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Year Zero: A History of 1945 by Ian Buruma 9781848879393 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$5.57Many books have been written, and continue to be written, about the Second World War: military histories, histories of the Holocaust, the war in Asia, or collaboration and resistance in Europe. Few books have taken a close look at the immediate aftermath... -
Year Zero: A History of 1945 by Ian Buruma
RRP: $31.48$21.13Many books have been written, and continue to be written, about the Second World War: military histories, histories of the Holocaust, the war in Asia, or collaboration and resistance in Europe. Few books have taken a close look at the immediate aftermath... -
Haunted Hastings by Tina Lakin
RRP: $27.28$20.73From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena to first-hand encounters with ghouls and spirits, this collection of stories contains new and well-known spooky tales from in and around Hastings. Drawing on... -
Vintage Crime: A Short History of Wine Fraud by Rebecca Gibb 9780520385931
RRP: $52.50$41.24"This slim yet insightful and entertaining volume documents the many instances where wine drinkers did not get what they paid for, sometimes with deadly consequences."-New York Times, Best Wine Books of 2023How fakes, fraudsters, and grape crusaders have... -
Old Springburn Andrew Stuart 9781872074122
RRP: $25.10$23.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872074122Author Andrew StuartFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 180mm * 175mm * 4mm -
The Glasgow Enlightenment by Andrew Hook
RRP: $52.50$36.37The Glasgow Enlightenment is widely regarded as the first book to explore the nature and accomplishments of the Enlightenment in eighteenth-century Glasgow in a comprehensive manner. In addition to a general introduction by the editors, there are seven... -
Who Lost Russia?: From the Collapse of the USSR to Putin's War in Ukraine by Peter Conradi
RRP: $23.08$15.39'A must read for anyone interested in the future of Europe and the world as a whole.' Serhii Plokhy, author of The Last Empire An essential insight into Russia's relations with Ukraine, the US and beyond Why did Vladimir Putin launch his... -
Lost Lines of Wales: The Heads of the Valleys by Geoffrey Lloyd
RRP: $18.88$13.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912654154Author Geoffrey LloydFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited -
To Catch An Heiress: by the bestselling author of Bridgerton Julia Quinn 9780749908829
RRP: $20.98$14.70When Caroline Trent is kidnapped by Blake Ravenscroft, she doesn't even try to elude this dangerously handsome agent of the crown. After all, she's been running from unwanted marriage proposals. Yes, Blake believes she's a notorious spy named Carlotta De... -
Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine Sydnee McElroy 9781681886510
RRP: $27.28$18.54New for 2020! Join the 750,000 listeners of the Sawbones Podcast as Dr Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin humorously discuss centuries of medical myths, mishaps and mayhem, including modern day medicine and pandemics.Newly revised and updated for... -
The Hot Trod: A History of the Anglo-Scottish Border by John Sadler
RRP: $48.28$31.88The 2014 Scottish independence debate and the re-ignition of the SNP's call for a second vote in the wake of Brexit - and indeed Brexit itself - begs a reappraisal of what nationality and borderer identity actually mean in the twenty-first century and... -
Birth, Marriage and Death Records: A Guide for Family Historians by David Annal 9781848845725
RRP: $27.28$23.00Birth, marriage and death records are an essential resource for family historians, and this handbook is an authoritative introduction to them. It explains the original motives for registering these milestones in individual lives, describes how these... -
German Autumn by Stig Dagerman
RRP: $29.38$26.84In late 1946, Stig Dagerman was assigned by the Swedish newspaper Expressen to report on life in Germany immediately after the fall of the Third Reich. First published in Sweden in 1947, German Autumn, a collection of the articles written for that... -
In Our Time: The companion to the Radio 4 series by Melvyn Bragg 9780340977521
RRP: $27.28$18.54Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time series regularly enlightens and entertains substantial audiences on BBC Radio 4. For this book he has selected episodes which reflect the diversity of the radio programmes, and takes us on an amazing tour through the history of... -
In Our Time: The companion to the Radio 4 series by Melvyn Bragg 9780340977521 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$4.81Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time series regularly enlightens and entertains substantial audiences on BBC Radio 4. For this book he has selected episodes which reflect the diversity of the radio programmes, and takes us on an amazing tour through the history of... -
Cobbled Streets and Penny Sweets by Yvonne Young
RRP: $16.78$12.14Born in 1950s Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Yvonne Young's childhood was spent at the heart of the city's industry. With her grandfather working as a ship painter, her Uncle Tom helping to build them, and neighbours working for the local armaments factory, the... -
The Tudor Empire by David Wildman 9781399089227
RRP: $52.50$37.59The Tudors remain one of Britain's most fascinating royal dynasties. Their thirst for control surged due to the family's paranoid obsession about being interlopers who were never destined to be monarchs. Throughout the sixteenth century, the Tudors added... -
The Journey to the Mayflower: God's Outlaws and the Invention of Freedom by Stephen Tomkins 9781473649118
RRP: $27.28$18.54'A rattling good read' - The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu 2020 sees the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower - the ship that took the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World. It's a foundational event in American history, but it began as an... -
Ideology: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton
$43.85Ideology has never before been so much in evidence as a fact and so little understood as a concept as it is today. In this now classic work, originally written for both newcomers to the topic and for those already familiar with the debate, Terry Eagleton... -
The Foreign Field: The Morland Dynasty, Book 31 by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
RRP: $23.08$15.98It's 1917 and the Allies are determined to finally defeat a weakened Germany - everything is building up to the summer's Big Push. Germany strikes back with U-boat attacks to starve England out, giant aeroplanes to bomb London, and the cunning withdrawal... -
