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Violence: A Modern Obsession by Richard Bessel 9781471147920
RRP: $12.89$8.27After a century that has been described as the most violent in the history of humanity, Professor Richard Bessel has written an intelligent and fascinating book on the history of our violent world and how we have become obsessed about violence. He... -
History Man: The Life of R. G. Collingwood by Fred Inglis 9780691150055
RRP: $38.70$30.56This is the first biography of the last and greatest British idealist philosopher, R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943), a man who both thought and lived at full pitch. Best known today for his philosophies of history and art, Collingwood was also a historian,... -
The Empire Strikes Back?: The Impact of Imperialism on Britain from the Mid-Nineteenth Century by Andrew S. Thompson 9780582438293
RRP: $61.91$59.83`The Empire Strikes Back' will inject the empire back into the domestic history of modern Britain. In the nineteenth century and for much of the twentieth century, Britain's empire was so large that it was truly the global superpower. Much of Africa,... -
Year Zero: A History of 1945 by Ian Buruma 9781848879393 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.34$3.42Many 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: $19.34$12.64Many 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... -
Leeds in the Age of the Tram 1950- 59 by Graham H.E. Twidale
RRP: $19.34$14.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857941876Author Graham H.E. TwidaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group -
Tenby and Saundersfoot by Marion Davies 9781859376621 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.35$10.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859376621Author Marion DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Frith Book Company Ltd.Publisher Frith Book Company Ltd. -
Weevils in the Wheat: Interviews with Virginia Ex-slaves by Charles L. Perdue 9780813913704
$39.02For Henry Adams at the turn of the twentieth century, as for his successors in the twenty-first, the relation of mind to a world remade by technology and geopolitical conflict largely determined the destiny of civil life. Henry Adams and the Need to Know... -
The Mesmerist: The Society Doctor Who Held Victorian London Spellbound by Wendy Moore
RRP: $11.60$8.00Medicine, in the early 1800s, was a brutal business. Operations were performed without anaesthesia while conventional treatment relied on leeches, cupping and toxic potions. The most surgeons could offer by way of pain relief was a large swig of brandy... -
To Distraction: Number 5 in series by Stephanie Laurens
RRP: $12.89$8.77Deverell, 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... -
Fighting for the French Foreign Legion: Memoirs of a Scottish Legionnaire by Alex Lochrie 9781783376155
$16.91The author describes how he joined the French Foreign Legion, without being able to speak any French and very close to the age limit. He takes the reader through the vigorous selection procedure, the relentless recruit regime and then elite Second... -
The Winding Stair: Francis Bacon, His Rise and Fall by Daphne Du Maurier
RRP: $14.18$9.55FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA' ... a writer of fearless originality' GUARDIAN 'Unlike many authors of popular historical biographies, du Maurier resembled Antonia Fraser in being an indefatigable researcher' FRANCIS KING'du Maurier has no equal'... -
Abandoned Civilisations: The Mysteries Behind More Than 90 Lost Worlds by Kieron Connolly
RRP: $25.79$18.90Ruined 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... -
English Houses 1300-1800: Vernacular Architecture, Social Life by Matthew H. Johnson 9780582772182
RRP: $47.72$46.10Houses are more than a shelter from the elements: they also offer an unparalleled insight into the beliefs, ideas and experiences of the people who built and lived in them. In this engaging book, Matthew Johnson looks at the traditional houses that still... -
Culloden: Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire by Trevor Royle
RRP: $19.34$14.13The Battle of Culloden has gone down in history as the last major battle fought on British soil: a vicious confrontation between Scottish forces supporting the Stuart claim to the throne and the English Royal Army. But this wasn't just a conflict between... -
The Archaeology of Sutton Park by Michael Hodder 9780752468006
RRP: $23.21$17.60Sutton Park is a nationally important historic landscape. Its many visitors are often drawn by the rich ecology that this public open space of about 2,250 acres provides. However, the Park also contains extensive and well-preserved archaeological remains... -
Bygone Fraserburgh by Jim Buchan 9781840332179
RRP: $15.42$14.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840332179Author Jim BuchanFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
A Brief Guide To British Battlefields: From the Roman Occupation to Culloden by David Clark
RRP: $15.47$5.30A very readable work of reference offering a survey in chronological order, from AD 84 to 1746, of the major battles which have taken place on British soil, from the Roman occupation to Culloden, the last battle fought on British soil. In this way, the... -
Knowledge and information: The Potential and Peril of Human Intelligence by Peter Frankopan
RRP: $25.80$18.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789189069619Author Peter FrankopanFormat HardbackPage Count 345Imprint Stolpe PublishingPublisher Stolpe PublishingWeight(grams) 1040g -
The Medieval Cannon 1326-1494 by Jonathan Davies
RRP: $16.76$11.73The first illustration of a cannon in Europe can be dated quite precisely to 1326. This book explores the development of gunpowder, the earliest appearance of cast-bronze cannon in Western Europe, followed by the design and development of the... -
Ghost Riders: Operation Cowboy, the World War Two Mission to Save the World's Finest Horses by Mark Felton 9781785785092
RRP: $14.18$9.44April 1945. As Allied bombs rain down on Europe, a 400-year-old institution looks set to be wiped off the face of the Earth. The famous white Lipizzaner stallions of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, unique and precious animals representing centuries... -
