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The Royal Wardrobe by Rosie Harte
RRP: $28.38$16.90'I loved this book!' - Alison Weir'[A] lively, gossipy forage through royal wardrobes' - Daily Mail'A sparkling history' - Dr Kate StrasdinPeek into the wardrobes of history's most fashionable royalsWhy did women wear such heavy and uncomfortable skirts... -
Philip Skippon and the British Civil Wars: The "Christian Centurion" by Ismini Pells
RRP: $51.59$45.23Philip Skippon was the third-most senior general in parliament's New Model Army during the British Civil Wars. A veteran of European Protestant armies during the period of the Thirty Years' War and long-serving commander of the London Trained Bands, no... -
Letters of Note: Fathers by Shaun Usher
RRP: $10.31$7.04In Letters of Note: Fathers, Shaun Usher collects together remarkable correspondence by and about fathers, including proud parental words of love, advice from experienced dads to new ones, as well as letters from both frustrated and adoring offspring... -
Lost Cars of the 1970s by Giles Chapman
RRP: $23.21$17.20Sixty diverse cars, sixty fascinating stories, sixty contrasting specifications, just one uniting factor: they're all forgotten, neglected or misunderstood classics.In Lost Cars of the 1970s, the casualties and sideshows of motoring history from around... -
Alcohol in World History by Gina Hames 9780415311526
RRP: $47.72$41.96From the origins of drinking to the use and abuse of alcohol in the present day, this global historical study draws on approaches and research from biology, anthropology, sociology and psychology. Topics covered include: the impact of colonialism ... -
Radical Play: Revolutionizing Children’s Toys in 1960s and 1970s America by Rob Goldberg 9781478025115
RRP: $32.24$27.39In Radical Play Rob Goldberg recovers a little-known history of American children's culture in the 1960s and 1970s by showing how dolls, guns, action figures, and other toys galvanized and symbolized new visions of social, racial, and gender justice... -
The Portable Hannah Arendt by Hannah Arendt
RRP: $21.92$15.84Although Hannah Arendt is considered one of the major contributors to social and political thought in the twentieth century, this is the first general anthology of her writings. This volume includes selections from her major works, including The Origins... -
A Companion to Global Environmental History by Professor J. R. McNeill 9781118977538
RRP: $46.38$41.37The Companion to Global Environmental History offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing field, to provide an essential road map to past developments, current controversies, and future... -
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis by Adam Hochschild 9780063278523
RRP: $16.76$10.94National Bestseller * One of the year's most acclaimed works of nonfictionA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Kirkus, New York Post, Fast CompanyFrom legendary historian Adam Hochschild, a "masterly"... -
Dancing In The Streets: A History Of Collective Joy by Barbara Ehrenreich 9781847080080
RRP: $12.89$8.64In 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... -
The Drama of Celebrity by Sharon Marcus 9780691210186
RRP: $20.63$16.27A bold new account of how celebrity worksWhy do we care so much about celebrities? Who decides who gets to be a star? Do celebrities deserve the outsized attention they receive? Sharon Marcus challenges everything you thought you knew about our obsession... -
Dior: A New Look a New Enterprise (1947-57) by Alexandra Palmer
RRP: $38.70$26.94In 1947 Christian Dior rocked the fashion world with his New Look, which dominated postwar fashion and firmly secured the name of his house in the minds of the public and the fashion industry. He drew on historical models of femininity, the unique... -
Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain by Peter Ginn
RRP: $32.25$22.48The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life - from trade and transportation to health and recreation. Full Steam Ahead reveals how the world we live in... -
Night Terrors: Troubled Sleep and the Stories We Tell About It by Alice Vernon 9781785788680
RRP: $14.18$9.44** AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK IN DECEMBER 2022 **'Curious, lively, humble, utterly genuine ... a remarkable debut.' SUNDAY TIMESAlice Vernon often wakes up to find strangers in her bedroom.Ever since she was a child, her nights have been... -
Fall, The (new edition with Afterword): The Insanity of the Ego in Human History and the Dawning of a New Era by Steve Taylor
RRP: $19.34$16.81A new edition of Steve Taylor's bestselling classic, in which the author provides an Afterword, including research developments that have occurred since the book was first published in 2005. "An important and fascinating book about the origin, history... -
Gay Berlin by Robert Beachy
RRP: $21.92$14.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307473134Author Robert BeachyFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 131mm... -
Bedlam: London and its Mad by Catharine Arnold 9781847390004
RRP: $12.89$8.27'Bedlam!' The very name conjures up graphic images of naked patients chained among filthy straw, or parading untended wards deluded that they are Napoleon or Jesus Christ. We owe this image of madness to William Hogarth, who, in plate eight of his 1735... -
Second City: Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain by Richard Vinen
RRP: $32.25$21.32A 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'... -
Growing Up: Sex in the Sixties by Peter Doggett
RRP: $32.25$21.32'An excellent book' David Aaronovitch, The TimesWas the 1960s really that great time of liberation, joyful experimentation and celebration of youth? Growing Up takes an unflinching look at the dark underbelly of the sexual revolution.No era in recent... -
The Ration Book Diet by Mike Brown
RRP: $21.92$16.31In 1939, Britain was preparing for war. As well as building aeroplanes and digging Anderson shelters, this meant managing food supplies for the home front.The Ministry of Food rose to the challenge, introducing rationing, encouraging the nation to dig... -
The Story of the Country House: A History of Places and People by Clive Aslet
RRP: $16.76$14.78The Story of the Country House is an authoritative and vivid account of the British country house, exploring how they have evolved with the changing political and economic landscape. Clive Aslet reveals the captivating stories behind individual houses,... -
Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City by Gwendolyn Leick
