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Discovering Gilgamesh: Geology, Narrative and the Historical Sublime in Victorian Culture by Vybarr Cregan-Reid 9780719090516
RRP: $165.75$118.11In 1872, a young archaeologist at the British Museum made a tremendous discovery. While he was working his way through a Mesopotamian 'slush pile', George Smith, a self-taught expert in ancient languages, happened upon a Babylonian version of Noah's... -
Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols by Henry Dreyfuss
RRP: $92.63$81.53"A ready reference aid and an inspiration to designers . All in all the best book now available on symbols." --Library Journal This unparalleled reference represents a major achievement in the field of graphic design. Famed industrial designer Henry... -
Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany by Harald Jähner 9780753559970
RRP: $33.13$27.14'This is one of the most gripping accounts of an era spanning war defeat, humiliation and failed revolution in 1918 to the violence, intimidation and propaganda of the Nazis' rise to power in 1933. It contains many lessons for the world now.' - John... -
A Galaxy of Her Own: Amazing Stories of Women in Space by Libby Jackson
RRP: $33.13$24.73From small steps to giant leaps, A Galaxy of Her Own tells fifty stories of inspirational women who have been fundamental to the story of humans in space, from scientists to astronauts to some surprising roles in between.From Ada Lovelace in the... -
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber
RRP: $25.33$17.73THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read'... -
Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown by Rory Carroll 9780008476694
RRP: $21.43$14.14The Sunday Times Bestseller A Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2023 A Spectator Book of the Year 2023 ... -
Rites of Passage: Death and Mourning in Victorian Britain by Judith Flanders 9781509816972
RRP: $48.75$33.99'Nobody knows more about everyday life in Victorian Britain than Judith Flanders' - Douglas Robert-Fairhurst, author of Metamorphosis and The Turning PointIn Rites of Passage, acclaimed historian Judith Flanders deconstructs the intricate, fascinating,... -
Goodbye Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land by Jacob Mikanowski 9780861547326
RRP: $21.43$14.39An epic history of the 'other' Europe, a place of conflict and coexistence, of faith and folklore. 'Do not rush to bid farewell to eastern Europe until reading this book. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this very personal story of the... -
The Day the World Came to Town Updated Edition: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
RRP: $21.43$14.14The True Story Behind the Events on 9/11 that Inspired Broadway's Smash Hit Musical Come from Away, Featuring All New Material from the AuthorWhen 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by... -
Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler
RRP: $21.43$15.15THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'The most brilliant and fascinating book I have read in my entire life' Dan Snow'A huge contribution... remarkable' Antony Beevor, BBC RADIO 4'Extremely interesting ... a serious piece of scholarship, very well researched' Ian... -
Sexed: A History of British Feminism by Susanna Rustin 9781509559114
RRP: $39.00$26.03Susanna Rustin's Sexed is a radical retelling of the story of British feminism. Starting in the revolutionary 1790s and ending in the present day, she introduces the 1830s radicals who demanded "LIBERTY FOR EVER!", Victorian petitioners who expected to... -
Music: A Subversive History by Ted Gioia
RRP: $31.18$21.31The phrase "music history" likely summons up images of long-dead composers, smug men in wigs and waistcoats, and people dancing without touching. In Music: A Subversive History, Gioia responds to the false notions that undergird this tedium. Traditional... -
Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West by Raymond Ibrahim
RRP: $27.28$24.92The West and Islam--the sword and the scimitar--have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Byzantine emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a... -
Kew - The Magic of Mushrooms: Fungi in folklore, science and the occult by Sandra Lawrence
RRP: $29.23$19.89Explore the wonderful world of some of the most incredible natural forms on our planet - fungi.At the centre of countless superstitions, folkloric tales and magical beliefs, as well as appearing in recipes and medicines both traditional and modern,... -
The Games: A Global History of the Olympics by David Goldblatt 9780393355512
RRP: $27.28$21.57A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt's sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the... -
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out by Jeremy Atherton Lin 9781783785834
RRP: $21.43$14.27'A brilliantly written and incisive account of gay life' Colm Toibin 'Each page made me yearn for the dance floor... I'm so glad that someone has written this definitive book about gay bars' Amelia Abraham, author of Queer Intentions Propulsive... -
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed Maureen Callahan 9780008473259
RRP: $33.13$25.78The No1 Sunday Times Bestseller A Mail on Sunday 'Best Holiday Read 2024' 'A searing expose' Glamour 'A timely reminder of the dangers posed by... -
Born for Liberty: A History of Women in America by Sara M. Evans 9780684834986
RRP: $42.90$26.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684834986Author Sara M. EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Prentice Hall & IBDPublisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)Weight(grams)... -
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed Maureen Callahan 9780008473242
RRP: $48.75$32.82The No1 Sunday Times Bestseller A Mail on Sunday 'Best Holiday Read 2024' 'A searing expose' Glamour 'A timely reminder of the dangers posed by... -
Swept Away: The Vanishing Art of Broom Making by Karen Hobbs 9780764354458
RRP: $44.83$29.35Since Ben Franklin brought broomcorn to America from Egypt in 1790, the humble kitchen broom has been an integral part of our daily lives. Discover the rich and colorful history of the American broomcorn industry, learn how broomcorn is grown, harvested,... -
1960s Scrapbook by Robert Opie
RRP: $29.15$21.02The Sixties will be remembered for mini skirts and mini cars, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, boutiques and discotheques, and England winning the World Cup. But The 1960s Scrapbook also covers much more with its 1400 colourful items. Television... -
