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Lady Fortescue Steps Out M.C. Beaton 9781780333175
RRP: $20.98$14.70The first book in M.C. Beaton's charming Poor Relation series. What do you do if you are of noble stock, but impoverished, and living in London with a certain style to maintain? One has to work... but One's relatives will be appalled when One turns... -
Ia Drang 1965: The Struggle for Vietnam's Pleiku Province J. P. Harris 9781472835154
RRP: $33.58$24.76The Pleiku campaign of October-November 1965 was a major event in the Vietnam War, and it is usually regarded as the first substantial battle between the US Army and the People's Army of Vietnam. The brigade-sized actions involving elements of the US 1st... -
The Hundred Years War by Robin Neillands
RRP: $77.68$68.31The Hundred Years War is a lively survey, re-creating the vigour of this turbulent epoch stretching from 1152 to 1453. The Hundred Years War was the longest war in European history, a war which brought fundamental change in two medieval societies, and... -
Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-Siecle Culture by Bram Dijkstra 9780195056525
RRP: $74.53$62.98A provocative and absorbing analysis of the unprecedented eruption of misogyny at the turn of the century in the works of the key artists of the age. Illustrated throughout.Book InformationISBN 9780195056525Author Bram DijkstraFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
Around Hoyland Then & Now by Geoffrey Howse 9780752470054
RRP: $27.28$19.19The area around Hoyland is very special indeed. Developed over 1,000 years, it is a microcosm of agricultural, architectural and industrial development, whose historical significance is without equal. Some of the buildings found here are of a quality... -
Manchester Oddities: Curious People and Places Around Manchester by Keith Warrender 9780946361434
RRP: $33.50$28.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946361434Author Keith WarrenderFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Willow Publishing,TimperleyPublisher Willow Publishing,TimperleyDimensions(mm) 250mm... -
Rhondda to Pontypridd: Living Memories by John A. Milnes 9781845895600 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.50$12.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845895600Author John A. MilnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The Francis Frith CollectionPublisher The Francis Frith Collection -
Rhondda to Pontypridd: Living Memories by John A. Milnes 9781845895600
RRP: $31.50$19.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845895600Author John A. MilnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The Francis Frith CollectionPublisher The Francis Frith Collection -
China Since 1919 - Revolution and Reform: A Sourcebook by Alan Lawrance 9780415251426
RRP: $79.78$70.94This Sourcebook tells the momentous history of China since 1919 from the viewpoints of participants. Over 150 extracts from political statements, telegrams, speeches, memoirs, letters and poems illuminate the historical development of China from the May... -
The Ulster Covenant: An Illustrated History of the 1912 Home Rule Crisis by Gordon Lucy 9781780730394
RRP: $16.78$15.37On the 28th September 1912, over 470,000 men and women signed Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant. By signing they proclaimed that they would surrender neither their 'civil and religious freedom' nor 'their cherished position of equal citizenship in the... -
Northumberland Folk Tales by Malcolm Green
RRP: $27.28$22.26These folk tales reflect the wild and secret character of between two countries and two worlds. The book other magical characters such as the Netherwitton worm who guards a secret well and the Hedley Kow that plays audacious tricks on humans... -
A History of Royal Britain in 100 Objects by Gill Knappett
RRP: $35.68$25.58Over 1000 years of royal history told through 100 fascinating objects. From the glory of coronation regalia to coins, from imposing statues to stamps, from distinguished medals to monuments, and from beautiful artworks to Edward VIII's abdication... -
A History of Lincoln by Richard Gurnham
RRP: $47.25$35.81The earliest settlement beside the Brayford Pool was called Lindon, and this Celtic name was adopted by the Roman conquerors in the first century ad. e fortress established on the hill above the river Witham was later transformed into a provincial... -
Uncommon People: Resistance, Rebellion and Jazz Eric Hobsbawm 9780349112282
RRP: $27.28$18.54This collection of 26 essays range over the history of working men and women between the late 18th century and the present day, and brings back into print a selection of this celebrated historian's pioneering studies into labour history, together with... -
Edward VI by Jennifer Loach
RRP: $35.68$30.68Edward VI was the son of Henry VIII and his second wife, Jane Seymour. He ruled for only six years (1547-1553) and died at the age of sixteen. But these were years of fundamental importance in the history of the English state, and in particular of the... -
Folkestone Then & Now by Alex Tulloch 9780752476889
RRP: $27.28$19.19Folkestone Then & Now looks back at the heart of the town and its immediate suburbs in a bygone age and compares old photographs with new images taken from the same spot today. This gives the reader a unique insight into how much things have changed in... -
Wild Harvest Hope L. Bourne 9780861834310
RRP: $27.28$23.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861834310Author Hope L. BourneFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Exmoor BooksPublisher Halsgrove -
Breaking into Song: Why You Shouldn't Hate Musicals by Adam Lenson 9781914228025
RRP: $20.98$14.62"This book is a fascinating cri de coeur and made me question everything I think about musicals" Alan Cumming A book for those who can't stand musicals, those who love them, and every theatregoer, academic, practitioner and student in between... -
They Would Never Hurt A Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague by Slavenka Drakulic
RRP: $23.08$15.98Slavenka Drakulic attended the Serbian war crimes trial in the Hague. This important book is about how ordinary people commit terrible crimes in wartime. With extraordinary story-telling skill Drakulic draws us in to this difficult subject. We cannot... -
