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The New Tribe by Buchi Emecheta 9781035900503
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $19.26In The New Tribe, pioneering author Buchi Emecheta tells the tale of a young Nigerian boy adopted by a white family. Life changes overnight for the Arlingtons when an abandoned baby girl, Julia,... -
Jet Man: The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution Duncan Campbell-Smith 9781788544702
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $9.78The story of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero. 'Wonderful' David Edgerton, TLS 'A fascinating account' Aeroplane Monthly 'Casts... -
The Double Tongue: With an introduction by Meg Rosoff by William Golding
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.80William Golding's final novel, left in draft at his death, tells the story of a priestess of Apollo. Arieka is one of the last to prophesy at Delphi, in the shadowy years when the Romans were... -
Athens: City of Wisdom by Bruce Clark
RRP: $16.08Booksplease Price: $12.89A sweeping history of Athens, telling the three-thousand-year story of the birthplace of Western civilization, from Runciman Award winner Bruce Clark 'A stunning retrospect and beautifully written... -
Conclave 1559: Ippolito d'Este and the Papal Election of 1559 by Mary Hollingsworth
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.56Intrigue, double-dealing and conspiracy in the Eternal City. 'A fascinating narrative of the intermingling of secular and religious power' New Statesman 'A highly enjoyable and thrilling read..... -
The Little Library Parties by Kate Young
RRP: $20.10Booksplease Price: $15.8050 party recipes to suit every occasion, from award-winning food writer Kate Young. It's time to spend time with those we love most. It's time to party. In The Little Library Parties, Kate Young... -
South Wind Norman Douglas 9781786690678
RRP: $16.08Booksplease Price: $12.21The bishop was feeling rather sea-sick. Confoundedly sea-sick, in fact. An Anglican bishop, on recuperative leave from his African diocese, alights at the island of Nepenthe for a short stay on... -
Guernica: Painting the End of the World by James Attlee
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11A brilliant, concise account of the painting often described as the most important work of art produced in the twentieth century, as part of the stunning Landmark Library series. Pablo Picasso had... -
People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield 9781838932756
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $9.58What if you thought your husband was Jack the Ripper? London, 1888. Susannah rushes into marriage to a young and wealthy surgeon. After a passionate honeymoon, she returns home with her new husband... -
Global TV: New Media and the Cold War, 1946-69 by James Schwoch 9780252033742 [USED COPY]
RRP: $117.92Booksplease Price: $11.79James Schwoch presents a unique retelling of the Cold War period by examining the relationship of global television, diplomacy, and new electronic communications media. Beginning with the Allied... -
Carmen and Grace by Melissa Coss Aquino
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.63'Powerful' Sunday Times 'Electric' Danya Kukafka 'Vital' Katie Gutierrez 'A triumph' Alice Ryan 'A powerful read' Heat 'Read this book!' Angie Cruz 'An instant classic' Morning Star 'Deserves... -
The Book of the Barn Owl by Sally Coulthard 9781803289335
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.37Few of us know what goes on after dark, underneath the moon. Sally Coulthard shines a light on the barn owl, one of the most mesmerising and elusive icons of the countryside. 'Fascinating insights... -
The Rise of Rome by Anthony Everitt 9781801108195
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.48A gripping account of the ascent of Rome - from agrarian backwater to capital of the world's greatest empire. 'An elegant, swift and faultless introduction to the subject' The Spectator Starting... -
The Silence of Scheherazade by Defne Suman 9781800246973
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $9.45September 1905. At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the ancient city of Smyrna, Scheherazade is born to an opium-dazed mother. At the very same moment, an Indian spy sails into the golden-hued,... -
Henry V: The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King Dan Jones 9781804541937
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $24.12The instant Sunday Times bestsellerThe UK's bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V, who survived rebellion, a near-fatal arrow wound and a lengthy... -
Trains, Planes, Ships and Cars by James Hamilton-Paterson
RRP: $40.20Booksplease Price: $16.98A lavishly illustrated celebration of the golden age of aircraft, cars, ships and locomotives from 1900 to 1941 by the author of the bestselling Empire of the Clouds. This dazzling book describes... -
The Po: An Elegy for Italy's Longest River by Tobias Jones
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11A captivating journey along the iconic River Po and through Italian history, society and culture. 'Delightful... A wonderful cornucopia of history' TLS 'Uncovers the Po's fascinating history'... -
The NASA Archives. 40th Ed. by Piers Bizony
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $31.46On October 1, 1958, the world's first civilian space agency opened for business as an emergency response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik a year earlier. Within a decade, the National... -
We, Robots: Artificial Intelligence in 100 Stories by Simon Ings
RRP: $24.12Booksplease Price: $22.11Artificial intelligence in 100 stories. To ready us for the inevitable, here are 100 of the best short stories ever written - most of them by humans - about artificial intelligence. Simon Ings has... -
Final Orbit: an action-packed space thriller from astronaut and bestselling author Chris Hadfield by Chris Hadfield 9781529435962
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $19.74Houston, 1975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit, on course to dock with a Russian Soyuz craft: three NASA astronauts and three cosmonauts, joining to celebrate a new dawn of Soviet-American... -
The Little Book of Building Fires: How to Chop, Scrunch, Stack and Light a Fire by Sally Coulthard
