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The Fields Beneath by Gillian Tindall 9781906011482
RRP: £14.99£9.80A masterpiece of local history, by the Queen of the genre; Gillian Tindall has acquired a devoted readership through her lovingly researched works, such as the prize-winning "The House" by the Thames and "Celestine: Voices from a French Village". A... -
The Bystander Effect: The Psychology of Courage and Inaction by Catherine Sanderson
£4.98 - £6.64'Fantastic ... It explains the misperception of stacked odds and personal powerlessness that stops individuals challenging bad behaviour. Stunning. Humbling. Thought-provoking'Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind In the... -
Great Glasgow Stories by John Burrowes
RRP: £10.99£7.77Few cities in the world abound with so many extraordinary stories as Glasgow. The city has been the silent witness to some of the most significant events of the past century, from major triumphs to cataclysmic calamities, and the best of these anecdotes... -
Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here’s the Science: A scientist’s guide to the biggest challenges facing our species today by Luke O'Neill
RRP: £27.99£25.86In his fascinating and thought-provoking new book, Professor Luke O'Neill, one of the leading voices of authority during the COVID-19 pandemic, grapples with life's biggest questions and tells us what science has to say about them: Do we have control... -
The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick-Maker: The story of Britain through its census, since 1801 by Roger Hutchinson
RRP: £12.99£7.51At the beginning of each decade for 200 years the national census has presented a self-portrait of the British Isles.The census has surveyed Britain from the Napoleonic wars to the age of the internet, through the agricultural and industrial revolutions,... -
The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Robert C. Allen
RRP: £8.99£6.45The 'Industrial Revolution' was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries and led to far reaching transformations of society. With the advent of revolutionary manufacturing technology... -
Voices from History: East London Suffragettes by Rosemary Taylor
RRP: £9.99£7.33In 1914, the East London Federation of Suffragettes, led by Sylvia Pankhurst, split from the WSPU. Sylvia's mother and sister, Emmeline and Christabel, had encouraged her to give up her work with the poor women of East London - but Sylvia refused... -
Great Minds on Small Things: The Philosophers' Guide to Everyday Life by Matthew Qvortrup 9780715654965
RRP: £12.99£8.63Three centuries ago, Voltaire published his Dictionnaire philosophique, taking in such idiosyncratic topics as adultery, mountains, nakedness, and others besides. In 1957, another French philosopher of more recent vintage, Roland Barthes, mused in his... -
Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough
£16.43Synopsis coming soon.......Book InformationISBN 9780671457112Author David McculloughFormat HardbackPage Count 636Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster -
The Lives of Tudor Women by Elizabeth Norton
RRP: £10.99£7.77The turbulent Tudor age never fails to capture the imagination. But what was it actually like to be a woman during this period? This was a time when death in infancy or during childbirth was rife; when marriage was usually a legal contract, not a matter... -
We Are The Legion: The Royal British Legion at 100 by Julie Summers
RRP: £18.99£13.48Formed in 1921 to provide welfare to soldiers returning from the First World War, the Royal British Legion is today the UK's leading military charity. In May 2021 the Legion celebrates its centenary. We Are the Legion is the first book to look at the... -
Family Business by Victoria Glendinning
£6.30From Victoria Glendinning, winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, the James Tait Black Prize and (twice) the Whitbread Prize for Biography. 'It's Succession in tailcoats and spats ... This is a vivid and... -
The Arts of Intimacy: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture by Jerrilynn D. Dodds 9780300142143
£22.68A dynamic vision of medieval Castilian culture and the Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin strands that are woven into its fabric Named a Book of the Year by the Times Literary Supplement, this lavishly illustrated work explores the vibrant interaction among... -
The Greatest Shows on Earth: A History of the Circus by Linda Simon
RRP: £20.00£14.29Now available in paperback, The Greatest Shows on Earth takes us from eighteenth-century hippodromes in Britain to intimate one-ring circuses in nineteenth-century Paris, where Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso became enchanted by aerialists and clowns. We... -
King's Road: The Rise and Fall of the Hippest Street in the World by Max Decharne 9781913172602
RRP: £25.00£18.62The King's Road in Chelsea was at the epicentre of not one, but two worldwide cultural shifts. In the mid-sixties, it became a focal point and shop window for the new 'swinging' London, encompassing music, theatre, the visual arts, fashion and much more... -
Safavid Persia in the Age of Empires: The Idea of Iran Vol. 10 by Charles Melville
RRP: £26.99£23.84The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw the establishment of the new Safavid regime in Iran. Along with reuniting the Persian lands under one rule, the Safavids initiated the radical transformation of the religious landscape by introducing Imami... -
Welsh Slate: Archaeology and History of an Industry by David Gwyn
£46.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871184518Author David GwynFormat HardbackPage Count 292Imprint Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of WalesPublisher Royal Commission... -
Ryan's Daughter: A Glorious Folly by Paul Benedict Rowan
RRP: £15.99£12.23The making of Ryan's Daughter in Dingle 1969 is shrouded in myth and sensational stories. Hollywood superstars in late-1960s Ireland, the Irish climate, the studio system and one of film's greatest auteurs all combined into a troubled and fabled... -
The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women?s Roles in Society by Eleanor Janega
RRP: £23.99£18.43What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about... -
British Goats by Tiffany Francis-Baker
RRP: £7.99£6.06A lively, engaging introduction to the history of goats in Britain, and the recent renaissance of goat-related products. Ever wondered why a goat's eyes have rectangular pupils? Or what happened to Thor's goats each day after they finished pulling his... -
