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British Civilization: An Introduction by John Oakland 9781138318144
RRP: £36.99£33.53Thoroughly updated and revised, the ninth edition of the highly regarded British Civilization: An Introduction continues to be the ideal textbook on Britain, its country and people, religion, politics and government, international relations, legal... -
When I Am Playing With My Cat, How Do I Know She Is Not Playing With Me?: Montaigne and Being in Touch With Life by Saul Frampton
RRP: £12.99£8.56In the year 1570, at the age of thirty-seven, Michel de Montaigne gave up his job as a magistrate and retired to his chateau to brood on his own private grief - the deaths of his best friends, his father, his brother, and most recently his first-born... -
A History of Medieval Europe: From Constantine to Saint Louis by R. H. C. Davis 9780582784628
£52.88'Probably the best "buy" among recent works for one who comes to medieval history for the first time.'History (about the second edition)Consisting of two parts, this book successfully conveys the importance of the distant past in understanding our modern... -
Cats Gone Bad by Kat Scratching
RRP: £7.99£5.60Can cats really be accessories to a planned prison break? Yes. In 2013, a cat was found walking into the grounds of a Brazilian prison with saws and drill bits strapped to its belly. Can cats terrorise humans? Yes. In 2012, a couple in Seattle had to... -
Dunfermline: Britain in Old Photographs by Bruce Durie 9780752455730
RRP: £15.99£12.25This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Dunfermline over the past century. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader a... -
Toil and Trouble: A Women's History of the Occult by Lisa Kroeger
RRP: £17.99£12.95From the celebrity spirit mediums of the nineteenth century to the TikTok witches hexing the patriarchy, women have long used magic and mysticism to seize back the power they re so often denied. Organized around different approaches women have taken to... -
Cornish Murders by John van der Kiste
RRP: £14.99£12.94Cornish Murders brings together numerous murderous tales that shocked not only the county but also made national news. They include the cases of Charlotte Dymond, whose throat was cut on Bodmin Moor in 1844, and Emily Tredrea, strangled at St Erth in... -
Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000-1300 by John France 9781857284676
RRP: £37.99£33.38In 1095 the First Crusade was launched, establishing a great military endeavour which was a central preoccupation of Europeans until the end of the thirteenth century. In Western warfare in the age of the Crusades, 1000-1300 John France offers a... -
Uppies and Downies: The Extraordinary Football Games of Britain by Hugh Hornby
RRP: £22.00£13.34Association football, aka 'soccer', is the world's most popular sport. As is known, its rules were drawn up in England between the 1840s and 1860s, largely at the behest of ex public school and university players. Rugby, another version of football honed... -
Churches of Oxfordshire by Nicola Coldstream
RRP: £15.99£10.85Oxfordshire, once part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, has always been a wealthy county. Its landscapes vary from the chalk and beechwood Chiltern Hills in the south to the limestone uplands of the Cotswolds in the north-west, which give very fine... -
Love and Deception: Philby in Beirut by James Hanning 9781472155948
RRP: £12.99£8.60'James Hanning's book is excellent . . . The fascination of Love & Deception lies in the meticulously detailed account it gives of Philby's strange half-life in Beirut, where he was banished in 1956' Guardian Love & Deception is the extraordinary story... -
Bill Edgar's Quirky Football Quiz Book by Bill Edgar 9781472146304
RRP: £11.99£8.00'Bill Edgar is simply the best. His quizzes draw upon one of the greatest minds in football. This is a book nobody with a love of the game can afford to miss'MATTHEW SYED'It must be good if it's Bill's book!!'JAMIE CARRAGHER'The stuff he comes up with is... -
Charles Pelham Villiers: Aristocratic Victorian Radical by Mr. Roger Swift
RRP: £42.99£37.99This book provides the first biographical study of Charles Pelham Villiers (1802-1898), whose long UK parliamentary career spanned numerous government administrations under twenty different prime ministers. An aristocrat from a privileged background,... -
The Third Circle: Number 4 in series by Amanda Quick
RRP: £9.99£6.80Leona Hewitt, disguised in men's formal evening clothes, has secretly made her way into Lord Delbridge's private museum to find a relic stolen from her family. But someone else is in the dimly lit gallery on the same errand: a tall, black-cloaked man... -
Haunted Peterborough by Stuart Orme 9780752476544
RRP: £12.99£9.62Peterborough has a rich and fascinating history, stretching back 3,500 years to the Bronze Age. The city is a vibrant place with a new town surrounding an ancient town centre, still dominated by its Norman cathedral. But the city has a sinister and... -
Old Ardnamurchan, Moidart, Sunart, Morvern and Ardgour by Guthrie Hutton 9781840336009
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336009Author Guthrie HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 174mm * 240mm * 4mm -
Knowing, Teaching, and Learning History: National and International Perspectives by Peter N. Stearns 9780814781425
RRP: £24.99£22.07A rethinking of teaching methodology in history classrooms As issues of history and memory collide in our society and in the classroom, the time is ripe to rethink the place of history in our schools. Knowing, Teaching, and Learning History represents a... -
Imperial Germany 1871-1918 by Stephen J. Lee
RRP: £36.99£32.53Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 explores the rise of Germany as a nation state and a European power centre, through to the humiliation of the state in the First World War. Covering both domestic and foreign policy, this key text combines historical detail,... -
Bexhill-on-Sea:: A History by Julian Porter 9780750967365
RRP: £14.99£11.55Bexhill-on-Sea has a long and eventful history, yet the fascinating past of this remarkable town is not as well known as it deserves to be. This is probably because its major development occurrred very rapidly at the end of the 19th century - whereby it... -
