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X Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy by Russell K. Skowronek 9780813030791
RRP: £27.95£20.42This collection piques the imagination with historical evidence about the actual exploits of pirates as revealed in the archaeological record of such ships as Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge, recently discovered off Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina; the... -
At the Point of the Bayonet: The Peninsular War Battles of Arroyomolinos and Almaraz 1811-1812 by Robert Griffith
RRP: £25.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336523Author Robert GriffithFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Motherwell by Helen Moir 9780752418018
RRP: £12.99£9.62Using a collection of over 200 photographs, largely garnished from local residents, the author, Helen Moir, has compiled a volume that creates a fascinating portrait of Motherwell and its social history. These old photographs are sure to evoke strong... -
The Future of Violence - Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones: Confronting the New Age of Threat by Benjamin Wittes
RRP: £10.99£7.25From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying, today's governments have harnessed the power of cutting-edge technology to awesome effect. But what happens when ordinary people have the same tools at their fingertips? Advances in... -
Cotswold Barns by Tim Jordan 9780752437408
RRP: £22.50£11.87The stone barn, especially the long tithe barn, is one of the iconic features of the Cotswold landscape. This book is a systematic look at the design, construction and changing use of the Cotswold barn and its place in the rural economy and landscape... -
Walking Gloucestershire with Ivor Gurney: Poetry & landscape explored through 20 circular walks by Eleanor Rawling 9781910839683
RRP: £15.99£13.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839683Author Eleanor RawlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books Ltd -
Battlefield Essex by Andrew Summers 9780993108341
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993108341Author Andrew SummersFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Summersbook (UK) LtdPublisher Summersbook (UK) LtdWeight(grams) 340g -
The Crisis of Conservatism: The Politics, Economics and Ideology of the Conservative Party, 1880-1914 by E. H. H. Green
RRP: £41.99£37.15The Crisis of Conservatism 1880-1914 offers a new interpretation of Conservative politics in the period 1880-1914 and comes to the startling conclusion that, but for the intervention of the First World War, there may well have been a 'Strange Death of... -
Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion by Robert Gordon
£14.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608194162Author Robert GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Bloomsbury PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 618g -
Access to History for the IB Diploma Rights and protest Study and Revision Guide: Paper 1 by Philip Benson
£27.00Exam board: International BaccalaureateLevel: IB DiplomaSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2017Reinforce knowledge and develop exam skills with revision of key historical content, exam-focussed activities and guidance from... -
Life in a Tudor Palace by Christopher Gidlow 9780750946087 [USED COPY]
RRP: £4.99£2.28Take a tour with the author round a courtly palace and see what the kitchens, the bakery, the laundry, the bedrooms, the gardens and the privvies were like. Everything you could wish to know is here, as the book describes the different lifestyles of the... -
Alexander The Great: Selections from Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius by James Romm 9780872207271
RRP: £16.99£14.13Comprising relevant selections from the four ancient writers whose portraits of Alexander the Great still survive--Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius--this volume provides a complete narrative of the important events in Alexander's life. The... -
What Happens In London by Julia Quinn 9780749941895
RRP: £9.99£6.80Olivia Bevelstroke, the only daughter of the Earl of Rudland, is beautiful and has a sizeable dowry. Yet at the age of twenty-one she is still unmarried, causing people to whisper behind her back, 'What is she waiting for? A prince?' But Olivia isn't... -
The March of Ewyas: The Story of Longtown Castle and the de Lacy Dynasty by Martin Cook 9781910839478
RRP: £12.95£11.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839478Author Martin CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books LtdWeight(grams) 171g -
The Fall of Christendom: The Road to Acre 1291 by W. B. Bartlett
RRP: £20.00£13.34In the early middle ages the Christian presence in the Middle East took a series of blows from often superior Muslim forces, only for a fresh wave of Crusaders to regain territory. But the Fall of Acre in 1291 was the dramatic event that finally brought... -
The MacDowalls by Fergus D. H. Macdowall 9780578026794
RRP: £14.50£13.04The MacDowalls traces the glories, tragedies, and amazing accomplishments of MacDowall kindred from their beginnings in Scotland and Ireland hundreds of years ago to their illus-trious present in such countries as the United States, Canada, Australia,... -
32 Counties: The Failure of Partition and the Case for a United Ireland by Kieran Allen
RRP: £16.99£11.54'This is Irish history seen anew, from below, bristling with practical lessons for working-class struggle today' - Eamonn McCann The 32 counties of Ireland were divided through imperial terror and gerrymandering. Partition was borne from a Tory... -
Voices of Chalford, Bisley and Bussage: Tempus Oral History Series by Tamsin Treverton Jones 9780752432045
RRP: £15.99£12.25This fascinating book brings together the personal memories of people who lived and grew up in Chalford, Chalford Hill, France Lynch, Eastcombe, Bussage, Brownshill and Bisley during the last century. Reminiscences range from childhood games, working... -
Operation Dragoon: The Allied Liberation of the South of France: 1944 by Robin Cross
RRP: £27.95£17.09Operation Dragoon is the story of the Allied invasion of the South of France on August 15, 1944. It was, in effect, the second D-Day, launched two months after "Overlord", the Allied invasion of Normandy. As such, it has often been overshadowed by its... -
The Last of the Celts by Marcus Tanner 9780300115352
RRP: £22.50£21.68A search for authentic Celtic culture and its scattered, endangered survivors Travelling throughout the remote Celtic world, award-winning author Marcus Tanner describes the relentless pressure on Celtic communities to assimilate and warns that a... -
