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Power and Identity in the Middle Ages: Essays in Memory of Rees Davies by Huw Pryce 9780199285464
RRP: $288.75$249.69Collecting sixteen thought-provoking new essays by leading medievalists, this volume celebrates the work of the late Rees Davies. Reflecting Davies' interest in identities, political culture and the workings of power in medieval Britain, the essays range... -
Gothic: An Illustrated History by Roger Luckhurst
RRP: $63.00$40.55Crumbling ruins, undead fiends, dark alleys and forests teeming with horrors seen and unseen: the tendrils of the Gothic have crept out of the architecture of churches, mosques and grand houses and into suburban malls, overcrowded cities, the deserted... -
The Story of Afro Hair by K. N. Chimbiri 9780702307416
RRP: $20.98$13.46Explore 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... -
Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe by Richard Holloway 9781786899965
RRP: $20.98$14.07Throughout history we have told ourselves stories to try and make sense of our place in the universe. Richard Holloway takes us on a personal, scientific and philosophical journey to explore what he believes the answers to the biggest of questions are... -
Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the Royal Household by Adrian Tinniswood
RRP: $52.50$39.10Behind the Throne is, above all, a history of family life.They ate, entertained their friends and worried about money. Henry VIII kept tripping over his dogs. George II threw his son out of the house. James I had to cut back on the drink bills.The great... -
The Club on the Edge of Town: A Pandemic Memoir by Alan Lane 9781914228414
RRP: $27.28$18.12'There are children in Holbeck without crayons. Living in a city with an opera company. An opera company paid for with money from all of us. Until everyone has crayons no one gets opera. That's what I believe.' A deeply moving memoir of how a group of... -
Medieval Masons by Malcolm Hislop 9780747804611
$14.62This book explains in detail the practice of masoncraft in the Middle Ages, using evidence from a number of sources. Monastic chronicles, building contracts and other contemporary documents have already revealed a good deal of information on the subject,... -
Crude Britannia: How Oil Shaped a Nation James Marriott 9780745341095
RRP: $27.28$18.90'Dripping with delicious detail' - Aditya Chakrabortty Taking the reader on a journey through North East Scotland, Merseyside, South Wales, the Thames Estuary and London, this is the story of Britain's oil-soaked past, present and future. Travelling... -
Orderly Britain: How Britain has resolved everyday problems, from dog fouling to double parking Tim Newburn 9781472137968
RRP: $39.88$26.78How do British pavements remain free of dog mess? Why are paths not littered with cigarette butts or roads not lined with abandoned cars? What does the decline of the public lavatory say about us and is the national reputation for queuing still deserved... -
A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison 9780199605514
RRP: $20.98$14.93'The Jago had got him, and it held him fast.' In the worst of London's East End slums, in an area called the Jago, young Dicky Perrott is used to a life of poverty, crime, and violence. Gang warfare is the order of the day, deaths are commonplace, and... -
Housing in Urban Britain 1780-1914 by Richard Rodger 9780521557863
RRP: $54.58$46.18Why did slums and suburbs develop simultaneously? Did the capitalist system produce these, and were class antagonisms to blame? Why did the Victorians believe there was a housing problem, and who or what created it? What housing solutions were attempted,... -
Glasgow by Irene Maver
RRP: $50.38$46.73Glasgow is enshrined in the popular consciousness as a city of multiple and often contradictory identities. The 'Second City of Empire', the 'Venice of the North', 'Red Clydeside' and the 'Merchant City' are a few of the phrases that have been used to... -
Piccadilly: London's West End and the Pursuit of Pleasure by Stephen Hoare
RRP: $42.00$32.42Piccadilly, London's milelong western artery, was originally known for its busy coaching inns and magnificent aristocratic palaces, and, more recently, for its internationally renowned department stores, theatres, restaurants and hotels. At the junction... -
Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived without Men After the First World War by Virginia Nicholson
RRP: $23.08$16.32Virginia Nicholson's Singled Out is the touching and beautifully told story of the women who were left alone after World War I - a remarkable generation of women who were changed by war; and in their turn helped change society.In 1919 a generation of... -
1922: Scenes from a Turbulent Year Nick Rennison 9780857305015
RRP: $20.98$14.281922 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... -
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: $35.68$24.09'I would choose this account over and above the rest. It is a fabulous book: full of perceptive insight that conveys all the tragedy, triumph, humour and intense drama of Churchill's time as wartime leader; and it is incredibly moving as a... -
Cauld Blasts and Clishmaclavers: A Treasury of 1,000 Scottish Words by Robin A. Crawford
RRP: $20.98$14.39A celebration of the irreplaceable magic of language. Here is the evocative vocabulary, wit and wisdom of the Scots language - in 1,000 gems.Book InformationISBN 9781783964789Author Robin A. CrawfordFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Elliott &... -
Thicker Than Water: History, Secrets and Guilt: A Memoir by Cal Flyn
RRP: $23.08$15.23Cal Flyn was very proud when she discovered that her ancestor, Angus McMillan, had been a pioneer of colonial Australia. However, when she dug deeper, she began to question her pride. McMillan had not only cut tracks through the bush, but... -
Vuelta Skelter: Riding the remarkable 1941 Tour of Spain, in a facemask by Tim Moore
RRP: $42.00$30.01*A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021*Tim Moore, the author of the Sunday Times bestselling French Revolutions, completes his epic (and ill-advised) trilogy of cycling's Grand Tours. Julian Berrendero's victory in the 1941 Vuelta a Espana was an... -
Mafia, The: A Cultural History by Roberto M. Dainotto
RRP: $25.18$17.70What makes Tony Soprano so likeable? Why would we rather leave the cannoli and take the gun? Do we truly want Scarface's Tony Montana to succeed? Is Michael Corleone a misunderstood hero or a despicable villain? In The Mafia: A Cultural History, now... -
