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Estates: An Intimate History by Lynsey Hanley 9781783788651
RRP: $18.85$12.56Lynsey Hanley was born and raised just outside of Birmingham on what was then the largest council estate in Europe, and she has lived for years on an estate in London's East End. Writing with passion, humour and a sense of history, she recounts the rise... -
The Lake District Quiz Book: The People, Places, Customs and Culture of Cumbria in 635 Fiendish Questions by David Felton 9780956446091
RRP: $14.58$12.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956446091Author David FeltonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Jake Island LtdPublisher Jake Island Ltd -
Penning Poison: A history of anonymous letters by Dr Emily Cockayne 9780198795056
RRP: $34.31$24.51Accusatory, libellous, or just bizarre, Penning Poison unveils the history of anonymous letter-writing. 'er at number 14 is dirty Receiving an unexpected and unsigned note is a disconcerting experience. In Penning Poison, Emily Cockayne traces the... -
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days: And Other Writings by Nellie Bly
RRP: $17.14$12.20Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran, Nellie Bly was renowned as America's first 'girl stunt reporter'. She was a pioneer of investigative journalism, including an expose of patient treatment at a mental asylum and a travelogue from her record-breaking race... -
The Stonewall Reader by Jason Baumann
RRP: $25.71$18.68For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded itJune 28, 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising - the most... -
Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That Shook Europe by John Guy 9781526631527
RRP: $51.46$32.88A TLS, TIMES, PROSPECT AND WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR A groundbreaking examination of how the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn sent shockwaves across a continent and changed England forever. 'In many places, where once we had speculation, we... -
Wrestling Merchandise of the 1990s by Kevin Williams
RRP: $27.43$18.61Take a look back at the Golden Era of wrestling with some of the spectacular merchandise from that awesome time. Featured here is the story of the wrestling merchandise that could be found as pro wrestling took the world by storm. Featuring action... -
The Passion Of The Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View by Richard Tarnas 9781845951627
RRP: $34.31$25.20The Passion of the Western Mind is a complete guide to Western civilisation and the philosophical ideas that have shaped our world view. From Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud, Richard Tarnas described profound... -
Black Africans in Renaissance Europe by T. F. Earle 9780521176606
RRP: $51.44$42.26This book, first published in 2005, opens up the much neglected area of the black African presence in Western Europe during the Renaissance. Covering history, literature, art history and anthropology, it investigates a whole range of black African... -
Restoration London: Everyday Life in the 1660s by Liza Picard
$5.75 - $14.75How did you clean your teeth in the 1660s? What make-up did you wear? What pets did you keep?Making use of every possible contemporary source, Liza Picard presents an engrossing picture of how life in London was really lived in an age of Samuel Pepys,... -
An Island's Eleven: The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket by Nicholas Brookes 9781803994703
RRP: $34.31$25.23SUNDAY TIMES CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023WISDEN CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023CRICKET SOCIETY AND MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023DEREK HODGSON BOOK AWARD 2023 (awarded by the Cricket Writers' Club)'This is a great tale, and what's more, it's beautifully... -
Tavistock Institute: Social Engineering the Masses by Daniel Estulin 9781634240437
RRP: $37.65$25.80The real story behind the Tavistock Institute and its network, from a popular conspiracy expert The Tavistock Institute, in Sussex, England, describes itself as a nonprofit charity that applies social science to contemporary issues and problems. But this... -
Cyflwyno Cartrefi Cefn Gwlad Cymru/Introducing Houses of the Welsh Countryside by Richard Suggett
$20.05 - $26.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847712769Author Richard SuggettFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