Soho in the Eighties by Christopher Howse
RRP: £20.00£14.69A fascinating glimpse into 1980s Soho by leading journalist and writer Christopher Howse. In the 1980s Daniel Farson published Soho in the Fifties. This memoir is a sequel from the Eighties, a decade that saw the brilliant flowering of a daily... -
Feminisms: A Global History by Lucy Delap
RRP: £10.99£7.77How has feminism developed? What have feminists achieved? What can we learn from the global history of feminism?Feminism is the ongoing story of a profound historical transformation. Despite being repeatedly written off as a political movement that has... -
Zero Fail: the rise and fall of the Secret Service by Carol Leonnig
RRP: £18.99£12.83The first definitive account of the rise and fall of the Secret Service, from the Kennedy assassination to the alarming mismanagement of the Obama and Trump years, right up to the insurrection at the Capitol on 6 January 2021 - by the Pulitzer Prize... -
A Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation by Tim Hannigan
RRP: £14.99£9.80Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest ArchipelagoIndonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth largest population in the world after the United States. Indonesian history and culture are... -
For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports by Christopher Hitchens
RRP: £12.99£8.56The global turmoil of the late 1980s and early 1990s severely tested every analyst and commentator. Few wrote with such insight as Christopher Hitchens about the large events - or with such discernment and wit about the small tell-tale signs of a... -
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton 9781517901738
RRP: £21.99£18.79Winner of the John Boswell Prize from the American Historical Association 2018 Winner of the William Sanders Scarborough Prize from the Modern Language Association 2018 Winner of an American Library Association Stonewall Honor 2018 Winner of Lambda... -
The Wisdom of the Beguines: The Forgotten Story of a Medieval Women's Movement by Laura Swan 9781629190082
RRP: £10.99£7.38The beguines began to form in various parts of Europe over eight hundred years ago. Beguines were laywomen, not nuns, and they did not live in monasteries. They practiced a remarkable way of living independently, and they were never a religious order or... -
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World by Simon Winchester
RRP: £9.99£6.64From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back. In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced... -
Gardens for Gloriana: Wealth, Splendour and Design in Elizabethan Gardens by Jane Whitaker
RRP: £40.00£30.21The formal gardens of Elizabethan England were among the glories of their age. Complementing the great houses of the day, they reflected the aspirations of their owners, whose greatest desire was to achieve success at Court and to delight the Queen. No... -
The Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry by Richard Barnett
RRP: £25.00£17.38This achingly jawdropping book follows the evolution of dentistry throughout the world from the Bronze Age to the present day, presenting captivating and grim illustrations of the tools and techniques of dentistry through the ages. Organized... -
Look Back in Anger: The Miners' Strike in Nottinghamshire 30 Years on by Harry Paterson 9781907869952
RRP: £9.99£7.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907869952Author Harry PatersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Five Leaves PublicationsPublisher Five Leaves Publications -
Yellow Earl by Douglas Sutherland
RRP: £20.00£14.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910723036Author Douglas SutherlandFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 797g -
The Ghost by Susan Owens
RRP: £14.99£11.35"Five thousand years have now elapsed since the creation of the world, and still it is undecided whether or not there has even been an instance of the spirit of any person appearing after death. All argument is against it; but all belief is for it."... -
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes by Jonathan Rose
RRP: £16.99£14.61This is a landmark intellectual history of Britain's working classes from the preindustrial era to the twentieth century. Drawing on workers' memoirs, social surveys, library registers, and more, Jonathan Rose uncovers which books people read, how they... -
Inheritance: The Lost History of Mary Davies: A Story of Property, Marriage and Madness by Leo Hollis
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Brilliant' Financial Times 'Hollis expertly weaves together the human tragedy and high politics behind the explosion of one of the world's greatest cities' Dan Snow The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness,... -
Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction by Paul Bahn
RRP: £8.99£6.45This entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology - a subject which appeals as a pastime, career, and academic discipline, encompasses the whole globe, and surveys 2.5 million years. From deserts to jungles, from... -
Kathmandu by Tomas Bell
RRP: £12.99£8.75One of the greatest cities of the Himalaya, Kathmandu, Nepal, is a unique blend of thousand-year-old cultural practices and accelerated urban development. In this book, Thomas Bell recounts his experiences from his many years in the city--exploring in... -
Racism: A Very Short Introduction by Ali Rattansi 9780198834793
RRP: £8.99£6.45There is often a demand for a short, sharp definition of racism, for example as captured in the popular formula Power + Prejudice= Racism. But in reality, racism is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon that cannot be captured by such definitions. In... -
The Salt Roads: How Fish Made a Culture by John Goodlad 9781780278285
RRP: £9.99£6.70This is the extraordinary story of how salt fish from Shetland became one of the staple foods of Europe, powered an economic boom and inspired artists, writers and musicians. It ranges from the wild waters of the North Atlantic, the ice-filled fjords... -
Annals by Cornelius Tacitus
RRP: £12.99£9.09A compelling new translation of Tacitus' Annals, one of the greatest accounts of ancient Rome, by Cynthia Damon.Tacitus' Annals recounts the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero in AD 68. With...