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The Shoulders We Stand On: How Black and Brown people fought for change in the United Kingdom by Preeti Dhillon 9780349702827
RRP: £20.00£12.05The UK is grappling with big questions about belonging, equality, and the legacies of Empire and Colonialism. We've been here before. Embracing a broader history that encompasses all British people, The Shoulders We Stand On is fundamental to a better... -
Rape and Sexual Power in Early America by Sharon Block 9780807857618
£33.22In a comprehensive examination of rape and its prosecution in British America between 1700 and 1820, Sharon Block exposes the dynamics of sexual power on which colonial and early republican Anglo-American society was based. Block analyzes the legal,... -
The Industrial Revolution Explained: Steam, Sparks and Massive Wheels by Stan Yorke 9781853069352
RRP: £8.99£7.40In this concise illustrated guide, Stan Yorke tells the story of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, simplifying an otherwise complicated subject with his easy-to-follow writing style. Illustrations, photography and detailed line drawings by Trevor... -
The Scottish Suffragettes by Leah Leneman
RRP: £8.99£7.40An inspiring look at the remarkable women who fought so tirelessly for equality. Using new material, this study moves away from the ardent activists in London and focuses on the campaign for the vote for women in Scotland. Non-militant 'suffragist'... -
The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen by Sean Sherman 9780816699797
RRP: £29.99£27.502018 James Beard Award Winner: Best American Cookbook Named one of the Best Cookbooks of 2017 by NPR, The Village Voice, Smithsonian Magazine, UPROXX, New York Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Mpls. St. PaulMagazine and others Here is real food-our... -
How the World Works: The Story of Human Labor from Prehistory to the Modern Day by Paul Cockshott
RRP: £25.00£20.28A sweeping history of the full range of human labor Few authors are able to write cogently in both the scientific and the economic spheres. Even fewer possess the intellectual scope needed to address science and economics at a macro as well as a micro... -
The French Mind: 400 Years of Romance, Revolution and Renewal by Peter Watson 9781471128981
RRP: £12.99£8.58'Majestic, ambitious' Literary Review ____________________________________ We are endlessly fascinated by the French. We are fascinated by their way of life, their creativity and sophistication, and even their insistence that they are exceptional. But... -
Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair by Emma Tarlo
RRP: £10.99£7.77Winner of the Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing 2017 Journeying around the globe, through past and present, Emma Tarlo unravels the intriguing story of human hair and what it tells us about ourselves and society. When it's not attached... -
Magdalena: River of Dreams by Wade Davis
RRP: £10.99£7.77A captivating new book from Wade Davis - winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Into the Silence - that brings vividly to life the story of the great Rio Magdalena, illuminating Colombia's complex past, present, and future.For Wade Davis, Colombia was... -
West: Tales of the Lost Lands by Martin Wall
RRP: £20.00£13.34Part personal memoir, part cultural history, West is a compendium of 'tales', telling the story of a unique geographical and literary landscape - the western Midlands of England. It is a magpie's nest, a melange of anecdotes, folk legends, ghost stories... -
The Most Beautiful Girl In Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
RRP: £12.99£9.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593197813Author Chanel CleetonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Matchbox Toys by Nick Jones
RRP: £7.99£6.96Matchbox toys were ubiquitous items for children across the Western world. Originally labelled Christmas-cracker trash by retailers and shopkeepers, the small-scale 1-75 series soon began to see unprecedented worldwide sales in the 1950s. Smaller and... -
Crime, Law and Society in the Later Middle Ages by Anthony Musson 9780719038020
RRP: £19.99£14.52This book provides an accessible collection of translated legal sources through which the exploits of criminals and developments in the English criminal justice system (c.1215-1485) can be studied. Drawing on the wealth of archival material and an array... -
The Turning Point: A Year in the Life of Charles Dickens by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
RRP: £25.00£18.02*A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 PICK IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN*From the award-winning author of Becoming Dickens and The Story of Alice comes a major new biography of Charles Dickens, tracing the year that would transform his... -
How an Island Lost Its People: Improvement, Clearance and Resettlement on Lismore 1830–1914 by Robert Hay
RRP: £12.99£8.94In 1830, the little Hebridean island of Lismore was one of the granaries of the West Highlands, with every possible scrap of land producing bere barley or oats. The population had reached its peak of 1500, but by 1910, numbers had dwindled to 400 and... -
A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America by Richard Slotkin 9780674292383
RRP: £29.95£23.46As culture wars pit us against each other, A Great Disorder looks to the myths that have shaped American identity and reveals how they have brought us to the brink of an existential crisis.Red America and Blue America are so divided they could be two... -
Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939 by Virginia Nicholson
RRP: £15.99£11.61Virginia Nicholson's Among the Bohemians is a portrait of England's artistic community in the first half of the twentieth century, engaged in a grand experiment.Subversive, eccentric and flamboyant - the Bohemians ate garlic and didn't always wash; they... -
1947: when now begins by Elisabeth Asbrink 9781911617099
RRP: £8.99£6.13A Metro book of the year Interweaving the social, political, and personal, in 1947 Elisabeth Asbrink chronicles the year that 'now' began. In 1947, production begins of the Kalashnikov, Christian Dior creates the New Look, Simone de Beauvoir writes... -
Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A celebration of gay gods, sapphic saints, and queerness through the ages by Dan Jones
RRP: £16.99£11.54Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn... -
Workhouses Of The North: Images of England by Peter Higginbotham
RRP: £15.99£12.25Friday nights were bath nights. Immediately after tea we were given a good scrub with the brushes the girls used on the floor. No fancy smelling soaps, just carbolic and should this get into your eyes it really was painful. Then we were given a flannel... -
