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Everyday Life in 19th Century Ireland by Dr Ian Maxwell 9781845887438
RRP: £20.00£15.04To Victorian visitors, Ireland was a world of extremes - Luxurious country houses to one-room mud cabins (in 1841 40% of Irish housing was the latter). This thorough and engaging social history of Ireland offers new insights into the ways in which... -
Allotments by Twigs Way
RRP: £8.99£6.02Allotments are a much-loved part of every British city, town and many villages. At the height of their popularity around the Second World War, allotments were increasingly neglected towards the end of the twentieth century, but are now in the throes of a... -
The Most Beautiful Girl In Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
RRP: £12.99£8.60Apologies 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 -
The Cowley Fathers: A History of the English Congregation of the Society of St John the Evangelist by Serenhedd James 9781786221834
RRP: £45.00£42.23The Society of St John the Evangelist, otherwise known as the Cowley Fathers, was the first men's religious order to be founded in the Church of England since the Reformation, as a result of the spread and influence of the Oxford Movement and its... -
The Real Peter Sellers by Norman, Andrew 9781526786838
RRP: £20.00£14.29Throughout the world, people regard Peter Sellers purely as a comedic genius: surely, one of the greatest ever to have lived. But, the astute observer will notice that he always appeared to be acting, even when being interviewed. So, who was Peter... -
Guyana At 50: Reflection, Celebration And Inspiration by Arif Ali 9781910553572
RRP: £30.00£19.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910553572Author Arif AliFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Hansib Publications LimitedPublisher Hansib Publications Limited -
Out of Office: the big problem and bigger promise of working from home by Anne Helen Petersen 9781913348786
RRP: £14.99£9.53A game-changing book about the revolutionary potential of working from home, by two experts who work - and live - together. When the COVID-19 pandemic closed offices around the world, sending millions into makeshift home offices, it was a forced... -
Queer Jewish Lives Between Central Europe and Ma - Biographies and Geographies, 1870-1960 Andreas Kra 9783837653328
RRP: £44.99£36.74When queer Jewish people migrated from Central Europe to the Middle East in the first half of the 20th century, they contributed to the creation of a new queer culture and community in Palestine. This volume offers the first collection of studies on... -
Trifle by Helen Saberi 9781903018729
RRP: £14.99£12.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018729Author Helen SaberiFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books -
A History of Gardening in 50 Objects by George Drower 9780750991308
RRP: £20.00£15.44The earliest record of an enclosed space around a homestead come from 10,000 BC and since then gardens of varying types and ambition have been popular throughout the ages. Whether ornamental patches surrounding wild cottages, container gardens blooming... -
The Amish by Donald B. Kraybill 9781421425665
RRP: £24.00£22.18Companion to the acclaimed PBS American Experience documentary.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLThe Amish have always struggled with the modern world. Known for their simple clothing, plain lifestyle, and horse-and-buggy... -
The London Square: Gardens in the Midst of Town Todd Longstaffe-Gowan 9780300152012
RRP: £40.00£35.99Modern-day London abounds with a multitude of gardens, enclosed by railings and surrounded by houses, which attest to the English love of nature. These green enclaves, known as squares, are among the most distinctive and admired features of the... -
Nature Knows No Color-Line: Research into the Negro Ancestry in the White Race by J a Rogers 9781684115730
RRP: £23.99£18.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684115730Author J a RogersFormat HardbackPage Count 252Imprint www.bnpublishing.comPublisher www.bnpublishing.comWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Open: The Story of Human Progress by Johan Norberg
RRP: £10.99£7.32AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARHumanity's embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange - whether it's goods, ideas or people - has led to stunning achievements in science, technology and culture. As a result, we live... -
Temlau Peintiedig / Painted Temples: Murluniau a Chroglenni yn Eglwysi Cymru, 1200-1800 / Wallpaintings and Rood-screens in Welsh Churches, 1200-1800: 2021 by Richard Suggett
£30.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871184587Author Richard SuggettFormat HardbackPage Count 386Imprint Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of WalesPublisher Royal... -
Scouse: A Social and Cultural History Tony Crowley (The School of English, University of Leeds (United Kingdom)) 9781846318405
RRP: £24.99£22.41Nowhere in Britain is more closely associated with a form of language than Liverpool. Yet the history of language in Liverpool has been obscured by misrepresentation and myth-making and narratives of Liverpool's linguistic past have scarcely done justice... -
The Future of Decline: Anglo-American Culture at its Limits by Jed Esty
RRP: £10.99£9.60As the US becomes a second-place nation, can it shed the superpower nostalgia that still haunts the UK? The debate over the US's fading hegemony has raged and sputtered for 50 years, glutting the market with prophecies about American decline. Media... -
Erin and Iran: Cultural Encounters Between the Irish and the Iranians by H. E. Chehabi 9780674088283
RRP: £20.95£16.88In Erin and Iran, ten essays by North American and European scholars discuss parallel themes in and interactions between Irish and Iranian cultures. In the first section three essays explore common elements in pre-Christian Irish and pre-Islamic Iranian... -
Who Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume Two 1979-2014 Kenneth Rose 9781474610599
RRP: £16.99£11.94Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the post-war Establishment. The wry and amusing journals of the royal biographer and historian made objective observation a sculpted craft. His impeccable social placement located him within the... -
Jock's Jocks: Voices of Scottish Soldiers from the First World War by Jock Duncan
RRP: £12.99£11.01Between the 1930s and 1980s, folk singer Jock Duncan interviewed around 60 veterans of the First World War, mainly in his native North East of Scotland. He then spent many years transcribing his interviews in the rich variations of Scots in which... -
Witchcraft, Magic and Culture 1736-1951 by Owen Davies 9780719056567
