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A Force Like No Other: The Final Shift by Colin Breen
RRP: £9.99£8.17In this final part to his bestselling A Force Like No Other series, Colin Breen brings together more compelling insider stories from RUC officers who served during the Troubles. 'A most powerful and unique insight into the world's most dangerous job... -
Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Droll, provocative and crammed to busting with startling facts' Simon Callow, GuardianIn this powerful Sunday Times bestseller Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way - through the history and experiences of its gay population.In Roman... -
The Perfect Sword: Forging the Middle Ages by Edoardo Albert
RRP: £22.00£14.71The story of the Bamburgh Sword - one of the finest swords ever forged. In 2000, archaeologist Paul Gething rediscovered a sword. An unprepossessing length of rusty metal, it had been left in a suitcase for thirty years. But Paul had a suspicion that... -
The Story of Afro Hair by K. N. Chimbiri 9780702307416
RRP: £9.99£6.41Explore the incredible history of Afro hair. The Story of Afro Hair celebrates the fashion and styles of Afro hair over the last 5,000 years. From plaits to the Gibson Girl, cornrows to dreadlocks, the hi-top fade to funki dreds, The Story of Afro Hair... -
In These Times: Living in Britain through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815 by Jenny Uglow
RRP: £16.99£12.28Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper PrizeAs the Napoleonic wars raged, what was life really like for those left at home? Award-winning social historian Jenny Uglow reveals the colourful and turbulent everyday life of Georgian Britain through the diaries,... -
Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London by Lauren Elkin
RRP: £10.99£7.77*Shortlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay*Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 by the Financial Times, Guardian, New Statesman, Observer, The Millions and Emerald Street'Flaneuse [flanne-euhze], noun, from the French... -
Pity the Swagman - The Australian Odyssey of a Victorian Diarist by Bethan Phillips 9781800995024
RRP: £16.99£15.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800995024Author Bethan PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 476Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm * 36mm -
Mull: The Island and Its People by Jo Currie 9781904607984
RRP: £30.00£21.00This is the story of a Scottish island as it has never been told before. While many books on the Hebrides are a litany of agricultural statistics and population movements, this is the story of the landlords, tacksmen, cottars and others who actually... -
The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Richard Curt Kraus
RRP: £8.99£6.45China's decade-long Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution shook the politics of China and the world. Even as we approach its fiftieth anniversary, the movement remains so contentious that the Chinese Communist Party still forbids fully open investigation... -
The Book of the Order of Chivalry by Ramon Llull
RRP: £24.99£20.90New English translation of Llull's classic and significant text, restoring the nuances of the original. Ramon Llull (1232-1316) composed The Book of the Order of Chivalry between 1274 and 1276 as both an instrument of reform and an agent for change... -
Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal by George Packer
RRP: £10.99£7.77Acclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America's descent into a failed state, and envisions a path toward overcoming injustices, paralyses, and divides How, in a few decades, did the United States transform from a broadly... -
Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage by Jonny Steinberg
RRP: £25.00£16.53'Gripping and profoundly moving' DAMON GALGUT 'Deft and operatic' OBSERVER A TIMES BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2023 From one of South... -
The Persistence of the Old Regime: Europe to the Great War by Arno J. Mayer
£25.65In this classic work which analyzes the context in which thirty years of war and revolution wracked the European continent, the great historian Arno Mayer emphasizes the backwardness of the European economies and their political subjugation by... -
Cider Country: In Search of a Forgotten History by James Crowden
RRP: £18.99£13.11'James Crowden is Britain's best cider writer ... Cider Country is the book we've all been waiting for.' Oz Clarke Join James Crowden as he embarks on a journey to distil the ancient origins of cider,... -
Sevenoaks 1790-1914: Risk and choice in West Kent by Iain Taylor 9781912260614
RRP: £14.99£13.33This book offers a fresh perspective on British history in the long nineteenth century through the lens of a study of Sevenoaks and the surrounding area of West Kent. It considers, in particular, how the risks faced by the people of this region, and the... -
Living with Ghosts by Brian Rowan
RRP: £16.99£14.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374036Author Brian RowanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Tri-ang Collectables by Dave Angell
RRP: £15.99£10.85Many children spend hours enjoying their first train set - but imagine that the hobby never runs out of steam and the train set develops into a lifelong hobby. That first set conceivably could have been made by Tri-ang ( (c) Hornby Hobbies Ltd), a member... -
Culture and Society: 1780-1950 by Raymond Williams
RRP: £12.99£9.09Acknowledged as a masterpiece of materialist criticism, this book delves into the complex ways economic reality shapes the imagination. Surveying two hundred years of history and English literature - from George Eliot to George Orwell - Williams provides... -
From Popular Sovereignty to the Sovereignty of Law: Law, Society, and Politics in Fifth-Century Athens by Martin Ostwald
RRP: £45.00£35.67Analyzing the 'democratic' features and institutions of the Athenian democracy in the fifth century B.C., Martin Ostwald traces their development from Solon's judicial reforms to the flowering of popular sovereignty, when the people assumed the right... -
The Shock Of The Old: Technology and Global History since 1900 by David Edgerton
RRP: £12.99£9.09'It's rare for a book to make you see the world differently, but this ... does exactly that on almost every page' Guardian Standard histories of technology give tired accounts of the usual inventions, inventors, and dates, framing technology as the... -
Bland Fanatics: Liberals, Race and Empire by Pankaj Mishra 9781788737340