The Little Book of Antrim by Barry Flynn 9781803995045
RRP: $27.28$20.73Did You Know? Overlooking Ballymena, Slemish Mountain was believed to be the first home of St Patrick in Ireland. His footprint is said to be indented in a stone close to Skerry churchyard. The 'sport' of rat racing thrived on the shores of Lough Neagh... -
Lindop: A Family History by John Barford Lindop 9780244213725
RRP: $28.33$25.62One of the various family legends says that two German brothers came to England with William the Conqueror and set up home at Gwersyllt near Wrexham which, like most legends, contains an element of truth. When the family first appears on the pages of... -
Evita Burned Down Our Pavilion: A Cricket Odyssey through Latin America Timothy Abraham 9781472132512
RRP: $27.28$18.54'A highly entertaining read, deftly melding social history with sporting memoir and travelogue' Mail on SundayA history of Latin America through cricketCricket was the first sport played in almost every country of the Americas - earlier than football,... -
Bath: City on Show by Brown Dan 9780752456744
RRP: $27.28$20.73Bath: City on Show provides a unique and fascinating blend of historical images and contemporary photography, contrasting a World Heritage city as depicted over several hundred years with how it is seen through the lens today. Talented local... -
To Distraction: Number 5 in series Stephanie Laurens 9780749940430
RRP: $20.98$14.70Deverell, Viscount Paignton, is in desperate need of a wife. Unmoved by the matchmaking 'herd', he seeks help from his aunt, who directs him to a lady she vows is perfect for him. Dispatched to a country house party, he discovers the lady not swanning... -
Italy in the Seventeenth Century Domenico Sella 9780582035959
RRP: $104.98$101.30In his comprehensive overview of 17th century Italy, Professor Sella challenges the old view that Italy was in general decline, instead he shows it to have been a time of sharp contrasts and shifts in fortune. He starts with a balanced and critical... -
Comedy of Errors by Pegasus 9788131919491
RRP: $7.88$6.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788131919491Author PegasusFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint B Jain Publishers Pvt LtdPublisher B Jain Publishers Pvt LtdWeight(grams) 80g -
Lost Bideford & District by Julia Barnes 9781398104365
RRP: $33.58$22.79Bideford is a historic port on the River Torridge in north Devon. In the sixteenth century Bideford developed as a major trading port for the American colonies and maintained its significance into the eighteenth century. During the twentieth century the... -
Legend by David Rohl 9780099799917 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$11.21David Rohl continues his quest to reach the historical kernel lying at the heart of some of the greatest unsolved problems and mysteries of Old World history and archaeology. He reveals what really happened in seven famous myths and legends bequeathed to... -
Noble Endeavours: The life of two countries, England and Germany, in many stories by Miranda Seymour 9781849830157 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.08$5.57On the eve of marking the centenary of the opening of the hostilities that devastated the world and changed its history, old wounds gape rawly open. No two countries in Europe possess a stronger history of cultural and familial sympathy, trust and mutual... -
For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports by Christopher Hitchens
RRP: $27.28$18.48The global turmoil of the late 1980s and early 1990s severely tested every analyst and commentator. Few wrote with such insight as Christopher Hitchens about the large events - or with such discernment and wit about the small tell-tale signs of a... -
Haunted Stirling by David Kinnaird 9780752458441
RRP: $31.48$24.61From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, poltergeists and related supernatural phenomena, to first-hand encounters with phantoms and spirits, this collection of stories contains both new and well-known spooky tales from around Stirling. A whole... -
The Witch Hunts: A History of the Witch Persecutions in Europe and North America Robert Thurston (Miami University, USA) 9781405840835
RRP: $77.68$75.64Tens of thousands of people were persecuted and put to death as witches between 1400 and 1700 - the great age of witch hunts. Why did the witch hunts arise, flourish and decline during this period? What purpose did the persecutions serve? Who was... -
Haunted Edinburgh by Alan Murdie 9780752443560
RRP: $31.48$24.26Drawing upon a wide range of sources, this chilling collection of true-life tales contains never before published cases of hauntings, phantoms and poltergeists in the Edinburgh area. Containing heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and... -
Rolls-Royce at Derby by Malcolm Bobbit
RRP: $31.48$23.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780914978Author Malcolm BobbitFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing -
Old Gardenstown with Crovie and Pennan by Kay Beaton 9781840336092
RRP: $25.10$23.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336092Author Kay BeatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 174mm * 240mm * 4mm -
A Grim Almanac of Lincolnshire by Neil Storey 9780752457680
RRP: $31.48$24.61A Grim Almanac of Lincolnshire is a day-by-day catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from around the county dating from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. Full of dreadful deeds, macabre deaths, strange occurrences and heinous homicides, this almanac... -
Chocolate Wars: From Cadbury to Kraft: 200 years of Sweet Success and Bitter Rivalry by Deborah Cadbury 9780007325573 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$4.81The delicious true story of the early chocolate pioneers by the award-winning writer, and direct descendant of the famous chocolate dynasty, Deborah Cadbury In 'Chocolate Wars' bestselling historian and award-winning documentary maker Deborah... -
Chocolate Wars: From Cadbury to Kraft: 200 years of Sweet Success and Bitter Rivalry by Deborah Cadbury
RRP: $27.28$18.29The delicious true story of the early chocolate pioneers by the award-winning writer, and direct descendant of the famous chocolate dynasty, Deborah Cadbury In 'Chocolate Wars' bestselling historian and award-winning documentary maker Deborah... -
Greater Manchester Murders by Alan Hayhurst
RRP: $31.48$24.61Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in the history of Greater Manchester. They include the case of cat burglar Charlie Peace, who killed 20-year-old PC Nicolas Cock in Seymour Grove, and only...