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The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel
RRP: £10.99£8.02A TLS, GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020The new bestseller from the acclaimed author of Justice and one of the world's most popular philosophers"Astute, insightful, and empathetic...A crucial book for this moment" Tara Westover, author of... -
If This Is A Man/The Truce by Primo Levi
RRP: £7.99£4.45With the moral stamina and intellectual pose of a twentieth-century Titan, this slightly built, duitful, unassuming chemist set out systematically to remember the German hell on earth, steadfastly to think it through, and then to render it comprehensible... -
Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life by Clare Mac Cumhaill
RRP: £10.99£8.02WINNER OF THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWNAN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOKA FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDElizabeth Anscombe: defiantly brilliant, chain-smoking, trouser-wearing Catholic and... -
Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts
RRP: £18.99£14.01'A Napoleonic triumph of a book, irresistibly galloping with the momentum of a cavalry charge' Simon Sebag Montefiore'Simply dynamite' Bernard CornwellFrom Andrew Roberts, author of the bestsellers The Storm of War and Churchill: Walking with Destiny,... -
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 11 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher R. Browning
RRP: £10.99£8.02Ordinary Men has been admired all over the world and is now published in the UK for the first time. It takes as its basis the detailed records of one squad from the Nazis' extermination groups and explores in detail its composition, its actions, andthe... -
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire by Caroline Elkins 9780099540250
RRP: £16.99£12.28A NEW YORK TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, HISTORY TODAY AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Masterly... This book is dynamite' - ROBERT GILDEA, author of Empires of the Mind**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**A searing, landmark study of the... -
The Holocaust: An Unfinished History by Dan Stone 9780241508749
RRP: £12.99£9.34'This vital history shatters many myths about the Nazi genocide . . . . surprising . . . provocative . . . fizzes with ideas. Even if you think you know the subject, you'll probably find something here to make you think' Sunday Times'Erudite..... -
Born Survivors: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Wendy Holden
RRP: £5.99£3.39The Sunday Times bestseller now updated with a new forewordAmong millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944, Priska, Rachel, and Anka each passed through its infamous gates with a secret. Strangers to each other, they were newly... -
How to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman
RRP: £10.99£8.02TRAVEL BACK IN TIME WITH THE BBC'S RUTH GOODMANWe know what life was like for Victoria and Albert. But what was it like for a commoner - like you or me?How did it feel to cook with coal and wash with tea leaves? Drink beer for breakfast and clean your... -
Bystander Society: Conformity and Complicity in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust by Mary Fulbrook 9780197691717
RRP: £26.99£19.34In this powerful and revelatory new work, historian Mary Fulbrook takes on one of the most fraught issues in modern times: the role of ordinary Germans in enabling the rise of Nazism and with it the exclusion, persecution, and then extermination of... -
The King's Grave: The Search for Richard III by Philippa Langley
RRP: £12.99£8.43Now with a new chapter. The official inside story of the life, death and remarkable discovery of history's most controversial monarch. On 22 August 1485 Richard III was killed at Bosworth Field, the last king of England to die in battle. His victorious... -
Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century by Mark Mazower
RRP: £12.99£9.34From award-winning historian Mark Mazower, Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century retells the story of a century of division, charting the struggles of rival ideologies to create a new world order for mankind. The end of the First World War saw old... -
Attack Warning Red!: How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War by Julie McDowall
RRP: £22.00£15.62The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of the #1 Apple podcast Atomic Hobo'Thrilling and profoundly important' Juliet Nicolson, author of FrostquakeThe atomic bombs of 1945 changed war forever. The... -
The Survivor by Josef Lewkowicz
RRP: £20.00£14.29'A riveting, compelling, mesmerizing journey. Josef Lewkowicz is a hero in every sense of the word. The Survivor both terrifies us and inspires us. It's a must read.'Tova Friedman, author of The Daughter of Auschwitz.One of the last great untold stories... -
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire by Caroline Elkins
RRP: £30.00£22.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847921062Author Caroline ElkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 752Imprint The Bodley Head LtdPublisher Vintage PublishingWeight(grams) 156g -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: The Cold War c1945-1991 by John Aldred
£33.77Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions,The Cold War has been approved... -
Nuremberg Diary by G. Gilbert
RRP: £15.99£10.14In August 1945 Great Britain, France, the USSR, and the United States established a tribunal at Nuremberg to try military and civilian leaders of the Nazi regime. G. M. Gilbert, the prison psychologist, had an unrivaled firsthand opportunity to watch and... -
In Defense of Civilization: How Our Past Can Renew Our Present by Michael R.J. Bonner
RRP: £17.99£12.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990823060Author Michael R.J. BonnerFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection by Samuel Pepys
RRP: £18.99£14.01Previously published as The Shorter Pepys, Samuel Pepys' The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection is a collection of scintillating first-hand accounts of Restoration England, from the most tumultuous events to the simplest domestic pleasures, selected and... -
For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink by Sarah Rose
RRP: £10.99£8.02Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded... -
The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire by John Newsinger 9781909026292
