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Walking in Eden: Circular and Linear Routes in the Eden Valley by Ron Scholes 9781850589785
RRP: £9.99£7.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850589785Author Ron ScholesFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Sigma PressPublisher Sigma PressDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 12mm -
The Little Book of Cheshire by Roger Stephens 9781803995090
RRP: £12.99£9.87Did You Know? In medieval times, Cheshire was a County Palatine with its own independent parliament. The village of Willaston hosts the annual World Worm Charming Championships. With 86,000 ponds, Cheshire claims to be the pond capital of Europe. ... -
Hello Sailor!: The hidden history of gay life at sea by Jo Stanley 9780582772144
RRP: £36.99£36.14When gays had to be closeted, ships were the only places where homosexual men could not only be out but also camp. And on some liners to the sun and the New World, queens and butches had a ball. They sashayed and minced their way across the world's... -
Ireland in Transition, 1867-1921 D. George Boyce (University of Wales, Swansea, UK) 9780415332583
RRP: £37.99£33.38This wide-ranging collection brings together multiple perspectives on a key period in Irish history, from the Fenian Rising in 1867 to the creation of the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland in 1921, with a focus on the formation of Irish identity. The... -
Lenin, Stalin and Hitler: The Age of Social Catastrophe by Robert Gellately
RRP: £16.99£12.47Between 1914 and 1945 European society was in almost continuous upheaval, enduring two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust and the rise and fall of the Third Reich. In his remarkably ambitious and powerful narrative, historian Robert... -
Dreaming of Gold, Dreaming of Home: Transnationalism and Migration Between the United States and South China, 1882-1943 by Madeline Y. Hsu 9780804746878
RRP: £21.99£19.49This book is a highly original study of transnationalism among immigrants from Taishan, a populous coastal county in south China from which, until 1965, the majority of Chinese in the United States originated. Drawing creatively on Chinese-language... -
The Jacobean Kirk, 1567-1625: Sovereignty, Polity and Liturgy Alan R. MacDonald 9781859283738
RRP: £135.00£118.20This book is the first detailed discussion of the political history of the Scottish Church in the reign of James VI (1567-1625). It offers a refreshing new perspective on the Reformed Kirk during the crucial period in its development. It is an... -
Leyton and Leytonstone by Keith Romig 9780752401584
RRP: £12.99£9.87This new collection of nearly 200 old photographs of Leyton and Leytonstone illustrates some of the dramatic changes and growth that have occurred in this busy suburban area over the last hundred years. Although Leyton and Leytonstone existed for... -
Middlesbrough: A Century of Change by Ian Stubbs 9780752437200
RRP: £14.99£11.72Middlesbrough grew up enitrely as a new Victoriain enterprise around the new industries of iron making, shipbuilding and later, chemical manufacuries that accumulated along the banks of the Tees during the nineteenth century.This splendid selection of... -
The Men's Share?: Masculinities, Male Support and Women's Suffrage in Britain, 1890-1920 by Claire Eustance
RRP: £135.00£117.28The opposition of men to women's suffrage is well-known. However, men's support for women's suffrage is a neglected subject. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, over one thousand men were prepared to join societies and actively work for... -
The Social Drama of Daily Work: A Manual for Historians by Sarah Schneewind 9789048559534
RRP: £36.95£35.98Part manifesto, part manual, this book offers historians of all levels both subject and approach. The subject is work. In every place-time people made and sold objects – and struggled with annoying customers or government regulation. They healed clients... -
The Cooking of Books: A Literary Memoir by Ramachandra Guha 9780008670146
RRP: £25.00£16.43It is not often that an author and his editor strike up a relationship which survives forty years of epistolary exchanges and intellectual sparring. The strangely enduring and occasionally fractious... -
Europe and Ethnicity: The First World War and Contemporary Ethnic Conflict Seamus Dunn 9780415119962
RRP: £37.99£33.38The 1990s have seen an upsurge in ethnic tensions in many parts of Europe. Europe and Ethnicity suggests the main reasons are to be found in the decisions taken during the first world and at Versailles. * An introductory chapter analyzes the context of... -
Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire and the Birth of Europe by William Rosen
RRP: £18.99£13.61In the middle of the sixth century, the world's smallest organism collided with the world's mightiest empire. With the death of twenty-five million people, the Roman Empire, under her last great emperor, Justinian, was decimated. Before Yersinia pestis,... -
Old South Queensferry, Dalmeny and Blackness by John Hood 9781840333954
RRP: £7.99£7.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840333954Author John HoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 152gDimensions(mm) 174mm *... -
Smethwick by Andrew Maxam 9780752441993
RRP: £15.99£12.25Presenting a collection of over 200 archive images, this work provides insights into the changing history of Smethwick over the years. Each image is accompanied by a caption, describing many aspects of life in the town. It includes chapters on work,... -
Speaking Volumes: Books with Histories by David Pearson
RRP: £40.00£30.90Every individual book has a history which can help us to understand what difference it may have made in the world. Within these pages you will find books damaged by bullets or graffiti, recovered from fire or water, or even disguised as completely... -
Understanding Architecture: A Guide to Architectural Styles by Lindsay Mattinson
RRP: £19.99£14.86If you don't know your Baroque from your Rococo, or the difference between Art Nouveau and Art Deco, or where Modernism ends and Postmodernism begins, then don't fear, you're not alone. Understanding Architecture will reveal all. From the ancient world... -
Lanarkshire's Mining Legacy Guthrie Hutton 9781840336061
RRP: £16.00£14.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336061Author Guthrie HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 272mm * 210mm * 7mm -
Preston: A Potted History by Keith Johnson 9781398106123
