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A Brief History of Life in Victorian Britain by Michael Paterson
RRP: $18.85$12.69The Victorian era has dominated the popular imagination like no other period, but these myths and stories also give a very distorted view of the 19th century. The early Victorians were much stranger that we usually imagine, and their world would have... -
300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World by Luke Edward Hall 9780241575734
RRP: $42.88$30.22Steeped in honey, Juventius, your golden eyes, and as sweet too when I press my lips to them - three hundred thousand kisses is not close to enoughFor centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a... -
Legendary Children by Tom Fitzgerald
RRP: $25.71$16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143134626Author Tom FitzgeraldFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The London Underworld in the Victorian Period: v. 1: Authentic First-person Accounts by Beggars, Thieves and Prostitutes by Henry Mayhew 9780486440064
RRP: $27.43$17.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486440064Author Henry MayhewFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Eagle and the Bear: A New History of Roman Scotland by John H. Reid
RRP: $30.86$21.61For over three centuries, the inhabitants of North Britain faced the might of Rome, resulting in some of the most extraordinary archaeology of the ancient world. This richly illustrated new history of Roman Scotland explores the complex, often... -
Seneca: A Life by Emily Wilson
RRP: $18.85$13.33Philosopher, dramatist, rhetorician, Stoic and pragmatist, Seneca was one of the most contradictory figures in ancient Rome, embracing a stern ascetic morality while amassing a fortune under Nero and eventually committing suicide. This definitive... -
Innovation: A History of England Volume VI by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: $51.46$36.62'Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman' - Ian Thomson, IndependentInnovation brings Peter Ackroyd's History of England to a triumphant close. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from the end of the Boer War and the accession of Edward VII to the end of... -
1922: Scenes from a Turbulent Year by Nick Rennison
RRP: $17.14$11.661922 was a year of great turbulence and upheaval. Its events reverberated throughout the rest of the twentieth century and still affect us today, 100 years later. Empires fell. The Ottoman Empire collapsed after more than six centuries. The British... -
Britain'S 'Brown Babies': The Stories of Children Born to Black GIS and White Women in the Second World War by Lucy Bland 9781526160119
$23.40This book recounts a little-known history of the estimated 2,000 babies born to black GIs and white British women in the second world war. The African-American press named these children 'brown babies'; the British called them 'half-castes'. Black GIs,... -
The Power of Art by Simon Schama
RRP: $51.46$38.68* 'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of the power, and whole point, of art. 'The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things, visions that soothe,... -
The Corner Shop: 'A delightful story of growing up "above the shop"' Nigel Slater: A Radio 4 Book of the Week by Babita Sharma 9781473673236
RRP: $17.14$11.66A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'Nuanced, human and engaging' Nikesh Shukla, Observer'Full of life, characters, gossip and all the richness of the local community' Sir David Jason'A delightful story of growing up "above the shop"' Nigel Slater,... -
Auntie's War: The BBC during the Second World War by Edward Stourton
RRP: $17.14$12.20"An engaging, balanced and thoroughly researched history. It is often a moving and amusing tale containing plenty of mavericks and colourful episodes." (Lawrence James, The Times)Auntie's War is a love letter to radio. The British Broadcasting... -
The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe by Judith M. Bennett
$60.04The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe provides a comprehensive overview of the gender rules encountered in Europe in the period between approximately 500 and 1500 C.E. The essays collected in this volume speak to interpretative... -
Calling Detective Crockford: The story of a pioneering policewoman in the 1950s by Ruth D'Alessandro
RRP: $18.85$12.69This nostalgic and absorbing memoir tells the story of a real-life female police detective in post-war Britain, as she navigates a man's world.It's 1956, and the Berkshire Constabulary has never had a woman detective before. That is, until bright and... -
Coconut: A memoir of belonging, identity and finding home by Florence Olajide
RRP: $15.42$10.63'Why am I not white like everybody else?' Nan came and sat on the edge of my bed. 'What do you mean?' A tender finger brushed against my cheek. 'Well, everyone in this house is white. Why am I Black?'A generation of Nigerian children were born in Britain... -
Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom by Andy Letcher 9780571227716
RRP: $22.28$14.68Is Santa Claus really a magic mushroom in disguise? Was Alice in Wonderland a thinly veiled psychedelic mushroom odyssey? Did mushroom tea kick-start ancient Greek philosophy? The 'magic mushroom' was only rediscovered fifty years ago, but has... -
Metropolis: A History of Humankind's Greatest Invention by Ben Wilson
RRP: $22.28$15.59From the Sunday Times bestselling author, a dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind's greatest invention: the city.'Brilliant...enchanting' Evening Standard 'Exhilarating' New York TimesThe story of the city is the story of civilisation. From Uruk... -
The United States, 1865-1920: Reuniting a Nation by Adam Burns
RRP: $65.16$57.26The United States, 1865-1920: Reuniting a Nation explores how the U.S. attempted to heal Civil War-era divisions, as well as maintain and strengthen its unity as new rifts developed in the conflict's aftermath.Taking a broadly thematic approach to the... -