If You Survive by Wilson
RRP: £8.99£5.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804100038Author George WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm)... -
Bradwell's Images of South Wales Coal Mining by Ray Lawrence 9781912060597
RRP: £12.99£9.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912060597Author Ray LawrenceFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Bradwell BooksPublisher Bradwell Books -
Rocks and Rain, Reason and Romance: The Landscape, History and People of the Lake District by David Howe
RRP: £9.99£6.80David Howe tells the story of the Lake District, England's most dramatic landscape. Home to vistas of stunning beauty and a rich heritage, it is an area of England that fascinates, inspires - and has bewitched David for a lifetime. With passion and... -
Today's London Underground by Reiss O'Neill 9781473823471
RRP: £30.00£20.95The Underground network in London has always held a fascination for historians and transport enthusiasts, from the early days of the steam operated system in the 1860s. Todays London Underground covers the network as it is today, with features on the... -
First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in the Second World War by Alex Kershaw 9781471185915 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£6.89'History's greatest story reinvigorated as only Alex Kershaw can' -Adam Makos, New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Call'An absolute triumph' -James M. Scott, Pulitzer Prize Finalist and national bestselling author of Target Tokyo and... -
Old Eston & Normanby by Paul Chrystal 9781840338393
RRP: £10.95£9.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338393Author Paul ChrystalFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 175mm * 240mm * 4mm -
Bygone Govan by George Rountree 9781840332650
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840332650Author George RountreeFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 174mm * 240mm * 4mm -
The Lower Mersey, Runcorn and Warrington 1913: One Inch Sheet 097 by Alan Crosby 9781841518206
RRP: £3.50£3.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841518206Author Alan CrosbyImprint Alan Godfrey MapsPublisher Alan Godfrey Maps -
Ancient Middle East: A Captivating Guide to Civilizations and Empires of the Ancient Near East and Ancient Anatolia by Captivating History 9781647489670
RRP: £19.97£12.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647489670Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm)... -
The Night Climbers of Cambridge by Whipplesnaith 9780906672839
RRP: £21.95£16.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906672839Author WhipplesnaithFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint The Oleander PressPublisher The Oleander Press -
Great State: China and the World by Timothy Brook 9781781258286
RRP: £25.00£22.19China is one of the oldest states in the world. It achieved its approximate current borders with the Ascendancy of the Yuan dynasty in the 13th century, and despite the passing of one Imperial dynasty to the next, it has maintained them for the eight... -
The Origin and Goal of History by Karl Jaspers
RRP: £16.99£15.22Karl Jaspers (1883-1969) was a German psychiatrist and philosopher and one of the most original European thinkers of the twentieth century. As a major exponent of existentialism in Germany, he had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry and... -
The French Wars of Religion 1559-1598 by R. J. Knecht 9781408228197
RRP: £36.99£35.74In the second half of the sixteenth century, France was racked by religious civil wars and peace was only restored when Henry of Navarre finally converted to Catholicism, deciding - in his immortal phrase - that 'Paris is worth a mass'. In this lucid... -
Whitstable by Mick Glover 9780752411125
RRP: £14.99£11.55The recent history of the heritage town of Whitstable, ever famous for its oysters, is vividly recalled in this fascinating collection of over 200 photographs and picture postcards spanning the last one hundred years. A combination of rare and more... -
Fast and Bonnie: History of William Fife and Son, Yachtbuilders by May Fife McCallum
RRP: £20.00£14.45From humble beginnings at Fairlie, Ayrshire, in the early years of the nineteenth century, William Fife and Son grew to become one of Britain's premier yacht-building yards, attracting commissions from as far afield as America, Canada and America. By... -
Memories of Epping by Clare Baster 9780752434537
RRP: £12.99£9.62The market town of Epping has seen much expansion and a great many changes in its long history. Recollections of times past are recorded here along with over 100 archive photographs, many from private and unique collections.Book InformationISBN... -
Master of Deception by Alan Ogden
RRP: £35.00£27.13Master of Deception is a biography of Peter Fleming, elder brother of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond. Peter Fleming worked as a travel writer and journalist, serving with distinction throughout World War II and played a crucial role in British... -
Flowers in the Snow: The Life of Isobel Wylie Hutchison by Gwyneth Hoyle
RRP: £15.99£13.65Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982) explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of the American Aleutians. To achieve her goals, she traveled by any means... -
The Russian Revolution by Alan Moorehead
RRP: £14.99£9.70The Russian Revolution dismantled the ancient Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II and the old regime was replaced in February 1917. In the second revolution... -
Anne Neville: Queen to Richard III by Michael Hicks
RRP: £9.99£7.55Anne Neville was queen to England's most notorious king, Richard III. She was immortalised by Shakespeare for the remarkable nature of her marriage, a union which brought together a sorrowing widow with her husband's murderer. Anne's misfortune did not... -
The Poison Tree: The Morland Dynasty, Book 17 by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
RRP: £10.99£7.401831: as England emerges from the post war depression, the country is changing, and the birth pains of the Reform Act bring it to the brink of revolution.The violent times breed violent acts, both outside and inside the Morland family. Sophie's life is...