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Penzance The Biography by Michael Sagar-Fenton
RRP: £16.99£12.28Penzance sits in the heart of beautiful Mount's Bay - the centre of Cornwall's most westerly region. Penzance: The Biography tells the story of the town, from its earliest times to the 400th anniversary in 2014 of its borough status. It tells of its... -
Catholic History: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Catholic Church, Starting with the Teachings of Jesus Christ Through the Roman Empire and Middle Ages to the Present by Captivating History 9781637165287
RRP: £24.99£17.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637165287Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 214Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)... -
The War Poems by Siegfried Sassoon
RRP: £12.99£8.80Siegfried Sassoon is one of the First World War poets whose poetry has defined a generation. He published most of his war poetry in The Old Huntsman (1917) and Counter-Attack (1918). Chronologically ordered, the poems in this collection act as a timeline... -
The Hated Cage: An American Tragedy in Britain's Most Terrifying Prison Nicholas Guyatt 9781786079893
RRP: £25.00£18.30'Beguiling.' The Times 'Compelling.' Wall Street Journal 'A vivid portrait.' Daily Mail Buried in the history of our most famous jail, a unique story of captivity, violence and race. It's 1812 - Britain and America are at war. British... -
Gateshead Then & Now Rob Kirkup 9780752465678
RRP: £14.99£9.50Contrasting a selection of 45 archive images alongside full-colour modern photographs, this stunning book traces some of the changes and developments that have taken place in Gateshead during the last century. Accompanied by detailed and informative... -
Wandering Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way by Paul Clements
RRP: £11.99£10.01Following the spirit of the world's longest coastal driving route, Paul Clements sets out to discover the real west of Ireland. Along the way he encounters memorable characters living on the Atlantic edge and presents a unique portrait of their lives. We... -
Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History by Paul Begg 9781405807128
£36.02In 1888 the Whitechapel area of London was the scene of some of the most brutal murders ever recorded in history - and yet the case of Jack the Ripper remains unsolved. Steering clear of wild conspiracy theories, and spurious attempts to advance new... -
The Story of Holy Island: An Illustrated History by Kate Tristram 9781853119453
RRP: £12.99£12.98Kate Tristam is a well-known island resident whose talks on the history of Lindisfarne hold visitors spellbound. A historian and a priest in the Church of England, she is ideally qualified to tell the remarkable story of this captivating place. From... -
The Nailsworth Valley by Howard Beard 9780752437255 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£4.13Offers a collection of over 200 photographs, taking a nostalgic look at the Nailsworth Valley, through Amberley and Woodchester to Selsey and Rodborough. This work provides a pictorial history of the streets and buildings of the area, and the local... -
James J.Hill and the Opening of the Northwest by Albro Martin 9780873512619
£54.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873512619Author Albro MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 702Imprint Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S... -
Sowerby Bridge by David Cliff
RRP: £12.99£9.87This excellent selection of old photographs shows the famous Yorkshire textile town of Sowerby Bridge, from its heyday of industrial importance through to post-industrial, late twentieth-century times.About the AuthorDavid Cliff is the chairman of the... -
An Inky Business: A History of Newspapers from the English Civil Wars to the American Civil War by Matthew J. Shaw
RRP: £18.00£17.69An Inky Business is a book about the making and printing of news. It is a history of ink, paper, printing press and type, and of those who made and read newspapers in Britain, continental Europe and America from the British Civil Wars to the Battle of... -
The Parish Chest by W.E. Tate
RRP: £30.00£23.38This is the third edition of a classic. It is the standard study of the parochial administration in England. When the late W.E. Tate first wrote it, in 1946, there was no such book though all agreed that such a book was very much needed. Mr Tate's... -
The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics by Orin Starn
RRP: £23.99£21.56Sixteenth-century Spanish soldiers described Peru as a land filled with gold and silver, a place of untold wealth. Nineteenth-century travelers wrote of soaring Andean peaks plunging into luxuriant Amazonian canyons of orchids, pythons, and jaguars. The... -
Chief Joseph And The Flight Of The Nez Perce: The Untold Story Of An American Tragedy by Kent Nerburn 9780061136085
RRP: £11.99£11.54Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
50 People Who Messed up the World Alexander Parker 9781472143013
RRP: £8.99£6.39Who would top your list of the fifty people who have done the most to make the modern world a worse place?'I can't imagine how they whittled it down to just 50 people' - comedianNik Rabinowitz 'A fantastic thought-provoking book that renews my ... -
Hanged at Durham by Steve Fielding
RRP: £15.99£12.43For decades the high walls of Durham gaol have contained some of the countrys most infamous criminals. Until hanging was abolished in the 1960s it was also the main centre of execution for convicted killers from all over the north east. The history of... -
The Royal Flying Corps, the Western Front and the Control of the Air, 1914-1918 by James Pugh
RRP: £44.99£39.28By the middle of 1918 the British Army had successfully mastered the concept of 'all arms' warfare on the Western Front. This doctrine, integrating infantry, artillery, armoured vehicles and - crucially - air power, was to prove highly effective and... -
Dead Drop: TheTrue Story of Oleg Penkovsky and the Cold War's Most Dangerous Operation by Jeremy Duns 9781849839297
RRP: £8.99£6.01The astonishing true story of how the CIA, MI6 and a Soviet defector saved the world in 1962, as told in the new film, The Courier, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. In August 1960, a Soviet colonel called Oleg Penkovsky tried to make contact with the West... -
Old Halifax, Sowerby Bridge, Ripponden and Rishworth Phil Sunderland 9781840336696