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $8.54An inspiring, aspirational and practical guide to building fires both indoors and out. 'A cracking book' Sainsbury's Magazine 'Follow these tips and your inner caveman will be proud' Sunday... -
Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution by Richard Dawkins
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.38Richard Dawkins on how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. 'A masterly investigation of all aspects of flight, human and animal... A beautifully... -
Earth and Space: Photographs from the Archives of NASA by Nirmala Nataraj
RRP: $40.20Booksplease Price: $29.10Take a tour of the universe with this breathtaking collection of photographs from the archives of NASA. Astonishing images of Earth from above, the phenomena of our solar system, and the celestial... -
The Last Gift of the Master Artists by Ben Okri
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.54'One of the most beautiful and profound novels I've read in ages' Washington Post 'A magical take on Africa before the arrival of the Atlantic slave ships' Independent 'Takes on the great riddles... -
Space: The Whole Whizz-Bang Story by Glenn Murphy 9781447226239
RRP: $9.37Booksplease Price: $7.42What is a black hole? How do we know that stars and galaxies are billions of years old? What is the difference between stars and planets? Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, answers these and... -
Life In A Cold Climate: Nancy Mitford The Biography by Laura Thompson 9781789542660
RRP: $16.08Booksplease Price: $12.21'The book is a gem: fresh, intelligent and assured' Sunday Times Nancy Mitford was, in the words of her sister Lady Diana Mosley, 'very, very complex'. Her biographies and novels, her journalism,... -
Greek Mythology by H.A. Guerber 9781454965862
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.10Helen Guerber's classic translations of Greek and Roman mythology, now in a beautiful gift edition for the Union Square & Co. Signature Clothbound Editions line. H. A. Guerber's lively retellings of... -
Robot, Take the Wheel: The Road to Autonomous Cars and the Lost Art of Driving by Jason Torchinsky 9781948062268
RRP: $24.11Booksplease Price: $18.56From the star of the YouTube sensation Jason Drives, the senior editor of the acclaimed website Jalopnik, and a producer of Jay Leno's Garage comes the wittiest and most insightful guide yet to... -
Moonshot: A NASA Astronaut's Guide to Achieving the Impossible by Mike Massimino 9780349438832
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.59Learn the NASA Astronaut mindset to solve problems, provide leadership in the face of adversity and never give up when pursuing your wildest ambitions. Mike Massimino achieved his dream of exploring... -
Diamonds Everywhere: Awe-inspiring astronomy discoveries by Tom Kerss 9780008636968
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $14.79Answers to the mysteries of the cosmos for inquiring minds. Explore the entire cosmos in 101 fascinating topics - from mind-blowing numbers, astonishing sights, to strange-but-true... -
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire by Bart Van Loo
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.82A masterful history of the great dynasty of the Netherlands' Middle Ages. 'A sumptuous feast of a book' The Times, Books of the Year 'Thrillingly colourful and entertaining' Sunday Times 'A... -
The Gardens of Mars: Madagascar, an Island Story John Gimlette 9781788544733
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.28A journey - both historical and contemporary - among the fantastical landscapes, resourceful inhabitants and isolated tribes of the world's fourth-largest island of enduring fascination for its rich... -
Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans: The British Occupation of Germany, 1945-49 by Daniel Cowling 9781800243507
RRP: $37.51Booksplease Price: $22.20Germany, spring 1945. Hitler is dead and his armies crushed. Across the conquered Reich, cities lie devastated by Allied saturation bombing; their traumatised populations, exhausted and embittered by... -
Heritage: A History of How We Conserve Our Past by James Stourton 9781838933173
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.79What is heritage? When was it invented? What is its place in the world today? What is its place tomorrow? Heritage is all around us: millions belong to its organisations, tens of thousands... -
The Weimar Years: Rise and Fall 1918–1933 Frank McDonough 9781803284798
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.68A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEKA SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023ASPECTS OF HISTORY BOOKS OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023A DAILY MAIL BEST CHRISTMAS... -
The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $9.15Shortlisted for Pageturner of the Year at the British Book Awards A Waterstones Book of the Month Winner of the 2022 Glass Bell Award 'Vivid, wise and unflinching, this is a triumph' The Times ... -
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Put Astronauts on the Moon by Helaine Becker
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $9.09Meet Katherine Johnson, the mathematical genius who helped make the historic Apollo 11 moon landings possible and made sure that Apollo 13 returned home safely when the mission was in critical danger... -
The Romanovs: The Final Chapter by Robert K. Massie
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11The compelling quest to solve a great mystery of the twentieth century: the ultimate fate of Russia's last tsar and his family. In July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow grave near... -
A Fire in My Head by Ben Okri 9781035930968
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11Explore the extraordinary imagination of Booker Prize-winner and visionary author Ben Okri - one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature.In our times of crisisThe mind has its... -
Scavengers of Beauty: A personal, cultural and symbolic exploration of the Moon landing Philippe Sibaud 9781789044744
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.07Why was the mission to the Moon named after the God of the Sun, and not after a Moon Goddess or God? In this unconventional work, Philippe Sibaud explores the symbolism behind the 1969 landing on the...