RRP: £13.99£9.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909026292Author John NewsingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint BookmarksPublisher BookmarksWeight(grams) 426g -
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival by Daniel Finkelstein
RRP: £20.00£14.69THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'A modern classic' OBSERVER 'An unforgettable epic of... -
Final Verdict: A Holocaust Trial in the Twenty-first Century by Tobias Buck 9781399604253
RRP: £25.00£15.55'[A] gripping and fascinating book' JAMES HOLLAND, DAILY TELEGRAPH, 5* review'A brilliant book . . . timely . . . gripping' RACHEL COOKE, OBSERVER'A thrilling read ' PHILIPPE SANDS, author of EAST WEST STREET***On 17 October 2019, in Hamburg's imposing... -
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography by Lucy Worsley
RRP: £12.99£8.43THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party - or the parsonage.' Antonia Fraser'A refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and... -
The Daughter of Auschwitz: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - a heartbreaking true story of courage, resilience and survival by Tova Friedman
RRP: £4.99£3.76A Sunday Times bestseller (May 2023) - the incredible story of courage, resilience and survival. 'I am a survivor. That comes with a survivor's obligation to represent one and half million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis. They cannot speak. So I... -
Little Bird of Auschwitz: How My Mother Escaped Death and Found Our Family by Jacques Peretti 9781473646452
RRP: £20.00£12.69'That nickname . . .' '"Little bird." It wasn't mine. I found out later he gave it to every little girl that came in to be injected. "Little Bird" didn't mean anything. It was a trick. There were thousands of "little... -
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn: 'The Most Happy' by Eric Ives 9781405134637
RRP: £16.95£16.30This definitive biography of Anne Boleyn establishes her as a figure of considerable importance and influence in her own right. A full biography of Anne Boleyn, based on the latest scholarly research.Focusses on Anne's life and legacy and establishes... -
Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis
RRP: £18.99£14.01**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Winner of Winners Award**A monumental work of history, biography and adventure - the First World War, Mallory and Mount Everest - now serialised in the BBC R4 documentary The Crowning of Everest.'The price of life is... -
Error of Judgement: The Birmingham Bombings and the Scandal That Shook Britain by Chris Mullin 9781800961234
RRP: £10.99£7.30'Very occasionally a journalist starts an avalanche with a single gunshot... Chris Mullin and his TV colleagues belong in the glorious company."-The Observer'One of the greatest feats ever achieved by an investigative reporter'-Sebastian Faulks, the... -
The Stable Boy of Auschwitz: A heartbreaking true story of courage and survival by Henry Oster and Dexter Ford
RRP: £4.99£3.76"Hunger gnawed at my insides. I couldn't last much longer. But just as I was beginning to give up, I found myself in the Auschwitz stables, with rows of stalls filled with horses. Barbarossa was a towering, beautiful stallion. He only responded to... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: The Cold War 1945-1991 Revision Guide by Alexis Mamaux 9780198432531
£11.51This The Cold War 1945-1991 Revision Guide is part of the bestselling Oxford AQA History for A Level series developed by Sally Waller. Written to match the new AQA specification, this series helps you deepen your historical knowledge and develop vital... -
Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book: An Englishwoman's Life During the Civil War by Lucy Moore
RRP: £9.99£6.95'Fascinating... A vivid account' - Philippa Gregory, The Times In the mid-seventeenth century, England was divided by Civil War, but inside the home domestic life continued as it always had done. Lady Ann Fanshawe's 'receipt book' was a treasured and... -
February 1933: The Winter of Literature by Wittstock
RRP: £25.00£17.54It all happened in a flash. February 1933 was the month in which the fate of German writers, as for so many others, was decided. In a tensely spun narrative, Uwe Wittstock tells the story of a demise which was predicted by some but also scarcely thought... -
The Pharmacist of Auschwitz: The Untold Story by Patricia Posner
RRP: £14.99£13.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909979413Author Patricia PosnerFormat PaperbackImprint Crux PublishingPublisher Crux PublishingWeight(grams) 304g -
Tunnel 29: Love, Espionage and Betrayal: the True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall by Helena Merriman
RRP: £10.99£7.02'Merriman excels at recreating the physicality of their experiences: the smell of dense clay, the click-clack of a woman walking down the street above in high heels... Merriman has burrowed her way deep into interviews, news reports and Stasi files to... -
Modern Ireland 1600-1972 by R. Foster
RRP: £16.99£12.28Masterfully blending narrative and interpretation, and R.F. Foster's Modern Ireland: 1600-1972 looks at how key events in Irish history contributed to the creation of the 'Irish Nation'. 'The most brilliant and courageous Irish historian of his... -
The French Revolution and What Went Wrong by Stephen Clarke
RRP: £10.99£8.02An entertaining and eye-opening look at the French Revolution, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks back at the French Revolution and how it's surrounded... -
A 1930s Childhood: From Conker Fights to Coal Fires by Colin G Maggs
£7.58Do you remember collecting birds' eggs and cigarette cards? Or the first appearances of wrapped sweets like Mars and Milky Way?The 1930s was a time of great progress, as engines took over from horses, and electric light from gas and oil. In the... -
This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality by Peter Pomerantsev
RRP: £10.99£7.57**HOW TO WIN AN INFORMATION WAR: THE PROPAGANDIST WHO OUTWITTED HITLER AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2020A TIMES and GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'Quietly frightening.' Guardian'Essential reading.' Irish Times'Consistently... -
Young Bloomsbury: the generation that reimagined love, freedom and self-expression by Nino Strachey
RRP: £10.99£7.30'I wanted to climb inside this book and live there' PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE'This witty, fascinating book is a delight. Read it' MIRIAM MARGOLYES'Superb, sparky and reflective' The Spectator'Gender fluidity? Pansexuality? Throuples? Chosen families?...