RRP: £20.00£17.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336696Author Phil SunderlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Rome Then and Now (R) by Federica D'Orazio
RRP: £20.00£14.55A visual historical tour through all the great tourist locations of Rome, with vintage images paired with their modern-day equivalent in this compelling bilingual edition. Rome is 'the eternal city' and was a stopping-off place on the Grand... -
Haunted Essex by Carmel King 9780752451268
RRP: £14.99£11.72From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations 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 the county of Essex... -
Stalin, Japan, and the Struggle for Supremacy over China, 1894-1945 by Hiroaki Kuromiya
RRP: £35.99£32.94Stalin was a master of deception, disinformation, and camouflage, by means of which he gained supremacy over China and defeated imperialism on Chinese soil. This book examines Stalin's covert operations in his hunt for supremacy.By the late 1920s Britain... -
The New Imperialism, Volume 2 by Maximilian Forte 9780986802102
RRP: £10.38£9.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986802102Author Maximilian ForteFormat PaperbackImprint Alert PressPublisher Alert PressWeight(grams) 454g -
The Norfolk Story Book by Isabelle King 9780750967921
RRP: £9.99£7.77Have you ever wondered what a snap dragon, a mammoth and mustard all have in common? The answer is Norfolk! Inspired by seven unique objects at Norfolk Collections Centre, this book tells seven stories, all from different periods in time, which combine... -
The Leper King and his Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem by Professor Bernard Hamilton 9780521017473
RRP: £39.99£33.26The reign of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1174-85) has traditionally been seen as a period of decline when, because of the king's illness, power came to be held by unsuitable men who made the wrong policy decisions. Notably, they ignored the advice of... -
Old Arbroath by Fiona Scharlau 9781840330977
RRP: £11.95£11.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840330977Author Fiona ScharlauFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 175mm * 240mm * 4mm -
Abandoned Civilisations: The Mysteries Behind More Than 90 Lost Worlds by Kieron Connolly
RRP: £19.99£14.86Ruined cities overgrown by jungle. Towns buried beneath the ground. Statues lying half- hidden in the sand. Why do civilisations collapse? Why are towns abandoned? And how do once mighty cities come to be forgotten about? From the pyramids of Egypt to... -
Old Shawlands and Newlands Sandra Malcolm 9781840337648
RRP: £11.95£11.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337648Author Sandra MalcolmFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 174mm * 240mm * 4mm -
From Here We Changed the World: Amazing Stories of Pilgrims and Rebels from North Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire by Adrian Gray 9780992785741
RRP: £14.99£13.45A small circle drawn around North Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire, centred on Retford/Gainsborough, encompasses the origins of most of the important English-speaking Protestant denominations. With Thomas Cranmer born just to the south, this area of... -
Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation Paul Kriwaczek 9780753819036
RRP: £12.99£8.83A portrait of a civilisation which flourished within living memory and left an indelible mark on historyIn the 13th century Yiddish language and culture began to spread from the Rhineland and Bavaria slowly east into Austria, Bohemia and Moravia, then to... -
Rotherham at War and Peace by Margaret Drinkall 9780752462950
RRP: £15.99£12.43In July 1922 the Rotherham Advertiser requested that the people of Rotherham remember the impact which the First World War had on the town and the changes which had been made. They recommended that: 'it be placed on record how the town was transformed... -
Henry VII by S. B. Chrimes 9780300078831
RRP: £25.00£21.32Founder of the Tudor dynasty, Henry VII was a crucial figure in English history. In this acclaimed study of the king's life and reign, the distinguished historian S. B. Chrimes explores the circumstances surrounding Henry's acquisition of the throne,... -
History HL: Europe: Study & Revision Guide for the IB Diploma by Sam Olofsson
£21.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913433420Author Sam OlofssonFormat PaperbackPage Count 181Imprint Peak Study Resources LtdPublisher Peak Study Resources LtdWeight(grams)... -
Hertford in 50 Buildings by Paul Rabbitts 9781398103788
RRP: £15.99£10.85The River Lea and its crossing at Hertford lie at the heart of the town's history. Before the Norman Conquest the river formed a natural boundary between the Danelaw to the north and Saxon Wessex to the south. Saxon villages already existed at Bengeo and... -
Globe: Life in Shakespeare's London by Catharine Arnold 9781471125690
£9.16The life of William Shakespeare, Britain's greatest dramatist, was inextricably linked with the history of London. Together, the great writer and the great city came of age and confronted triumph and tragedy. Triumph came when Shakespeare's company, the... -
History of the South Yorkshire Countryside by David Hey 9781473834354
RRP: £12.99£12.47?South Yorkshire has some of the most varied countryside in England, ranging from the Pennine moors and the wooded hills and valleys in the west to the estate villages on the magnesian limestone escarpment and the lowlands in the east. Each of these... -
War and Religion: A Very Short Introduction by Jolyon Mitchell
RRP: £8.99£6.65Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Is religion a force for war, or a force for peace? Some of the most terrible wars in history have been caused and motivated by religion. Much of the violence that fills our screens today springs... -
Iceland Saga by Magnus Magnusson 9780752433424
RRP: £12.99£9.87Magnus Magnusson relates the world-famous Icelandic sagas to the spectacular living landscapes of today, taking the reader on a literary tour of the mountains, valleys, and fjords where the heroes and heroines of the sagas lived out their eventful lives... -
Celebrating Evesham Stan Brotherton 9781398117976
RRP: £15.99£10.85Evesham was an important town in the Middle Ages, its abbey being one of the largest in Europe. One of the country’s earliest musical theorists, Walter Odington, was a monk at the abbey. The abbey is long gone but the remaining bell tower has played host...