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Unquiet Women: From the Dusk of the Roman Empire to the Dawn of the Enlightenment Max Adams 9781788543422
RRP: $23.08$16.32Unquiet Women is an exquisitely crafted patchwork of the forgotten lives of some of the most remarkable women in history. History is polyphonic; it must be told by many voices. In Unquiet Women, Max Adams brings to life the voices and experiences of... -
Jersey Ghost Stories by Erren Michaels 9780750970327
RRP: $20.98$17.16Step away from sunny Jersey's present day and into the sinister shadows of the past ... the island's history is filled with dark deeds and restless spirits. Collected here for the first time are stories that have endured through centuries to chill the... -
The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars by Annelise Freisenbruch
RRP: $35.68$25.79Like their modern counterparts, the 'first ladies' of Rome were moulded to meet the political requirements of their emperors, be they fathers, husbands, brothers or lovers. But the women proved to be liabilities as well as assets - Augustus' daughter... -
Everyday Life in Traditional Japan Charles J. Dunn 9784805310052
RRP: $31.48$20.58Everyday Life in Traditional Japan paints a vivid portrait of Tokugawa Japan, a time when contact with the outside world was deliberately avoided, and the daily life of the different classes consolidated the traditions that shaped modern Japan.With... -
A People's History of Catalonia by Michael Eaude
RRP: $35.68$24.23On October 1, 2017, the Spanish police assault on Catalans voting in a peaceful referendum shot Catalonia's struggle for independence onto the world's front pages. Today, those two million-plus voters have neither forgiven nor forgotten: the struggle... -
The Snows of Yesteryear: Portraits for an Autobiography by Gregor von Rezzori
RRP: $27.28$19.09The Snows of Yesteryear (1989) is Gregor von Rezzori's haunting evocation of his childhood in Czernowitz, in present-day Ukraine. Growing up after the First World War, Rezzori portrays a twilit world suspended between the dying ways of an imperial past... -
Stoke Newington by Gavin Smith
RRP: $33.58$25.73Stoke Newington in the early nineteenth century was notable as an 'old world' suburb possessing great charm. Many of its interesting old houses, inns and chapels were recorded in the sketches and paintings of Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and his son. At the... -
Dreaming the Karoo: A People Called the /Xam by Julia Blackburn
RRP: $42.00$30.01A spellbinding new book by the much-acclaimed writer, a journey to South Africa in search of the lost people called the /Xam - a haunting book about the brutality of colonial frontiers and the fate of those they dispossess.In spring 2020, Julia Blackburn... -
An Uprooted Community: A history of Epynt by Herbert Hughes 9781800994027
$21.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800994027Author Herbert HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
The Great Irish Famine: A History in Four Lives by Enda Delaney
RRP: $35.68$25.79The Great Irish Famine of 1845-52 was the defining event in the history of modern Ireland. At least one million people died, and double that number fled the country within a decade. The Great Irish Famine surveys the history of this great tragedy... -
Dictatorship and Daily Life in 20th-Century Europe by Dr. Lisa Pine
RRP: $52.48$48.85Bringing together leading scholars from across the UK, North America and mainland Europe, this book provides a uniquely comparative exploration of daily life under dictatorship in 20th-century Europe. With coverage of well-known regimes and some that are... -
Eaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. 9781789144444
RRP: $42.00$30.01Every culture has monsters that eat us, and every culture repels in horror when we eat ourselves. From Grendel to Sawney Bean, and from the Ghuls of ancient Persia to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, our fear of being consumed is both universal and... -
Stalybridge and Dukinfield by Alan Rose 9780752410982
RRP: $31.48$24.26This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752410982Author Alan... -
A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution by Jeremy Popkin
RRP: $63.00$45.89The French Revolution was the "big bang" out of which all the elements of modern politics and social conflicts were formed. Democracy, populism, liberalism, conservatism, socialism, nationalism, feminism, abolitionism, and "enlightened" imperialism are... -
Sixty Years a Nurse by Mary Hazard
RRP: $20.98$13.94When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse's training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later - one of the longest ever serving NHS nurses. ... -
Miriam's Farm: The story of Haggs Farm, D.H.Lawrence and the Chambers family by Clive Leivers 9781915434074
RRP: $21.00$17.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915434074Author Clive LeiversFormat PaperbackImprint Five Leaves PublicationsPublisher Five Leaves Publications -
What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She by Dennis Baron
RRP: $27.28$24.07Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns spark debate, prompting new policies about what pronouns to use. More than a by-product of the culture wars, gender-neutral pronouns are, however, nothing new. Pioneering linguist Dennis Baron... -
A Coup in Turkey: A Tale of Democracy, Despotism and Vengeance in a Divided Land by Jeremy Seal
RRP: $35.68$25.79The most dramatic, revealing and little-known story in Turkey's history - which illuminates the nation'Through the spellbinding career of a single, ill-fated leader, Jeremy Seal illuminates a bitterly divided country' Colin Thubron'Read this book if... -
Kendo: Culture of the Sword by Alexander C. Bennett 9780520284371
RRP: $63.00$49.75Kendo is the first in-depth historical, cultural, and political account in English of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship, from its beginnings in military training and arcane medieval schools to its widespread practice as a global sport today... -
Byrds Requiem For The Timeless Volume 2 Johnny Rogan 9789529540952
RRP: $63.00$49.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789529540952Author Johnny RoganFormat HardbackPage Count 1248Imprint Rogan HousePublisher Rogan House -
Glove Story 2: Another book for every goalkeeper, past and present by Rob Stokes
RRP: $29.40$24.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999900861Author Rob StokesFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Conker Editions LtdPublisher Conker Editions Ltd -
Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All by Christina Thompson 9780747596707
RRP: $27.28$19.09Come On Shore and We Will Kill And Eat You All is a sensitive and vibrant portrayal of the cultural collision between Westerners and Maoris, from Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 to the author's unlikely romance with a Maori man. An... -
Dancing in Time: The History of Moving and Shaking Robert Hylton 9780712354615
RRP: $52.50$34.40With a foreword by Oti Mabuse. Dance is at the heart of diverse cultures around the globe, from the increasing popularity of salsa clubs, to break dance battles that gather crowds in the street, to the constant stream of dance routines going viral on... -
The 1950s Home by Janet Shepherd
RRP: $18.88$12.64The 1950s was a decade of transformation, as Britain moved from austerity to greater affluence. After the Second World War, there was a huge building programme and the creation of new towns brought a new mid-twentieth century vision of the home. The... -
Last Children Of The Raj, Volume 1 (1919-1939): British Childhoods in India by Laurence Fleming
RRP: $31.50$19.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903660201Author Mark TullyFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Dexter HavenPublisher Dexter HavenWeight(grams) 434gDimensions(mm) 195mm * 130mm * 30mm -
The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society 1750-1950 by William Donaldson
RRP: $63.00$44.10The Highland bagpipe has long been a central strand of Scottish identity, but what happened to the Highland bagpipe in the two centuries following Culloden? How was its music transmitted and received? This study presents contemporary evidence and uses a... -
Embracing the Darkness: A Cultural History of Witchcraft John Callow (University of Suffolk, UK) 9781845114695
$85.05As dusk fell on a misty evening in 1521, Martin Luther - hiding from his enemies at Wartburg Castle - found himself seemingly tormented by demons hurling walnuts at his bedroom window. In a fit of rage, the great reformer threw at the Devil the inkwell... -
The Return of Cultural Treasures by Jeanette Greenfield
RRP: $71.38$62.29In recent years controversial cases such as the so-called Elgin Marbles have prompted public debate on the return of cultural treasures to their homelands. In this fully revised and expanded third edition of her seminal work, first published in 2007,... -
The Dead Yard: Tales of Modern Jamaica by Ian Thomson
RRP: $23.08$16.32Jamaica 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... -
Charles Dickens by Simon Callow 9780007445318
RRP: $25.18$16.51An exuberant and entertaining biography of Charles Dickens that captures the essence of the great novelist. Simon Callow's sparkling biography explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the... -
These Wonderful Rumours!: A Young Schoolteacher's Wartime Diaries 1939-1945 by May Smith 9781844088119 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$4.81May Smith is twenty-four at the outbreak of World War Two; at night, the sirens wail, and the young men of the village leave to fight. But still, ordinary life goes on: May goes shopping, plays tennis, takes holidays and even falls in love - while... -
These Wonderful Rumours!: A Young Schoolteacher's Wartime Diaries 1939-1945 May Smith 9781844088119
RRP: $27.28$18.06May Smith is twenty-four at the outbreak of World War Two; at night, the sirens wail, and the young men of the village leave to fight. But still, ordinary life goes on: May goes shopping, plays tennis, takes holidays and even falls in love - while... -
Menagerie: The History of Exotic Animals in England by Caroline Grigson 9780198714712
RRP: $31.48$23.00Menagerie is the story of the panoply of exotic animals that were brought into Britain from time immemorial until the foundation of the London Zoo -- a tale replete with the extravagant, the eccentric, and -- on occasion -- the downright bizarre. From... -
The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer: Arthur Conan Doyle, George Edalji and the Case of the Foreigner in the English Village by Shrabani Basu
RRP: $20.98$13.69'Basu's account of how Arthur Conan Doyle set about trying to get a pardon for Edalji is in itself a fine piece of detective work.' The Times 'Compulsive reading.' A.N. Wilson 'Nails the nastiness of a peculiarly English scandal.' The Spectator 'A... -
Match of the Century: England, Hungary, and the Game that Changed Football Forever by Matt Clough
RRP: $42.00$31.58On 25 November 1953, the footballing landscape was altered forever. In a mist-shrouded Wembley Stadium, the beautiful game's historic dominant force, England, met the most exciting team of the 1950s, Hungary. What followed sent shockwaves through the... -
Hands: What We Do with Them - and Why by Darian Leader
RRP: $23.08$16.32How much do you really know about your own hands?Throughout history , civilisations have been defined by the work of human hands: inventing tools, writing records, operating machinery, typing, texting, swiping. But beneath this known history is another,... -
The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind by Ramachandra Guha 9780008422509
RRP: $42.00$28.01From one of India's finest writers, thinkers and commentators, a memoir of a love affair with cricket. As a fan, player, writer, scholar, controversialist and administrator, Ramachandra Guha has spent a life with cricket. In this... -
Recollections of the 1950s: Home, Family and New Horizons by Stephen F Kelly 9781803993775
RRP: $27.28$20.20The 1950s saw a major shift in the lifestyles of many in Britain. Employment levels rose to new heights, white consumer goods appeared in shop windows for the first time, television replaced the radio in many homes, rock 'n' roll was born, the National... -
This Civilisation Is Finished: Conversations on the End of Empire - And What Lies Beyond by Rupert Read 9780994282835
RRP: $29.30$20.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994282835Author Rupert ReadFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Simplicity InstitutePublisher Simplicity InstituteWeight(grams) 132g -
Stories from Small Museums Fiona Candlin 9781526166883
RRP: $35.68$26.21During the late twentieth century, the number of museums in the UK dramatically increased. Typically small and independent, the new museums concentrated on local history, war and transport. This book asks who founded them, how and why.In order to find...