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Before Gillette by Robert K. Waits 9780557059102
RRP: £13.11£11.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780557059102Author Robert K. WaitsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 152g -
Ancient Trackways of Wessex by H.W. Timperley 9781845880064
RRP: £16.99£13.13An account of the ancient trackways across the area known as Wessex, the old kingdom of the West Saxons, once ruled by King Alfred the Great: roughly speaking, Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset as well as parts of Devon, Oxfordshire... -
Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy by Martin Indyk
RRP: £30.00£20.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101947548Author Martin IndykFormat HardbackPage Count 672Imprint Knopf Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc -
The Bells and Ringers of Cholsey Church by Barrie Charles 9780244443931
RRP: £8.75£7.97Church bells stir emotions. A glorious peal of bells at a wedding awakes feelings of joy, while the slow tolling of a heavy bell speaks of sadness and death. Such sounds have echoed across the fields around Cholsey, a typical English village near Oxford,... -
Berwick-upon-Tweed: Three places, two nations, one town Adam Menuge 9781848020290
RRP: £16.99£15.88Nikolaus Pevsner described Berwick-upon-Tweed as 'one of the most exciting towns in England' [Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England: Northumberland (1957), 88] - a place where an absorbing historical tale can still be read in the dense fabric of its old... -
New York: An Illustrated History by Ric Burns
RRP: £62.00£42.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593534144Author Ric BurnsFormat HardbackPage Count 736Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
A Birmingham Backstreet Boyhood by Graham V. Twist
RRP: £15.99£12.25A Brimingham Backstreet Boyhood is a fascinating, funny and poignant recollection of the experience of growing up in the slums of Nechells and Aston. All the harshness of daily life is remembered here by local author Graham Twist. Despite hard living... -
The History Of Molise and Abruzzo Italy - A Journey From The Ancient Samnites To My Mother! by Giuseppe Ferrone 9780646823379
RRP: £14.99£11.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646823379Author Giuseppe FerroneFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Giuseppe FerronePublisher Giuseppe FerroneWeight(grams) 156g -
The Secret Life of Dr James Barry: Victorian England's Most Eminent Surgeon by Rachel Holmes
RRP: £12.99£9.34A reissue of Rachel Holmes's landmark biography of Dr James Barry, one of the most enigmatic figures of the Victorian age. James Barry was one of the nineteenth century's most exceptional doctors, and one of its great unsung heroes. Famed for his... -
Berwick Upon Tweed: History & Guide by Jim Walker 9780752422626
RRP: £25.00£18.54A history of Berwick upon TweedBook InformationISBN 9780752422626Author Jim WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 248mm * 172mm * 10mm -
The Second Messiah by Christopher Knight 9780099227328 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£6.99There is now no published theory to explain the enigma of the Turin Shroud that fits the known evidence. Many people want the shroud to be proof of Christ's mission, but Knight and Lomas prove that it is not. The truth behind the shroud is an epic story... -
Black History is All Our History by Sally Penni MBE
RRP: £8.95£6.62Celebrating some of the history we were not taught in schools. From black Tudors to black Romans to black soldiers...Black History is All our History.Book InformationISBN 9781914933103Author Sally Penni MBEFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint i2i... -
Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
RRP: £12.99£9.34SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2022 A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022 _______________ 'Rigorous, deft and entertaining ... a sparkling read' - The Spectator 'The ride is thrilling ... a work of serious scholarship' - Sunday... -
Mao by S. G. Breslin 9780582437487
RRP: £54.99£52.48A lucid analysis of Mao as revolutionary general, ideologist and astute political manipulator, this introduction to the life and career of Mao Zedong provides an excellent introduction to modern Chinese history and its enigmatic protagonist.Book... -
#WeAreRent Book 2 Rent seeking: the Crime against Humanity by Fred Harrison 9780995635173
RRP: £14.00£10.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995635173Author Fred HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Land Research TrustPublisher Land Research TrustWeight(grams) 249g -
The Lawn Road Flats: Spies, Writers and Artists David Burke 9781783274703
RRP: £19.99£17.63The story of a modernist building with a significant place in the history of Soviet espionage in Britain, where communist spies rubbed shoulders with British artists, sculptors and writers The Isokon building, also know as Lawn Road Flats, in London... -
Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough
£16.30Synopsis coming soon.......Book InformationISBN 9780671457112Author David McculloughFormat HardbackPage Count 636Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster -
Bournemouth Then & Now by John Needham 9780750965002
RRP: £14.99£10.44This fascinating book explores the transformations that have seen Bournemouth develop from a small seaside town into a major South Coast resort and bustling centre of commerce. Beautiful archive images are skilfully contrasted with modern photographs... -
The Warriors: Reflections on Men in Battle by J. Glenn Gray 9780803270763
RRP: £15.99£14.46"A superb study of modern combat man, and his relationship to death, and his thoughts about it." -Chicago Sunday TribuneSelected for the 2019 Commandant's Professional Reading List J. Glenn Gray entered the army as a private in May 1941, having been... -
Bundles of Joy: Two Thousand Miracles. One Unstoppable Manchester Midwife by Linda Fairley 9780007457144
RRP: £10.99£8.52The second book from Sunday Times bestselling author Linda Fairley. ‘No matter how many babies I deliver, each and every one is a miracle, connecting me to the world like nothing else, reminding me that we are all equal in the beginning, and in the end... -
