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Haunted Essex by Carmel King 9780752451268
RRP: £14.99£11.55From 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... -
Medieval England: Rural Society and Economic Change 1086-1348 by Edward Miller 9780582485471
RRP: £71.99£69.10This is the first volume of a two-volume study of medieval England covering the period between the Norman Conquest and the Black Death. The book opens with a summary portrait of the English economy and society in the reign of William I. It goes on to... -
Commando: Winning World War II Behind Enemy Lines by James Owen
RRP: £12.99£7.51June 1940: As Britain's soldiers limped home from Dunkirk, a maverick Army officer was already devising a bold plan to hit back at the enemy. His idea was to revolutionise military thinking and change the face of warfare for ever. Relying as much on... -
Hampshire Murders by Nicola Sly
RRP: £14.99£11.55Life in the historic county of Hampshire has not always been peaceful, for over the years it has experienced numerous murders, some of which are little known outside the county borders, others that have shocked the nation. These include the killing of... -
Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre by Heather Cox Richardson 9780465025114
£21.30On December 29, 1890, five hundred American troops massed around hundreds of unarmed Lakota Sioux men, women, and children near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. Outnumbered and demoralized, the Sioux posed no threat to the soldiers and put up no... -
The Meaning of the Library: A Cultural History by Alice Crawford 9780691166391
RRP: £38.00£30.41From Greek and Roman times to the digital era, the library has remained central to knowledge, scholarship, and the imagination. The Meaning of the Library is a generously illustrated examination of this key institution of Western culture. Tracing what... -
Chronicles of Qalawun and his son al-Ashraf Khalil by Translated by David Cook
RRP: £39.99£35.06This volume provides translations of texts on the Mamluk Sultan Qalawun (1279-90) and his son al-Malik al-Ashraf (1290-93), which cover the end of the Crusader interlude in the Syrian Levant. Translated from the original Arabic, these chronicles detail... -
The Lives of Thomas Becket by Michael Staunton
RRP: £19.99£17.82This collection tells the story of Thomas Becket's turbulent life, violent death and extraordinary posthumous acclaim in the words of his contemporaries. The only modern collection from the twelfth-century Lives of Thomas Becket in English and features... -
Emperor and Priest: The Imperial Office in Byzantium by Professor Gilbert Dagron 9780521036979
RRP: £37.99£31.31This is a revised and translated edition of Gilbert Dagron's Empereur et pretre, an acknowledged masterwork by one of the great Byzantine scholars of our time. The figure of the Byzantine emperor, a ruler who sometimes was also designated a priest, has... -
Chain & Anchor Making in the Black Country by Ron Moss
RRP: £12.99£9.62For two centuries, England led the world in the manufacture of chain and anchors, and at the end of the nineteenth century the majority of all the chain workshops in England and Wales were based in the Black Country, notably Cradley, Cradley Heath, Old... -
Dorking & the Mole Valley Past & Present: Britain in Old Photographs by Ian Williams
RRP: £14.99£11.55The Surrey District of the Mole Valley takes its name from the river which runs through its heart. The River Mole rises near Gatwick and flows northwards through the Surrey countryside before entering the Thames near Hampton Court. The river was thought... -
Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700: A Documentary History by Alan Charles Kors
£32.21Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 2001 The highly-acclaimed first edition of this book chronicled the rise and fall of witchcraft in Europe between the twelfth and the end of the seventeenth centuries. Now greatly expanded,... -
Sunderland Empire by Judith Robinson 9780752443409
RRP: £12.99£9.62The Sunderland Empire is one of the grand old provincial theatres. This collection of more than 150 archive photographs is a comprehensive history of the building. It charts the evolution of the Empire from the days of Victorian music hall to the Girl... -
The Mysterious Round Towers of Ireland by Thomas Sheridan
RRP: £8.31£7.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244379032Author Thomas SheridanFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 7mm -
Canna Schooldays by Kate Riley
RRP: £16.95£14.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789070781Author Kate RileyFormat PaperbackImprint AcairPublisher Acair -
Jericho Oxford by Mark Davies
RRP: £20.00£14.29This book celebrates one of Oxford's most distinctive areas, close to the city centre. Previously a slum of workers' cottages, plenty of pubs, and even some brothels, today it is vibrant and developing. Jericho was Oxford's first planned suburb, given... -
Viva la Revolucion: Hobsbawm on Latin America by Eric Hobsbawm
RRP: £14.99£4.71Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) wrote that Latin America was the only region of the world outside Europe which he felt he knew well and where he felt entirely at home. He claimed this was because it was the only part of the Third World whose two principal... -
The Prime Minister's Ironing Board and Other State Secrets: True Stories from the Government Archives by Adam Macqueen
RRP: £10.99£7.40Stored in Whitehall's archives are everything from blood-chilling warnings of imminent nuclear attack to comical details of daily life in the corridors of power. Concerned notes from ministers on the subject of the Heir to the Throne's potential... -
The Full-Length Mirror: A Global Visual History by Wu Hung
RRP: £35.00£24.29This book tells two stories about the full-length mirror. One story, through time and space, crisscrosses the globe to introduce a broad range of historical actors: kings and slaves, artists and writers, merchants and craftsmen, courtesans and commoners... -
Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine by Geoff Manaugh 9781509867400
RRP: £25.00£16.53'Manaugh and Twilley shed illuminating light on a phenomenon that seems utterly of the present moment.' Financial Times' Best Books of the Year'Startlingly timely, authoritatively researched, and electrifyingly written.' Steve Silberman, author of... -
War In The Early Modern World, 1450-1815 by Jeremy Black