The Fall of the Roman Republic by David Shotter 9780415319409
RRP: $77.68$68.31Revised and updated to include the latest research in the field, this second edition of a popular history text examines how the Roman republic was destabilized by the unplanned growth of the Roman Empire.Central discussion points include:the government... -
Ghosts and Legends of Northumbria Beryl Homes 9780955540677
RRP: $12.58$9.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955540677Author Beryl HomesFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Northern HeritagePublisher Northern Heritage ServicesDimensions(mm) 200mm * 128mm * 50mm -
Who Lost Russia?: How the World Entered a New Cold War by Peter Conradi
RRP: $23.08$16.78'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... -
Ireland's Independence: 1880-1923 by Oonagh Walsh 9780415239516
RRP: $79.78$70.10This timely introduction presents a clear, balanced account of the rapid and complex events from 1880 leading up to the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922.Reviews'A comprehensive guide to the political history of a most complex period. This... -
The Guide to Mysterious Aberdeen by Geoff Holder 9780752456591
RRP: $31.48$24.61Aberdeen is full of mysteries, marvels and strangeness, and this book is a comprehensive guide to them all. Here you will encounter magic, witchcraft, folklore and superstitions; contemporary urban legends; gargoyles and graveyards; graverobbers and... -
Devon at War 1939 45 by Derek Tait 9781473855755
RRP: $27.28$19.61When war was declared on 1 September 1939, the people of Devon pulled together in a way that they hadn't done since the Great War of 191418. This book covers the people of Devon's contribution to the war effort, from the commencement of the conflict in... -
Darlington Past & Present: Britain in Old Photographs by Charlie Emett
RRP: $27.28$20.73The extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Darlington since the eighteenth century is illustrated in this fascinating collection of photographs, mostly from the Northern Echo. The images give an insight into the daily lives and living... -
Pathways from Slavery: British and Colonial Mobilizations in Global Perspective Seymour Drescher (University of Pittsburgh, USA) 9780367349431
RRP: $83.98$73.63Seymour Drescher's regular, deeply-thought and carefully nuanced arguments have periodically reshaped how we think of the subject of the history of slavery itself. He has discussed the impact of economic and cultural factors on human behaviour and has... -
Growing Up in a Welsh Valley: Sunshine on the Mayfield by Bronwen Hosie 9780752447568 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$8.72Features the story of Dai Morrisey, the author's father, from the end of the First World War, when he was four years old, through his childhood years to a young adult leaving the mines and starting his own business mending radios.About the AuthorBRONWEN... -
Haunted Norwich by David Chisnell 9780752437002
RRP: $31.48$24.26From heartstopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena Haunted Norwich contains new and well-known spooky storied from around the city. Contained in this selection are stories of the old witch who wanders up and... -
Derbyshire Murders by Martin Baggoley
RRP: $33.58$26.10Derbyshire Murders brings together fifteen of the county's most extraordinary and shocking cases. The crimes covered made not just local but in some cases national headlines. For this fascinating, illustrated collection, Martin Baggoley has returned to... -
Six Miles from Home by Stephen Morrin
RRP: $20.98$15.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528905572Author Stephen MorrinFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
The Weimar Republic 1919-1933 Ruth Henig 9780415132848
RRP: $75.58$66.55This book represents a much-needed reappraisal of Germany between the wars, examining the political, social and economic aims of the new republic, their failure and how they led to Nazism and eventually the Second World War. The author includes:* an... -
Dickens and Christmas by Lucinda Hawksley
RRP: $27.28$19.61Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Haunted Suffolk by Pete Jennings 9780752438443
RRP: $31.48$24.61From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena to first-hand encounters with ghouls and spirits, this collection of stories contains a new and well-known spooky tales from around the county of Suffolk... -
A Guide to the Buildings of Coventry by Arthur George 9780752431154
RRP: $27.28$20.73In this resource, George Demidowicz looks at the buildings of Coventry, explaining their architecture, their architects, and the original uses of many of the buildings.Book InformationISBN 9780752431154Author George DemidowiczFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance by Paul Strathern 9781681774084
RRP: $39.80$28.39A dazzling history of the modest family that rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money, and ambition. Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning... -
Performative Holocaust Commemoration in the 21st Century Diana I. Popescu 9780367711467
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book charts the performative dimension of the Holocaust memorialization culture through a selection of representative artistic, educational, and memorial projects.Performative practice refers to the participatory and performance-like aspects of the... -
Insurrection: Scotland's Famine Winter by James Hunter
RRP: $27.28$18.48'A gripping, heart-breaking account of the famine winter of 1847' - Rosemary Goring, The Herald Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize When Scotland's 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. In the Hebrides... -
The Lake District - A Rare Insight by Simon Reed 9780995530782
RRP: $27.28$19.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995530782Author Simon ReedFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Destinworld Publishing LtdPublisher Destinworld Publishing Ltd -
The Armada Portrait by Christine Riding
RRP: $27.28$19.38The Armada Portrait is perhaps the most immediately recognisable depiction of Elizabeth I and, arguably, of any British monarch. It captures both the drama of a pivotal moment in Britain's history - the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 - and the...