RRP: £19.99£17.61The only serious study of witchcraft and magic from 1736 to 1951 Brings together matters ranging from upper class spiritualism to rural witchcraft in an exciting and intellecually stimulating way Essential reading for all social historians and all h. . ... -
A Dark History of Tea by Seren Charrington Hollins 9781526761606
RRP: £19.99£14.28A Dark History of Tea looks at our long relationship with this most revered of hot beverages. Renowned food historian Seren Charrington-Hollins digs into the history of one of the world's oldest beverages, tracing tea's significance on the tables of the... -
Fodder & Drincan: Anglo-Saxon Culinary History by Emma Kay
RRP: £20.00£16.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909248755Author Emma KayFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books -
The Green Web: A Union for World Conservation by Martin Holdgate
RRP: £41.99£37.15This text is a history of the world's oldest global conservation body - the World Conservation Union, established in 1948 as a forum for governments, non-governmental organizations and individual conservationists. The author draws on unpublished archives... -
American Intellectual History: A Very Short Introduction by Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen
RRP: £8.99£6.45Long before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by European explorers with centuries of belief and thought in tow. From this foundation of expectation and experience, America and American thought grew in... -
Bodies of Evidence: The Practice of Queer Oral History by Nan Alamilla Boyd 9780199742738
RRP: £51.00£31.79When written sources are scarce, historians often turn to oral histories for evidence. Bodies of Evidence: The Practice of Queer Oral History is the first book to provide serious scholarly insight into the methodological practices that shape lesbian,... -
This is the BBC: Entertaining the Nation, Speaking for Britain, 1922-2022 by Simon J. Potter 9780192898524
RRP: £23.49£20.37In the hundredth year of the British Broadcasting Corporation, historian Simon J. Potter looks back over the hundred year history, asking if the BBC is really the 'voice of Britain', and what comes next for British public broadcasting. 2022 marks the... -
The Making of the English Gardener: Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560-1660 by Margaret Willes
RRP: £16.99£14.61The people and publications at the root of a national obsession In the century between the accession of Elizabeth I and the restoration of Charles II, a horticultural revolution took place in England, making it a leading player in the European... -
Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party by Joshua Bloom 9780520293281
RRP: £24.00£19.02This timely special edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, features a new preface by the authors that places the Party in a contemporary political landscape, especially as it relates to Black Lives... -
Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism: The Cluniac Tradition, c.900-1200 by Scott G. Bruce 9780521123938
RRP: £30.99£23.80Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism explores the rationales for religious silence in early medieval abbeys and the use of nonverbal forms of communication among monks when rules of silence forbade them from speaking. After examining the... -
A British Tradition?: The History and Significance of Fair Play by Jonathan Duke-Evans 9780192859990
RRP: £41.99£29.74For hundreds of years English people have claimed that fair play is at the core of their national identity. Jonathan Duke-Evans looks at the history of fair play in Britain from earliest times to the present, asking whether it is in fact a British, or... -
The Rule of Law: A Very Short Introduction Aziz Z. Huq 9780197657423
£9.02Politicians, judges, and citizens commonly use the phrase "rule of law" to describe some good that flows from a legal system. But what precisely is that good? Even in Aristotle's time, there was no agreement on either its nature, and on whether it... -
No Place to Call Home: Inside the Real Lives of Gypsies and Travellers Katharine Quarmby 9781851689491
RRP: £14.99£10.95They are reviled. For centuries the Roma have wandered Europe; during the Holocaust half a million were killed. After World War II and during the Troubles, a wave of Irish Travellers moved to England to make a better, safer life. They found places to... -
Rantings of the Loon Pant King Tex Austin 9781915122919
RRP: £9.99£7.11Often more interesting than great battles, royal weddings or grand state occasions are the weird and wonderful tales of ordinary folk. These memories turn into valuable currency as our familiar world is vandalised in the name of progress... Rantings of... -
The History of Central Asia: The Age of the Steppe Warriors (Volume 1) by Christoph Baumer 9781780760605
RRP: £85.00£76.91The epic plains and arid deserts of Central Asia have witnessed some of the greatest migrations, as well as many of the most transformative developments, in the history of civilization. Christoph Baumer's ambitious four-volume treatment of the region... -
Sisterhood and After: An Oral History of the UK Women's Liberation Movement, 1968-present by Margaretta Jolly
RRP: £20.99£17.94This ground-breaking history of the UK Women's Liberation Movement shows why and how feminism's 'second wave' mobilized to demand not just equality but social and gender transformation. Oral history testimonies power the work, tracing the arc of a... -
Scraping By: Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore Seth Rockman (Associate Professor of History, Brown University) 9780801890079
RRP: £26.50£22.09Enslaved mariners, white seamstresses, Irish dockhands, free black domestic servants, and native-born street sweepers all navigated the low-end labor market in post-Revolutionary Baltimore. Seth Rockman considers this diverse workforce, exploring how... -
April Blood by Lauro Martines
RRP: £12.99£9.09In April 1478, a plot to murder the two heads of the powerful Medici family dramatically miscarried. The younger of the two brothers was killed, but Lorenzo the Magnificent, the brilliant poet and connoisseur escaped. A bloodbath followed and all of... -
The Leatherman's Protocol Handbook: A Handbook on "Old Guard" Rituals, Traditions and Protocols by John D Weal
£16.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935509769Author John D WealFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Nazca Plains CorporationPublisher Nazca Plains CorporationWeight(grams)... -
Scotland: A Literary Guide for Travellers by Garry MacKenzie 9781784536411
RRP: £16.99£13.16With its vibrant cities and breathtaking landscapes, Scotland has captivated writers and visitors for centuries and inspired a diverse range of literature, from the religious poems carved on the rocks of its sacred monuments to the seedy urban novels of...