RRP: £15.99£10.85The city of Preston in Lancashire is renowned for its industrial heritage, with centuries of textile manufacturing and its boom years during the Industrial Revolution. However, as this book reveals, industry is but one aspect of its rich and fascinating... -
Lord Salisbury: A Political Biography by E. David Steele
RRP: £37.99£33.78This book presents a study of Lord Salisbury, British prime minister in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, whose political philosophy was reactionary and defeatist, and who is remembered for an irony that was wounding as well as... -
An Analysis of Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition Sahar Aurore Saeidnia 9781912127887
RRP: £6.50£6.29Hannah Arendt's 1958 The Human Condition was an impassioned philosophical reconsideration of the goals of being human. In its arguments about the kind of lives we should lead and the political engagement we should strive for, Arendt's interpretative... -
Prehistoric Sussex by Alex Vincent 9781398112254
RRP: £15.99£10.85Sussex is rich in remains of the prehistoric eras, from the earliest Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) era when stone tools were first developed by ancient hominids, through the other Stone Age eras (Mesolithic and Neolithic), to the Bronze and Iron Ages up... -
War Hotels by Kenneth Morrison
RRP: £14.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374029Author Malachi O'DohertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Haunted Canterbury by John Hippisley 9780752449982
RRP: £14.99£11.72Journey through the dark side of Canterbury, a medieval city steeped in history and ghostly goings-on. A designated Ancient World Heritage site with numerous old landmarks, Canterbury is riddled with countless tales of ghosts and hauntings. From stories... -
Minerva M.C. Beaton 9781849014854
£11.60Delightful Regency romance from the author of the Agatha Raisin seriesRaven-haired Minerva, eldest daughter of an impecunious vicar, When the Reverend Charles Armitage, an impecunious country vicar in Regency England, announces that raven-haired Minerva,... -
Dervish Dust: The Life and Words of James Coburn by Robyn L Coburn
RRP: £28.99£24.94Dervish Dust is the authorized biography of "cool cat" actor James Coburn, covering his career, romances, friendships, and spirituality. Thoroughly researched with unparalleled access to Coburn's friends and family, the book's foundation is his own words... -
George V's Children by John van der Kiste
RRP: £11.99£9.17The six children of King George V and Queen Mary all lived to maturity except the youngest, Prince John. The eldest, who was Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, reigned as King Edward VIII for less than a year. His infamous romance with Mrs Simpson... -
China and the World since 1945: An International History by Chi-kwan Mark
RRP: £35.99£31.69The emergence of China as a dominant regional power with global influence is a significant phenomenon in the twenty-first century. Its origin could be traced back to 1949 when the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong came to power and vowed to... -
The Guide to Mysterious Iona and Staffa by Geoff Holder 9780752443805
RRP: £14.99£11.72A guide to supernatural, paranormal, folkloric, eccentric and, above all, mysterious that has occurred on islands of Iona and Staffa. It includes entries covering Iona's tombstones, simulacra, standing stones, gargoyles, ruins, churches and archeological... -
The Declaration of Arbroath: 'For Freedom Alone' by Edward J. Cowan
RRP: £9.99£6.90The Declaration of Arbroath, 6 April, 1320, is one of the most remarkable documents to have been produced anywhere in medieval Europe. Signed by 51 Scottish nobles, it confirms Scotland's status as an independent sovereign state with the right to use... -
Old Cullen and Portsoy by Alan Cooper 9781840331752
RRP: £11.95£11.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840331752Author Alan CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 165mm * 240mm * 5mm -
Who Needs Greek?: Contests in the Cultural History of Hellenism by Simon Goldhill 9780521011761
RRP: £39.99£33.26Does Greek matter? To whom and why? This interdisciplinary study focuses on moments when passionate conflicts about Greek and Greek-ness have erupted in both the modern and the ancient worlds. It looks at the Renaissance, when men were burned at the... -
Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death That Changed the Monarchy by Helen Rappaport
RRP: £12.99£9.34'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... -
An Atlas of Rural Protest in Britain 1548-1900 Andrew Charlesworth 9781138743519
RRP: £32.99£29.39The outbreaks and collective violence arising from the tensions existing within society have long been themes in the study of British social history. This book, first published in 1983, attempts to survey the whole range of these rural riots, to compare... -
Cardinal's College: Christ Church, Chapter and Verse by Judith Curthoys
RRP: £40.00£30.25Christ Church, founded by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525, and arguably the grandest college in the University of Oxford, has been the subject of only one previous history. Now Judith Curthoys, the college archivist, presents a new and fascinating account of... -
The Weimar Republic by J. W. Hiden 9780582287068
RRP: £34.99£34.82It is often assumed that the Weimar Republic was bound to fail due to the harsh terms of the Versailles Settlement. Professor Hiden dispels this simplistic view and shows that it was a complex set of factors which finally brought Hitler to power. This... -
The Ottomans 1700-1923: An Empire Besieged Virginia Aksan 9781138923249
£37.46Originally conceived as a military history, this second edition completes the story of the Middle Eastern populations that underwent significant transformation in the nineteenth century, finally imploding in communal violence, paramilitary activity, and... -
Panic Ye Not: A survival guide to the middle ages by Woodmansterne Studio
RRP: £7.99£5.99Fresh from the award-winning Woodmansterne studio, Hysterical Heritage juxtaposes imagery inspired by the Bayeaux Tapestry with modern day expressions and dilemmas, resulting in a hilarious and unique, new humour range. In this, their first book,... -
Murder at Wrotham Hill by Diana Souhami
RRP: £14.99£2.44Murder at Wrotham Hill takes the killing in October 1946 of Dagmar Petrzywalski as the catalyst for a compelling and unique meditation on murder and fate. Dagmar, a gentle, eccentric spinster, was the embodiment of Austerity Britain's prudence and thrift...