RRP: £9.99£6.64Decades of violence and chaos have generated a political and intellectual hysteria-ranging from imperial atavism to paranoia about invading or hectically breeding Muslim hordes-that has affected even the most intelligent in Anglo-America. In Bland... -
Regeneration: The Rescue of a Wild Land by Andrew Painting 9781780277592
RRP: £10.99£7.32Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize In 1995 the National Trust for Scotland acquired Mar Lodge Estate in the heart of the Cairngorms. Home to over 5,000 species, this vast expanse of Caledonian woodlands, subarctic mountains, bogs, moors, roaring... -
Shoes Were For Sunday by Molly Weir
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Poverty is a very exacting teacher and I had been taught well'The post-war urban jungle of the Glasgow tenements was the setting for Molly Weir's childhood. From sharing a pull-out bed in her mother's tiny kitchen to running in terror from the fever... -
Letters of Note: Music by Shaun Usher
RRP: £6.99£4.84In Letters of Note: Music, Shaun Usher brings together a riveting collection of letters by and about some of the musicians and music that enrich our lives. It is a wonderfully wide-ranging and illuminating book that will delight music lovers of all... -
On History: Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone in Conversation by Tariq Ali 9781608461493
RRP: £16.99£10.29In working together on two challenging new documentaries - South of the Border and the forthcoming Untold History of the United States - Oliver Stone, the filmmaker, engaged with author and filmmaker Tariq Ali in a hard-hitting conversation on the... -
Striking a Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and Their Place in History by Louise Raw
£28.52This is the story of one of the most important strikes in labour history revealing the significance and truth of what actually happened. In July 1888, fourteen hundred women and girls employed by the matchmakers Bryant and May walked out of their East... -
Iconicon: A Journey Around the Landmark Buildings of Contemporary Britain by John Grindrod 9780571348145
RRP: £10.99£7.32A captivating exploration of Britain's most iconic contemporary buildings, from the Barratt home to the Millennium Dome.***TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK*** 'A punchy polemic ... Highly readable.''A love letter to contemporary buildings and a fantastic account... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition 1906-1957 by Michael Willis 9780198354598
£34.17Please 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, Wars and Welfare has been... -
I Walked by Night: Being the Philosophy of the King of the Norfolk Poachers, Written by Himself by Fred Rolfe 9781904784227
£20.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904784227Author Fred RolfeFormat PaperbackPage Count 199Imprint Coch-y-Bonddu BooksPublisher Coch-y-Bonddu Books -
A Ragged Schooling: Growing Up in the Classic Slum by Robert Roberts 9781901341010
RRP: £12.99£11.67With great humour and vitality, Robert Roberts evokes his Edwardian childhood in the vivid portrait of a vanished community. Breathing the smoke from the factory chimneys, the children of Salford struggled daily to survive the grinding poverty that... -
A Little History of the United States by James West Davidson
RRP: £10.99£9.37A fast-paced, character-filled history that brings the unique American saga to life for readers of all ages "This is a little history with a big heart, meant to be savored more than studied, read out loud like poetry, or perhaps sung like a hymn... -
The Anatomy Of Human Destructiveness by Erich Fromm
RRP: £18.99£14.01In a world in which violence in every form seems to be increasing, Erich Fromm has treated this problem with deep perception in the most original and far-reaching work of his brilliant career. Fromm asks: what is there in the conditions of human... -
Snifters at Tottering Hall by Annie Tempest
RRP: £15.99£10.94For nearly thirty years Annie Tempest has entertained 'Country Life' magazine readers with her weekly strip cartoon, Tottering-by-Gently, reaching much greater audiences worldwide through the associated merchandise, including book compilations such as... -
A Dictionary of RAF Slang by Eric Partridge
RRP: £9.99£7.11The perfect stocking filler for anyone who imagines themselves flying a spitfire . . . Drop your visiting cards, put aside your beer-lever, stop being a half-pint hero and discover the gloriously funny slang which was part of everyday life in two world... -
Portraiture by Shearer West
RRP: £21.99£15.61This fascinating new book explores the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points, and asks key questions about its nature. How has portraiture changed over the centuries? How have portraits represented their subjects, and how have they been... -
A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby by Mary S. Lovell
RRP: £14.99£9.70The biography of Jane Digby, an 'enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart - and hormones - ruled her head.' Harpers and Queen A celebrated aristocratic beauty, Jane Digby married Lord Ellenborough at seventeen. Their divorce... -
Beyond Deviant Damsels: Re-evaluating Female Criminality in the Nineteenth Century by Anne-Marie Kilday
RRP: £83.00£75.34Using detailed case studies, Beyond Deviant Damsels undermines many of the conventional assumptions about how women committed crime in the nineteenth century. Previous historical accounts generally constructed gendered stereotypes of women acting in... -
Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece by Paul Cartledge
RRP: £12.99£8.78'An incisive, inspiring and vitally illuminating account of a city which changed the ancient world and which deserves to be remembered by the modern. A masterful book written by a master historian.' - Bettany Hughes, bestselling author of Istanbul and... -
A Short History of the United States: From the Arrival of Native American Tribes to the Obama Presidency by Robert V. Remini
£12.99An abbreviated, accessible, and lively narrative history of the United States, this erudite volume contains the essential facts about the discovery, settlement, growth, and development of the American nation and its institutions, including the arrival... -
Voices from Barrow and Furness by Alice Leach
RRP: £12.99£9.37Barrow-in-Furness grew from a tiny hamlet into the largest iron and steel centre on the world, as well as a major shipbuilding centre, in just forty years. Still home to the busiest shipyard in England, Barrow retains many of the spacious streets and...