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The Foundations of Modern Political Thought: Volume 2: The Age of Reformation by Quentin Skinner
RRP: $56.68$48.15A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, the decisive period of transition from medieval to modern political theory. The work is intended to be both an introduction to the period for students,... -
Interflug: East Germany's Airline by Sebastian Schmitz 9781916039636
RRP: $52.50$42.63Interflug was the airline of communist East Germany. Their route map was flown by exotic Soviet-built airliners and shaped by political alliances, with trips into war zones in some of the most obscure corners of the planet, all under the constant... -
Up and Down Stairs: The History of the Country House Servant Jeremy Musson 9780719597305
RRP: $23.08$15.54Country houses were reliant on an intricate hierarchy of servants, each of whom provided an essential skill. Up and Down Stairs brings to life this hierarchy and shows how large numbers of people lived together under strict segregation and how sometimes... -
The Industrial Revolution in Shropshire by Barrie Trinder 9780750967877
RRP: $52.50$39.77The first edition (1973) was acclaimed and it firmly established the Shropshire Coalfield as the cradle of the Industrial Revolution. After several reprints a new edition appeared in 1981, but since then there has been much further research, and... -
The Playbook: How to Deny Science, Sell Lies, and Make a Killing in the Corporate World by Jennifer Jacquet
RRP: $35.68$23.67'This brilliantly subversive and witty book lays bare the techniques of manipulation and disinformation that keep the rich and powerful rich and powerful. . . A landmark book' Brian Eno'Very funny, as satire should be, until you realise it's deadly... -
66 The House that Viewed the World by John D. O. Fulton
RRP: $20.98$14.68"[The book explores] how lives interconnect, how we are all creatures of our time, how rich and complex life is in this sometimes shy and reticent city. Not for a moment does our interest flag."-Alexander McCall Smith Set in 66 Queen Street, a... -
Keep Smiling Through: My Wartime Story by Dame Vera Lynn
RRP: $18.88$13.55In the year of her 100th birthday, Dame Vera Lynn's fascinating and life-affirming wartime memoir from the forces' sweetheart's of her adventures entertaining the troops in far-flung Burma.'I was just twenty-seven years old when I went to Burma. It was... -
Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt by Alec Ryrie 9780008299859
RRP: $20.98$13.94Why have Western societies that were once overwhelmingly Christian become so secular? Looking to the feelings and faith of ordinary people, the award-winning author of Protestants Alec Ryrie offers a bold new history of atheism. ... -
We All Go into the Dark by Francisco Garcia 9780008531485
RRP: $23.08$14.95A captivating, eloquent and nuanced book, We All Go into the Dark is an absolute must-read for true-crime fans across the board. Three women were brutally murdered between early 1968 and late 1969, each after a night... -
The Campbells, 1250-1513 by Stephen Boardman 9780859767248
RRP: $42.00$29.51If not perhaps the most popular Highland clan, the Campbells are undoubtedly one of the most successful. The Campbell earls of Argyll have traditionally enjoyed a rather unsavoury historical reputation, viewed by their rivals with a mixture of fear, envy... -
Augustine: The City of God against the Pagans by Augustine 9780521468435
RRP: $88.18$79.63This is the first new rendition for a generation of The City of God, the first major intellectual achievement of Latin Christianity and one of the classic texts of Western civilisation. Robert Dyson has produced a complete, accurate, authoritative, and... -
The British Empire: How it was built - and how it fell Piers Brendon 9781911187851
RRP: $20.98$14.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911187851Author Piers BrendonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint CONNELL PUBLISHING LTDPublisher CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD -
Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Histories by Diarmuid Hester 9780241528457
RRP: $52.50$34.71'With originality and subtlety, Diarmuid Hester examines how the gay imagination deals with place and with displacement, allowing for mystery and a kind of magic' Colm Toibin'Hester is a fizzingly brilliant writer' Robert Macfarlane'Haunted and haunting... -
Britain by Night by Mark McNeill
RRP: $37.78$25.39The landscape of Britain is transformed at night when its man-made and natural landmarks are illuminated against a backdrop of magnificent stellar skyscapes. In the heart of our cities iconic structures are picked out and away from the built-up areas in... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic by Owen Davies
RRP: $49.33$35.72This richly illustrated history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Telling the story from the dawn of writing in the ancient world to the globally successful Harry Potter films, the... -
Notes By The Editors: 120 Years of Wisden Opinion by Jonathan Rice
RRP: $27.28$20.56When Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published in 1864, it included no comments or opinions at all. As the editors explained, they "carefully avoided making any remarks upon the play or players, as the purport of this little work is to record the... -
Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault 9780679721109
$24.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679721109Author Michel FoucaultFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Dystopia: A Natural History by Gregory Claeys 9780198820475
RRP: $67.18$50.06Dystopia: A Natural History is the first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia. Taking the term to encompass both a literary tradition of satirical works, mostly on totalitarianism, as well as real despotisms and societies in a state of disastrous... -
Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770 by Emily Cockayne
RRP: $27.28$24.07A not-for-the-squeamish journey back through the centuries to urban England, where the streets are crowded, noisy, filthy, and reeking of smoke and decay Modern city-dwellers suffer their share of unpleasant experiences-traffic jams, noisy neighbors,... -
Cultures of London: Legacies of Migration Charlotte Grant 9781350242012
RRP: $41.98$34.73From its origin as the Roman city of Londinium through to its latest incarnation as a super-diverse World City in the twenty-first century, London's history and culture has been shaped by migration. This book expresses and celebrates the plurality of the... -
