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Dark Days of Georgian Britain: Rethinking the Regency by James R. Hobson
RRP: £14.99£10.95In Dark Days of Georgian Britain, James Hobson challenges the long established view of high society during the Regency, and instead details an account of a society in change. Often upheld as a period of elegance with many achievements in the fine arts... -
From Passions to Emotions: The Creation of a Secular Psychological Category by Thomas Dixon 9780521026697
RRP: £22.99£20.66Today there is a thriving 'emotions industry' to which philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists are contributing. Yet until two centuries ago 'the emotions' did not exist. In this path-breaking study Thomas Dixon shows how, during the nineteenth... -
The Story of Pain: From Prayer to Painkillers by Joanna Bourke 9780199689422
RRP: £22.99£17.52Everyone knows what is feels like to be in pain. Scraped knees, toothaches, migraines, giving birth, cancer, heart attacks, and heartaches: pain permeates our entire lives. We also witness other people - loved ones - suffering, and we 'feel with' them. ... -
Veteran Motor Cars by Steve Lanham
RRP: £8.99£6.96This colourful introduction to the first decades of the motor car covers its earliest iterations, when the automobile represented the very peak of technological innovation. It is packed with fascinating facts about the experimental origins of the motor... -
Holidays and High Society: The Golden Age of Travel by Lucinda Gosling 9780750990080
RRP: £14.99£11.55In the nineteenth century, the phenomenon of 'going abroad' was born. Beautiful Mediterranean towns, the luxurious spas of Mittel-Europe and the golf courses of France became the playground of the idle wealthy. Until foreign travel became more... -
Straw, Hay & Rushes in Irish Folk Tradition by Anne O'Dowd
RRP: £30.00£29.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788550222Author Anne O'DowdFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Irish Academic Press LtdPublisher Irish Academic Press Ltd -
The Young Turks in Opposition by M. Sukru Hanioglu 9780195091151
RRP: £88.00£73.68This is the first in-depth study of the secret society called CUP (Committee of Union and Progress), based on their own papers. It pays special attention to the Young Turks as an intellectual movement which continues to influence the thinking of Turkish... -
The Lost Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel by John Christopher
RRP: £16.99£11.47ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL is famous for the engineering wonders he left behind - from the SS Great Britain to the delights of Paddington and Temple Meads stations, but much of what he designed has been lost. From the ships Great Western and Great Eastern... -
Painted Faces: A Colourful History of Cosmetics by Susan Stewart
RRP: £9.99£6.64Throughout history, women (and men) have applied make-up to enhance, alter, conceal and even to disguise their appearance. Also, to a greater or lesser degree over time, cosmetics have been used as a visible marker of social status, gender, wealth and... -
How the Chicken Crossed the World: The Story of the Bird that Powers Civilisations by Andrew Lawler
RRP: £9.99£6.75Queen Victoria was obsessed with it. Socrates' last words were about it. Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur made their scientific breakthroughs using it. Hailed as a messenger of the gods, powerful sex symbol, gambling aid, all-purpose medicine and handy... -
Murder in the Garden of God by Eleanor Herman 9781909979666
£12.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909979666Author Eleanor HermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Crux PublishingPublisher Crux Publishing -
Plenti and Grase: Food and Drink in a Sixteenth-century Household by Mark Dawson 9781903018569
RRP: £40.00£33.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018569Author Mark DawsonFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books -
Ancestral Voices in Irish Politics: Judging Dillon and Parnell by Prof Paul Bew 9780192873705
RRP: £25.00£21.19The story of Charles Stewart Parnell, one of the greatest Irish leaders of the nineteenth century and also one of the most renowned figures of the 1880s on the international stage, and John Dillon, the most celebrated of Parnell's lieutenants. As Paul... -
Our stories, our lives: Inspiring Muslim women's voices Wahida Shaffi (Wahida Shaffi) 9781847424105
RRP: £12.99£10.15In the early years of the 21st century, a number of Muslim women have achieved positions of influence. Women who care about the society in which they live and bring up their children are increasingly finding a voice and working together to make things... -
Walthamstow Wolves: London's forgotten speedway team Keith Corns 9781909885325
RRP: £14.95£14.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909885325Author Keith CornsFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint London League Publications LtdPublisher London League Publications Ltd -
The Roman Family Suzanne Dixon 9780801842009
RRP: £26.50£23.29Unfaithful spouses, divorce and remarriage, rebellious children, aging parents-today's headlines are filled with issues said to be responsible for a "breakdown" of the traditional family. But are any of these problems truly new? What can we learn from... -
Sport, History, and Heritage - Studies in Public Representation by Jeffrey Hill
RRP: £45.00£44.81An examination of the relationship between sport and its cultural heritage. Sport is an integral part of British culture and an important aspect of modern life. Although its importance has been recognised by academic historians, sport has yet to be... -
In Their Own Write: Contesting the New Poor Law, 1834–1900 by Steven King
RRP: £35.00£30.74Few subjects in European welfare history attract as much attention as the nineteenth-century English and Welsh New Poor Law. Its founding statute was considered the single most important piece of social legislation ever enacted, and at the same time, the... -
Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution by Priya Satia 9780715653050
RRP: £16.99£12.07Winner of the Jerry Bentley Prize in World History (American Historical Association). Award-winning historian Priya Satia presents a new history of the Industrial Revolution that positions war and the gun trade squarely at the heart of the rapid... -
Reading: A Very Short Introduction by Belinda Jack 9780198820581
RRP: £8.99£6.45Today many people take reading for granted, but we remain some way off from attaining literacy for the global human population. And whilst we think we know what reading is, it remains in many ways a mysterious process, or set of processes. The effects of... -
The Voices of Nimes: Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc by Suzannah Lipscomb 9780198797661