Slavery And Bristol by G. M. Best
RRP: $25.79$19.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910089958Author G. M. BestFormat HardbackPage Count 468Imprint New Room PublicationsPublisher Tangent Books -
The Cardiff Book of Days by Mike Hall 9780752460086
RRP: $12.89$9.74Taking you through the year day by day, The Cardiff Book of Days contains a quirky, eccentric, amusing or important event or fact from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on the religious and political history of Britain as a... -
Lady Fortescue Steps Out by M. C. Beaton
RRP: $12.89$8.77The 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... -
Old Blyth by John Alexander 9781840337167
RRP: $15.42$14.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337167Author John AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Not a Guide to: Manchester by Ben McGarr 9780752471198
RRP: $9.02$7.06This is NOT a guide book. This little book brings together past and present to offer a taste of Manchester. Learn more about the movers and shakers who shaped this fantastic city. The great and the good; the bad and the ugly. Small wonders, tall stories,... -
We Can Take It! by Mark Connelly
RRP: $49.01$47.83`We Can Take It!' shows that the British remember the war in a peculiar way, thanks to a mix of particular images and evidence. Our memory has been shaped by material which is completely removed from historical reality. These images (including complete... -
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law by Michael Gagarin
RRP: $49.01$42.53This Companion volume provides a comprehensive overview of the major themes and topics pertinent to ancient Greek law. A substantial introduction establishes the recent historiography on this topic and its development over the last 30 years. Many of the... -
History: An Introduction to Theory, Method and Practice by Peter Claus
$43.42Demystifying the subject with clarity and verve, History: An Introduction to Theory, Method and Practice familiarizes the reader with the varied spectrum of historical approaches in a balanced, comprehensive and engaging manner. Global in scope, and... -
Cilfynydd by Anne Powell
RRP: $16.76$12.41This absorbing collection of archive images provides a comprehensive glimpse into the history of Cilfynydd during the last 120 years. Compiled with over 200 images, this selection highlights the history of this industrial Welsh village, one that would... -
Dark Days of Georgian Britain: Rethinking the Regency by James R. Hobson
RRP: $19.34$14.13In Dark Days of Georgian Britain, James Hobson challenges the long established view of high society during the Regency, and instead details an account of a society in change. Often upheld as a period of elegance with many achievements in the fine arts... -
Macclesfield History Tour by Paul Hurley
RRP: $11.60$7.77Macclesfield is an ancient Cheshire town that stands beneath the sprawling and beautiful Peak District. It is Cheshire's farthest outpost before taking the road into Derbyshire; many years ago it entered the Industrial Revolution in a more genteel manner... -
A Bucket of Sunshine: Life on a Cold War Canberra Squadron by Wing Commander Mike Brooke 9780752470214
RRP: $16.76$12.41A Bucket of Sunshine - a term coined by RAF aircrew for the nuclear bomb that their aircraft would be armed with - is a first-hand insight into life in the mid-1960s on a RAF Canberra nuclear-armed squadron in West Germany, on the frontline in the Cold... -
Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death That Changed the Monarchy by Helen Rappaport
RRP: $16.76$11.73'Rappaport uses new sources to give a vivid account of Albert's death . . . a valuable and insightful book which will change our view of Queen Victoria.' Spectator When Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, died in December 1861 the nation was... -
The Story of the British and Their Weather: From Frost Fairs to Indian Summers by Patrick Nobbs
RRP: $12.89$8.57The British weather: famously changeable, subject of endless complaint and endless small talk. We all feel we know it well as a largely benign backdrop to our lives, but the truth is our weather has changed the course of our history and society. This... -
Veteran Motor Cars by Steve Lanham
RRP: $11.60$8.98This colourful introduction to the first decades of the motor car covers its earliest iterations, when the automobile represented the very peak of technological innovation. It is packed with fascinating facts about the experimental origins of the motor... -
An Immigration History of Britain: Multicultural Racism since 1800 by Panikos Panayi 9781405859172
RRP: $47.72$46.62Immigration, ethnicity, multiculturalism and racism have become part of daily discourse in Britain in recent decades - yet, far from being new, these phenomena have characterised British life since the 19th century. While the numbers of immigrants... -
The National Baseball Hall of Fame Collection: Celebrating the Game's Greatest Players by James Buckley 9780760385517
RRP: $24.50$17.74Officially licensed by the National Baseball Hall of Fame, this revised and updated volume gathers the biographies, statistics, and photos of over 175 members of the most exclusive club in the sport.A beautiful book every baseball fan should own, The... -
Napoleon Wasn't Short and St Patrick Wasn't Irish: When History Gets It Wrong by Andrea Barham 9781782430360 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89$2.48After falling for one historical misconception too many, the time is now right to launch a spirited fightback. The moment has come to set the record straight, once and for all. Leading the way in this modern crusade comes Napoleon Wasn't Short and St... -
Britain at Bay: Defence Against Bonaparte, 1803-14 by Richard Glover 9781032037578
RRP: $37.40$32.37In the years 1803-5 Napoleon Bonaparte built 4 new harbours on his channel coast and assembled enough landing craft to put an army of over 165,000 men ashore on English beaches. Was this threat to Britain really serious and should we dismiss it as pure...