Imperial Citizenship: Empire and the Question of Belonging by Daniel Gorman 9780719082146
RRP: $41.98$36.98This is the first book-length study of the ideological foundations of British imperialism in the twentieth century. Drawing on the thinking of imperial activists, publicists, ideologues, and travelers such as Lionel Curtis, John Buchan, Arnold White,... -
Humanology: A Scientist's Guide to our Amazing Existence Luke O'Neill 9780717180158
RRP: $58.78$43.28Taking us on an incredible journey across centuries and galaxies, accompanied by his characteristic wit, Professor Luke O'Neill explains how it all began, how it all will end and everything in between. Readers will benefit from Luke's insatiable... -
Not Just Milk Stout: The Mackeson Family and their Hythe Brewery by Anne Petrie 9781803994574
RRP: $31.48$24.26This is the story of how the Mackeson brothers of Deal bought a brewery in the small Kent town of Hythe and transformed it into a producer of one of the biggest brewing success stories of the twentieth century - milk stout. The drink was a favourite in... -
Fortune's Many Houses: A Victorian Visionary, a Noble Scottish Family, and a Lost Inheritance by Simon Welfare
RRP: $52.50$34.10A unique and fascinating look at Victorian society through the remarkable lives of an enlightened and philanthropic aristocratic couple, the Marquess and Marchioness of Aberdeen, who tried to change the world for the better but paid a heavy price. This... -
Adventures on the High Teas: In Search of Middle England by Stuart Maconie
RRP: $31.48$23.00Everyone talks about 'Middle England'. Sometimes they mean something bad, like a lynch mob of Daily Mail readers, and sometimes they mean something good, like a pint of ale in a sleepy Cotswold village in summer twilight. But just where and what is... -
The Enlightenment: And Why it Still Matters by Mr. Anthony Pagden
RRP: $41.98$32.09The Enlightenment and Why It Still Matters tells nothing less than the story of how the modern, Western view of the world was born. Cultural and intellectual historian Anthony Pagden explains how, and why, the ideal of a universal, global, and... -
Europe after Rome: A New Cultural History 500-1000 by Julia M. H. Smith 9780199244270
$49.27This is the first single-author study in over fifty years to offer an integrated appraisal of the early Middle Ages as a dynamic and formative period in European history. Written in an attractive and accessible style, it makes extensive use of original... -
The End of Hidden Ireland: Rebellion, Famine and Emigration by Robert James Scally 9780195106596
RRP: $81.88$56.51Many thousands of Irish peasants fled from the country in the terrible famine winter of 1847-48, following the road to the ports and the Liverpool ferries to make the dangerous passage across the Atlantic. The human toll of "Black '47," the... -
Mike Nichols: A Life by Mark Harris
RRP: $41.98$28.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399562266Author Mark HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
A Radical History of the World by Neil Faulkner
RRP: $39.88$27.62History is a weapon. The powerful have their version of events, the people have another. And if we understand how the past was forged, we arm ourselves to change the future. This is a history of struggle, revolution and social change: of hominids,... -
A Cat's Tale: A Journey Through Feline History by Paul Koudounaris
RRP: $50.38$33.96A Cat's Tale will be the first true history of feline kind: our origins; our exploits; the evolution of our relationship with our human companions; and the surprising ways in which our history parallels that of humanity. Heretofore, our ambassadors to... -
Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education by Jane Robinson
RRP: $41.98$29.99The incredible story of the fight for female education in BritainIn 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man's. When the Cambridge Senate... -
St Albans: Life on the Home Front, 1914-1918 by Sue Mann
RRP: $39.88$35.66Much has been written about the men who left to fight in the First World War but what was life really like for those left behind on the Home Front? A bustling market town profoundly touched by the war, St Albans is the perfect place of which to ask this... -
The Return of Odin: The Modern Renaissance of Pagan Imagination by Richard Rudgley
RRP: $35.68$24.11A controversial examination of the influence and presence of the Norse god Odin in contemporary history and culture Exploring the influence of the Norse god Odin in the modern world, Richard Rudgley reveals Odin's central role in the pagan revival and... -
The Hidden Lives of London Streets: A Walking Guide to Soho, Holborn and Beyond by James Morton
RRP: $20.98$7.37London's streets have always worn a variety of influences, reflecting the diverse crowds who live and work on them. Take a walk down any number of historic streets and an abundance of tales exist in the bricks and mortar, waiting to be told. The Hidden... -
The Athenaeum: More Than Just Another London Club by Michael Wheeler
RRP: $84.00$70.54A compelling history of the famous London club and its members' impact on Britain's scientific, creative, and official life When it was founded in 1824, the Athenaeum broke the mold. Unlike in other preeminent clubs, its members were chosen on the basis... -
White Hart Lane: The Spurs Glory Years 1899-2017 Martin Lipton (Chief Football Writer) 9781409169277
RRP: $23.08$15.54A complete history of White Hart Lane, the home of Tottenham Hotspur from 1899 to 2017 and the setting for some of their greatest successes.For a football supporter, a real fan, there is nothing more evocative than the journey to their home ground, a... -
Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller
RRP: $20.98$14.07WINNER OF THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITINGIn this astonishing collection of essays, the award-winning poet and novelist Kei Miller explores the silence in... -
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Mike Wallace 9780195140491
RRP: $58.78$47.27To European explorers, it was Eden, a paradise of waist-high grasses, towering stands of walnut, maple, chestnut, and oak, and forests that teemed with bears, wolves, racoons, beavers, otters, and foxes. Today it is the city of Broadway and Wall Street,... -
The End of the Megamachine: A Brief History of a Failing Civilization Fabian Scheidler 9781789042719
RRP: $41.98$36.48The End of the Megamachine provides a uniquely comprehensive picture of the roots of the destructive forces that are threatening the future of humankind today. Spanning 5000 years of history, the book shows how the three tyrannies of militarized states,...