Walking in Eden: Circular and Linear Routes in the Eden Valley by Ron Scholes 9781850589785
RRP: £9.99£7.58Apologies 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 -
Harthacnut: The Last Danish King of England by Ian Howard 9780752446745
RRP: £17.99£13.64Harthacnut was the last of three Danish kings to rule in England between 1013 and 1042. Although he was king of Denmark for many years, Harthacnut only ruled England directly for the last two years of his life. Yet he shaped the course of English history... -
Hope Bourne's Exmoor Village by Hope L. Bourne 9780857042569
RRP: £12.99£11.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857042569Author Hope L. BourneFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
History by Anna Greenwood 9781804551882
RRP: £17.99£13.22History has been a source of cultural fascination since ancient times, however little attention has been paid to its potential as a positive force for health and wellbeing, at least until now. Presenting the benefits of historical engagement, and... -
Cold Warriors: Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War by Duncan White 9781408707999
RRP: £9.99£7.52'White handles hefty quantities of research effortlessly, combining multiple biographies with a broader overview of the period. His energetic, anecdote-laden prose will have you hooked all the way from Orwell to le Carre' Sunday Times, Books of the... -
The White Road: The Morland Dynasty, Book 28 by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
RRP: £10.99£7.40August 1914: the whole country is thrilled by the declaration of war. The British Experditionary Force goes off toe France to defend gallant little Belgium, and thousands more young men rush to volunteer, hoping to see action before the war ends at... -
Consuming History: Historians and Heritage in Contemporary Popular Culture by Jerome de Groot 9781138905320
RRP: £41.99£36.75Consuming History examines how history works in contemporary popular culture. Analysing a wide range of cultural entities from computer games to daytime television, it investigates the ways in which society consumes history and how a reading of this... -
Consuming History: Historians and Heritage in Contemporary Popular Culture by Jerome de Groot 9781138905320 [USED COPY]
RRP: £41.99£13.81Consuming History examines how history works in contemporary popular culture. Analysing a wide range of cultural entities from computer games to daytime television, it investigates the ways in which society consumes history and how a reading of this... -
The Myth of the Holy Cow by Dwijendra Narayan Jha 9781859844243
£17.05Hugely controversial upon its publication in India, this book has already been banned by the Hyderabad Civil Court and the author's life has been threatened. Jha argues against the historical sanctity of the cow in India, in an illuminating response to... -
The Guga Hunters by Donald S. Murray
RRP: £10.99£7.64Every year, ten men from Ness, at the northern tip of the Isle of Lewis, sail north-east for some forty miles to a remote rock called Sulasgeir. Their mission is to catch and harvest the guga; the almost fully grown gannet chicks nesting on the two... -
Comparative Media History: An Introduction: 1789 to the Present by Jane L. Chapman 9780745632438
RRP: £29.99£27.04Comparative Media History is a unique thematic textbook which introduces students to the key ideas underpinning media development. It is an essential first step to a better understanding of both the media industry today and the way in which it evolved... -
Masters of the Pearl: A History of Qatar by Michael Quentin Morton 9781789143119
RRP: £30.00£29.09Qatar is a country of spectacular contrasts: from pearl fishing, its main industry until the 1930s; to gas and oil, which generate immense wealth today; to the triumph and controversy of hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Almost a lifetime since he grew... -
Haunted Southend by Dee Gordon 9780752460826
RRP: £14.99£11.55The popular seaside resort of Southend-on-Sea has long been a haven for holidaymakers, but the town also harbours some disturbing secrets... Discover the darker side of Southend with this spooky collection of spine-chilling tales from around the town... -
Haunted Yorkshire Dales by Summer Strevens 9780752458878
RRP: £12.99£9.62The beautiful, rolling hills of the Yorkshire Dales have long been a haven for holiday makers. However, not all is as it first seems; the area harbours some eerie and disturbing secrets just waiting to be unearthed. A welcome addition to The History... -
The Princeton History of Modern Ireland by Richard Bourke 9780691154060
RRP: £42.00£34.04This book brings together some of today's most exciting scholars of Irish history to chart the pivotal events in the history of modern Ireland while providing fresh perspectives on topics ranging from colonialism and nationalism to political violence,... -
Codes of Modernity: Chinese Scripts in the Global Information Age by Uluğ Kuzuoğlu 9780231209397
RRP: £30.00£23.29In the late nineteenth century, Chinese reformers and revolutionaries believed that there was something fundamentally wrong with the Chinese writing system. The Chinese characters, they argued, were too cumbersome to learn, blocking the channels of... -
American Rock 'n' Roll: The UK Tours 1956-72 by Ian Wallis 9780951988862
RRP: £26.99£17.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780951988862Author Ian WallisFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Music Mentor BooksPublisher Music Mentor BooksWeight(grams) 678g -
The Scudamores of Kentchurch and Holme Lacy by Heather Hurley 9781910839386
RRP: £12.95£10.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839386Author Heather HurleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books LtdDimensions(mm) 242mm * 171mm * 17mm -
Paranormal Suffolk: True Ghost Stories by Christopher Reeve
RRP: £16.99£11.47A fabulous collection of ghost hauntings in Suffolk, from the infamous Black Dog of Bungay to the headless Anne Boleyn stalking visitors at Blickling Hall. The serene, low-lying countryside of Suffolk, with its scattered farms, water-meadows and... -
The Avenue: A Newcastle Backstreet Boyhood by Samuel W. Herbert 9780752468860
RRP: £9.99£7.55This is a hard-hitting account of growing up in Newcastle's West End during the uncertain years of the First World War and the Depression. Samuel Herbert had to grow up fast when his mother moved the family to a cockroach-infested tenement in Elswick...