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Holy Food: How Cults, Communes, and Religious Movements Influenced What We Eat - An American History by Christina Ward 9781934170946
RRP: £31.99£20.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934170946Author Christina WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Process MediaPublisher Process Media -
The Invention of Miracles: language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end Deafness by Katie Booth
RRP: £25.00£16.99A revelatory revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell - renowned inventor of the telephone and powerful enemy of the deaf community. When Alexander Graham Bell first unveiled his telephone to the world, it was considered miraculous. But few... -
A History of the Ostrogoths by Thomas S. Burns
RRP: £20.99£16.72"Thorough and convincing . . . likely to become the standard work on the subject." -Library Journal"Highly readable." -Medieval Literature"A major work of synthesis." -Walter E. Kaegi "Burns has achieved much for the modern study of Ostrogoths."... -
The Arms of the Infinite: Elizabeth Smart and George Barker by Christopher Barker 9781554582709
RRP: £27.95£18.51The Arms of the Infinite takes the reader inside the minds of author Christopher Barker's parents, writer Elizabeth Smart (By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept) and poet George Barker. From their first fateful meeting and subsequent elopement,... -
Children of the Revolution: The French, 1799-1914 by Robert Gildea 9780141016535
RRP: £18.99£13.61Nineteenth-century France was one of the world's great cultural beacons, renowned for its dazzling literature, philosophy, art, poetry and technology. Yet this was also a tumultuous century of political anarchy and bloodshed, where each generation of the... -
Generations by William Strauss 9780688119126
£14.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688119126Author William StraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 538Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 771g -
The Club on the Edge of Town: A Pandemic Memoir by Alan Lane 9781914228414
RRP: £12.99£8.63'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... -
Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire by Andrea Stuart
RRP: £9.99£6.70In the late 1630s, Andrea Stuart's earliest known maternal ancestor set sail from England, lured by the promise of the New World, to settle in Barbados where he fell by chance into the lucrative life of a sugar plantation owner. With George Ashby's first... -
In a Manner of Speaking: The Story of Spoken English by Charlie Haylock
RRP: £16.99£11.87Why do we have so many dialects in England? Why do we not all speak in standard English? How has our history shaped and influenced the language we speak today? In a Manner of Speaking is a fun and fascinating exploration of spoken English that... -
Renoir's Dancer: The Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon by Catherine Hewitt
RRP: £25.00£16.99In the 1880s, Suzanne Valadon was considered the Impressionists' most beautiful model. But behind her captivating facade lay a closely-guarded secret. Born in poverty in rural France, as a teenager in Montmartre, Suzanne began posing for - and having... -
Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation by Thomas W. Laqueur 9781890951337
RRP: £28.00£22.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890951337Author Thomas W LaqueurFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 46mm -
How Britain Brought Football to the World by Stuart Laycock
RRP: £15.99£12.65'Delighted to learn from this very enjoyable new book that the first ever game of football played in Austria was won by the Vienna Cricket Club.' - Tom Holland, Historian and BroadcasterHave we matched Wembley 1966 and 2022, or lost again on penalties?... -
Tastes of Honey: The Making of Shelagh Delaney and a Cultural Revolution by Professor Selina Todd
RRP: £9.99£7.11'A sympathetic and perceptive account of a fine writer at a critical moment in our cultural life' KEN LOACHOn 27 May 1958, A Taste of Honey opened in a small fringe theatre in London. Written by a nineteen-year-old bus driver's daughter from Salford, the... -
Rule, Nostalgia: A Backwards History of Britain by Hannah Rose Woods
RRP: £11.99£8.43** A FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR **'A must read' - Janina Ramirez, bestselling author of Femina'An eye-opening history of Britain's enduring fixation with its own past' - Jeremy Paxman'Rule, Nostalgia announces Woods as... -
Abandoned Villages by Stephen Fisk
RRP: £8.99£6.02A lonely ruined church, mysterious bumps in a field, or stone walls visible on the shoreline of a reservoir in high summer: all these are signs of settlements abandoned over the years. Over the centuries many villages in Britain have been abandoned... -
On a Pedestal: A Trip around Britain's Statues by Roger Lytollis
RRP: £20.00£13.35This is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who aren't. It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them.As Roger Lytollis travels Britain he encounters a man at Liverpool's... -
Good As You: From Prejudice to Pride - 30 Years of Gay Britain by Paul Flynn
RRP: £16.99£12.28'One of the most important books about gay culture in recent times' The QuietusLong-listed for the Polari First Book PrizeIn 1984 the pulsing electronics and soft vocals of Smalltown Boy would become an anthem uniting gay men. A month later, an... -
At Home with the Queen: Life Through the Keyhole of the Royal Household by Brian Hoey
RRP: £10.99£7.25Behind 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... -
Uprooted: How 3000 Years of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight by Lyn Julius 9781910383667
RRP: £19.95£15.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910383667Author Lyn JuliusFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment by Brian Copenhaver
RRP: £12.99£9.09'. . . as when iron is drawn to a magnet, camphor is sucked into hot air, crystal lights up in the Sun, sulfur and a volatile liquid are kindled by flame, an empty eggshell filled with dew is raised towards the Sun . . .'This rich, fascinating anthology... -
Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle (Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023) by Jody Rosen 9780099593591 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£8.28**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023**'Full of delightful anecdotes and interviews and fascinating historical tales' Mail on SundayA panoramic portrait of the wonderous vehicle whose passenger is also its engine.A toy, a tool, a... -
Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle (Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023) by Jody Rosen 9780099593591
RRP: £10.99£7.77**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023**'Full of delightful anecdotes and interviews and fascinating historical tales' Mail on SundayA panoramic portrait of the wonderous vehicle whose passenger is also its engine.A toy, a tool, a... -
My Disappearing Uncle: Europe, War and the Stories of a Scattered Family by Kathy Henderson
RRP: £20.00£15.04'That's what happens when you listen to the stories and they start to tell themselves all over again ... the more you hear, the more questions there are, answers unpeeling like the layers of an onion.'Memoir, detective work and political history come... -
Secrets of the Homefront Girls by Kate Thompson
RRP: £8.99£6.20A new series from bestselling author Kate Thompson.'Kate Thompson's wartime novels always strike a chord and Secrets of the Homefront Girls is no exception. You can almost smell the Yardley violets drifting over the factory as the girls live lives... -
It's Our Turn to Eat by Michela Wrong
RRP: £12.99£8.48A 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... -
Chanel's Riviera: Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944 by Anne De Courcy 9781250177087
RRP: £17.99£12.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250177087Author Anne De CourcyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 137g -
Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization by Justin Marozzi
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Outstanding, illuminating, compelling ... a riveting read' Peter Frankopan, Sunday Times Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North... -
A Supernatural War: Magic, Divination, and Faith during the First World War by Owen Davies 9780198862659
RRP: £14.99£10.95A Supernatural War reveals the surprising stories of extraordinary people in a world caught up with the promise of occult powers. It was a commonly expressed view during the First World War that the conflict had seen a major revival of 'superstitious'... -
Irwin Allen Collectibles by John Buss 9781398115316
RRP: £15.99£10.85What is the appeal to Irwin Allen's shows? Well, to a sixties TV audience used to a diet of westerns and hard-boiled detectives, they were new and exciting compared to what had appeared before. As for the appeal, much of this is down to the groups of... -
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan
RRP: £26.99£17.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735225268Author Timothy EganFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press -
The Pet Shop Boys and the Political: Queerness, Culture, Identity and Society by Dr Bodie A. Ashton 9781350331563
RRP: £21.99£20.59The Pet Shop Boys came of age at a time of deep socio-political tension. From the rise of sexual politics and awareness to Thatcherite neoliberalism and the Cold War, this book explores the cultural and political impact of the band and offers a... -
Some Damn Fool's Signed the Rubens Again by Norman Thelwell 9781846893995
RRP: £15.99£11.05The artist Norman Thelwell (1923-2004) was famous for his horse and pony cartoons, but his work was far more wide ranging. He focused his exceptional talent and humour on many diverse subjects, with his witty and wry observations providing amusement and... -
The Devil's Cup: Coffee, the Driving Force in History by Stewart Lee Allen
RRP: £10.99£7.32Can you handle mornings without a brew? No? Multiply that. Imagine an entire population under a cloud of lethargy, unable to kick start their days. Now introduce coffee. Bingo. The brain moves into over-drive and it's time for empire building.So goes... -
Tutankhamun's Trumpet: The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects by Toby Wilkinson 9781529045987
RRP: £12.99£8.78'Beautifully written, sumptuously illustrated, constantly fascinating' - The TimesOn 26 November 1922 Howard Carter first peered into the newly opened tomb of an ancient Egyptian boy-king. When asked if he could see anything, he replied: 'Yes, yes,... -
Life in Early Medieval Wales by Prof Nancy Edwards 9780198733218
RRP: £100.00£90.50Research for and the writing of this book was funded by the award of a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship. The period c. AD300--1050, spanning the collapse of Roman rule to the coming of the Normans, was formative in the development of Wales... -
All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between by Mike Parker
RRP: £20.00£13.34A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic route along the England-Wales border: Britain's deepest faultline. There is a... -
Dubai: The Story of the World's Fastest City by Jim Krane
RRP: £10.99£7.32Today, Dubai is a city of shimmering skyscrapers attracting thousands of tourists every year. Yet just sixty years ago Dubai's population scraped a living by picking dates, diving for pearls, or sailing in wooden dhows to trade with Iran and India. Dubai... -
Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India's Most Controversial King by Audrey Truschke
RRP: £18.99£15.07The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir is one of the most hated men in Indian history. Widely reviled as a religious fanatic who sought to violently oppress Hindus, he is even blamed by some for setting into motion conflicts that would result in the... -
Collecting Activism, Archiving Occupy Wall Street by Kylie Message 9780367777814
RRP: £21.99£19.34Collecting Activism, Archiving Occupy Wall Street explores the material collections produced by participants of Occupy Wall Street in 2011 that bear witness to the experience and agency of 'the 99%'.Examining processes of collection development as a lens... -
A 1950s Housewife: Marriage and Homemaking in the 1950s by Sheila Hardy 9780750964142
RRP: £12.99£9.62Being a housewife in the 1950s was quite a different experience to today. After the independence of the wartime years, women had to leave their jobs when they married and support their husband by creating a spotless home, delicious meals and an inviting...