When I Passed the Statue of Liberty I Became Black by Harry Edward 9780300270976
RRP: $32.57$27.75"Harry Edward was a hugely talented athlete and an extraordinary man who fought all his life for justice and fairness in the face of repeated prejudice. His story is as powerful today as it was when he lived it and I urge everyone to read this book... -
Long Road from Jarrow: A journey through Britain then and now by Stuart Maconie
RRP: $22.28$15.59The Sunday Times Bestseller'A tribute and a rallying call' - GuardianThree and half weeks. Three hundred miles. I saw roaring arterial highway and silent lanes, candlelit cathedrals and angry men in bad pubs. The Britain of 1936 was a land of beef paste... -
A Mind at Play: The Brilliant Life of Claude Shannon, Inventor of the Information Age by Jimmy Soni 9781445682778 [USED COPY]
RRP: $32.57$18.37Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
A Mind at Play: The Brilliant Life of Claude Shannon, Inventor of the Information Age by Jimmy Soni
RRP: $32.57$22.49Named a best book of the year by Bloomberg and Nature. 'Soni and Goodman have done their research...A Mind at Play reveals the remarkable human behind some of the most important theoretical and practical contributions to the information age.' (Nature)... -
Hidden Patrons: Women and Architectural Patronage in Georgian Britain by Amy Boyington 9781350358607
RRP: $34.29$28.37An enduring myth of Georgian architecture is that it was purely the pursuit of male architects and their wealthy male patrons. History states that it was men who owned grand estates and houses, who commissioned famous architects, and who embarked upon... -
A Duty of Care: Britain Before and After Corona by Peter Hennessy
RRP: $34.31$24.51One of our most celebrated historians shows how we can use the lessons of the past to build a new post-covid society in BritainThe 'duty of care' which the state owes to its citizens is a phrase much used, but what has it actually meant in Britain... -
Beatrice's Last Smile: A New History of the Middle Ages by Mark Gregory Pegg
RRP: $48.01$40.50Beatrice's Last Smile is a sweeping narrative history of the medieval west from the beginning of the third century to the beginning of the sixteenth. This book focuses on slow formation of Latin Christendom over a millennium in the aftermath of the... -
The Gangs Of New York by Herbert Asbury
RRP: $18.85$16.07The Gangs of New York is a tour through a now unrecognisable city of abysmal poverty and habitual violence centred around the infamous slum of Five Points, with its rival Irish and American gangs. Cobbled from legend, memory, police records, the... -
The 1950s Home by Janet Shepherd
RRP: $15.42$10.33The 1950s was a decade of transformation, as Britain moved from austerity to greater affluence. After the Second World War, there was a huge building programme and the creation of new towns brought a new mid-twentieth century vision of the home. The... -
The Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for Sega's 16-bit Console by Chris Scullion
RRP: $51.46$39.38The third book in Chris Scullion's series of video game encyclopaedias, the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Encyclopedia is dedicated to Sega's legendary 16-bit video game console. The book contains detailed information on every single game released for the... -
50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know by Ben Dupre
RRP: $17.14$11.66In a series of 50 accessible essays, Ben Dupre introduces and explains the central ideas of politics, philosophy, religion, economics, science, and the arts that have engaged key thinkers and leaders, from Plato to the present day.From the Big Bang to... -
Awe: The New Science and Transformative Power of Everyday Wonder by Prof. Dacher Keltner
RRP: $42.88$30.22'I recommend [Awe] to everyone. Its ideas organized a lot of my experiences, observations, thoughts, and hopes in a powerful new way.' - Rebecca Solnit, (X)From a foremost expert on the science of emotions, a groundbreaking exploration into the history,... -
The Royal Wardrobe by Rosie Harte
RRP: $37.74$22.47'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: $68.59$60.14Philip 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... -
The Circus: A Visual History by Pascal Jacob
$63.45Winner of 2019 British Book Design & Production Award for Scholarly, Academic & Reference Books This beautiful book charts the development of the circus as an art form around the world, from antiquity to the present day. Using over 200 circus... -
Letters of Note: Fathers by Shaun Usher 9781838850135 [USED COPY]
RRP: $13.71$4.48Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Letters of Note: Fathers by Shaun Usher
RRP: $13.71$9.37In 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... -
Seaside 100: A History of the British Seaside in 100 Objects by Kathryn Ferry
$19.21Sandcastles, donkeys, piers and sticks of rock. Beach huts, paddle steamers, promenade shelters and ice cream cones. Our modern seaside is the sum of its parts and all those parts have their history. This book explores the best-loved features of our... -
Alcohol in World History by Gina Hames 9780415311526
RRP: $63.45$55.80From 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 ... -
A Companion to Global Environmental History by Professor J. R. McNeill 9781118977538
RRP: $61.67$55.01The 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... -
Iga and Koka Ninja Skills: The Secret Shinobi Scrolls of Chikamatsu Shigenori by Antony Cummins
$19.81'A retainer of our domain, Renpeido Chikamatsu Hikonoshin Shigenori, each morning washed his face and hands, dressed himself in Hakama and prayed in front of the kamidana alter ... His prayer was thus: "Please afford me success in war." He kept to this... -
In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Cultural History of Naples by Jordan Lancaster
$16.79The definitive companion for anyone seeking to delve beneath the surface of Naples. Naples is an Italian city like no other. Drama and darkness are often associated with the Naples, which rests beneath active Mount Vesuvius and is the home of the...