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book presents a collection of essays charting the developments in military practice and warfare across the world in the early modern period. It also considers the nature and role of technological change, and the relationship between military... -
Barking & Dagenham History Tour by Michael Foley
RRP: £8.99£6.02Barking & Dagenham History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this famous old port. This new book guides us through the streets and alleyways, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they've changed over the years, as... -
The Last Crusaders: East, West and the Battle for the Centre of the World by Barnaby Rogerson
RRP: £14.99£9.80The Last Crusaders is about the titanic contest between Hadsburg-led Christendom and the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the last great conflict between East and West - the battles that were fought and the men who led the armies... -
Bournemouth Then & Now by John Needham 9780750965002
RRP: £14.99£10.18This fascinating book explores the transformations that have seen Bournemouth develop from a small seaside town into a major South Coast resort and bustling centre of commerce. Beautiful archive images are skilfully contrasted with modern photographs... -
World's Worst Historical Disasters: Natural and Man-made Catastrophes from the Ancient World to the Present Day by Chris McNab
RRP: £9.99£6.85World's Worst Historical Disasters examines some of the most significant natural and man-made disasters in world history, from those almost lost in the mists of time, such as the plague in Athens which killed 75 per cent of the population and the... -
Haunted London by Clark James 9780752444598
RRP: £12.99£9.62From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena to first-hand encounters with ghouls and spirits, this collection of stories contains new and well-known spooky tales from famous sights and buildings in the... -
Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World by Sharon Weinberger
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804169721Author Sharon WeinbergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Burnley Cotton Mills by Jack Nadin 9780752446592
RRP: £12.99£9.62In 1929, 63 per cent of the working population of Burnley was involved in the industry. This fascinating work, illustrated with over 90 images, explores the history of this industry which was so central to the economy of Burnley. The author includes... -
Hanged at Crumlin Road Gaol: The Story of Capital Punishment in Belfast by Steven Moore
£13.34Seventeen men, who paid the ultimate price for their crimes on the gallows, have been lowered into the earth deep within the walls of Crumlin Road Gaol in plain wooden coffins. The first was in 1854, the last in 1961. This is the story of execution in... -
The Gangs Of New Orleans: An Informal History of the French Quarter Underworld by Herbert Asbury 9780099455080 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£9.46Home to the notorious 'Blue Book', which listed the names and addresses of every prostitute living in the city, New Orleans's infamous red-light district gained a reputation as one of the most raucous in the world. But the New Orleans underworld... -
The Old Paths of Gloucestershire by Alan Pilbeam
RRP: £17.99£13.64A walk around the old paths of Gloucestershire is, in many ways, a walk through the history of Gloucestershire itself. In this fascinating account, Alan Pilbeam takes us on a tour of the county's pathways and roads, demonstrating how the evolution of... -
Duress: Imperial Durabilities in Our Times by Ann Laura Stoler
RRP: £24.99£22.07How do colonial histories matter to the urgencies and conditions of our current world? How have those histories so often been rendered as leftovers, as "legacies" of a dead past rather than as active and violating forces in the world today? With... -
Castle Combe: An Illustrated Walk Through History by Paul Snowdon 9781874192763
£4.04Let us take you around a village where time has stood still for over 500 years seen through the eyes of artist Paul Snowdon as he leads you around the village with words on the history and sketches of what you can see. Famous the world over Castle Combe... -
The New Book of Snobs: A Definitive Guide to Modern Snobbery by D. J. Taylor
RRP: £9.99£5.96'Hugely enjoyable' AN Wilson, Sunday Times'Thoughtful, entertaining and enjoyable' Michael Gove, Book of the Week, The TimesInspired by William Makepeace Thackeray, the first great analyst of snobbery, and his trail-blazing The Book of Snobs (1848), D. J... -
The World That Never Was: A True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists and Secret Agents by Alex Butterworth
RRP: £17.99£12.95The last years of the nineteenth century saw the birth of a new phenomenon: international terrorism. Bombings and assassinations shook the great cities of Europe and America, threatening social order. Fiendish networks of anarchist conspiritors were... -
Engines of War: How Wars Were Won and Lost on the Railways by Christian Wolmar
RRP: £20.00£14.29Engines of War tells the dramatic story of how the railways revolutionized the nature of warfare, ushering in an age of industrialized conflict in which wars were fought on a previously unimaginable scale. From the moment of its first appearance, the... -
Memory in Culture by Astrid Erll
RRP: £24.99£21.78This book questions the sociocultural dimensions of remembering. It offers an overview of the history and theory of memory studies through the lens of sociology, political science, anthropology, psychology, literature, art and media studies; documenting... -
Atlas of Medieval Britain by Christopher Daniell
RRP: £28.99£25.09Christopher Daniell's Atlas of Medieval Britain presents a sweeping visual survey of Britain from the Roman occupation to 1485. Annotated throughout with clear commentary, this volume tells the story of the British Isles, and makes visually accessible... -
William Cobbett, Romanticism and the Enlightenment: Contexts and Legacy by James Grande
RRP: £39.99£35.06William Cobbett was one of the greatest journalists of his day. Humbly born in Surrey, following a career in the British army in Canada from 1784, he cut his journalistic teeth as the loyalist 'Peter Porcupine' in the United States, defending all things... -
Macclesfield (South) 1897: Cheshire Sheet 36.12 by Chris Makepeace
£3.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847848321Author Chris MakepeaceImprint Alan Godfrey MapsPublisher Alan Godfrey Maps