Bobby Sands: Nothing But an Unfinished Song Denis O'Hearn 9780745336336
RRP: $39.88$26.78This is the best-selling biography of the IRA resistance fighter and hunger-striker, Bobby Sands. In this updated, new edition, Denis O'Hearn draws from a wealth of interviews with friends, comrades, fellow prisoners and prison wardens, to provide a... -
The Dedalus Book of the 1960s: Turn off your Mind by Gary Lachman 9781912868445
RRP: $31.48$26.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912868445Author Gary LachmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 546Imprint Dedalus LtdPublisher Dedalus Ltd -
City on Fire: the fight for Hong Kong by Antony Dapiran
RRP: $23.08$15.37A long-term resident and expert observer of dissent in Hong Kong takes readers to the frontlines of Hong Kong's revolution. Through the long, hot summer of 2019, Hong Kong burned. Anti-government protests, sparked by a government proposal to introduce a... -
A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Daily Life Greg Jenner 9781780225654
RRP: $23.08$15.54'A wonderful idea, gloriously put into practice. Greg Jenner is as witty as he is knowledgeable' - Tom Holland'You will love Greg Jenner's jolly account of how we have more in common with our ancestors than we might think ... all human life is here, ... -
Cider Country: In Search of a Forgotten History by James Crowden
RRP: $39.88$27.53'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,... -
Muse: Uncovering the hidden figures behind art history's masterpieces by Ruth Millington
RRP: $31.48$20.01'Exhilarating and fascinating' KATY HESSEL | 'Rich and detailed' CHLOE ASHBY | 'Enlightening' TABISH KHAN | 'Sheds light on an uncharted area of art history' JENNY PERY | 'An essential read' EDWARD BROOKE-HITCHINGMeet the unexpected, overlooked and... -
At Home with the Queen: Life Through the Keyhole of the Royal Household by Brian Hoey
RRP: $23.08$15.23Behind the scenes of the private world at the heart of royalty, as revealed by a distinguished royal commentator. This is the real story of what goes on inside the royal palaces, as witnessed by members of the royal staff and household past... -
The Meritocracy Trap by Daniel Markovits
RRP: $27.28$19.09'This book flips your world upside down. Daniel Markovits argues that meritocracy isn't a virtuous, efficient system that rewards the best and brightest. Instead it rewards middle-class families who can afford huge investments in their children's... -
A Countryman's Lot: Tales From The Dales by Max Hardcastle 9780751544190 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$3.74Max and Vicky Hardcastle have a daydream . . .One day, they'll sell their cramped city-centre antiques shop and the overflowing upstairs flat and relocate to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. If they could only find the perfect place to house both family... -
It's Our Turn to Eat by Michela Wrong
RRP: $27.28$17.81A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. When Michela Wrong's Kenyan friend John Githongo appeared one cold February morning on the doorstep of her London... -
When I Was a Nipper: The Way We Were in Disappearing Britain by Alan Titchmarsh 9781849901529 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$2.63In When I Was a Nipper Alan Titchmarsh goes on a personal and nostalgic journey through post-War Britain in search of treasured values and traditions that were once the soul of society. With characteristic wit, warmth and humour he draws on the... -
Age of the City: Why our Future will be Won or Lost Together by Ian Goldin
RRP: $42.00$30.16One of the Financial Times' Best Economics Books of 2023 Visionary Oxford professor Ian Goldin and The Economist's Tom Lee-Devlin show why the city is where the battles of inequality, social division, pandemics and climate change must be faced. ... -
The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost World by Karl Schloegel
RRP: $73.50$61.61An encyclopedic and richly detailed history of everyday life in the Soviet UnionThe Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly traces remain, not least in the material vestiges left behind in its turbulent wake. What was it really like to live in the USSR?... -
High Minds: The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain by Simon Heffer
RRP: $42.00$30.85Simon Heffer's new book forms an ambitious exploration of the making of the Victorian age and the Victorian mind.Britain in the 1840s was a country wracked by poverty, unrest and uncertainty, where there were attempts to assassinate the Queen and her... -
The Underground Sea by John Berger 9781805302995
RRP: $35.68$24.32The Underground Sea is a succinct, urgent collection of writing from John Berger's archive. It brings together for the first time his work on mineworkers and the miners' strikes and has been edited as a set of actions for today. Publication of The... -
Last Hope Island: Britain, occupied Europe, and the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of war by Lynne Olson 9781911617181
RRP: $23.08$9.22Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Re-sisters: The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe and Cosey Fanni Tutti by Cosey Fanni Tutti 9780571362189
RRP: $39.88$27.78From the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity and self-expression, and a revelatory exploration into the lives of three visionary artists.'A fascinating tale of the interlinking lives of three legendary... -
Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Higher Social Rank Shapes Identity, Fosters Creativity, and Changes the World by W. David Marx
RRP: $56.68$37.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593296707Author W. David MarxFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Viking Press IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Gardens of the British Working Class by Margaret Willes
RRP: $29.38$26.57This magnificently illustrated people's history celebrates the extraordinary feats of cultivation by the working class in Britain, even if the land they toiled, planted, and loved was not their own. Spanning more than four centuries, from the earliest... -
Ernestine L. Rose: Agitate! by Joyce B Lazarus 9780761873426
RRP: $33.58$29.99Overlooked by historians for over half a century following her death, Ernestine L. Rose (1810 1892) was one of the foremost orators and social reformers of her era. A fearless human rights activist, she fought for racial equality, women's rights,...