money: How Ideas about Money Shaped the Modern World by Robert Pringle 9783030258931
RRP: $52.48$43.32Innovation in money is just as important as innovation in any other sphere of activity; money is always a "work in progress." In fact, history shows societies have tried out a wide diversity of monetary arrangements. Ideas about money have played key... -
Building A Better Mouse: The Story Of The Electronic Imagineers Who Designed Epcot by David Green 9780972977753
RRP: $41.90$33.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780972977753Author David GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Theme Perks IncorporatedPublisher Theme Perks IncorporatedWeight(grams)... -
The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy: The Revolutionary 1805 Classic by Hannah Glasse 9780486795768
RRP: $30.43$19.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486795768Author Hannah GlasseFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Lawyers at Play: Literature, Law, and Politics at the Early Modern Inns of Court, 1558-1581 by Jessica Winston
RRP: $61.93$57.02Many early modern poets and playwrights were also members of the legal societies the Inns of Court, and these authors shaped the development of key genres of the English Renaissance, especially lyric poetry, dramatic tragedy, satire, and masque. But how... -
A History of Islam in 21 Women by Hossein Kamaly
RRP: $35.68$27.57Khadija was the first believer, to whom the Prophet Muhammad often turned for advice. At a time when strongmen quickly seized power from any female Muslim ruler, Arwa of Yemen reigned alone for five decades. In nineteenth-century Russia, Mukhlisa Bubi... -
Master of Deception: The Wartime Adventures of Peter Fleming by Alan Ogden
RRP: $29.38$23.52Master of Deception is a biography of Peter Fleming, elder brother of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond. Peter Fleming worked as a travel writer and journalist, serving with distinction throughout World War II and played a crucial role in British... -
Blood Of Spain: An Oral History of the Spanish Civil War by Ronald Fraser 9780712660143
RRP: $37.78$28.04We discover what civil war, revolution and counter-revolution actually felt like from inside both camps. The contours of the war take shape through the words of the eyewitnesses. The atmosphere of events is vividly recaptured. And though the lived... -
Striking Back by Aaron J Klein 9780812974638
RRP: $35.68$25.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812974638Author Aaron J KleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 302g -
The Prime Minister's Ironing Board and Other State Secrets: True Stories from the Government Archives by Adam Macqueen
RRP: $23.08$15.98Stored in Whitehall's archives are everything from blood-chilling warnings of imminent nuclear attack to comical details of daily life in the corridors of power. Concerned notes from ministers on the subject of the Heir to the Throne's potential... -
The Sum of All Kisses Julia Quinn 9780749956349
RRP: $20.98$14.70Hugh Prentice has never had patience for dramatic females, and if Lady Sarah Pleinsworth has ever been acquainted with the words shy or retiring, she's long since tossed them out the window. Besides, a reckless duel has left this brilliant mathematician... -
The Alternative Guide to the London Boroughs: 2020 by Owen Hatherley
RRP: $39.88$38.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916016910Author Owen HatherleyFormat PaperbackImprint Open CityPublisher Open City -
Webley Air Pistols:Their History by Gordon Bruce
RRP: $94.50$79.88Despite a long history of involvement in the design and production of firearms, the Birmingham firm of Webley & Scott is probably better known to the general public for its manufacture of airguns than for any other product. Until now, there has been no... -
Elizabethan Stitches: A Guide to Historic English Needlework by Jacqui Carey 9780952322580
$53.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952322580Author Jacqui CareyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Carey CompanyPublisher Carey CompanyWeight(grams) 650gDimensions(mm) 272mm * 210mm *... -
Collision Course: Franz Conrad Von Hotzendorf, Serbia, and the Politics of Preventive War by Ph.D., Jan G. Beaver 9780557096008
RRP: $40.95$36.14Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf, as chief of the Austro-Hungarian general staff, was the foremost proponent of preventive war as the means of solving both the foreign and domestic problems of the multinational Habsburg Monarchy in one grand action. The... -
Getica: The Origin and Deeds of the Goths by Jordanes 9780244746674
RRP: $14.68$13.61De origine actibusque Getarum (The Origin and Deeds of the Gothsor the Getica, written in Late Latin by Jordanes in or shortly after 551 AD, claims to be a summary of a voluminous account by Cassiodorus of the origin and history of the Gothic people,... -
Berlin: The Story of a City by Barney White-Spunner
RRP: $52.50$37.00'My only complaint is that it was so fascinating I wish it had been longer. What a story!' Philip Mansel BERLIN is Europe's most fascinating and exciting city. The great movements that have shaken Europe, from the Reformation to Marxism, have their... -
William Marshal: The Greatest Knight That Ever Lived by Robin Griffith-Jones
RRP: $12.60$9.66William Marshal, born about 1147, was the son of a minor lord who held the hereditary title of 'Marshal', or head of the king's security. He became a knight loyal to five kings, the most powerful man in the kingdom, the hero of Magna Carta and a saviour... -
Bagels & Bacon: The Post War East End by Jeff Rozelaar 9780752458700
RRP: $31.48$24.61Jeff Rozelaar was born into a Jewish family and raised in an East End bombarded by Hitler's V2s. Fortunate enough to be one of the lucky survivors of the Nazi menace, he was able to play in the streets among the resultant debris with his schoolmates... -
The Medieval Cannon 1326-1494 by Jonathan Davies
RRP: $27.28$19.61The first illustration of a cannon in Europe can be dated quite precisely to 1326. This book explores the development of gunpowder, the earliest appearance of cast-bronze cannon in Western Europe, followed by the design and development of the... -
