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Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser 9780141990316
RRP: $23.08$16.32'This riveting behind-the-scenes story of the clothes on our backs is a must-read for clotheshorses everywhere' Harper's Bazaar 'Extraordinary . . . fascinating . . . a wonderful way into history, quite often through the voices of people who don't have... -
Empty Cradles (Oranges and Sunshine) by Margaret Humphreys
RRP: $25.18$17.70THE BOOK THAT EXPOSED THE HEARTBREAKING SCANDAL OF BRITAIN'S FORGOTTEN AND ABUSED CHILD MIGRANTS - now a film, Oranges and Sunshine, starring Emily Watson.In 1986 Margaret Humphreys, a Nottingham social worker, investigated a woman's claim that, aged... -
Jacobitism and the English People, 1688-1788 by Paul Kleber Monod 9780521447935
RRP: $94.48$80.93Although historians have devoted much attention to the influence of Jacobitism on Parliamentary politics, none has hitherto attempted to explore its broader implications in English society. Paul Monod's acclaimed study, newly available in paperback,... -
Out of the Hay and into the Hops: Hop Cultivation in Wealden Kent and Hop Marketing in Southwark, 1744-2000 by Celia Cordle 9781907396045
RRP: $39.88$35.66Based on oral histories and farm books, this account offers a fascinating analysis of some 300 years of hop-cultivation history in the Weald of Kent, a rural area in the South of England, and in the London Borough of Southwark. The diverse processes of... -
The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law – A Hidden History by Kate Morgan 9780008559571
RRP: $42.00$28.01'Compulsively readable' - Times Literary Supplement 'An outstanding work' - Philippa Gregory 'A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity' Helen Fry, historian and author of Women... -
1964: The Year the Swinging Sixties Began by Christopher Sandford 9781803991238
RRP: $42.00$31.58Step back in time to 1964, a year of cultural upheaval and political transformation. From the rise of the Civil Rights movement in the United States to the global phenomenon of Beatlemania, this was the year that gave us bold fashion, unforgettable music... -
Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Queer Writing on Growing Up with the AIDS Crisis by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
RRP: $46.18$30.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551528502Author Mattilda Bernstein SycamoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Arsenal Pulp PressPublisher Arsenal Pulp Press -
Old Wives' Tales: The History of Remedies, Charms and Spells by Mary Chamberlain
RRP: $27.28$20.20A compendium of remedies and cures handed down from mother to daughter from the beginning of time, this work presents a challenge to orthodox medicine and a history of female wisdom which goes back to the earliest times. What are old wives' tales? Where... -
The Shortest History of Sex by David Baker 9781913083519
RRP: $31.48$23.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083519Author David BakerFormat HardbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
Women of Steel: The Feisty Factory Sisters Who Helped Win the War by Michelle Rawlins
RRP: $27.28$15.77True stories of love and loss during WWII, from the tough Northern women who kept the foundry fires burning.When war broke out, the young women of Sheffield had their carefree lives turned upside down. With their sweethearts being sent away to fight,... -
The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, 1910-2010 by Selina Todd
RRP: $27.28$18.06THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'There was nothing extraordinary about my childhood or background. And yet I looked in vain for any aspect of my family's story when I went to university to read history, and continued to search fruitlessly for it throughout... -
Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord 9780946061129
$17.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946061129Author Guy DebordFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Rebel Press,LondonPublisher Rebel Press,London -
Second City: Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain by Richard Vinen
RRP: $52.50$34.71A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022'A spirited attempt at uncovering the mystery of how Birmingham has managed for so long to stand at the centre of Britain's history without anyone noticing ... This absorbing book shows us how we did it'... -
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley 9780007267125
RRP: $23.08$15.23Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011. Life is on the up. We are wealthier, healthier, happier, kinder, cleaner, more peaceful, more equal and longer-lived than any previous generation. Thanks to the... -
Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell by Xuelei Huang 9781009207041
RRP: $63.00$53.09In this vivid and highly original reading of recent Chinese history, Xuelei Huang documents the eclectic array of smells that permeated Chinese life from the High Qing through to the Mao period. Utilising interdisciplinary methodology and critically... -
The Order of Things by Michel Foucault 9780415267373
RRP: $35.68$31.96When one defines "order" as a sorting of priorities, it becomes beautifully clear as to what Foucault is doing here. With virtuoso showmanship, he weaves an intensely complex history of thought. He dips into literature, art, economics and even biology in... -
London: A Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold
RRP: $20.98$18.40'London: A Pilgrimage' was conceived in 1868 by the journalist and playwright Blanchard Jerrold. Accompanied by the famous artist Gustave Dore, Jerrold prowled every corner of the heaving metropolis, sometimes with plain-clothes police for protection... -
The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain: Life in the Age of Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton and The Great Fire of London by Ian Mortimer
RRP: $27.28$19.09The past is a foreign country: this is your guidebook.If you could travel back in time, the period from 1660 to 1700 would make one of the most exciting destinations in history. It is the age of Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London; bawdy comedy and... -
The Highland Clearances by John Prebble
RRP: $27.28$19.09In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Following his magnificent reconstruction of Culloden, John Prebble recounts how the Highlanders were deserted and then betrayed... -
Pride: The Story of the LGBTQ Equality Movement by Matthew Todd
RRP: $42.00$28.88In June 1969, police raided New York gay bar the Stonewall Inn. Pride charts the events of that night, the days and nights of rioting that followed, the ensuing organization of local members of the community - and the 50 years since in which activists... -