Dancing In The Streets: A History Of Collective Joy by Barbara Ehrenreich 9781847080080
RRP: $19.48$13.07In Dancing in the Streets Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture. She discovers that the same elements come up in every human culture throughout history: a love of masking, carnival, music-making and dance... -
A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros 9781804290446
RRP: $19.48$15.93By walking, you escape from the very idea of identity, the temptation to be someone, to have a name and a history ... The freedom in walking lies in not being anyone; for the walking body has no history, it is just an eddy in the stream of immemorial... -
The Appin Murder: The Killing That Shook a Nation by James Hunter
RRP: $25.33$16.69On a hillside near Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands in May 1752 a rider is assassinated by a gunman. The murdered man is Colin Campbell, a government agent travelling to nearby Duror where he's evicting farm tenants to make way for his relatives... -
Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber
RRP: $37.03$24.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612194196Author David GraeberFormat PaperbackPage Count 548Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House PublishingWeight(grams) 540g -
Dinky Toys by David Busfield
RRP: $19.48$12.95Dinky Toys are a part of many people's childhood. They were one of the many famous brands produced as part of the Meccano empire set up by Frank Hornby at his Binns Road factory in Liverpool. Although they began before the Second World War, it was the... -
The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions by Jason Hickel
RRP: $21.43$15.15________________'There's no understanding global inequality without understanding its history. In The Divide, Jason Hickel brilliantly lays it out, layer upon layer, until you are left reeling with the outrage of it all.' - Kate Raworth, author of... -
A Short History of Flowers: The stories that make our gardens by Advolly Richmond 9780711282223
RRP: $33.13$23.28Garden and social historian Advolly Richmond (of Gardener's World) unravels the surprising histories of 60 flowers that shape our gardens. Have you ever wondered where your favourite garden flowers came from? Where their names derived? Or why some... -
These Colours Don't Run: Inside the Hibs Capital City Service by Derek Dykes 9781905769124
RRP: $23.38$18.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905769124Author Derek DykesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Fort Publishing LtdPublisher Fort Publishing Ltd -
Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners shaped global style by Bethan Bide 9781781301241
RRP: $39.00$30.65Discover the extraordinary stories of the Jewish people who designed, made and sold fashion in twentieth-century London, revealing their vital role in making it an iconic fashion city. While Jewish people have long been associated with making clothes,... -
Calum's Road by Roger Hutchinson
RRP: $17.53$11.86'An incredible testament to one man's determination' - The Sunday Herald Calum MacLeod had lived on the northern point of Raasay since his birth in 1911. He tended the Rona lighthouse at the very tip of his little archipelago, until semi-automation in... -
1930s Scrapbook by Robert Opie
RRP: $29.15$21.02Filled to the brim with images, this scrapbook of the 1930s overflows with nostalgia, for those who remember that extraordinary era. For those who do not, this wealth of imagery provides a vivid insight into a time when sliced bread had just reached the... -
Nottinghamshire: Settlers and Locations in the Eastern Cape of Good Hope: Bicentennial Edition (1820 - 2020) by Rob Smith 9781990972034
RRP: $58.50$50.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990972034Author Rob SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 630Imprint Footprint PressPublisher Footprint PressWeight(grams) 210g -
Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World by Aja Raden
RRP: $19.48$12.95As entertaining as it is incisive, Stoned is a raucous journey through the history of human desire for what is rare, and therefore precious. What makes a stone a jewel? What makes a jewel priceless? And why do we covet beautiful things? In this... -
The Last Rising of the Agricultural Labourers: Rural Life and Protest in Nineteenth-century England by Barry Reay 9780956482723
RRP: $29.25$26.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956482723Author Barry ReayFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Breviary Stuff PublicationsPublisher Breviary Stuff PublicationsWeight(grams) 341g -
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson 9780141995151
RRP: $29.23$21.35'A landmark piece of non-fiction' Janet Maslin, The New York TimesFrom the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is one of the great untold stories of American history: the migration of black citizens who fled the south and went north in search of a better... -
The Wisdom of the Beguines: The Forgotten Story of a Medieval Women's Movement by Laura Swan 9781629190082
RRP: $21.43$14.39The beguines began to form in various parts of Europe over eight hundred years ago. Beguines were laywomen, not nuns, and they did not live in monasteries. They practiced a remarkable way of living independently, and they were never a religious order or... -
Welsh Food Stories by Carwyn Graves
RRP: $29.23$21.35Welsh Food Stories explores more than two thousand years of history to discover the rich but forgotten heritage of Welsh foods - from oysters to cider, salted butter to salt-marsh lamb. Despite centuries of industry, ancient traditions have survived in... -
Stirring Up Sheffield: An Insider's Account of the Battle to Build the Crucible Theatre by Colin George 9781838403621
RRP: $68.25$42.33WINNER: 2022 THEATRE BOOK PRIZE Written by the Crucible Theatre's first Artistic Director, Colin George, and his son, Tedd, 'Stirring Up Sheffield' is the extraordinary story of a group of visionaries who came together to build a revolutionary thrust... -
The Famine Plot: England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy by Tim Pat Coogan 9781137278838
RRP: $23.38$15.60During a Biblical seven years in the middle of the nineteenth century, fully a quarter of Ireland's citizens either perished from starvation or emigrated in what came to be known as Gorta Mor, the Great Hunger. Waves of hungry peasants fled across the...