England from a Side-Saddle: The Great Journeys of Celia Fiennes by Derek J. Taylor 9781803993591
RRP: $25.71$19.35In 1697, a 34-year-old woman mounted her horse and set off on a 3,000-mile journey which over two summers would take her to every county in England. Her name was Celia Fiennes. It was a time when women didn't do such things. It could be gruelling,... -
A History of Norfolk in 100 Objects by John A. Davies 9780752461625
RRP: $25.71$19.35Compiled by two highly respected authors and museum curators, this richly illustrated book features 100 objects - ranging from a Viking Thor's Hammer and Lord Nelson's funeral drape, to the whistle used during the Christmas truce of 1914. Norfolk has... -
No time to wave goodbye by Ben Wicks 9781408800935
$7.44 - $9.93_________________________ An intensely moving personal record of the experiences of children who were evacuated in World War II, with an introduction by Michael Caine _________________________ 'This vivid collection of memories recreates the... -
Pie and Mash down the Roman Road: 100 years of love and life in one East End market by Melanie McGrath
$8.75 - $11.66SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN, THE ANDRE SIMON FOOD BOOK AWARDS AND THE FORTNUM & MASON BOOK AWARDS'Filled with hearty goodness and packed together with care, this will go down a treat' Evening Standard | 'Rich and compelling' Spectator |... -
The 1930s Home by Greg Stevenson
$9.21The 1930s home presented an exciting new way of living for the generation that moved out to the suburbs. Young couples who had previously rented accommodation in urban centres found themselves able to afford new-build homes with hot running water, a... -
The Making of White American Identity by Ron Eyerman 9780197658949
RRP: $39.43$33.55An account of the emergence and development of white consciousness throughout American history. In The Making of White American Identity, Ron Eyerman provides an explanation for how whiteness has become a basis for collective identification and... -
The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain by Penelope J. Corfield
RRP: $22.28$19.66A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes today The Georgian era is often seen as a time of innovations. It saw the end of monarchical absolutism, global... -
Nova 1965-1975 by David Hillman
RRP: $68.61$52.81A reissue of a cult design book about Nova, the groundbreaking British magazine of the 60s and 70s, with a new introduction. Nova 1965-1975 celebrates one of the most influential magazines in history. Known as 'the thinking woman's magazine' Nova was a... -
Inconvenient People: Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England by Sarah Wise
RRP: $25.71$18.78This highly original book brilliantly exposes the phenomenon of false allegations of lunacy and the dark motives behind them in the Victorian period.Gaslight tales of rooftop escapes, men and women snatched in broad daylight, patients shut in coffins, a... -
The Anglo-Saxon Landscape: The Kingdom of the Hwicce by Della Hooke
RRP: $34.29$24.91The landscape of pre-Conquest England can often be reconstructed in minute detail. Yet this is one of the first attempts at such a project. Here the evidence is examined for the West Midlands - the counties of Worcestershire, Warwickshire and... -
By Any Other Name: A Cultural History of the Rose by Simon Morley
RRP: $42.88$27.17A beautifully illustrated history of the Queen of Flowers and her enduring power in our gardens, art, religion and imagination. 'Fascinating... I'll never look at a rose in quite the same way again.' Adrian Tinniswood The rose is bursting with... -
PRIVATE EYE Dr Hammond's Covid Casebook: The collected pandemic columns of Private Eye's medical correspondent "MD": 2021 by Phil Hammond 9781901784718
$5.75 - $12.20Throughout the coronavirus crisis, the fortnightly columns of Private Eye's Medical Correspondent 'MD', aka NHS doctor Phil Hammond, have been required reading. Astute, compassionate and scientifically literate, 'MD' has guided Eye readers through each... -
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer
RRP: $25.73$24.61When this book was first published it received some attention from the critics but none at all from the public. Nazism was finished in the bunker in Berlin and its death warrant signed on the bench at Nuremberg. That's Milton Mayer, writing in a foreword... -
Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation by Paul Kriwaczek