Conclave 1559: Ippolito d'Este and the Papal Election of 1559 Mary Hollingsworth 9781800244733
RRP: $52.50$46.49Intrigue, double-dealing and conspiracy in the Eternal City. 'A fascinating narrative of the intermingling of secular and religious power' New Statesman 'A highly enjoyable and thrilling read... Hollingsworth has peeled back the veil of secrecy... -
The Lady Chosen: Number 1 in series Stephanie Laurens 9780749940232
RRP: $20.98$14.70Tristan Wemyss, Earl of Trentham, never expected he'd need to wed within a year or forfeit his inheritance. But he is not one to bow to the matchmaking mamas of the ton. No, he will marry a lady of his own choosing. And the lady he chooses is the... -
London Local Trains in the 1950s and 1960s by Kevin McCormack 9781473827219
RRP: $52.50$32.89The picture below of a Castle class locomotive, since preserved, illustrates Kevin McCormack's first love: the Great Western Railway and the Western Region of British Railways. Living almost all his childhood on the Western in Ealing, it was perhaps... -
The English Village: History and Traditions by Martin Wainwright
RRP: $16.78$12.14A charming guide to the story of the English village, celebrating this beloved heart of the countryside.The village remains a quintessential and much-loved treasure that is often representative of England. This rural idyll has inspired generations of... -
A Short History of the Etruscans by Corinna Riva 9781780766157
RRP: $31.48$30.45Of all civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean, it is perhaps the Etruscans who hold the greatest allure. This is fundamentally because, unlike their Greek and Latin neighbours, the Etruscans left no textual sources to posterity. The only direct... -
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx 9781453716540
RRP: $20.90$19.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781453716540Author Karl MarxFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 11mm -
Bridges by David Ross
RRP: $41.98$31.21From abandoned structures that have long ceased to take you anywhere to today's feats of engineering, Bridges is a pictorial celebration of 150 suspension bridges, iron bridges, stone bridges, aqueducts, viaducts, railway bridges, footbridges and rope... -
Cambridgeshire Folk Tales by Maureen James 9780752466286
RRP: $27.28$20.73Modern-day Cambridgeshire is a county of diverse landscapes: from the elegance of the university city and the rural delights of the old county of Huntingdonshire Isle of Ely, each district has its own identity and its own stories. Explore the antics of... -
Liverpool City Centre Through Time by Ian Collard
RRP: $33.58$22.79Although Liverpool has existed as a port since the thirteenth century, it wasn't until the seventeenth century that it truly began to grow on the profits of trade with America, importing sugar from the West Indies and Virginia tobacco and exporting... -
Ancient African Kingdoms: A Captivating Guide to Civilizations of Ancient Africa Such as the Land of Punt, Carthage, the Kingdom of Aksum, the Mali Empire, and the Kingdom of Kush by Captivating History
RRP: $27.24$20.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647489243Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm)... -
Skegness Past & Present: Britain in Old Photographs by Ken Wilkinson
RRP: $33.58$26.10This fascinating new book takes a nostalgic look at Skegness and reveals some of the changes and developments that have taken place in the town during the last century. Ken Wilkinson has gathered together ninety pairs of images to compare and contrast... -
From Plato to Postmodernism: The Story of Western Culture Through Philosophy, Literature and Art by Christopher Watkin 9780715638286
$88.28From Plato to Postmodernism presents the cultural history of the West in one concise volume. Nearly four thousand years of Western history are woven together into an unfolding story in which we see how movements and individuals contributed to the... -
Smells: A Cultural History of Odours in Early Modern Times Robert Muchembled (University of Paris) 9781509536788
RRP: $37.78$25.87Why is our sense of smell so under-appreciated? We tend to think of smell as a vestigial remnant of our pre-human past, doomed to gradual extinction, and we go to great lengths to eliminate smells from our environment, suppressing body odour, bad breath... -
Railways Around Worksop Volume 1: The Great Central Line: Sheffield Victoria to Gainsborough Central by Chris Booth 9781915984074
$68.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915984074Author Chris BoothFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd -
A Girl of the Limberlost by Deceased Gene Stratton-Porter 9781619492004
RRP: $31.48$29.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619492004Author Deceased Gene Stratton-PorterFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Empire BooksPublisher Empire BooksWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm)... -
Some Remarks by Neal Stephenson 9781848878563
RRP: $20.98$14.49'Sometimes when you're reading Neal Stephenson, he doesn't just seem like one of the best novelists writing in English right now; he seems like the only one.' TimeOne of the most talented and creative authors working today, Neal Stephenson is renowned... -
Duke of Desire by Elizabeth Hoyt
RRP: $20.98$14.70A LADY OF LIGHTRefined, kind, and intelligent, Lady Iris Jordan finds herself the unlikely target of a diabolical kidnapping. Her captors are the notoriously evil Lords of Chaos. When one of the masked-and nude!-Lords spirits her away to his carriage,... -
Graves of the Great and Famous: From Jane Austen to Elvis Presley by Alastair Horne
RRP: $41.98$29.11Karl Marx is buried in London, John Keats in Rome and Leon Trotsky in Mexico. Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris is today known for the graves of Jim Morrison, Victor Hugo and Oscar Wilde, but when it opened in the early 19th century the owners felt that... -
How the Mind Changed: A Human History of our Evolving Brain Joseph Jebelli 9781529300130
RRP: $42.00$29.30The extraordinary story of how the human brain evolved... and is still evolving. We've come a long way. The earliest human had a brain as small as a child's fist; ours are four times bigger, with spectacular abilities and potential we are only just...