RRP: £42.99£32.68Most of the women who ever lived left no trace of their existence on the record of history. Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century women of the middling and lower levels of society left no letters or diaries in which they expressed what they felt or thought... -
The Soviet Sixties by Robert Hornsby 9780300250527
RRP: £25.00£20.81The story of a remarkable era of reform, controversy, optimism, and Cold War confrontation in the Soviet Union Beginning with the death of Stalin in 1953, the "sixties" era in the Soviet Union was just as vibrant and transformative as in the West. The... -
The Brewer's Tale: A History of the World According to Beer by William Bostwick
RRP: £12.99£11.46The Brewer's Tale is for anyone who, drinking a beer, has wondered how the past tasted. Part travelogue, part history, part culinary adventure, beer critic William Bostwick uncovers the stories behind the brewers who have practised their craft since the... -
London's West End: Creating the Pleasure District, 1800-1914 by Rohan McWilliam 9780198823414
RRP: £38.49£33.39How did the West End of London become the world's leading pleasure district? What is the source of its magnetic appeal? How did the centre of London become Theatreland? London's West End, 1800-1914 is the first ever history of the area which has... -
Let Me Take You by the Hand: True Tales from London's Streets Jennifer Kavanagh 9781408713143
RRP: £16.99£11.54In 1861, the great journalist and social advocate Henry Mayhew published London Labour and the London Poor, an oral history of those living and working on the streets of Victorian London. Nothing on this scale had been attempted before.On the surface,... -
The Clean Body: A Modern History by Peter Ward 9780773559387
RRP: £35.00£30.74How often did our ancestors bathe? How often did they wash their clothes and change them? What did they understand cleanliness to be? Why have our hygienic habits changed so dramatically over time? In short, how have we come to be so clean? The Clean... -
The Incomparable Monsignor: Francesco Bianchini's world of science, history, and court intrigue by J.L. Heilbron
RRP: £22.99£16.68Through Francesco Bianchini, the 'greatest Italian of his time' this book explores the exciting meeting of science, history, and politics in early modern Europe. Born in a time where entry into the church granted power, privilege, and access to the... -
Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of Plants, Poisons and Processed Foods by George Zaidan
RRP: £12.99£8.63Cheese puffs. Coffee. Sunscreen. Vapes. Hand sanitiser. George Zaidan reveals the weird science behind everyday items that may or may not kill you, depending on whom you ask. If you want easy answers, this book is not for you. But if you're curious... -
Rebuilding London: Irish Migrants in Post-War Britain by Miki Garcia 9781845888770
RRP: £12.99£9.62The years immediately after the Second World War were known as the decade of disappearing Irish - the peak period of emigration since the Great Famine. Many of these migrants went to Britain and played a key role in the rebuilding the country after the... -
Have You Eaten Yet: Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World by Cheuk Kwan 9781639365784
RRP: £12.99£8.60An eye-opening and soul-nourishing journey through Chinese food around the world.*A PEOPLE MAGAZINE BEST NEW BOOK**A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE**A NEW YORK POST BEST NEW BOOK* From Cape Town, South Africa, to small-town Saskatchewan,... -
The Country House at War: Life below stairs and above stairs during the war by Simon Greaves
RRP: £20.00£14.34A fascinating illustrated history of the First World War told through the great houses of the National Trust. The First World War touched every family in the country and this book tells a story of national collective action and intense private experience... -
From the Cradle to the Coalmine: The Story of Children in Welsh Mines by Ceri Thompson 9781783160549
RRP: £11.99£9.00It is widely believed that the employment of children underground in coal mines ended in 1842. This book, in contrast, shows that young people remained an important part of the workforce up until the virtual demise of the industry in the late twentieth... -
The Oxford Companion to Black British History by David Dabydeen
RRP: £39.49£30.44The Oxford Companion to Black British History is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the long and fascinating history of black people in the British Isles, from African auxiliaries stationed on Hadrian's Wall in the 2nd century AD,... -
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 9780062316110
RRP: £25.99£10.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062316110Author Yuval Noah HarariFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 975gDimensions(mm)... -
Viking Identities: Scandinavian Jewellery in England by Jane F. Kershaw
RRP: £41.49£38.16Viking Identities is the first detailed archaeological study of Viking-Age Scandinavian-style female dress items from England. Based on primary archival and archaeological research, including the analysis of hundreds of recent metal-detector finds, it... -
Vienna a Cultural and Literary History by Nicholas T. Parsons 9781904955450
RRP: £15.00£13.65From border garrison of the Roman Empire to magnificent Baroque seat of the Habsburgs, Vienna's fortunes swung between survival and expansion. By the late nineteenth century it had become the western capital of the sprawling Austro-Hungarian Monarchy,... -
Alvis Society - A Century of Drivers by David Culshaw
RRP: £50.00£34.61With an original approach, this book chronicles every model and lists every chassis number ever produced by Alvis, one of the great British manufacturers. It details famous owners and drivers, notable number plates, and is illustrated with original... -
The British Dream: Successes and Failures of Post-war Immigration by David Goodhart
RRP: £24.00£16.96SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2014SHORTLISTED FOR THE PADDY POWER POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS 2014 In The British Dream, David Goodhart tells the story of post-war immigration and charts a course for its future. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with people... -
The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present Sir Roy Strong 9781474607063
RRP: £12.99£8.60'A triumph' INDEPENDENT'A thought-provoking and indispensable book' DAILY MAIL'An instant classic ... I have been reading it with unalloyed admiration and delight' EVENING STANDARDRoy Strong has written an exemplary introduction to the history of... -
Palaces of Pleasure: From Music Halls to the Seaside to Football, How the Victorians Invented Mass Entertainment by Lee Jackson
RRP: £22.50£19.35An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century's growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the...