The Declaration of Arbroath: 'For Freedom Alone' by Edward J. Cowan
RRP: £9.99£6.70The Declaration of Arbroath, 6 April, 1320, is one of the most remarkable documents to have been produced anywhere in medieval Europe. Signed by 51 Scottish nobles, it confirms Scotland's status as an independent sovereign state with the right to use... -
Arran: A History by Thorbjorn Campbell
RRP: £12.99£8.94Arran is an archaeological and geological treasure trove of stunning scenic beauty. Its history stretches back to the great stone circles, more than 5,000 years old, whose remnants still decorate the plains of Machrie. Runic inscriptions tell of a Viking... -
Ancient Africa: A Global History, to 300 CE by Christopher Ehret
RRP: £22.00£17.36A panoramic narrative that places ancient Africa on the stage of world historyThis book brings together archaeological and linguistic evidence to provide a sweeping global history of ancient Africa, tracing how the continent played an important role in... -
The Dead Yard: Tales of Modern Jamaica by Ian Thomson
RRP: £10.99£7.32Jamaica used to be the source of much of Britain's wealth, a tropical paradise for the planters, a Babylonian exile for the Africans shipped to the Caribbean. It became independent in 1962.Jamaica is now a country in despair. It has become a cockpit of... -
Bessborough: Three Women. Three Decades. Three Stories of Courage. by Deirdre Finnerty
RRP: £9.99£6.80'I read Bessborough in one sitting, veering from fury to devastation within a matter of pages. A vitally important book.' Louise O'Neill'Vivid and powerful' CAELAINN HOGAN'I loved this book for its sheer honesty' CATHERINE CORLESS'A powerfully important... -
An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo by Richard Davenport-Hines 9780007435852
RRP: £11.99£8.43WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the... -
After Elizabeth: Can the Monarchy Save Itself? by Ed Owens 9781399406529
RRP: £25.00£17.62The British monarchy has been through turbulent times of late. Rocked by scandal and strife, and without it seems a clear plan for the future following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, we have been left wondering: what happens next? Nothing seems... -
London Labour and the London Poor by Victor Neuburg 9780140432411 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£3.43London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of newspaper articles written by the great journalist Henry Mayhew between 1849 and 1850. A dozen years later, it had grown into the fullest picture we have of labouring people in the world's... -
London Labour and the London Poor by Victor Neuburg
RRP: £14.99£10.95London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of newspaper articles written by the great journalist Henry Mayhew between 1849 and 1850. A dozen years later, it had grown into the fullest picture we have of labouring people in the world's... -
Nothing To Envy: Real Lives In North Korea by Barbara Demick 9781803510064
RRP: £9.99£6.70WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION A spectacular, definitive portrait of ordinary life within one of the world's most repressive states - North Korea. 'A most perceptive and eye-opening account of everyday life in North Korea'... -
Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword by Alan Connor
RRP: £12.99£9.09In the century since its birth, the crossword has evolved into the world's most popular intellectual pastime: a unique form of wordplay, the codes and conventions of which are open to anyone masochistic enough to get addicted. In Two Girls, One on Each... -
Common and Uncommon Scents: A Social History of Perfume by Susan Stewart
RRP: £22.99£15.18Pleasant smells have long been associated not only with health, wealth and good hygiene but also sound moral character; bad smells indicate lack of cleanliness, ill health, poverty - and immorality. Throughout history, people have applied scents to their... -
The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea by Robert Wald Sussman
RRP: £19.95£16.52Biological races do not exist-and never have. This view is shared by all scientists who study variation in human populations. Yet racial prejudice and intolerance based on the myth of race remain deeply ingrained in Western society. In his powerful... -
Bhutan: The Unremembered Nation - Vols.1&2 by Dr Karma Ura 9780198887362
RRP: £120.00£109.33The process of modernization has brought discontinuities in collective memory. The books provide an act of collective remembrance, knitting together many voices and stories. They show the readers a world of the past before modernization began in the... -
Witchcraze by Anne Llewellyn Barstow 9780062510365
RRP: £15.99£9.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062510365Author Anne BarstowFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 235gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Everyday Utopia: In Praise of Radical Alternatives to the Traditional Family Home by Kristen Ghodsee 9781847927170
RRP: £20.00£14.29A practical and uplifting vision of better ways to live together, own property, have families and raise children, from the author of Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism.'Kristen Ghodsee is back with another splendid insight: utopia can and ought to... -
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Murphy
RRP: £10.99£7.77The most fatal virus known to science, rabies-a disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans-kills nearly one hundred percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. In this critically acclaimed exploration, journalist Bill Wasik... -
Personifying Prehistory: Relational Ontologies in Bronze Age Britain and Ireland by Joanna Bruck
£24.53The Bronze Age is frequently framed in social evolutionary terms. Viewed as the period which saw the emergence of social differentiation, the development of long-distance trade, and the intensification of agricultural production, it is seen as the... -
The Murder of William of Norwich: The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe by E. M. Rose
RRP: £13.99£9.75In 1144, the mutilated body of William of Norwich, a young apprentice leatherworker, was found abandoned outside the city's walls. The boy bore disturbing signs of torture, and a story spread that it was a ritual murder, performed by Jews in imitation of... -
Postcard From The Past by Tom Jackson
RRP: £8.99£6.02WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARK HADDON In Postcard From The Past, Tom Jackson has gathered a collection of the funniest, weirdest and most moving real messages from the backs of old postcards. ...