RRP: $22.28$14.75A portrait of a civilisation which flourished within living memory and left an indelible mark on historyIn the 13th century Yiddish language and culture began to spread from the Rhineland and Bavaria slowly east into Austria, Bohemia and Moravia, then to... -
The Men of the North: The Britons of Southern Scotland by Tim Clarkson
RRP: $34.31$24.10The North Britons are the least-known among the inhabitants of early medieval Scotland. Like the Picts and Vikings they played an important role in the shaping of Scottish history during the first millennium AD but their part is often neglected or... -
Queer Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Fierce History by Dan Glass
RRP: $25.71$16.81This groundbreaking guide will take you through the city streets to uncover the scandalous, hilarious and empowering events of London's queerstory. Follow in the footprints of veteran activists, such as those who marched in London's first Pride parade in... -
The Lives of Women, 1850-1960 by Dan Jones
RRP: $51.46$38.68The third volume in the much-admired The Colour of Time series. A Woman's World, 1850-1960 explores the many roles - domestic, social, cultural and professional - played by women across the world before second-wave feminism took hold. Using Marina... -
Honour: Achieving Justice for Banaz Mahmod by Caroline Goode
RRP: $18.85$13.33The true story of the police investigation into the 'honour' killing of Banaz Mahmod When Rahmat Sulemani reported his girlfriend Banaz missing, it quickly became clear to DCI Caroline Goode that something was very wrong. In fact, Banaz had contacted... -
The 1940s Home by Paul Evans
RRP: $11.99$10.07The history of the British home in the 1940s is dominated by the Second World War. In the first five years of the decade homes were adapted to better survive the affects of bombing. The 1930s home became the wartime home with the addition of anti-blast... -
Me, Me, Me: The Search for Community in Post-war England by Jon Lawrence 9780198779544
RRP: $29.14$25.23Many commentators tell us that, in today's world, everyday life has become selfish and atomised-that individuals live only to consume. But are they wrong? In Me, Me, Me, Jon Lawrence re-tells the story of England since the Second World War through the... -
Three Castles Burning by Donal Fallon
RRP: $24.00$16.72Eason Favourite Book of the Year 2022 'she is no small town, and this is no small story . . .' BASED ON THE POPULAR DUBLIN HISTORY PODCAST A companion to the hugely successful podcast of the same name by Donal Fallon, THREE CASTLES... -
Poacher's Pilgrimage: A Journey into Land and Soul by Alastair McIntosh
RRP: $25.71$16.81The islands of Scotland's Outer Hebrides boast some of the most remote and spectacular scenery in the world. They also feature an astonishing range of mysterious structures - stone circles, beehive dwellings, holy wells and 'temples' from the Celtic and... -
The Billionaire Raj: SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 by James Crabtree 9781786073808
RRP: $32.57$23.35SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 A Financial Times Book of the Year and an Amazon Top 100 Book of the Year India's explosive rise has driven inequality to new extremes, with millions trapped in slums as... -
Fragile Cargo: China's Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City by Adam Brookes
RRP: $42.88$30.22'The kind of history deserving of a cinematic blockbuster' Julia Lovell, Literary Review'[A] gripping and meticulously researched account of an epic effort to transport delicate scrolls, paintings and carvings thousands of miles under the threat of... -
The People's Songs: The Story of Modern Britain in 50 Records by Stuart Maconie
$6.48 - $21.06These are the songs that we have listened to, laughed to, loved to and laboured to, as well as downed tools and danced to. Covering the last seven decades, Stuart Maconie looks at the songs that have sound tracked our changing times, and - just sometimes... -
A Case of Hysteria: (Dora) by Sigmund Freud 9780199639861
RRP: $17.14$12.20'I very soon had an opportunity to interpret Dora's nervous coughing as the outcome of a fantasized sexual situation.' A Case of Hysteria, popularly known as the Dora Case, affords a rare insight into how Freud dealt with patients and interpreted what... -
Who Do You Think You Are?: The Genealogy Handbook by Dan Waddell
$5.49 - $14.46Do you know where you came from? Who Do You Think You Are? has been a BBC hit since its first series in 2004, which ignited an extraordinary boom in researching family history in the UK. Since then, the world of genealogy has transformed and while our...