The Hungarians: A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat by Paul Lendvai 9781787383364
RRP: $35.68$32.15This is a comprehensive history of a legendarily proud and passionate but lonely people. Much of Europe once knew them as 'child-devouring cannibals' and 'bloodthirsty Huns', but it was not long before the Hungarians became steadfast defenders of... -
Just For One Day: Adventures in Britpop by Louise Wener
RRP: $27.28$19.09Just For One Day takes you on Louise Wener's musical odyssey from awkward 80s suburban pop geek to 90s jet-set Britpop goddess. Of course, once she's living the dream at the height of Britpop's glory, things aren't quite how they appeared from the other... -
Painted People: A History of Humanity in 21 Tattoos by Matt Lodder
RRP: $42.00$28.85In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing 'an art without a history'. 'No-one', it went on, 'has made it the business of his life to study the development of tattooing.' Until now. Painted People is a... -
Our Moon: A Human History by Rebecca Boyle 9781529342789
RRP: $46.20$31.42'Passionate and absorbing'SUNDAY TIMES'I learned more about the Moon by reading this book than after a lifetime of study'CHRIS HADFIELD, author of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth'Superb: as much a feat of imagination as it is a work of... -
Houses of the National Trust: New Edition Lydia Greeves 9781907892486
RRP: $63.00$46.05Fully revised and updated edition of the classic, stunningly illustrated guide to the country houses in the care of the National Trust, encompassing both interior and exterior design. The National Trust cares for a wealth of houses and... -
Splash!: 10,000 Years of Swimming by Howard Means
RRP: $20.98$14.07'This fascinating history of how, where and why humans swim...is perfect reading for those missing a splash-about during the lockdown.' GuardianFrom the first recorded dip into what's now the driest spot on earth to the recreational swimmers in your... -
Veritas: a Harvard professor, a con man, and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife by Ariel Sabar
RRP: $39.88$26.94From award-winning author Ariel Sabar comes the gripping, true story of a sensational religious forgery and the scandal that engulfed Harvard University. In 2012, Dr Karen King, a star professor at Harvard Divinity School, announced a blockbuster... -
A History of York in 101 People, Objects & Places: 2023 by Paul Chrystal 9781739819422
RRP: $35.68$25.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739819422Author Paul ChrystalFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Destinworld Publishing LtdPublisher Destinworld Publishing Ltd -
Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018 by David Kipen 9780812984439
RRP: $33.58$31.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812984439Author David KipenFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases by Lydia Kang
RRP: $39.88$31.33From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks-how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them... -
England's Thousand Best Churches Simon Jenkins 9781846146640
RRP: $84.00$62.98Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county, each church is described - often with delightful asides - and given a star-rating from one to five. All of the county sections are... -
From Deliverance To Destruction: Rebellion and Civil War in an English City by Mark Stoyle 9780859894784
RRP: $36.75$32.63This is a study of the city of Exeter during the Great Civil War of 1642-46; it offers a lively, immediate account of how one English city slid, inexorably, into the chaos of civil war. The book shows how Exeter's inhabitants first began to dissent from... -
The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity by Steven Pinker
RRP: $39.88$29.42'The most inspiring book I've ever read' Bill Gates, 2017'A brilliant, mind-altering book ... Everyone should read this astonishing book' Guardian'Will change the way you see the world' Daily MailShortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012Wasn't the... -
Yorkshire: A lyrical history of England's greatest county Richard Morris 9781780229096
RRP: $23.08$15.54'Restless, poetic, strange ... and the territory it describes deserves nothing less' Observer'Glittering and energetic' Country LifeYorkshire is 'a continent unto itself', a region where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie close. By weaving... -
A World Beneath the Sands: Adventurers and Archaeologists in the Golden Age of Egyptology by Toby Wilkinson
RRP: $27.28$19.09'It is a story full of drama, with the Nile, the pyramids and the Valley of the Kings as backdrop. That A World Beneath the Sands is also a subtle and stimulating study of the paradoxes of 19th-century colonialism is a bonus indeed.' - Tom Holland,... -
The Last Women of the Durham Coalfield: Hannah's Granddaughter by Margaret Hedley 9781803994192
RRP: $33.58$25.73'As this book shows, the women of the Durham coalfield played an equal role in shaping daily life and trajectories of history in the region, just as women today are building their own futures in communities around the world.' - Hillary Rodham ClintonThe... -
The Covent Garden Ladies: the book that inspired BBC2’s ‘Harlots’ by Hallie Rubenhold
RRP: $23.08$16.32***By the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FIVE***'A fascinating expose of the seamy side of eighteenth century life' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Rubenhold's pages practically reek with smelly, pox-ridden Georgian Soho'... -
Riches and Poverty: An Intellectual History of Political Economy in Britain, 1750-1834 by Donald Winch
RRP: $77.68$70.69In Riches and Poverty, Donald Winch explores the implications of a fundamental and influential idea in political economy. Adam Smith's science of the legislator provided a key to studying the rich and poor in commercial societies, transformed an ancient... -
Dear Gay: Letters to The Gay Byrne Show – a handwritten history of Ireland by Suzy Byrne 9780717195633
RRP: $54.58$38.39For 25 years, Gay Byrne received thousands of letters from listeners all over Ireland. Some of these letters were light-hearted and innocent, but others were more challenging. While many people didn't feel comfortable sharing their issues with their... -
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: The story of two lives, one nation, and a century of art under tyranny by Ai Weiwei
RRP: $23.08$14.95A FAMILY STORY AND THE TALE OF A NATION.Ai Weiwei - one of the world's most famous artists and activists - weaves a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own life and that of his father, Ai Qing, the nation's most celebrated poet...