Space 2069: After Apollo: Back to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond by David Whitehouse
RRP: £11.99£8.16'It is rare to read something that so closely mixes science fiction with reality, but Space 2069 does just that ... [It's] an intelligent portrait of where we may be in the next half-century. - BBC Sky at NightNearing half a century since the last Apollo... -
Pink Floyd Are Fogbound In Paris by Ben Graham
RRP: £19.95£13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781715017231Author Ben GrahamFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm -
Ferdinand and Isabella by J. Edwards
RRP: £41.99£40.40This book is about a couple, not a single, dominant ruler. Thus it raises issues of gender, and the dynamics of a marriage over thirty-five years, as well as the practice of monarchical power. The reader sees Ferdinand and Isabella struggle to establish... -
John Wesley: A Brand From The Burning: The Life of John Wesley by Roy Hattersley
RRP: £12.99£8.83John Wesley led the Second English Reformation. His Methodist 'Connexion' was divided from the Church of England, not by dogma and doctrine but by the new relationship which it created between clergy and people. Throughout a life tortured by doubt... -
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber 9781621380931
£12.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621380931Author Max WeberFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm -
Augustus: The Biography by Jochen Bleicken
RRP: £18.99£13.61'Masterful ... a breathtaking panorama of Roman politics at a crucial turning point in history' Simon J. V. Malloch, Literary ReviewHe was named son and heir by a murdered dictator. He came to Rome with nothing, surrounded by ruthless enemies. Yet... -
Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided A Nation by Yossi Klein Halevi 9780060545772
RRP: £17.99£13.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060545772Author Yossi Klein HaleviFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Myths, Mummies and Magic in Ancient Egypt by Núria Tamarit
RRP: £14.99£11.31The ancient Egyptian myths are some of the oldest and most famous stories in the world. This striking new comic book collection will be the perfect introduction to the world of the ancient Egyptians - containing six tales full of mythical creatures,... -
Five Patients by Michael Crichton
RRP: £9.99£7.32ER has become the most succesful television series in the world since CHARLIE'S ANGELS. Michael Crichton created the series from his own experiences as a medical doctor in the emergency rooms, operating rooms and wards of Massachusetts General Hospital... -
Police Uniforms of Europe 1615 - 2017 Volume Three by R Spencer Kidd 9780244163396
RRP: £23.34£20.41A comprehensive record of the police uniforms worn in Europe from the Seventeenth to the Twenty-First Century. Each country has an overview history of the police force, badges, current ranks and insignia. 146 full colour paintings within Volume Three,... -
The War and the Death of News: From Battlefield to Newsroom - My Fifty Years in Journalism by Martin Bell
RRP: £9.99£7.32A smoke bomb went off. Then shots were fired from buildings overlooking the square... The camera had a BBC News sign on it. Someone cried out from the crowd: 'You are the world, you are the world, you have to tell what they are doing to our people.' ... -
Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon by Rory Muir 9780300082708
RRP: £20.00£16.98What was it like to be a soldier on a Napoleonic battlefield? What happened when cavalry regiments charged directly at one another? What did the generals do during battle? Drawing on memoirs, diaries, and letters of the time, this dramatic book explores... -
Fire And Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 by John C. McManus
RRP: £19.99£14.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451475053Author John C. McmanusFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Diamond Street: The Hidden World of Hatton Garden by Rachel Lichtenstein
RRP: £15.99£11.61Diamond Street is Rachel Lichtenstein's fascinating account of London's Hatton Garden.Enter Hatton Garden, one of London's most mysterious streets. Home to ancient burial sites, diamond workshops, underground vaults, monastic dynasties, subterranean... -
Encounters in the New World: A History in Documents by Jill Lepore
RRP: £44.99£44.65From Columbus's voyage in 1492 to the publication of the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, a former slave, in 1789, Jill Lepore, winner of the distinguished Bancroft Prize for history, brings to life in exciting, first-person detail some of the earliest... -
This Sceptred Isle Christopher Lee 9781845299941
RRP: £16.99£12.11What is Britishness? What allowed one small island group to rule a quarter of the world and, even today, to have the most spoken language after Chinese? What makes Americans admire the guts, traditions and loyalties of these island Anglo-Saxon and Celtic... -
Redditch: From the Chip Shop to the Batchley by Tony Aston
£14.24Tony Aston was born in 1953 in Redditch, Worcestershire and grew up there until he was sixteen years old. In this book Tony explores his memories of ordinary day-to-day life when the town, like hundreds of other towns and cities at that time, was... -
Selected Essays, 1934-1943 by Simone Weil 9781498239219
RRP: £26.00£19.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498239219Author Simone WeilFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)... -
Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia Jeevan Vasagar 9781408713600
RRP: £18.99£14.22Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world's most successful city state.In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed... -
The Sea Kings: The Late Norse Kingdoms of Man and the Isles c.1066-1275 by R. Andrew McDonald
RRP: £30.00£21.00The archipelagic kingdoms of Man and the Isles that flourished from the last quarter of the eleventh century down to the middle of the thirteenth century represent two forgotten kingdoms of the medieval British Isles. They were ruled by powerful...