RRP: $16.76$11.73Situated in an area roughly corresponding to present-day Iraq, Mesopotamia is one of the great, ancient civilizations, though it is still relatively unknown. Yet, over 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, the very first cities were created. This is the first... -
Manchester: Making the Modern City by Alan Kidd 9781846318788
$21.66Every town and city has its story, but few have a history that is essential to understanding how the modern world was made. Manchester was the first industrial city and arguably the first modern city. During the industrial revolution it became the centre... -
The Athenaeum: More Than Just Another London Club by Michael Wheeler
RRP: $51.60$43.33A compelling history of the famous London club and its members' impact on Britain's scientific, creative, and official life When it was founded in 1824, the Athenaeum broke the mold. Unlike in other preeminent clubs, its members were chosen on the basis... -
Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body by Rosemarie Garland Thomson
RRP: $33.53$28.95A groundbreaking anthology that probes the disposition towards the visually different Giants. Midgets. Tribal non-Westerners. The very fat. The very thin. Hermaphrodites. Conjoined twins. The disabled. The very hirsute. In American history, all have... -
Sagas of Salt and Stone: Orkney unwrapped by Robin Noble
RRP: $16.76$11.09The islands of Orkney are distinct, perhaps that bit wild. Remote, surrounded by an endless ocean and dominated by an infinite sky, which brings either brilliant light or days of wind that makes everything taste of salt. This remarkable landscape has the... -
Photography – A Queer History by Flora Dunster 9781781578698
RRP: $51.60$35.80Photography - A Queer History examines how photography has been used by artists to capture, create and expand the category 'Queer'. It bookmarks different thematic concerns central to queer photography, forging unexpected connections to showcase the... -
The Volga: A History by Janet M. Hartley
RRP: $16.76$14.78A rich and fascinating exploration of the Volga River and its vital place in Russian history-named a Best Book of 2021 by the Financial Times "A memorable journey into the heart of Russian social, political, and cultural history."-Jennifer Eremeeva,... -
Night Song of the Last Tram - A Glasgow Childhood by Robert Douglas
RRP: $14.18$9.55A wonderfully colourful and deeply poignant memoir of growing up in a 'single end' - one room in a Glasgow tenement - during and immediately after the Second World War. Although young Robert Douglas's life was blighted by the cruel if sporadic presence... -
The Great Western Steam Retreat: Chasing the Final Steam Trains in BR's Western Region, Wales and the Welsh Marches by Keith Widdowson
RRP: $21.92$16.31In mid-1964, Keith Widdowson got wind that the Western Region was hell-bent on being the first to eliminate the steam locomotive on its tracks by December 1965. The 17-year-old hurriedly homed in on train services still in the hands of GWR steam power,... -
The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever by Christian Wolmar
RRP: $16.76$11.04Revised and updated edition of Christian Wolmar's classic history of the London Underground, with a new chapter on Crossrail.'I can think of few better ways to while away those elastic periods awaiting the arrival of the next eastbound Circle Line train... -
Court and Civic Society in the Burgundian Low Countries C.1420-1530 by Andrew Brown 9780719056208
RRP: $25.79$22.50This volume is the first ever attempt to unite and translate some of the key texts which informed Johan Huizinga's famous study of the Burgundian court, The Waning of the Middle Ages, a work which has never gone out of print. It combines these texts with... -
Former People: The Destruction of the Russian Aristocracy by Douglas Smith
$11.64Epic in scope, intimate in detail, heartbreaking in its human drama, this is the first book to recount the history of the nobility caught up the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolution and the creation of Stalin's Russia. Historian Douglas Smith's Former... -
The Diamond Queen: The Last Great Monarch? by Andrew Marr
RRP: $14.18$9.69Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller, fully revised and updated with a new chapter.'Absorbing . . . particularly acute on the political aspects of constitutional monarchy, but he also writes perceptively about individual members of the Royal Family.' Daily... -
Feast & Fast: The Art of Food in Europe, 1500-1800 by Victoria Avery
RRP: $32.25$25.14The UK Winner of the Entertaining category of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2020, Feast and Fast explores our evolving relationship with food with treasures from the Fitzwilliam Museum. Food defines us as individuals, communities, and nations -... -
Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy by Colin Dickey
RRP: $38.70$25.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593299456Author Colin DickeyFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint VikingPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 573gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm * 28mm -
A Short History Of The Vietnam War by Gordon Kerr 9781843442134
RRP: $19.34$14.13On 8 March, 1965, 3,500 United States Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade made an amphibious landing at Da Nang on the south central coast of South Vietnam, marking the beginning of a conflict that would haunt American politics and society... -
A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw
RRP: $16.76$5.30A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the Roman Empire. The book focuses on questions of how we know about Classical civilization from archaeology and history; deals with the Mycenaean era and the world of Myth... -
Describing Women’s Clothing in Eighteenth-Century England by Dr Elizabeth Spencer 9781837650347
RRP: $90.30$86.74Uncovers sources from the parish pauper to the gentlewoman to consider relationships with clothing across the social hierarchy in the long eighteenth century. Descriptions of women's clothing increasingly circulated across textual genres and beyond in... -
High Minds: The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain by Simon Heffer 9781643139173
RRP: $51.54$38.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643139173Author Simon HefferFormat HardbackPage Count 896Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 1134gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *...