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Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From? by Audrey Osler 9780349014623
RRP: $42.00$24.47A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from Audrey Osler's mixed-heritage family, over three centuries. Whether or not we trace our families from beyond the shores of Britain, we British people deserve a better... -
South Wales Collieries Volume 4 by Owen David 9780752428796
RRP: $31.48$24.61A history of South Wales CollieriesBook InformationISBN 9780752428796Author David OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
Secret Redcar, Marske and Saltburn by Colin Wilkinson
RRP: $33.58$23.14The town of Redcar and the resort of Saltburn-by-the-Sea, with the adjoining village of Marske-by-the-Sea, lie on an 8-mile stretch of the coast in north-east England. In this book author Colin Wilkinson reveals the stories behind how these once small... -
Medusa: In the Mirror of Time David Leeming 9781780230955
RRP: $42.00$30.47Medusa, literally, petrifies: her face turned the ancients to stone. For Perseus and his patriarchal culture she was a dangerous female monster that had to be destroyed; for Dante she was the erotic power that could destroy men; Freud saw in her hair a... -
Brutus of Troy by Anthony Adolph 9781473849174
RRP: $41.98$14.05Just who did the British think they were? For much of the last 1,500 years, when the British looked back to their origins they saw the looming mythological figure of Brutus of Troy. A great-great-grandson of the love goddess Aphrodite through her Trojan... -
The Ideal Bride: Number 12 in series by Stephanie Laurens
RRP: $20.98$14.70Michael Anstruther-Wetherby is a rising member of Parliament - a man destined for power. And with his connections to the wealthy and influential Cynster family his future appears assured. Except that Michael lacks the single most important element of... -
Alfred the Great by David Horspool
RRP: $23.08$15.67The discovery earlier this year in Winchester of human remains, almost certainly of Alfred the Great or his eldest son, has sparked renewed interest in England's most celebrated monarch. King Alfred's historical achievements, saving his kingdom from... -
Warfare in the Latin East, 1192-1291 by Christopher Marshall 9780521477420
RRP: $75.58$69.85This book offers a detailed examination of warfare in the Latin East from the end of the Third Crusade, to the demise of the Latin Kingdom in 1291. It considers both the crusades and the long periods of truce during which warfare was restricted to... -
Someone to Wed by Mary Balogh 9780349419190
RRP: $20.98$14.70'One of the best!' Julia Quinn, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Bridgerton series A very practical marriage makes Alexander Westcott question his heart in this stunning Regency romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Someone to Hold... -
Curious Camden Town by Martin Plaut 9781910170236
RRP: $20.98$17.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910170236Author Martin PlautFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Five Leaves PublicationsPublisher Five Leaves Publications -
Rotherham Then & Now by Margaret Drinkall 9780752465456
RRP: $27.28$19.19Rotherham is a town where new buildings are replacing ones which have been there for centuries. This delightful, full-colour collection of images celebrates the Rotherham of days gone by. Pairing rare images from the Rotherham archives with modern... -
The Rise and Fall of the Danish Empire by Kurt Villads Jensen
RRP: $52.48$44.88This book examines the Danish Empire, which for over four hundred years stretched from Northern Norway to Hamburg and was feared by small German principalities to the South. Evolving over time, it has included most of Scandinavia and the North Atlantic,... -
William Rufus by Frank Barlow
RRP: $52.50$44.77William II, better known as William Rufus, was the third son of William the Conqueror and England's king for only 13 years (1087-1100) before he was mysteriously assassinated. In this vivid biography, here updated and reissued with a new preface, Frank... -
Cultures of Improvement in Scottish Romanticism, 1707-1840 by Alex Benchimol
RRP: $83.98$73.63The first applied research volume in Scottish Romanticism, this collection foregrounds the concept of progress as 'improvement' as a constitutive theme of Scottish writing during the long eighteenth century. It explores improvement as the animating... -
Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays by Christopher Hitchens
RRP: $27.28$17.98Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays showcases the Hitchens' rejection of consensus and cliche, whether he's reporting from abroad in Indonesia, Kurdistan, Iraq, North Korea, or Cuba, or when his pen is targeted mercilessly at the likes of... -
A Pocket Essential Short History of the Anglo-Saxons Giles Morgan 9780857301666
RRP: $20.98$5.48From popular fiction such as The Hobbit and Game of Thrones to the universality of the English language, the continuing influence of the Anglo-Saxons can be found throughout the world. But who were the Anglo-Saxons and where did they come from? A Short... -
Soviets in Space: Russia's Cosmonauts and the Space Frontier by Colin Burgess 9781789146325
RRP: $52.50$37.59A deeply researched, beautifully illustrated chronology of the Soviet Union's extraordinary success in the pioneering years of space exploration.Book InformationISBN 9781789146325Author Colin BurgessFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Reaktion... -
Horizontal Vertigo: A City Called Mexico Juan Villoro 9781524748883
RRP: $56.70$36.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Kirkus Prize for Non-Fiction 2021.Book InformationISBN 9781524748883Author Juan VilloroFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher... -
R J Mitchell: Schooldays to Spitfire: The Story of How the Spitfire Was Designed, Built and Tested and How Close It Came to Not Happening At All by Gordon Mitchell
RRP: $27.28$20.73The Spitfire began as a near disaster. The developments of this famous aircraft took it from uncompromising beginnings to become the legendary last memorial to a great man - an elegant and, with its pilots, a highly effective, weapon of war. The Spitfire... -
Please pass the scones: A social history of English afternoon tea by Gillian Perry
RRP: $31.48$24.17There are few customs as quintessentially English as afternoon tea. From being the preserve of the privileged classes, to the universally enjoyed and infinitely varied occasion that it is today, afternoon tea is loved and appreciated all over the world... -
Cold War: East Anglia by Jim Wilson
RRP: $33.58$25.73This is the story of how the Cold War impacted on the people of East Anglia. Had nuclear conflict broken out, the region would have found itself as the target of a Soviet strike for the simple reason that it housed the launch pad for not only the British... -
The Common Stream Rowland Parker 9781780600758
RRP: $27.28$18.54This is the story of a village in East Anglia, astride its common stream, a saga of continuity and change which stretches back across a landscape of two thousand years. It took Rowland Parker thirteen years of detective work to piece this jigsaw... -
A History of Solitude by David Vincent 9781509536580
RRP: $52.50$37.34Solitude has always had an ambivalent status: the capacity to enjoy being alone can make sociability bearable, but those predisposed to solitude are often viewed with suspicion or pity. Drawing on a wide array of literary and historical sources, David... -
Reformed Pastor by Richard Baxter 9781848712119
RRP: $21.00$17.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848712119Author Richard BaxterFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Banner of TruthPublisher Banner of TruthWeight(grams) 318g -
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by Professor of History David Levering Lewis 9780684856575
RRP: $54.60$44.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684856575Author W E B Du BoisFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present and Future of the United Nations by Paul Kennedy
RRP: $27.28$19.61Paul Kennedy's The Parliament of Man: The United Nations and the Quest for World Government is the extraordinary story of the UN - its creation, the threats it has faced, and the possibilities it holds for the future. Can the world be governed by... -
UFO Witness Sightings: An Illustrated Dossier of Alien Encounters by Peter Brookesmith
RRP: $31.48$21.48Almost daily all over the world, accounts of UFO sightings, close encounters with ufonauts and even claims of alien abduction are reported. But far from being a recent phenomenon, research shows that inexplicable objects had been seen in Earth's skies... -
Games People Played: A Global History of Sport by Wray Vamplew 9781789144574
RRP: $52.50$30.47Games People Played is, surprisingly, the first global history of sport. The book shows how sport has been practiced, experienced and made meaningful by players and fans throughout history. It assesses how sports developed and diffused across the globe,... -
Walking the Old Ways of East Breconshire and the Black Mountains: The history in the landscape explored through 26 circular walks Andy Johnson 9781910839553
RRP: $27.20$23.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839553Author Andy JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books Ltd -
Haunted Southend by Dee Gordon 9780752460826
RRP: $31.48$26.84The popular seaside resort of Southend-on-Sea has long been a haven for holidaymakers, but the town also harbours some disturbing secrets... Discover the darker side of Southend with this spooky collection of spine-chilling tales from around the town... -
A Brief History of Paris Cecil Jenkins 9781472146151
RRP: $27.28$18.54Paris: city of love, food and fashion. Paris: the city that played host to major historical and cultural dramas. Paris: a modern metropolis. Paris is all of these, all at once, all the time. There is a unique fusion of past and present in this... -
Cutty Sark by Eric Kentley
RRP: $46.20$30.89An updated and expanded edition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of this iconic ship. The narrative spans her construction at Dumbarton in 1869; her famous tea voyages as well as those with other cargoes; her career under a Portuguese flag; her... -
The Slave Trade Debate: Contemporary Writings For and Against John Pinfold 9781851243167
RRP: $27.28$24.42At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and '90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its position. This publication reproduces a selection of representative pamphlets encompassing the arguments put forward... -
The Search For Nefertiti by Joann Fletcher
RRP: $35.68$24.23Joann Fletcher, presenter of BBC2's 'Ancient Egypt: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings' has written an enthralling account of Nefertiti, one of Egypt's most compelling and mysterious figures. She and her controversial pharaoh husband Akhenaten... -
The Algerian War, The Algerian Revolution by Natalya Vince
RRP: $58.78$53.45This book provides a new analysis of the contested history of one of the most violent wars of decolonisation of the twentieth century - the Algerian War/ the Algerian Revolution between 1954 and 1962. It brings together an engaging account of its... -
From Asgard to Valhalla: The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths Heather O'Donoghue (University of Oxford, UK) 9781350252806
RRP: $46.18$41.41From Asgard to Valhalla takes readers deep inside Odin's cavernous hall and tells of the adventures, tragedies and lessons of the Viking Gods. Here, Heather O'Donoghue skillfully uncovers both the history and legacy of these myths to provide the... -
Christine de Pizan: Life, Work, Legacy by Charlotte Cooper-Davis
RRP: $35.60$35.11The first popular biography of a pioneering feminist thinker and writer of medieval Paris. The daughter of a court intellectual, Christine de Pizan dwelled within the cultural heart of late-medieval Paris. In the face of personal tragedy, she... -
The Wonderbox: Curious histories of how to live Roman Krznaric 9781846683947
RRP: $18.88$13.97There are many ways to try to improve our lives - we can turn to the wisdom of philosophers, the teachings of religions or the latest experiments of psychologists. But we rarely to look to history for inspiration - and when we do it can be surprisingly... -
Along Great Western Road: An Illustrated History of Glasgow's West End by Gordon R. Urquhart
RRP: $73.50$67.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840331158Author Gordon R. UrquhartFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We Suffer by Bart D. Ehrman
$30.87Just as with "Misquoting Jesus" where Ehrman revealed how the corruption of scripture by scribes caused him to reject his once-conservative Christian beliefs, in "God's Problem" Ehrman will discuss for the first time his personal...